Hey ! So I'm back with the newest chapter of this story. Hope you'll enjoy ! Thanks for the reviews by the way. Just a reminder all reviews and PMs are more than welcomed, so feel free to express your opinion and make suggestions. Oh, and for that one guest who said that he/she didn't want to see of Em and Talia, realax you won't. ENJOY.

Kris' POV

Paige seemed concerned.

"Ok, what is it?" She asked confused.

"Remember when you told us about Emily?"

"Yes….Where is this going?"

"I think it's time to explain my outburst." I waited for her to talk.

"Ok…" She said.

"As I've told you before I was born in Los Angeles. But my family moved to Boston when my dad started working at Harvard. I was 12 and Austin was 17. It wasn't easy for us to get use to live there but we managed it. We lost all contact with our friends from Los Angeles but we made new ones there. Everything was great until freshman year when I decided to start swimming. I was pretty good at it from the beginning and I made more friends, including a girl named Skye. She was taller than me, with red hair and green eyes. We cliqued from the beginning and became best friends almost immediately. A year later she came out as gay. I was clueless about that. And after she came out I was terrified. I didn't know why but I was. I stopped hanging out with her without giving her an explanation." I stopped so I could see Paige's reaction. She was kinda shocked. She told me to continue and that's what I did.

"I think that after a while she started to feel guilty. She thought it was her fault that I was being a jerk. I finally figured out why I was acting like this. The answer came to me when I saw Skye with her new girlfriend. I realized that I was just like Skye. Gay. A few days later I apologized to her and told her the truth about my sexuality. She forgave me and we started hanging out again. I started developing feelings for her but she was taken. When she broke up with her girlfriend I confessed my feelings to her. She took it fairly well but nothing happened between us. Couple of months later while sitting near the pool talking, she leaned and kissed me. I felt amazing. After that kiss I thought I could fly. We started dating after a while and everything was so great until she reminded me that I still wasn't out of the closet and that I had to. But I couldn't. We agreed on taking baby steps but I knew that in the end I wouldn't be able to do it. I mean, if my dad knew about it he would send me to North Pole to hang out with the polar bears." I tried to joke in order to light up the mood. It didn't work.

"Anyway, we continued our relationship in secret for about a year. But Skye wasn't stupid. She knew that I was stalling and that I wasn't planning to come out any time soon but for some reason she still waited for me to do it. It was like she didn't want to admit to herself that I was stalling. But in the meantime she felt like she was taking steps backwards. We started arguing about it a lot in senior year. It was tearing us apart but I couldn't do it. When I got the swimming scholarship at Stanford I was more than exited. But I didn't tell Skye about it. And when the year ended I just left. Without an explanation, I just left her behind." Paige was shocked. It was like she was staring at a complete stranger. And that stranger was now crying.

"That's why when you started crying over Emily I just got mad at you because I was so mad at myself." We sat there in silence for a while until Paige asked.

"Where is she now?"

"I'm not sure. I haven't talked to her for a year. A friend of mine told me she is studying at Williams College." I managed to say. Finally Paige hugged me trying to calm me down. She could tell that I hadn't got over Skye.

"You loved her, didn't you?" She asked.

"I did. But I never told her."

"Do you still love her?" She asked hesitantly.

The truth is I was still thinking about her. After one year she managed to stay in my mind and haunt it. But I never asked myself if I still loved her. I did.

"I do." I said quietly.

Paige's POV

Seeing Kris like that, so broken and fragile, was heartbreaking. She was a really strong person. Like Emily.

"Ok, get up." I said as I got up. It was about time to do something.

"What?" She lifted her head and looked at me with a confused look.

"I said, get up."

"Why?"

"For God's sake, Kris, just get up." She got up and waited for me to continue.

"First of all, have yourself a hot shower and then… you'll see." I said as I pushed her towards the bathroom.

As soon as I heard the water running I sat on the bed and tried to think of a way to help Kris. God, this girl's life is pretty messed up. I have to find a way to help her. First of all she has to come out. Her friends are probably the easy part but what about her parents. If Skye wasn't enough to make her come out then what will be? She is terrified by the thought of her parents learning about her sexuality but it needs to be done. Where is Emily when you need her? She would have found a way to deal with it. After all, she is the reason I came out.

Before I noticed Kris was out of the bathroom with only a towel covering her body.

"I just came to get some clothes." She said while she walked over her closet and took out some clothes. Once she was inside the bathroom again I grabbed a notebook and a pen and sat back on my bed. I started preparing a plan for Kris' com out. After hearing Kris coming out of the bathroom, I stopped writing and I told her to come sit next to me in the bed. When she did I stood up and started pacing. Kris was following me with her eyes but she didn't say anything. She was still red-eyed from crying.

"This" I said pointing at her "has to change."

She looked at me confused.

"You have to come out." Her expression changed immediately when she heard that.

"I can't."

"Ok, so what are you going to do when you fall for someone else again, huh?" She remained silent.

"That's what I thought. Look, as long as you're not out of the closet you won't be able to have a normal relationship. Don't you wanna be able to go out on dates without being afraid that somebody might see you?"

"I can't do it." She said quietly. I almost didn't hear her talking.

"I know it's hard but we'll take baby steps, ok?" No, response came.

"It's going to be easier, you'll see. We'll start with our close friends. How does that sounds?" She nodded in response.

"Are you willing to try?" I asked.

"I think so."

"Ok, how about we start with Jay? Is that ok with you?"

"Yeah."

"Ok, good. I'll call him, tell him that I'm cooking and invite him to dinner."

I grabbed my phone and dialed his number. After a second he answered.

"Yes?"

"Hey, Jay. So I was thinking about cooking something and have dinner with Kris. Would you like to join us?"

"Of course. What are you going to cook?" Damn I forgot to think about that.

"Ummm, how about some mac and cheese?"

"Sounds great. What time do you want me there?"

"What time does your practice ends?"

"Seven."

"Ok, then how about you come here around eight?"

"Yeah, cool. Should I bring anything?"

"A bottle of wine should do."

"Ok. See you at eight."

When the call ended Kris and I went grocery shopping. We were silent for most of our way. Once we got back I settled the ingredients for tonight's dinner in the table and I looked at the time. It was half past six. We had plenty of time. As Kris and I started preparing dinner I tried to reassure her that everything was going to be fine.

"Hey, relax. Jay has been a friend of yours for one year. Nothing is going to change that just because you'll tell him you're gay."

"How can you be so sure?"

"Kris, you didn't became gay yesterday. You were gay all along. You're still the same person you were all these years." I reminded Kris and remained silent.

"Plus, I'm going to be with you through everything. You're not alone on this one." She smiled thankful to what I was doing.

"How did you came out." Kris asked after a while.

"Remember when I told you about the first time Emily and I started dating?" She nodded.

"Well, she broke up with me because she felt like she was taking steps backwards since I wasn't out of the closet. Or at least that was one of the reasons. When she broke up with me I was mad with myself because I couldn't come out. Until one day I decided that I couldn't keep hiding anymore. So one day, I gathered my parents in the living room and told them."

"How did they take it?"

"Better than I thought they would. There was a little screaming and crying but still better."

"What about now? Do they accept you the way you are?"

"They do. And so will your parents after a while. Trust me."

Kris' POV

Jay came just in time, I thought as I opened the door. Everything was ready. The table was set, the food was cooked and Paige was right behind me ready to help me. The only thing missing was my confidence, and Jay noticed that.

"Hey." He said once I opened the door.

"Hey." Paige said when she saw that I wasn't going to talk.

"What's up with you?" He said looking at me.

"Nothing." I mumbled.

"Did you bring the wine?" Paige asked in an attempt to stop Jay from asking again.

"Yeah." Jay said and handed to Paige the bottle.

We sat on the table and start eating, Paige and Jay talking about swimming while I was thinking about the plan Paige had create. We were supposed to eat first so I could calm down and Jay remember that I was a great friend, since I couldn't be convinced that nothing was going to change between us, and at the end of the dinner I would tell him.

"I'm gay." I said suddenly unconscious of it though. Paige and Jay turned to look at me with eyes wide open. As soon as I realized what I did I covered my mouth with my hands.

What have I done?