The Runaways

Chapter 24

A/N: Didn't proofread at all so if there are lots of mistakes I'm sorry!

Emily opens up a bag, and starts taking items out of it, placing them in the dresser on the other side of the room. She glanced over at Maya who was doing the same, but placing some clothes in the closet. Feeling eyes on her Maya turns around, meeting the taller girls dark eyes, and automatically smiles at her, before turning her attention back to her task at hand.

Emily drops the shirt she had in her hands and walks over to Maya, wrapping her arms around the shorter girls waist, resting her head on Maya's shoulder. Maya lets out a content sigh, and leans back in Emily's embrace, closing her eyes; basking in the feeling of Emily's strong arms around her. "I'm so glad you're here." Emily whispers into Maya's ear.

"Me too." Maya immoderately responds. She turns in Emily's arms and places her arms around the taller girls neck; her fingers tangling in dark raven locks. "I love you." The shorter girl whispers before leaning in capturing Emily's lips with her own for a heated kiss. Emily quickly responds, tightening her grip on Maya, and runs her tongue along Maya's bottom lip wanting access which was soon granted, and their tongues began battling for dominance.

Maya pulls back after a few minutes and rests her head against Emily's, both girls panting slightly as they look into each others eyes. "I love you too." Emily says, responding to the other girls previous statement. Maya just smiles widely as Emily lets a giggle escape her lips.

They hear a knock and turn to see Spencer standing in the doorway smiling at them. "Sorry to interrupt." She says slightly awkward, as the two girls pull apart from each other.

"No you're not. We're just unpacking." Emily says, making her way back over to the bag she had previously been unpacking.

"I just wanted to see if you guys needed anything." Spencer says, looking from Emily over to Maya who had also returned to her unpacking.

The darker girl hangs up one of her shirts, before turning her attention to Spencer. "No I think we're good." She says, looking over at Emily who nods in agreement. "Thank you again for letting me stay out here." She says sincerely, walking over towards Spencer. "I promise as soon as I find a job, I'll start paying your parents rent." Maya promises, making Spencer shake her head.

"It's no big deal. Take your time." Spencer replies kindly.

Emily walks over to the two girls and pulls Spencer into a hug, holding her tight. "I know I've said this a lot today, but thank you so much! You have no idea how much this means to me." Emily says, before pulling away from the millionth hug of the day with the other girl. "You're amazing."

"I know." Spencer sighs with a shrug, tilting her head up towards the ceiling. Emily just shakes her head at her friend before they all three let out giggles. "Ill be inside if either of you need anything." Spencer says after a brief silence. The girls just nod their heads and she walks out of the barn, headed for the house.

Emily turns toward her girlfriend and sees her sit down on the couch, and look up at her. She pats the spot next to herself, signaling for Emily to come and sit next to her. "You're friends are amazing." Maya says, as Emily got comfortable, snuggling against the shorter girl.

Emily pulls away from Maya reluctantly. She was half afraid that this really was a dream and that if she let go of the shorter girl she would be gone again. But she took her chances and pulled away, being sure to keep her hands on the shorter girls hips as she did so, and opened her eyes, being met with Maya's dark orbs. "Are you here to stay?" She asks the girl, wincing slightly at her question.

"Yes I'm here to stay. You cant get rid of me that easily." Maya response laughing slightly, making Emily's grin widen. "I'm sorry I didn't come sooner." She adds; her face falling back serious.

Emily just smiles, and lets her hands slide off of Maya's hips as she grabs one of the shorter girls hands, squeezing it reassuringly. "Guys, this is Maya." Emily introduces, turning towards her friends who were smiling brightly at the couple. "Hanna, Spencer and Aria." Emily says, pointing to the three different girls

"It's really nice to finally meet you all." Maya says, cheerfully.

The girls smile at her and agree, then Hanna suddenly pulls Maya over to her, wrapping her in a tight hug, as the darker girls hand was still attached to Emily's. The other two girls decide to join in the hug and Emily soon follows, wrapping her free hand around her friends that were smothering her girlfriend.

They pull back after a minute all giggling, and Emily wraps an arm around Maya's waist. Spencer walks back over to the stove where she had started her breakfast, and continues. "The waffles will be done soon if you are hungry." She says, glancing over at Maya.

"Starving." Maya replies with a relieved sigh at the sound of food. "I haven't eaten all day."

"Okay well they'll be ready in about 15." Spencer confirms. Aria and Hanna situate themselves on the barstools and Emily looks down at Maya.

"We're going to go talk, let us know when it's ready?" Emily asks, looking over at her friends. Hanna nods her head, affirming she will come and get them, and Emily smiles, before grabbing Maya's hand, dragging her out onto the back porch.

They settle themselves on the wooden bench that sat right outside the house; Maya arms wrapped tightly around Emily's as she snuggled up as close as she could get to the darker girl. "How did you know where I was?" Emily asks after a brief silence, looking up at Maya.

Maya brings her hand up and starts running her fingers through the dark locks as she smiles down at her girlfriend. "I watched you dial Hanna's number so many times that I had it memorized." She says with a slight laugh. "I got to Rosewood and I realized I had no idea where to go from there, so I found a phone, and I called her and asked her where you were." She says with a shrug. "At first I figured she would just hang up on me."

"Why would you think that?" Emily asks confused.

"Well I figured after what I did to you that they'd hate me." She says as if it was obvious.

Emily pulls away from Maya, and sits up straight, looking over at the shorter girl. "They don't hate you. I told them it was my fault, because really it was." Emily says, moving her gaze down to her hands. "I should have never made that decision for you. You're right I was being selfish, and just thinking about what I wanted, and assumed it was what you wanted." Emily says with a sigh.

"It wasn't entirely your fault. I overreacted." Maya says, tilting her head to try and regain eye contact with her girlfriend, but Emily wasn't having it. She still felt it was her fault. "Truth is…I was jealous." Maya confesses, making Emily finally look up to meet her eyes.

"Why were you jealous?" Emily asks utterly confused.

"When I said your mom had ulterior motives. I was just jealous that your mom was actually trying to accept you, and love you the way you are, unlike my father." Maya replies, now looking down at her own hands as she feels her insecurities surfacing. She didn't like talking about her family. She got to vulnerable, talking about them, and she hated feeling vulnerable.

Emily looks at Maya sadly as she lets the girls words sink in. She pulls Maya into her, holding her close and places a kiss on top of her girlfriends head. "I'm so sorry Maya." Emily whispers. She hears Maya let out a sniffle, and she knows her girlfriend is crying. "You don't deserve this. You're amazing and you deserve parents who love you for who you are. He doesn't deserve to be your father." Emily says as she feels Maya tremble beneath her.

Emily pulls Maya closer to her, trying her best to sooth the distressed girl. She had never seen Maya this vulnerable and it broke her heart, seeing her this upset. She had always known Maya was really upset about her father, but the shorter girl would never talk about it. She was finally letting her in, and opening up, but now she was breaking.

After a few minutes, Maya gains back most of her composure, and pulls away from Emily, wiping her cheeks with the back of her hand. "I'm sorry I said those things about your mother. I know I won't ever have model parents, but I realize not all parents are like mine, and I need to give her a chance." Maya says, looking deep into Emily's brown orbs.

Emily nods her head in response, and lets out a sigh, "She isn't okay, but she is trying and that's all I can ask for." She says with a shrug. Of course she wanted her mother to accept her, but she knew it wasn't going to happen over night, but she couldn't be happier that she was trying, because she knew some parents wouldn't even do that.

"Just be patient. Her trying says a lot." Maya replies, looking over at her girlfriend who nods in agreement. Maya smiles and leans in pressing her lips against Emily's, kissing her softly, and slowly.

A few seconds into the kiss they hear someone clear their throat, and break away to see all three of Emily's friends, beaming at them. Emily blushes and looks down at her hands as Maya giggles at her girlfriend's embarrassment, and grabs her hand reassuringly. "Breakfast is ready." Spencer states happily, before the three girls turn and walk back into the house.

Emily looks up at her girlfriend and they both let out a laugh, shaking their heads. "Come on." Maya says, standing up off the bench. She pulls on Emily's hand, helping her up, and they make their way into the kitchen.

EXM

"So is your mom happy I won't be living with you guys?" Maya asks, with a laugh.

Emily looks up at Maya who was smirking at her, and rolls her eyes. "She is relieved, I won't lie, but she really was going to let you stay with us if you needed a place." Emily says, situating herself back on Maya's chest.

"Well, I'm lucky that Melissa decided to move out and get her own apartment." Maya says, as she lets her fingers run through Emily's hair.

"You're even luckier that Spencer is letting you stay. She worked all summer on this place for herself." Emily says, letting out a chuckle. She knew how mad Spencer had been when Melissa had taken the barn away from her. She had been more than surprised when Spencer had suggested Maya stay in the barn.

"Well, she did a great job. It looks amazing." Maya replies, making Emily let out a humming noise in response.

EXM

Later that night Emily walks into the Hastings household through the backdoor, where she sees Maya standing over the stove, with a pink apron wrapped snuggly around her body. She smiles at the sight and closes the door behind her, making Maya turn around. "Hi." Emily greets as Maya smiles and walks over to her.

"Hey baby." Maya replies, standing up on her tip toes to kiss her girlfriend quickly.

Maya walks back over to the stove, and turns down the heat as she stirs around the contents of the pan. "Is there anything I can help with?" Emily asks, looking over Maya's shoulder at what the girl was cooking. "It looks and smells amazing." She compliments the darker girl.

"Thank you." Maya says, glancing over her shoulder, before turning her attention back to the pan. "And no I do not need help. Go upstairs with Spencer and the other girls, and I'll let you know when it's ready." Maya says, backing away from the stove, making Emily do so also. She walks over to the refrigerator and grabs a few things before turning back around, only to be met with a pouting Emily. "What?" She asks, and can't help the smile from forming on her lips at Emily's adorableness.

"I want to stay here with you." Emily says, placing her hands on the darker girls hips.

Maya loosely wraps her arms around Emily's neck and smiles adoringly at her girlfriend. "I know baby, but I want to do this by myself. Please just go upstairs?" Maya asks, poking her bottom lip out.

Emily rolls her eyes at Maya's puppy dog face, but can't help but give in. "Fine." She sighs, making Maya's frown turn into t smile. She reaches up and quickly kisses Emily once again before walking back over to the stove. Emily turns on her heel and walks up the stairs, and down the hallway where she hears her friends talking from inside of Spencer's room. She opens the door and sees them all on Spencer's bed looking at magazines. "Dinner is looking good." She announces, making them turn their attention to her.

"Smells good." Hanna comments with a smile.

"Yeah, and she hasn't burnt anything yet, so that is a plus." Emily says, plopping herself onto the bed next to Spencer.

Spencer just looks at her friend, raising an eyebrow, "Should I be worried?" She asks with a slight smile. Emily just shakes her head letting out a laugh in response, making the other girls smirk. "It's really sweet of her to make my family dinner." Spencer commends, flipping through her magazine.

"She just wants to show you guys how grateful she is that you are letting her stay here." Emily says with a shrug, and Spencer just nods, understanding.

"I really like Maya." Aria states, making Emily look over at her. The shorter brunette just gives Emily a reassuring smile, making one also form on Emily's lips. She couldn't ask for better friends. They had been so supportive when she had came out to them, and now they loved Maya.

"Yeah, but before you got here we had to give her the best friend talk y'know." Hanna says making Emily look over at her curiously, and a little frightened.

"The best friend talk? What's that?" Emily asks laughing nervously. She could only imagine what her three best friends would say to Maya. But Maya seemed okay, so it couldn't have been anything too bad.

"You know the whole if you hurt her we'll kill you speech." Aria says making Hanna and Spencer nod firmly at her statement, agreeing with her.

Emily tilts her head back and lets out a laugh, "Well, you don't have to worry about that." She says, looking back at them with a smile. "But I do appreciate the meaning behind it."

"I agree with you, she seems to love you a lot." Aria says, nodding her head as she spoke.

"Yeah she looks like you; like a love sick puppy, when we talked about you, and when she talked about you." Spencer says with a laugh.

Emily looks down at the comforter as s deep red blush appears on her cheeks, making her friends giggle at her. She raises her hands up over her face, trying to hide the blush as they start laughing harder at her embarrassment.

Thankfully there was a knock on the door seconds later, steering their attention away from the blushing brunette. They look over and see Maya in the doorway, smiling. Emily gets up off the bed and walks over to the shorter girl, placing a kiss on her lips, "Dinner is ready." Maya says with a smile, forcing her gaze away from the brunette to look at her friends. They all nod, and get off the bed, making their way down the stairs.

EXM

Dinner had gone off amazingly, Maya had cooked her meal to perfection, and the Hastings were more than flattered at the gesture. They had sat around the table for almost two hours talking about everything. They had discussed Emily and Maya's life together once they had ran away, and also asking Maya questions about herself, trying to get to know the girl more.

The Hastings had seemed genuinely interested in her girlfriend, and were nothing but friendly to her. She had inwardly wished that it was her own parents she was having this same dinner and same conversation with, but she knew that in time; they would. Her mother was already warming up to the idea even more, and she was inviting Maya over regularly, trying to get to know her. It was still awkward, but it was getting better, and Emily couldn't ask for anything more.

Maya walks out of the bathroom and sees Emily lying on her bed staring up at the ceiling. She smiles and lies down on her stomach next to the brunette and watches her. Feeling eyes on her, Emily looks down, meeting Maya's dark brown orbs. "Hi." Emily says quietly, keeping her gaze on the girl.

"Hi." Maya replies with a smile, propping her head up on her hand. "Whatcha thinking about?"

Emily looks back up at the ceiling and shrugs, before looking back over at her girlfriend. "Just everything. You, and my mom mainly. I'm just really happy that you're here, and that she really is trying to be okay with this." She says, turning over onto her side, facing Maya.

"I'm happy I'm here also." Maya replies, leaning in placing a soft kiss on Emily's lips. She pulls back, opening her eyes, and sees Emily's eyes still closed, making her let out a breathy laugh. Emily opens her eyes and just smiles at the girl in front her of before scooting closer to her, burying her head in the darker girls neck.

"The one thing that I don't like about not living in our apartment anymore, is that I can't sleep with you." Emily mumbles into the shorter girls neck, making Maya squirm from the ticklishness. "I don't like not waking up next to you anymore."

Maya wraps her arms around Emily, and pulls her closer to herself, and runs her fingers up and down the taller girls back lightly. "I don't like it either." She replies with a sigh. "But we're better off here." She adds, making the brunette just nod, knowing she was right. The girls fall into a comfortable silence after that, just enjoying the feeling of lying in each others arms.

"Are you ready to go to school in a few weeks?" Emily asks after a few minutes, breaking their silence. She pulls her head off Maya's shoulder, hovering over her, and looks down at her.

"Never was excited about school, but I can deal." Maya says with a shrug. "School isn't my thing. Just something you have to do." She adds with a frown.

Emily laughs, and looks down at her girlfriend, tilting her head to the side. "Are you like the badass that sits in the back of the room, drawing on the desks or that ditches class, and goes out back to smoke weed?" Emily asks teasingly rubbing her nose with Maya's.

Maya can't help but giggle at the brunettes question, "Actually….yes." She answers with a smile, making Emily laugh. "I love you." Maya suddenly says, making Emily's face turn serious.

"I know. I love you too." She says, before leaning down capturing the girls lips in a passionate kiss.

I wrote a Pretty Little Liars/Glee Crossover if you haven't read it already then you should please! (:

Also that was the end :( Let me know what you guys thought just one last time please! I may be doing a sequel in the future if you guys want! (:

Thank you so much for everyone who read! I really enjoyed writing this for you guys!