Hey guys, I know you're all probably done with my apologies, but I'm so sorry for taking such a long time to update. I still feel really bad, even if I had a lot of school stuff to do. I will never abandon this story, so don't worry. It just might take a little bit to update, but I will finish it. :) Hope you guys like this chapter! Thank you to all the people who reviewed!

Chapter 6

Paige's POV

"Hey Emily," Paige greeted as Emily entered their dorm room. Emily grimaced at Paige before collapsing on her bed in exhaustion. "Wow, was the class that tough on you?" Paige said, her tone lightly sarcastic.

Emily turned her head to give the other girl a glare. "No. I'm just tired." Emily said shortly.

Paige cocked her head curiously. "Why?"

Emily sighed with annoyance, sitting up. "Look Paige, I'm really tired of you talking to me, so if you could please not talk to me...that would be great."

Paige stared at the girl in shock. "Well, sorry to burst your bubble, but we are roommates." Paige retorted, narrowing her eyes. Emily snorted, rolling her eyes. Paige frowned, what was this girl's problem? "Look, I know that we didn't get off to the best start-" Paige began before Emily cut her off.

"Yeah, we didn't. You know why? Because you were busy slashing my tires and trying to drown me!"

Paige dropped her head. "I-I didn't mean to..."

"What? How can you not mean to hold someone underwater?" Emily asked in disbelief.

"I wasn't going to actually drown you," Paige mumbled, still not looking at Emily.

"Well yeah, otherwise you'd be in prison right now," Emily muttered.

Paige sighed, knowing that she'd have to try to get Emily to forgive her. "Emily, I was really naive in high school and really competitive," Paige started. "I really wanted to be captain and you were our best swimmer. I knew that the coach would pick you."

Emily raised an eyebrow. "So why would you try to murder me?"

Paige looked at her in exasperation. "I wasn't trying to kill you. I was just trying to scare you a little bit." As Paige stared at Emily to see her reaction, she couldn't help noticing how pretty Emily was. Wait...pretty?

"Well, congratulations. You accomplished your goal. You scared the shit out of me." Emily said with a hint of anger.

Paige winced, not liking the tone of her voice. "I know. I really am sorry."

Emily still kept her eyes narrowed. "Well, don't expect me to forgive you that easily. Just because you apologized."

Paige nodded in understanding, her eyes drifting from Emily's face to her neck and then from her neck to her boo-wait, what? Paige immediately moved her gaze to the floor. She felt her face burning with embarrassment.

"Um, Paige?" Emily asked. Paige glanced up at her quickly to see Emily's confused face as she nodded her head rapidly. "Uh, ok. Well, I'm just gonna...take a shower." Emily said awkwardly as she got up. Paige started to imagine Emily in the shower, imagining Emily cleaning her bare body...ok, there was really something wrong with her. She had never thought of Emily in this way before. Why now? Especially when Emily was still pissed at her. But Paige couldn't help eyeing Emily's butt as she walked over to get her pajamas. Paige shook her head, shifting her gaze slightly to the right, not wanting to be caught ogling her roommate's ass. Did...did she have feelings for Emily? She curiously imagined kissing the other swimmer and was shocked when she felt her heart beating faster and her stomach fluttering with excitement. She had feelings for Emily.

As Emily was taking a shower, Paige started brainstorming how she could get Emily to forgive her. She had to let Emily know that in high school, she was super naive and stupid. Every time Paige tried to tell her that, Emily always just gave her a doubtful look. Maybe she could take Emily out to go bowling or something fun. Would Emily even agree to that? What would be something that would get Emily to trust her?

A few days later, Paige was reading a book on her bed when Emily came in. The swimmer looked up to see the other girl's face streaked with tears. Since that day where Paige had realized she had feelings for Emily, her feelings had only grown stronger and Paige felt her heart breaking when she saw Emily was crying.

"Emily, what happened?" Paige asked, her voice full of concern. Emily looked puzzled for a second about why Paige sounded so worried but shrugged it off, her tears falling faster and harder. She opened her mouth, trying to get out words, but failing. Paige got up, walked towards the swimmer and tentatively wrapped her arms around her. Paige felt Emily tense up as her touch but slowly relaxed into her arms after realizing Paige wouldn't let go anytime soon. Emily buried her face into Paige's shoulder, still crying. Her shirt got damp, but Paige could care less. She had Emily in her arms, so the world could end and Paige wouldn't notice.

A little while longer, Emily looked up and slowly untangled herself from her roommate. Paige snapped out of her daze as Emily stepped back from the long-lasting hug.

"Well, uh, thanks." Emily glanced down at her feet, blushing in embarrassment.

Paige cleared her throat awkwardly. "No problem," she said as she stuffed her hand in her pocket. Paige stepped closer to her, but Emily quickly backed away, fear lighting her gaze.

"Well, I'm just gonna...go now," Emily stated, opening the door and rushing out.

"You just got here," Paige murmured under her breath, her heart feeling like it was filled with lead. She saw the way Emily had looked at her. She was still scared. She was still scared of Paige.