Hello all my beautiful readers I'm so glad to be here again. As always I want to thank all the people who is following this story, for all your reviews, guests, favorites and viewers, thank you so much for being there you have no idea how much it means to me.
This chapter is special 'cause is my way to celebrate Troian's birthday. I know it was the 28th but I wanted to do it anyway, so I dedicate this to all the fans who like, love and/or admire Troian as much as I do. Hope you like it guys...
siophiefandom: I know it's been really hard for Paige but Spencer will always be there for her. They have this conection with each other cause at some point they have suffer similar kind of things. Talking about Emily's nerve from ch-11, I'm going to develop her character in a very different way from the girl everybody knows and love (My intention is not to make you hate her, but you probably will in her... sorry). Now let's talk about hidding things... You have everything right! 'you don't want to build a relationship on top of a lie' but I did this with a hidden intention, oh oh. I'm so glad you're following the story and that you like the way is developing, even Katy's character :)
shamikagrangberry: Thank you so much for being always there, even when there are some technical problems. I get that I'm not going to read from you as much as before and I understand you but I'll miss you anyway. Hope you have the chance to read the updates and of course I hope you're enjoying them :)
messymoo: My dear messymoo; I'm glad you like this story. Thank you so much for being there and for wait patiently for each chapter. I appreciate it.
Guest (ch-10): I love McHastings too!
Guest (ch-11) 1: Yeah, believe me... she is not going to give up on Paige so easily.
Guest (ch-11) 2: Emily has every reason to be mad, the conection between Paige and Spencer would get stronger with every moment they share
Guest (ch-12) 1: Sorry if I broke you're Paily heart, I didn't mean it but you are right Paige deserve better. I just hope you're enjoying the story anyway, if is that way then I'll be extremely happy :)
Guest (ch-12) 2: Paige is struggling with a lot of stuff right now but I think she is strong enough to move on with her life and don't worry you're soon going to know Emily's intentions to get Paige back to her.
Guest (ch-13) 1: I'm so glad you're loving it. Yeah, I know I've been MIA for a while but as soon I have an update ready I'm going to post it I promisse.
Guest (ch-13) 2: Thank you. I'm glad you like Katy's character. Honestly I thought about Spencer when she was a little girl and that's when Katy's character born. I hope I'm making her justice
Ok, guys I don't want to bore you anymore so here it is, a new chapter! Enjoy it...
"The Worst Thing You Can Do for Love is Deny it; So When You Find That Special Someone Don't Let Anyone or Anything Get in Your Way"
Spencer's POV
It doesn't matter how hard I try, the wonderful memories from yesterday are not letting me going back to sleep. I'm still thinking about the day Paige, Katy and I spent together and I still can't believe how right it felt to be with them. I was so worry because I thought Katy would hate me but it turns out that she likes me so much that she even wanted to spend the night here, after our movie time ended.
There was only a problem when she proposed that we should had a 'sleep over' and that was to call her mother to let her know the plan. For some reason, that I'm still not aware of, Paige didn't want to talk to her; she insisted that Katy should be the one who convinced her mother to stay here. I thought it was odd, because Paige would never let Katy made the arrangement by her own but I didn't question her reasons. Whatever was the case, I couldn't complain when Katy was so happy to be with us – 'US'… that's an idea that makes my heart melt every time it crosses my mind. It would be amazing if one day Paige and I become an 'us'- but anyway when it was late enough to go to bed, little Katy went to the guest room with Paige while I went to the kitchen to clean a little before going to bed too, and after a while there I could feel someone staring at me.
Flashback:
I turn around to see who is behind me and see Paige looking at me.
"Hi, does Katy fall sleep already?" I ask trying to make a little talking
"Yeah, she does. She was exhausted from all the things she did today" She says not taking her eyes away from mine, like she was trying to figure something out.
"I'm glad I was able to know her and spend the day with you guys. She is a wonderful girl"
"That she is. I'm so proud of her and the way she is growing up"
"Well that's because she has you as her mother. I can tell you're making a great job with her"
"Thank you" she says and starts to come closer "and not just for the compliment but for the way you acted with her today. You gain her heart without any trouble" she stops standing a couple of steps away from me "You know she is not so open-minded with anyone else? She is a well-manner kid and act politely around new people but she maintains her distance, but not with you... You know what she said to me before she falls asleep?"
"What?"
"She says: mommy I like Spencer a lot I can tell she is special, would you be mad if I become her friend?"
"Really, that's so sweet. And what did you say?"
"Well, I say that is true that you're very special and if she likes you so much then I don't see a problem for her to become your friend but that she should ask you first. And then she grinned at me and said; 'I will'. I have the feeling she already ask you, didn't she?"
I smile at her and nod to confirm her suspicions
"I have a pretty sharp girl over there" she says with a cocky smile
"Well I'm really glad that she likes me that much because I have to admit that I was pretty much scared when you told me to meet her. I think I've never been so scared in my entire life" she laugh a little "Hey, don't laugh I'm serious. I… know how important she is to you and… I… didn't want to upset her… I… was thinking; what kind I do to get her to like me, I… thought in like a hundred topics we could talk about and…" I start to ramble, trying to let her know how important was for me too to meet her daughter, but she makes me stop when I notice that she is coming closer to me, standing just a few inches from my face, our bodies almost press against each other, then she puts her hand on my cheek and close the gap between us. I was stunned by her action, my heart started to race so fast that I thought I was having a heart attack and that's when I felt the kiss on my cheek. I close my eyes and allow myself enjoy the feeling of her soft lips against my skin and the waves of electricity crossing all over my body.
"Thank you so much…" she says when she pulls away "I don't know what got into you the day you approached me in that bar but I'm so glad you did. Between all the crap that's happening in my life lately, you're the new light that's given me strength to go on and I appreciate the effort you made today to get along with my princess. I own you big time Spence. Thank you for everything" and with that said she turns around and go back to the guest room. I just stay there trying to process all her words, overwhelm for all the good feelings she makes me feel.
It was amazing, I can feel my body trembling every time that memory comes to my mind, if that's what she does to me whit just a kiss on the cheek I can't imagine what a kiss on the lips would feel like. And the way she is using my name now… 'Spence', it makes me feel amazing the way she is starting to have more confidence with me. I know I can't rush into things, there's a lot I need to think about first but there is one thing I'm one hundred percent sure now: I don't want to stop feeling the way I feel about Paige…
I was drowned on my thoughts until the alarm started to sound and for the first time in a while I went out of bed with the biggest smile ever and the reason wasn't just the day I spent yesterday. Today is Saturday and, if Paige didn't forgot; we're going to the art exhibition at the Bellisario Art Gallery tonight. I'm so excited about it that I'm not even mad for the fact that I have to work today.
I take a quick shower, get ready and go out of my bedroom to make breakfast but when I'm heading the end of the stairs I hear a noise coming from the kitchen.
If I thought this day couldn't get any better, I was wrong…
"Morning friend" Katy greets me when she sees me entering into the kitchen. She was sitting on the kitchen island and Paige was already making breakfast.
"Morning Spence, how did you sleep?" Paige asks smiling at me.
"Amazing" I mumble looking between Katy and Paige
"Sit down, I was going to wake you up but mommy said I should let you sleep until breakfast was ready" Katy says patting at the chair next to her
I'm out of words. I'm so use to be alone and make everything 'just for one' most of the time, that I forgot how amazing it feels to have people around to share breakfast. I walk to the chair next to Katy without saying a word.
"I'm sorry for invade your kitchen like that but Katy and I wanted to surprise you, hope you don't mind" Paige says taking three cups from one of the shelves.
"Of course not, you know you can use everything as much as you want, besides who can complain with such beautiful surprise?"
"It was my idea" Katy says proudly
"Really…?" I ask with a big smile
"Hey! Don't take all the credit for it princess, it was my idea too"
"Ok, mommy helped too" Katy says with a dramatic tone making us laugh
"Well you have no idea how happy I am right now" I say and notice that Paige was checking me out
"I see you have to work today, are you on a rush or can you take some time to take breakfast with us?" Paige waits expectantly for my answer
"Are you kidding? What can be more important than spend time with you guys? Besides I just have to go sign some papers and I'll be free by lunch time"
"Good to know" Paige grins making me blush a little bit
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Our breakfast has been wonderful. I didn't know Paige was such a good cooker and I never thought that I would enjoy a breakfast so much. Katy is such a sweetheart; she told me her birthday is in a few weeks and she even invited me to her party, right now she is sharing with me a couple of funny anecdotes about Paige, making us all laugh about it. I don't remember the last time I felt so happy and complete, yes I've shared a lot of meals with Aria and Melissa but none of those times compares with this one.
Unfortunately our breakfast has to come to an end. Emily called demanding to see her daughter so Paige will has to take Katy to her place. But just like last night, Paige refused to talk to Emily and just gave the phone to Katy so she could talk to her mom. I feel like something weird is going on with Paige but I don't want to ruin the mood by asking her, so I'm just going to make a mental note to ask her later.
"Spence, we're leaving. We're going to meet Carol; she is taking Katy to her mother's house so it won't take long. I'll be back in an hour tops" Paige says looking at me waiting for an answer
"Ok, I'm going to my office then, it shouldn't take long either but I'll probably find you here when I get home"
"Yeah, probably… ok, Katy let's go" Paige calls for Katy who was in the guest room picking up her coat
"Thank you so much my friend" Katy says walking on my direction with a big smile on her face. I kneel down in front of her and she puts her little arms around my neck hugging me tightly "I had a lot of fun I hope we could do this again"
"You don't have to thank me beautiful. I'm glad that we could spend time together" I say after we broke the embrace "I'd love to hang out with you again"
She smiles at me, kiss me good bye and takes Paige's hand to walk out the door. The sight in front of me was beautiful and sad at the same time. My heart was fill with joy because I can easily imagine Paige taking Katy to school every morning and then finding them watching TV on the couch or playing in the garden, waiting for me when I get home after a long day at work but I know I'm just day-dreaming with something that belongs to someone else and that reality makes my heart ache.
But I need to forget the pain and enjoy all the good things that are happening around me right now and one of those things is to spend as much time as I can with Paige so I better keep going; the faster I finish my work the faster I'll come back home.
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It was around 11.30 and I was almost finishing with the paperwork when suddenly my phone rang, I looked at the screen and instantly a wide smile appeared on my face.
"Hello" I say faking a tone of surprise in my voice
"I'm sorry, I don't know if I have the right number. Am I talking with the lawyer who safes people's lives when they get drunk on bars?" Paige asks faking a serious tone but I could hear her laugh anyway
"Well, it depends, is it for something good or something bad?" I play along
"I wanted to ask her if she wants to have lunch with me. Do you think she'll accept?" My heart accelerates a little
"Of course" I say a little too excited I hope she didn't notice.
"Awesome. I'm in front of your office. I'll wait for you until you finish with your work. Just take your time, not need to rush,"
"Ok, I'll be there in a few" I say hanging out the phone
I finished sign the last papers, put everything in place and took my stuff to head out the office. I say good bye to Sofia on my way out and look for Paige once I was out on the street.
"Hey" She greets me after crossing the street and stops in front of me
"Hey" I greet her back "How did you know where do I work?" I ask curiously
"The day we met you told me that your office was close to the bar so I look for it. It was actually pretty easy, the Hastings family is very well known on some states of the country. Very impressive but the way"
"Well I'm glad you came. I thought I would meet you at home?"
"Yeah, but we took breakfast at home already so I thought; why cook if we could go to a quiet restaurant, enjoy the company and let someone else to do all the work for us, at least for today" she winks at me making me blush.
Paige is so oblivious that she didn't even notice the effect she has on me every time she makes those little gestures; like deep her head when she is embarrassed or give me one of those cocky smiles when she is right about something or just when she winks at me. She is such a beautiful woman that I can spend the whole day just looking at her, searching for every one of those little gestures.
"So… any place in particular you want to go? She asks
"Uh… yeah, actually I know a place that makes the best pastas you'll ever try"
"Then what are we waiting for… Let's go"
The restaurant wasn't far from my office so we decided to walk instead of drive. When we head there we pick a table and the waiter came to take our order, once we chose what we wanted to eat the waiter disappeared into the kitchen. We waited for our food to come while we were talking a little more about Katy and the possibility of hanging out with her again. A few minutes later the waiter appeared with our plates and we start a pretty nice talk; that was until she brought up a subject I thought she had already forgotten.
"Are you excited about tonight?" Paige asks me before she takes a zip of her wine
"What?" she took me completely by surprise and it takes me a few seconds to figure what she was talking about
"The art exhibition… oh, you forgot. I'm sorry… if you have other plans we can go some other time" she says a little disappointed
"No, no… not at all. I thought you would be busy with your stuff. I didn't want to bring that up so you wouldn't feel the obligation of us going there"
Paige looks at me and takes my hand across the table "Spence, I made the invitation, and I'm a woman who likes to keep her word so we're going to the Bellisario Art Gallery tonight. Of course, that is if you still want to go" she looks at me expectantly but before I can answer her question a woman, who I can't recognize, stands behind her. It is a middle-high woman with blond hair and blue eyes. I've never seen her before.
"So it's true… I can't believe this McCullers, you're such an ass" I look at her surprise by the way she was talking to Paige.
"Hanna" Paige recognized the voice and then she turns around to look at the person behind her "what are you doing here?" Paige was trying to be polite but she was clearly piss-off by the presence of that woman "what do you want?"
"What do I want? Are you fucking kidding me…? I find you here with that slut and that's all you have to say?" she was almost yelling at us and I was about to stand up and slap her in the face but Paige, who was still holding my hand, stops me.
"I'm NOT letting you treat Spencer like that" Paige stood up in front of her "Apologize with her!" I could feel the anger in Paige's voice
"How could you even protect her? What kind of woman is she that goes after a married woman and breaks a marriage?" who the hell is she? And… who the hell she thinks she is to say those awful things?
"I'm warning you Hanna, apologize with her!" Paige's voice was growing with anger
"Or what…?" the woman threatens
"Don't make me do something that I could regret, Hanna!" I stood up as well but this time to stop Paige from doing something stupid. I stand next to her and put my hand on her back to let her know that it was ok and apparently it worked "If you're not going to apologize with Spencer then leave!" Paige yell
"No, I'm not leaving. You and I are going to talk right now" The blond woman demands
"I'm not interested in whatever you have to say, now leave us alone" Paige takes my hand and makes a sign to get back to my seat
"Emily is my best friend, Paige and I'm not letting you hurt her like this and destroy your family" And that's when it hits me. That woman is Emily's friend
"Hurt her? Destroy my family? …I give you a free advice Hanna. Go and talk to your friend first because I think you have all the wrong information, if there's a person who destroyed this marriage for being with a whore that was YOUR FRIEND"
"I talked to her Paige, you should have seen her; she was so sorry and so devastated for what she did. Yes, she made a huge mistake and I recognize that she screwed everything up but you think the answer is to throw away 9 years of relationship and run into someone else's arms?"
"First of all; I'm not running into anybody's arms. You have NO Idea who Spencer is and all that she's done for me and second; fucking another woman for 3 damn months is not a mistake Hanna; that means that she didn't love me enough to respect those 9 years of relationship. Now if you excuse us our food is getting cold" Paige turns around and seats again. I was looking at her from my spot amused for the way she was handle everything.
"You're not even going to think about giving her another chance?" Hanna asks and Paige just closes her eyes as a sign of frustration.
"You know what Hanna, why don't YOU give me the answer. What would you do if you were in my place? Tell me…"
"If I love Emily with all my heart then I would go for another chance" Hanna says with confidence
"Well that's the problem Hanna. I don't love Emily anymore"
I swear my heart stops in that exact moment…
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