A/N: Sorry for the long wait, I have been really busy with school, work, and a debate tournament that I went to this weekend. Thanks for all the support; you know who you are :)

Moving on…

"Emily, calm down. Just… please… I will tell you everything if you could give me the chance. " Paige whispered, the sight of Emily's crying made Paige feel guilty.

"Tell me then. Tell me why you said what you said. Tell me why you left. Tell me why you never returned any of my calls, or replied to any of my texts!" Emily said, wiping off her tears.

Paige took a deep breath and stared into Emily's eyes. Paige held Emily's eyes for a moment before she opened her eyes to speak.

"I left Rosewood to find myself. I wanted to be ready before I come back. I wanted to be myself before I could face you. I homeschooled and saw another person who helped me with coming out to my parents and to myself," Paige continued, "and when I came out to my parents," Paige took a deep breath, "everything changed."

"You came out to your parents?!" Emily asked, surprised.

"I did, and I have you to thank for that, Emily." Paige said softly.

"No, you have yourself to thank for, Paige. I'm really, really happy for you."

Emily smiled, a warm smile. A smile that warmed Paige. Paige grinned back, showing two small dimples.

"Can I get a hug then?" Paige asked, grinning.

Emily smiled, stepped forward, and hugged Paige. Paige wrapped her arms around Emily and rested her head on Emily's shoulder. The hug reminded Emily of the times they've spent prior to Paige's departure. The hug brought back memories. Happy ones. Emily missed hugs like this, even though she won't admit it to herself, she missed hugging Paige, feeling Paige's protective arms around her.

"Emily?" Paige whispered beside Emily's ear.

"Yeah?" Emily replied gently.

"I'm really sorry about what I did to you back in the Brew. I was a irresponsible coward and shouldn't have put you in that position. I should have never put you on the spot, not when I am the problem," Paige let go of Emily, but kept her arms on Emily's shoulders, " I am sincerely sorry. It won't happen again."

"I shouldn't have pushed you through the process. There were my faults as well," Emily starred into the girl's warm brown eyes, "plus, everything is fine now right?"

"Yeah." Paige smiled at Emily.

"Can I ask you something?"

"Anything." Paige whispered.

"Why were you drunk on the plane?"

"Emily I don't want to talk about it."

"Is it something with your parents?"

"No."

"Something relating to stress?"

"No, Emily. It's not always that simple."

"Then what is it?"

"Emily I don't want to talk about it with you ok? Not like this."

"Why not?"

"Because I just don't want to ok?"

"Ok then. Are you hungry?"

Paige let out a laugh, "Yeah I am. Let's go eat."

When Paige started walking towards the door, Emily started laughing. Hearing Emily laugh so freely for the first time in months made Paige's stomach twitch a little bit.

I missed that laugh. Paige thought to herself.

"I missed that laugh," Paige whispered out before she could stop herself from saying that, "but seriously, what's so funny?"

"Um… are you going to wear a bathrobe to buffet?"

Paige looked down and saw how she was still wearing the same white bathrobe after her shower. She blushed a little bit and let out a nervous laugh.

"As much as I want to, I won't." Paige replied sarcastically.

"I'll step in the bathroom so you could change."

"You don't need to, its not like you haven't seen it before." Paige said as a joke.

"Ok McCullers, first of all, I did not see anything I wasn't suppose to see. You were wearing a bra," Emily replied hurriedly, "all I saw was your fat little belly. Second, even if I saw something, I'm the person who is supposed to be scared. Not you."

"Ah… did you just say my belly was fat?" Paige said loudly.

"Yeah… you got some extra stuff on those." Emily said, pointing at Paige's belly.

"Ok Fields, I did not just spend 4 months in the gym eating donuts and doing nothing ok," Paige said, untying the knot on her robe and revealing a bra and panty, "you see this curve right here, its called 'bread pocket', and this right here, its called '11'."

Emily raised one of her eyebrows, "Very impressive McCullers, maybe you can be my personal trainer," Emily lifted her t-shirt up, "you see, I have some chubs here myself."

"Ok that's not really chub, that's just the layer that keeps you warm in the water. It practically takes up 2% of your entire fat percentage. Plus, I can be your trainer," Paige whispered, "I've got experience."

Emily leaned in closer, "Oh really? What kind of experience?" Emily whispered.

"Well, I met a girl in the gym. I helped her lose 15 pounds, isn't that impressive? I actually am considering of posting an ad on the Internet. How about this: you teach me how to work the web, ill teach you for free." Paige joked.

"I don't just want to lose weight though… maybe something more intense would be nice. Muscle workouts, butt lifting?" Emily smiled; she liked joking along with Paige, it made everything feel easier and more relaxed.

Paige blushed a little bit and cleared her throat. The sound of Paige clearing her throat made Emily laugh; which just made Paige blush even more.

"Just kidding McCullers, you have no sense of humour in you." Emily said while laughing.

"I'm going to go eat," Paige said while slipping through a pair of sweats with a black Nike hoodie, "you coming or what?"

"Yeah I'm coming," Emily replied, "here are the keys. Let's go."

Before they made their way to the elevator, Paige stopped Emily.

"Emily Fields?"

"Yes Paige McCullers?"

"Fresh start as friends right?"

Just friends? Emily thought.

"I'd like that." Emily said, not knowing what else to say. She was caught up in the moment.

Fresh start it is. The thought made Paige put on a wide smile.