I'm really sorry, guys. I know I disappeared off the face of the earth and I apologize for it. I really had a reason to be missing for such a long time. I've been working a lot of weekends and besides a lot of friends came to visit me, so these two last months have been very very busy. There were times that I had time to write another chapter, but either I was exhausted or I preferred to watch TV or relax instead of writing (I'm human after all). I'm sorry. :( Anyway, I hope you still want to follow this story, even if I have barely time to write. I will finish this story no matter what, that's for sure, so you can stop thinking that I'm going to stop writing without giving you a proper ending. No way that's going to happen. ;)

Brief summary of what happened before my absence… :D

Paige's secret about her family is still a secret and Lucy called Emily begging for her to go to her dorm. Thank you for your support and your patience. I won't comment on your reviews this time because I'd rather spend that precious time writing the story, but I promise you that I'll continue commenting your reviews from now on, because I love them.

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MEANT TO BE

Chapter 26: Too much for one day

Emily's POV

Why the hell I'm feeling nervous? What is wrong with me? I hate this feeling. It's like right now I was the same child that was terrified every time I saw Lucy and had to hide my feelings for her. At that time I knew why I felt that way. I mean, thinking about her in that way was supposed to mean that there was something wrong about me. I used to think that because I was young and I didn't know anything about life, but I'm an adult now. Not only I'm an adult, I have a girlfriend now and I'm in love with her, so I don't get why I'm so hesitant. I thought that dating Paige was a giant step, and it really was, but I'm still not out, so that means I didn't accept it yet. I mean, the most important people in my life, my parents and friends, don't know anything about my secret. With the exception of Aria, even if she found out and it wasn't really my decision, so that doesn't count. Now that I think about it, I think I'm the same frightened child that I was a long time ago, because I'm not being sincere with the people I love just because of what they might think about me.

I'm standing in front of Lucy's dorm room, hesitating to knock on her door because she said it was urgent and I don't know what I'm going to find on the other side of this door. I move my fist slowly, trying to make it happen, but it's harder than it looks. I take a deep breath and I finally knock on her door. I hear footsteps coming from inside the dorm and I take another deep breath. When I see her my heart stops beating. She's got a towel wrapped around her chest and I can't even open my mouth to say something.

"What the…?" I start saying before she interrupts me.

"It's not what you think. I just… Come inside, please," she says staring at me and opening the door to get me inside.

"I'm not coming insi… I mean… Why did you…?" I can't even say a whole sentence without stuttering. I suspected that she probably wanted to be more than friends because she basically told me that this afternoon and she also tried to kiss me, but this is not what I was expecting when I came here. If I had known this, I wouldn't have come here in the first place. And I'm not in the mood to handle this. When I'm about to leave she holds my hand and she looks at me with those sad puppy eyes that make her so vulnerable.

"Please," she insists once again. "I need your help."

"Help?" I ask staring at her surprisingly.

"Emily, I hurt my back. That's why I'm wearing this towel. I was bleeding and I had to stop the bleeding. Now… will you help me?" She says while she holds her towel and gives me a serious look.

I instantly blush, I'm not even able to look her in the eye. I enter the dorm and she closes the door.

"What happened?" I ask worryingly after the whole misunderstanding that made me feel like a fool.

She lays face down on her bed with the towel still covering her chest, but with her back uncovered.

"I got out of the shower and that stupid vase that my roommate had on that top shelf fell on my back and broke," she adds pointing at the bathroom. "I looked at the mirror but I can't see if the wound is that bad. It hurts like hell, so I needed a second opinion," she smirks at me and I smile back at her.

"May I?" I ask shyly approaching at her and kneeling right next to her so I can take a look at the wound.

She nods at me. "That's why I called you," she says sarcastically. There are small pieces of glass around the wound it doesn't look good.

"So? Is it that bad?" I guess she say my face and she came to the conclusion that it's worse than expected.

"I don't know if… You should go to the hospital so it doesn't become infected."

"Could you at least clean it a little bit with water and soap? You have a bottle of water, soap and gauzes right next to you. You can touch me, Emily. I don't bite" she adds with a smile on her face.

"Okay. But right after we're going to the doctor." She laughs, but I know I'm right. I know I've always been the responsible type of person, and she always made fun of that when we were on high school.

I place my left hand on her back and I start cleaning the wound with my right hand. I realize that my touch gave her goosebumps, and I don't know to feel flattered or guilty.

"It feels good," she says in a low voice. "I've missed you, Em," she adds. I leave the soap and the gauzed on the floor and I instantly stand up.

"I'm calling a cab, okay?" I say, troubled. "Put a t-shirt on, we're going to the hospital," I add a little bit rudely. I know she didn't do anything wrong, but her words made me nervous and I'm obviously bothered because I knew this would happen again.

"Em…" She gets closer to me while she holds the towel and I can't help but look at her perfect shoulders. I have to stop doing it, I don't even know why I'm looking at her. "I'm being honest. Why are you bothered?"

"Just stop it, okay? I'm not in the mood."

"You're not in the mood to what? To talk?" she asks annoyingly.

"There's nothing to talk about, Lucy." Before she speaks again, I take out my phone and call a cab. I don't want to spend more time having this conversation, because I know this is going nowhere.

She turns around, she makes her way to get a t-shirt and gets into the bathroom. Five minutes later we are inside the cab, not even looking at each other and hoping to get to the hospital as soon as possible. When we get to the waiting room I get a magazine and I try to avoid her. She just sits next to me in silence. About ten minutes later a nurse calls her name, she stands up and she looks at me. She smiles at me, like nothing had happened.

"Thank you for your help. I love you, Emily," she says smirking at me.

I'm speechless. I didn't see this coming. She's full of surprises, that's for sure. When the nurse sees my shocked face she smiles at me. I guess I look like a fool.

Paige's POV

I trust my girlfriend, but I don't like Lucy. There's something about her that I dislike. I know that she wants her back and she seems like the kind of person that doesn't give up. I know she'll try to win her back no matter what. I'm sure that the fact of me being her girlfriend won't stop her, and that scares me. I know I should go to sleep, but I can't leave knowing that Emily is with her. I've just discovered that I'm a jealous person, and I hate it. So, instead of leaving, I decide to stay inside the car, outside Lucy's room. I know it's pathetic, but I just can't go to sleep like everything is fine. Maybe this is something a psycho would do, but I don't care. Emily is the most important thing in my life and I don't want to lose her. I also know that me being here doesn't change anything, but there are times when people do stupid things, and this is my "wise" moment. I turn on the radio and I wait. I don't know what I'm waiting for, but I just wait. 30 minutes later I see Emily and Lucy leaving the building and getting inside a cab. What is going on here?

To be continued…

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