"Whoa. Ok, how do you even know you slept together? Maybe you just fell asleep in the same bed?" Spencer questioned, unconvinced herself.
"I remember Spencer. And waking up naked is a pretty good indicator." Emily said, placing her head on her crossed arms on the counter.
"Ok, so she might not remember. She was pretty hammered. Aria gave her five shots of tequila on top of the beers she had had." Spencer said while rubbing Emily's back. "She didn't wake up the entire time we were getting her from the car to the couch."
"I don't know what I am going to do." Emily said. "If this gets out, that we slept together while she was drunk, this could ruin me. I'm not even supposed to let my clients drink."
"Lets just see how this goes. Play by ear. Like I said, if she remembers anything at all, I will be really surprised. So lets work on breakfast, you know how Hannah is when she wakes up hungry." Spencer said the last part hoping to get a laugh from Emily, all she got was a small sigh.
Two hours later everyone but Paige had made their way to the kitchen and had eaten. Spencer and Emily kept to themselves what had happened the night before. Spencer decided that her, Hannah and Aria would go down to the beach and set up for their day of being lazy. Emily made a cup of black coffee and took two Tylenol to her bedroom for Paige. Upon entering she noticed that their clothes were thrown all over the floor. Using her feet she tried to hide her clothes from Paige's site and put her clothes into a pile at the side of the bed. She looked towards the bed for the first time, wishing immediately that she hadn't. Paige had her arms hooked around Emily's pillow, her face buried in it. Her back was exposed to the sunlight, the sheet having fallen just enough that Emily could see the dimples on her lower back. She had to shake her head when the first thing she wanted to do was take all of her clothes off and crawl into bed with her and run her tongue in those dimples until it woke Paige up, just so she could worship that body for hours. 'Stop it', she yelled to herself.
She walked over to the bed, placing the coffee and two pills down on the night stand. She then moved the sheet up to Paige's shoulders, covering the skin that Emily was now craving to touch and taste. She sat on the side of the bed and moved her hand so that she could push the hair off of Paige's face. This made the girl stir and murmur words into Emily's pillow, making her let out a little laugh. Paige opened one eye and slammed it shut at the offending light.
"I am going to kill Aria." She whispered out making Emily laugh harder.
"I don't think Spence would let you do that." Emily said. "I brought you coffee and some pills." This made the girl lift her head up.
"Coffee?" Paige questioned.
"Yes. Black, that is how you should drink your first few cups when you have a hangover. Did you have fun last night?" Emily questioned, hoping to get some answers from the girl without flat out asking.
"I remember leaving here and right now. Does that mean I had a good time?" Paige asked as she set her head back down on the pillow only to realize that she could smell the scent of Emily on her pillow. "Oh my God!" She yelled.
"What?" Emily braced herself for the backlash that she was about to receive from the other girl.
"I didn't mean to crash in your bedroom!" She said as she sat up, pulling the sheet up with her realizing she was also naked. "I guess I thought it was mine. And I am naked in your bed, oh my God. I am really going to kill Aria now." She rambled out all at once.
"Hey, Paige, it is fine. You know how many times Hannah has slept naked in my bed from drunken nights?" Emily laughed out.
"Well now I am just going to be sick." Paige said as her face relaxed more.
"Why don't you take these and drink this and then meet me downstairs. The girls already ate and are on the beach, but I will make you something before we go out." Emily said handing Paige the pills and coffee. Ten minutes later Paige came downstairs dressed in jogging pants and a tank.
"You going to the beach in that?" Emily asked, pointing up and down Paige with her spatula.
"My suit is under this, thank you very much." Paige said as she made her way to the coffee pot to fill her mug up again.
"I hope you like pancakes." Emily said.
"I think I would like anything that you cooked." Paige said as she sat down at the table. "I feel like shit."
"Well, you look like shit." Emily said as she flipped a pancake onto a plate and slid a stack in front of Paige.
"Gee, thanks." Paige faked hurt.
"Just eat your breakfast so we can go outside." Emily laughed out. "So you really don't remember anything from the club?" Emily asked. She didn't remember right away this morning but as soon as she rolled over and saw that it was Paige that was holding her, everything came flooding back at once.
"We went to a club? I am never drinking again." Paige admitted with a laugh.
"You know how many times I have said that?" Emily said as she turned around with her mug of coffee and watched as Paige ate. After she was done and the dishes were cleaned the two made their way to the other girls. Paige went to have a 'talk' with Aria while Emily layed down beside Spencer.
"So, how did it go?" Spencer asked.
"She doesn't remember anything. She thinks that she just passed out naked in my bed." Emily said.
"Why do you seem sad about that?" Spencer asked.
"I've brought girls home before, and when they left in the morning, remembering everything, I felt nothing. But this morning with Paige, the fact that she didn't remember anything, I felt hurt." Emily admitted.
"Hmm, why do you think you felt like that?" Spencer asked.
"I don't know." Emily played it off.
"You do to. Just say it out loud." Spencer coaxed.
"I want her to remember. I want her to say that it wasn't a mistake. That she wouldn't take it back either. That we could do it again. After my initial panic this morning, a small part of me was happy that I ended up with Paige like that. It felt good Spencer, it felt right." Emily admitted. They were broken out of their conversation by a scream from the water. When they looked up they saw that Paige had Aria over her shoulders and was carrying her out to deeper water. Spencer stood up to go rescue Aria, since Hannah was just laughing at them, but turned to Emily before she left.
"You are allowed to be happy Em. Alison didn't ruin everything for you. She didn't ruin you." Spencer made her way into the water and pulled Aria from Paige before dunking the girl underwater. Emily watched as they all played and splashed each other before she layed her head back and closed her eyes. She was stirred out of her sleep by water dripping slowly on her face and a shadow covering her.
"Hannah, I swear to God, I will drown you." She muttered out, not opening her eyes.
"That is a little harsh, don't you think?" Paige said as she sat down beside Emily.
"You wanted to kill Aria this morning, didn't you?" Emily asked, looking over at the soaking wet girl, her mind going to the gutter as she looked at Paige's strong thighs.
"Yea, but Spencer stopped all attacks." Paige laughed. "I am glad I went out with you guys last night. Even if I don't remember. This, being with normal people, feels nice." Emily knew that moment that she needed to tell Paige what had happened. That she couldn't keep it from the girl, she deserved to know the truth.
"Can you come up to the house with me? I really need to tell you something." Emily asked.
"Um, sure. What is it?" Paige asked.
"I really think we need to be at the house to discuss it." Emily stood and started walking to the house, thinking of all the ways that she could tell Paige.
"Ok, what is going on?" Paige asked once they shut the kitchen door.
"Um, I really have to tell you something that happened last night." Emily said. "I can't keep this from you."
"Oh no, what did I do now? Is it going to get back to my father?" Paige asked.
"God, I hope not." Emily said, looking into Paige's eyes, the girl had a confused look on her face. Emily did the only thing she could think of to try and jog the girls memory. She grabbed one of Paige's hands and pulled the girl closer to her, their lips inches from each other. "We slept together last night." Emily whispered to the other girl. Paige's breath hitched before she pulled Emily into a chaste kiss. Emily threw her arms around Paige and pulled the girl impossibly close. "Paige wait." Emily said after a few minutes of kissing.
"Ok. I'm sorry." Paige said as she tried to even out her breathing.
"Don't be sorry." Emily said as she stepped closer to Paige again. "I want this. I just don't want to lose my job if your dad would find out. He could ruin my care" She was cut off again by Paige's lips attaching to hers. Paige grabbed Emily's thighs and pulled the girl up so that her legs locked around Paige's waist. Paige walked them so that they fell onto the couch, Emily under the girl.
"He won't find out. I don't care what he says, I want this too." Paige said as she hovered over Emily, their breath mingling with each other. Out of the corner of her eye Emily saw something move from the window by the door. When she looked to the next window panel she saw Alison looking in the window at the two girls, a smirk plastered on her face before she turned and walked away.
"No. Shit." Emily yelled as she sat up and moved away from Paige to the door. Paige followed after her, not seeing Alison, confused by the girls actions.
"Emily, what is going on?" Paige asked.
"Alison saw us. Damn it, she is going to ruin me. She is going to ruin you." Emily said as she paced back and forth.
"No, she won't." Paige said as she took off in the direction Alison had been walking. Emily was about to go after her when her phone went off. Pulling it out she saw she had a text from Alison:
"I saw you and that filthy pigskin. This could have been easy for you Emily, now I am going to make sure you lose everything." XO Alison
