3 years later...
Emily's POV
I was snuggled up to Paige after our usual bedrom workout. It has been 3 years since Sara and they couldn't remember much. Only that they weren't as committed to a proposal for the guys and for Paige, well she remembered hooking up with Sara. Ouch much? But everything was fine now. I trailed my fingers down from her bare chest until the middle of her hips before tracing it back up. "For the past three years, it took everything in me to remember everything, and that includes the guys. We remember bits and pieces now and everything against Sara, but we don't have evidence. I'm terribly sorry for that," Paige was stroking my face and looking into my eyes. All I saw in them was sincerity and love and I knew that she really was sorry. "You don't have to be sorry. All of us didn't know who she was but, about Mona..." I trailed off at the fact that Sara did mention about Paige taking part in killing Mona and also, the girls were having a hard time forgiving her now that she remembers. "I know that whatever I do won't change a thing but it can only take time for them to forgive me," She leaned down and gave me a kiss filled with passion before pulling away and heading out of bed. It's not only them, Paige. I have troubles forgiving you as well.I let out a sigh in frustration. I couldn't blame Paige for thinking that I have forgiven her. I was the only one there for her for the past three years. "Hey," Paige's voice knocked me out of my thoughts again. She stood at the end of the bed, naked as the day she was born from where we were last night with her arm outstretched. "I'm going for a shower. Care to join me?" I put my hand in hers and she pulled me up, causing the blanket to fall and expose the top half of me. "It's just dumb luck that I have you, Em."
After our long and hot shower, we emerged from the steaming bathroom. "Go wear something nice and classy. I'm taking you out," Paige called out before heading to the other room to change. That was weird. I went through my closet and found the dress that popped into my mind the moment Paige announced that there was dressing up to do. It was Paige's favourite dress. It was ankle length with a slit all the way to mid thigh, a higher neckline then Paige would like and it was sleeved. Really long sleeved. I pulled out a pair of black heels, also Paige's favourites and laid them on the bed before going to do my hair and start my make up.
Two hours later, Paige knocked on the door and walked in. She was dressed in a white suit, the one like the one she wore for the Christmas ball. Paige and I had different collections, mine of dresses and hers of suits. Didn't go unnoticed that she was wearing my favourite suit on her though. "Wow, Em." She took my hand and raised it, turning me around. "You look amazing," She looked me up and down and pulled me into her arms. "You've been ready for a while, haven't you?" She gave me a smile and kissed me. "So what if I have? It was worth the wait. Come on, let's go." Paige pulled me down the stairs into her Rover, the Rover that Sara gave her. It confuses me why she stills drives the car. It was given from one of our enemies, well her frenemy. My thoughts got broken once again by Paige's finger lacing through mine as we drove off.
We arrived at Rosewood High, much to my surprise. Paige exited the car and came to my side to help me, "M'lady." I got out of the car and followed Paige's lead, towards the natatorium. Inside, much to my surprise was a romantic little table, surrounded by different candles of all sorts and sizes and a trail of roses leading to it. My hand slipped from Paige's as I walked to the table. There was a cover and a post in note: Open it. I was about to do as told when a sound stopped me. "Not going to do it without us, are you Em?" Out walked from the locker rooms, Hanna, Aria, Spencer, Caleb, Toby, Ezra and my parents. "What are you guys doing here?" I asked as Paige walked in after them, holding a huge bouquet of lillies. "Open it," Paige smiled at me. Face and mind filled with confusion, I took the lid and opened.
What laid beneath the lid only puzzled me more. Swim cap and goggles? I looked at Paige in confusion and smiled. "What's this about?" I grabbed the swim stuff and felt something inside the cap. Frowning, I rummaged through it and found the most beautiful ring ever. "Oh, my, God. Caleb, you cheap!" I heard Hanna gasp when she saw the size of the diamond on the ring. I blocked the surroundings focused on Paige, just Paige. Her chuckle when she heard what Hanna said and her footsteps over. She took the ring from my hands and got down on one knee. "Emily Fields, I have loved you since we tried out for the team at Rosewood High, right here in this natatorium. I just didn't realise it. You were there for me and you are there for me. We go way back, if you think about it. I had feelings for you the moment I woke up in the hospital, three years ago but was so afraid, since technically I left you for Stanford but you somehow ended up beside me. You sticked with me, despite of what I did. Till today, I know you still bear hatred in me, as well as your friends, for what I did and I don't blame you. I blame myself and I want to spend my entire life making it up to you. I know I'm not perfect or the best, but I can't imagine my life without you. Emily Fields, will you marry me?" Tears was streaming down my face and I choked out my answer, the most obvious answer. "Yes."
We went to my favourite restaurant in Rosewood afterwards, one of the most costly ones and celebrated. "Cheers to Emily and Paige," My dad rose up and gave a toast to us. I looked around and sighed in content. All the people I love was here, with genuine smiles on their face and just enjoying the time together. Since when did life become so enjoyable? "I have a word," Paige rose up from beside me and held her glass. "I know how the girls and guys feel about me, because of what I did and I wholeheartedly regret, but I want to thank all of you today for being witness for the proposal. As for Mr and Mrs Fields, I wasn't there to protect Emily once, but now, I'll protect her with my life and I swear to that." Paige lifted her glass up and downed her champagne as a toast.
The night ended soon, way too soon. All the guys, my dad included, was given a hard time. Choruses of comments made to them about how their diamond was way smaller than the huge one on my finger almost made them throw up. We arrived back at the apartment we share and got into the house in record speed. "Mmmm," I felt Paige pin me against the wall and start leaving kisses on my neck. She unzipped in from the back and took off the top half of it. "You have no idea, how much I wanted to just rip open that dress from the bottom and just start fucking you." Paige's hoarse voice elicted a moan from me as my fingers tangled in her hair. "Is it going to be worth the wait?" I felt Paige growl on my neck and a sexy, low whisper enter my ear. "Damn right it will be."
We stumbled into the bedroom, stripping each other of our clothes and fell onto the bed. At this point, I was stark naked and dripping between my legs. Paige pushed her thigh between my legs and I started grinding on her, hard. "Not so fast," Paige pulled her thigh away and I whimpered, my hips now thrashing, desperate for some friction. I felt Paige trailing kisses down my neck, to my breasts and down to where I needed her most. My fingernails scratched at her scalp, trying to pull her close to me and start making love to me. I opened my mouth to beg for it but was interrupted by Paige's mouth on my swollen nub and her fingers thrusting in me. "Paige!" My hips rolled in sync with her thrusts and I felt Paige put her arm over my hips to push me down, steadying me.
Paige fingers thrusted rythmatically, her tongue drawing large and flat circles together. I threw a hand across my face and moaned in ecstasy, feeling the pressure in my stomach build up. I was close and Paige felt it too. She pulled herself up, "Look at me." Paige's demand was sexy and seductive. I dragged my eyes open and looked at her. It reflected love and before I could register what other looks there were, Paige added another finger and gave a particularly hard thrust, sending me over the edge. "I got you, Em. I got you," Paige slowed her movements and stilled her fingers in me eventually, bringing me gently down my high.
After I was finally down, I opened my eyes to see Paige just looking at me with a small smile on her lips. "Get some sleep beautiful. You're meeting the girls for early Sunday morning coffee," I rolled my head over and saw that it was already 3am. We did get home later afterall. "What about you?" I asked sleepily. Paige let out a chuckle, that lovable chuckle. "You can get me back some other time. We have the rest of our lives," I felt Paige pull my into her arms as I smiled at how right it sounded. "Goodnight, Em." I drifted off to sleep at Paige's voice with a smile on my face. Everything was perfect.
The next day came by and I was up at 9am to meet the girls for coffee. Paige woke up with me and we drove together to town. "Here we are," Paige annoucned as we pulled up. "I'll be home when you are. I need to tell my dad the news about our engagement though. I thought of doing it during dinner. Join us?" Paige smiled as she looked down on the huge diamond ring on my finger. We got out of the car, "Here are the keys. Tell me if you're coming for dinner with my dad and I?" I nodded and gave Paige a kiss before walking into the Brew, while watching my fiance jog to the direction of the woods.
"Good morning the newly engaged," Spencer rolled her eyes at Hanna. "That's not even something a baby would say." "Now now, we got Emily out here for a reason. Let us see the ring," Aria broke off the argument that was almost bound to happen and took my hand to inspect the ring. "I must say, McCullers did a way better job than everyone of our boyfriends," Spencer looked at the ring in awe. I smiled at the ring on my finger. It wasn't the diamond being huge that I was smiling about. It was the fact that I was engaged to the woman I loved and the fact that life could not have been more perfect now.
After coffee and long long hours of shopping with the girls, I arrived home with bags of shopping to run into Paige. "Hey, sorry I'm late. Let me just put this down and we can head out?" Paige took my bags from me and ran back into the room. "This is why I love you," I tiptoed and gave Paige a kiss when she emerged from our room. "Em, check your phone," Paige's voice was shaky, like she was scared. I looked through my bag for my phone and saw that I had a text. 'Happy engagement plans between Paige and Emily? Well then, it's just dumb luck I'm back just in time to go to the wedding, right? Old times sake, Paige better send me an invitation. Kisses -A.'