Thank you so much, guys! I love your reviews. :) Give me your thoughts, please. I wanted to write a longer chapter, but I have to leave right now and I wanted to publish this chapter. Sorry. ;) This chapter may have more mistakes than usual, 'cause I didn't have time to check.

I'll try to update as soon as possible, though. Don't forget I am not a native English speaker, so I apologize in advance for my grammar mistakes.

Paige's POV

When my dad stops speaking about the swim camp, I keep eating my breakfast on silence. Thoughts keep popping in my head, I can only think about Emily. I know it won't be easy, but I got to be brave, so when I leave my house to go to school, I grab my cell and I dial Emily. I need to speak with her about the news, and I also got to tell her that my mom wants her over for dinner. In fact, I believe that she's even more excited about that dinner than I am.

She's not answering her phone, but I keep calling her. I'm nervous, I want to see her immediately, I don't like this awkward feeling I'm experiencing.

"Morning," she says with a raspy voice. "Did somebody die?" she jokes. I know I've been insistent, but this matter can't wait.

"Good morning. Where were you?"

"I was sleeping. In fact, you were my alarm clock. I'm not complaining, I love it," she adds happily. Right now I'd prefer if she wasn't so sweet, because I know I'll probably let her down.

"We need to talk," I say abruptly. I don't want to waste more time, so I cut to the chase.

"I don't like those four words, it's always a bad sign. What is wrong, Paige?"

"I just want to tell you something. Can we meet before first period class?"

"I only have two classes today, but I got a dentist appointment, so I'm not going to school. Is it really that important?"

"No, it's not," I lie. I don't want to worry her. "But I want to see you," I insist.

"We could meet later this afternoon," she adds nicely.

"About that… Are you free tonight? My mom wants you to come over to have dinner. But we could delay that if you don't want to…"

"Sure, why not?" she interrupts me. "I'd love to meet my awesome girlfriend's parents. Even if that means having to deal with your liberal dad," she says laughing. Her laugh couldn't be more beautiful, the sound of it makes me feel good.

"Call me this afternoon, I need to see you. Before dinner, please," I add trying to conceal my nerves.

"Wow, you really want to see me. I miss you too, Paigey," she says with her sexy voice.

"See you later, Em."

This means I got to wait till this afternoon. "Fucking fantastic," I think to myself. I'm pretty sure this morning will be unbearable. I'd love if I could close my eyes and when I opened them it was afternoon already, but I guess science is not as advanced as I'd like to.

The wait is interminable, but luckily the bell rings and I shoot off the classroom. When I'm walking home I repeatedly look at my phone, but Emily didn't call. It's weird. I'm getting very nervous, so I decide to call her instead. She doesn't answer. Damn it! I call her many times, the same thing happens. I guess there's only one thing I can do, go to her place. When I get there I ring the doorbell and I hear footsteps approaching behind the door. The door opens and her mom gives me a surprised look.

"Hi, Mrs. Fields. Is Emily home?" I ask shyly. She clearly didn't expect to see me, she looks puzzled.

"Hi," she says giving me a shy smile. "I think that she's with Aria, but I'm not one hundred percent sure," she adds nicely. "Did you try calling her?"

"Yeah, I did, more than once, but she doesn't pick up. Don't worry, I'll call her again. Thank you, Mrs. Fields," I say smiling lightly at her.

"You can call me Pam, Paige," she adds giving me a grin. I'm glad she's not angry at me after our trip to New York.

"Ok, thanks again. Have a nice day, Mrs. Fi… Sorry," I add grinning. "Have a nice day, Pam," I say smiling at her.

"Have a nice day, Paige," she says smiling back. "She's having dinner at your place, right?" she asks when I'm about to turn around and leave. I nod at her and she waves at me with a huge smile on her face. I finally won her over after everything I had to go through. Now I just want to have the same luck with her daughter.

I look at my watch, it's six forty-five and my mom told me that dinner was at seven. I don't know if I should go home or call Aria. When I'm about to dial Aria, the phone starts ringing.

"Finally!" I say before sighing.

"I'm so sorry, Paige. Aria needed some help and I went to her place. I lost track of time and I didn't see your missed calls. I'm really sorry." I can't be mad at her. When I hear her voice it just calms me down.

"Where are you?"

"I'm getting to your place. And you?"

"I'm at your place," I add smiling. "I'll meet you there. See you soon."

I walk quickly, I want to get there as soon as possible because I'm already late and I need to tell her before dinner. Luckily, Rosewood is not a big town, so getting there only takes a minute. She's waving at me.

"What were you doing at my place?" she says grinning at me.

"I told you I needed to talk to you, and you didn't pick up your phone, so I planted myself in front of your door," I add smiling at her.

"You told me it wasn't that important," she says frowning.

"I lied," I add while I look at the floor. I know she made a mistake, but I lied to her, so I deserved this. I should have told her it was really important. I was trying to protect her, but it was a huge mistake.

"What is going on?" she asks while she lifts my chin up. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. But I got to tell you something… It's complicated," I add with a serious look on my face.

"You know you can tell me anything," she adds as she holds my hands.

"I got accepted to… Watery," I say shyly.

"What? Are you kidding me?" she shouts loudly. "That's awesome, Paige," she adds jumping happily before giving me a huge hug.

"Are you happy?" I'm surprised, I didn't see this coming.

"Of course I'm happy, dummy," she adds with a wide smile on her beautiful face.

"I think you don't understand, Em," I say with a serious look. "I'd be leaving next week… For three months." Her face soon changes, she's not so excited about it anymore.

"Next week? Three months?" She's in shock. She's staring at me, but she doesn't open her mouth.

"Say something, Em. I want to know your opinion," I add as I put my hand on her cheek.

"I… I don't know what to say. It's your life," she adds sadly.

"Don't say that. It's OUR life now. I won't go if you're not okay with it." I hold her face with both of my hands. She's looking me in the eye, but I don't like that look.

"Honestly, it's a long time," she says with a sad look on her face.

"I know," I add nodding at her. "But…"

"Paige!" I hear my mom yelling. "Dinner is getting cold," she says interrupting our talk. The funny thing is that she didn't notice our conversation was important.

"Hi," Emily tells her nervously. She's still in shock, I can see it in her eyes.

"Hi, Emily. Are you hungry?" she adds grinning at her. "Come on in," she says opening the door.

"Mom, could you give us a moment, please?" I ask staring at her.

"You can talk later. Dinner is getting cold, Paige," she insists smiling at me. She obviously didn't get my telephatic message. There's no point in telling her again, I guess we'll have to wait to finish the conversation. I look at Emily, I clearly made her sad. I guess I won't see her beautiful smile tonight.

We go directly to the living room, my father is sitting already, he's reading the newspaper.

Emily's POV

"Hi, Emily," he says looking at me. He's being kind to me, I didn't see this coming.

"Good afternoon, Mr. McCullers," I add shyly. Paige's mom sits next to him, she's smiling. I suppose she saw my puzzled face and she thought it was funny. I don't blame her.

"Nick, please," he adds nicely.

Paige sits next to her mother and she points at the chair next to her. I sit next to my girlfriend. I didn't think I'd be feeling so nervous, my heart is racing. Besides, I feel like Paige is disappointed at me, and it doesn't help. I hadn't seen her look so serious in a long time, she didn't say a word since her mom interrupted us. We start eating, nobody says anything, it's getting too awkward.

"So, I've been wanting to meet you, Emily," her mom says. "I'm glad you're finally here," she adds looking at me and giving me a huge smile.

"Thank you," I answer shyly. "The food is delicious," I say politely. She nods at me with a grin on her face. It's obvious she likes me, but I knew that was easy, her mom is very open-minded.

"Did you think about the summer camp, Paige?" her dad asks immediately.

"I didn't, dad. And I don't want to talk about that," she says rudely.

"Did she tell you that she got into the best swimming camp in the country?" he asks looking at me. I know that he's proud of her, but I kinda think that he's trying to piss us off. He knows that it could break our relationship, and he's happy. Maybe I'm imagining things, because he was nice to me earlier, but maybe he was pretending. I don't like his tone, that's for sure.

"Yeah, she did. I'm so proud of her," I add faking a smile.

"You know I have to call them tomorrow. There's no time, you have to decide," he adds staring at her.

"Stop it, okay?" she yells at him. "Don't pressure me. I don't want to talk about that," she says frowning at him. I hate that she's angry, I'd like to see her smile. She's clearly under a lot of pressure, and I totally get it. I put my hand on her thigh, I want her to know that I support her decision. She suddenly looks at me and I nod at her with a slight smile on my face.

"She's angry because she knows I deserved that spot. I definitely am a better swimmer than her," I add grinning at her while I caress her thigh.

"You wish!" she says smiling at me. Her mom is laughing, her dad smiles too, but he's trying to hide his smile. He's a really weird person, but I suppose he is the kind of guy who doesn't know how to express his feelings. I suppose he'd have a more open nature once he gets to know me better.

We keep talking about our summer plans and swimming. Her dad is really passionate about swimming, he's like obsessed with it. When I bring up that topic of conversation, he suddenly starts speaking non-stop, he's not so shy anymore. We start talking about our favorites swimmers, and he tries to convince me that his choice is way better than mine. I tease him and he starts laughing, he says that I have no clue what I'm talking about. Both Paige and her mom are staring at us, they can't believe what they're seeing. We're having a civilized conversation and we're having fun. Her dad is not as bad as she thinks.

When we finish eating it's already late, so I say goodbye to her parents and Paige comes outside with me. She tell her parents that it's getting dark and she's going to drive me home. I really appreciate that, I'm lucky to have her.

To be continued…