Good night! I'm so sorry for the delay, guys. I have a very tight schedule, but I always try to make time for you. ;) I appreciate your favorites and reviews, because that means you're being patient and you're enjoying the story. :)

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keekee4ever: Thank you for your nice words! I appreciate your enthusiasm. LOL I really enjoyed writing this chapter, so I'm pretty sure you'll love it. ;)

Del: So you want the girls to know about their relationship… Interesting... :D They will know eventually, but you'll have to wait. Hiding their relationship makes the story more interesting, don't you think so? I mean, it can be more interesting for the person who's reading. I have other things in mind, you know. xD Emily is being so cute, you're right about that. As for the reporters, I guess you know that they will know the truth eventually, but you will see how everything turns out. Thank you for reviewing once again. Have a nice day! ;)

PrettyLittleVeg: Thank you! They're both so cute. :D

Jamscottroc54: You want them to know so you can see Paige's reaction. It's totally understandable. xD Just wait a little more, you'll like the cliffhanger. :D And thank you for your comment! :)

saffyfan: Aria will know eventually. Remember that Hanna and Spencer found the truth about Paige the day before, so they didn't have the chance to meet Aria. But they will tell her too, just as they told Spence. Jess is awesome, but she really screwed up this time. :( Hahaha. I hadn't thought about Nick McCullers yet. But I don't think he will be a homophobe. Let me think about it. xD

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MEANT TO BE

Chapter 21: This is too much

Emily's POV

I open my eyes and a smile enlightens my face when she wakes me up by kissing my neck. I can't think of a better way to start the day. I turn to look at her and I hold her waist under the sheets, her skin is so soft.

"Good morning, honey," she softly says before kissing me. "Are you okay?" You seem surprised." I melt with the look she gives me before she moves a lock of my hair aside so she can kiss me again.

"I'm happy. I still can't believe that I'm here with you. It's just…" I pause for a brief moment, trying to find the exact words that describe the way I'm feeling right now. "… amazing," I add, although that adjective doesn't begin to describe how glad I am and how lucky I was to meet her.

"You are amazing, Em. I am the lucky one," she says shyly. It's impressive how shy she is sometimes, because she seemed a totally different person when she got here and eagerly undressed me yesterday.

"So… yesterday… you were…" I start saying before she interrupts me.

"Weird?" She lets a smile escape her lips.

"Hot," I add with a huge grin on my face while I caress her cheek. She starts to blush and avoids my gaze. It's like she doesn't understand how she makes me feel yet. She drives me crazy and I have a feeling she doesn't think my feelings for her are so strong.

"You were angry, it's totally understandable after everything that happened yesterday."

"Yes, I know. But I left the café without giving any explanation of what was going on. You are my girlfriend after all, you deserve more than that shitty behavior. I'm sorry," she insists, giving me that "good girl" look that I love so much.

"You don't need to apologize, Paige." I look her in the eye and she raises her eyebrows funnily. "If you acting like that had anything to with what you did to me last night, then I'm not angry at all," I add with a huge grin on my face.

"Don't say that," she says with her face redder than a tomato and looking away as shy as ever.

"I'm serious, don't be so shy, dummy. You have to admit the fact that you're fantastic in bed," I joke, although I really think so. She looks me from the corner of her eyes and then turns her back on me. "Are you serious?" I ask before getting closer to her and start tickling her, because I know how sensitive to tickling she is.

All of a sudden she sits on top of me, and gives me a sexy look. Her shyness suddenly disappeared. I'm still laying in bed, and this position reminds me of last night.

"What were you saying?" she teases me with a smirk on her face. My heart is pounding, the skin to skin contact drives me crazy, and that look makes me want to stay in bed with her forever. Just the both of us, with nobody interfering, with no paparazzis, with no worries at all. That would be a perfect life.

She bends until she's just inches away from me and slowly raises my t-shirt as she looks me in the eye. She leaves a trail of kisses on my belly and I feel a shiver down my spine. "Just relax, Em," she whispers me in the ear when she realizes my heart is about to explode. I can't relax, it's scientifically impossible if she keeps touching me and whispering me with that husky voice.

"I don't want to relax," I add jokingly. She smirks at me and I give her a passionate kiss and caress her back before trying to take her shirt off. She starts breathing heavily when my hands reach her perfect abs.

When our lips are about to meet again, someone knocks on the door and we look at each other frowning.

"It's me. Open the door, Em!," Hanna shouts from the other side of the door.

"Does she have a fucking radar?" Paige asks frowning at me. I can't help but laugh, but I'd prefer if my friend was at her apartment right now, and now interrupting "this moment".

"I know you are there, Em. Open the door, please," she insists.

"I'm putting my pyjamas on. Wait a minute." I jump out of bed and Paige snorts.

"I'm sorry," I add before giving her a kiss and putting on the pyjama pants that are on the floor. "Act like nothing happened," I joke. I wink at her and she smirks at me.

I open the door and Hanna enters the dorm even before I tell her to come in.

"Morning, Paige!" she says euphorically.

"Hi, Hanna," she adds not so excitedly as my blonde friend.

"You should start calling before showing up here, Hanna. It's the common thing to do."

"Oh! I'm sorry…" she adds with a surprised face. "Do you have company?" She asks as she gives a look to my bedroom. My bedroom door is open, so she can see that there's nobody inside.

"No!" I exclaim. "It's just… you can't show unannounced, you know," I add before doubting for a few seconds how to explain her that she can't keep doing this.

"Okay, I get it. Just in case you're with a boy," she says smirking. I look at Paige and she is laughing, while Hanna keeps giving me that smile. "When did you wake up, Em?" Hanna asks staring at me with a serious face expression. I look at Paige and she raises her eyebrows. I don't know why she's asking that, but she got me nervous.

"Just a few minutes ago. Why are you asking?" I wait eagerly for her answer as Paige is looking terrified.

"Wow! Did you have time to make your bed? You're so efficient!" she says smirking at me. Is she being ironic or is she being the naïve person I think she is. I hope she's not suspicious. Now that I think of it, it's impossible she knows about us, because she would have said something. She's not the kind of person that would keep that for herself.

"Yes, she is. She can do several things at a time. And beds are her specialty," Paige adds with a serious face expression, although I'm sure she's laughing on the inside. I give her a threatening look and she winks at me when Hanna is not looking at her.

"So, what do you want, Hanna?" I change the subject before I get more nervous.

"I have good news," she says grinning at me. "Not everything is bad news, you know," she adds as she turns her head to look at Paige.

"Are you implying that I'm bad news?" Paige frowns at Hanna.

"No… I… I mean…" She clears her throat nervously. "I was referring to what happened yesterday, paparazzi knowing that you may be a student here. You're not bad news at all. I'm sorry if…" Paige interrupts her immediately with a huge grin on her face that makes her look stunning.

"I was teasing you." She laughs loudly. Hanna gives her a defiant look and I can't help but laugh. It's not easy to make Hanna nervous, but she achieved her purpose.

"Anyway, your friend here is not as innocent as I thought she was." Paige keeps laughing. Hanna changes her subject after smiling at my girlfriend. "So, I came here to tell you that Aria is transferring from New York, so she will be joining us. Isn't that great?"

"Are you serious or are you kidding?" Sometimes it's not easy to know if she's being serious or just being Hanna.

"I'm serious, Em. The four of us together again. Actually, she came here to accelerate the process, so she just has to move, because she got admitted yesterday. I'm so happy." I thought she was here to visit, she didn't say that she had other plans on mind. She probably didn't say anything in case she wasn't admitted. That makes total sense.

"That's fantastic. I mean, I missed her a lot." I'm really happy Aria is moving, because she is the only one that knows my secret and that way I can speak about it with her.

"And do you know who else is transferring too?" Hanna opens her eyes excitedly to stare at me. "Lucy, Em," she adds eagerly. Suddenly there's a big silence on the bedroom.

"Lucy, Lucy?" I ask after a few seconds of awkward silence.

"Hoy many Lucys do you know, Em?" Is this really happening? "Your best friend when we were in high school, Em. Do you remember that blonde girl that had to leave Rosewood and made you really upset? I'm talking about that Lucy." I look at Paige and she's frowning. She knows Lucy's story, so she doesn't obviously like the idea of my first crush transferring to the same college. She doesn't have to worry, though. I'm so into her that not even Lucy is a threat to our relationship. I mean, I liked her and I think I was in love with her, but that was almost a lifetime ago. Now I'm a totally different person, I'm more mature. And even if I'm not out, my feelings for Paige are real. "Why that long face, Em?" she asks when she sees my lack of joy. "I thought you liked her?" Of course I did, but now the way she means it. It was more than a friend, so everything is going to be more complicated now. If Paige's family was a problem, now I have to add this little problem to my list of concerns.

"Yes, it's just that…" I take a deep breath before I continue speaking. "I didn't expect this, that's all. But I'm really happy," I add.

"Okay, girls, I'm meeting Spence in five minutes and I don't want to be late. You know how punctual she is. Anyway, if you want to join us, you're more than welcome," she says excitedly. "Bye!" She leaves our dorm and all I can hear is silence surrounding us. I don't like this tension.

"Paige…" I say as I approach her bed and sit down next to her. "Don't imagine things, okay? I'm with you, that's the only thing that matters." I put my arm around her shoulders, but she's still staring at the sheets, she doesn't say a word.

"I know that, but… you know what they say about your first love. And if your feelings for her were as strong as my feelings for you right now, then it's impossible to hide the fact that I'm a little bit concerned." She's still avoiding my gaze, so I raise her chin and look her in the eye.

"I love you, Paige." She doesn't say the three words I was expecting to hear, but she kisses me passionately. This kiss must mean something, right? It gives me hope, although I know this won't be easy at all. Be patient, Em. You can do it.

To be continued…

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