By the way, most of the Harvard stuff is made up since I know nothing about the campus.

Chapter 5

Emily's POV

Once Emily had become captain, Paige hadn't really bothered her. She had actually never talked to her unless it was about swimming. Emily didn't mind though since Paige had stopped harassing her. Before she knew it, senior year was ending and she still hadn't gotten a college acceptance letter. She hadn't gotten a rejection letter either, which was good.

"EMILY!" Emily heard her mom shout as she came home from school one day.

"Yeah?" Emily asked as her mom rushed to her.

"You got this in the mail today!" Her mom shoved something into her hands and she looked at what it was. Harvard...to Emily Fields. Her heart nearly stopped. She glanced up at her mom, who was shaking with excitement.

"Well? Aren't you going to open it?" Pam questioned.

Emily looked back at the envelope in her hands. "Y-yeah. I'm just a little nervous." Her hands were shaking as she slowly opened the envelope. She closed her eyes, taking a deep breath before pulling out the letter and opening it. She read it, her eyes skimming the paper as her smile grew larger and larger. "I...I got in..." she said in disbelief. "I got into Harvard and they want me to swim for their team!" Emily said with glee.

Her mom shared her excitement, bouncing on her toes. "Oh Em, I'm so proud!" Her mom wiped away tears of joy as she embraced her daughter. Emily was still in shock. She had gotten into Harvard! An Ivy League school! She could hardly believe it! Emily couldn't wait to call her friends and tell them the good news.

"That's amazing, Emily!" Spencer told her over the phone.

"Thanks!" Emily replied enthusiastically. "Have you gotten any letters yet?"

"One from Standford, but that's all for now."

"Wow! Stanford is a great school! Congrats!"

"Thanks! I'm still waiting to hear from the others, though," Spencer sounded doubtful like she didn't think the other colleges had accepted her.

"Don't worry, I'm sure you'll hear from them soon," Emily assured her friend.

The rest of senior year flew by and before Emily knew it, she was on a plane to Harvard. She was both excited and nervous as she got off the plane, heading to the baggage claim. She glanced around as she reached the baggage carousel, wondering if she had gotten there early since no one else seemed to be there. There was a loud beep and Emily nearly had a heart attack. She glanced towards the sound and saw the suitcases were being unloaded onto the carousel. More and more people seemed to appear, so Emily inched closer to the carousel.

Emily had brought a grey suitcase and a black suitcase. They were very common colors, but the black one had a big Rosewood High sticker, so it would be easy to spot. Sure enough, Emily spotted her black suitcase and made a beeline for it. She reached out and grabbed it just as someone else grabbed the handle as well. Not noticing, Emily took it off and put it down, before realizing someone else was holding onto the suitcase.

She looked up in surprise to see Paige McCullers, who was staring at her. It wasn't a "fuck off" stare, more like a "what in the world are you doing here" stare. Paige cleared her throat. "Um, I think this is my suitcase."

Emily glanced down at the Rosewood sticker that had Paige's name written on it. "Oh...right. Sorry," Emily said coldly. She still hadn't forgotten what Paige had done to try to become team captain. Paige had sensed that too because she just nodded and walked away with her suitcase. Emily sighed before seeing her luggage and pulling them from the baggage carousel.

Hopefully, Paige hadn't come here to swim for Harvard, but Emily had a feeling that she had.

Emily got to the campus and had no idea where to go. She started wandering around before someone asked if she needed help.

"Yeah, do you know where we're supposed to get our assigned roommate?" Emily asked.

"Oh yeah, that's the quad. It's not far from here. Just go straight that way," the girl pointed in front of Emily, "and take the first right you see. You should be able to spot a big cement area in the shape of a square with a bunch of benches. That's the quad."

"Ok, thank you so much," Emily said, as she headed off to the quad.

When she got there, she saw people in multiple lines. She realized that they were by last names, so she got in the A-F line. When she got to the front of the line, she stated her name and the guy looked through his files.

"Emily Fields...here we are! And it looks like your roommate is...Paige McCullers," he handed her the file which probably had a campus map and where her dorm was. Emily couldn't believe that Paige McCullers was her roommate. Was it because they both swam for the same school in high school?

"Hey Emily, guess we're roommates now." Emily heard a voice say as she spun around. Of course, Paige.

Emily grimaced. "Yeah..."

"Wow, don't look too happy," Paige said sarcastically.

"Well, it's a little overwhelming to hear that my high school tormenter is going to be my roommate during college," Emily said, with some sarcasm of her own.

"Whoa whoa, tormenter? I didn't torment you," Paige sounded shocked.

"What do you mean, "you didn't torment me"? Are you kidding?" Emily started raising her voice, which caught the attention of some students.

Paige looked around, embarrassed. "Hey, hey, no need to be so loud."

Emily looked at her in disbelief. "You're crazy."

"Excuse me?"

"You're crazy. You think I'm just going to be able to forgive you for almost drowning me and knocking out my friend?"

Paige sighed in exasperation. "Ok, I apologize for the drowning thing, but Hanna came charging at me. It was self-protection, so I don't apologize for that."

Emily was so mad that she couldn't even say anything. She just shook her head angrily and walked off. Paige sighed again, like she could tell that Emily was not going to forgive and forget for a while.

I am so sorry that I haven't updated in, like, a week. I do have school work, which comes before fanfiction, but whenever I have time, I'll try to get a chapter in. Sorry again for the long wait, but Paige and EMily are roommates now! Uh oh...