I am very, very sorry for this late update. I haven't been able to write much lately with track practice and doing a five page report on genomes. I'm pretty sure you don't want to listen to my problems, so I hope you enjoy this next chapter. I rewrote this chapter a couple times after having much difficulty in writing the party chapter. So I decided that I should post the party chapter after this. Thanks to reviewers, LaughLoveLiveXx, PrincyJessie, shayley, Jessie Karthcher, xxxPLLforeverxxx, britt1216 and thanks everyone for the story alerts and favorite author alerts. Means a lot to me. You guys are amazing! :)
Emily POV
After practice I got a lift home. I reached the front door as I scrambled for the house key in my gym bag. After a frustrating five minutes of looking for it, I finally jammed the key into the lock. I dragged my tired body into the house, surprised to find that neither of our parents were home. And that was just fine by me. It's gonna take some time to get used to seeing my mom again for the next few weeks. I was glad Hanna was here. Everytime it got awkward between me and my mom, she would jump in and smoothly drag me out of the situation. I still have this anxious feeling in the pit of my stomach every time my mom looks at me. I still can't shake the image of her face turned up in disgust out of my head. I just don't want her around, rather just save myself from the heart ache.
I ran up the stairs and came to a halt right when I reached Hanna's room, her door cracked open just a smidge. A smile instantly made its way to my face as I saw Hanna fast aleep on her bed. She looked so adorable right now with her hair cutely messed up with sleep and her body all sprawled out on her bed. As quietly as possible, I walked into the room. I gently pushed some strands of hair aside aside from her face, my hand accidently brushing against her face a little longer than intended. I leaned towards her and gave her a small peck on the forehead. She stirred a bit in her sleep. I chuckled lightly as I found the outfit I would wear later on and started stripping myself of my clothing.
Hanna POV
I could hear Emily running up the stairs from a mile away. I quickly shut my eyes when I heard footsteps approaching the room. I almost couldn't surpress a smile as soft hands removed some hair out of the way and a pair of gentle lips pressing a light kiss to my forehead. I inwardly smiled at the sweet gesture. Emily was so cute. It warmed my heart to know I have a best friend that truly cares about me.
After a couple moments of silence, I thought it was finally safe enough to open my eyes. I stopped stretching my arms midair as I realized Emily was still in the room. A half-naked Emily had her back to me, dressed down only in her bra and a pair of short shorts. I felt my face heat up a bit as I tore my gaze away from the swimmer's toned legs. Still in her bra and shorts, Emily walked into the bathroom, the outfit she would wear later on, in hand. After a few minutes I heard the shower running. I closed my eyes hoping to get another few minutes of sleep.
I placed my hands behind my head, my eyes drooping shut. Just when I felt my body start to drift off, the sound of the doorbell ringing jolted me right back up, destroying any chance to get some sleep. I groaned and lazily got to my feet. The doorbell rang again.
"I'm coming!" I yelled irritably as I dragged my feet down the stairs.
Emily POV
After taking a much needed shower, I reached for my towel that wasn't in its usual spot. I sighed deeply as realization hit me. I mentally slapped myself as I realized I forgot to bring it with me before. So here I am, naked and soaking wet. I can't just walk out. Hanna could be awake for all I know. And the last thing I need right now is for her to see me . . . like this.
I took a deep breath as I opened the bathroom door just a crack to see if Hanna was awake. Suprisingly, she wasn't even in the room any more. Must have went downstairs or something, I thought as I walked cautiously into the room. I shivered as I continued my search, looking under the bed and in the closet for the missing towel. I was getting more anxious by the second after searching several places. Suddenly I heard the door open.
"Hey, Em. How was prac-WOAH!"
Hanna POV
As I looked up, I dropped my phone onto the ground. My face blushed scarlet red. Emily screamed as she turned around facing me. My mouth formed into a big "O", my eyes widening. I didn't even realize I was staring at the the girl up and down and immediatley covered my eyes with my hand. I heard Emily shuffling around, probably grabbing something to cover herself with.
DAMN, wasn't expecting that. OH MY GOD. What do I do now? I've never been in this kinda situation. I just saw Emily . . . NAKED. Shit like that isn't supposed to happen, it's not allowed to happen! I can't breathe. Is that bad?
Emily was completely naked, soaked from head to toe. The image of Emily's sleek body still shivering invaded my thoughts. The drops of water dripping from her hair down to her chest seemed to be teasing me as the drop reached her toned stomach, and slowly sunk lower and lower and . . . what am I thinking? The mental image was only making my face feel hotter and my heart beat faster.
"Sorry I had no idea," I said nervously. I turned around and just started running, trying to get as far from here as possible. But instead, I ran face first into the door. I fell backwards, my head hitting the rough surface hard. Now one hand was sheilding my eyes while the other rubbed the back of my head. "Fuck!" I cursed loudly.
"Are you okay," I heard Emily's shaky voice say, "I . . . I uhhhh . . . I'm sorry. I didn't know you would . . . you know." If I weren't panicing myself and had these waves of pain creeping into the back of my head, I probably would have teased Emily as she struggled to explain herself to me.
"Completely my fault." I said. I staggered to my feet, my eyes no longer shielded. I was already halfway out the door as I mumbled a quick, "I better go."
"Wait!" I heard Emily say. I stopped in my tracks and was about to turn around to face her, but stopped myself just in time. "Sorry, I actually . . . I forgot my towel . . . and I don't know where it is." Emily seemed to struggle with her words. "Can you get me one?" I heard Emily ask timidly. By the sound of her voice, she was just as embarassed as I was.
"Yeah, sure, I'll get one. Be right back." I said running out of the room.
Emily POV
I can't believe that just happened. Hanna just saw me, ALL of me. I wonder whose face was redder, mine or Hanna's? Hanna's widened eyes skimmed my whole body. I wonder what she thought about what she had just seen. She definately saw EVERYTHING. Suddenly I felt extremely insecure about my body. I finally calmed down my heart rate just a bit, when I heard a soft, hesitant knock on the door making it shoot right back up.
"Hey, Em, I couldn't find your towel, so you could just use mine, okay." I heard Hanna say.
"Thanks, Han," I said as I opened the door just a bit, hiding my body behind the door. Our hands grazed each others as I took the towel from her. Our eyes met and we quickly found something else to stare at as she managed a small "you're welcome." And you know what really sucks? My body was pretty dry by the time she got here. I closed the door and tried to calm down my pounding heart enough to get dressed.
Hanna POV
Emily emerged from the bathroom after about an hour. I had just finished applying my mascara as I looked over at Emily. She wore a pair of dark, skinny jeans. Her low cut v-neck shirt was tight on her body, and her hair was down in soft curls. She had a small touch of make-up, but she didn't really need it. She was naturally beautiful. She looked amazing, I thought genuinly.
"Hey," I said optimistically trying to ease the awkward tension.
"Hey." She gave me a soft smile, not meeting my eyes.
"You're dressed this time." I said, not thinking before I spoke. Emily found the floor quite interesting at the moment, unsuccessfully trying to hide her blush. I actually face plamed myself at my poor choice of words. Emily seemed amused by that. "Sorry, I meant . . . ummmm-" I trailed off. Emily looked up at me as I gave out a defeated sigh. "You look beautiful, Emily." I said meeting her gaze. I tried to smile, but all I could manage was me shyly biting my lip. She smiled at my obvious discomfort.
"Thanks, you look great, too." She said nervously scratching the back of her neck. I didn't like this at all. Emily was making me feel nervous which never happened. I feel extremely embarassed. I didn't like this weird, uncomftorable silence that settled between us.
"Em, I'm really sorry about before."
"You didn't do anything wrong." She said, which was expected from Emily.
"No, I shoulda knocked or something. I mean it's your room, too."
"It's okay, Han, can we just pretend it never happened?" Emily's eyes seemed pleading and I nodded my head gratefully.
"Sure," I responded, "so are you ready for the party?" I asked holding my arm out.
"Yep, and Han . . . this won't ruin our friendship right." This definately got my attention. She was searching for an answer in my eyes as she looped her arm through mine.
"I thought you wanted to pretend it never happend." I smiled cheekily. Emily was smiling slightly and my face became very serious. "Em, nothing could ever ruin our friendship, especially something like this, okay?" I said looking her straight in her eyes to get my point across.
"Okay," she replied letting out a breath she probably didn't know she was holding. We started walking out of the room. We would meet Aria and Spencer before heading towards the party.
"Oh, and Em?" I said stopping as I got an idea.
Emily POV
Hanna pulled me in extremely close. My body stiffened, and Hanna smirked noticing my reaction to our close proximity. She whispered in my ear in a sultry voice.
"Em, you really do look beautiful in that outfit -" Hanna pulled away a little bit and her eyes looked me and up and down, "but I think you look even sexier without them." She teased me playfully.
"Hanna!" I said, my face blushing feircly. She smiled cheekily at me.
"Hey, just saying." She said holding her hands up in defense. She looped her arm threw mine again. "But, you can forget your towel any day." She said winking at me. I knew she was making fun of me and playing around, but that didn't make me blush any less. I shook my head, a smile plastered to my face at her comments. In a way they made me feel better, especially since my insecurity was getting to me.
"You're unbelievable, you know that?" I said to her.
"Yeah, but you love me, anyway." She said smiling brightly looking in my direction, our arms still looped together.
"Yeah, I do."
Author Note
Right now, just to let everyone know, Hanna's constant teasing of Emily is really innocent. As of now, Emily and Hanna are just really close friends and do not have more than friendship feelings, but will begin to have feelings for each other later on in the story. I really hoped everyone liked this. I kinda feel like it's not a good enough chapter. Please review and tell me what you think. Please tell me if it's good or not or if you think something should be changed. Thanks and I'm still writing the party chapter and I'm kinda stuck. If any of you have any specific things you wanna see just send me a review. Thanks everybody!