[A/N] I'm sorry it's late, I have no excuse only that I kind of fell out of touch with the story for a little while, but I got there in the end. Thank you all for your patience and your endless and conntinued support by following, favouriting and reviewing this little Paily adventure we on. I really hope the fluffiness in this chapter makes up at least a little for my tardiness. Enjoy.
Paige was sitting back on the couch in the Rivers' home, chatting away amicably with Caleb at least that was up until a few moments ago. Her focus and concentration levels completely evading her the instant she caught sight of a familiar figure enter the apartment, her eyes glued in on Emily who had just walked in from work. The other girl having not even noticing her girlfriend sat there quickly swept the excess New York rainwater off her coat, before throwing it up onto the rack before brushing out her messy hair with her fingers loosely trying to tame it, the simple action enough to deem a dazed Paige, breathless. A smile edging onto her red stained lips when she eventually caught sight of her girlfriend sat across the room. A subtle wave was shared between the two, Emily knowing she couldn't give any more of their relationship away by acting on what she felt in the pit of her stomach, as a result she reluctantly broke their shared eye contact turning to chat with Hanna and Spencer who were in conversation at the kitchen table.
"McCullers, are you even listening to me?" Caleb chuckled loudly, trying his best to capture his friend's attention.
"What? Ummm yeah... course." Paige coughed out caught a little off guard as her cheeks blushed a light scarlet, her eyes still focusing in on the three girls sat around the kitchen counter.
"Well, it's seems like you are much more interested in what the girl's have to say, instead of talking with me?" Caleb laughed once more, her blush only growing redder in colour although at the same time Paige was incredible thankful that he didn't seem to catch on that her focus was primarily drawn in on Emily. Having her girlfriend, who was supposed to be working late, walk in early was enough to throw every concrete and coherent thought in her mind to mush. It was a nice surprise none the less, but she missed sharing a 'hello' kiss, she could tell Emily was missing the closeness they had established over the past few weeks too, as she impatiently drummed her fingers along the table's edge trying to distract herself. The two had plans to meet later for dinner. Emily had offered a shy hello in the brunette's direction but that was it, and frankly having the bronzed beauty sitting mere metres away whilst the two had yet to share any kind of physical contact, was simply driving Paige insane. It also wasn't helping that Emily wore a skirt to work, her legs on show for the world to see, a tortuous restriction for Paige's eyes to delight on.
"I am not. I'm listening." Paige sighed, trying to calm her racing heart and block Emily's presence out.
"Okay so, Toby and I are thinking of organising..." Caleb continued only to be interrupted by Paige.
"I'm sorry Rivers, you're right... I'll be back in a minute." She couldn't hold back, the need to kiss Emily was simply insatiable. "Em?" She spoke, her voice quiet, three heads turning towards her with somewhat perplexed expressions on hearing the fiery determination on Paige's voice. The look on Emily's features changing within seconds as she quickly began to understand the look in her girlfriend's eyes, she knew instantly because it was a mirror of what she felt rile up in the pit of her stomach the moment she saw Paige sitting across the room. "Welcome home." She whispered, allowing one hand to capture Emily's cheek the other snaking around the girl's back as she moved closer before embracing Emily's lips within her own. Emily immediately sinking into the kiss while her hands knitted into a secure hold around the loose fabric of Paige's tee. Emily pulled back a little, a timid smile on her face as she felt three pairs of questioning eyes burning in on them, stealing one last fleeting kiss before the two pulled back a little further. Child-like smiles and bashful eyes now at the scrutiny of their friend's observations
"What the hell was that?" Hanna screeched excitably.
"I guess I just couldn't help myself." Paige bit at her lip, trying to hold back a laugh.
"What do you mean you couldn't help yourself?" Spencer spoke cynically, her brain immediately working overtime as she tried to process the situation.
"Well Paige and I have kinda been seeing each other for a while now..." Emily leaned into the brunette, the two naturally interlocking their hands.
"What... so like what happened at the cabin?" Hanna questioned further.
"Not exactly." Emily began. "You guys know how close Paige and I are... well after Paige's dad got sick we kinda became even more close. We began to talk things out about our past, about the accident and we slowly moved passed certain things that made our time at the cabin, toxic and unhealthy."
"Yeah, I was scared. Petrified. Then when everything happened with Dad, Emily was there with me... and it changed my perspective on a lot of things. We started spending more and more time together, in a weird way it was like we were getting to know each other all over again, while still acknowledging our shared past, something we both chose to ignore and avoid before now." Paige added, not really knowing how the others were going to take the news.
"Before Paige's dad got sick I wrote her a letter stating where I stood with everything, I just wanted to be a part of her life. A few weeks later Paige wrote me a letter asking me out on a date. We had shared intermitting kisses between that time, just when the moment seemed right... it was just PG stuff Han. " Emily added seeing the blonde's eyes going wide before continuing once again "That was just over a month ago now, we've been on four dates since. We're taking things slow and we didn't want anyone to know in case things didn't work out, it wasn't worth dragging every back into our mess. But obviously this one couldn't keep it in her pants and decided to let the world know today." Emily teased poking Paige in the side.
"Yeah well you're the one that had to go and sideline me with that fuckin' skirt." Paige eyed Emily's body.
"Hey, I didn't know you'd be here when I got home from work, I had actually planned on changing before going over to yours but with the look on your face I think things worked out for best here." Emily winked openly flirting with Paige.
"Okay so what's the status now?" Spencer interrupted the two's moment, seeking out further information, of course Hanna was sat beside her beaming in awe. Caleb was thrilled by the news of course, but didn't really care for the details and was now busy focused solely on his x-box game.
"Well, as of a few days ago we're once again girlfriends." Emily blushed, saying the word girlfriend enough to send a fluttering of butterflies to swarm in her stomach.
"Ahhhhhh." Hanna screeched like thirteen year old girl jumping up to hug her two friends.
"Told'ya, Hanna would die." Emily chuckled as she gave into the blonde's ever intensifying embrace.
"Ohmygod you guys, I need more details." Hanna chirped out bouncing on her toes.
"Hanna there's not many, Em and I are still taking things slow. Taking things day by day and seeing how this thing works out." Paige spoke with more sincerity this time.
"So you guys haven't done the dirty yet?" Hanna sighed
"Done the dirty?" Spencer turned giving her friend a baffled yet disgusted look.
"No we haven't, Han. We're. Taking. Things. Slow." Emily laughed deliberately punctuating each word trying to get the message across to her best friend.
"Ughh boooring." She teased but was secretly glad to see Emily and Paige so happy again.
"You know honestly I was always a little worried about you two falling back together, like in the same way things happened at the cabin." Spencer began clearing her throat before continuing. "I was worried because it was obviously more damaging than good at that point in both of your lives, but you seem to be going about things better this time round. It's nice seeing you both so authentically happy for a change." Spencer's explained, although perhaps a little condescendingly, her words were spoken with honest love and admiration for her two friends as she climbed off her stool to give them both hug.
After leaving Hanna's apartment, Emily and Paige went out to dinner they had to discuss a few things now that Paige decided she was ready to tell people. Knowing that Hanna now knows about their relationship, they both knew they would have to tell their parents and Aria and Ezra back in Rosewood. The pair wanting to tell the people their cared about most and have them hear the news in person rather than through the grapevine, once the blonde started excitedly telling the news to everyone who would listen.
Just as they were leaving dinner, they shot off a stream of texts hoping to organise times to talk with everyone they wanted to tell. Thankfully luck seemed to be on their side and everyone happened to be free.
The two walked home hand in hand, a new excitement buzzing between them as they moved a step further with their developing relationship.
"Hi Mom." Emily waved excitedly into the computer. "How are you?"
"Hello sweetheart, I'm really good. How are you keeping, Emmy?" Pam beamed into the computer screen
"I'm fine, it's been busy at work but you know the usual"
"How's everyone keeping in New York? How's Paige doing?" Emily laughed as she saw Paige try to stifle herself into silence as she remained sat on the couch across the room. Emily liked that her Mom always asked specifically about Paige ever since she found out about Nick McCuller's heart attack.
"Everyone's good here. Mom is Dad there with you? I have some news." Emily's heart was racing now, she was strangely worried to tell her parents about her developing relationship with Paige.
"Okay sweetheart. I'll just run and tell him you want to talk to us both." Pam took one last look into her computer screen trying her best to understand what Emily may have in store for them but came up for nothing, usually she was good at that sort of thing but struggled over the computer.
"He's just finishing up the dishes and then he'll be out. So everyone's doing okay there, yes? Paige? You never told me how Paige is doing?" Emily shook her head at her mother's continuing questions regarding Paige, of course the brunette was revelling in the attention sat behind the computer unbeknownst to the older woman at all.
"Mom, sometimes I think you love Paige more than your own daughter. Yes, the last time I was talking to her she seemed very happy." She chuckled a response.
"Emily, you know that's not true, I love you with all my heart. It's just Paige is a sweet girl, and she's been through a lot you know. I just like checking up on her... she was kinda like a daughter to me once upon a time." Emily rolled her eyes once again, trying to hold in her laughter as Paige made exaggerated poses behind the computer screen, the brunette simple beaming at the praise Pam endowed on her.
"Hi, baby. What's up?" Wayne eventually entered the room taking a seat next to his wife, smiling proudly into the camera like he always did anytime they had the opportunity to Skype. "Your Mama said you have some news, kiddo?"
"Yeah, I do. It's good news but it might be a little surprising." Emily began, taking a deep breath to settle her nerves.
"Okay well don't keep us waiting." Wayne encouraged his daughter.
"I'm seeing someone. I actually have a girlfriend." Emily blurted out all at once wanting the moment to be over.
"You are?! Oh Emmy this is all very sudden, I mean is it serious?" Pam interrupted, a crease growing into Emily's brow as she was a little taken aback by her mother's reaction.
"It's pretty serious." Emily smiled after Paige shot her wink.
"Oh... well umm." Pam coughed clearing her throat not able to find the right words.
"That sounds great sweetheart. As long as your happy, Emmy." Wayne spoke, his voice soft as he wrapped a supportive arm around his wife knowing she was a little shocked by the news.
"Mom, you look and sound disappointed." Emily sighed a little heartbroken by her mother's reaction. Ever since high school Pam has been completely supportive of her daughter's sexuality and it was a little shocking to see her so disturbed by the news.
"I'm not. It's just ummm... it's just... actually nevermind. What is this girl like?" Pam pursed her lips together trying to hold her tongue for her daughter's sake.
"Well umm, she's here if you want to meet her." Emily rubbed the back of her neck nervously, her eyes briefly glancing to Paige seeking out support, which of course was radiated tenfold in return.
"Oh Em, I dunno. Maybe next time it's all a little soon." Pam looked to Wayne hoping he would know the right thing to say.
"Mom, I think you'll love her. I'm pretty sure you already do." Emily knew she was taking a chance she couldn't understand her mother's behaviour at present but she hoped she would be happy to at least see Paige. "Mystery girl, would you like to reveal yourself?" Emily chuckled nervously, Paige had now turned a bright shade of red as she edged around her desk to face into the camera, waving shyly.
"Hello, Mr and Mrs Fields."
"Paige?!" The two uttered at once.
"Emily Catherine Fields, you will be the death of me. Here I was worrying about this new girl on the scene, when all I ever secretly hoped was that you and Paige would one day get back together." Pam screeched, an angry tone licked to her words as she stood up and danced on her feet as she pointed into the screen at her daughter's face.
"So you were annoyed because you thought I was dating someone else?" Emily laughed, standing so Paige could sit in the office chair before choosing to sit on the brunette's lap, the two's hand naturally interlinking like they always did.
"You two have something special, Em. I just didn't want to see you lose it especially since you two re-connected once again" Emily's mother spoke in a serious yet sincere tone this time, her eyes glassy with tears as she moved closer into her husband's warm embrace. "I really meant it when I said Paige was like a daughter to me. You were Paige and it broke my heart when you and Emmy broke up, I'm just glad to see you both give each other another chance." Tears were streaming down the woman's face at this stage, Paige smiling shyly on hearing the woman's words, leaning to rest her chin on Emily's shoulders forcing back tears of her own now too.
"Miss McCullers does this mean you and I have to have another conversation." Wayne spoke sternly, Emily blushing like a youthful teenage girl embarrassed by her father's remarks.
"No sir, I know I made a promise to never hurt your daughter before... and that didn't exactly stand true. But I promise I will try to make sure with every inch of my being that it may never be the case again." Paige sat up straight the minute Wayne's voice boomed out of the speakers, she had the upmost respect for the man and she didn't want anything to do disservice to that.
"Oh Paige, sweetheart you never intentionally hurt my baby girl. Something awful happened and it tore you both apart, but believe me when I say this, I trust you and your ability to care for my daughter now more than ever before." Wayne smiled kindly, Emily curling further into the her girlfriend's hold, the only reaction she got from Paige was a tightened hand hold as the brunette held eye contact with Wayne.
"Thank you for saying that." Paige uttered quietly as she nodded timidly. The group continued chatting for another little while, Pam was already urging them to make a visit to Texas so she could see them both in person again. Eventually though Pam and Wayne had to go, saying their goodbyes they shut off the screen.
Within seconds Emily's mouth was on Paige's igniting a fearsome kiss, she had been waiting to do that since the two's brief kiss in front of their friends. Paige reacted immediately as a subtle moan hummed and vibrated between them. Their tongues clashing together into a thrill of precise caresses, Emily's fingers opening the top few buttons of her girlfriend's shirt seeking access to the pristine white skin on her neck and collar bones, before trailing open mouthed kisses across her cheek, nipping at her jawline and cherishing the skin about Paige's racing pulse point with her mouth. Having Emily move from her lips, Paige tried to replenish her deprived lungs but that proved more difficult that she thought as Emily continued stealing her of breath with the way she was kissing down the length of her neck. A subtle feel of vibrating in her back pocket barely pulling her from the moment of bliss alerted her enough to let her know they needed to stop.
"Em..." Paige spoke, her voice shaky and ragged as she began gently pushing her girlfriend off her. "Emily, my parents are calling." She tried again. She earned no response except from a frustrated grunt as Emily collapsed her head onto the brunette's shoulder. Their make-out session had only grown more intense over the past twenty minutes; lips, tongue, neck and teeth all subject to attack in the most pleasant of forms. "I have to answer, we asked them to ring over Skype at 7:30. They'll start getting worried that something's up."
"I know." Emily sighed again before pecking her girlfriend's lips one last time, she sat up trying to make Paige appear more presentable and a little less dishevelled after their lust fuelled moment.
"Same way we did with my parents?" Emily questioned, excited to have finally told everyone close to them about their flourishing relationship. Paige nodded as she clicked on the green answer button.
"Well hello kiddo, kept us waiting long enough." Nick spoke jovially as soon as he caught sight of his daughter on his computer screen.
"Hi Mom, hi Dad. How are you feeling dad?"
"You know I'm as strong as an ox, Paige. Nothing can bring down us McCullers folk." Paige rolled her eyes.
"Mom?" She questioned again knowing she would get a much more honest answer from her mother.
"He's fine. We starting going for a stroll every evening so your father can start picking up his exercise regime." Anne nudged her husband who looked a little embarrassed that he was only fit enough to go for walk. "Anyway, why was a skype call so urgent?" Her mother beamed into the camera, a part of Paige sensing her parents already knew what she wanted to tell them.
"I have some news and I wanted to let you both know." Paige couldn't hold back a stupid grin from roaming onto her features.
"Has it got anything to do with your messy hair and flushed face?" Nick laughed, his laugh a mirror of Paige's.
"... and the way your shirt just happens to be buttoned up wrong. What kind of daughter did we raise you to be Paige Elizabeth McCullers? You should take a little more pride in your image, love." Anne chuckled shyly this time too.
"You know?! You both know!" Paige's eyes went wide with embarrassment and surprise.
"We guessed... also seeing our daughter looking a little... well umm we'll say distracted, just confirmed our thoughts." Anne continued, giggling to herself.
"You can come say hello, Emily." Nick added, his laugh growing when he saw Emily reluctantly peer into the webcam offering a timid wave, a bashful smile curling up one side of her mouth.
"What?! What is happening, how did you both know? Emily's parents were clueless." Paige stuttered out.
"They were clueless because they didn't see you two interact in person since Christmas. A lot has changed, honestly we both knew it was only a matter of time before you two got your heads screwed back on straight and realised the connection between you two was still there." Anne explained before adding "A mother knows. Pam would have too if she was New York the time of you Father's surgery."
"It's obvious you two still care a lot for one another." Nick added, his sentimentality shining through.
"I'm shocked." Paige laughed in disbelief. "Also you two are the weirdest parents..." Emily laughed now too, she agreed with Paige but it was something she loved about the McCullers' every single one of them shared a dorky, cheesy sense of humour something you would have never have guessed given the families reputation of being straight-laced, perhaps a little uptight and quiet.
"Well Miss Fields, you did an outstanding job looking after Paige when my heart decided to give us all a bit of trouble and a bit of a scare. Anne and I are ecstatic to know Paige has you back in her life, and to know that you're back in ours. You're not the worse of them, kid." Nick explained.
"Thank you." Emily nodded shyly into the camera unable to add more than a simple thank you, she rarely appeared as the more bashful one between the two but this was exceptional case she was genuinely blown away by the reception they got from both sets of parents.
"Well hello there my lovely girlfriend. I'm glad you seemed to remember where I live" Paige smirked laughing as she heard someone enter the apartment.
"Paige don't act like we haven't seen each in years, we had lunch together yesterday." Emily sighed as she flopped down into Paige's lap resting her head on her shoulder.
"I know it's just been awhile since it's just been the two of us, I missed this."
"Well I'm sorry, Pay. You know I was working the early shift all this week" Emily spoke her tone a little sad.
"Hey, I was just joking around, Em. What's going on?" Paige kissed her girlfriends temple as she hugged her a little tighter.
"I just missed this too, can we just go and do something fun?" Emily questioned, knowing if she stayed there any longer she wouldn't be able to restrain herself from ripping Paige clothes off. The subtle ministrations on her back at the hand of Paige's index finger was already close enough to sending her over the edge as she bit back a moan. She respected the girl's decision to wait but it was slowly driving her mad, she was even becoming a little snarky with Hanna and Caleb over the past two weeks a result of her intensifying frustrations and pent up energy. She was incredibly thankful for the gym as of late giving her the space to blow off some steam, it was also the reason she switched her shift to the morning, that way she had an excuse when Paige asked her to stay over.
"Are you staying the night?"
"I didn't bring any clothes..."
"That never stopped you, before." Paige quickly shot down Emily's excuse.
"I have work early tomorrow." Emily grabbed Paige's other hand and began playing with her fingertips.
"Please?" Paige whispered, a desperation on her voice that took Emily a little by surprise. Emily nodded, this time interlinking her fingers between Paige's, the tension between them felt strange, it felt new almost like the stillness before an intensified electric storm. But neither acted on it, both choosing to ignore it.
Paige moved with intention one hand going to Emily's cheek as she pulled her girlfriend into a soaring kiss, elevating the unknown intensity between them. Their tongues meeting in battle, as teeth went raging into war teasingly attacking the other's lips and tongue in the most tantalising of ways. It was Paige who was feeling ballsy her fingers quickly knitting their way around the buttons on Emily's shirt ripping it open before attaching her lips to Emily's neck, the raven haired girl's head rolling backward involuntarily as she revelled in the momentous loss of control.
Clarity won out.
"P-P-Paige, we should go." Emily mumbled trying her best to reign in as much focus as possible, it was harder than she expected.
"Yeah, yeah. I guess you're right." Paige swallowed hard, blushing shyly as she tried to button back up Emily's shirt, but her hands were still shaking with adrenaline and lust, and she found it to be a much more difficult task than when she unbuttoned them.
"Let me." Emily laughed, stilling her girlfriend with a quick kiss before standing up and fixing herself up.
The two walked hand in hand down the street, the pair deciding to grab a bite to eat before finding a retro arcade to play some games. Their natural competitiveness quickly making itself apparent as the two came up with silly wagers that the loser had to fulfil. They spent over an hour in the arcade, playing nearly every single game the arcade had to offer, laughing incessantly, sharing brief intermitting kisses like any couple would, sharing a bag of popcorn and guzzling down chocolate milkshakes before finishing up the night with a game of pool. The night was everything they both needed to blow off some steam and have some fun together, leaving the arcade in floods of laughter they continued arms interlinked back towards Paige's apartment.
"Maybe we should try this out." Emily suggested off the cuff, pointing towards the gun range across the street as she leaned into her girlfriend's hold.
"Are you sure? It's kinda late." Paige replied shrugging her shoulders.
"No come on, P. It'll fun."
"Really, my persona may deceive me but guns kinda scare me." Paige bit the corner of her mouth, blushing ever so slightly being embarrassed by her confession.
"Awh is my Paigey secretly a big scaredy cat?" Emily teased, although she secretly adored Paige's embarrassed admission.
"You know I would be mad, but you said my Paigey and..." She was cut off with a breath-taking kiss.
"You're such a dork. But seriously, I went once with my Dad when I was younger and we had a lot of fun. It's totally safe. What do'ya say?" Emily smirked already dragging the brunette behind her as they crossed the street.
Paige was honestly a little nervous, but it didn't take her very long to get into the swing of things after the instructor ensured her that every precaution was being taking to ensure the safety of the gun users and those watching.
After a few rounds Paige really started to get into it, her competitive spirit naturally drawing her further into her shooting concentration. She ripped off her leather jacket, only now in a white tank, Emily momentarily dazed as her eyes roams the flawless stature of her outstretched long, trim and toned arms. Biting down on her bottom lip as she caught sight of the accentuated muscles framing Paige's shoulder and back.
Paige was just as mystified watching Emily stand up to the shooting block, her face a flush with a subtle red as watched her girlfriend in full control. Emily's shirt now untucked from her jeans left that way since their brief moment in Paige's apartment, meant the brunette caught sight of the most intoxicating view of bronzed skin on Emily's hip every time she lifted and straightened her arm to shoot another round, she was sure the taller girl had left an extra button open exposing the slightest bit of cleavage just to tease her. Paige was just as enamoured by the sight of her girlfriend as Emily was just moments ago.
"So what d'ya think, P?" Emily turned grabbing her bag, her hand falling perfectly into the confines of her girlfriend's. Her brows creasing together when she felt Paige's hold grow tighter pulling her out door as soon as they paid, the brunette yet to utter a single word. They were about two seconds down the street when Emily found herself being pulled into a hidden alcove, her body pushed against the cool wall and Paige's lips were on her, a ravenous moan bubbling between them, as the kiss heated up instantly. Paige hands enrapturing Emily hips, her touch electrified by finally getting to grab a hold of the torturous piece of skin that has teased her vision for the past thirty minutes. "Paiggge." Emily dragged a whisper of her girlfriend's name floating on their mixing breaths a result of their close proximity, a lopsided grin tweaking up the edges of her lips as their foreheads came together. A similar look plastered on Paige's paler features.
"Let's go home, Em." She moved kissing the tip of Emily nose before brushing it with her own and re-joining their foreheads.
"Let's go home." Emily re-iterated, the two walked back to Paige's apartment hand in hand, nether really talking but both knowing their relationship was on the pinnacle of change.
Paige opened the door, the two still not talking moved straight towards Paige bed. It wasn't rushed or a race, more like a slow gentle stroll neither wanting any second of the growing connection between them to pass by unnoticed.
Emily eventually turned to Paige pushing the hair back from her face, caressing her earlobe then her cheek. "I'm ready, Em." Paige answered the questioned on the tip of Emily's tongue, both pairs of eyes searching the other for any kind of uncertainty, but it wasn't to be found.
"Paige, we can wait." Emily stroked her finger along the brunette's jawline smoothly, her eyes still taking in every emotion that flittered across her girlfriend's features. A disbelieving smile appearing as her head dipped, shaking it for a fleeting second before looking up to meet Emily's eyeline once more.
"You're incredible, you know that right? I want this. I promise, I really want this. I want you, Em." Paige bit her lip, as her lust filled eyes fell to Emily's lips before moving forward to embrace them. A hungry moan vibrating between them. The kiss started out slow, tentative just like their walk hand in hand to Paige's bedroom. Everything mattered, and the feeling of electricity only seem to enhance the moment. Emily worked her fingers under the edging of Paige jacket slowly pushing it backwards until it fell seamlessly to the ground with a quiet thud, adding to the symphony that consisted of longing moans and steely breathlessness that was growing louder by the second echoing around the room.
Paige eventually got her hand back on that shirt, which fit Emily's stature so perfectly but only made her hunger for the flesh underneath grow incessantly. That too falling to the floor in a matter of minutes. Tongues now meeting, teasing seemed to be at the forefront of both their minds and their tongues the culprits, swaying across freshly bitten lips before being sucked into meeting it's partner. Emily kissed along Paige's cheek her hands travelling down her girlfriend's long arms and sliding sensually over the slightly smaller girl's ass before they moved to unbutton the paler girl's jeans, Paige swaying her hips until she escaped the restricting fabric's hold.
Stepping forwards she edged Emily down onto the bed, Emily still making waves across her neck and collar bone between sucking, kissing, nipping and biting. Paige hands made their way across the bronzed beauty's abs enrapturing her still bra-clad breasts within her hold. Their two bodies now moving together in a well-rehearsed rhythm, as their hips grinded together with endless breathless moans telling the other everything they needed to know. Paige needed more of Emily, a new energised, impassioned determination setting in as she seemed to remove Emily's bra in one swift action, before tackling the taller girl's jeans, Emily raising her hips into Paige as the brunette pulled them over her ass and down her girlfriend's long legs. The feel of skin on skin close to sending them into oblivion then and there as Emily was quick to rid Paige of her bra now too. This time she took a hardened nipple into the depths of her mouth, earning a straggled groan which slyly escaped the confines of her quickly unravelling girlfriend's throat.
"Mmmm Em." Her words near inaudible, Emily flipping them over as she continued working up Paige. Paige's body was close to exploding or imploding she wasn't all too sure, the intoxicating flutter of feeling becoming overwhelming as she continued seeking out any force of contact with her hips moving ravenously against Emily's body. Emily completely enveloped by the flawlessness of the other girl's body almost missed the cry of desperation emanating from every pore of her girlfriend, on a selfish level she wanted to spend the rest of eternity appreciating and paying attention to every piece of her girlfriend's body, the tattoo always a source of astonishment in her eyes as she moved to kiss the inked skin, tugging it gently between her teeth causing Paige's head to roll back into her pillow. "Emm, y-you-you're killing me..." Her words sung on breath alone, a smirk on Emily's lips as she eventually hooked her fingers around Paige's underwear freeing the snow white skinned beauty of her last piece of clothing.
"Are you sure." She moved upwards, their lips meeting once again in a burning hot kiss, like sun scorched earth in desperate need of rainfall. Paige nodded giving permission, her mind already ablur, the only thing that seemed to make sense was Emily and the way the raven-haired girl caressed her. "I need to hear you say it, Pay." She kissed more timidly this time, Emily really wanted to make sure this was something Paige wanted.
"I'm sure." Paige wrapped her arms completely around Emily's neck their two bodies closer than ever, Emily pecked her way lower once more, her hand the leader setting the pace. "Fuck me, Em." Emily's heart stopped, if it wasn't for the darkness emanating from Paige's brown orbs she would be sure she was hearing things, the words sounding like a whistling wind rushing through a forest, sending shockwaves across her own body as she ground her lower half into Paige's strong and toned thigh.
Emily's fingers eventually found their destination, Paige's body jerking forward on the brief fleeting touch. Her body moving in time with Emily's movement as a steady rhythm was procured. Emily licked at the subtle rise of skin on Paige's hip bone, before trailing a path lower, eventually meeting the spot where Paige sought her out most. Paige's blackened eye's rolling into the back of her head as she felt Emily's tongue pay immaculate attention to every flash of heat that emanated from her centre, the girl's fingers slowly entering her before moving with a sensual determination, Paige's toes curling with forced tension, while one hand curled into the back of Emily's dark hair splayed over her right hip the other clenched into the mattress as the feeling intensifying between her legs was quickly becoming al too much. Her mind going blank of all things outside of Emily, her legs trembling and muscles coiling into a tensed-up mass. One last stoke of her fingers and her tongue and Paige was gone, a multitude of pleasurable sounds slipping from her mouth, as her hips bucked wildly in an orgasmic bliss. Emily moved her fingers tentatively just enough to further the effects of her girl's climax, she was sure Paige never looked so beautiful.
"You're perfect" Emily rasped as her lips ghosted Paige's still trying so desperately to re-invigorate her famished lungs burning for oxygen to cool her racing heart and sizzled nerve endings. Emily pushed the hair from her girlfriend's face now sticky with sweat adding a beautiful gloss like tone to her athletic form. Her eyes caught in delight as she watched slow fluttering's of aftershocks and the expression they rolled out on her girl's features. A dazzling smile slowly appearing as Paige began to make sense of the world around her once more, pulling Emily further into her a soaring time-altering kiss to follow, their hands once again intertwining as the two revelled in the subtle yet ever fading taste of Paige left lingering on Emily's tongue. "Paige, I need..." Emily whispered, tracing hungry kisses along her jawline.
"Shhh, I know." Paige stopped her from asking, her hand slipping from Emily's hold now grazing the surface of skin above Emily's racing heartbeat embracing the feel beneath her fingers for one unhindered moment, knowing it was always there becoming an intoxicating thrill for the brunette as of late. After a moment and having now found her strength once again, Paige turned them over, a look of hunger raging in Emily eyes, delicately she moved her fingers releasing Emily of her last piece of clothing the two now nothing but exposed red-hot bare skin. Her long tanned legs naturally wrapping around Paige's hips as she sought out some much needed contact, a sharp grunt escaping though clenched teeth as she shamelessly moved against Paige's body. Paige caressed Emily's breast before rolling the girl's nipple between her teeth, the subtlety more like a tease not offering up enough satisfaction for the raven haired girl, dragging her nails the length of Paige's back pulling her further into her.
"Paaiii..." Emily groaned.
"I know." Paige smirked this time, sucking Emily's bottom lip into her mouth before nipping on it playfully, the subtle actions causing Emily to slowly deteriorate into a world built on feeling alone. Her fingers began trailing a path lower before landing where Emily wanted and needed her most. A hiss of breathlessness, stealing the oxygen from her lungs as she finally received the contact she has so desperately craved for weeks on end now. She continued working on her pent-up bundle of nerves driving her girlfriend to depths of insanity, but she wasn't giving her enough to fall over the edge. Paige created havoc on Emily's neck, sucking, licking and biting along the defined column around her pulse point. Emily hips jerked erratically, Paige eventually giving her more entering her with two fingers her thumb still circling the girl's white hot clit.
"F-fu-fuck... I'm gonna..." Emily voice shuddered, her whole body tensing as Paige continued picking up in speed.
"I know." A disbelieving chuckle slipping off her tongue, quickly overtaking by a sensual rasp "Come for me, Em." Paige's teeth grasping the edges of Emily's earlobe. That was all it took and Emily was gone, her eyes rolling as her walls fluttered around Paige's fingers a slur of curse words echoing around the pair contrasted by the string of reassurances that Paige whispered into Emily's ear while her hips bucked wildly into Paige's hand. A messy kiss ensued, Emily's hand tangling into Paige's hair seeking a grounding point, Paige went to slowly remove her hand but was stopped by Emily's, she wasn't finished yet. Paige moved inside her once more with a re-energised determination fuelled on by the burning look of fire fuelled lust in Emily's eyes, her stance and actions near faltering when she felt Emily's hand move back to her still sensitive clit. It wouldn't take much to shoot her back into oblivion, her own hand now aching on the verge of cramping up, as her knees fought off the edge to buckle onto the bed allowing herself to fall into a newly maddening world of pleasure. Emily's movement was become more dis-orientated now too, as the pair fought to bring the other over the edge once more. Paige's head fell weakly into the pillow next to Emily, biting down hard onto her girlfriend's shoulder most likely leaving a significant mark as she allowed the release of feeling to swell over her once again, her climax hit hard growing more intense as she saw Emily fall into an explosion of bliss now too, their hips rolling together as the lasting electrified tingles shot out every nerve ending. Their sweat clad bodies forming into one as they pulled each other closer. Both breathless, exhausted and enveloped by bliss. Emily using the last of her energy turned into Paige's embrace, their lips joining, a lazy lethargic kiss ensued.
"Paige..." Emily voice was different this time, grabbing a tentative hold of Paige's hand and placing it over her beating heart.
"I know." Paige voice almost inaudible, she knew exactly what Emily was telling her, as their eyes closed and they were pulled into the realms of sleep.
Emily stirred awake first, the faded sunlight streaming through the large window to her left. A smile glowing on her lips as she took in the sleeping image of Paige beside her, the brunette was lying on her stomach her face turned to Emily as her arm lay protectively around Emily's waist. Her breath stolen as her eyes wandered the length of Paige's naked back left exposed as the blankets hung low just above her hips.
Emily turned carefully hoping not to wake Paige, she turned to look at her phone, it was still early and she was glad of that fact. She shot off a quick text to Hanna, calling in a favour from her blonde best friend before making another quick call. She turned her phone off immediately afterwards before curling back into the warmth of Paige's hold, she wanted to appreciate everything the moment had to offer. She was sure she could lie there and watch her girlfriend sleep for an eternity, mesmerised by the calming smooth rhythm of her breathing, the subtle murmurings and eye twitches telling an unknown story only to be coloured by Emily's imaginations with guesses and predictions as to what the paler girl was dreaming about. Licking her lips her eyes trailed the gentle curve of Paige's spine, the blanket a tantalising tease covering the gentle mound of her back side.
Moving once more, Emily placed the gentlest flutters of kisses in a pattern down Paige's spine. A breathy gasp slipping from a still sleepy brunette's lips as she was slowly pulled back into the already awakened world.
"Mmmm, Em." Paige murmured.
"Good. Morning. Pay." Emily punctuated each word with a kiss still along Paige's back.
"Shit!" Paige groaned, moving to turn over this time searching for her phone. "What time is it, I'm supposed to go into work this morning." Paige sighed, beyond annoyed she had to leave such a perfect moment.
"It's sorted." Emily smiled smugly.
"What?"
"I called in favour from Han, your bosses think you're working with Hanna today. My boss thinks I'm sick. We have the whole day to ourselves, Paige."
"We do?" Paige gasped excitedly. Emily nodding with a smirk, the smirk didn't last very long though as she was quickly tackled by her girlfriend. The soaring kiss quickly re-ignited the passion they had evoked last night.
After things cooled off once more the two lay tangled together, no words spoken as Paige traced the outline of Emily's arm and shoulder with the tip of index finger. Unlike when Emily woke first, the sun had faded behind heavy rainclouds, the sound of trickling raindrops only adding to the moment.
"Hungry?" Paige whispered placing a kiss to her girlfriend's temple.
"A little."
"How does chocolate chip pancakes, and maple bacon sound?"
"Perfect." Emily smile contented. Paige groaned as she reluctantly pulled herself out of Emily's hold, her hair a mess yet still a beautiful moulded sculpture of the two's most intimate moments from last night. Emily sat up behind her brushing the girl's hair to one side so she could place a kiss to Paige shoulder. "You're so incredibly beautiful." A whisper on the tip of Emily's tongue.
Paige eventually stood rooting through her drawers for a pair of fresh underwear before grabbing a 49ners t-shirt folded over the back of a chair, her collection of football t-shirts definitely a trait she picked up from her father. Shooting Emily a playful wink she headed into the kitchen to start making some food for them. Emily followed soon after, Paige momentarily rendered breathless when Emily walked out in one of Paige's shirts and a pair of Paige's boxers. Seeing Emily in dressed in her clothes was always a weak point for the brunette.
"You should just live in my clothes." Paige uttered, a dumb smile hanging on the edges of her lips.
"I think so too, McCullers. Especially if it means you're going to look at me like that." Emily swayed passed Paige slapping the girl's ass as she did so before reaching up into the cupboard for some pancake mix. Emily wasn't getting away with that move so quickly, as Paige moved with finesse wrapping her arms around the girl's waist and spinning her around, earning a high-pitched squeal from the bronzed beauty while pancake mixture went everywhere, surrounding them in an intense floury blizzard.
"Look what you did now, Fields." Paige poked Emily in the side.
"Not my fault. There still enough to make pancakes anyway." Emily smirked, holding her hands up in the air exaggeratingly as she jumped up to sit on the counter next to where the smaller girl had laid out the other ingredients and mixing bowl. Paige shook her head laughing to herself as she went about making the pancake mixture. Just as the batter had come together, a mischievous smirk teased and curled up the corners of her lips.
"Not your fault, huh Fields?" Paige mocked, picking up the spatula laden with pancake mixture and aiming it at her girlfriend, before Emily could re-act she was met with a handful of wet, cold and sticky pancake mixture streaming down her face, her mouth an O shape, almost comically so.
"You're dead to me P." In an instant she jumped down off the counter grabbing the bowl of pancake mixture and chasing after the brunette. A wicked cackle escaping her lips as soon as she had the girl in her hold before she began tortuously pouring the remaining mixture from the bowl onto the top of the squirming girl's head.
"Look at what you have done." Paige pulled back wiping some of the excess mixture from her hair and face allowing it to fall with a thud to the tiled floor.
"Look at what you started, babe." Emily winked, the smirk on her face quickly vanished once Paige placed her still pancake filled hands on either side of her face. Rubbing the messy remains into the girl's cheeks before pulling her in for a passionate kiss.
"Guess it'll be eggs and bacon for breakfast inside." They eventually moved apart the two bursting out into a warm laughter bouncing off the walls of the apartment echoing a warmth around them.
The two ate in peace, their conversation balancing the line between playful teasing and flirting followed by intense glares as if they needed to relish in the sight of the other for as long as possible, even though they were both still a mess dressed in a wet pancake paste.
"Come on my pancake princess, let's go shower." Emily stood walking on tiptoes to grab Paige's hand, pulling it to her lips before kissing along the girl's knuckles. "I think I might be hungry for some pancakes after all." Her voice coming out in a sexy rasp, sadly her words did not have the effect on Paige in the way she had hoped, as the brunette burst into a fit of hearty laughter.
"You did not just say that." Paige chuckled through her words.
"Yep, it happened... unfortunately." Emily blushed.
"... and I thought I was the dork." Paige teased further.
"Shut-up McCullers, I could always shower alone." Emily winked turning on her heels before slowly pulling her t-shirt up over her chest and allowing it to drop to the floor off the tip her index finger, not once looking behind her as she forced an extra sway to hips. Paige gulped, her mouth now dry with need, the light-hearted moment just moments ago was not caught in a hurricane of lust, want and hunger. Without thinking she bit at her lip, catching a glimpse of Emily's bruised and slightly marked shoulder where she had bitten a restraint of pleasure and stamped the girl's body with her teeth, whilst her body surrendered to climax. It was Emily's turn to giggle when she heard the sound of Paige's chair sliding on the wooden floor with force and newly fuelled determination. Within seconds the brunette grabbed a hold of her girlfriend, Emily turning on her toes wrapping her long legs around Paige's waist as she continued her fired-up stride towards the shower.
By the time the pair got out of the shower and dried off, the apartment had turned to an even greyer darkness. Heavy, impregnated rainclouds blocked out the sun, while a strong wind began to rattle and whistle around the streets of New York City. A storm was coming, but strangely it didn't present itself as something ominous. Paige and Emily made their way into Paige's bedroom, curling up into the blankets, a warm cup of tea wrapped up in their hands as large raindrops pounded down the large window panes like bullets on a battlefield. The intensifying storm howling outside only seemed to highlight the warmth, safety and comfort radiated within the four walls of the apartment, drawing Emily and Paige almost impossibly closer together. The afternoon and evening came as a mixed adventure; they spent the time chatting about nothing in particular, laughing until tears stained their faces and made non-stop sceptical and cynical remarks while watching old 90's sitcoms. They danced around the room to eighties hits while jumping on the bed, singing along to all of P!nk's best hits before easing together in a slow dance to some Frank Sinatra. Paige read chapters of latest favourite book out loud while Emily listened soaking in everything she had to say. They hugged, cuddled and embraced whenever the moment felt right.
They kissed, sometimes slowly, gentle and languid other times with nothing but raw, intense and heated passion.
Little by little they fell back in love that day.
Emily yawned pulling the blankets closer to her body, the wind and rain was still dominating the streets of New York adding a bone chill to the air. "Cold?" Paige whispered, her voice tired now too, it was already approaching midnight.
"A little." Emily nodded, moving closer to Paige when her girlfriend signalled for her to do so.
"Thank you for today." She smiled, her eyes bashfully tearing up.
Emily sat up caressing Paige's cheek, a look of pure, undisturbed disbelief in her brown swirling eyes as she searched her girlfriend's face for answers. "You don't have to thank me, Pay."
"I know but I wanted too."
"Today wasn't too fast, you're not going to run scared come tomorrow?" A lick of insecurity trailed Emily's words as she connected their foreheads.
"No, today and last night were perfect." A smile re-appearing, a timid kiss shared. "We should probably get some sleep though, we both actually have to go back work tomorrow."
"Too real... can't deal." Emily mumbled, rolling her head into Paige's shoulder placing a tender kiss there. "I don't want this to end."
"I know. Me neither." Paige yawned this time, lowering down into the bed, the feel of Emily beside her and she was sure the world had never seemed a better place.
"Goodnight, Paige."
"Goodnight, Em."
Closing their eyes and maybe only on a subconscious level they both knew it wasn't going to end anytime soon.
"Emily?" Paige voiced, breaking the air around them.
"Yeah." Emily responded in an instant, her fingers soothing Paige's side under her shirt.
"I love you." The ministrations stopped for a moment.
"I love you, too." Emily whispered in return, feeling Paige's lips ghost the top of her forehead. The two being pulled further into the world of sleep.
"I know." Paige's words lower than whisper, said to no-one in particular as she finally gave into the final pull of sleep.
I know.
[A/N] Thank you for reading and please continue to review it means so much. Until next time. -KTF