Hey guys! Sorry about the delay; stuff came up :( I'm not 100% sure how universities work in the U.S so excuse my ignorance if details are wrong at any point in the story haha. Thanks so much for continuing to read this x
Tuesday swim practice. 2 days since Emily's party which everyone was talking about. People had been begging the girls to host more parties which wasn't a bad suggestion in all honesty. Paige wouldn't mind getting drunk with Emily now. She looked around at her team mates. Everyone was truly in top shape which was going to make the weekend's meet a lot easier to get through. More scouts were dropping by and no-one could afford to mess up. Coach Fulton reckoned scholarships could be given by March-May if they really put their minds to it.
Emily was wary of being to close to Paige at practice so they tried their best to mingle with their team mates instead. They just took this as the two best swimmers keeping team morale up so it was a win-win for everyone. Paige and Emily usually stayed for an extra hour after everyone had cleared out and now this extra hour was ideal. Coach Fulton waved at them whilst reminding them to lock up when they were done.
"Just you and me huh?" Paige smirked. Emily swam towards her, nodding her head. She placed her hands on either side of Paige's face and told her how beautiful she was. Paige blushed and tried to look away but Emily pulled her face back up.
"Why do you look at me like that Em?"
"I like your face."
Paige placed her own hand on Emily's arm and they stayed like that for a good few minutes before deciding to actually keep swimming. Unbeknown to one another, both of their attention's were on each other; watching their counterpart glide seamlessly through the water, driven by the need to keep up with one another. It was a perfect partnership, it always had been. Stroke after stroke and they were struggling to get tired. Once it hit half 6 they decided to call it a night. Paige left the pool first and watched Emily pull herself out, water dripping down her tanned skin, her hair falling down in ripples after taking off her swimming cap. There was pretty and then there was Emily Fields pretty, Paige had the fortune of knowing the latter.
Emily tugged at Paige's hand as they walked towards the showers. The water fell automatically as they stood beneath it, facing each other. Paige found her hands running through Emily's hair, lathering in her shampoo at the same time. Emily soaped Paige's torso and let her hands run under Paige's suit and up her back, forcing them both together with no room to breather. The lack of space led to Paige taking Emily's lip between her teeth, grinning before kissing her properly. They became one hot soapy mess beneath the falling water, rinsing them of the chemicals and their worries.
"I think you can actually drive by yourself tonight. How was your lesson?" Paige asked Emily as she climbed into the car.
"Yeah it was good. Stephen said the same thing, as long as I'm with someone who can already drive a.k.a you," smiled Emily, "jeez Paige why do you have the air con on and a window open? You're gonna freeze to death one day."
"It's cold like my soul. Kidding, I'll close it, you can turn the heater on if you want." Paige noticed Emily's lack of layers yet again and thought it was quite a brass neck Emily had complaining about the temperature but hey ho that was one of her many quirks.
"Half 6 tomorrow morning?"
"Oh my god Paige I hate getting up early," Emily moaned as Paige was dropping her off, "but if I get to see your face, of course."
"Can you come sit in my lap again?"
"No but you could come and sit in mine..."
"Deal," smiled Paige as she climbed over to Emily. Emily put her hands behind Paige's neck and pulled her mouth to hers.
Emily almost threw her phone when her alarm went off the following morning. Mornings really weren't her thing. She couldn't comprehend why Paige was always so buzzing in the morning, even before caffeine! It took Emily every ounce of her being to get to the bathroom to brush her teeth and then back to her room to get changed. She'd barely zipped her hoodie when she heard Paige's car outside. Honestly, it wasn't normal how much of a morning person that girl was.
Paige laughed in disbelief when she saw Emily shiver as she left her house. When would that girl ever learn? She closed the window and put on the heater as Emily got in, complaining about how "freezing" it was. Paige politely explained that it tends to get colder in winter before Emily shot her a look telling her to shut up. Emily sure was cranky in the morning. Paige knew how to fix that when they got to school.
As well as being crankier, Em was also more competitive in the morning and would try to trash talk Paige, who wasn't having any of this today. Emily made one little comment about her being faster than Paige. Paige took her by her wrists lightly and slammed her against the lockers with her hands above her head.
"Faster, huh? Is that what you think?"
Emily's breathing got a little faster as she felt Paige's hot breath on her face. She dared to nod. Paige stared at her, mocked anger and shook her head. She placed her mouth on the base of Emily's neck and trailed kisses around to the side where she bit lightly. Emily freed her hands and put them at the bottom of Paige's back, moving them slightly downward.
"Let's see who's truly faster. Only 3 days until the swim meet and I'll still kick your ass" Paige said with a wicked grin as she scooped an unsuspecting and then squealing Emily into her arms and over her shoulder towards the pool.
Friday night. 16 hours until the swim meet. Emily was staying at Paige's for the convenience of leaving together the next day. They'd survived a full week of secrecy and were looking forward to spending private time together that wasn't in a car or pool.
Paige had stocked her fridge full of fruit; pizza was banned the night before a meet much to Emily's disappointment. Paige was pushing them both to work out last minute some more. Currently, they were doing push ups which Emily detested but Paige had an interesting proposal.
"So, I'll sit like this and when you pull yourself up like that I'll do this..." Paige waited for Emily to pull herself up before kissing her, "... each and every time. Not so bad now, huh?" Emily laughed before continuing her reps. "And when you're done we can eat as much fruit as we want." Emily was excited for the food so kept up her reps until her stomach couldn't take it any more. She leaned into Paige on her last rep and fell over on the floor, a sheen of sweat coating her from top to bottom.
"That's my girl," grinned Paige as they locked lips. "You're so warm!"
"And you're so hot..." Emily slipped out before silencing Paige again. They managed to keep their mouths in contact as they crawled to the fridge. Paige felt her back hit the cold steel and guided herself to stand up, pulling Emily up with her, hands running over each other. The sole reason they pulled apart was the even bigger want for the strawberries they both knew were in the fridge. Paige grabbed the packet out of the fridge as well as a tub of cream before sitting down cross-legged in the middle of the floor. She looked at Emily, willing her to sit down which she did, adjacent to Paige, the strawberries and cream in the middle. Paige took one and coated it in cream. She licked it as she pulled Emily's face gently towards hers. Goading Emily slightly to open her mouth, Paige pushed the strawberry into her mouth playfully while she laughed at her reaction. Emily took the strawberry between her teeth and bit off a little bit of it. Paige took the next bite of it before passing it back to Emily.
"I think my bit tastes better than yours," teased Paige.
"Oh I'll be the judge of that," Emily joked as she grabbed Paige's mouth with her own, lips still strawberry laden.
"Yours tastes better," Paige smiled in between kisses. She dipped her finger in the cream and splashed it on Emily's face who laughed before taking revenge. She pulled herself up faster than you could say "go" to raid the fridge for whipped cream which luckily for her and unluckily for Paige was in the door. Emily sprayed it faster than Paige had time to get up. The result - cream everywhere and a very frustrated Paige. She looked at Emily in a way that suggested Emily should get the hell out of there but Emily couldn't move for laughing. Paige acted swiftly, sweeping Emily slightly and catching her in her arms. She then made sure Emily was coated in as much cream as she was. They lay rolling about in this cream until they looked at each other and the giggles stopped. Emily pulled Paige towards her to kiss her but her tongue ended up tracing the outline of Paige's jaw. Paige kissed away the cream on Emily's face, leaving a trail of hot little breaths. They watched each other with frantic desire, never quite getting enough.
The morning of the swim meet was a very cold one. Paige forced Emily to put extra jumpers because she knew that she'd moan otherwise. It had already been a battle waking her up and making her get ready on time; a third battle was not something Paige wanted just hours before a meet. She bundled Emily into her car and drove them to The Brew where Emily could wake up properly. An hour and several caffeine shots later, they made their way to school for the meet.
Naturally, Coach Fulton still sucked at pep talks so Paige and Emily waited patiently until she was gone to get the team going. Everyone was so noisy when they were eventually hyped up. Paige and Emily were psyched to get in the water and show the scouts what they were capable of.
As they walked out they bumped into Spence, Hanna and Aria who hugged them and wished them well. Emily hadn't seen them all week apart from in school and made a mental note to catch up with them later to avoid suspicion.
Today's swim meet was tough but the Sharks prevailed once again to Coach Fulton's delight. Paige and Emily were beside themselves when scouts from Stanford and Danby spoke to them both respectively. They had sparked interest and were going to have keen eyes on them throughout the rest of the swim season. Barely able to contain their excitement they raced over to their friends who shared their joy equally by squealing and squeezing them to death.
"Hey, do you think anyone would notice if we slipped away...?" Paige whispered suggestively to Emily. She got a slight shake of the head as a reply which made her smile. Emily started to talk to the locker room then signalled for Paige to start moving 5 seconds later. Everyone else was too caught up in winning and speaking to scouts to even notice them.
Once Paige joined Emily in the locker room, they couldn't continue to hide the lust. Emily pulled Paige by the strap of her swim suit towards her whilst placing her other hand on her behind. Paige grabbed Emily's waist with both hands and pulled her up, straddling her whilst pinning her to the wall. Emily smiled before nipping Paige's lip who in turn put her full mouth on Emily's. She held Emily strongly as she placed one hand on the inside of her thigh. Em ran her hands down Paige's back, stopping when she got to the small of it. They fought for air and for control almost borderline aggressively. At this moment in time they were glad they could go missing for a few minutes.
Back outside Hanna was on the hunt for Emily and Paige. She asked around until someone told her to try the locker room. Almost hitting herself for not thinking of that, she made her way over. Tentatively she pushed the door open, she did not want to catch anyone half dressed. She slipped in and turned the corner... "Oh. My. God. No freaking way."
Paige almost dropped Emily as Hanna startled them both. "Han, it's not what you think."
"Isn't it?" grinned Hanna.
