Emma

Author: LexysCPD
Chapter: (6/20)
Words: 2,520
Disclaimer: I don't own anything except the plot.
Author's Note: I am working on chapter 15, isn't that awesome? I just have about four chapters left? Since the last one is finished. Hope you guys, who ever is reading this, if anyone is reading this, but I hope you enjoy it. There isn't much to say I guess.

Uploaded: March 11, 2015

EMMA DASHWOOD stared at her youngest best friend. Paige was staring at her cup. She remembered finding Paige on the ground. She was pissed-drunk.

They commented on how drunk Paige was. Emma wondered if Paige was going to open up to them. She rarely did, and when she did, it was painful in a way. Summer asked about her parents. All three women wanted to know more about her past, they wanted to know about why Paige was in the states, why she didn't talk to her parents.

"I can't," Saraya whispered, as she stared at the ground. Emma wondered why. Why she couldn't talk about her parents.

Emma asked about the drinking. If that was why she had to drink. Emma had never seen Paige drunk. She never heard her talk about alcohol. So she wondered if that was why she was drinking, because she was in pain. She didn't know about the others, but she could see the pain in Paige's eyes. She could that she was hurting.

"I haven't seen my family since I was sixteen," Paige whispered. Emma's eyes widened. She couldn't think about not seeing her parents for a year, let alone four. Emma saw her parents at least twice a year. AJ and Summer saw them about six times a year. All of their parents had become friends, and saw all four girls as their daughters.

AJ commented on the age. Paige stood up and starting pacing. Emma saw her stiffen as she paced. She seemed to be fighting herself. Emma knew, she knew they were getting through to her. They were getting her to open up.

"Why haven't you talked about them before," Summer asked. Paige didn't stop pacing; she was just staring at the floor.

"Cause it hurts," she answered, not looking at them. Her voice was full of pain, and it hurt Emma. Emma could feel tears in her eyes as she saw one of her best friends try not to break down.

"Paige, what happened between you and your family?" Emma asked. She wanted to help her. She wanted to help her in any way she could. She hated what she was feeling, how useless she felt because she couldn't help Paige.

Paige smiled softly. She was still staring at the ground. "They're not in England. They're not on this world."

Emma felt her world stop. She couldn't believe what she was hearing. Paige had lost her family at sixteen. No wonder she was so closed off. Emma wondered how she would be if she lost her family. Would she be as brave as Paige was?

"Paige—" all three started, but Paige stopped them.

She gave them a watery smile. "I lied." She laughed humorlessly. "My parents, my brothers, my sister, they are all dead. I never fought with them."

The three women stood up. They took a step towards Paige, but the younger woman shook her head. They all stopped and stared at her. Emma didn't know what to say. There was nothing she could say. Nothing was going to bring back her family. Nothing would take the pain Paige was feeling away.

"Why didn't you tell us?" AJ asked, her voice barely a whisper.

"If I didn't say anything, then it wasn't true. I didn't want to believe it. They were all I had. They were everything," Paige told them, her voice cracking and her tears streaming down her face. "I didn't want them to be gone."

All three women rushed towards her and hugged her. The second they touched Paige, she broke down and started to cry. She sobbed into their arms, while they held her. Emma moved Paige's head so it was on her shoulder. AJ and Summer hugged them. Emma started to stroke Paige's hair. Paige's body shook as she cried.

"I want them back. I just want my family back." Emma's heart broke. She wondered if Paige was ever going to get through it. She hoped so. She looked at Summer and AJ, and she saw that they wanted to help the Brit as much as she did. She smiled at them. The three held her as she cried, not wanting her to feel alone.

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Emma had Paige's head on her lap. AJ told them about Summer and Roman. Paige then told Summer to ask Roman out. She talked about it was simple, and there was nothing much to it because they liked each other. Paige then brought Emma into the conversation.

He's weird and all, but he does like you. And I know you like him. Seth told me when they all go out, Dean is always trying to pick up girls, but yesterday, you were the only person he paid any attention to."

"He's cute, but—" Emma started but was cut off by Paige.

"C'mon, they like you guys, you like them, give them a chance!"

Emma really did like Dean. They had a lot in common, and they got alone well.

After thinking about, Emma agreed to go out with Dean. But if she was going down, Paige was going down with her.

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Emma paced in her bedroom. She was thinking about what to tell Dean when she asked him out. She had never asked anyone out, and she was nervous. What if Paige read the signs wrong? What if he didn't like her? What if he was just like her ex?

"Stop over thinking it," Paige shouted from her room, which was next to Emma's. She heard Summer and AJ laugh from their rooms. Emma shook her head and grabbed her phone. She scrolled through it until she found Dean's name. She took a deep breath and pressed call.

She could hear her heart pounding in her ears while she heard her phone dialing. Her breath got caught when the dialing stopped.

"Hello? Emma?" she heard Dean's voice.

"H-hey," she stuttered, her face burning, and her hands shaking, hell her whole body was trembling.

Dean chuckled. "Hi Emma."

"S-so, I was wondering if you wanted to, I don't know, go out some time?" Emma asked, her nervousness showing in her question. She closed her eyes and waited for an answer.

"Tonight? 7 o'clock? Roman was going to ask the other blondie, and maybe we can make this a double date? And next time we can go alone?"

"Next time? We haven't even gone out the first time," Emma asked, confused. She frowned when she heard him laugh. "What's funny?"

"You, being cute. I know I want to go out with you again. So what do you say? Double date?"

Emma smiled. "I'd love to. Has he asked her yet?"

"No. He's calling her now."

"I can't wait for tonight. I have to go, I'm going to hang out with Paige," Emma told him, a huge smile on her face.

"Okay. We'll pick you guys up at seven. Have fun, and tell the kid I said hey," Dean told her, before hanging up.

"So I take it he said yes?" someone asked from behind. Emma jumped and turned to the door, to see Paige looking at her with an innocent smile. Emma rolled her eyes and nodded. "Told you so."

"You're going with me. We're going shopping. I need to find the perfect outfit," Emma told the pale woman. She heard Paige groan, and it made her smile. "This was your idea. You have to deal with us. Maybe next we can get you with Seth."

Paige rolled her eyes and told her that she was going to change and left the room. Emma smiled as she looked at her closet, to see if she had something decent to wear to the date. She wanted to see what she needed to buy. Sadly, she couldn't spend all day at the mall. She still had to get ready for the date.

She smiled to herself; she had a date with Dean.

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Paige and Emma were in the food court. Paige had bought herself food, while Emma just watched. Emma was pretty sure she was going to have dinner with Dean, and she didn't want to spoil it by eating.

"Seth likes you," Emma blurted out. Emma waited until Paige stopped chewing before smiling. "Why don't you ask him out?"

"I don't want to. I don't want to go out with him," Paige responded, looking at her food. Emma knew that she did want to go out with Seth, but she was scared. Emma had been scared to go out with anyone after her ex. She was afraid of getting hurt again.

"Why not?"

Paige shrugged, not answering. She sighed and looked at Emma.

"I-I feel like I shouldn't be happy," Paige whispered, a frown on her face.

"Paige, your parents, your family would want you to be happy," Emma whispered, as she reached over and grabbed Paige's hand.

She shrugged again. She told Emma she wasn't hungry anymore and that she wanted to go home. Emma had two hours to get ready for the date.

Emma nodded and they left the mall. Emma was feeling a few things, she was nervous for her date; she was excited and scared as well as worried for Paige.

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Emma smiled when she saw the restaurant Dean and Roman took her and Summer to. It was pretty fancy. She looked down at her black dress and was happy she went with that. Roman walked over to Summer and took her hand and led her away. Emma watched Summer and Roman walk in front of her.

"You look beautiful," Dean whispered in her ear. Emma blushed and looked down.

"Thank you. You look handsome," she told him back, looking at him. She watched Dean smirk and nod. He offered his arm and led her into the restaurant. Once inside, Dean told the waiter his name and the waiter led them to their table.

All four sat there, looking through the menu. Once they ordered what they wanted, they all started to talk about their lives.

"I was surprised you called to ask me out," Dean said, a smile on his face.

Emma felt her face redden. She nodded. "Yeah, well I didn't want to wait too long for you to ask me out."

"I was about to call you. I had the date all set up when you called me. Roman and I were going to ask you girl out," Dean told them.

Emma groaned, and leaned her head back. "And I ruined it by asking you out."

"No," Roman answered, grinning. "He had your number ready on his phone, but he was too scared to press call. You calling him was what made him ask you out in the same time."

Emma looked at Dean, a grin on her face. "I'm happy to be here with you."

"So tell me about you," Dean said, as he leaned forward.

Emma smiled and nodded. She told him about her life, about what she did in Australia, about what she was doing in the states.

Dean never once took his eyes off of her. The only time he did, was when he was talking to Roman and Summer. Emma never thought she would fall for someone as quickly as she did with Dean. She fell for him hard, and it scared her.

"I didn't have a stable home," Dean told her, whispered. Emma could see that whatever he was going to say had a lot of significance. She knew that she was lucky enough to hear him. "I didn't do well in school. I was lucky to have met Roman and Seth. I would have dropped out if it weren't for them. My parents were screw-ups. They weren't great people, and I thought I was going to end up like them, you know? But when I left, I realized that I'm nothing like them. I want to do better with my life."

Emma nodded. "And it seems like you are."

"I am. Thanks to my friends. And it's also thanks to them that I got to meet you."

"Are you always this cheesy?" Emma asked, her cheeks red.

Dean smirked. "No. But for you, I am."

Emma grinned, as she leaned close to him. She quickly looked over at Summer and Roman and noticed their faces were inches apart.

Dean had seen her. Emma watched as Dean placed a piece of food on his spoon and launched it towards the couple. Emma and Dean laughed when Summer squeal and the food landed on Roman's cheek.

Roman glared at the younger man, who just gave him a cheeky smile. Roman rolled his eyes and looked away.

The rest of the night was like that. Emma had a great time with Dean, and was sad when the date was coming to an end. She really didn't want it to end.

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Emma looked at Dean, who was smiling down at her. Dean leaned down and kissed Emma. She leaned into the kiss, loving every second of it.

They pulled away. "I'll take you out Friday, it'll just be you and me."

Emma grinned and nodded. "I can't wait."

Dean kissed her cheek and walked to the car. Emma and Summer, who had made out heavily with Roman as a goodbye, walked back to their apartment. It was past one in the morning. They entered quietly, not wanting to wake up anyone.

Emma turned on the light and saw a note on the counter. She opened it and read it. It was from AJ. AJ was telling the blondes that she was sleeping over at Punk's and that Paige was asleep on the couch when she left.

Emma walked to the small living room and smiled at her sleeping roommate. Paige was covered in a dark green blanket.

"She's asleep?" Summer whispered, looking at Emma from the kitchen.

Emma nodded, not wanting to say anything and wake the younger woman up. She went to the kitchen.

"Do you think she'll ever open up to us fully?" Summer asked worry in her voice.

Emma looked at the sleeping figure on the couch and shrugged. "I don't know. We were lucky she opened up this much. Maybe Seth can help. I know she said she doesn't want to date, but shouldn't she be happy?"

Summer nodded. "After everything she's been through, she should get her happy ending."

"We just got to make her notice it," Emma responded, tearing her eyes off her best friend. "Maybe Punk can help us. He can talk to Seth."

Summer nodded. "Call him in the morning. I just hope he helps her."

"Me too," Emma whispered. Summer announced she was going to bed. Emma smiled and told her she was going to keep Paige company. Emma got her blue blanket and headed to the other couch. She made herself comfortable and closed her eyes.

She hoped someone would make Paige see that she deserved to be happy. She hoped Punk would talk to Seth. She would call him first thing in the morning. He was going to help, she was sure of it.

Next Chapter On:
March 13, 2015

Line: "Life's funny. You can be here one second, and the next you're gone. And the people who are left behind, they are the ones that have to suffer."