Emily

This week has been stressful with the case and all. Alison and I reenacted the police scene where Officer Gerret stopped her in the parking lot and let's just say that Ali was being quite extra.

She took the whole reenactments like it was some type of game. At the end of the day we manage to get the whole setting right, which I believe will help me prove my point in court. Other than working with my client, my week has been quite boring.

I'm watching tv on the couch when my door opens. I don't even panic because I know who it is.

"What are you doing here Hanna?"

She throws her purse on the couch and it lands on my stomach.

"Hanna!"

"Well sorry, you had it coming?"

"How?" I ask while she plops beside me

"Sean is having a party, and you know I love his parties and I'm pretty sure you were invited" I switch the channel

"Of course I was invited, that doesn't mean I want to go"

"What are you talking about, you love his parties and you had a blast last time we went"

I almost get a headache remembering the loud music and bumping and grinding of the summer party he hosted a few months ago

"NO, you had a blast, I was there to babysit you"

"Oh Em I promise I will behave this time, and this year is a New Years Party, you already know it's going to be lit"

"Don't say lit, ever again" Hanna laughs

"What I can't say lit?"

"No, you can't and besides don't you like watching the countdown from Times Square with me like every year?"

"I hate it Em, I fucking hate it, it's so boring and we live in New York City, the place where people who don't live here watch the countdown"

"Well call me basic"

"Trust me I already know, pleaseeee Em, I want to have fun, you know Caleb has that new job which makes him work late and I want to dance and be young"

"That's what wine is for" I tease

She puts her feet on my coffee table and pouts "I know why you don't want to go"

"Why?" I ask amused

"Because you're afraid Paige will be there"

"No way, that's not the case she doesn't even know Sean"

"Sureeeee, you don't want to be in the same room with Paige Mcculler"

"That's not true Hanna, I been places with her before"

"Yes only because I forced you, and you believe she won't be there, why don't we go to the party and prove it"

"I don't have to prove anything Hanna"

"It's your job to prove things Em, all you do is hang out with Alison and you know I hate her"

I roll my eyes as Hanna goes on about what Ali put us all through

"I'm not selfish Emily, I care about you, you need this party"

"Enlighten me on why I need this party Hanna"

She turns to me and smirks

"Well first of all, you haven't been on a date in months, and you might get a New Years kiss"

"Haha now I'm definitely not going Hanna"

"Ughhhh, Emily pleaseeeee do me this one favor"

"You can't be serious, I do you plenty of favors, your whining is not going to work"

Hanna grabs a pillow and screams inside while I turn the tv volume higher

Paige

I'm looking in my bathroom mirror and try to pull my dress further down to my knee.

"Paige it's made to look short" Syd says while hooking a gold necklace around my neck

"I know but does it have to be this short, I mean what if I fall, pants suits help save lives"

"Oh Helll to the no, P-dawg you arent rocking a pants suit, what are you Hilary Clinton?"

"Hey she been through enough, and she has style, I'm going to tell her you said that Syd"

"Well make sure you don't email her" she then laughs and walks out of the bathroom with me on her trail.

"I'm so stoked about the party" Syd squeals
"Shhhh be quiet Syd" I warn

"Why you know, I love parties and you are so funny when you get drunk"

"I'm not going to get drunk at a party with people I see at work"

Syd rolls her eyes and puts on my lip balm which I'm not going to use anymore because she been coughing earlier.

"So how many shots are you taking tonight" my eyes go wide

"Stop talking!"

"Party Party Party" Syd says while laughing then my worst nightmare comes true. Toby burst open the door

"Did I hear party, I love parties, what time are we going?"

"Thanks a lot" I say looking at Syd

"You arent going Toby" Syd says while trying to push Toby out of my room. He turns his body around

"Come on Paige, it's New Years and unless you want me to come home with a hot girl again, I recommend you take me to this party"

I sigh

"Fine you can come, only because the more people I know the less awkward it's going be there"

"Oh please Paige, I bet everyone more worried about meeting you than you're to them, you're the talk of the city" Toby says

"Yeah, loser is right, you have nothing to worried about" Syd adds

"Awww thanks guys, that means a lot"

"And you look hot in that dress" Toby says with a wink I throw one of my pillows at him

"Ewww gross, go get dress unless you plan on wearing just boxers" I tease

"Actually this would make a great outfit, it's straight to the point"

I'm just about to throw another pillow when Toby run out


I pull up to the gate and wow Sean has a big house, it's a mansion. We even have to pull up to a gate.

I press the button and Sean picks up "Hey who's here" the voice on the box says

"Hey Sean it's Paige"

"Niceeeee you made it, hold on a sec I'm going to open the gate"

The gate opens and I drive forward and I can already hear the music blasting

"Woahhh I feel like I'm at an Edm concert" Toby yells

"With that scream I thought I was at Warped Tour" Syd says while touching her ears.

This place is packed with cars even parked in the grass. I find a parking space as in I made a parking space near the fountain.

We get out the car and I take a deep breath and stare at my squad

"Everyone hold hands" they look at me weird

"Come on" they give in

"Is this one of those southern praying sessions" Syd asks

"Haha no I just want to touch you guys before I get wasted!" I scream out then pulling them into a hug

"Gosh Paige drink as much as you can tonight" Toby says

"No matter how much I drink, I will never be so trashed to sleep with trash" I tease

Toby then clenches his heart while laughing

We walk inside and all I see is colored smoke. I hope I make it out alive.

Emily

Hanna and I are sharing covers while we watch Forrest Gump.

"Why did Jenny get on that bus and leave Forrest" Hanna screams at the screen

"Umm Hanna you seen this movie millions of times yet you always scream at this part"

Hanna groans

"I know, but sometimes I hope she doesn't get on that bus" I turn my glaze back on to the tv while Hanna's smiling at her phone.

"Did Caleb text you that's why you're smiling from ear to ear?"

"Yeah but that's not why I'm smiling I'm looking at Sean's posts on Instagram, it looks so fun"

"Who cares about that party, we are having a party right here"

Hanna gives me the most unsatisfied look ever

I reach for her phone and scroll through his page

"Okay anyone can buy a bubble making glow in the dark fog machine"

I see people dancing, playing beer pong, swimming, and wait

"Is that the A-Trak as the Dj A-Trak?" I shout out

Hanna smiles while nodding

"Yep, I bet he's playing 2015 mash ups as we speak, brand new ones I bet"

I try not to give into temptation.

"That's just a picture Em, who knows what else he could be doing, I bet he takes requests also"

I try to cover my ears

"Imagine the bubbles, glowing in the dark while A-Track pumps out some sick tunes" she then tries to pull one hand off my ear

"Then he says 'This one goes out to Attorney Fields, you my fav gurllll'" I get up

"LETS GO TO THAT PARTY"

Hanna then takes off her onesie she came in exposing her red cocktail dress

"I been waiting all night to hear that"


We park by the gate because there was hardly any parking spaces left, and people started to make their own.

As we're walking up to the house you can already hear the music playing.

"Now Hanna, you better be good, because I know these people"

"Oh relax, you have nothing to worry about, just have fun, it's New Years Eve, what happens in 2015 stays in 2015 baby girl"

"Ughh well if you act a fool, you better stay in 2015 and not enter 2016 with me"

The door opens and colorful fog and music and cheers hit us both.

"I bet this is what being the water in bath bombs feel like" I say while coughing.

"Emilyyyyyy" Sean screams while pulling me into a hug

"Emily's friend, I remember you, you were the one who rapped Iggy's Fancy last summer"

"I said baby, I do this, I thought that, you knew this" Hanna says in her Iggy impression

"Hahaha well make yourself at home, drink as much as you want and have a blast" he yells while running around.

I shake my head at how crazy Sean is Hanna see some shots and grab some for us.

"One for you Fields and one for whatever my last name will be by the end of the night"

My face drops "Haha relax, I'm not going to cheat on my baby"

"You better not" we drink another shot and head outside to the pool.

Paige

We're playing beer pong, and I'm wearing someone's tie wrapped around my forehead

"Alright boys, watch and see how a southern girl throws down" I then bounce the ball and it lands in the cup

While everyone cheers Toby starts collectiong money

"Yep cash out, pay up" he says I laugh and I see Syd talking to some guy.

As I look around I see a glimpse of Fields wearing a form fitting black lace dress walking with some girl going outside. What is with this girl and hanging with blondes?

"Damn she's hot, I don't know how you can go against her, if I was in your shoes, I would blow my case because I don't think I could handle looking at that body without acting "

"Toby you're drunk and shut up" he giggles yep he's drunk

"I'm going to try and talk to her" he says while almost stumbling over.

I'm about to protest but seeing Toby try to flirt is so funny and seeing Fields reaction would be even funnier.

"You got this man"I yell out to him while he throws a thumbs up.

I laugh to myself and turn around to look for Sydney but she's gone. Gosh now I'm alone, maybe I should…."Hey stranger" I turn around and see Shana

"Hey how are you?" I ask pulling her into a hug

"Great now that you showed up, I swear if one more guy asked me to guess his size I'm going to burry myself alive"

"Haha sounds like you had a rough night"

"Hmmm not anymore, now that you came and saved my life" she then wraps her arm around my neck

"Dance with me"

"It's not even a slow song" I tease she laughs and lets go

"You're right, then lets go outside and dance dance" she leads the way while I still try looking for syd

Emily

I can't belive I'm this close to A-Trak Im literally fangirling, I wonder if he knows me. I'm quite popular, he has to know me, no I bet he doesn't.

Hanna and I are dancing when I feel someone tap my shoulder. It's some guy with blue eyes and brown hair.

"Hi, my name is Toby and I just want to tell you that you look beautiful" ughhhh I hate it when guy flirt with me, I'm flattered but it's such a mood killer.

"Thank you, you don't look bad yourself" I scream out over the music he smiles

"Why thank you, people tell me I should be a model" I try not to laugh in his face so I smile and nod

"Umm do you mind dancing with me?" he asks

"Sorry, I don't like dancing with strangers" I say politely

"Well you can get to know me before we dance" he offers

I look at Hanna and she sighs

"Hey look pal, my best friend not interested she likes chicks not dicks"

His face then drops

"Oooooh I'm so sorry, I didn't know, I'm sorry, it's just my friend hyped me up to come talk to you"

"It's fine, who's your friend?" I ask

He then points over to someone wearing a short black dress, I can't see her face but she's dancing with Shana.

Of course Shana over dramatic self is grinding all over this poor woman. I finally she her face and it's Paige.

"You know Paige!" I ask

"Yeah she's my roommate, she told me to go and talk to you, she didn't tell me you were not into guys"

What is she doing here? And why is she dancing with Shana? I turn to face Hanna and she's not here anymore. I start to panic I lost Hanna, who knows what she will get herself into.

"Have you seen my friend" I ask Toby

"Umm no I'm really wasted right now" he says while giggling I need to find her.

Paige

After dancing with Shana I'm thirsty af, I approach the make shift bar and see Sean restocking the drinks

"Hey Sean do you have any water?" I ask he laughs

"Of course, couldn't handle the posion?" he asks while tossing me a water bottle

"No I could handle it, just wanted something that would make my body feel alittle better"

"I saw you getting down with Shana, you two make a cute couple"

"Yeah she's a nice girl, but just want to focus on my case first" he nods

"I understand, it hard dating when you sometimes bring your work home, and you feel like your partner is constantly getting hurt because you are afraid of telling them how you feel because you think they will see your true colors, yet they're suppose to, but your job helps you put on this mask that's some what superglue on, and you wonder if your are being fake or real when others see you"

I look at him with a blank face "Damn Sean you're like that deep drunk" he laughs

"Yeah I know" he then walks off and this girl sits beside me and chugs down 5 jello shots

She's really out of it.

"Hey that's not alcohol" the blonde girl says to me I laugh and hold up my water bottle

"Yep, it's good ole spring water"

"I love spring, that's where all the animals have babies, and ducks have marshmallow peeps come out their butts"

I nod with wide eyes "Ummm yeahhhhh"

"Hannna" I hear someone scream

"Shhhhh hide me, she cant find me" the blonde girl says while trying to kneel down

"Who are you hiding from?" I ask

"Emily, she told me I had to be a good girl, and I havent"

"Noooooooo that can't be so" I say sarcastically

"Yes it is soooooooo"

Fields comes into the kitchen/bar and frowns

"Hanna you told me you would be good" Hanna then gets back up

"I know but there was so many type of different drinks, and they had pretty colors"

"They had pretty colors Emily, give her a break" I tease

"I bet you were the one who gave her all those pretty drinks, and thanks for telling your friend to hit on me" I laugh

"I never told him to hit on you, I just allowed him to do it, I wanted to watch but"

"You were too busy getting hot with Shana"

I don't know if it's the drinks talking but Fields sounds a bit upset and not because her friend is wasted.

"Come on Hanna, party is over time to go" Emily tries to pull Hanna away but Hanna protest

"NO Em, NO mean NO, and you're no fun, you're always serious this place is full of people that do a similar job as you and they aren't tripping, what make you different than anyone else here?"

I take a shot to that comment, drunk blondie said

Fields expressions turns from frustrated to almost a smile.

"You want me to have fun huh, well I will have fun" she then walks out of the kitchen while I follow her with her friend

She then grabs a Jack Daniel bottle from someone's hand and takes a big gulp.

"You want fun I will give you fun" she approaches a girl lying on a pool table and this can't be happening. Fields literally climbs on top of the pool table and takes a jello shot off of girl's the stomach. While the room cheers.

She then hops down and looks at me dead in the eye "I CHALLENGE PAIGE FUCKING ATTORNEY MCCLLUERS TO A CHALLENGE"

The whole room says ooooohh and makes a pathway for me.

"Well I decline that challenge" I say not playing into whatever her plan is

"Ha you see that everyone, Mccullers can come at me on tv but can't take me on for a challenge"

"Ooohhhh" the whole room says again

I raise my hand in surrender "You caught me Fields, I'm a poser"

"Maybe chickens should stay in the south" Emily says this time I get heated

"What did you say?" I ask dipping my head biting my bottom lip

"I SAID MAYBE CHICKENS SHOULD STAY IN THE SOUTH" I look up with a smirk

"Paige take the fucking challenge you aren't no chicken" Sydney screams out

"I need to know the challenge first" I say back

"A swimming challenge" Fields says with a smirk this girl is too drunk to be swimming

"You do know I was captain of my high school swimming team, never mind you knew that already because you were sooooo hurt that I hurt little Emily's feelings on television"

The room erupts with ooooh and claps after my comeback

"Well you know what Mcculers" she says while getting into my face

"I was also captain of my swimming team" she says with a smirk

I get closer to her "Well I'm the captain now" I whisper in her ear she laugh and walk in the direction of the pool

"I need swim suits" I scream outside and a couple of girls volunteer

"You need swim suits to swim,cute" Fields says while unzipping her dress exposing her bra and boy shorts.

"You know what, never mind" I say while taking off my dress.

"NO fucking camera, or I will fucking sue you and you know I will win" Emily yells and in an instant everyone puts their phones away.

I do my stenches while Fields hops up and down "That's how you warm up?" I ask

"Yeah, what's it to you, I always stretch before I do anything, not just before I swim" she then winks

Wait did she just wink? Sean comes out of nowhere wearing his lifeguard shorts

"Okay let's make this a clean race, first one to get to the edge and tap it then come back wins"

We both nod

"Okay ready…set…go" Fields and I both dive in as my body hits the water my hand split through the water.

Emily

Paige has a great stroke but, she takes a lot of time away when she goes up for air and that's loses much of her time. At this point I'm ahead but she's not that far. I hear cheers and that motivates me to keep going. I touch the end of the pool and use my feet to push myself for the turn.

Paige gets closer to me I try to extend my arm more but Paige catches up to me and passes me. Shit I start extend my arm more I'm just about to regain my place when my head starts to hurt. Everything start to get dizzy and I find my body sinking.

I try moving my arm but it's not working or my legs. As I feel my body being brought downward I feel someone wrap their arm around me and pulls me upward all I can see is brown flowy hair like a mermaid then my eyes close again.

Paige

I pull Emily out of the water and Sean rushes to me. "Call the ambulance" I yell out

"Emily honey, open your eyes" she doesn't respond I put my ear to her chest then press my hand on her chest and perform CPR.

God how could I be so foolish I knew she was drunk yet, I still allowed to accept her challenge to swim, all because of my ego.

I press her chest again then pinch her nose and bring our lips together again.

"Come on Em, you got this"

"Emily,please breath" her friend says beside me.

I look at her and even when I'm trying to get her to breath she steal is stubborn.

I press her chest again and pinch her nose and breath into her mouth again

"Come on Emily, you still have that case to win" I then press her chest again

and it goes up. Relief sweeps across my body

she opens her eyes and throws up water leans forward and throws up water

I rub her back "Are you okay" her friend pulls her into a hug. "You're alive Em"

Emily returns the hug and looks up at me "I saw this mermaid in the water" she says confused

"Was she cute?" I tease

"No she was hot as fuck" I dip my head

"is it 2016 yet?" she asks me even more confused

I can't help but laugh "It can be whatever you want it to be"

Some others come and help Emily up "Can someone get me the mermaid's name" Emily yells while Sean helps carry her

"I got you" I call out laughing

"I'm serious Paige, get me the mermaid's number" I find Toby and Sydney and they all pat my back.

"I think she wants your number" Toby tease

"Too bad she's straight" Sydney tease

"No she's not into guys, she's a lesbian" my face drops

"What?"

Hope you have a safe New Years, hope you enjoyed this chapter. I thought the New Years kiss would be expected and a bit played out in my opinion but in a way they did kiss lol. But I wouldn't call this their first official kiss that's to come in the future.

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