"I'll have an iced latte, skim milk please" Paige told the waitress who had just approached their table.
"And one for me, too" Emily added quickly, smirking at Paige. She and Emily decided to eat breakfast together that morning, since they were given a day off after their intense first training day. They found a small cafe off campus that was just a short walk away.
"I still can't believe we tied" Paige said with a small frown, she wasn't used to not being the fastest.
"I can. I told you I was just as good as you" Emily said with a laugh. Just before their individual time controls they had made a bet about who was better. Paige had been convinced that she'd beat Emily, at least by a few seconds. "And now I get free coffee" She grinned smugly.
"Shut up" Paige laughed, rolling her eyes at Emily. Even if the girl had beat her, Paige liked being around her. "Who's your roommate?" Paige asked her, before answering herself, "Mine's a total slut. Been bringing different guys in every night" She said, groaning loudly at the thought. Emily laughed at the thought of Paige stuck in a room with two people getting intimate.
"Her name's Samara. She's nice" She told her, blushing slightly at the thought of the blonde girl. They hadn't gotten another chance to talk, but she was looking forward to their next conversation. She had debated on telling Paige she was gay, but she decided against it. It wasn't something people needed to know about her right after they meet, if they cared about her then it shouldn't make a difference. She'd tell them in due time. She assumed Samara would know soon enough if Emily didn't stop with all the flirting, and she had a feeling the girl wasn't all that straight either.
"Lucky you" Paige drawled. She let out a content sigh when she saw her latte approaching, taking a sip as soon as it touched the table.
A comfortable silence took over for a few minutes, before Emily spoke up. "Leave anyone important back home?" She asked Paige, sipping at her coffee.
"Not really. I broke up with my boyfriend a month before coming here. It just, we didn't feel right, you know?" She told her. Paige wasn't the most social of girls, she only had a few people she could call friends but she had been happy to leave them for the summer. She needed change. "What about you?"
"My best friends. But they were leaving too, so we kinda all left each other" Emily said, smiling at the memory of their last night together. "One of them, though, Hanna might come and visit at some point. You'd like her, she's as blunt as you are" Emily smirked. Out of her three friends, Hanna would probably the only one that would mesh well with Paige. Spencer was too much like Paige, and the two would be in constant competition. Aria would probably be indifferent to Paige, since Emily noted that they were polar opposites.
Emily heard her name called from behind and she turned around to see Samara. "Hey, Samara" Emily said, her smile widening slightly when she saw the girl. "This is Paige. She's on the swim team with me. Paige, this is my roommate, Samara" Emily got up to hug the blonde girl, who joined them at their table.
"Nice to meet you" Samara smiled, Paige responding with a curt nod and smile. Paige had noticed how Emily acted around Samara, her body language and posture made it seem like Emily was trying to impress her.
Paige felt a twinge of jealousy when she watched Emily and Samara ramble on about god knows what, but she convinced herself it was only because she felt like someone was stealing her only friend away. "Well, I've gotta go. Promised my dad I'd Skype with him before noon" She said. It wasn't entirely a lie, she had promised to Skype but she would have stayed with Emily all day if she didn't feel like a third wheel. "I'll see you tomorrow, Em" She said.
Emily waved goodbye to Paige, whom she noticed seem to slightly nervous. She replayed their conversation in her head, she was getting more and more intrigued by the brunette. After only a day of knowing each other, she already felt comfortable around her. She noticed that Paige didn't seem to be the most comfortable with social interaction, she was rather bitter and mean when talking to strangers - just like she had been when they first met. She was curious as to why she was like that, and what could have caused her to be so insecure about herself that she had to act that way.
Her thoughts were interrupted by Samara, "So what do you think?" The blonde asked with a smile.
Emily realized that she hadn't exactly been listening to the blonde, so she just shook her head. "Oh, no" She said, hoping that was the right answer.
"So you are into sleeping with men aged over 50?" She said with a grin, to which Emily responded a confused, "What?!"
"I'm just messing with you. I noticed you were distracted" Samara laughed at Emily's face, that showed utter confusion. "I asked you if you wanted to see a movie tonight" Samara said, biting her lip for a second. "Of course, if your answer is no I won't banish you from our room. I'll live" She said, and Emily couldn't help but confirm her belief that the blonde was flirting with her.
"A movie? Like a date?" She asked with raised eyebrows.
Samara was quick to respond, "Well, I don't know if you're..I just, I thought.." She was nervous, which wasn't common for the girl.
"I'd love to" She said, not completely answering the girls question. She assuming agreeing to a date was big enough of a clue to answer it.
"Great" Samara beamed, back to her confident self. "I'll pick you up at 8 then" She said, winking at her roommate.
"See you at 8" Emily responded, laughing at Samara's attempt at a joke.
A/N: Short, I know. Too much Samara/Emily, I know. I don't like them either, but it's part of the plan to make Paily that much more epic :)