Sydney was walking around Rosewood High´s halls, still looking for Paige after about half an hour. She knew she was in the wrong direction, but she kept looking anyway.

When she got to the music room, she heard quiet sobs and recognized Paige's voice but she didn't see anyone around. She kept hearing them though. "Hush…" She heard, that's definitely Emily's voice, she thought. Sydney followed the sounds and found an open door. She got through it; nothing. She saw another door right next to the one she had just opened. The door was half open so she moved forward; pushing the door in order to open it and she saw them. Paige was over Emily on the bench and she was… kissing her. Sydney took a minute to look at them. I was definitely not expecting that. Is Paige kissing Emily? She stood there frozen and couldn't help but smile. It felt weird though, her two best friends sharing that kind of intimate gesture.

She leaned against the door frame and Paige finally caught her staring. Paige opened her eyes wide and her mouth opened. She instantly pulled away from Emily and the other girl looked at Sydney as she realized what had just happened.

Sydney started to feel angry once she realized that they hadn't told her. They weren't going to tell her.

Paige couldn't believe that Sydney had actually seen them. She stood up and walked over to Sydney. "Syd…" Paige began to say.

"Were you even planning on telling me?" Sydney interrupted Paige as Emily walked towards them. "Emily?" Emily´s gaze found the floor and both Emily and Paige stood silently reluctant to say something. "Oh… I see," she said and Paige felt guilty at how broken she sounded. "You know what? Forget about it." Sydney turned around full of rage but stopped in her tracks and turned around to face them once again. "And no, I'm not going to say a thing." She left, leaving Paige and Emily speechless. They looked at each other and Emily smiled sadly. Paige took hold of her hand, offering a reassuring smile and leading her out of Rosewood High.

It was really dark when they got to Emily's front porch. She turned Paige around before they got to the steps and pecked her lips. Once she had pulled away, Paige looked around trying to make sure that nobody had seen them. That had become frequent lately; Paige would look away when someone was just passing by, let go of Emily's hand and act like a total stranger. Emily felt her heart breaking and her eyes watered. She looked directly into Paige's eyes and saw her own feelings reflected there; Pain, fear, confusion, guilt and love; the last mentioned being the most important of them. Why does it have to be this way? "Goodnight." Emily said keeping all of her thoughts inside of her head, feeling as they became a tight nod inside her throat and walked towards the door.

"Goodnight, Em," Paige whispered and saw as Emily opened the door and looked at her for one last time. When the door closed she couldn't help but let the tears she had been holding, roll down her cheeks. I'm sorry, Emily.

Alison opened her eyes wide and didn't wait a single second to take a picture with her phone. She smirked at the sight of the two girls and couldn't help but let out a little laugh. This is going to be epic.

Once she got home, Alison took out her phone and rolled down her contacts until she found him; Connor Blue. She attached the image: The perks of being always watching. Watch out! Your girlfriend´s best friend may have fallen hard for her. Kisses –A

Alison signed as she was used to. I told you that you were going to pay, pigskin.

Next day wasn't any better. Emily was walking through Rosewood High´s halls as she usually did but something unusual happened. Emily walked to the lockers and when she got to hers, she found Connor leaning against it and talking to some guys. She stopped right in front of him. "Connor, could you please move?" He started laughing at something that Ben, who was on the swimming team, had just said. "Connor," She said louder and got his attention. He looked at her, frowned and smiled teasingly. "Can you move away? That's my locker," She pointed at the locker. He started laughing loudly. "Are you sure that you want your locker back?" He moved his face closer to Emily's and whispered "Then stay away from her," his voice sounded so full of hate… How would he…? Does he…? Oh my God… Emily opened her eyes widely as the realization hit her. Sydney. She was just starting to walk away when she felt a twinge of pain on her wrist and turned around. Connor was holding her in place "We have some things to talk about, don't we?" He said his big, black eyes full of hate and ire. The other guys that had been with him were gone, except from Ben and Sean. The three of them were looking at her mockingly. Emily felt fear growing inside of her.

It all happened too fast… she was now lying on the cold floor of a dark room. She didn't even know where she was or how had she gotten there. She was so confused and started to get desperate… she felt a warm liquid on her cheek and, almost instantly, she had put her hand over it. She felt a burning feeling and closed her eyes, frowning in pain. She felt as tears welled up in her eyes. "Did she pass out?" said Ben's voice and shocked Emily a little "What are we going to do now?" said Sean walking all around the room, making Emily even more nervous "I think she had enough." He added.

"Enough? This bitch deserves a little bit more… just not today." Connor said and made Emily stand up. She gasped and opened her eyes reluctantly, feeling as the light that had just entered the room when Ben opened the curtains, penetrated her eyes and made her feel as if she was being cut by the sharp blade of a knife. Connor pushed her hard against the wall.

"Please don't…" Emily said desperation noticeable in her voice. Connor slapped her before she could say anything else. "Shut up, would you?"

"Connor, stop she…" Ben started but was cut by Connor once again.

"What?" Connor implied angrily. "Remember not to say anything," he told Emily. "You too," he said turning to look at the other two guys. "Or you will suffer the consequences," he talked as if he was indestructible. "And I don't care who gets on the way." Paige, Paige, where the hell is Paige?

Paige hadn't seen Emily at school until lunch time. She looked exhausted and had a bruise on her cheek. What have you gotten yourself into now? But that wasn't all; she looked so damn hopeless. Paige saw her as she sat down with her friends at their usual table. Alison turned around and caught her staring at them. When she did, she winked at Paige and smirked. She knows. Alison turned around and whispered something to Spencer's ear. Paige's phone buzzed two times. She saw she actually had three messages. She touched the first one.

Can we please talk? –Sydney

Then the second one;

Hey, babe ;) just wanted to know if you were free on Friday. Noel is throwing a party and I think we should go. –Connor

And finally, the third one;

Paige… I think Alison knows something… I don't think Sydney told her, she wouldn't do that to us, would she? We should talk to her…Today. –Emily

Paige kept her phone in her pocket again and felt as Emily stared at her waiting for a reply. She nodded and Emily smiled kindly, turning to her friends again.

"I swear I did not say anything!" Sydney said at the edge of tears. "I promise I would never do that to you," Paige and Emily looked at each other and Sydney looked away.

"You were the only one that knew about…" Paige said, her voice becoming whispers.

"Us," Emily finished hurt by the way Paige couldn't say it and seeing as Paige's gaze met the floor.

"But as you see… Alison knows too," Sydney said, trying to defend her statement.

"And Connor does too…" Emily whispered low enough for it to be heard just by herself.

The same day after school, Emily went straight to her house, still not able to swallow her feelings she fell on her bed and just cried. Cried trying to let it all out but she couldn't. That was when she decided to do the thing she loved the most in the world; fiddle. That's how her grandma called it. Just spend some time with the instrument and pour all of your emotions in the music.

She walked to her closet and took out the violin. Emily stood right next to her window seat looked out the window and started playing. That was when she felt it; she wasn't scared anymore, she felt like if she could come out right now. She felt safe and sound. She felt Paige right next to her, singing and playing the piano. She was invincible when playing it, or at least that is how she felt. She got lost in every note and in the moment that she played the last note, everything was consumed by a heavy darkness.

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