[Author's Note] Hello again! Firstly, I need to say thank you all once again for you continually support of this story, your follows, favourites and especially reviews give me that extra bit of encouragement to write the next chapter. Secondly, I started back in college this past week so posting chapters may become less frequent. Finally, here's chapter 6, please read, review and enjoy (I hope :P)

Within the next two weeks Emily and Paige had seen each other quite a bit. Emily would often call over to the Rivers to see Hanna, Caleb and of course Jacob, who Paige quickly realised absolutely adored the raven haired beauty, who also seemed to adore him just as much. She often found herself just watching Emily interact with Jacob. Emily would ask him about his day and listen intently, if he was sad she would pick him up and dance with him around the River's living area or do something to make him laugh, the two near inseparable when it came around to saying goodbye. Paige enjoyed watching just how happy Emily seemed around the blued eyed boy.

Over the two weeks the two had some interesting conversation, although their shared past not being one of them. Paige told Emily about how she decided to pursue a career in Art, having chosen a Graphic Design and Illustration course in Edinburgh. Emily lit up on hearing this, she had always wanted Paige to choose to study what she wanted, not something she thought her parents would be proud of. In the end it turned out both her parents were actually extremely supportive of her decision. When they would talk Paige would tell Emily about her time in the UK and about just how different culture wise, the States and the UK are. Paige avoided bringing Alex up in conversation, only briefly mentioning the girl when needed be. She felt guilty for not being about to speak up proudly about the love of her life to her friends all out of fear of hurting Emily's feelings, but in truth it wasn't too far from her character for Paige to not speak much of her love life, always preferring to keep that aspect of her life a little more private.

That guilty feeling would register within her again when she purposely left out mentioning Emily's name on the numerous text messages, Skype and phone calls to and from Alex. She had told her girlfriend she had met up with Emily again and the two were trying to establish a friendship, once again, Alex didn't take it too well initially, but that was to be expected to a certain extent. Paige knew Alex was the jealous kind, it almost always made Paige laugh as it was one of the only similarities that Alex and Emily shared, both quick to draw assumptions or be overly protective anytime Paige was being obliviously hit on. It was for that reason Paige conveniently avoided mentioning Emily's name, she didn't want her girlfriend worrying or thinking there was more going on between the two new friends. She knew no matter how many times she re-ensured the British women and told her how much she loved her, if Alex found out just how often Paige was in Emily's presence, even though Spencer, Hanna and the guys were all around as well, she knew she'd never hear the end of it from her girl. Although the idea of anything ever happening between her and Emily again was completely ridiculous in Paige's mind, she could definitely understand how it would be a little more difficult for Alex to comprehend this, so for this reason she decided it was best to keep Emily's name out of the conversation anytime Alex asked how everyone was in New York, who she was with or what she did that day.

Emily told Paige about her decision to apply to NYU, this time deciding against biology for a more specialised subject in Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine. Paige smiled on hearing this knowing it really was the perfect decision Emily had made. Emily didn't really tell Paige much about her life over the past five years, knowing her past few year still heavily involved or was at least connected to Paige and their shared past. She briefly mentioned she was single having not dated anyone seriously since last spring, a relationship that ended after 3 months, explaining it was actually her longest relationship since the two broke up.

In a similar fashion to the way Paige watched the interactions between Emily and Jacob, Emily often found her eyes following Paige walking around a room. The only difference being, Emily felt a little tug on her heart as she watched the pale girl, the feeling only growing that little bit more noticeable the more the two hung out. Emily recognised the fact her body was having these new feelings but she didn't dare think about them in any great detail, almost afraid to know what they could mean, she knew Paige was madly in love with Alex, now. Her heart felt the effects of that fact any time she saw the way a shy smile registered on her ex-girlfriends face every time she got a text message from her girlfriend or if Alex's name appeared on her phone for a phone call Paige would immediately pick up, a childlike grin plastered on her face out of excitement and delight. Emily often felt her stomach twist up in regret, all the time reminding her just how much she screwed things up after the accident. When Emily found herself watching Paige, she'd watched to see if Paige still did the same things she did five years ago; like biting her lip when concentrating, the way she'd stand with her hands tucked firmly in her pockets, the adorable blush that graced the pale girl's face any time she felt embarrassed or the way she always paced around the room while on the phone often making grand gestures with her hands. Yes, just like she suspected… all these little things that Emily found herself falling in love with over five years ago were starting to ache her heart once again.

It was the weekend and Hanna had asked Emily to babysit Jacob for the night, she and Caleb were attending a charity event. She would have primarily asked if Paige could do it since she has been living with the Rivers over the past few weeks, but Paige had a meeting with her boss, who she had only just started working for this past week.

Emily and Jacob were busy making a jigsaw puzzle when the dark haired girl heard a knock on the door. They weren't expecting anyone so Emily made sure to look out the peep hole before opening the door, she looked on slightly confused when she saw Paige standing on the other side.

"Paige? I thought you had a meeting… and a key?" Emily questioned the girl walking past her into the apartment.

"Yeah, I thought I did too… turns out my boss likes to cancel at the last minute. I also forgot my keys this morning but that's only the tip of the iceberg." Paige spoke somewhat annoyed, making Emily laugh at the other girl's slight overreaction.

"What?! Why are you laughing?" Paige rolled her eyes, huffing loudly as she threw her bag and coat over a nearby stool.

"Cause you seem so angry, it was one meeting… plus who wants to be at a meeting of a Friday night anyway?" Emily interjected.

"It wasn't just one meeting, Emily! It was meeting my boss for the first time and he decided not to show, what does that tell you about his opinion of me?" Paige sighed.

"Come on Paige, I'm sure he had a valid reason for cancelling at the last minute, and I'm sure it has nothing to do with you." Emily try to cheer the other girl up. "Yeah, well I think it has everything to do with me. Everything has gone wrong today; I was late to my meeting with the estate agent this morning after I had overslept, then I dropped my phone in the street and cracked the screen luckily enough it didn't break fully I don't think can afford a new one just yet while looking for my own apartment… and then at dinner I managed to spill a whole glass of water over myself and had to stand under a dryer in the girl's bathroom for a good twenty minutes, just because I didn't want it to look like I had peed myself for the first meeting with my new boss… which he decided to cancel… last fuckin minute" Paige ranted, lowering her voice as she swore so Jacob wouldn't hear, Emily continued trying her best not to laugh at the frustrated girl.

"Looks like you're getting in the habit of spilling things on yourself? At least this time it wasn't hot…"

"Really?! That's what you decide to pick up from everything I just said?!" Paige threw her hands up in the air out of annoyance.

"I'm sorry… go say hello to Jake. No yelling… I'll bring you over a drink." Emily smiled, pointing towards the dark haired boy making faces at the table across the room trying to fit two jigsaw pieces together.

"Alcohol?" Paige questioned, her eyes widening out of hopefulness.

"I think there's beer…" Emily explained, but was quickly interrupted by Paige "Beer is good… beer is great, actually!"

Emily laughed again "If I had of said there's only tequila, would I have gotten the same response?". She knew Paige hated tequila, her detest of the drink a result of having a few too many shots of it one college night, puking for the rest of that night and feeling ill for the next three days. But after hearing about Paige's awful day she suspected any kind of alcohol would be of comfort to the other girl.

"Yep!" Paige smiled back, making the slightly taller girl laugh a little louder "Just go say hello to Jake."

After a while the three decided to watch a film, this time they had settled on Toy Story 3. It didn't take long for Jake to fall asleep curled up on Emily's lap, something he always did any-time she babysat him since he was a baby. Any-time he wouldn't stop crying for Hanna and Caleb, they would hand him over to Emily where he always seemed to calm down and fall asleep. Granted he was a calming factor for Emily too.

"Paige can you help me up… I'll just go put Jake to bed. I used to be able to just hop up with him, but he's getting a little heavier now, and it's a strain on my hip and leg." Emily not intentionally meaning to bring up anything from the past, but the look of horror on Paige's face already, told her she had stepped in it.

"Actually Paige, never mind. It's okay, forget I asked. I can do it" Emily decided against asking for Paige's help in the end, seeing how quickly the slightly smaller girl's expression had changed.

"Oh no… here take my hand" The paler girl stood up offering a hand to Emily, pulling the girl up swiftly, not once disturbing the sleeping boy.

"I'll be right back" Emily said as she made her way up the stairs with a sleeping Jacob. Emily quickly returned and sat back down on the couch, the opposite end to Paige. "So… you still suffer with some pain." Paige threaded lightly on the touchy subject. The two had fast become friends again over the past few days but neither dared bring up anything about 5 years ago.

"Paige I really don't want to talk about this too much, but yes I do. My hip can get stiff sometimes, or now and then I'll get sharp pains or a tingling sensation in the muscle and joints. But that has stopped for the most part over the past year. It helps to keep fit and keeping the muscles active. I still have to attend a physical therapy every 3 months, and I like to get a massage done maybe every 3 weeks to loosen up and relax my leg muscles." Emily explained, almost regrettable so, as she noticed a look of sorrow and pity hidden behind a façade of guilt spread across the chest-nut haired girl's face.

"Paige don't look at me like that. I'm fine!" Emily spoke a little more sternly this time, causing Paige to assert herself. "Sorry" Paige whispered as her face dropped to look at the floor.

"Paige… you don't have to be sorry. It's okay… I'm fine. Now what movie do you want to watch and don't worry it doesn't have to be a horror" Paige laughed this time remembering all the times Emily made her watch horror movies. Any time they decided to watch a horror movie Paige would have to hide behind a pillow or tuck herself into Emily's side every time something popped out of the shadows or a zombie bit off somebodies head. In fact, the more she thought about it that was probably why Emily made them watch scary films so often.

"Umm I don't mind, whatever…" Paige replied.

"I'm kind of feeling a classic, what do you think?"

"Emily, no! We're not watching Rudy." Paige and Emily both laughed this time. Paige's hatred of Emily favourite film had quickly become an inside joke between the two. "I wasn't going to suggest it, but nice to know your hatred of one of my favourite films is still firmly engraved into your mind. How about Forrest Gump?" Emily suggested, to which Paige nodded in agreement.

The two watched the film in silence, laughing when it was appropriate and both fighting back tears at the sad parts. When the movie had finished, Emily let out a yawn signalling just how tired she was.

"You can take the guest room, I'll sleep on the couch, kay?" Paige offered.

"Paige no, you've been staying in the guest room as it is, I can't do that."

"Yes you can, plus the guest room was yours for a long time before I even fell back on the scene. Honestly I have no problem sleeping on the couch, plus I'll be up early… I want to go for a jog tomorrow morning, and I'd only wake you when I leave for that at 6:30am if you're asleep out here."

"Thanks, Paige. You still go running every morning?" Emily questioned, although she already knew her answer by the way the physicality of Paige's body hadn't changed a bit since the day Emily last saw her.

"Yep, most mornings… you mentioned earlier that doing exercise helps your hip and leg muscles… feel free to join me. Maybe we can start together next week?" Paige offered.

"Yeah sounds good. Thanks" Emily really did appreciate Paige's offer, but tiredness took over her again as she let out another yawn.

"Just let me grab my workout gear and some bed clothes and the guest rooms all yours" Paige stood up and walked into the room, secretly thankful that she had done a general clean-up of the room earlier. She quickly grabbed her bed clothes and workout gear and walked back into the living area.

"Goodnight, Paige" Emily said as she walked into the room.

"Goodnight, Emily" Paige replied, she was tired herself so she decided she'd go straight to sleep quickly changing into her bed clothes. In the meantime Emily had walked back out of the room to offer Paige a pillow, unfortunately she had walked in on Paige with her top off, luckily she still had her bra on but Emily's mouth went dry on seeing Paige dressing.

"Ummm, Paige… here's an ummm… pillow. I knew there were blankets out here but… I… I thought you might need a pillow." Emily spoke quickly, the other girl blushing having being caught half naked.

"Uhhh thanks" Paige returned awkwardly, having quickly finished changing she grabbed the pillow from the dark haired girl, who's tan cheeks also had a ray of embarrassment starting to appear.

"Oh and I'm sorry… I'm sorry for umm just walking in…. or out on you?" Emily tried to explain herself not knowing the right words to use for walking out of her room and into the living area where she found Paige changing.

"It's fine. Cool. Not like it's anything you haven't seen before…" the words falling off the girl's tongue before she could think of what she was saying.

Emily just laughed awkwardly, praying the situation had never happened. She then stumbled back into the room quickly avoiding any more embarrassment between the two.

'Shit! Shit! Shit! Did I really just say that…and to my EX-GIRLFRIEND!' Paige cringed internally before throwing herself onto the couch and pulling the cool pillow over her face, trying to counteract the burning of embarrassment. 'Fuck, McCullers… really 'not like it's anything you haven't seen before' REALLY!?'

Paige almost fell off the couch when she heard her phone alarm beeping, alerting her it was 6:30am. 'Already?' the girl grumbled to herself, after the incident with Emily last night, Paige had struggled to sleep. The sinking feeling in her stomach fought back any scent of sleep as every second of last night's incident rolled around in her mind. It also got her thinking was Emily just as embarrassed as her, the thought occurred quite a lot to Paige. She often found herself in embarrassing situations, 'Typical Paige McCullers situations' as she called them, often ones she would contemplate for hours and hours at night, how she could have done something differently to avoid such awkwardness.

Paige shook her head, trying to dispense the thoughts and continued getting dressed, while putting on her pants she lost her balance and hit the coffee table knocking some books and Hanna's magazines onto the ground, 'Yep, typical clumsy McCullers', this time causing herself to laugh out of sheer disbelief at own actions.

Paige was interrupted by the sound of little feet making their way down the stairs, she just stood still and waited to see who would appear, although by the faint sound the feet were making she guessed at it being Jacob. She was right, the small boy rounded the corner rubbing his eyes with one hand, and his shark teddy clutched tightly in the other. Paige smiled at seeing his dark hair dishevelled around his face, his blue eyes just barely open, he looked a lot like Caleb just now. He really was a perfect blend of the two, Paige thought to herself looking at the young boy, referring to Hanna and Caleb.

"Paigey? I thought you was Mommy or Daddy…" The little boy spoke, a tinge of disappointment hung on his words.

"Awwh, I'm sorry buddy… did I wake you?"

"No…" The little boy nodded his mouth curling into a frown.

"What's wrong, Jake?" Paige asked out of concern.

"I… I… Had a scary dream" The little boy looked up at Paige. "Oh, really? … That's okay. There's nothing to be scared of, I promise. I'm here with you now, your Mom and Dad are just upstairs and even Emily's still here, she's in the guest room. We won't let anything scary happen to you" Paige smiled in the direction of the scared boy.

"You're Mommy and Daddy had a late night last night, how about we let them sleep a little more? The two of us can curl up on the sofa and watch some cartoons?" The blue eyed boy seemed to cheer up a little, running towards the couch to sit beside Paige, who had turned on the TV, turning the volume down just enough so they could hear it not wanting to wake the rest of the River's household.

"Thank you, Paigey" The little boy spoke as he curled into Paige's side. Paige never suspected herself being very good with kids. It was something her and Emily had talked about a few times, strangely it never came up between her and Alex, but the idea of kids always scared her. She was afraid she'd end up hurting a baby or not knowing how to look after one. She smiled as memories flooded back into her mind when she would picture Emily as a mother, she would be incredible, so loving, caring and would always know what to say or do, but the thought honestly terrified Paige, she was afraid she'd find a way to screw it all up.

"Hey buddy, what's your friend's name?" Paige nodded towards the shark clutched between Jacob's tiny hands. The little boy just shrugged, "He don't have a name, silly. He's a shark!" Jacob replied, answering Paige as if she should already know the answer.

"Okay, cool. Where did he come from?"

"Present!"

"Oh it's a present! Wow that's a good present, huh?" Paige returned enthusiastically, the little boy smiling and nodding again. "It was present from Emmy, she said sharks were like her safety place in school. They kept her safe and made her happy. She said that she wanted me to have that too… so she gave me a shark. So he's my favourite!" The little boy mumbled out, half distracted by the cartoon playing on TV. Paige just smiled down at the dark haired boy, a part of her wondering if maybe Emily meant her, she really didn't want to think about that. She couldn't think about that.

Tiredness quickly began to take over again as she slouched further into the couch, her arm wrapping protectively around Jacob's shoulder, hoping her arm around him would prevent any more nightmares. She watched as his little eyes fought with tiredness too. Tiredness eventually won over, and the little boy was soon fast asleep, quickly followed by a just as tired Paige.

Emily had work at 8 so she snook out of the guest room around 7:30, hoping everyone would still be in bed and Paige had gone for the run she had told Emily about the night before. Instead she is meet by the sight of Jacob nuzzled into Paige's side, one of his hands grasping at her shirt the other holding his shark teddy tightly, Paige had her lean arms wrapped around him protectively.

There it was. The moment hitting Emily like a tonne of bricks, it was the moment Emily Fields realised she never truly got over Paige McCullers, and that she may well be falling back in love with the women she once would have given up her whole life for five years ago.

Seeing the two huddled up under a blanket with a cartoon playing on the TV was not a new scene for Emily. Ever since things started to go their way in senior year, Emily got the scholarship to Stanford and she knew being on two different sides of the continent was no longer a problem for them, she began to imagine just how their life might play out in the future. The two had talked about it a few times; how many kids they wanted, where they would live. But seeing these two in front of her now, was the exact scene Emily had imagined herself living. If she could have, she would have spent all the hours of everyday planning out her future with Paige, but she was also terrified of frightening the girl, she was afraid of making it too permanent. Plus Paige always seemed uneasy talking about the subject. If future plans weren't thought out, how could they be ruined? This was how Emily always justified not opening up 100% about things to Paige, she blames her awful high school experience on this; first Alison, then Maya even after the whole A thing had been resolved she was still terrified of losing Paige. Truth is, in the end she did… she pushed her away after everything that happened on the '20th of March, 5 years ago'. The date that continued to haunt her life to this day. She knew it probably still hurt Paige too, she vaguely remembered hearing Hanna mentioning something about Paige having a nightmare when Jake hit her with the football on the day she arrived back in the US. Her body shivered and blood curdled at the thought that Paige was still having nightmares of that horrific night. The night that changed their lives. After all, Paige blamed herself for everything, and in way Emily blamed her too. As the common phrase goes 'We hurt those closest to us'. A saying that burned in the back of Emily's mind from the day Paige actually left. She should have just opened up. She should have let Paige in.

She could've had this.

"Em?" Emily was distracted from her thoughts when she heard a whispered voice coming from the stairway, as a sleepy blonde peered her head around the bannister.

"Emily are you okay?" Hanna asked again.

"Ummm… yeah I was just leaving… for work and that" Emily replied avoiding the blonde's line of sight so she wouldn't see the streams of wetness that now lined her cheeks. "Why are you up this early?"

"I heard Jacob get up a little while ago, he wandered downstairs but Paige was there and she seemed okay with him… so I went back to bed. I heard more movement downstairs, I thought he might have been upset again so I went to check but the two are still passed out on the couch. I most have just heard you leaving" Hanna explained.

"Oh I'm sorry, Hanna. I didn't mean to wake you" Emily spoke sincerely.

"No, it's okay Em… come on I'll walk you out to the lift" Hanna walked down the rest of the stairs wrapping her silk robe tighter around her body, she and Emily tiptoed around the living area hoping not to wake the two sleeping beauties.

Hanna pulled over the main door a little after they walked out, so she could talk with Emily again. "Em, are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine Han… just a little tired. I didn't have a great night's sleep. I had a lot playing on my mind" Emily replied, thinking back to last night images of Paige's semi-clad body flashing across her memory, what didn't help was the oh so familiar smell of Paige burned into the bed sheets. Emily must have spent the majority of the night eyeing Paige's things left dotted around the room, just simple things, what perfume she wore now, the way her jeans had been folded neatly on the chair in the corner, or the way she spotted Paige's pile of dirty clothes on the floor at the end of the dresser, she imagined Paige probably pushed them together when she grabbed her bed clothes last night. Leaving her dirty clothes on the floor was always something that used to drive Emily crazy and often the root of their arguments when they shared an apartment in San Francisco.

"Yeah, it just brought back a lot of stuff seeing the way Paige was curled up with Jacob on the couch like that."

Emily's mind began to wander again as she remembered the last thought which was actually a memory of her and Paige just before sleep eventually took over her. Seeing the pile of clothes in the corner really had a bigger impact on Emily that she first realised.

"Ugh Paige, for fuck sake" Emily huffed as soon as she walked into her bedroom shared with Paige. Paige immediately jumping up having not heard Emily come in through the door, due to having her earphones in, and her mind half asleep as her eyes flitted across her contract law book, trying to memorise some details for next week's exam.

"What? What's wrong Em?"

"What do you mean what's wrong?!" Emily replied still irritated. Paige just looked on, a dumbfounded expression across her face, hoping Emily would eventually fill her in because she really hadn't a clue what her girlfriend was so angry about, and she knew if she replied she just get another earful.

"The clothes are still all over the floor, you said you would pick them up" Emily sighed.

"Oh I'm sorry Em, I totally forgot I'll do it in a little while" Paige smiled, thankful she wasn't in trouble for something more serious.

"No Paige, It's been 3 days… I mean the laundry basket is right there, it's not that hard." Seeing the clothes strewn across her bedroom floor, which were 99.99% of the time belonging to Paige, really irritated the tall brunette. It was something that probably stemmed from her somewhat rigid upbringing as the daughter of army captain and an ever so slightly clean freak for a mother.

"Ok I'll just do it now, but I said I was sorry. I've just been busy, plus it's mainly my workout gear, you know I'm always in a rush to get showered and out the door after my workout, I don't want to be late for my lectures." Paige apologised again, although she knew Emily probably just had a bad day and seeing Paige's clothes on the floor was her way of venting. In fact Emily was only venting, although as much as it did drive her insane, this type of messiness was one of her girlfriend quirks, and it always reminded Emily that Paige was there. It let Emily know that Paige was 100% comfortable around her, enough so that she felt safe enough to be messy.

Paige jumped up off the bed, just as Emily had placed her things neatly by their desk, continuing to walk over and lie down on the bed, her hands immediately reaching up to her head as she began to rub at her temples.

Paige decided to try her luck at having a proper conversation this time, "Bad day?".

"Yep, I forgot my purse this morning and only noticed as soon as I got to college, so I had to come all the way back as a result I was 15 minutes late for my lecture. Then when I was in the library I noticed I hadn't saved my assignment on the knee joint for my anatomy module correctly, so now I have to do start that again when I thought I could get it handed in early. Then in lab I managed to knock over nearly every piece of instrument when I tripped over my bag, thankfully only two beakers broke but I have to pay 20$ to replace them, and now I have a killer headache… and you still didn't have this place clean" Emily ranted.

"I said I was sorry, Emily!" Paige replied this time frustrated that her girlfriend kept bringing up the clothes.

"I know… I'm sorry, it's just been a shitty day" Emily sighed again, Paige continued picking up her clothes.

The pale girl began laughing to herself, hoping what she was about to do next would cheer up her girlfriend, although a part of her was also terrified because it could always backfire.

"Enough about my clothes being on the floor, Em. I believe this is yours?" Paige smirked, holding up a black lace bra, before quickly adding "Oh, and this", as she found the matching lace panties.

Emily rolled her eyes at her girlfriend's action, trying not to let her angry façade slip, but she couldn't hold it for too long, "they may be mine, but if I remember correctly it was you who threw them on the floor last night". Paige quickly threw the underwear into the wash basket along with the other clothes, as she made her way over to Emily. Paige continued towards the bed sliding her girlfriend's boots off once she got there, before rubbing at her feet for a few moments.

Paige slowly crept her way up Emily body, her hands trailing her girl's smooth legs then along the length of her toned sides. Her hips straddled Emily's lying form, as she leaned down to give the brunette a kiss, the kiss was immediately reciprocated by the other girl, who let out a quiet moan as their lips locked together. The paler girl then began kissing across her girlfriend's cheek, then ear, before finding it place on Emily's neck.

"I'm sorry you had a bad day, babe" Paige whispered between kisses, her lips, teeth and tongue working magic around Emily's pulse point. "I'm sorry too, Pay" Emily moaned as she became more and more entranced by the action of her lover's mouth.

"You know… I know something that works wonders for curing headaches" Paige's voice rasped this time, as she slipped her hand under the brunettes shirt, rolling her fingers over the taut flesh found there.

"mmmhmmm, and what's that?" Emily replied breathily, letting out a sensual grunt when she felt her girlfriend's teeth capture the skin on neck, no doubt leaving a subtle mark.

Paige kissed her way up to Emily's ear and spoke in her deepest, smokiest, raspiest voice "Advil". Paige quickly jumped up off a frustrated Emily, over to the desk throwing the bottle of Advil onto the bed.

"Paaaigge" Emily sulked.

"That's pay back for the other night when you called our heated study break to a halt" Paige smirked.

"But you needed to study… you had your final and most important midterm exam the next day." Emily explained, a tone of sulkiness still lingering on her words. "Plus it was already late, and you still had another 3 chapters to revise, you didn't get finished up until after midnight. If we had of continued what we were doing… you wouldn't have got a chance to revise those chapters, and then you would have been mad at me for 'distracting' you" Emily reasoned.

"Okay, I know. Take some Advil, I'll make us dinner and then we can curl up on the couch and watch whatever you want… except Rudy. Then maybe I'll consider making it up to you again later" Paige returned, offering her hand out to help Emily up off their bed.

"Fine, but will you maybe consider skipping the curling up on the couch bit and get straight to the making it up to me after dinner bit?" Emily laughed coyly.

"You're ridiculous" Paige laughed as well this time, pecking her girl on the lips.

"…and that's why you love me" Emily replied poking her love in the side playfully.

Emily was suddenly distracted by Hanna's voice once again.

"She's so good with him, usually he's shy around new people but he took to Paige immediately. But I guess that's just Paige." Hanna laughed softly making Emily smile too, "Yep, that's just… that's just, Paige" Emily's voice laced with a tinge of sadness.

A moment of silence passed between the two friends, Emily afraid to look the blonde in the eye.

"Emily?" Hanna's voice came out in a whisper, Emily responded by giving a defeated shrug of her shoulders.

"You're falling for her again, aren't you?" Hanna asked her voice even quieter but more sympathetic this time.

Emily didn't reply, she couldn't. The dark haired girl just nodded in response her chocolate coloured almond shaped eyes overflowed with unshed tears. The blonde simply wiped her best friends face, and brushed her treacle of hair behind her ears, before pulling her into a tight hug.

[Author's Note] I hope this chapter is somewhat satisfactory for those asking in the reviews, that Emily pursue Paige... I guess we'll see where it goes from here. Please review and let me know what you thought, I'm willing to take all kind of comments. Until next time -KTF