Hey everyone, I know I haven't updated in a SUPER long time and I apologize, but school's been pretty tough on me. Hopefully, you guys aren't too mad.

Chapter 8

Paige's POV

Emily opened the door and threw herself on the bed that Paige was sprawled on. Paige could feel her heart rate increasing as the distance between her body and Emily's decreased. Hoping that her face wasn't red, she turned to glance at her friend. "What's up?" she asked casually. Emily just replied with a grunt. "Wow, that bad, huh?" Paige raised an eyebrow. Sighing, Emily turned her body towards her roommate.

"Not bad. Classes are just boring." Emily whined. Paige laughed, shaking her head ruefully. "What? They are!" Emily said, keeping her whining tone.

"You gotta keep yourself engaged, Em."

"Ugh, ew. Who'd want to be engaged with school? I am NOT being a bride." Emily smirked when she saw Paige roll her eyes.

"You're such a smart ass," Paige muttered.

"Thank you!" Emily gave her teammate a playful slap on the arm. Paige felt tingles where Emily's hand had touched her. Paige had never really felt anything like this for a girl before, so she had no idea what to do. Especially since this girl was gay. "But, one thing that made my day less boring..." Emily's voice drifted off.

"What?"

"There was this really cute girl at Starbucks. And I'm pretty sure she was flirting with me. I mean, she put a heart after my name...although she replaced the 'y' with a double 'e'." Emily frowned as if she was thinking, who spells 'Emily' wrong? Paige laughed, but couldn't help the strange feeling in the pit of her stomach. She felt like she wanted to go over to that Starbucks and punch the girl straight in the face for flirting with her friend. She groaned softly. Why did this have to be so hard?

Unfortunately for her, Emily had heard that slight noise and she put her hand on Paige's arm. "Are you okay?" she asked, her face scrunched in concern. Paige found herself lost the swimmer's dark brown eyes. They reminded her of hot chocolate. The way her stomach felt warm after drinking hot chocolate was the way Emily made her whole body feel. Warm and happy.

"Paige?" Emily prompted gently, causing Paige to break out of her stupor.

"Uh, yeah?"

"Are you okay?" Emily repeated.

"Oh, I'm fine." Paige said immediately. Emily looked dubious but smiled and nodded.

Emily's POV

Emily could sense that something was troubling Paige, and being Paige's friend and that she was smitten with Paige, she wanted to help her. Paige had said she was fine, but no one in their right mind would believe that. Emily felt a little hurt that Paige didn't trust her enough to tell her things. It had been months since the day that Emily had forgiven her roommate.

Emily was determined to help Paige even if Paige didn't want it.

The next day, Emily cornered Wesley, a fellow swimmer. "Hey Wesley, I need you to hang out with Paige today."

Wesley gave a smug smile, but for some weird reason, Emily caught a flicker of nervousness in his eyes. "A date with that babe? Sure thing, Emily." Emily gave him an annoyed look, trying to ignore the jealousy that was rising in her.

"Good," she said, " and don't mention that I told you to do this."

He gave her a sarcastic salute. "Aye aye, Captain." He turned and sauntered away. Emily watched his retreating back wondering if she had done the right thing. Why did she pick Wesley out of all people? The womanizer himself. What if it backfired on her and Paige ended up dating him. Emily cringed at the thought. What's done is done, she thought regretfully.

Paige's POV

"Hey, Paige!" Someone called out to her as she exited her English class. She glanced in the direction of the person and was surprised to see Wesley jogging up to her, a binder tucked under his arm.

"Uh, hi Wes. What's up?" Paige asked, slightly confused as to why he was talking to her. Usually, attractive guys ignored her.

"Well, I was just wondering if you had anything planned later today." Wes fell into step with her.

Paige, still puzzled, racked her brain, trying to remember if she had anything today. "I don't think so," she concluded and Wes gave her a huge grin.

"Awesome! I was thinking maybe we could go see a movie or something. And maybe get some food after." Wes looked down at the ground like...like he was actually shy. Paige had never seen Wesley shy with girls before. Why not?

"Sure, that sounds great." Paige smiled. So what if she liked Emily? Wes was cute and he was a guy. Her parents would never accept her feelings more a girl. Maybe Wes had a player reputation, but she could be the one to change it.

Emily's POV

Emily had just finished her last class and was heading back to the dorms. Paige had agreed to the "date", so it was time to take action. Wes had texted her and she could tell he was actually excited, even though he had tried playing it cool. Hopefully, Wes would just think of her as one of his "conquests" as bad as that sounded. Emily just hoped that Paige wouldn't fall for Wesley because the last thing Emily wanted was for Paige to get her heart broken. All of her worries vanished as she stepped into their dorm. It was time to find out what was distracting Paige.