"I was at Damon's grave today and Noel kept telling me that she was bad news. I'm not really sure why he would say that though, he doesn't even know her." Then I heard a knock on the door. I got up to get it then stopped dead in my tracks when I opened the door. There standing in front of me was Emily Fields.

Emily POV

Why am I even here. I thought as I walked up the sidewalk to the front door. I knew Professor McCullers would be home cause I saw his car in the drive. What I didn't expect was the girl from the pool to be here. But I knocked anyway and was surprised to see Paige on the other side of the door looking like she was right at home. Now that I think about it maybe this was her home.

"Hi" She stumbled for words after that. "Come in." I walked in and she yelled for her dad. Professor McCullers came in.

"Emily nice to see you again. I trust you're keeping yourself out of trouble?"

"Yes sir, and thank you for being there to support me when I told them." I told him. I could tell his daughter was confused. "Um, Paige, right?" she nodded. "See I'm gay and your father helped me tell my parents before I left for the middle east. He has been nothing but kind and supportive."

"Paige was just telling a story about her friend Noel. Please come in." I walked in and smelled pizza then I was being offered a plate by Paige.

"Hey Dad do you have papers to grade?" Paige asked her dad. He nodded and the excused himself and walked into his office. When she was sure he had the door closed Paige turned back to me.

"I have a question Emily." Paige stared me down like I had hurt her family.

"Sure what it is."

"Do you know how my brother was killed?" I almost dropped the piece of pizza I was eating. I wasn't here more than a minute and I was already being asked to relive the nightmare I lived through and still see when I clos my eyes. But this was Paige, Damon's sister, she had a right to know why her brother was gone. "I know the two of you were close growing up. He talked about you a lot. Kept saying how proud he was of the person you were becoming and the times you had in the pool. I'll never understand thought why he was ever friends with Noel's brother. They were the complete opposite of each other. Anyway the night he died, we were in unbanned building when we came across Eric Khan's team. We didn't know it was them and gun shots rang out. Your brother was trying to get us to safety when a bullet from Eric's gun hit him. I was the one who got to him first but by then there was nothing I could do to save him. Damon had lost to much blood and we were miles from the hospital unit we had set up. I turned around to talk to Eric and he started blaming me for killing Damon but I was only armed with a hand gun I couldn't get to and medical supplies."

"So what Eric was telling Noel about you wasn't true?"

"If he said you should avoid me, then he was right." I looked away from her because the image of her jumping into the pool yesterday.

"What if I don't want to?" She was challenging me.

"Look Paige you seem like a cool person but I get sent overseas almost every six months and the last time I came home and attended my best friend's funeral. I couldn't protect him like I was suppose to do. In a sense Eric was right. I am the reason your brother is dead Paige."

"No Eric wasn't right. You couldn't get to him in time and he was losing to much blood from the wound Eric gave him. It wasn't your fault." She sounded like she was my commanding officer instead of dead best friend's sister. Before I could say anything else she leaned forward and kissed me like Maya used to. Like she knew how much pressure to into the kiss. I wrapped my arms around her waits and hers found their way around my neck. When the kiss ended I looked down at her and I swore I saw understanding in her dark brown eyes.

"I have to go. I have school tomorrow and then swim try-outs ." A smile spread across her face because her dad was the coach of the girls swim team. She walked me to the door and before I left she gave me a quick peck on the lips.