Beyond Degrassi: It still Goes there...

A/N: Paige is pretty friggin' loyal, Spinner treated her poorly and she took it. Matt treated her poorly and she took it. I know a lot of you disagree on how she responded to Alex's confession, but honestly I see Paige as acting out in a more subtle way that just flat out screaming at Alex. Anyhow, that's my opinion, and I be the author.

Part 8: Love is... violent?

Alex laid in her bed alone. She listened to the TV through the wall. Paige was watching the news of all things. Paige hadn't reacted in anyway Alex had expected, but she wasn't being particularly friendly either. The way she was acting kind of reminded Alex of the time she had got into that stupid fight with Hazel. She wished Paige would come lay down with her.

Paige wasn't watching the TV. She couldn't stop picturing Alex and Emma... together. It was grotesque. How could Alex do that to her? Even if Alex was pretending it was her, there was no way it was alright. Sure it was a mistake, and it was nothing Paige would let destroy them. Not unless it wasn't over. Or happened again. And there the image was again, Emma and Alex rolling around on Alex's bed. Paige would never be able to sleep on that bed ever again. It should be taken out and burned.

Emma came home. Paige glared daggers at her the moment she stepped into the apartment. The smile on Emma's face was replaced by a look of confusion. She was scanning the room for Alex. She tried to lighten the mood with a joke, "Did you kill her or something?"

Paige stood up. She didn't think that was funny. This wasn't a time for jokes. She crossed her arms, "Let's hear you're side of it," She demanded.

"My side of what?" Emma asked innocently. Alex peeked her head out of her room.

"What the fuck you thought you were doing when you started fucking my girlfriend!" Paige snarled at her. It wasn't something Alex had ever seen Paige do, but something she had imagined happening to her when Paige found out. Why Emma? Why not her? Emma swallowed hard, not knowing what to say to the short irate blonde in front of her. "Well?"

"I'm going to bed." Emma muttered, averting her eyes from Paige. She started to her room, but Paige blocked her way. She tried to side step around her, but Paige was persistent. It was making Emma angry too. What right did this woman have to tell her off? Alex had a choice, it wasn't like it was all Emma's fault or anything. Maybe Paige should have picked a better girlfriend. She glared at Paige at last, daring her to ask again.

"I think I deserve an explanation, don't you?"

"If that's what you really want." Emma smirked menacingly; Paige nodded. "You're not hot enough for Alex. You're not enough of a freak Paige, you're no fun. You'll never be her type, not truly. You're too normal, too goody-goody. Jay could have told you the same damn thing, but you wouldn't have listened... because you think you're so damned smart. Banting Princess Paige, you'll never be able to meet all of Alex's needs. You're just too boring. Now me on the other hand, I can."

Paige felt like she had been slapped. Those accusations stung. She glanced over at Alex, who looked angry too. Was she angry that Emma had revealed her secret, or angry that Emma would claim such a thing? Paige hadn't ever felt more offended, not even when Ashley had called her a hag on two levels. Emma tried to side step around her again, she let Emma pass.

Paige suddenly grabbed Emma's hair and pulled her back by it. Emma let out a surprised scream just before Paige's fist met up with her face. Emma reached out and grabbed Paige's hair to retaliate from the blow. Paige punched like a girl, it was obvious Paige wasn't much of a fighter. Emma's pulling on Paige's hair made her stumble backwards, which pulled Emma's hair even harder. She toppled down on top of Paige, and made sure to knee her hard in the groin on her way down. Paige let go of her hair finally so she could try and choke the girl on top of her. Emma slammed Paige's head into the ground using her hair. Alex violently pulled Emma off of Paige and threw her against a wall. A picture wobbled and fell of the wall and to the floor with a clunk.

She let Paige stand up while she stood holding Emma against the wall. It was obvious by Alex's stance she cared far more about protecting Paige than anything else. Emma spit out some blood from where her teeth had cut the inside of her mouth. She sneered at Alex, "You wouldn't have come to me if she was enough for you. Who are you kidding?"

"Fuck you." Alex growled.

"I knew you hadn't had enough of me." Emma flipped her hair casually before grabbing Alex's head and forcing a kiss on her. Paige had imagined it, and now she was seeing it. Alex held her mouth closed as Emma tried to kiss her. That was just going too far, she grabbed Emma's chin and pushed her head forcefully against the wall too.

"Oh, I've had way more than enough of you." Alex whispered through clenched teeth, "And I'm through with you. Don't ever touch me or Paige again, or I swear to god I'll break your face."

She let Emma go. Emma immediately threw a punch at Alex, but missed as Alex dodged the blow. Alex returned the punch with a right hook to Emma's jaw. Emma hit the wall again, but wasn't giving up yet, she shook it off. She threw herself at Alex, elbowing her in the sternum. Alex snarled and looked for another opening. She wasn't practiced at wrestling, she wouldn't do well if she let Emma drag her to the ground. She couldn't breath, that elbow had knocked the wind out of her. She had no choice, she head butted Emma. The loud crack of bone on bone made Paige scream "Alex!". Emma crumbled to the ground, unconscious. Alex stumbled backwards and tripped over the coffee table. She hit her head on the couch. She was still trying to gasp for air while Paige helped lift her up onto the couch.

About an a hour later...

Jay walked in to see Paige and Alex sitting on the couch, ice bags in hand. Alex didn't look much like she wanted the ice bag. Paige had hers propped up on her head. Laying in the middle of the floor was his girlfriend, passed out with an already bruising jaw. He carefully crossed the room, watching Paige and Alex watch him. The fact that no one had said anything had him a little spooked. You would think that someone would tell you what happened when you walk into a situation like this. He lightly patted Emma's face, and murmured her name. She groaned in response. He looked over the rest of her, looking for any sign of other injuries.

"She might have a concussion" Paige told him, "When you black out after being hit in the head you should be taken to the hospital immediately."

"And how exactly did she get hit in the head?" Jay growled at Paige. Her tone had not been friendly, and he was worried about Emma. He already knew that obvious tid bit of information, he wasn't an idiot.

"She attacked Paige." Alex told him.

"Actually, hon, I attacked her." Paige corrected. Jay raised his eyebrows. What the fuck was going on? "You should tell him what you promised you would." She reminded Alex.

"Now?" Alex was shocked. Jay would flip if she told him now. Paige gave her that look. She had to do it now. She sighed and threw the ice bag aside. "Jay, Emma and I..."

"I already know you two don't get along and all that, but seriously Lexi... you decked her a little harder than I'm sure she deserved, hell I'd say a lot harder..." He gestured at Emma underneath him. He was so sad. Alex knew how much he wanted them to get along. She also knew how worried he must feel, if Paige had been knocked unconscious...

"Yeah about us, Jay, Emma took your advice. Our relationship kind of evolved..." She had no nice way to put it, "...into fuck buddies."

Jay's stared at her blankly. His eye twitched and then he smirked, "Good one, Lex. You and Em, haha. Almost had me."

"She's not joking." Paige said seriously, obviously not happy about it either. The look on her face was proof enough for him. Alex was cheating on her beloved girlfriend, with his hot ex-junkie girlfriend. For some reason every girl he touched had lesbian tendencies.

"Woah." He said, it was over-welming. He should be pissed, but something was itching at the back of his mind. Something that felt like karma returned. Amy. Alex's best-friend. "She... you..." He couldn't seem to word what he wanted to say. He shook his head to clear it.

"I know it's fucked up. She's a fucked up little girl, and you seriously need to watch her. It's over, it's done with, you better make sure she doesn't go to someone else for her kicks." Alex ranted.

"And what about you?"

"Yeah, I'm fucked up too. It's not like you hadn't done something like this to me, so don't you fucking dare take it out on me. Don't you dare. At least I didn't give you a fucking STD."

"I'm going to take her to the hospital." Jay sighed, "When she gets out we'll discuss her going back home. I wanted to help her... and then I went and fell in love or whatever. I guess that distracted me from the truth... I can't save her."

"You helped her with the heroine." Paige offered her sympathy, with a half hearted smile. "That was something."

Jay shook his head. He knelt down and lifted up Emma's arm. She groaned again, but didn't stir. He pointed at a spot on her arm. "She's using again. She's been acting strange for days, all secretive and deceptive and stuff. Now I know why. Since she was able to hide the one secret, why not two? Sometimes... sometimes..." He frowned and pulled his hat off. He ran his other hand through his hair nervously. He didn't finish his sentence, he put the hat back on and heaved Emma into his arms carefully.

"Do you need help?" Alex asked him. He gestured at the door with his head. She did as he asked and opened it for him, she followed him down and opened the car door for him too. He didn't look betrayed like Paige had looked, he looked like he had just gotten a lecture on how much of a disappointment he was. "I'm sorry." Alex said to him, "I mean it, I really am sorry -for everything."

"Go explain yourself to your girl" Jay told her, "You were right about what I did to you. It was wrong, and I knew it, but I did it anyway. I was stupid, and I regret it more than anything. Believe me Lexi, if you make it through this with Paige you'll be a step better off than me. See you around Lex." And with that he got into his car.

Alex turned and went back into the house to face Paige again. She didn't think things would ever go back to normal, but at least Paige didn't hate her. Jay's room would probably be vacant again soon too. Paige would have a room of her own. Before all this she knew Paige would have shared her room. She growled at her own stupidity, Jay was right she would be lucky if she made it through all this with Paige. When she opened the door she was greeted once again by the bag of ice Paige was insisting that she use on her forehead. Paige asked her to sit on the couch with her. So she sat down and pulled Paige into her lap. Alex wrapped her arms around Paige and leaned her head down on Paige's hair. She loved how Paige smelled, she loved how Paige felt pressed up against her. She would find a way to make it better, she had to. She was in love.