A/N: Okay so this story will be updated hopefully on Saturday nights/Sunday mornings.(Except for today since it's sunday night..Sorry had a birthday party) So I hope you enjoy these weekly updates until I start my final year at University. Thank you again to everyone that is reading this story it means a lot to me and keeps me writing. I love reviews and seeing what you think of the story and it tells me that you guys stick are enjoying the story so please let me know what you think so that the story keeps going.

Guest: I'm Sorry that you feel that Paige isn't cute but I enjoy writing Paily stories because I believe that they are endgame and truly love both Paige and Emily being together and I write them because they get little to no screen time and I feel like there is so much more to Paily than what viewers think. That's why I write Paily and chose to continue writing Paily stories. I'm sorry if you want to see me writing Spemily/emillson/emaya/hannily or any other Emily Pairing but I don't think I will. But I do read some Emily with other pairings if you want me to recommend.

saii79: I don't think many people know that laguna beach/LC is but it's just a super drama filled "Reality" show that i thought Hanna would watch. She stayed for now, who knows what will happen though after the news... Tristen has his weird ways of helping Emily and it's only the Beginning for Emily's healing. I knew you would like the mystery girl thing. Oh this isn't the end of Haley and the return of Ali is coming soon. More Drama to come. It's only the beginning.

Del: You're right it is too sudden. And it hits Emily at the beginning of this chapter. Evee has some time to accepted Emily as another mom i mean she befriended Emily after one day, would it really take her that long to accepted her as another mom? Thank you for loving the story and your consistent reviewing!

Guest2: Another update? sure there you go!

KooshGID: Uh oh is right. how will Emily take it? You'll see!

So this is a Short chapter of mostly fluff. More serious stuff and angst will be in the next chapter. Enjoy!


Chapter 12

Emily's POV

"Your parents are moving in with you. When?" I pull away a bit and sit up against the headboard. Paige quickly sits up too, but our once linking fingers are no longer within reach of each other.

"They said they still needed to figure out the details with work, but they said by the end of the month." She messes with the bedding as she speaks.

"That's in less than two weeks…" I try to look up at her, but I feel so overwhelmed with this new information. This meant something bad. I mean, I thought her parents were nice and everything, but if I was their daughter's first relationship with a woman I don't think they would be very fond of me spending as much time with Evelyn as I have been. She comes and sits in front of me and places her hands on top of mine. But my eyes still won't come up to meet hers they stay firmly on the pink color of the bedding.

"Yeah, I'm not all that thrilled with them moving in here; but it's only until their place is fixed up in town." I get off the bed after she discloses the information, and just pinch the bridge of my nose as I try to decide what to make of everything.

"So how is this going to work? I mean the places that are safe for us to actually be together are here and my apartment, and even then my apartment is still iffy since it's in downtown." I start to pace back and forth next to her bed, and I can feel her staring at me and I want to look at her but I know that if I do then this conservation won't happen.

"Yeah I know, I thought about that too but we still have two weeks until they move in so we don't have to sneak around just yet." Her voice is laced with more hope than anything, but it made my heart sink just a bit. I feel like I'm not moving forward and that I'm just back to how I was with Maddie. Sneaking around because of the fear of being found out and feeling like you're not worthy of being seen out with the other, almost like they are embarrassed of being with you.

"You mean on top of the sneaking around we already have to do?" I raise my voice just a bit and flail my arms but only out of frustration.

"Yeah…Emily, are you sure you want to do this? I know you said you weren't ready to let everybody know, but you didn't sign up for all of this." She sits at the edge of the bed looking at me, as I finally look up at her and see the saddest expression on her face.

"I want this Paige, but it seems like it's about to get a lot more complicated and it's only been a day." I kneel down in front of her and place my hands on her calf as I see her eyes start to water. God, so many emotions are running through me all at once; but I put my emotions on the back burner as I raise my hand and wipe the tear off her cheek.

"I get it Emily… Look I'm sorry that I even started this. Maybe we were just kidding ourselves." She starts crying and I don't know what's worse, knowing the fact that she's crying or that I caused it. She hunches over and places her head on her knees while she starts to shake. I lift her head up and wipe her tears as I think about how the thought of her ever crying like this again kills me. I kiss her roughly getting the taste of salt on her soft pink lips that make me kiss her harder until the shaking stops. She lets herself go and her hands cup my cheeks kissing me with the same force. I place my hands on hers and remove them from my face as I give her one last kiss before pulling away. I keep her hands in mine as I look into her eyes.

"Paige, I'm not sorry that this happened. And I'm not saying that we should end this, I'm just saying that it's going to get really complicated. I want this, but maybe I should be asking you if you want this. You have Evelyn to think about and this is your town. I mean I care what people think about me, but I haven't lived here my entire life like you."

"Emily, I like you and Evee loves you. This town has seen me grow up but I don't really care what they think. I care about what my family is going to think, what Jason's family is going to think because they wouldn't like it at all. You're right it's going to get complicated but my whole life has been complicated, but at least this complication it worth it because I'm happy with you." Her hand grips onto my neck bringing my face to hers for a kiss. A perfect kiss that takes my fear, of this ending too soon, away. "But we need to put some ground rules."

"Yeah I'm with you. I was actually thinking about that last night. So obviously, no touching in public and in front of Evelyn." I stop but she nods her head and rolls her wrist telling me to continue on making me become a bit nervous. "Um well that's all I came up with…Wait what do we say we are then? Like to some people, or your family? Because I don't want them to think that I'm just this creeper that hangs around Evelyn all the time. I know that's kind of what your mother-in-law thought when Evelyn was just staying with me during the party. What if we slip and Evee finds o-"

"Em calm down. My mother-in-law is just mad that she hasn't spent time with Evelyn in over a month. She was probably just jealous that she clung to you and not her or Ali. I just say you are an old friend okay? It's simple I'll just say that you went to school with me or something. Don't worry. And if Evelyn finds out then…well I'm not too sure what to say. We just need to be careful, because I'm not sure if I can explain to my four year old why her mom is with a woman."

"So we are doing this then?" I say sounding hopeful because I wanted this. I fought with myself for two weeks before I finally gave into my feelings for Paige, and I wasn't ready for it to go to waste. I could handle this; we can meet up at my apartment from time to time to get some privacy. We could make this work.

"Yeah we are doing this." She smiles while squeezing my hand and I lift up her hand bringing it to my lips and press a kiss on the back of it.

My eyes gaze back at the alarm clock showing it's almost 11 and I realize that Paige has to open up the Brew tomorrow and the rest of us have school. As if she reads my mind she drags herself to the front of the bed flipping the covers off and patting the spot next to her. I slip under the covers with her pressing my chest to her back as she lays on my left arm while my right arm is draped over her stomach. I smile into her hair smelling the vanilla laced shampoo, and snuggle in closer to her. Our bodies together were like matching puzzle pieces having every part of our bodies forming perfectly to one another, almost like they were made for each other. My heart continues to race as her lightest touch makes it harder for me to sleep. With her index finger I feel her drawing circles up and down my arm sending chills up my body with her warm feather light touch. I soon fall asleep still feeling the chills run up my spine and even the hairs sticking up but my heart isn't racing, this time it's actually slowed my heart rate.


Paige's POV

I don't think I've slept this well in a very long time. I feel the warmth radiating from the body next to me; I look down to my waist and see the olive colored hand draped over my cream colored stomach is a perfect contrast. We haven't moved from when we first fell asleep and I don't think that even in my sleep I wanted to be away from Emily. I nuzzle myself closer into her body and grip onto her arm wrapping it tighter across my waist. Yeah this is how I want to wake up every morning. After last night I didn't think that this was even going to be a possibility. After a long argument with my parents, I was deemed of not being able to protect myself or my family. So they made their decision about moving back. My first thought was Emily… I know it's crazy, but my first thought was that our relationship was over before it started. My second thought was that having my parents moving back meant more people to hide this from, at first the main concern was keeping it from Jessica DiLaurentis, but now that Ali and my parents are back, the list keeps getting bigger of people we have to hide from.

The alarm goes off and my eyes shoot open while my arm swings fast knocking the alarm off the nightstand making it crash on top of the carpet. I didn't want to go work, I wanted to stay in Emily's warm arms and I can tell Emily didn't want to let go either. I feel her strong arms wrapped around me tighter as I try to get up but fail. Instead I turn around in her arms and I'm met with a sleepy smile.

"Do you have to go?" She asks while her eyes are still closed and I think she's even more beautiful right now than ever. Emily hardly ever wore makeup, I think all she did was put some light blush and maybe some eyeliner. But seeing here right now was just more natural than ever, her smile was radiant even at five o'clock in the morning.

"I wish I didn't have to but I already had the whole weekend off so I should go back to work." I place my hands on her cheeks making her nuzzle into my palms while her smile grows with the warmth of my hands. "But you could sleep over again if you want?"

"I would love that. Who knows when we will be able to sleep over when your parents come." She finally opens her eyes and I see the gorgeous twinkle of her dark brown eyes. They are still a bit closed from her trying to wake up, but my eyes focus on her lips as they part for a yawn. She looks more awake now and I take the opportunity to kiss her perfectly plumped lips. I feel the electrifying shock course through my lips and down my to the pit of my stomach as our lips connect. "Can I go to work with you? I have to go into town anyways before school."

"If you feel like being up at 5:30am to bake with me then yeah you can come." I laugh a bit before getting up out of the bed but I'm pulled back into the bed. Snaking her arm across my back and bringing me on top of her. Pressing her lips to mine as her hands wrap around my waist as my palms are on her cheeks so I can deepen the kiss.

"Do you really think that I care about the time? If I'm spending time with you then that's all I want. And in the process you can teach me how to bake." She lets me go, regretfully as I slip out of the bed and walk to my bathroom to brush my teeth. I walk back into the room tying up my hair and walking over to Emily who is sitting at the edge of the bed stretching out her arms. I open the dresser drawer getting a white long sleeve shirt and hand it to Emily. She takes it from me as she gets up from the bed and I walk to my closet. But before I close the closet door I turn to catch a glimpse of Emily's toned stomach as she slips off her shirt. My eyes stay glued to her olive colored abs. God she was so incredibly toned everywhere. But before I walk over and just throw her on the bed again to just sleep in a bit more, I close the closet door so I can change.


"I texted Hanna and told her to stop by the Brew around 7:30 so that she can pick you up. And I can treat her with some coffee for being an amazing sister." I smile at her as we drive to the café; I usually never take the car to work because I love walking into town during this time of the day. The sunrise was always so beautiful but I was already running late. If I wanted to stay on time with the baking times and everything before customers came in, so I had to take the car to cut down 10 minutes from my time. But I don't think that Emily minded since our hands were interlocked the whole care ride.

"Yeah that sounds good. I'll just have to go to the apartment before I head to school, I haven't showered since Saturday morning and I feel gross." We get out of the car with matching smiles and with our hands intertwining as she unlocks the front door. She turns on the lights throughout the café and I go behind the counter to start making some fresh pots of coffee. She later joins me in the kitchen as I cut the scone dough into triangles and put them into the cookie sheet.

"Grab an apron and let's get to teaching." I put the scones into the oven and get the ingredients for the muffins. We have different bowls for the two different muffin mixes we are going to make. I tell her to even out the flour and the rest of the dry ingredients as I start up the mixers with the wet ingredients.

"So you bake all the things fresh every day?" I simply nod my head and I see that she's taken aback. "Damn, you're like wonder woman, with baking everything and running your mom's business and spending time with Evelyn."

"I wouldn't call myself wonder woman, but I do have many things to do so it's never boring. But I think I'm going to have to close down the Grille because I don't think I want the reasonability anymore. I make plenty of money from the Brew."

"I get it; it's hard to juggle all those things. I think that it would be good for you to focus on Evelyn and the Brew so you're not so stressed out because I can tell." She sifts through the dry ingredients when I turn around to look at her. I wrap my arms around her waist from behind and it felt like we could do this forever. That we could always be like this, but knowing that we couldn't be like this out in public just yet. As I pull away I knock the bowl up causing a cloud of flour come up and hit her in the face as I sink behind her to protect my face from the flour. As I try to slip my hands out from her waist she catches my arms and turning with a face full of flour. "You are so going to get it." Is all she says before I pull away and start to run around the kitchen counter, away from Emily and her handful of flour.