Hey guys, sorry for the long wait... Honestly I've been stuck on this story and I'm actually thinking of having it come to a close soon :( Probably just a few more chapters, but yeah. Anyway here's another chapter for you guys, sorry it's so short, but I promised this to you so here it is.

Plamin24: I'm glad you like Samara now :) I know people were iffy on her, but I did that on purpose (I actually shipped Samily super hard in the beginning so I couldn't bring myself to make her a bad guy .)

Breyanaxo: Thank you :3

Thulas: What do you think of Paige now? In the beginning she was an absolute mess. She was on drugs, had really bad anxiety, she watched Toby's mom (her 'second' mom) lose her mind and kill herself, and she was in the wrong crowd. On top of that she was badly bullied, and bipolar tendencies. But now everything is coming together in her life, she has friends (good ones) the girl she's been in love with loves her back, and she's finally someone instead of a shadow.

Let me know what you guys think? Thanks :)

~Enjoy!

Chapter 37

PPOV

The smell of coffee woke me up, accompanied by a strong ray of light that bled through the window of the room. Taking a deep breath I stretched, arching my back and sighing softly when I felt it crack. I rolled back over with a content sigh, expecting my arms to wrap around Emily, but my arm landed on nothing but cold sheets. I opened my eyes and saw no one in the room with me. Puzzled I crept out of bed and made my way out to investigate. I made my way down to the kitchen and stopped in the doorway. I could smell coffee, but there was no one in there. My dad wasn't home, so I was confused as to why coffee was made.

An unamused groan came from behind me and I jumped a the noise. I turned around and headed to the living room where there was a groaning blonde sprawled out on the floor and a tiny brunette curled up in a ball on the sofa. I smirked to myself before going over and nudging the blonde with my foot.

"Hanna wake up!" I said loudly. I laughed as she shot one arm out in an attempt to hit me but failed and her hand smacked the coffee table instead.

"Ow! Fucking son of a bitch god damn it!" Hannah mumbled nursing her hand. "Fuck you Paige, sleep and quiet time." Hannah mumbled again before rolling over trapping her head underneath a pillow.

"Oh no. No mercy for you. Up!" I said kicking her again. Hannah just flipped me off and I laughed again.

"Paige." A small voice came, I turned my head towards Aria who was looking at me sleepily.

"Yes munchkin?" I asked her softly. She held her arms out to me and I went closer to her. Slowly, she wrapped a hand around my wrist and pulled me closer to her. She lifted the blanket and shifted leaving space on the couch.

"Cuddles." She said with a sleepy voice.

"Okay, but only cause I can't find Emily." I said as I climbed in next to her.

"Shhh… Sleep." She said snugging into me. I chuckled a bit only to have Aria tap me with her hand and give a groan of protest. I lay there with Aria cuddled up to me while thinking about where Emily could be. Aria and Hannah are here… So she had to sleep over… No I'm positive she slept over. Yeah, I wasn't that drunk…. So where is she? I wondered in my head. The more I thought about it, the heavier my eyelids grew and soon I was back fast asleep.

A kiss to my forehead and a hand stroking my hair woke me from my impromptu nap. My eyes fluttered open to a smiling Emily looking down at me.

"If this wasn't so damn cute, I'd be pissed." She said giggling. For a second I was puzzled but then remembered that I was cuddling with Aria. I looked down and somehow she had gotten on top of me and was curled up on my chest with her legs resting over mine. She had a tight grip on my shirt and was still fast asleep.

"This could've been us but you weren't here." I whispered back, tilting my head up for a kiss. One that she happily granted. I swiped my tongue over her bottom lip asking for access which she granted and my tongue slipped inside of her mouth, tasting her again. I moaned softly into the kiss and moved one hand up to cup Emily's face. The next thing I know the air is knocked out of me and my head lurches foreword, forcing Emily's teeth to clamp on my lip.

"What the-" Emily asks while I nurse my lip. I can taste blood and my lip stings but I don't let her see. Instead I look down to my stomach to see Aria had picked her head up and flopped back down roughly in a new position on my body lower down.

"Okay, time to get up." I said to Aria stroking her hair and poking her. She groaned in protest but slowly sat back up anyway. Aria shifted her legs up as she sat up, and so when she sat fully up she was straddling my hips, but her eyes were still closed with sleep. Next thing I hear is a camera shutter click and I look over to see Emily with her phone giggling to herself. I roll my eyes and shift my attention back to Aria.

"You know munchkin, I'm flattered and all but I'm taken." I said with a smile. Aria opened her eyes and upon seeing the position she was in freaked out and jumped off of me, causing her to go crashing to the floor. I couldn't help the laughter as Aria landed on Hannah before tumbling over her and then crashing to the floor. Hannah also gave a cry of surprise and protest when Aria landed on her and rolled over in pain. Emily and I were to busy laughing so hard we were crying as both girls looked confused, mortified, and hungover all at once.

"Jesus, I'm so sorry you guys, why were- how did- what?!" Aria said helplessly. Emily and I were to busy laughing to give her a response and Hannah looked mad that she was woken up.

"What the hell Aria?!" Hannah yelled at her.

"It wasn't my fault! I- I don't know what happened or how Paige got there I swear! What the hell Paige?!" Aria yelled in confusion. Finally after a few more minutes of gut busting laughter Emily and I calmed down, wiping tears from our eyes.

"Well kiddo, where do you want us to start?" I asked with a smirk.

"Coffee." Hannah and Aria replied at the same time. Emily scoffed heartedly before passing out the cups of coffee that she had brought before that I hadn't noticed.

"So…" Hannah started.

"How much of last night do you remember?" Emily asked Hannah, since Aria had gotten up to use the bathroom.

"Umm… I remember Samara punching Katie… Spencer getting wasted and mad over beer pong… Then I went outside with Lucas for a while… then we came back in and started doing shots in the kitchen… Then I found Aria and…. That's about it." Hannah said trying to remember. "Oh and then Paige here being a bitch this morning." Hannah mumbled out grumpily as Aria returned.

"What about you Ar? How much of last night do you remember?" I asked ignoring Hannah's statement and the questioning look Emily gave me.

"Uhh… I had sex with Jake in the bathroom after our game of beer pong… then we played a few games of suck and blow… then he had to go, and then I was wandering around with Spencer and Toby, we took some shots… then I sound Hannah and we did some more shots, and a beer chugging contest… And I think thats it…" She finished, picking her coffee back up and taking a long sip.

"That explains so much." I groaned.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Hannah asked. "And why were you kicking me this morning? I swear if I have bruises on my body from where you were trying to beat me up I'm going to kill you." Hannah said grumpily.

"Paige!" Emily chastised me which I waved off.

"First off, I nudged her a few times with my foot. Could I have been more gentle probably, but come on Em, you know it's justified." I said. Emily sighed and chuckled before Hannah cut back in.

"How the fuck is that justified?" Hannah demanded. I held one finger up as I stood fetching the bag that had my puke covered shirt in it. Neither of us wanted to wash it last night since we were so tired so I told Emily to leave it and I'd take care of it in the morning. I grabbed the bag and tossed it over to Hannah.

"That is why its justified." Hannah looked at me puzzled. "Open it and find out." I smirked. Hannah started to untie the bag when Emily leaped over and snatched it out of her hands.

"Babe!" Emily said disbelievingly at me. I shrugged, a smirk plastered to my lips. "Trust me Han, you don't wanna know whats in here." Emily tightened the bag before walking it back by the laundry door, smacking my arm as she passed me. "Last night while we were leaving, Aria asked me to carry her so I picked her up and carried her to the car. You, Hannah, decided that you wanted a piggy back ride from Paige, after you called her a bigger bobbed version of Spencer, and jumped on her back. I guess you landed to hard, or maybe because you moved to fast, I don't know why but you ended up vomiting all over Paige's shirt and then passed out on her shoulders." Emily explained. Hannah looked absolutely green while Aria's face had so many expressions it was hard to tell what she was feeling.

"YOU ALMOST MADE ME OPEN A BAG WITH DAY OLD PUKE IN IT! DO YOU KNOW HOW GROSS THAT IS?!" Hannah shouted at me.

"YOU FUCKING PUKED ALL OVER ME! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA AS TO HOW GROSS THAT IS?!" I countered back

"Wait!" Aria shouted halting our argument. "Then how'd Paige end up… on the couch." She finished her face going pink with embarrassment.

"Well, when I was trying to wake Hannah up this morning you asked me to cuddle with you so I did because Emily disappeared and I ended up falling asleep on the couch and then when I woke up you were on top of me…" I explained.

"Damn Ar, getting freaky with your best friends girlfriend-"

"SHUT UP HANNAH!" Aira cut her off

"Hey Han!" Emily said laughing, "Take a peak." She giggled while handing her phone over to her. Hannah and Emily fussed over how 'adorable' the pictures were while I laughed along and Aria tried to drowned herself in her cup of coffee. The mood stayed light until Aria and Hannah left a little while later. Emily and I were in my room content in each others arms, not saying anything as I played music softly behind us.

"You know Paige…" Emily started breaking the silence that had settled. "I'm really proud of you."

"For what?" I asked as she shifted her position to look at me.

"For last night, Katie… and all of that." She said.

"oh." I shifted my gaze, but she brought a hand up to my face and made me look at her.

"Don't look away." She whispered softly to me. "You were amazing yesterday. You kept your temper in check and you didn't get angry or hurt anyone. And you were the perfect girlfriend. I know how badly you hate Katie-"

"I think Samara got her good enough for me." I chuckled cutting her off.

"Jesus, I know. I had no idea that she was going to do that." Emily said thinking about how Samara had punched her.

"In retrospect, its probably better that Sammy hit her instead of me, I don't think she would have gotten back up if I punched her." Emily raised an eyebrow at me, which I promptly returned.

"Sammy? Oh so are you two all buddy-buddy now?" She teased.

"Jealous?" I smirked back. She scoffed and rolled her eyes with a small smile on her face.

"As if." She mocked, I laughed as she peeled herself away from me.

"Noooo." I groaned reaching for her to come back. But she giggled and ran out the door. "Em!" I whined sitting up on my bed.

"Come find me!" She shouted from somewhere in the house. I laughed as I jumped out of bed and crept out of my room. I listened carefully and heard a door close so I ran towards the sound only to come up empty.

"Marco!" I shouted playfully, which she answered with 'polo'. I ran down the stairs just in time to hear the door to the back yard close. I laughed to myself as I made my way to the door, opening it quietly before slipping outside. "Marco." I tried once more, and before I knew it Emily had jumped on my back wrapping her arms around me and kissed my cheek before whispering 'polo' and reaching a hand around to cup my face and kiss me softly. Emily slowly climbed off my back never breaking the kiss. After a while, she pulled away, with her eyes still closed.

"I wanna play another game." She said. I groaned, hating how her games normally go. But she just laughed at my response. "Paige," She whined. "please say yes."

"What am I agreeing to exactly?"

"No, you have to agree to it."

"Em-"

"Pretty please?" She stuck her bottom lip out pouting. I closed my eyes, knowing that if I looked to her eyes, I'd break and say yes. Which I'll probably end up doing so anyway, but I enjoyed the game so I kept my eyes closed. "Paigey." She whispered softly as she ghosted her lips over mine. I sucked in a breath as she trailed the tip of her tongue across my bottom lip. "just say yes baby." She husked over my lips. I felt my thighs clench together as the arousal that was growing in me.

"Yes." I relented and she squealed in happiness and kissed me fully before pulling back and pressing her body against mine deliciously.

"Okay!" She said excitedly. "I changed the rules a little, but only because it'll be more fun this way! First, strip." She said pulling back and tugging at the front of my pants.

"I think I like this game." I said as she laughed. I pulled my pants off as well as my shirt as Emily did the same. I straightened back up as Emily reached behind herself and took her bra off. I gulped as I watched the material fall to the ground and her breasts sprang free before she slipped her panties down her long toned and beautifully tanned legs, and kicked it to the side. I let my eyes roam her body, taking satisfaction at all of the hickies and bite marks that littered her body that were normally hidden under her clothes. I could feel a smirk creep on my lips as I reminisced in the night we had shared when I took her to a whole new high, that she felt proud enough to share with Hannah.

"Paige!" Emily's voice snapped me out of the daze that her body always puts me in and I shook my head and looked up at her face, smiling sheepishly.

"Sorry, what?" I asked. She tipped her head back and laughed, before coming towards me slowly.

"You still have clothes on. In order for this game to work, you need to be naked." She said stopping short of being in front of me. I sighed and took my bra and panties off, not missing the appreciative glance Emily gave my body when she thought I wasn't looking, causing me to smirk to myself.

"Alright, naked." I smiled.

"Okay, this game is called, 'To Hot'-" I groaned loudly, knowing the game well. "Good so you know that game and the rules. All kissing, no contact." I groaned again only to have it cut off by Emily's lips. Emily moaned loudly into the kiss, making me shudder with want. I felt Emily smirk into the kiss, and I growled in response, biting down on her lip and raking my teeth across it. Emily whimpered at the action and I quickly licked over it with my tongue. Emily brought her hands up and threaded them through her hair, knowing how much I love grabbing fistfuls of her hair when we kiss. Not wanting to be bested by her, I brought my hands up and pinched my nipples, moaning loudly at the action and palming my breasts full on. I kissed her passionately which she returned with just as much, if not more. The kiss easily turned hot and desperate, as we both fought against our urges to roughly grab the other. Soon we were both panting heavily into the kiss, both from lack of oxygen and over load of desperate need.

"I. Fucking. Hate. This. Game." I growled into the kiss.

"Fuck. Me. To." She replied between kisses.

"Give up." I growled into the kiss, kissing her more forcefully causing her to step back.

"No." She growled back, I kept pushing her back with my lips until we had taken about ten steps.

"Come on babe, this is getting us no where." I whispered against her lips, slowing the kiss.

"Sounds like I'm winning." She smirked.

"Oh yeah?"

"mhmm"

"Why do you think that?"

"Because you keep complaining." She said. I huffed into the soft kisses we left on each others lips. I smirked as an idea popped in my head.

"So babe, what does the winner get?" I asked innocently.

"Hmm…. I didn't think that far." She admitted bashfully.

"You mean to tell me that- fuck it i don't care, I lose." I said as I roughly grabbed her sides. Before she could grab me back, and pushed her up and away, laughing as she screamed in terror and landed in the pool that was inches behind her. When she resurfaced she had a look of furry that actually hit a spot in my brain. I smiled shyly at her before diving in the pool. I emerged right in front of her, both of us still breathing heavily from out heated make out session.

"That was mean." She complained with a pout.

"So was your game." I countered.

"You didn't have to get me all wet."

"Baby please, you were already all wet." I winked at her. She rolled her eyes with a smile, but swift put both of her hands on top of my head and dunked my head underwater. I was caught by surprise but recovered while still underwater and used the new position to slink my body up to hers. As I resurfaced I immediately went for her lips, already missing them on mine. Softly she returned it. Somehow we made it to the shallower end and we stood on the floor of the pool, still kissing lightly. I started to trail kisses down her face and licked her neck. I started to suck on the crook of her neck, only to have her shift away.

"Sorry, my neck still hurts." She apologized, I looked at her face puzzled for a moment before letting my eyes fall to her neck. There were deep purple bite marks and angry red skin all over.

"What- those weren't there before…" I stammered tripping over my words.

"Yeah… Cause I had make-up on. Just not water proof make-up, hence why you can see them now." She explained. I let out a dumb 'oh.' To which she pecked my lips lightly before giggling, "You're such a doofus." I gave her a sheepish smile.

"Wanna race?" I asked. Before she could answer I plunged back in the water and swam hard to the other side of the pool. Emily easily caught up to me and before I knew it she was a full length a head of me. "You cheated." I pouted when I caught up to her at the other end. She laughed whole heartedly before answering.

"Baby, I'm a swimmer, and you're still recovering. That's not cheating."

"Yes it is!" I pouted.

"How is me being a better swimmer cheating?" She asked, her voice light.

"It just is." I insisted. I don't know why I said that, and I felt like a five year old whose parent told them they couldn't get ice cream, but Emily just laughed and placed a hand to my face.

"Fine, we'll go again. I'll even give you a head start." She winked at me. I narrowed my eyes at her.

"I don't need a head start." I said confidently (albeit stupidly) but she shrugged and told me to count down. I did and we instantly both took off. However I swam to the side instead of straight and hopped out, running along the side of the pool until I got to the stairs and sat on them in the pool. Emily touched the wall just moments after I slinked back into the water and she had a confident smirk on her lips, until she turned around and saw that I wasn't behind her still swimming.

"Paige?" She asked confused.

"Man you're a slow swimmer, I've been here ages." I said yawning. She jumped slightly, not noticing me on the steps to the side of her.

"Wh- but.. ho- how? What?" She stammered bewildered. She scanned the surrounding area before her eyes narrowed behind me for a second, then she raised an eyebrow at me. I looked back at her confidently, keeping my creeping anxiety at bay. "Did you run along the side of the pool?" She asked.

"What? No. Psh. no." I said defensively.

"You're unbelievable!" She laughed.

"You're just mad because you lost!" I yelled back.

"You're such a baby! I can see your foot prints on the ground from where you jumped out all the way to the steps! sore loser." She mumbled the last part under her breath and I laughed.

"What was that?" I asked.

"Nothing." She smiled sweetly at me. I laughed again and waded over to her. I wrapped my arms around her and hugged her. Just being close to Emily makes me feel safe, happy, and content. Emily wrapped her arms around me as well, neither of us wanting to move. I sighed contently, before closing my eyes and relishing in the skin on skin contact. "I love you." Emily whispered to me.

"I love you too." I whispered back.