Teach Me How To Love

by Andiiwamp

Emily Fields ran away from Rosewood years ago to chase the love of her life. Back then she was friends with a five year old Paige who was left broken and lost when Emily left. Now, ten years later Emily returns back to Rosewood carrying a dark secret. Also she'll be the new history teacher of the Rosewood high where she'll meet again a certain brunette that will change her life...

25. Chapter 25

Chapter 25:

12 years ago

It was a warm night of summer, probably a little bit after midnight; everything was silent and calm except for the incessant sound of the crickets on the background and the soft waves of the pool moved by a soft, gentle breeze.

Paige was lying on a big white sheet that was placed over the grass, her head resting in a pillow and her body was slightly covered with a thin blanket. Above her, there was one of the most beautiful sights she had ever seen in her short life; the sky was dark, but not entirely black, it was more like a dark blue with shades of different types of blue and a bunch of beautiful bright stars covering it.

She didn't know exactly why, but the fact of looking at it, now that she was surrounded by the calm and nice atmosphere that was outside made her feel content and relaxed.

The sound of steps on the grass dragged Paige out of her thoughts but she didn't move her gaze from the sky; she already knew who it was and she was too engrossed trying to see any constellations but failing miserably.

"I'm back again" Emily's voice suddenly interrupted all the calmness in the place, Paige finally looked at her and smiled "I brought something nice"

She raised her hands and showed a package of chocolate, and a bag of chips she had found in the kitchen on her way to the bathroom. Paige eyed what Emily was showing her and covered her mouth with her hands in surprise at the same time she let out a devilish laugh

"Cassie was saving those" She whispered as if someone else was going to hear them. Emily laughed and without thinking about it she opened the bag of chips and ate one.

"I bet she doesn't mind that we borrow them for tonight" She said as she chewed happily

Paige let out a laugh and joined Emily without hesitation; she knew that her sister wasn't going to get mad with Emily so there was no problem.

Emily sat on the blanket and asked Paige to do the same so they could eat more properly; she placed the bag in between them and then looked around taking a big breath as she enjoyed the silence and the relaxing atmosphere.

They were alone in Paige's house, Nick and Claire where saying the night outside of Rosewood since they had a seminar the next day. At first, Cassie was going to stay home to take care of her siblings, but fortunately she ran into Emily that morning at the mall and convinced her to baby sit Paige and Liam.

Probably now Cassie would be having a hot date with her boyfriend… and since she was gone Liam had asked a friend if he could stay at his house for the night, so finally there was only Paige and Emily left in the house.

But this wasn't bad news though, actually Emily preferred it that way, and she knew that Paige too. So since it was really hot even if it was at night and since Paige had insisted in that she wanted to camp outside Emily had agreed so they had settled everything to sleep in the back yard for the night.

"Do you know the name of the stars?" Paige asked all of a sudden as she looked up to the sky; Emily looked up as well, pensive, and then shook her head lightly

"I don't" She said

"Dad says that each star has a name… and that you can see figures if you look well… but I can't really see anything" Paige complained, she had been trying to decipher some of those figures, called constellations but she hadn't seen any.

"Well, that's true, but believe me I have never been able to see anything either" Emily said smiling

"Are you still sad?" Paige asked once again all of a sudden.

Emily was really impressed on how easily was for Paige to change the subject so abruptly to bring up serious issues, she might be a six year old girl but sometimes she really seemed like a grown up… Emily looked at her at first playing dumb and frowning in confusion, she never mentioned anything to Paige about being sad

"Why do you say that?" She asked "I'm not sad"

The truth was actually that she was in fact, sad, or better said, upset and a bit frustrated; she had broken up with her boyfriend Ben a few weeks ago and the explanation she gave everyone was that she wasn't just happy enough with him and that she wanted to have some time on her own, and it might be half true… but the reality was that; Emily's emotions those days were completely upside down.

She was a mess, and she didn't even know how to talk about it or who she could go and talk before everything exploded inside of her.

Emily had started to feel that way probably long ago, but it was now that everything was popping out… she was almost hundred percent sure that she was gay… and the realization was being a bit painful, mostly because she didn't really know if that was how she was really feeling or not and if the people she loved where going to be okay with it.

She had been swallowing all this for the past months and now she was completely devastated, she had taken some distance with everyone, trying to avoid any kind of conversation that could led her to say it out loud… she was starting to become really frustrated.

"Cassie said that you were sad, that's why you didn't want to come to the pool with us" Paige said "And she said that you cried on Monday"

Paige was referring to when Cassie had went to her house to visit her last week and Emily, who wasn't expecting her opened the door not looking exactly the best… she had had her eyes red, and puffy, her friend had insisted in talk to her, but Emily had managed to avoid the conversation.

"I was sad on Monday" Emily admitted not wanting to lie

"Why?" Paige asked curiously

"I…"

"Where you upset with your mom?" Paige asked

"With my mom?"

"I cry when I am upset with my mom" the girl said looking down and sighing deeply. Emily let out a soft laugh at how cute Paige was when she tried to cheer her up

"I wasn't upset with my mom" Emily said, then she made a pause and looked down to her hands as she fidgeted nervously with the hem of her own shirt "I think I was just upset with myself" She admitted

"Why?" Paige asked again, she frowned not really understanding what Emily's words meant

"I guess because growing up is not as easy as it seems…" Emily whispered

Paige eyed her carefully; suddenly Emily seemed sad, with a dark expression in her face as she was lost in thought. It was obvious that something was troubling her but Paige didn't really know what to do or what else to say, in the end she didn't fully understand what Emily was trying to explain even if she kind of knew it.

So finally she decided to make a simple move, and wrapped her arms around Emily, this action caught Emily off guard, but she returned the hug immediately feeling the warmth of the girl's body against hers.

It was nice to have someone loving her, giving her full support without asking questions or making guesses about her; she knew that at some point she will have to talk to someone, she couldn't keep hiding herself forever and she definitely didn't want to spend the rest of her life pretending to be someone she wasn't. But for the moment it felt good to have someone like Paige near her.

Paige didn't ask any more questions about Emily's sadness, they reminded hugged for a long while until finally they pulled apart and Emily suggested that they should sleep.

They talked about a few things after that, until Paige finally fell asleep cuddled against Emily's side. Emily lied next to her not wanting to move in case she would wake up the little girl. She eyed Paige carefully as she slept and then ran a finger along the girl's face softly.

Cassie had tried to cheer her up on Monday, she had tried to talk to Emily several times since then, and Paige with just a hug had managed to calm Emily and comforted her.

"Why aren't you a few years older?" Emily asked in a whisper, as she smiled, she would have to gain the courage to come out if she wanted to stop pretending but for the moment she felt safe and content enough thanks to Paige.

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Present day

The room was covered in a slight darkness; it was early in the morning when Emily finally opened her eyes after a peaceful sleep. She heard the sound of birds outside the window and saw the pale sun rays entering through the curtains and looked at the clock on the bedside table before turning around.

The view was breath taking; she smiled brightly and moved a bit so she was comfortably propped on her elbow watching the scene. Paige was still asleep, from her position Emily could only see her back but still the image was still just perfect.

The blankets were only covering half of the girl's body leaving her soft skin to the view, her breathing was soft and calm as she slept peacefully.

Emily couldn't believe what had happened last night, it felt unreal in one hand, as if it had been just a dream that never happened, but in the other hand it had been the most incredible experience she had ever had.

She could remember every touch, every word, every moan and every single thing they had done; and it had been perfect… Paige was perfect.

Emily didn't remember a time when she had been so happy and so comfortable with someone, she tried to remember a time when she felt such a strong connection and love as she did with Paige and she couldn't remember… not even with Maya.

She ran her hand carefully along Paige's back; she smiled when Paige mumbled something against the pillow and then continued sleeping, it felt as if the time had stopped around them…

Emily leaned in brushing her lips softly against Paige's skin, she peppered light kisses along her back and then moved to kiss her neck and bite her earlobe softly.

Paige stirred finally after a few seconds; she let out a yawn against the pillow and then smiled brightly when she felt Emily's kisses and hands on her body; it definitely felt amazing, and each kiss was like fire on her skin.

"Feels good…" Paige said with a husky sleepy voice. Emily let out a small laugh and kissed her again until Paige finally turned around.

They looked at each other briefly; Paige immediately buried her face in the pillow and blushed in embarrassment. She remembered what had happened last night, it had been so wonderful and amazing, and now they were both naked on the bed… she had never experienced something like this.

"Morning" Emily said smiling, she had been expecting Paige to be a little bit insecure after what they did, it was not her first time, but if all the previous experiences she had with sex were a disaster it was normal that she felt a bit weird or embarrassed now.

Paige offered a shy smile and then looked down probably trying to figure out what to say next; she didn't really know what she was supposed to say now or what to do.

"Are you okay?" Emily asked, she found Paige's embarrassment from now really cute and funny, but she tried to be patient and just ask trying to speak and act normal rather than laugh or mention anything about it.

"Yeah" Paige mumbled finally

"Really?"

"Yes… I am more than fine" Paige said, she finally looked at Emily in the eyes and smiled at her, it felt weird, to wake up like this… naked in Emily's bed after a long night of lovemaking, first of all she still couldn't believe that she had sex with Emily, and second, all her insecurities were kind of popping out again. Paige looked down a bit ashamed and let out a sigh as she tried to process what happened.

"Hey" Emily moved closer to her, until their bodies were almost gracing against each other, then she cupped Paige's cheek gently and made eye contact once again "Don't look away" She mumbled

"I… don't know what to say" Paige confessed in a shaky voice after a moment. Emily looked at her and smiled at this, but at the same time eyed Paige with concern.

"You don't have to" She said trying to be reassuring. Paige blushed and then let out a soft smile "Do you have any doubts?" Emily asked finally.

Paige's attempt to smile disappeared when she noticed the slight hint of panic in Emily's voice, she seemed insecure for a moment and Paige realized that it was her fault, she was nervous, and a bit embarrassed maybe Emily thought that she was regretting something.

"No" Paige said finally looking at Emily in the eyes with a serious expression. She reached out a hand and ran her fingertips along Emily's arm until she cupped her cheek; Emily closed her eyes at the contact and then placed her hand atop Paige's "I don't have any doubts… it's just…"

"Just what?" Emily asked "You know you can always talk to me"

"What happened last night was…" Paige started but ran out of words midsentence and stopped talking trying to figure out what to say next, it wasn't easy for her to express her feelings so openly to people, and the experience she had shared with Emily last night was the most intimate experience she had in her life which meant that for the first time she was completely exposed in front of someone, and that was a bit scary…

"Amazing?" Emily joked trying to lighten the atmosphere; Paige let out a soft laugh and nodded

"Yeah" She said "It was"

"So… what is the problem?"

"I've never done this before" Paige whispered almost as if she was afraid of someone to hear her. Emily frowned in confusion.

"Sleep with someone?" She asked trying to follow Paige's words. Paige swallowed and shook her head

"No… I… never been with someone like right now… you know, like this" She said pointing between them

"There is always a first time for everything" Emily mumbled "Do you like this?" She asked

"Yeah, it's… I've never felt like this before" Paige admitted.

Emily now understood her, she smiled and then moved to kiss Paige's cheek sweetly trying to calm her and then she moved to kiss the girl's lips softly. Paige responded to the kiss quickly, it wasn't a passionate fast kiss as the ones they shared last night, this time it was gentle and sweet.

Their lips just moved against each other sloppily at first but steady at the same time, it didn't took too long for them to feel the heat raising inside their bodies. Emily's body rolled until she was on top of Paige once more, just as last night; she adjusted her weight on top of the girl's body and continued the kissing before she decided to speak again.

"You know…" She said between kisses and touches. Paige hummed against her mouth and then Emily moved to kiss her jaw line gently, nipping the skin softly and licking the soft flesh "I understand what you're saying" She finally said.

She managed to pull apart for a moment to look at Paige. Paige opened her eyes slowly and tried to reach Emily's lips once again but the woman stopped her.

"I feel the same way…" Emily said, she dipped her head and kissed Paige's neck before speaking again "Somehow I feel safe with you, and… comfortable"

Paige moaned when she felt Emily's hands running up her sides until she cupped her breasts, she let out a groan of pleasure and closed her eyes wanting to feel as much as possible; Emily touching her like this was just the best sensation.

"As if I can be myself…" Emily continued as she finally returned to Paige's lips and kissed her with all she had.

Paige wrapped her legs around Emily and kissed her back trying to enjoy the moment as much as possible; this was real, they were there loving each other and it felt so good…

"Emily" Paige whispered between the kissing. Emily took a moment to react, she was so lost in what she was doing that it was hard to concentrate in something else. "We're going to be late"

"It's only six o'clock" Emily mumbled, she didn't want to stop; she wished that they could stay all day in bed, just the two of them alone, naked… but she had to work and Paige had to get to class, but still they had a little bit of time "We have time" She whispered

Paige didn't protest, she wasn't going to stop Emily, she just couldn't and she didn't want to anyways; the way Emily made her feel, with her light touches and gentle kisses was just amazing, it was as if the woman could raise the temperature of her whole body with just a simple touch.

Emily smiled against Paige's skin when she heard her groan in pleasure, it was funny how quick she had convinced her to stop worrying about the time; they still had an hour and Emily had to make sure that they used it well.

She descended on Paige's body kissing and nipping the soft skin being gentle and sweet, she wanted Paige to enjoy; she wanted to hear her scream her name once again.

Paige's breath caught in her throat the moment she felt Emily's hot breath hovering over her now, wet center; Emily let out a small laugh and placed both hands on the sides of Paige's thighs steading her in place.

Then she kissed the flesh on the inner thighs carefully until finally she reached her final destination running her tongue teasingly over the girl's entrance.

Paige grabbed the headboard desperately with one hand and buried her other one in Emily's her pulling her closer as she felt her tongue working on her center. She closed her eyes at the pleasure and tried to control her labored breathing.

"Emmiiily…" She said in a low purr "Fuck"

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It was nearly half past seven when Emily turned off the water of the shower; she wrapped her body with the towel and walked outside the bathroom, she felt relaxed and for some reason she didn't understand she felt alive; as if for the first time in months she was starting to live again… it felt weird and exciting at the same time.

Back in California she remembered how empty her life was; always hurting, she couldn't remember a day when she didn't cry, she always felt so depressed, and now suddenly she was starting to recover all her life and her happiness.

She opened her closet and eyed all her clothes trying to pick something for the day, she had separated her clothes, in the left part there were her daily clothes, the ones she used for school, all her suits, her skirts and buttoned shirts and blouses and in the right part her normal clothes, her jeans, leather jackets and her shirts. She picked up a simple white blouse and put on tight black pants with a leather jacket, not too formal but not to 'normal' she walked again to the bathroom to finish getting ready and when she grabbed the brush she stopped for a second and looked at her reflection in the mirror.

Emily didn't do this on a regular basis; she wasn't the kind of person that has to check her image on the mirror constantly; in fact, she looked at her reflection as less as possible. This time she took a moment; it felt weird, she had put on some make up nothing too exaggerated and she had her half-wet hair falling around her shoulders.

She let out a half smile and felt her eyes watery… she reached out a hand and caressed her own cheeks briefly… this wasn't usual for her; she saw herself pretty.

For the first time in a long time she found herself beautiful… it had been a long time since she had thought that about herself, she didn't know why… or didn't remember why but she had stopped thinking that she was beautiful, and now she was seeing herself different.

It was nice, a nice change in her life; maybe Rosewood was doing her some good; maybe running away had made things better for the first time.

She finished finally and walked to the kitchen with a bright smile on her face; and that smile brightened even more when she saw the reason, the real reason why she was starting to change.

Paige was leant against the counter, Emily could only see her back but she could hear her sipping her coffee; she was looking through the window while she thought.

They had agreed that it would be better if they showered separately; they both knew that it was possible that they started something when they found themselves naked again that they couldn't stop so it was better like this.

Paige moved finally and walked to the silk to place the empty cup there; she had finished the action when she felt soft arms wrapping around her waist from behind softly, and then she felt a pair of lips pressed against her neck.

"I thought you weren't going to leave the water" She whispered as she smiled. Emily hummed against her neck and smiled back

"The hot water was so nice" She mumbled, she still held Paige tightly, they reminded silent for a moment just feeling each other once again. Emily ran her hands along Paige's torso, now not caring what she touched; after what they did last night there were no restrictions anymore, she could touch freely if she wanted to, and by the way Paige was reacting to the touch, she was enjoying it too. But before she could reach Paige's breasts, the girl stopped her placing both hands atop Emily's.

Paige turned around quickly offering a smile and then looked at Emily in the eyes; Emily smiled a bit embarrassed.

"I thought we were going to keep our hands to ourselves for the day" Paige said. Emily let out a laugh

"I know" She said playing with the hem of Paige's shirt.

"Then? What happened?" Paige asked teasingly

"You're kind of hard to resist" Emily confessed in a whisper

"I can say the same thing about you" Paige admitted, her voice didn't came out as teasingly as before, it came out rather shy and a bit shaky, as if she still was embarrassed.

Emily cupped her cheek carefully and offered a smile trying to be assuring; she had to let Paige know that everything was okay, and that she was completely safe being just herself around Emily.

"Are you sure you're okay?" Emily asked one more time. She had asked that same question several times during their lovemaking last night and a few more times that morning when they first woke up; she wanted to be hundred percent sure that Paige was really okay and that she hadn't pressured her into what happened.

"I'm fine" Paige said nodding

"Sure?"

"Emily…"

"No" Emily mumbled "You know why I ask you right?"

Paige looked down and gulped, she was aware of why Emily was asking; she knew that she had opened herself to the woman and had let her see a part of her that no other person had seen before, not only the sex… Emily had seen her soul, her bare-self, and had known her deepest fears referring to intimate issues, and it was a bit scary to say least.

"I think so" Paige said still looking down. Emily placed her hand in the girl's chin making her look up and then made her look at her in the eyes

"Hey" She said "Remember what I said about not looking away?" She asked. Paige nodded

"I was being serious Paige, I don't want you to feel ashamed around me, and you have no reason, because I am not going to judge you"

"I know… but-" Emily placed her index finger on Paige's mouth silencing her.

"What happened last night is not going to change anything" Emily said "You're still you and I am still me, we are still together, just now we are… together in a different way too. This is one of the best things that has ever happened to me and I wouldn't change a thing about last night do you understand me?"

Paige looked at her, she felt out of words and completely disarmed, Emily wasn't running away or judging her by what she did, she was there with her trying to calm her and trying to talk to her.

"I do" Paige said finally smiling "And it was perfect for me too"

Emily smiled and kissed her, Paige was taken by surprise at first but then she just wrapped her arms around Emily's neck and returned the kiss with force. She couldn't believe how understanding Emily was being with her, and how sweet the woman was acting towards her, it was as if all the scars Shana left on her by her judgements and words were being healed by Emily.

"What are we going to do now?" Paige asked when they finally pulled apart. Emily moved to one of the cupboards and prepared herself some coffee as she thought about an answer.

"What do you mean?" She asked finally, Paige shrugged her shoulders and tried to explain without blushing

"You know… in class today, after what we did…"

"We have to keep our distance, as we have been doing the past month" Emily said simply

"So you think it's going to be easy to keep our distance?" Paige asked. Emily let out a smile and nodded

"We have to, I know that now it's going to be harder" Emily said, she approached Paige and placed her hands on the girl's waist pulling her closer "I can only think about the next time I am going to touch you" She whispered "But we have to be strong and keep distance"

"You're going to kill me in class woman" Paige said jokingly

"Really?" Emily said in a teasing tone

"Those pants… are too tight" Paige pointed out "I don't know if I am going to be able to concentrate"

Emily laughed at her words and kissed her cheek, the truth was that every passing day it became more difficult to keep their relationship as a secret. They weren't a normal couple, they couldn't be; and it was painful to see all those cute and happy couples walking around hand in hand, kissing in public and being close together and knowing that they had to keep their distance all the time because of the fear of being caught.

"Well, you might have trouble concentrating, but remember that you can get rid of my pants when we come back here to my place" Emily said suggestively as she smiled. Paige breathed out a laugh and nodded

"I'll be waiting for it" She said

"But right now" Emily said pulling apart and fixing her jacket "We go back to the real world in which I am Mss. Fields and you're my student"

"Sucks" Paige mumbled "And I guess I should go now, it will be better for us if we arrive to school with a little time difference" She suggested after thinking about it

"Yeah" Emily said "But for the moment is all we have"

Paige frowned at the words and made silence as she thought; Emily eyed her carefully, she noticed the slight change in Paige's attitude.

"What?" She asked

"You said… for the moment" Paige breathed out. Emily looked at her thinking for a second and then nodded

"Yeah, I did" She said

"Does that mean that you want to be with me in the future?" Paige asked trying to contain the smile that was forming on her face

"What kind of question is that?" Emily asked

"Well… all we've lived since you came back, and last night… you want to be with me?" Paige asked again. Emily smiled and moved to cup her cheek

"Paige, since the moment I put my feet here in Rosewood and saw you for the first time again I knew that I wanted you" She confessed a bit embarrassed

"Really?" Paige asked confused, Emily nodded

"Yes; I tried to deny it but obviously it didn't work"

"I feel the same way" Paige admitted blushing

"I know, and that's why I think that we can have a future together, a real future, in which we can go outside hand in hand and being a real couple in front of everyone… I want us to be able to walk around and kiss in public, go and have dinner at a restaurant or go to the beach…"

Paige allowed her brain for a moment to think in what Emily was suggesting; it sounded tempting, and a smile appeared brightly on her face as she imagined them being a real couple in front of everyone and not only in Emily's apartment.

"I would love that" She said, Emily mimicked her smile and nodded

She approached Paige slowly and they both smiled at each other silently, Emily grabbed the hem of Paige's shirt pulling her closer and then placed both hands on the girl's waist, Paige ran her hands up Emily's arms and then buried her face on the crook of her neck as she wrapped her arms around her.

They hugged in silence for a few minutes. After what had happened with them they just needed a moment of connection, everything had changed now, they had taken a huge step in their relationship, things between them were escalating really quickly and now they just needed to get used to it.

Paige pulled apart first and placed a soft kiss on Emily's lips gently, Emily smiled at the action; she liked when Paige was the one taking the first step. She only stood still and opened her mouth allowing Paige's tongue to brush hers gently but with force.

"We really need to go" She managed to say between kisses. This was not the best idea for them, start kissing now could lead them to end up involved in other activities and now they didn't need that.

But Paige seemed to be lost by that moment, Emily smiled when she felt the girl trying to push her probably to the nearest surface she could find, their breathing was starting to get labored and their kisses were fastening within the seconds.

"I hate school right now" Paige mumbled

"I know, but you can't skip classes and I can't skip work" Emily said, they shared a few more kisses until finally they managed to pull apart.

Emily cupped Paige's cheek lovingly and placed a kiss there before they started walking to the door.

"Can I see you tonight?" Emily asked, Paige exhaled and let out a sad laugh. Now that they were starting a new day she was going to leave the perfect bubble they had been living in for the past night, and it was time to come back to real world. A world where she had argued really badly with her mother, and now she didn't know how things were for them now.

"I don't know" She said sincerely "I don't really know if my parents are going to be home or not… I guess I'll go home after school and wait for them"

Emily nodded in understanding. She knew that Paige had gone to her place because she was upset with her mother, she didn't dare to ask when Paige told her that she didn't want to talk about what had happened, but she understood that Paige would need some time to go and fix whatever it was that had happened.

"I guess we'll have to wait a little bit" She joked. Paige breathed out a smile

"I'll call you" She promised "And if I can I'll be making a quick visit"

"It's not necessary Paige, if you need to be with your parents then don't worry, I can wait" Emily said.

Paige smiled; Emily was always patient and understanding with her. Before finally leaving the apartment, they shared a quick kiss, this time they didn't deepen it or do this to heat things up, it was just a soft brush of their lips and then they smiled to each other.

The first one to leave was Paige; she finally managed to exit the apartment and rushed down stairs ready to start the new day.

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Emily closed the door and once she was once again alone in her apartment she let out a sigh and then smiled, she leaned her back against the door and placed a hand atop her now racing heart. She could feel it hammering against her chest with force, and she could feel as if a shot of adrenaline had been injected right through her veins.

She felt amazing, and not just because of the sex, it had been a long time since she had been intimate with someone, but it wasn't just that; it was the fact that she had experienced something powerful and really amazing being connected to Paige like the way they did last night.

She walked around the house picking up her stuff, she grabbed her bag and put the papers she had corrected and some tests inside and then grabbed an apple from the counter. Her mind was still racing with memories; last night had been more than perfect, that was for sure, it had been perfect in more ways than one; every word and every touch had been just what they both needed.

But at the same time she couldn't avoid but thinking about what that would mean for them, Paige had made a point saying that one of her fears was the connection they once had; and it was true, Emily had lots of memories with Paige before running away to California, they were really close, almost like sisters, Emily remembered well Paige as a child, those big brown eyes so innocent and how sweet she was.

Now she was a beautiful woman, and Emily had slept with her. It felt weird now that she thought about it more calmed, but at the same time Emily felt happy.

This was the first time that she felt completely safe with someone.

She checked her desk one more time trying to make sure that she didn't forget anything important and then went back to her room to grab her phone.

It was on her night stand next to the bed, Emily grabbed it and saw that she had a few missed calls, she had put it in silence during the night to be able to give her full attention to Paige; she didn't want anyone to disturb them, and after that she was just too tired to turn on the volume.

She rushed to the door and on the way she unlocked the screen to see who had called… when she read the name on the screen her face turned pale and suddenly all her happiness and all the good things she was feeling that day disappeared.

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The bell rang at eight o'clock; all the students that were already waiting outside finally entered the school's building and headed to their classes. Paige arrived luckily just a minute later, she stepped inside the large corridor and let out a breath of relieve when she saw that fortunately she wasn't too late.

Paige was sweaty, her cheeks were flushed and her breathing was fast and labored, she had run all the way from her house.

After leaving Emily's apartment she had thought that she might need to change her clothes, and she needed to grab her bag. So she rushed home and arrived there in a record time; at first she feared that her parents could be there and maybe she would need to give some explanations but when she entered the house using the emergency key that was under one of the rocks of the garden she realized that her parents were gone.

She walked to her room quickly and changed into a pair of jeans and a sweatshirt, she didn't want to spend much time changing, then she grabbed her bag, brushed her hair and her teeth and ran to the kitchen to make something for lunch.

There she found that on the side of the counter there was a plate, the plate of food she left there last night, right before she stormed out of the house. Paige sighed heavily when she remembered what happened and swallowed, she was tired of all the arguing and to be upset all the time. Right next to the plate there was a small note:

Your mother and I went to Scranton to the Medicine Seminar, we'll be back in two days – Love you, dad

Paige read it a few times and then finally remembered that Nick actually had told her about that stupid seminar a few days ago, only Paige had been too busy to remember.

Apparently her parents were invited to the seminar to help give the conferences, it wasn't something new actually, Paige had been alone other times because of the same reason so she didn't gave it too much importance, in the end she preferred it to be that way. She didn't really want to see Claire.

After reading the note she became aware of the time and had to run all the way to school in order to get there in time.

She sighed in relief and walked to her locker to pick up her math book, she was feeling positive that day, she remembered what had happened a few hours ago and let out a big smile, maybe she had been upset last night but now she felt happy.

"Did you run a marathon or something?" Aria's voice sounded behind her, Paige turned around startled.

"What?"

"I saw you running, and you look…" Aria eyed her from head to toe "Different"

"Different how?" Paige asked

"I don't know just different"

"Whatever" Paige turned around again and closed the door of the locker

"How did the birthday day went?" Aria asked changing the subject, Paige hadn't called her after her mom's birthday as she promised and she had been a bit worried that something bad had happened.

Paige let out a deep sigh and looked down a bit frustrated confirming Aria's theory. The girl knew the problems in the McCullers family too well, and she felt really bad for her friend

"That bad huh?" She asked trying to be emphatic, Paige nodded

"I don't really know why my dad keeps trying to arrange family days… it always end up the same way"

"Maybe he's trying to fix things" Aria said

"My mom has always been like that" Paige said with hurt "She's not going to change just because we celebrate her birthday in another place"

They walked to their first class in silence, Aria felt badly for Paige, but somehow Paige that morning seemed to be somewhere else, she seemed upset but at the same time had a different look.

The entered the classroom followed by the rest of the students and sat on their seats waiting for the teacher to come in.

"So I guess the day ended up really bad" Aria mumbled trying to push the conversation, Paige rubbed her temples and nodded

"Worst" She mumbled "Claire didn't have enough with just arguing at the restaurant, she had to bring the college issue at dinner"

"I still have no idea why your mother is so keen in pushing you to study medicine" Aria said "You're such a talented photographer"

"I told her so" Paige said. Aria's jaw almost dropped to the floor and her eyes went wide open as she looked at Paige

"You can't be serious" She said, Paige nodded "Did you really do something like that?"

"I kind of yelled at her… and then I ran out of the house" Paige said

"Wow… Paige McCullers is finally a grown up" Aria joked. Paige slapped her shoulder softly and smiled

"I don't know what happened to me… I guess I was just tired, and so angry that the only thing I could think to do was run away"

"No one can blame you, Claire is always too hard on you that I really can't understand why you didn't do that sooner" Aria commented

"Yeah…"

"Have you talked to Pam or your brother about this?" Aria asked in concern. She knew how little Paige liked to talk about her problems, she always tried to swallow things up and forget rather than talk to her friends.

"Actually" Paige started "I kind of went to see Emily last night" She said lowering her voice until it was just a soft whisper. Aria's eyes widened once again and she smiled devilishly at her

"Oh my God" Aria mumbled as she kept looking at Paige "You went to her house at night?" She asked

"Yes, I didn't really know where else to go" Paige confessed

"What happened?" Aria asked Paige looked down in embarrassment; she didn't want to talk about last night, or at least not at school. She felt a bit weird admitting that she had had sex with her teacher last night.

"Well… we" Paige started "I… she was there" She rumbled "And I was there too, and I was soaked from running under the rain and then I went to take a bath and she helped me and..."

"You showered together?" Aria asked trying to contain herself from yelling

"Yes" Paige said simply

"Paige I'm so happy for you!" Aria beamed

"Thanks?" Paige mumbled

"It was about time that you finally crossed the line with someone else" Aria said happily "Because you did it right? You slept together after the shower didn't you?"

Paige's cheeks were even more blushed than before, she felt her ears redden and she saw Aria's smile getting wider

"Yes" She admitted. Aria let out a loud guffaw and clapped her hands softly; Paige looked around embarrassed noticing that some of her classmates had turned to see what was happening with them.

"I can't believe this" Aria said excited "Do you know what this means? This means that you're finally over Shana"

"Yeah, but it won't last long if you out us to the school by not being able of lowering your damn voice" Paige said

"Sorry… I was just happy for you"

"Thank you, but we shouldn't be talking about that here" Paige suggested

"Fine, but you have to tell me all the details" Aria begged

"Aria, what happened between us is kind of private" Paige said seriously

"Oh, come on, not every day a friend of mine has sex with a teacher, I want to know if our dear Mss. Fields is good in bed or not" Aria whispered

Thanks to the heavens and for Paige's sake Mr. Fitz finally arrived to the class asking for silence, Aria turned her attention to the blackboard a bit frustrated and Paige sighed in relieve, she didn't know if she could stand an interrogatory from her friend right now. She was still trying to process everything that happened last night, and she still didn't know if she could talk about it, at least not with Aria.

The only one that she wanted to talk that day was Emily, she tried to concentrate in the class but images of the woman crossed her mind making her distracted all morning.

---

Emily was sat on the couch at the teacher's room, a cup of hot coffee between her hands and her gaze lost in some point of the floor. She had been there for a while now, she arrived to school just in time for her first class, she had an exam with first year's class and then she had a free hour.

The room was empty, a couple of teachers were there before chatting quietly but went once the bell rang. Emily was grateful for the silence, she wasn't in the mood to be with someone now; she didn't feel good. It was as if someone just had kicked her in the stomach and that had brought her back to real world.

The door opened abruptly startling her, Emily almost let the coffee fall to the floor but she managed to steady the cup and then looked to the door. Ezra was stepping into the room carrying a bunch of papers in his hands and then he spotted Emily.

"Hey" He said happy to see his friend "I didn't know you were here"

"Hi" Emily mumbled, her attention quickly returned to the same spot she had been eyeing so carefully before.

"It's crazy how the rhythm of the year is speeding up" Ezra said, he placed the papers on the big table and rubbed his neck "The morning just started and I already have to correct the essays of three classes"

"It's crazy" Emily repeated like a robot, her mind was completely somewhere else. Ezra kept rambling about his busy morning and how he hated to correct papers, then he served himself a cup of coffee and sat next to Emily exhaling a heavy sigh of relieve

"Fortunately, I only have one more class for the day and then I'll be free" He said proudly. This time Emily didn't answer, she was completely zoned out. Ezra observed her quietly.

She seemed to be submerged in her own thoughts, it was as if she was floating in other universe for the way she was looking at the floor and holding the now cold coffee between her hands.

"Emily?" He asked a bit worried now that he realized that his friend seemed to be distracted

"Uh?" Emily finally looked at him and tried to sound focused

"Is everything okay?" Ezra asked. Emily sighed deeply, she was tempted to say yes, it was so easy to tell a small lie to avoid the issue, but the fact was that from all the people in Rosewood Ezra Fitz was the only person that knew the truth about her. She couldn't exactly lie to him because he could formulate the right questions.

"I got a call this morning" Emily said, she had a lump in her throat as she talked, she didn't even know if she was doing the right thing by getting so scared, she didn't even know if it was a bad thing.

"A call" Ezra mumbled "Who called?"

"Hanna"

The name slipped through Emily's lips and both of them reminded silent for a second.

"Hanna Marin?" Ezra asked to be completely sure

"Yes"

"What did she want?" He asked

"I don't know, I couldn't talk to her"

"Then why are you so worried?"

"She never calls me" Emily said with a shaky voice "That was our deal, I can call her to let her know that I'm okay but she never calls me unless…"

"Unless what?" Ezra asked

"Unless it's to talk about her" Emily said simply.

Ezra knew well who Emily was talking about, he didn't know the full story but he knew the important part, in the end, it was Ezra the one who helped Emily to run away from California.

"You think she knows where you are?" Ezra asked, his voice was now completely serious, and his expression was worried. Emily shrugged her shoulders.

"The only person who knew where I was going apart from you and me was Hanna" Emily said "I never told anyone else"

"Maybe she just wanted to check if you were okay" Ezra said soothingly

"Why if she knows?" Emily asked; a tear streamed down her cheek, Ezra took her hand between his.

"I don't think that she will be so stupid to come here to look for you" He said

"You don't know her" Emily said

"No, but I know Hanna, and I know that she would do anything to protect you, she won't let that happen" He said

Emily looked into his eyes, she really wanted to believe that, she needed to, he and Hanna were the only people she could fully trust and she needed to believe that everything was going to be okay.

"I hope so" Emily mumbled.

Ezra smiled sadly, ever since he started a friendship with Emily he know that the woman was someone really special, and after a few years, when he found out what was happening to her he knew that he had to do everything in his hand to help Emily.

"Call her back" He suggested "You can ask her what happens and that way you'll be able to relax"

"And what if she called me to tell me bad news?" Emily asked with hurt in her voice.

Ezra sighed and looked down probably trying to figure out what to say next, if things were bad for his friend they'll needed to find a solution.

"Then we'll have to deal with it, together" He said.

Emily allowed herself to relax a bit, she didn't know if Ezra or Hanna will be able to help her if something bad happened in the future, but his voice was calmed and steady and she didn't need to panic once again.

The panic attacks had been tormenting her ever since she left California and even before, she hated them, and she had to stay calm if she wanted to control them.

The door opened once again, both, Ezra and Emily, turned around startled. Spencer entered the room sipping her coffee and walking with heavy feet, almost as if she was a zombie. Emily quickly wiped the trails of her tears and sniffed trying to collect herself. No one could see her like this.

"You are the two people I was looking for" Spencer announced once she spotted them on the couch.

"Rough day?" Ezra asked eyeing her carefully; Spencer walked to them and killed him with a glare "Don't look at me like that, you look like crap"

"Thanks Ezra, I love you too" Spencer said angrily

"What did you want?" Emily asked curious.

Spencer looked at her, and then her gaze moved to Ezra. They were silent, and serious, as if something was going on there.

"Is everything okay?" Spencer asked worried, she sat at the other end of the couch waiting for the answer.

"Yeah" Ezra said quickly "We were just complaining about our lack of sleep last night"

"I understand that" Spencer joked "I had a bunch of exams to correct and a bunch more to prepare for next week"

"So…" Ezra said again "Why were you looking for us?"

Spencer remembered that she had checked the teacher's room for a reason before, and then a smile formed in her face

"I need a big favor" She said

"I'm scared" Ezra said

"What kind of favor?" Emily asked ignoring Ezra.

"Well, you two already know that I have a boyfriend right?" Spencer asked happily

"Surprisingly yes" Ezra teased. Spencer slapped him on the shoulder

"The thing is" Spencer continued ignoring Ezra and addressing directly to Emily "That we are trying to make this whole… dating thing official, and we wanted to meet each other's families and friends"

"That's sweet Spence" Emily said smiling "I'm really happy for you"

"And why did you need us?" Ezra asked

"You are my friends" Spencer said simply "And I want you to meet him"

"No way" Ezra said standing up

"Ezra, this is important to me" Spencer said

"You can't just come here and ask us to meet your boyfriend… how do I know that he's not messing you around or something?" He said

"She actually can" Emily mumbled

"Yeah, and I am not looking for your approval" Spencer pouted "I just want you to meet him and get to get along with him"

"I'm up for it" Emily said

"Thanks" Spencer breathed out "And I hope you are too" She added looking at Ezra "Because I had to make a huge effort to convince him and I made a reservation in a restaurant for today and…"

"Wait… you did what?" Ezra asked

"We are going to have dinner together" Spencer said

"Spence, I don't think you know how this works…"

"How works what?" Emily asked to him a bit curious

"When you date someone, your best friend is not going to like that person" Ezra said annoyed

"I like Toby" Emily said

"Thanks Emily" Spencer mumbled still looking at Ezra

"It's just a dinner Ezra" Emily said "You can go with us and if you don't like him after today you won't have to see him anymore"

"Exactly" Spencer said "I just want him to meet my friends" She looked down for a moment a bit embarrassed "Because you are the only friends I have besides my sister"

Emily felt a bit bad for her, Spencer was awkward, but she was a nice person not very social but she was funny when she wanted to, it was unfair that she had only three friends.

"Fine" Ezra said "I'll go"

"Really?" Spencer said in a yell

Emily and Ezra said a quick "Yes" at the same time and Spencer collapsed her body against theirs in a hug.

"I can't wait for it" She said

"Me neither" Ezra said a bit unsure. Emily just looked at his annoyed face and laughed.

---

When the bell rang a few minutes later, Emily left the teacher's room with a big smile in her face, she was happy for Spencer and luckily that happiness had replaced her disappointment from that morning.

She walked down the long hallway quietly observing the students, the corridor was crowded now that everyone had to go to another class; there were a few people checking their lockers and others that just were resting a bit talking before the next class started.

Emily was about to arrive to the classroom when another teacher stopped her, it was the PE teacher, he was a nice guy that always tried to make some small talk with her, she knew that he had he liked her since he had hit on her a few times but her heart belonged to someone else so he had nothing to do.

In the corner of her eye, while she still talked with him, appeared a figure; Emily's eyes immediately went to meet hers. Paige was standing a few meters from her, next to the small fountain that was in the middle of the hallway, she smiled at Emily softly, and Emily couldn't help to feel the tingles through her body as she saw that sweet smile.

The only thing she wanted in that moment was to get lost in that smile, to run to Paige and push her against the wall and kiss her hard and long until she had no force. But the incessant movement of people around reminded her that they weren't alone.

"What do you think?" The man asked suddenly. Emily looked at him completely lost and smiled embarrassed

"Uh… what?" She asked

"I was asking if we could hang out outside the school someday" He asked again with a shaky voice "I mean just as friends"

"I'm sorry Mr. Todd" Emily said

"Adam" He corrected "Just call me Adam"

"I'm sorry Adam, but I don't really think that's a good idea"

Emily could feel Paige's gaze fixed on her, she was looking directly to the man but she could feel Paige still standing on the same spot as before looking at her, probably she had noticed what was happening.

"Okay…" He said completely embarrassed "I'll see you around" He said quickly before walking away as fast as he could. Emily looked in his direction feeling a bit sorry for him and then her gaze met Paige's once again.

The girl looked serious now, almost as if she was a bit annoyed, Emily felt the need to go and talk to her but she couldn't, besides just a second later her friend Aria walked next to her and Paige's attention went to her and that annoying friend, Sydney, which was always following them, around.

Emily finally ignored them and walked into the classroom to start the class, her students were already sat and she only had to give them the exams and sit quietly on her desk.

"You should be more subtle while looking" Aria suggested as they walked down the hallway. Paige looked at her and blushed

"I don't know what you're talking about" She said

"You were killing Mr. Todd with your glare" Aria said "You should relax a bit; they're both teachers it's normal for them to talk"

"I know" Paige said "I wasn't killing anyone"

"Aha" Aria teased "Paige, it's totally normal to be jealous, I would be too, but remember that you have to be careful"

Paige looked down thinking about it; she hated to feel like that.

"Everyone tries to hit on her" She confessed a bit annoyed, Aria let out a laugh and then nodded

"Well, she's hot as hell, and her being a teacher makes her more desirable"

"I know, but I don't really like to see the whole school drooling behind my…" Paige stopped talking for a moment and then lowered her voice until it was a barely audible whisper "Girlfriend"

"You said the magic word" Aria said happily "I'm so proud"

"Proud for what?" Sydney's voice startled them both, the girl had been following them around since the start of the classes, after they had stopped to drink some water at the fountain Sydney had gone to talk with some of the girls on the swim team and then she seemed to have found them again. Aria rolled her eyes in annoyance.

"For my grades" Aria said "I got a B in English"

"Wow, congratulations" Sydney said smiling "How about you Paige?"

"Uh… I got a B as well" Paige said a bit uncomfortable.

"That is so cool, we're getting through this year very well" Sydney said

Aria didn't answer, she had been all day trying to talk to Paige, and now that they finally found a moment Sydney had to appear and ruin the conversation.

---

Paige tried to keep it cool, she managed to hide her previous jealousy until they arrived to class and then she and Aria sat at the end of the class trying to avoid Sydney and waited for the teacher to start. Aria smiled brightly when she saw Paige grabbing her phone and write down something, she kind of knew who could possibly her friend be texting.

Paige felt a bit bad for being jealous before but she still had the urge to talk to Emily and she hoped that she wasn't too busy to answer.

-Those pants are really too tight- She wrote, she pressed the sent button and smiled, she hoped that the text could make Emily blush.

And just as she had thought, Emily blushed intensely when she read the text; she had been sitting by her desk for the past thirty minutes, the students were concentrated on their exam so Emily had been there reading a book while she waited.

-Distracted much? - Emily wrote back smiling devilishly, she knew that Paige was talking seriously when she talked about her outfit that morning

-Yeah, you're a very distracting person Mss. Fields-

Emily read the text a few times and smiled, she wished that she could have Paige between her arms right now and be able to hold her closer and kiss her…

-Thanks and just so you know you are too, I couldn't stop thinking about you all morning- she answered. Paige's reply was almost immediate

-And I have seen that I am not the only one finding you distracting-

Emily let out a smile, and then understood. She had noted that Paige had looked at her weirdly before, when they were at the hallway, only she just didn't understood what that expression meant.

-Is that so? - She wrote, she was concerned about Paige but at the same time she found the situation funny

-What? - Paige asked.

-Are you jealous? –

Paige's reaction was to blush, she didn't want to admit it, she didn't like the idea, it was the first time that she was jealous and she didn't like it. Emily in the other hand was enjoying that.

-No- Paige wrote simply

-Okay, but just so you know, I'm not interested in Mr. Todd-

-But he's clearly interested in you, as well as the rest of the school-

Emily bit back a laugh and looked at her screen not really believing what she was reading, Paige was really unsecure, and it was normal for her to feel like this, but Emily wished that she could believe her.

-I don't care about the rest of the school Paige, I am only interested in you- Emily said trying to be as sincere as possible, this conversation would be better in person but for the moment she had to convince Paige over texts.

-I feel stupid- Paige confessed after a minute. Emily smiled, she understood.

-You know, it's normal to feel like this sometimes, you don't have to worry-

Paige let out a soft smile, she loved how understanding Emily was with her always, she really appreciated that, and actually she felt a lot better now.

-Do you think we could meet later after school? That way I could properly say sorry to you-

Emily read the text a couple of times, the idea of Paige saying 'sorry properly' was really tempting, and after what they shared last night she couldn't wait to repeat that, unfortunately she remembered that she had to have dinner with her friends.

-I have dinner with Spencer-

-Sucks- Paige replied, now that she knew that she was going to be alone for the next days she had been waiting to go and see Emily, but it didn't seem to be possible.

-I know, I promise I'll make up to you- Emily answered, she couldn't exactly cancel on Spencer even if she really wanted to go and see Paige.

-I can't wait for it-

Emily stared at the text Paige just sent to her and smiled, but as she was enjoying the moment, her phone started vibrating between her hands and the name of Hanna accompanied by a small picture of her popped out on the screen.

Just as in the morning, Hanna was calling her, and Emily's mind went wild trying to find out why her friend was calling her.

It was driving her crazy, every time she got to enjoy a moment of pure happiness something had to ruin it miserably. The sound of the voice of one of the boys dragged Emily out of her thoughts.

She looked at him and he asked her help with a question. Emily decided to focus on her job rather than let the situation eat her up slowly and painfully. She walked to the boy and tried to concentrate and to be surer that she was able to do such thing she turned off her phone.

---

Lunch time was a real relieve for Paige, she finally left her science class after finishing a very complex text which really let her very tired mentally, Ms. Hastings was definitely a really hard teacher, but Paige was sure that she had done pretty well.

She was the fourth one to finish the exam and exited the class in silence and started to walk to the backyard where she was supposed to meet Aria later to have lunch together, even if the days were starting to be really cold that day the sun was bright on top of the sky so they wanted to enjoy it.

Paige tucked her hands on the pockets of her jeans as she walked to the back door and sighed deeply, she grabbed her phone quickly and checked the screen a few times before putting it back on her pocket.

Emily hadn't talked to her again. Maybe she was busy with the classes but Paige knew that she had a break a while ago, she should have answered…

"Paige" Sydney joined her once again, Paige exhaled deeply and did her best to offer a sincere smile, she liked the girl, she was funny and a good friend, but Paige didn't really like to have her at her heels all day.

"Sydney, hey" She said finally, being rude to people was never her thing so she opted to be polite.

"How did your test go?" The girl asked "I think I am going to need to sleep for ages now, it was destructive" Paige let out a laugh and nodded

"Yeah, I know… I spent three weeks studying and when I had the paper in front of me I forgot every single thing" Paige confessed

"You're going to do good" Sydney said smiling brightly as she eyed Paige "You're so smart, I don't really understand how you can manage to have one of the best grades of our class and still be such good swimmer and captain"

"I guess I put a lot of effort on it" Paige said

"I wish I could be like you" Sydney breathed out. Paige frowned and looked at her curiously.

"Why do you say that?" She asked. She found it a bit weird to ask her that, the truth was that she never got really interested in to knowing the personal details of her classmates or her teammates, but know that she thought about it, she didn't know a single thing about Sydney apart that she was on the swim team.

"I am not as good swimmer as you… I have to face it, I hardly doubt that any scout is going to be offering me a full scholarship to a big college and other than that, my grades are really decadent, I can't even concentrate in so many exams and all the homework"

"I'm sure you'll be finding a way to go to the college you want" Paige said "And grades are just numbers, the thing is to find a system in which you can manage to have time to do everything without stressing too much"

"You talk as if it was so easy" Sydney said "I wish I could be like you" She repeated.

Paige looked down and a sudden feeling of pain and disappointment crossed her chest.

"I doubt it" She said

"Why?" Sydney asked curious

"My life isn't as easy as it seems from your perspective" Paige confessed. Sydney smiled sadly, she never got to have such a deep conversation with Paige, and as much as she loved it, it didn't last too long.

Aria walked to their direction and exhaled heavily as she faced Paige completely ignoring Sydney (pretty much as she always did)

"I swear I could hear my brain boil inside my skull during the exam" She said as she rubbed her temples "I hate Ms. Hastings" She turned her head and saw Sydney "Hey Syd" She said

"Hi" Sydney said shyly, she could feel Aria's ignorance towards her and suddenly she felt bad.

"I'm pretty sure you're going to pass the exam" Paige said "We studied together"

"You studied" Aria said "I just read the pages and tried to understand everything"

"It'll be okay, you'll see" Paige soothed.

Aria shrugged her shoulders and sighed in resignation, then she wrapped both arms around Paige's bicep and nudged her lightly to start walking.

"See you around Sydney" She said without looking behind.

"Bye" The girl said sadly when she saw the girls walking away. Paige turned around discretely and waved her hand to Sydney softly, the act made the girl smile.

She was aware that Aria did not like Sydney; she said that she was really irritating, but the truth was that Paige found her really interesting sometimes so she felt bad when Aria was rude to her.

Aria was still rambling about her exam and how frustrated she felt when something bumped into them hard.

The first one to react was Aria, as always the petite girl turned around ready to fight whoever that had dared to crush into them but as soon as she identified the person she smiled brightly and elbowed Paige.

Emily was on her knees right in front of the two girls picking up the books she just dropped when she accidentally bumped on Paige and her friend. She had been really engrossed reading a paper so she didn't saw them coming.

"Ms. Fields" Aria said

"Hey girls" Emily said once she finished grabbing the books, she stood up and looked at the girls trying not to focus too much on Paige "I'm really sorry for this"

"No problem" Paige mumbled, she was blushed. She hadn't had the chance to see Emily since that morning, and now that she was in front of her all she wanted to do was kiss her.

"I have to get going" Emily quickly said before start walking again. She walked pass the two girls and disappeared down the hallways, obviously she glanced at Paige before doing that.

"Oh yeah, I could feel the love between you two" Aria mumbled as she smiled brightly

"What are you talking about?" Paige asked

"Come on, I could see how you looked at her" The girl said "And she was looking at you the same way… you should go find a room or something"

"Shut up" Paige whispered, she looked down and reminded silent for a few seconds, as they walked and finally reached the courtyard.

"I guess it must be difficult" Aria kept on with the issue, they sat in one of the concrete benches.

"What?" Paige asked

"You know, to not be able to touch in public and that stuff… I don't know if I could do something like that, hide a relationship must be complicated"

"It is" Paige said sadly, she had to admit that even if she tried to be positive about her relationship with Emily, sometimes it was hard. "But it's totally worth it" She added

"I bet" Aria said smiling mischievously "And by the way you still own me the details"

"There's no way I am going to tell you something so private" Paige argued crossing her arms over her chest

"I'm your best friend; you have to tell me, besides you promised me"

"I didn't do such thing" Paige said

"Oh, you did, come on spill"

---

When Emily heard the bell ringing, she was glad to be already in class sat at the desk, it was nice not having to run around the corridors because she was late. Usually she ate lunch at the cafeteria with Spencer and then she walked to class but today she decided to stay in and have lunch alone.

She really needed time to think and put her thoughts in order since she had been all day concentrated in her classes. Talking to Paige over text that morning had helped her relax for a while but after getting Hanna's call she hadn't been able to concentrate anymore.

Her mind was clouded, she couldn't really think clearly anymore and that feeling was consuming her, she knew that she needed to call back to make sure that everything was okay but she was scared beyond words that her friend had bad news for her.

She kept on thinking while she watched the students arrive to the class and take their sits, class with senior year was always pleasant since everyone was more calmed that the younger ones even if sometimes there were exceptions but she liked that class; the only problem was that today she couldn't just focus on her job.

The only moment she directed her full attention to the class was when she saw Paige stepping through the door and walking to her table; the girl sat there in silence and offered a shy discrete smile to her, it was an innocent gesture, but Emily didn't return it.

That was when Paige knew that something was happening.

For the next hour, Paige saw how Emily literally struggled to give the lesson; she lost the focus a few times, the woman seemed to be in other planet rather than in a class. And she even had to read from the book instead of giving the lesson on her own as she always did because she couldn't focus on what she was doing.

Paige knew that something was happening; maybe the rest of her classmates just thought that Ms. Fields had a bad day or something, but she knew that something was wrong with Emily. It was not normal for her to act like this in a class and definitely it was not normal for her to completely ignore Paige. As much as they tried to hide her relationship, they always managed to look at each other and smile when no one was watching them. Now Emily just avoided looking into Paige's direction as she tried to finish the lesson.

Emily knew that she was probably not acting well, she was letting her emotions get through her, but she didn't really know how to cope with it. She felt overwhelmed and the feeling she had inside was painful; she couldn't let that pop out in the middle of her class and she definitely didn't want to affect Paige with that.

The best thing she could do now was ignore Paige and try to collect her thoughts.

The bell rang again an hour ago, and Emily breathed relieved and exhausted; she had been nervously watching the clock on the wall trying to count the minutes until the class will finish. The bell was like a savior, she walked to her desk as she heard the students walk out of the class. She was glad that this was her last one, now she could go home and change, maybe rest a little before meeting Spencer and Ezra.

She picked up her stuff carefully, her movements were slow and she exhaled deeply when she stared at her phone once again, fortunately Hanna hadn't call again.

"Hey"

Emily turned around at the sound of a familiar voice behind her. Paige stood still offering a warm smile as she waited for Emily to react.

"Paige…" Emily mumbled "What are you doing here?"

"I was in your class remember?" Paige joked as she took a step towards Emily.

For some reason, Emily took a step behind to avoid being so close to Paige which wasn't a good thing since she could see the hurt look in the girl's eyes.

"Is everything okay?" Paige asked in concern trying to ignore what just happened. Emily rubbed the back of her neck and nodded

"Yeah, everything's fine"

Paige frowned in confusion, there was no way everything was fine with Emily; she knew that something was wrong.

She took another step towards Emily this time trapping her between her body and the desk, she could feel Emily's body tensing and she crossed her arms over her chest protectively.

"If everything is fine then why are you avoiding me?" Paige asked. Emily sighed in frustration

"We're in school Paige, someone could see us"

"I locked the door" Paige said "No one's around now"

Emily checked the class quickly, Paige was right, the classroom was empty and the door was closed, she had been so deep in thought that she hadn't noticed when Paige closed it.

Even if she saw that Emily was upset, Paige decided to not drop the issue, she didn't want to see the woman like that so she took matters in her own hands.

Paige's hands reached Emily's waist timidly at first, she placed them on her waist softly gracing the skin over the clothes and then ran a single hand over Emily's stomach gently trying to just feel the girl and make her feel good.

Then she brought her lips to the corner of Emily's mouth and kissed her. Emily didn't react at first, she didn't know if she was in the mood to do this, but Paige's lips were soft and sweet against hers and the heat emanating from her body somehow calmed her.

Emily brought her hands to Paige's shoulders and after a brief moment, she responded to the kiss.

She brushed her lips steadily but still gently against Paige's; she had wanted to do that since the morning after the girl left her apartment. Paige moaned against her mouth as she allowed her body to speak for her.

Suddenly Emily's body was even closer to the desk and pressed against Paige's. The girl moved to cup her breasts softly through her clothes and then her hands returned to her hips, they couldn't really risk doing what they both were about to do in class.

But even if Emily was starting to give in to all the kissed and touches, her mind was still somewhere else. She managed to open her eyes for a second and looked at Paige who had pulled away trying to breathe, she leaned in once again after a moment and Emily kissed her but then she put a hand on her chest making her stop.

"What?" Paige asked. Emily looked at the girl's confused face and then to her swollen lips… she wished that she could just stop thinking and kiss the girl she loved so much and talk to her about everything but her brain stopped her.

"We can't do this here Paige" Emily said, she was referring to the position they were in right now.

Paige realized now how close Emily was to the desk and how worked up they both looked; she managed to smile but then saw that Emily wasn't smiling at all.

"We are not going to do anything" Paige said "I just wanted to kiss you…"

"I know, but it's not a good time"

"Emily no one's around anymore, classes are over for today and we were just kissing"

"Paige" Emily breathed out, she sounded a bit harsh and Paige noticed it, because she frowned in confusion and hurt "One of our rules was no contact at school"

"We've broken that fucking rule other times" Paige said

"Yeah well… we shouldn't do that" Emily argued.

"Listen, I just wanted to kiss you since I know we are not going to see each other until late tonight" Paige said, she made a pause and reached Emily's gaze. The woman didn't seem really happy about it "Because we are seeing each other tonight right?" She asked

"I have dinner with-"

"Spencer" Paige interrupted her "I know, but I guess you are not going to spend the night with her are you?" She joked. Emily looked at her with a serious look and Paige frowned again "Are you sure you're okay? Because you weren't acting like this this morning"

"Like this how?" Emily blurted out rudely. Paige opened her mouth trying to say something but failed at first, she understood that Emily might be mad or something but she didn't really know why she was acting this way towards her.

"Like if you were an asshole" Paige said mimicking that same rudeness Emily used against her a second ago.

With that, she grabbed her bag and stormed out of the classroom closing the door with a loud thud. Emily stood in the same spot she had been for the past minutes without words; Paige had just insulted her.

They had known each other for years now, and Emily couldn't remember a time when Paige had insulted her, surely she had been mad at her but never like this. And it was all her fault.

She wiped the corners of her eyes where a few tears were titling dangerously and then turned around facing the desk. She had to end up with this stupid situation, she needed to stop being a coward and finally call Hanna.

As she took the decision she felt a sharp pain in her chest, she placed both hands there and tried to breathe calmed not wanting to have another panic attack.

She needed to collect herself and fix the damage she had done to her girlfriend and also figure out why the hell Hanna was calling her after all this time.

---

Paige entered the house with such force that the wall trembled when she slammed the door shut behind her. She threw her bag to the side of the hall and ran upstairs; usually she would have gone to the kitchen to eat something, then she would have changed into her swimsuit and went to the pool to do some extra laps to get ready for practice tomorrow. But she wasn't in the mood for that.

She stepped inside of her room and collapsed onto the bed throwing all the pillows away with anger, she was crying now, she had been holding back her tears all the way home but now that she was there she didn't need to do that anymore, she just wanted to cry and hit something.

But rather than using violence she just lied on her back looking at the ceiling and held a pillow tightly against her chest as she cried.

She couldn't believe that Emily could have been so cold with her; she never saw her like that, it seemed as if for a moment Emily treated her as if she was a total burden to her, as if she just wanted to get rid of her.

That wasn't the Emily she knew, but she definitely knew that she didn't like her like this. She spent a long while crying, she didn't want to do anything else, she was hurt and she needed time.

Within the minutes she finally drifted off to a peaceful sleep forgetting briefly everything that had happened…

Emily sat at the edge of her bed, her hands were trembling and she was sweating. The nerves were overwhelming her once again, this was it. She had her phone between her hands and it was time to make the call, she had tried a while ago to do it but she had failed, the only thing she could do was lock the phone again and take deep breathes.

She dialed the number and this time she pressed the call button and brought her phone to her ear.

A lump formed in her throat and she felt as if she had no air in her lungs for a moment, the phone had line but Hanna didn't pick up which made her even more nervous until finally, she answered.

"Emily?" The blonde girl said at the other end of the line. Emily swallowed and rubbed the back of her neck

"Hey Hanna" She said with a weak voice

"Thanks God you're calling me now" Hanna said in relieve "I thought something had happened to you"

"Why the hell did you call me Hanna?" Emily asked irritated "I thought our deal was that I called you every week, not the other way around"

Hanna let out a sigh, Emily sounded nervous, and she really was, her hands were sweaty and she was ready to hear the bad news if necessary.

"Em, you didn't call me last week" Hanna said "That's why I was calling you, because you… for some damn reason didn't call me last week and I was scared as hell that something could've happened to you"

"Oh…" Emily realized finally what her friend was saying. Hanna was right; last week she had been really busy with work, Paige… she totally forgot to call her friend to let her know everything was okay

"I just wanted to make sure that you were fine"

"I am" Emily said relieved "I just was really busy and I forgot"

"Don't you dare to scare me like that again" Hanna joked

"Sorry" Emily mumbled "But… everything's okay right?" She asked worriedly "I mean she…"

"I saw her a few days ago" Hanna confessed. Emily gulped audibly

"Where?"

"At the park, I was walking home after finishing at work and I saw her" Hanna said, she realized how silent Emily was all of a sudden and let out a sigh "She doesn't know where you are Em, you're safe"

"Really?" Emily asked "Because every fucking time I close my eyes I see her face"

"I know sweetheart but she can't hurt you now; you are far from here and she doesn't know where you are" Hanna soother

"Yeah, but I just think that it is matter of time that she finds out where I am" Emily said sadly.

"I am not going to let that happen Em; the only ones that know where you are Ezra and me, so you're safe"

"I'm glad to hear that" Emily breathed out

"I know" Hanna said smiling "And I am sorry to scare you like this, I just wanted to know that you were okay"

"It's okay, I totally forgot to call you last week" Emily admitted

"I see" Hanna said mischievously. Emily frowned "Can I know why were you so busy?"

"What do you mean?" Emily asked playing dumb, Hanna let out a small laugh

"Oh come on Emily, you know what I'm saying; have you find the love of your life finally?" The blonde asked

"No matter how time passes Han, you're always still the same" Emil said

"You still didn't answer my question"

"No" Emily said simply. There was a silence at the other end of the line and then Hanna let out a small yelp

"Oh my God, you're totally lying" Hanna said "Who is she?"

"There's no one" Emily said again

"Em, I know you as well as I know myself and I can totally tell when you're lying, and right now you're lying" Hanna stated

"You're really annoying"

"You know its fine to meet someone else right?" Hanna asked "After all what happened you deserve a bit of happiness and fun"

"I know" Emily said "But for the moment I'm okay"

"Okay, okay" Hanna said giving up "I have to go, I need to go back to work, I'm really glad that you're fine"

"Thanks" Emily said

"Don't forget to call me next week"

"I won't"

"And Em"

"Yeah?" Emily asked as she stood up

"You have to introduce me to that mystery girl of yours soon"

"Idiot" Emily mumbled as she smiled brightly. Hanna let out a laugh and ended the call.

After throwing her phone to the bed, Emily breathed relieved, she couldn't even start to describe how relieved and content she felt right now, she had been so scared and nervous that now she felt relaxed and happy. She didn't have a reason to be worried, at least not for the moment.

She looked at the clock and realized that she was late. "Shit" She said as she ran to the closet to pick up her clothes and then ran to the bathroom as fast as she could to get ready.

She didn't want to let Spencer down, she knew how important this 'date' was for her and she had to be there on time.

---

By the time she got to the restaurant, Spencer, Toby and Ezra were already there waiting for her. Emily apologized for being so late and joined them at the table; the atmosphere was nice in there, she loved to see Spencer so radiant and so happy sitting next to Toby.

The boy was really nice, Emily had imagined her in a different way but he matched Spencer perfectly, he was shy at first, always talking politely but as they went through conversations he became more comfortable.

The only one there feeling a bit out of place was Ezra. He wasn't really excited about meeting Toby, and at first he showed it by frowning every two seconds and growling every time the boy talked.

Fortunately for everyone, when Toby mentioned something about baseball Ezra finally let down the guard and started a nice conversation; and in the end they actually had more things in common that they thought.

"It was a really lovely dinner" Emily said as she walked next to Ezra at the end of their dinner.

It was cold outside, the sky was dark above them and the streets were empty and peaceful; after leaving the restaurant Toby had taken Spencer home and Ezra and Emily walked to the parking lot in silence.

"It was" He said smiling

"I thought you were having a really bad time" Emily joked

"Shut up" Ezra said "I… have to admit that I kind of overreacted when she first invited us to this but it is okay now"

"I'm really glad that Spencer is happy, this Toby guy seems nice"

"As far as I hate to admit this… yes, he is and I'm glad to see her smile again" Ezra admitted

"I talked to Hanna" Emily said changing the subject. Ezra stopped and looked at her expectantly

"And?" He asked

"She was just worried about me" Emily said

"I told you so" Ezra beamed "Everything is just fine"

"Yeah, and I feel so stupid for getting so scared and nervous"

"It's normal Emily, after what you've lived is normal to react like this, you have to get used to the fact that you're free from your life in California"

"I know"

"Maybe following Spencer's steps wouldn't be a bad idea" Ezra suggested

"What steps?"

"Well… have you thought about maybe start dating someone or try to meet someone?" He asked

"Ezra…"

"I know, I know" He said raising his hands "But it's been a long time and I just don't like to see you alone; you should consider the possibility of being open to love soon"

"Thanks for the advice, but I am fine now" Emily said, she couldn't exactly explain that she had already a relationship and that she was happy, so she just wanted to end the conversation as soon as possible.

"I know, but it's just that… don't you miss it?" Ezra asked

"Miss what?"

"Being with someone, having someone waiting for you at home after work, having a free day and going outside to have a walk with your partner and maybe having dates and that stuff" Ezra explained

"I'm assuming that maybe it's you the one missing that" Emily said

"Yeah, I miss it, and that's why I guess that you might miss it too"

Emily looked down. She missed all that stuff Ezra had just mentioned, she missed to be able to be open about her love life and be able to show her love in front of people; then an image of her previous argument flashed through her mind and she took a deep breath. She had been an idiot to Paige, and she needed to fix it. Even if they had to hide, Paige made her feel good, she felt special with her and even if she couldn't talk to anyone about her, she was happy and she didn't want that happiness to end just by being scared.

"Those things sound good" Emily said "And just so you know, I am not completely closed up to love, it's just that I need time for me, I want to get to fix my life before starting to share it with someone"

Ezra smiled at her and nodded, after all what she was saying made complete sense; Emily had every right to be scared and reluctant about love and he admired her for being so strong and confident with all she lived.

"I guess you're right" He said smiling, they started to walk again to the car.

"You know I'm always right" Emily joked

"Do you want me to ride you home?" He asked once they arrived to the car. Emily thought about the offer, the idea of not having to walk alone in the middle of the night was tempting but then she just thought about Paige. She had to talk to her and it had to be now.

"Thanks for the offer but there's somewhere else I need to go" She said

"I can take you there, it's really late"

Emily considered it, she couldn't just say to Ezra to take her to a student's house so late at night; that would be weird.

"Thank you but I think I'll walk" She said

"Sure?" He said "Where are you going that you need to walk there so late?" Emily looked at him and let out a smile as she thought the answer.

"To fix things" She said simply as she started to walk.

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The McCullers house was immersed in a deep silence; it was a little scary actually, to be outside surrounded by the murmur of the night insects and creatures and the loneliness that reigned on the streets. Emily stood in front of the door fidgeting with the end of her jacket as she tried to decide if this was a good idea or not.

She had acted over an impulse, the need of talking to Paige; but now she was at her porch, in the middle of the night and probably while Paige's parents where inside of the house as well as Paige.

This was a stupid idea, why if Claire or Nick her saw her there? She didn't have an explanation for that…

She took a few steps back distancing herself from the house and looked at the windows. There was no light in them, probably everyone was asleep now, it was late after all, but she had an idea.

Emily grabbed her phone and composed a quick text sending it right away and waiting patiently for the answer.

-Are you awake? - Was all she asked. And the response came up quickly actually. She saw a light through one of the windows and a second later her phone beeped in her hand

-I am- Paige answered. Emily let out a small smile, Paige was never so cold through texts, maybe she was still mad at her

-I want to see you- Emily wrote back hoping that Paige wouldn't mind

-I'm home now, I can't go to yours-

-I know, but instead you could just open the front door- Emily wrote.

There was no response after that, which made Emily assume that maybe Paige had understood the message and was going to talk to her.

Seconds later she heard some steps behind the door before it opened slowly. Emily tried to offer a smile but she failed when she saw Paige's state.

She wasn't sure if the girl looked so disheveled because of she was sleeping or because she had been crying; she was dressed in sweats and an oversized shirt, and her eyes seemed to be a bit swollen and red.

"Hi" Emily breathed out

"What are you doing here?" Paige asked bitterly. Emily bit her lower lip and looked down, she could sense some hint of hostility towards her and she knew exactly why, Paige was definitely still mad at her.

"I came to see you"

"It's almost midnight" Paige said

"I know, and it might be crazy but I just… needed to talk to you"

Paige met her eyes briefly before landing her gaze on some point of the porch, she swallowed heavily and finally nodded after thinking about it.

"Come in" She commanded as she opened the door fully and stepped to the side so Emily could walk in

"We should talk outside… I mean, your parents might…"

"My parents aren't home" Paige explained, Emily walked inside the house and Paige closed the door.

"Oh…"

"They went to Scranton, for a stupid medicine seminar" Paige said

"Okay, so I guess this make things easy" Emily said more to herself than to Paige.

"I guess" Paige mumbled.

The inside of the house was dark as well, the only light was the one coming from Paige's room upstairs that could be seen from where they were.

"Come here" Paige instructed leading Emily upstairs into her room.

They stepped inside and Emily looked around a bit surprised; it had been ages since she las had been there, she remembered a five year old Paige painting the walls of her room with a bright pink color and playing with her stuffed animals and toys on the floor.

But that was long ago, the room had changed a lot since then, as well as Paige. The walls were painted in a light blue color, there were shelves plagued with trophies and medals, pictures of Paige's siblings and friends. And another detail that Emily had never seen before was that the walls were full of pictures, there were pictures of nature, of people, pictures of sunrises and animals, and in the center of the room, there was the king sized bed.

The bed was messy; Emily knew that Paige probably had been sleeping or maybe just lying down before she arrived there.

Paige turned to face her and crossed her arms over her chest protectively waiting for Emily to talk. Emily observed her, she definitely had been crying, she had her cheeks stained with tears and her eyes were bloody red.

"You wanted to talk" Paige said coldly "Talk"

"Paige" Emily said, she reached a hand to try and touch the girl's arm but Paige took a step back "I know you're mad" She said

"Really?" Paige said sarcastically

"I'm sorry" Emily said "I'm really sorry for treating you so badly before… I was-"

"Mad?" Paige interrupted her "Upset? Angry? So what Emily?" She asked "it doesn't mean that you have to throw it up on me"

"I know Paige" Emily said with a low voice

"I had no intention of getting us caught this morning, I just saw that you weren't doing your best in class and I thought that you might need help, but then you just shut me down and were fucking rude to me" Paige blurted out raising her voice.

Emily felt silent for a moment, Paige probably needed to let it all out and she needed to let her.

"I know that you don't want to talk about whatever the hell that is troubling you" Paige continued, she was obviously referring to the day when Emily had the nightmare and refused to tell Paige about it "I know that and I respect that but damn Emily I am not your fucking punch bag"

As she finished the sentence tears ran down her cheeks once again. Emily now realized how much she had hurt the girl before, she didn't know that she would be so affected and she felt bad for making Paige cry and feel so miserable.

"Paige" She mumbled as she approached to Paige, she tried to cup Paige's cheeks but the girl pulled apart as she sobbed.

Emily didn't desist though, she walked to her again and trapped her body in a tight hug; despite of Paige's attempts to get free from it, Emily just kept bringing her closer to her body until Paige finally stopped fighting and wrapped her arms tightly around her sobbing on her shoulder.

"You have no idea of how sorry I am for making you feel so bad" Emily whispered as she nuzzled her face against Paige's hair softly "You're the only person in the world that makes me feel good and safe and I totally forgot that"

"You treated me as if I was just a kid" Paige said, Emily rubbed her hand softly over Paige's back trying to soothe her "I don't like to feel like that"

"I know" Emily said, Paige pulled apart enough to be able to see Emily's eyes; then she wiped up her tears and sniffed softly

"I have enough with my mother treating me like that" She mumbled.

Emily cupped her cheek and ran her thumb over the skin; she looked into Paige's eyes apologetically and then leaned closer and kissed the very spot she had caressed a second ago with her finger.

The kiss send tingles all over Paige's body, Emily kissed her a few times and then moved her mouth until she landed one last kiss on the corner of Paige's mouth.

"You are important to me Paige, the most important person in my life right now and I am here to fix the damage I did to you because I care for you, and because I can't stand to see you so upset because of me" Emily whispered, she withdrew her hands from Paige's face and moved them to her hips pulling her body against hers and then running her hands along her front carefully eyeing the girl's face seeking for some sign of doubt.

"You know, I am really mad at you" Paige breathed out, Emily's lips reached the soft flesh of her neck and started to kiss her way down her throat nibbling the skin while she cupped her butt through her clothes.

"I know" Emily said between kisses

"And when I am mad I don't want anyone near me not even in the same room" Paige continued. Emily hummed against her neck and then captured her earlobe making Paige squirm in pleasure, Emily loved the fact that Paige always made cute noises when she played with her earlobes and neck. "I don't even know why I'm letting you touch me…" Paige mumbled.

Emily breathed out a laugh and pecked Paige's lips reaching the hem of her shirt at the same time.

"Because you want this" Emily stated as she encouraged Paige to lift her arms to take the shirt off. Paige did as instructed and after getting rid of the shirt she moved to kiss Emily.

The kiss was urgent, and with a hint of anger in it; Paige was being aggressive showing a growing hunger as she devoured Emily's mouth fervently pushing her towards the bed. They both needed this, the perfect little bubble they had created the previous night as they made love for the first time had disappeared now that they both stepped back into the real world, and they needed quickly to reinforce their connection.

Emily's calves hit the edge of the bed and Paige pushed her lightly so she sat, but obviously not breaking the kiss. Paige pulled apart after a moment to breathe some oxygen and stood in front of her looking right through Emily's eyes.

Emily's eyes were dark full of lust and desire, she was agitated due to the aggressiveness of the kiss and at the same time she was turned on beyond measure; Paige standing shirtless in front of her only helped the fire in her body to rise up.

She placed both hands on the hem of Paige's sweats and pulled the garment down just a few centimeters, revealing Paige's pale skin, Emily leaned in quickly and kissed the girl's hip bones softly before nipping the skin making Paige moan at the feeling. She wanted her naked.

After kissing her one more time, Emily quickly pushed the pants down leaving Paige only in her underwear; then she grabbed Paige by the arm and pulled her onto the bed until the girl was on top of her and they were once again kissing.

"I thought you wanted to talk" Paige said as she moved to kiss Emily's jaw line. Emily gripped at her shoulders as she felt Paige's lips working on her neck

"We already did" She said in a moan

"So your plan was to fuck our anger out?" Paige asked

"It's not a bad plan" Emily said

"Yeah, but I just thought that sex was not the answer to the problems" Paige mumbled, she slid her hand under Emily's shirt and caressed her stomach.

"Maybe not, but right now we both want and need this" Emily said in a purr as she massaged Paige's breasts through the bra

"Yes… but you're wearing too many clothes" Paige said, she let out a smile against Emily's skin as she kissed her way up to her mouth.

"We can fix that" Emily said.

She sat on the bed allowing Paige to take off her blouse and then took off her pants quickly leaving them both in just their underwear.

Paige pushed her slowly until she was once again lying on the bed and hovered over her kissing her senseless.

Emily held onto Paige as the girl kissed her way down her body; her lips were hot against her skin, she kissed the valley between Emily's breasts a few times before unclasping the bra and throwing it to the other end of the room. Paige was breathless at the sight of Emily's perfect tanned breasts; she was never going to get tired of that view.

She dipped her head and kissed the skin around one of the breasts before taking a nipple in her mouth. Emily let out a loud moan; she intertwined her hands on Paige's long hair and closed her eyes as she felt the girl's ministrations.

Paige took her time with each breast, she knew that she had plenty of time if she wanted to and she definitely didn't see Emily complaining so she kissed her perfect chest until she felt that she had given that area the proper attention. Then she moved the kissing down her body, kissing the woman's stomach and caressing her skin.

Emily was totally lost in the pleasure, Paige's lips were being torture to her and she felt as if she was going to die if Paige didn't touch her where she needed.

"Paige…" Emily said as she noticed that Paige was not going down any further.

"What?" Paige asked smiling mischievously, she knew what Emily was going to say, but she wanted to tease, she deserved it.

"Stop… Teasing" Emily managed to say. Paige nipped the skin on her hipbone and smiled as she continued kissing

"I'm not teasing" Paige said innocently.

Emily growled in frustration, but fortunately Paige wasn't going to keep with the teasing, she knew what Emily needed so she was going to give it to her.

She encouraged Emily to spread her legs wider and then kissed her inner thighs lovingly making Emily groan, she was painfully close to where Emily most needed her and she had to act.

Paige had fantasized with this a lot of times; she had wanted to taste Emily for a long time, now it was her chance. At first she felt a bit insecure, she had never done that to anyone, but she had to kick those thoughts out of her mind, because there was no time for insecurities, she wanted Emily, and Emily had done that to her that morning, so it was time to return the favor.

"Paige for fuck's sake you need to stop teasing" Emily mumbled as she felt Paige's mouth hover over her center.

Paige smiled and placed both hands on Emily's thighs before leaning in and running her tongue experimentally along Emily's slit

"Oh God!" Emily yelled as she felt the contact. Paige's tongue was soft and hot against her folds, and it brought tingles all over her body clouding her mind with pleasure "Fuck Paige" She said again once Paige repeated the action.

This time though, Paige ran her tongue all the way up until she reached her clit, she focused her attention on the small bundle of nerves and licked it a few times before continuing her intimate ministrations there.

Emily was gone; she had taken a fistful of Paige's hair trying to get some support, she was screaming in pleasure as the girl drove her to the orgasm with her tongue. Emily had never felt something like that, it was a delicious pleasure that was starting to build inside of her and having Paige in such an intimate position with her make her go crazy.

She had done the same to the girl that morning but she never imagined Paige going down on her, it was the best thing ever.

"Paige… don't stop…" Emily wasn't even able to form a complete sentence, she was about to lose it and Paige knew it.

She loved to hear Emily saying her name, it was hot and sweet at the same time; she could feel Emily's body tensing up more and more as she plunged her tongue inside of her and took her clit between her lips sucking on it gently.

Finally, after a few more seconds, Emily came hard against Paige's mouth with a loud moan of pleasure.

Her body relaxed immediately after all the tension she made before orgasming, Paige kissed the way up to her boy until she reached her lips once again and kissed her sloppily.

"Fuck" Emily said "That was… intense"

Paige smiled against her mouth and then pulled apart looking at Emily in the eyes, Emily frowned when she saw the girl's expression.

"I'm not done" Paige said, with that she just plunged two fingers inside of Emily without warning.

"Paige!" Emily yelped as she felt her body start to respond to the act "I can't" She said

"You can" Paige said kissing her neck as she thrusted deep inside of her "You said you wanted this" She kissed Emily's lips briefly

"You're still mad" Emily said as she felt Paige thrusting harder against her, she moaned in pleasure as she felt Paige's thumb circling her clit while she curled up her fingers inside of her

"No" Paige said as she kissed Emily hard "I am just frustrated with you"

Emily let out a breathy laugh against Paige's mouth, the girl was amazing, she was upset with her but still she was being so sweet in her touches…

"I can cope with your frustration" Emily said, her words came out quickly and she moaned after that as she felt Paige's fingers hit her g-spot again and again.

Paige didn't answer, she kissed Emily's chest as she increased the force of her thrusts, she could feel that Emily was close, she could feel her walls clenching around her fingers and the way she was breathing out frantically trying to say incoherent words.

And as she had guessed, Emily came for the second time with a loud groan. Paige kept curling her fingers inside of her until she finally calmed down and her body relaxed onto the bed.

"Holy fuck" She mumbled as she tried to recover her breath. Paige withdrew her fingers form her core and lied down on top of her kissing her softly.

"Now I'm done" She whispered against Emily's lips.

Emily smiled; she responded to the kisses and started to run her hands on Paige's back scratching her nails on the skin softly.

"Why are you still wearing clothes?" She said as she tugged onto Paige's bra.

Paige pulled apart for a moment and took off her underwear until she was finally naked; she lied once again on top of Emily rubbing her body lightly against hers.

"You feel so good…" Emily mumbled

"You too" Paige agreed.

Emily pulled apart; she caressed Paige's cheeks and placed a lock of auburn hair behind the girl's ear while she eyed her.

"What?" Paige asked, Emily smiled gently and pecked her lips

"I want to make love to you" She whispered. Paige blushed intensely and smiled back at her "But I can't move my legs"

"I let you tired" Paige said as she kissed Emily's neck nipping her skin and then rested her head in her shoulder

"You did" Emily agreed "But I still want you"

"So what are we going to do?" Paige said smiling devilishly.

Emily caressed her cheek, she had been thinking about a certain position but she was reluctant to do it, but seeing how confident Paige seemed right now with her, she had to use that.

"I'm fine lying here" Emily said

"What?"

"I am saying that I am not going to move from here" Emily repeated, she looked at Paige with lust in her eyes

"Oh…"

"Come up here" Emily said gesturing for Paige to move to her face

"You want me to…" Paige started

"Straddle my face? Yeah" Emily smiled. Paige gulped and felt a bit insecure all of a sudden.

This wasn't something she was used to, with Shana she never dared to try any positions, they only used to do the 'normal' one and Shana had always been mad at her for not wanting to prove new things.

But for some weird reason, Paige wanted to do this; it was not about experimenting or something like that… it felt natural with Emily, she didn't feel pressured and she knew that if she would've said no, Emily wouldn't have been mad at her.

She quickly made her way towars Emily's upped body. The woman lied on her back and waited until Paige's body was hovering over her face, Paige moved her leg until she finally was in the position Emily wanted.

This was a very intimate position, from this angle, Emily could see every single inch of Paige's core, and Paige felt vulnerable but at the same time turned on.

Emily didn't waste time and grabbed Paige by the thighs pulling her closer to her legs and then she ran her tongue over Paige's center hard.

"Oh… Em!" Paige's scream was loud, she grabbed the headboard and rested her foreahead against the wall as she tried to control herself.

Emily's tongue worked on her expertly, Paige did her best to hold on and not come so quickly; the truth was that the mere touch of Emily's body could make her come immediately.

She had to do her best to steady her body, grabbing the headboard hard for support trying to not collapse onto Emily's face; the effects of Emily's actions were starting to let her agitated, her legs were shaky and her breathing was heavy as she tried not to scream too loud.

"Emily… fuck" Paige mumbled

"That's what I'm doing honey" Emily whispered, her hot breath vibrated around Paige's clit making her shiver in pleasure "Stop holding back" She said again.

Paige was about to lose it, she couldn't take it anymore and she did as she was told right away; she let out a muffled scream followed by a mewling moan as she came hard. Emily kept licking and sucking until she noted Paige more calmed and then Paige fell on her back as if she was made of jelly.

"Wow" She mumbled, her body was upside down from Emily's, her head was at Emily's feet and her legs were wrapped around Emily's waist.

"I just rocked your world didn't I?" Emily asked jokingly as she sat on the bed tugging at Paige's arm to make her sit down as well.

Paige was still a bit weak from her orgasm and rested her head on Emily's shoulder as she hugged her tightly.

"You did" She mumbled "I understand why people say that make up sex is the best"

Emily started laughing and started rubbing random patterns along Paige's back as they both relaxed.

"I hate that we argued though" Emily said a bit sad, she could remember Paige's hurt face and she hated it.

"Yeah, but I guess it's normal… you know, couples argue, and we fixed it in the end" Paige said smiling

"I still can't believe that we are a couple" Emily said

"I know, me neither"

"And of course we fixed it, I couldn't stand the fact that I hurt you" Emily whispered "I am really sorry about what happened"

"Em, it's okay"

"No… listen" Emily said seriously. She moved so they bodies finally separated, they lied next to each other on the bed "You are doing a huge effort here" She said caressing Paige's arm "I know how scared you were of being intimate with me, and how scared you were to have a relationship, and here you are, being the most cute and sweet girlfriend… and I am not"

"Don't say that" Paige said "You're perfect"

"I really appreciate that you are not pushing me to tell you my secrets" Emily said "But I want to tell you"

"You don't have to" Paige said "I told you that it wasn't necessary unless you're ready"

"I know, and I am not exactly ready for it… but I promise you that I am going to try"

"You don't have to feel pressured" Paige said soothingly "You know I can wait"

"That's what I like so much about you" Emily mumbled

"What?"

"The fact that you're so understanding and sweet"

"You are too"

Emily smiled and looked down, she felt the need to say the 'magic' words now, she felt it, she had wanted to say them before but she hadn't been able; now she knew that she was ready.

"I love you, Paige" She said with a serious tone, she never meant something so much in her life.

"Really?" Paige frowned at her choice of words, she hadn't expected Emily to say that and it left her shocked

"I do" Emily said "I love you so much that… I can even tell"

"I love you too" Paige said finally.

Emily smiled and leaned in to kiss her "You're not saying this because I said it right?"

"No" Paige said "I love you Em, I've always loved you, ever since I was a kid and I followed you around because I wanted to be near you as much as possible"

Emily eyed her, she could see the sincerity in her eyes and it was endearing; this was one of the most intimate moments she had ever had, not even the sexual ones couldn't compare to this feeling.

"You know…" Paige started "My parents are not going to be around until two days"

"And?" Emily asked suggestively

"Well, I was thinking that maybe… now that we're alone I could show you how much I love you" Paige said smiling

"Well, thank god that we're alone because honey, I bet that pretty much the whole neighborhood listened to you before" Emily said laughing. Paige smacked her shoulder playfully as she laughed too.

"I am not that loud"

"Oh, believe me, you are" Emily said

"And you, Ms. Fields, are the definition of discretion and silence don't you?" Paige asked

Emily kissed Paige's shoulder and then moved to kiss her neck; Paige wrapped her arms around her and smiled against her skin

"Say Ms. Fields again" Emily commanded

"What about we check again who is the loudest?" Emily asked jokingly

"Do your worst Ms. Fields"

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Have a wonderful night/day :)