Guest1: You're right! But I guess Emily just can't help act out in jealousy.

EmGarretson22/ginagina11/pailyshark: lol! I'm sorry! The flashbacks lead to why Paige left…ergo the feels being real. I do have a plan though!

Guest2/Whoopsidaisies: Thank you so much for that! You'll get jealous Emily and will eventually see Emily's POV in the upcoming chapters. As you said, if I wrote it now she would just be swooning over Alison. I do have a plan! So don't worry! I am a huge Paily shipper as well!

Siophiefandom: I love putting the small pieces together for how the current Paige McCullers came to be. She went from being the good girl in high school to a complete bad ass with no limitations. It's crazy how just a few months of something could mold the rest of your life. Thank you for the review!

Guest3: I think you might be the first reader who thinks Paige should fall for another girl…and I have to agree with you. After Emily was completely blinded by Alison, she should feel what Paige felt.

Naiel2017/Karla05full: We never like the people who come between two soulmates. However they do stir up new emotions which guide them in the right direction. They just need a bit of time.

Thecatfromaliceinwonderland: Alison is a brilliant manipulator. She knows how to act to the right people which is just frustrating. And the fact that Emily was blinded by it, it's only fair she knows how it feels. Unfortunately I didn't write it so Emily listened in on the date…but she will definitely be in a mood. As for Claire, I do have to admit I love the fact that you don't hate her. I didn't want to make her a character that readers hate because I need Emily to realize Paige could get anyone. Now as for your research…can I just smile? Thank you as always for the review and the PM!

Guest4: Thank you for the review! I'm glad the story is still getting new readers!

CaliGrlFoLife/Bebeden12/Xweet338: Thank you for the PM's!

A/N: I want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Disclaimer: I do not own Pretty Little Liars or any of its characters

Steeling herself for their standard morning breakfast together, Paige closed her eyes briefly before finally pressing the front doorbell. Even though it took merely seconds, the auburn girl swore it was hours before someone answered the door. Somewhat relieved it wasn't a certain brunette, Paige timidly greeted Spencer as she made her way toward the kitchen area with her team in tow.

Paige was dreading having to face Emily one on one. She knew she had no reason to feel guilty for what happened between her and Claire the night before, but it was slowly tearing her up inside. The doe eye girl felt as though she betrayed Emily's trust when she managed to enjoy her night despite initially assuming she wouldn't at all. Her so called date with Claire was surprisingly refreshing. Not only did she manage to get some information from the target about her father, but she was also able to be herself in a way without having to hide who she was. Claire wasn't the person who she thought she would be; the girl was the complete opposite from her father. The auburn girl knew the girl loved her father but also knew she didn't approve of what he's done. If the circumstances were different, Paige had to admit she would've been quite taken with the chic DJ.

But now here she was, waiting to face Emily. After their heated conversation yesterday, Paige knew the girl would probably want to know how the evening went; possibly even details thinking she might clues in finding Aria and her dad. Bracing herself as she sat down at the kitchen island, Paige grabbed the box of cheerios as she normally did before casually glancing around the area to find Emily. Immediately noticing the brunette was the only one missing from the kitchen, Paige scrunched her eyebrows in confusion knowing Emily was the last person that would ever sleep late.

"Where's Em?" Paige tried to ask Hanna nonchalantly as she poured a generous amount of cereal into her bowl.

"She wanted to go out for a run this morning. It looked like she needed to release some energy" Hanna replied as she took a bite of her toast. "She went to sleep at like 4 this morning and got up at 7"

Arching an eyebrow at the information given to her, Paige slowly nodded her head before digging for more information. "Did she go by herself?"

"Oh gosh no. Like you guys would ever allow us to go anywhere by ourselves" Hanna replied rhetorically. "She went with Dana"

Abruptly turning her head at the answer, Paige felt a surge of anger course through her body. "Officer Heath?"

"I think so" Hanna answered confused. "Was she not supposed to ask Officer Heath?"

"She asked Officer Heath to go on a run with her?" Paige asked avoiding Hanna's question.

"What is going on with you?" the blue eye blonde replied as she noted how weird Paige was suddenly acting.

"Nothing" Paige answered as she stood up. "Do you know where they went?"

"Oaks Park?" Hanna responded thinking of her response. "Or something like that"

"Addison Oaks Park?" Paige stated to clarify as she made her way toward the front door.

Confused of the way the auburn girl was acting, Hanna made her way toward the auburn girl as she was leaving. "Yeah. Is something wrong? Is Emily in danger or something?"

"No, no no" Paige lividly shouted as she made her way toward her SUV. "Nothing like that. Tell the team I went to join Em for that run"

Addison Oaks was a 1,140 acre park known for its bike and hand cycle challenge. Paige knew that fact alone meant Emily and Dana were probably on the east side of the park which was where the running trails were; but that fact was still not useful to the auburn girl. Taking out her phone, Paige pulled up her tracking app before typing in Officer Heath's ID and managed to set a GPS target on the girl given she was on duty. Within seconds, the coordinates of the two popped up; instantly giving Paige the exact location of where they were. Paige didn't wait another second before she started descending down the trail herself to find the pair.

Mentally noting the coordinates, Paige knew the two were about a half an hour away from the starting point therefore increasing her speed; knowing she could catch up within 10 minutes if she went off the trail. And within 10 minutes she did. Despite all the broken branches and un-kept bushes, the auburn girl finally began noticing the two girls when they reached Buhl Lake.

Officer Heath was the last person Paige wanted to take Emily anywhere. Paige witnessed on numerous occasions the side glances and gawks the officer had given the brunette; but was thankful Emily didn't pay any attention to it. Or so she thought. Now running right behind the two, Paige had a clear view of both girls as they were jogging and giggling down the path. However something was off; it was Emily's posture that gave off the vibe something was wrong.

Scrunching her eyebrows in worry, Paige sprinted faster until she was finally in clear shot of the girls; forcing them to stop.

"Officer McCullers?" Officer Heath exclaimed. "Is something wrong? Are the girls okay?" the petite brunette asked out of breath.

Focusing her gaze on the tanned girl beside the officer, Paige placed her hands on her hips as she tried catching her breath. She could easily see Emily trying to avoid all eye contact as the girl's glance was on the floor as she responded. "The girls are fine. Go back to the house. I'll take care of Emily"

"Why don't you go back to the house? I'm in capable hands with Dana" Emily snarled back as she gave Paige a glare.

With a tight lip, Paige could see the darkness under the brunette eyes; it looked as though the girl didn't get any sleep. Swallowing to help the sudden dryness in her throat, the auburn girl focused her attention back at the young officer. "I'm ordering you to go back to the house Officer Heath"

"Yes ma'am" Officer Heath quickly obliged as she turned to give the brunette a sorrowful look before jogging back quietly toward the closest exit of the park.

Emily didn't wait until Dana was fully out of sight before she continued her run; but this time it wasn't just to help reduce excess energy she had. It was now to get away from auburn girl as fast as possible. The last thing Emily needed right now was to face Paige. She didn't want to hear about the girl's date. She didn't want to have to look the girl in the eyes as she heard how intimate their outing was. All she wanted to do was get away from her which is why she decided to go for a run in the first place.

Sighing in frustration as she watched Emily sprint away from her, Paige combed back her hair in hindrance as she began running after her. Immediately realizing what Emily was doing, the auburn girl began calling after her; hoping that would at least slow her down. "Emily, come on!" When Emily refused to give in, Paige watched as the brunette made a hard turn to her right forcing Paige to do the same.

Now off the unbeaten path, both girls were fighting through the branches, weeds and soot as they continued running. "Em just slow down" Paige shouted again. Knowing the brunette had no intention of doing just that, Paige forced herself to run even faster as she finally was in arms reach of the girl; pulling her by the wrist to stop her in her tracks.

"What do you want?" Emily screamed back as she ripped her hand away from Paige. "Aren't you supposed to be out on your next assignment?"

Paige was startled at how angry Emily was. Silent for a moment, the auburn girl didn't know what to say as she just stood quietly in front of the girl thinking of what to say. Realizing how much the date had affected the girl, Paige just tightened her jaw. "Are you okay?" the auburn girl asked sternly.

"Seriously?" Emily angrily asked as she looked at Paige with abhorrence at such a rash question.

"Did you at least get some sleep last night?" Paige tried again.

"Paige, what do you want from me?" Emily asked defeated. "It can't honestly be to ask me if I'm okay after you sprinted across the park for I don't even know how many miles"

Licking her lip at how riled up the brunette was, Paige nodded her head. "It's not like you to just go for a run before breakfast. And I figured you would've known better to do that in such an open area given the circumstances. Officer Heath should've known that too."

"Oh I'm sorry" Emily quickly replied. "I figured your date went so well last night that I didn't have to worry about doing something so public such as jogging out in the open"

"You have no right to be angry at me for doing my job" Paige coldly stated as she placed her hands on hips to steady her sudden anger.

"What if something happened to you last night? What if Claire saw through your bullshit and attacked you?" Emily asked as she looked at the auburn girl intensely.

"Is that the real reason why you're so angry right now?" Paige asked as she watched Emily turn away from her furiously.

"What do you want from me Paige?" Emily pleaded. Clenching her jaw to control her anger, the brunette turned right back around to face the auburn girl. "Do you want me to your best friend and ask how your date went? Do you want me to go into detail and ask you what you wore? And what she wore? Do you want me to ask if she tried to find subtle ways to touch you throughout the night? Or if she laughed at everything you said? Do you want me to ask if she kissed you or maybe go even further last night?" the brunette tearfully asked as stepped closer to Paige.

Watching as small tears formed in the brunette's brown eyes, Paige's anger managed to slowly diminish as she knew those were probably the questions Emily was thinking about all last night. Taking in a deep breath, Paige licked her lips before replying. "Caminiti is in Georgia and sometimes visits here from time to time. The second we heard that, Aiden sent in word back to headquarters to have a team scout out the area"

"How was the date Paige?" Emily begged as she knew Paige would try to ignore any intimate questions.

"It was fine. We went ziplining and had some drinks" Paige admitted.

Emily knew she should be thrilled to find out new facts about where the team stood with Caminiti, but right now she didn't care about those details; all she cared about was trying to fix that pulsating throb she had coursing through her body. "Did you kiss her?"

Besides being physically trained to be out in the field, Special Ops officers were also mentally trained to undergo any type of operation that was thrown their way. Using everything she had learned, Paige needed to keep a straight face despite feeling broken inside. "Yes I did"

"Right" the brunette miserably nodded as she felt the lump in her throat thickened as a tear fell from her eye.

Witnessing Emily try to dry her eyes without her noticing, Paige knew her standing there was doing no good. "We should head back to the house"

Frozen in step at the suggestion Paige just made, Emily became furious at how unfeeling the girl seemed to be. "Really?" Emily furiously asked. "I'm standing in front of you with 2 hours of sleep, crying my eyes out. And all you have to say is you want to go back to the house?"

"What would you like me to say Em?" Paige honestly Em. "I mean a few years ago the situation was reversed wasn't it?" Paige confidently began. "I begged you not to date Alison yet you did. I told you how she used to make me feel but you didn't care. And now I'm here trying to do my job and you're mad at me for kissing the girl?"

"I'm mad at you for making me feel this way" the brunette shouted out. "I'm mad at you for still kissing her despite us talking about it just yesterday"

Nodding her head as she understood what Emily was feeling; Paige swallowed hard before looking up the clear blue sky. "That feeling you have right now; the feeling of agony and betrayal, it hurts doesn't it? Questioning what's going through my mind and angry that I might even like someone like Claire. Wanting the feeling of pain coursing through your body to just leave. And knowing the only person that could make that pain go away is me" Paige stated as she held the brunette's teary eyed gaze. Taking a step forward as she saw how hesitant Emily suddenly became, Paige refused to stop there. "You felt that for what…2 days? Imagine feeling like that for months. So now if you please, we need to start heading back. I need to prepare for my next assignment"

***8 Years Ago***

"So, Mr. Angulo is really as dull as he looks huh?" a serene voice from behind Emily asked as the brunette stood up to put her books away.

Turning around swiftly to see herself staring into the same blue eyes that's been causing all her mid-day hallucinations, Emily swallowed to gain her composure before putting on a cool front. "What are you talking about? This is his fun side. Wait till finals. You'll have a completely different opinion" she sarcastically stated as she gave Alison a smirk.

"A sense of humor, I like that" the blonde bombshell replied before returning a smile. Extending her hand, Alison greeted herself. "Alison Dilaurentis. I uh, was the girl that was a bit hostile during PE".

"I saw it as friendly competition" the brunette replied taking her hand. "Emily. Emily Fields"

"It was definitely friendly" Alison quietly stated as the girls couldn't seem to look away from each other. The sudden movement of a few students entering the room caught the girls by surprise; forcing them to break eye contact. "You have Ms. Jordan now right? Care if I join?"

Holding her books tighter to her chest, Emily arched an eyebrow. "Of course not" she eagerly replied. "So how do you like it around Rosewood so far?"

"Well I found a reason to go to class every day since the first day I stepped foot into PE" Alison flirtatiously answered as she gave Emily a quick glance before making her way out of the classroom and toward the lockers. "So I would say I like it a lot so far. You're pretty good at volleyball"

"I think it's just the jock in me" Emily replied with a smile as she opened her locker door to place her math textbook in before taking out her history textbook.

"Oh yeah? What do you play?" Alison asked immediately intrigued.

"I swim" Emily stated as she closed her locker door. "I absolutely love it. The freedom of just being in the water. There's nothing like it" she continued easily showing how much she loved the activity by the way her face lit up at just the mention of it.

Giving the brunette one of her classic smiles, Alison smoothly grazed her eyes down the brunette's body before replying. "I should have guessed. You definitely have a swimmers body"

"I wasn't always like this though. My friend actually convinced me to try out for the team" the tanned beauty stated. Emily wasn't sure why she somehow thought of Paige in that moment, but her mind just involuntarily drifted over to auburn girl. Maybe it was because she was passing their old English classroom where the two of them shared so many memories such as staying up till 3am trying to write an old journal as their midterm project or trying to reenact one of Shakespeare old plays.

"Girlfriend?" Alison asked breaking the brunette out of her daze.

"No, my good friend Paige" Emily replied with a kind smile.

"Right Paige McCullers" the blue eye girl nodded knowing full well who the brunette was talking about. "I've seen her around you a lot. If I didn't know any better I would have sworn you two were together, or at least she wants to be" the girl stated trying to pry some information from the brunette.

"What? No way" Emily exclaimed. "Paige and I just really close. She would never see me as someone to date"

"What about you?" Alison asked curiously at Emily's last statement.

"What about me?" the brunette retorted confused.

"Would you see her as someone you would want to date?" Alison bluntly asked.

Surprised at such a question, Emily immediately replied "no". But something in the brunette suddenly made her uncomfortable about the question; as though she was in denial. "I don't know. I never really thought about it"

"Why not?" Alison asked again curiously.

"I don't know" Emily shrugged. "She and I…just fit. We always did. No matter what, we're just therefore each other. But I never thought about her romantically"

"So you're just friends?" Alison directly asked again.

"Yes" Emily firmly answered.

"So she wouldn't attack me if I try asking you out then?" the blond beauty flirtatiously asked as she held their classroom door open.

Nodding her head sternly knowing Paige would never do such a thing, Emily answered. "She would never"

"I wouldn't be too shocked if she did" Alison stated nonchalantly. "I mean, I would be pretty jealous of anyone trying to hit on you"

Watching the brunette curiously, Paige furrowed her eyebrows as Emily twirled in front of the mirror sporting gigantic smile across her lips. "What's with you?"

"What are you talking about?" Emily asked keeping her focus on the mirror in front of her as she tried pulling down the pleated yellow dress she was wearing to cover a bit more skin.

"You keep blushing every time you look in mirror" Paige pointed. "Please tell me you're not turning yourself on" the auburn continued as she flipped to the next page of the Times magazine she was reading.

"I am not!" the brunette exclaimed as turned to glance at Paige before looking back to the mirror. "I just really want to find a nice dress"

Arching an eyebrow, Paige knew there was another reason to why Emily was so excited to getting a dress today. "Right. Unlike those ugly dresses you tend to pick out"

"Paige. Why can't I take my time in finding something?" Emily asked slightly annoyed at the auburn girl's tone.

"You seem to have several meanings for the word 'time' Em" Paige stated as she unfolded her legs on the chair she was sitting on to stare at the brunette. "You kind of sprung today's shopping spree on me but now you want to take your time?"

"First off, I didn't spring it" Emily firmly responded. "I just asked. I like your opinion. And second, I'm not just going to buy the first thing I see"

"So why can't we do this Saturday like we normally do again?" Paige asked curiously.

"If you want to go, then go. I'll find a dress myself" the brunette retorted as she made her way back into the dressing room to change into the next dress she picked out.

"No need to get angry, it was just a question" Paige stated as she raised her voice a little so the brunette could hear her. "What's going on with you?"

"I just want to look nice okay?" Emily replied.

"Ok" Paige accepted. "But Em, you know you always look amazing right? You don't need to buy a dress to prove anything"

"Sometimes we buy things to make ourselves feel even better" the tanned girl replied as she made her way out of the dressing with her next dress.

Completely in awe of the high low cutout yellow dress Emily came out in, Paige was speechless. She couldn't help her eyes from dragging from the brunette's long legs, up her toned stomach and up her lean neck before breaking herself off of her daze. "Ok, ok. Do you maybe want to check out a different color?" Paige was praying the brunette didn't like the dress so no one would be able to see how amazing she looked. "Maybe you'll have better luck with violet or turquoise"

"I just…really want to find a yellow dress" Emily exasperatedly explained as she combed her hair back in annoyance.

That was the moment it finally clicked for Paige. Why Emily was so set on buying a yellow dress. Why she needed it immediately. Why she wasn't satisfied with just anything. Walking a bit closer to the brunette, Paige needed to confirm her suspicion. "It's for Alison isn't it?"

The sudden tension between the girls aroused quicker than either girl knew. They never discussed Alison before, but both girls knew it was a topic they couldn't discuss with each other for some reason. "She asked me out today" Emily replied quietly. "I just want to make sure I leave a good impression. I'm not going to have time tomorrow"

Swallowing as Paige felt her throat constrict, the auburn girl nodded as she looked down. "Your dad's coming back right?"

"Yeah" Emily answered as she looked at Paige in the mirror. "And Thursday is the date. So can you just help me?"

"This Thursday?" Paige asked disappointed. Watching how dedicated the brunette was to finding the perfect dress, Paige realized how right Alison was about her and Emily; girls like them belonged together. "Yeah Em, of course I'll help you. You really like her don't you?"

"I do" Emily nodded as she walked passed the auburn girl and back into the fitting room. "You know she said you would attack her if she tried asking me out?"

"Why would she say that?" Paige asked furiously.

"You tell me" Emily retorted back.

Thinking of the best way to respond to the brunette, Paige knew she had to be honest. "I don't trust her"

"How can you say that? You don't even know her" Emily asked as she made her way out of the fitting room in her next piece.

"She just seems cocky" Paige stated as she tried figuring out a way to steer Emily in the right direction of what type of person Alison was.

"Have you tried talking to her?" the brunette asked as she kept her focus on the mirror.

"Yes, and she seems cocky" Paige repeated.

Turning to face the girl, Emily responded. "When did you guys talk?"

"Last week when it was raining. She decided to give me a ride home" Paige half honestly.

"And that sounds like she was doing you a favor. What did she say that made her sound cocky?" Emily asked as she kept her focus on Paige trying to figure why the girl didn't like Alison.

"She just seemed to know you two would end up together without having to impress you" Paige answered.

"She just sounds determined" Emily responded coming to Alison's defense. "She has nothing to gain by being mean"

"Uh well she likes you" Paige replied. "That's all the reason you need"

Folding her arms protectively around herself, Emily scrunched her eyebrows; curious to why Paige seemed so defensive. Thinking back to the question Alison asked, Emily swallowed wanting to know the truth. "Do you…like me?" she stuttered out.

"What?" Paige asked surprised.

"Do you?" Emily repeated.

"Let me guess, Alison said that" Paige replied as she rolled her eyes.

"That's not answering the question" Emily asked calmly.

"No, I don't like you like that" Paige lied. "Why can't I just be concerned for you? When did you start taking someone else's side you barely know over me?"

"I'm not taking anyone else's side" Emily protectively replied.

"You are" Paige shouted. "You're already becoming defensive about my opinion of that girl. When someone describes me as "girls like you" I tend to have a negative opinion of them" the auburn girl replied as she turned to put her magazine away.

Surprised at such a statement, Emily nodded her head. "She said that? I'm sure she didn't mean it the way it came out"

"Seriously?" Paige asked disgustedly as she turned to glare at the girl.

"What?" Emily asked naively.

Nodding at how guilelessly the brunette was being over a girl, Paige threw her backpack over her shoulders before responding. "I'm going to go"

"Paige" was all Emily was able to get out as Paige made her way toward the exit; leaving the brunette feeling guilty for defending a girl she hardly knew.

***Present Day***

Gripping Claire's waist with her left hand, Paige gently placed a kiss on the woman's right cheek before gliding her right hand down the dirty blonde's triceps. Reaching her elbow, Paige broke contact to look into Claire's deep blue eyes as she intertwined their hands. Giving the girl a quick wink, Paige began walking backwards down the DJ booth and back into the crowd; still holding eye contact. With the show about to begin, Paige knew Claire was going to be busy mixing on the sound system; giving the auburn girl the opportunity to help scan the crowd for any sign of Caminiti's men. The team was hoping Caminiti kept guards around his daughter to make sure none of his enemy's got to her.

Starting of slow, Paige watched as the crowd began swaying to the first few lyrics while the auburn girl began noticing two laser beams begin to skim over the Ambassador Bridge.

Lately, I've been, I've been losing sleep

Dreaming about the things that we could be

But baby, I've been, I've been praying hard,

Said, no more counting dollars,

We'll be counting stars stars Stars STArs STARS

Just as the beat dropped, two bright lights shot up in the sky behind the DJ booth and bursted into two large willow fireworks sending the crowd into a massive frenzy. As several other comet fireworks discharged into the night sky, Paige knew the firework show wasn't going to end anytime soon. Maneuvering deeper into crowd, the auburn girl scanned the crowd as she managed to focus on one object in particular. Squinting her eyes a bit more, Paige drifted her eyes up the woman's long legs as she mentally noted how perfect they looked in the black jeggings the patron was wearing. Paige continued traveling her eyes upward toward the mystery woman's large black hoodie. Even with the article of clothing being at least 3 sizes too large for the fan, Paige could easily tell the woman was fit by how the fabric clinged around her body since she placed her hands within the hoodie's pockets. Clenching her jaw tighter, Paige's eyes widen as her eyes wandered toward the woman's long wavy highlighted hair.

Paige immediately knew who the mysterious woman was even with the girl trying to conceal her identity under a black Wolverine's cap. Swiftly making her way toward the brunette, Paige drifted her eyes back to the DJ booth to make sure Claire was still occupied before embedding herself right behind the bronze beauty.

"Are you trying to get my cover blown?" Paige managed to whisper loud enough for Emily to hear.

Startled at first, the sudden contact of the auburn girl's warm breath on her right ear made Emily jump back enough to fit perfectly into Paige's form. Letting out a gasp by the unexpected position she found them in, Emily could feel shivers rush throughout her body as she felt Paige's left hand grip onto her waist to hold her steady. Working up every ounce of courage she had in her, Emily swallowed as she continued focusing on the fireworks before her. "I figured you could use an extra pair of eyes tonight"

Taking in a deep breath to control her anger at how irrational Emily's action was; Paige found herself surrounded by the brunette's sweet freesia and red plum signature that always made the auburn girl weak in the knees. Focusing her eyes on the fireworks as well, Paige forced herself to speak up. "You know we have enough eyes on the target right now"

"You don't have anyone in the crowd" Emily casually stated as she nestled deeper into Paige's form.

Loosening her grip from Emily's waist and steering it to fit perfectly around the brunette, a sense of comfort seemed to dawn on the pair as they somehow felt safe within each other's company even though they were surrounded by potential danger. "Em I can't have you out on the field especially if I'm undercover" Paige truthfully stated.

"Why? Isn't this why we were trained?" the brunette asked as she relinquished in the feel of Paige's body heat.

"You were trained for the sake of knowing how to defend yourself, not to be a field officer. Plus 4 days of training is hardly anything." Paige sternly replied back. "My team is surrounding this area. I don't need another distraction"

"I'm a distraction?" Emily asked as she turned to face the auburn girl straight in the eyes.

Feeling Emily about to withdraw from her grasp, Paige tightened her hold around the girl as she slipped her right arm into the brunette's hoodie pocket; forcing Emily to stay put. "I don't want to see you get hurt. Is that so hard to believe?"

Physically shivering at Paige's statement, Emily quietly nestled back into Paige's hold. "Well you're too late for that"

Licking her bottom lip to prevent the guilt she was suddenly feeling show, the auburn girl turned her head just enough to feel the brunette's warm skin against her cheek. "Em, please-"

"Your date seems to be going well" Emily blurted out before she lost her nerves. Feeling Paige clench her jaw, she continued. "She couldn't take her eyes off of you before. And that kiss seemed to have left her breathless. You're really good at your job."

Raising her right eyebrow at how watchful Emily seemed to be, Paige couldn't help but smile a bit. "You noticed?"

"I'm pretty positive everyone noticed. I could basically smell how turned on she is from over here" Emily bluntly stated.

Seemingly oblivious to the way Emily was feeling, Paige responded back "You seem a bit upset."

"Just observant" the bitter brunette replied. "I didn't realize fucking was part of your job description"

"I'll do what's necessary to get the job done" Paige simply answered. Feeling Emily cringe at her response, Paige knew the girl was floored. "I didn't fuck anyone for the sake of my job" the auburn simply stated as she held Emily closer to her. Feeling Emily relax, she continued. "I didn't fuck Claire. I don't plan on fucking her either. She could play a huge part in figuring out where Aria is"

"I know" Emily whispered.

"Good. So I need you to go back to base and let us do our job" Paige calmly stated as she noticed the fireworks coming to an end. Turning the girl slightly, Paige was able to lightly brush her lips across Emily's cheeks. "Just trust me"

With that, Paige reluctantly released the brunette as she made her way back toward the DJ booth; leaving a breathless Emily craving for the warmth of Paige McCullers once again.