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Disclaimer: I do not own Paige, Emily, or Hanna. Unfortunately.
"So you really are a minx!"
After Emily had stepped outside to find Paige and Kale kissing last night, she had rushed back inside to find Samara in order to avoid an awkward conversation. But the next evening, she made sure to go to Paige's to get the full details - and she tried to convince herself it was out of innocent curiosity and not jealousy.
"Shut up, Em" Paige laughed. They were watching a weird sixties movie on Emily's bed, and the two were laying side by side. She had never wanted to watch this movie in the first place, she was practically coerced by Emily, but pretending to enjoy it was better than having to talk about what happened yesterday.
"You're not avoiding this conversation" The brunette replied, taking the remote and pausing the movie. Paige reached over Emily and grabbed it back, pointing it to the movie so it would play again. It turned into a competition; the two of them wrestling to turn the TV on and off. Playfulness was a side of Paige that Emily loved to see, she rarely showed it around other people than her. Emily managed to grab the remote from Paige after poking her ribs playfully, and quickly threw it in her hamper with some of her dirty clothes.
"Off limits, I win" Emily said, satisfied that she had managed to out-wrestle the girl.
"Now that's not fair" Paige frowned, but managed a quiet chuckle when she saw Emily's beaming face. She could never be any ounce of angry at her.
"Give me the deets, PaiPai, or I swear that nickname will stick" Emily's words were followed by a loud groan from Paige.
"Fiiiiine" Paige breathed out, making sure to exaggerate the length of the word to fake annoyance. "His name is Kale, he's on the lacrosse team" She said, satisfied that that was enough for Emily's curiosity. She had never really had a friend where they'd talk about things like this, she rarely got very personal.
"Oh, a lacrosse player? Go Paige!" Emily enthused, causing Paige to blush. When Emily realized Paige wasn't going to say more she rolled her eyes, "I could have gotten that from any of the other girls on the swim team, Paige"
Paige sighed loudly in defeat, she knew she'd have to give all details now. "We met in the dining hall. He's sweet, and actually quite funny when you get past the shyness" She said with a shrug. "I did something last night and he comforted me about it, which is why we.." Paige looked up at Emily with a small smile.
"Kissed?" Emily filled for her. "Wait, what'd you do?" She asked, burrowing her eyebrows. She hadn't seen Paige after she had left with Kale at the party and they hadn't talked about it further.
Paige blushed furiously and brought her hand to her face, trying to hide her embarrassment as she spoke, "Ikindadranktoomuchanddecided tostripabit" She said quickly, and it was obvious even without Emily's confused face that the brunette hadn't understood.
"Huh?" Emily asked and quirked an eyebrow.
"I took off my shirt" Paige said a little louder than she had intended to, "in front of the lacrosse team"
She thought she had gone through all stages of embarrassment, that is until Emily burst out laughing. "You" She said and laughed, "Did not!"
Paige hit her with a pillow, frowning at the girl. "It's not funny! I'll be known as the skank who can't hold her alcohol"
"I'm sorry Paige, but it's hilarious" Emily said. "I wish I would have been there" Her words weren't far from the truth, but the reason why she would have wished to be there wasn't exactly the same as to what her words must have meant for Paige.
"You see, this is why I kissed Kale, and not you" Paige said teasingly, a frown still framing her face.
"Well, it takes a lot more than seeing a girl in a bra for me, sorry PaiPai" Emily shot back, a smirk gracing her lips.
"Oh, you want full nude?" Paige grinned. Were they flirting?, she wondered.
"At least" Emily said and then stopped to think, biting her lip in a way Paige couldn't help but notice was adorable. "And a credit check" She added quickly before sitting up on the bed. "Wouldn't want anyone who isn't responsible" She said and shrugged. Paige followed her movements and sat up.
They were met with a comfortable silence before Emily broke it, "What happened after?" She asked quietly, turning her head to look at Paige before she gently rested it against the girl's shoulder.
Paige stayed quiet for a second, "After you left?" She asked, and received a nod from Emily. "We laughed. And he kissed me again" Paige whispered. She considered telling Emily everything about the kiss, how it felt nice but not right. She knew she felt something for Kale, which is probably why the kiss was never bad itself, but those feelings probably stood more as platonic. "And then we went to his dorm" She said quietly. The sentence weighed less than it sounded, they hadn't actually done anything in his dorm. She had accepted the offer so they could talk privately, without further interruptions. Paige barely had to speak her feelings to him before he understood that she wanted to talk. They both agreed to continue their relationship as friends, just friends.
The more Paige talked about Kale, the more Emily realized that she was a little jealous. And now, she could hardly stomach the fact that Paige and Kale had been - intimate. She knew these feelings weren't normal. When Aria spoke of her romance with Ezra, or Spencer with Toby, she never felt like this. Sometimes a little envious because they had someone in their lives, but never jealous of those people. She was definitely crushing on Paige - not the best thing considering her friend was both straight and now most likely in a relationship. And she was in a relationship also. At least, it wasn't exactly defined as such but she was still seeing Samara.
She was brought out of her thoughts when she heard Paige talk. "Em?" Emily looked up and Paige could see she had not heard her before. "Someone's at your door. I assumed you'd want to answer" She said quietly, pointing to the dorm door.
"Oh" Emily said quietly, shaking off her thoughts. "Oh! Thanks" She smiled, taking a moment to compose herself before she got off the bed reluctantly. She wondered if Paige had been thinking also, or if she had just laid there waiting for Emily to speak. She walked to the door, and was engulfed in a hug before she even noticed who was on the other side. The blonde curls draping over her told her it was Hanna, and Emily squealed excitedly in the blonde's arms.
"Surprise!" Hanna said with a grin as Emily let her in the dorm room, and closed the door shut behind her.
"Han! I thought you were coming next weekend" Emily said as she brushed the hair away from her face.
"My mom had to go out of town, and you were on the way" Han smiled and looked over Emily's shoulder, seeing Paige on the bed looking utterly confused. "Is this the girl? She's hot, I must say you did good, Em!"
Emily expected Paige to quickly interject and tell the blonde she was wrong, but she took a lot longer to do so than Emily expected.
"No, sorry. I'm with Emily on the swim team" Paige said. "I'm Paige. You must be Hanna" She said and looked at Emily mischievously, the girl had spoken about her overexcited, giddy friend from Rosewood.
Hanna grinned at both of them, "I see you've been talking about me"
"Samara is in training off campus" Emily said, she knew Hanna would ask either way. She rolled her eyes and laughed, "Are you surprised?"
"Well, with what Emily's told me, Rosewood would be far more boring without you" Paige said with a smile. The girl looked friendly, even though she seemed like a complete polar opposite of herself.
"I wouldn't use boring to describe Rosewood, but you're right, without me Emily here would be a lost deer" Hanna said and patted Emily's shoulder in a fake patronizing fashion.
"Okay, okay, enough with the down on Emily party" The brunette said and rolled her eyes.
"I should go. Leave you two to your catching up" Paige offered as she got up from the bed. She hadn't realized that she was still laying entangled in Emily's comforter because of the wrestling, which is probably why Hanna thought she was Samara.
"No, don't go! Drinking games are always funner when more people are involved" The blonde said - and Emily laughed loudly. She should have expected Hanna to have brought alcohol, especially since she had intended on meeting Samara. She always tried to get Emily drunk and acting crazy around the girls she liked.
"Hanna, we're in training camp, remember? We can't drink" Emily said with a loud sigh and looked at Paige apologetically.
"And if I recall correctly, you told me last night that you were going to a party, because you had the next four days off" Hanna interjected, grinning proudly.
Emily knew she was right - but she had hoped Hanna didn't remember that part of their conversation. Every time she ended up drinking with Hanna she did things she wasn't exactly proud of. "Fine. Let me just go to the bathroom" She said with a roll of her eyes and looked over at Paige, "You in?"
"Why not?"
"No stripping allowed, though" Emily said just before she entered the bathroom and locked the door, escaping the pillow thrown her way by Paige and the groan that followed.
A/N: I'm sorry for the extremely long wait. Exams, homework, blah blah blah. Very boring stuff. I hope you liked this chapter!
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