Thanks for your support, guys! The second part of Paily in NYC is finally here. I'm sorry I didn't update sooner. :( But I can assure you this chapter is really interesting, it was fun writing it.
I'll try to update as soon as possible, but be patient, please. ;)
Don't forget I am not a native English speaker, so I apologize in advance for my grammar mistakes.
dayabieberxo: I hate that too, 'cause I don't like other people spying on my texts, although I understand Emily a little bit. :)
: Thank you for your kind words! I love jealous Emily too, that's why I made up Kate's character. You'll know what is going on with Kate in this chapter, and she's not disappearing from Paige's life yet, although Emily would want that to happen. LOL
del: Thanks! Paige's dad words were hilarious. xD You really hate Kate. Hahaha. Em will try to make things right. This chapter has good and bad moments, but I hope you like it. :)
Emily's POV
Before Paige gets out of the shower, I call Hanna. I need to tell somebody the horrendous thing I did.
"Hey! Did you already get there? How was the trip?" she asks nicely.
"Hi. Yes, we're at her cousin's apartment. I needed to talk to you. I made a mistake, Hanna," I say sadly. I feel really ashamed of what I did. I'm really angry because of my stupidity, I don't want to screw this weekend up.
"What did you do, Em? You're scaring me," she adds.
"I read a text that Kate sent Paige while she was showering in the bathroom. I guess I acted on impulse, I didn't think of the consequences, I've blown it," I add angrily.
"Why the hell did you do that? You said you trusted her. What is wrong with you?"
"I know I made a mistake, don't tell me off. I don't want to have an argument with you, please," I say holding back the tears.
"Okay, I'm sorry, Em. I don't know what to say. I suppose you should tell her the truth. If you hide that you spied on her, she'll notice something is wrong and it will be even worse. If I were you, I'd tell her that I was sorry. It's the only way to make things right, Em."
"So… did you find out anything yet? I mean… You know, Kate," I add shyly.
"Are you serious? Do you really think Paige is cheating on you after she took the trouble to organize this trip to be alone with you? Come on!"
"I didn't like that text, Hanna. I just want to know the truth," I insist.
"Then talk to your girlfriend, dummy," she adds. "Ok, I'll tell you, but I don't think it'd be good for you," she insists after a pause. "I know that she's not dating anyone right now, but I don't know if she plays for your team, if you know what I mean," she jokes.
"So, maybe she likes girls," I add sarcastically.
"Or maybe not. Even if that's the case, it doesn't mean anything," she adds wisely. I can't believe Hanna is lecturing me on what to do with my girlfriend. This is really surreal.
"You're right, I'm a fool. Thanks, Hanna. I got to go, Paige is about to get out of the bathroom."
"Okay. Keep me posted, please. Don't be nervous, just apologize and be nice to her. Bye, Em."
"Bye," I add. Paige opens the door at that exact moment and she smiles at me. She's wearing shorts and a tank top, and she put her hair in a pony tail. She's looking so hot that I don't know if I'll be able to handle this tricky situation.
"Who were you talking to?" she asks nicely.
"Hanna," I say concisely.
"What's wrong, Em?" she asks staring at me after sitting next to me.
"Don't be mad at me, please," I say shyly.
"Why would I be mad at you?" she adds as she puts her hand on my thigh.
"When you were showering… ummm… your phone started beeping and I read the text Kate sent you. I'm so sorry, it wasn't my intention, I didn't even think what I was doing," I add while I hold her hands. She suddenly stands up and gets her phone.
"You know, this is private," she says pointing at her cell. She's pissed off, I can see it in her eyes.
"I'm so sorry, I acted on impulse and I know that doesn't justify my behaviour, but I'm embarrassed. Forgive me, please," I beg her as I get closer to her.
"What is wrong with you, Emily? Don't you trust me? I said I loved you, what else do you want me to do?" she asks frowning.
"I love you too, Paige. I don't know what to say. I fucked up, there's nothing I can do now except apologizing to you."
"I'm sick of your paranoia. I've been in love with you for a long time, I came out, I told you I liked you, I had to deal with your mom and now I invited you here. I thought that was enough to prove that I want you more than anything in my life," she says with her shaking voice. She is staring at the floor, she clearly wants to avert her eyes from mine.
"I know, Paige. And I love you more than you'll ever know," I admit approaching to her. I put my hand under her chin and I raise her head so I can look her in the eye. "But I'm an idiot and after reading that text I got suspicious. Can you blame me for that? You gotta admit that text is really weird," I add staring at her.
"Oh, God, Emily," she yells while she looks angrily at me. "She's a cutter! Are you happy now? I wasn't supposed to say anything, she doesn't want anyone to know," she says shouting at me.
"Oh… So, the conversation…" I start saying with a stunned face when she interrupts me.
"She needs help, Emily. I was just trying to help her with her problem. She's got it almost under control, but she needs support. I told her that she had to be tough, that life is worth living. It's not easy, you know," she says with a sad face expression.
"I'm so sorry, Paige," I add while I hug her tightly. "Will you forgive me, please?" I ask staring at her.
"Well… I have no choice, we're spending the whole weekend together, so…" she says not looking directly at me yet.
"What does that mean exactly?" I ask frowning.
"It means that I forgive you. But you gotta stop that bullshit! I'm tired of fighting over nonsense," she insists staring at me.
We both sit down on the couch and I cuddle with her, but she's still a little bit angry, so she keeps staring at the TV in silence.
"Paige…" I say staring at her.
"What?"
"It's the first time I hear you say something about, you know, your cutting problem," I say as I hold her hand.
"I don't like to talk about that." she admits.
"Okay, then don't," I say nicely.
"I didn't mean to be rude," she says smiling lightly. "What do you want to know?"
"I don't want to force you to talk about that," I admit as I keep holding her hands.
"Last time I checked you were my girlfriend, I suppose I should tell you everything, right?" she asks looking at me. I smile at her, I think her anger is subsiding quicker than I thought. I'm glad she's so forgiving, because I know I wouldn't forgive her so easily if she did that to me. That thought makes me feel really bad. I'm really lucky my girlfriend is the sweetest person I've ever known.
"Yeah, I'm glad I'm still your girlfriend despite my ability to screw us up."
"You're right. You're lucky you're so hot, otherwise I don't know what could have happened," she jokes.
"Shut up, dummy!" I tease her.
"So… what do you want to know about it?" she insists changing her face expression.
"Why? I mean, you're gorgeous, you're perfect," I add nicely.
"A lot of things happened at the same time: my dad pushing me to improve my swimming, I had no friends, I was feeling alone, I met you…"
"Meeting me was a problem? What do you mean?" I ask surprisingly.
"I realized that I liked you, and I felt like shit because I shouldn't have those feelings. I mean, at that moment it felt wrong. Hurting myself felt good," she says sadly.
"I'm sorry you had to go through that," I say as I say hug her tightly.
"Luckily that's a thing of the past. It won't happen again, now my life is great," she says smiling at me. "So, are you hungry? There's a pizza place nearby," she adds.
After eating some delicious slices of pizza we go back to the apartment. Paige gets into bed, and I decide to have a quick shower. After showering I walk in the bedroom and she's already asleep, I suppose she was tired too, 'cause she drove all the way to the city. She seems calm, she's even more beautiful when she's sleeping. I kiss her on the cheek and I lie down next to her, cuddling her tightly. I feel her breath on my face, I could stay awake all night watching her sleep, she's so cute.
Paige's POV
Emily's jealousy got me very angry, because it's not the first time she thinks Kate is more than a friend, and I made it very clear that I was in love with her. I admit Kate is attractive, but I'm not interested in her, I just want to help her. After everything that happened last night, I decided not to be angry at her. I mean, she apologized, and I really think that she's ashamed of her behaviour. Besides, her jealousy could be a good thing too, that means she loves me more than I thought and she's afraid of losing me. That's why I want to show her that I won't do anything to screw up our relationship, she doesn't need to worry about other girls if the girl of my dreams is dating me.
When I wake up after getting a good night's sleep, I turn around to say good morning to Emily, but she's not in bed. I get up and look everywhere, but I think she left, she's not in the apartment. Suddenly I see the door is opening.
"Good morning, sleepyhead," she says smiling at me widely.
"Where did you go? When I woke up and you weren't here…" I add not finishing the sentence because Emily interrupts me.
"Did you think I left?" she asks laughing at me. "Come on, Paigey."
"I was a little bit worried. So, what do you got there?" I ask pointing at the bag she's carrying.
"Your breakfast: a huge cup of coffee, fresh pineapple juice, bagels and chocolate-filled croissants," she says cheerfully. "This is my way of apologizing to my beautiful girlfriend."
"Thank you! I'm starving," I say excitedly. I get closer to her and I gaze at her eyes while I moisten my lips. She is staring at my lips. I give her an intense kiss while I put my hands on the sides of her face, using my thumb to sweep across her cheekbone. She instantly leaves the bag on the table that's next to where we're standing and she holds me at the waist. She slowly enters her hand under my tank top and starts caressing my back gently while we keep kissing passionately.
"Are you still mad at me?" she whispers in my ear before kissing my neck softly.
"What do you think?" I reply kissing her again until we're both breathless. We suddenly stop, our foreheads touching, eye open, and we smile at each other.
"Do you want to have breakfast or do you prefer to keep groping me? she asks grinning at me.
"Tough choice," I answer putting on a thoughtful expression. "I guess I prefer to eat," I tease her. She nods her head while she smiles at me.
"Okay, enjoy the breakfast, Paigey," she says staring at me. She takes the food out of the bag and she hands me the coffee.
"Thanks, Em!" I say as I lean on to give her a soft kiss.
"You're welcome," she adds while she caresses my face affectionately.
"So, what do you want to do today? I ask as I sip the coffee.
"The observatory of the Empire State Building," she says excitedly.
"Okay," I say laughing at her when I see her wide smile. "Then we could go to the Financial District, take a walk in Soho and Tribeca, grab some sandwiches and have lunch in Central Park. After that we could enjoy a walk down the Fifth Avenue, watch your favorite Broadway show and end our day having a pleasant dinner with me," I say grinning at her.
"Wow! You've got it all planned out," she says with her eyes wide open. "I love it," she adds as she holds my hand.
I think I've never seen Emily so happy, she's really enjoying the trip, and so am I. Despite the long lines at the Empire State Building, we really enjoyed the wait talking non-stop till we got to the observatory. The views were amazing. I really enjoyed looking down to see the tiny yellow cabs and pedestrians from 1,050 feet, although I'm a little bit afraid of heights. After taking a lot of pictures, we decided to begin our Downtown tour. Although the walk was exhausting, I loved holding Emily's hand and enjoying the offerings of Tribeca's cast-iron architecture and Soho's lofts and art galleries. After that, we grabbed hot dogs and a box of delicious cupcakes and headed to the Great Lawn at Central Park. After walking down the most famous avenue of the city and enjoying The Lion King show, I feel tiredness all over my body, but I'm really happy.
"It was awesome," I say eagerly. "I really loved the show, I didn't expect to enjoy it, but it was amazing," I insist. I'm not a musical fanatic, but I gotta admit this one was incredible.
"That was beyond amazing," Emily adds. "You know, The Lion King is one of my favorite movies, so this was a dream come true," she says euphorically.
"I'm exhausted though," I say sighing. "What do you say if we get Chinese food and go to the apartment?"
"I'm tired too, I like your idea," she adds as she holds my hand, fingers intertwined.
After we get to the apartment and have dinner sitting on the couch in front of the TV, my phone starts ringing.
"Hey! How are you?"
"Hi. Call your mom immediately, Em," Spencer says nervously.
"What's going on? What did she do?" I ask impatiently.
"She's been calling you and you didn't answer, so she called me and I told her you were in the shower. I don't think she's suspicious, but call her before she starts thinking that you're not really at my place."
"Ok, thanks for calling, Spence. I'll call her right now, don't worry."
"By the way, say thank you to Paige," she says cheerfully.
"Why?" I ask frowning while I look at Paige.
"This morning I received a package full of chocolates. The card said 'Thank you'. I guess it was your girlfriend."
"It wasn't me, that's for sure," I add happily. "I didn't know anything about it, but it doesn't surprise me at all," I add while I smile at Paige. She doesn't know what we're talking about, but she smiles back at me.
"Have fun and call your mother, Em."
"Sure, thanks again, Spence. See you tomorrow," I add.
"Is something wrong?" Paige asks staring at me.
"No, I just have to call my mom, she's been calling me and she called Spencer too. I'm going to call her, okay?" I say while I go the bedroom so I don't get distracted by Paige.
"Hi, mom! Spencer told me that you called. I was in the shower. What's up?" I ask nicely.
"I've been calling you. Where were you?"
"We just… I forgot my phone at Spencer's, and we just got home, so… I'm sorry."
"It's okay. I just wanted to know if you were okay," she says nicely.
"I'm fine, mom. Spencer takes very good care of me," I add laughing lightly.
"Okay, honey. Have fun. Call me tomorrow, please." It's weird that she is behaving like this. I hope she doesn't really know I'm not staying at Spencer's.
"Yeah, sure. I'll call you tomorrow, mom. Good night," I add nervously.
"Bye, honey."
When I go back to the living room Paige is smiling in front of the TV.
"Come here," she says with her arms wide open and smiling at me. I sit down on her lap and I smile back at her.
"Did you send those chocolates to Spence?" I ask looking her in the eye.
"Well… I hope she likes chocolate, 'cause those are my favorite, they're delicious," she adds giggling.
"You didn't have to do that. I mean, that was really great. She told me to thank you. And yes, she's a chocolate addict, so she really appreciates your gift," I insist. "Do you know you are the cutest person in the world?"
"I love you too, Emily," she adds looking at me. She suddenly lays me in the couch and she gets on top of me. She slowly leans down till our faces are only inches apart, closing the distance between our bodies. I can feel her breathing, she wraps her hands around my neck and she bites her lips before they meet my lips intensely. I open my eyes and I smile at her, she smiles back at me and her hands begin to caress my body while she kisses me gently on my neck. I can't help but moaning lightly, my body is quivering from her touch. She kisses me again, opening her mouth a little bit more and gently pushing her tongue into my mouth. I kissed her back and she smiles lightly, I think she realized that I can't get enough of her.
"Do you want me to stop?" she whispers in my ear breathing heavily.
"Don't stop, please," I add while I take off her t-shirt and kiss her passionately again.
To be continued…