Hey guys! I'm really sorry for the late update but I've been studying for my exams so I couldn't find time to write. So here I am with the new chapter! I hope you'll like it. Also I want to thank you for the Favs and Follows. Make sure you leave a comment after you read the chapter and let me know what you think. Also if you have any suggestions make sure to tell me. Oh and don't hate me. Enjoy!
"It's too bad Austin had to leave earlier." Paige said while sitting on her bed.
"Yeah. I was really looking forward to spend some time with him." Kris said sad. Her brother received a call yesterday and had to leave for Boston due to a job emergency. "And now that Jay is in New York and you are not allowed to do anything we're stuck in here." The girl continued.
"Hey! It wasn't my fault! After all you wanted to go for a run out there."
"Yeah, but you are the one who fell." Paige grabbed her pillow and threw it to Kris. The pillow hit Kris' shoulder and Paige laughed mockingly. Kris stood up grabbing the pillow and walked to where Paige was sitting. Then with a sudden movement from the girl she hit Paige in the head with it. They started a pillow fight, laughing at each other's attempts. After a while Kris found herself lying on the floor with Paige above her hitting her with a pillow. The green eyed girl couldn't stop laughing while the other one was struggling to keep her balance.
"Are you ready to give up?" Paige asked in amusement.
"Never." The other girl said between her laughs. After that Paige carefully sat on top of Kris with one leg on each side of the girl's torso and started tickling her.
"Ok ok. Stop. I give up." The girl said between her laughs trying to catch her breath. And after that they just stood there, staring at each other. Both of them were too busy staring at the other one that none of them heard Kris' phone ringing. A few minutes later Paige realized what they were both doing and decided to break the awkward silence. She cleared her throat and stood up.
"Um, I'm gonna get some water." She said and headed to the kitchen. Kris just stood there following Paige with her gaze until she got into the kitchen.
"What did the mechanic say?" Jay asked once he saw Sydney enter the waiting room. They've been there for an hour just waiting for an update.
"Well apparently my car has more problems than just a flat tire. He said that something's wrong with the engine too." She responded.
"Can he fix it?"
"Yes but he said that it's going to take a while."
"Can you be more specific?"
"He said the car will be ready by the end of the week."
"Then why do you look so sad?" He said noticing her mood changing.
"Well, I had arrange this tour around campus and I'm not gonna make it." She explained.
"When is it?"
"In three days."
"I can give you a ride if you want."
"You don't have to."
"No really it's not a big deal. I'm going to Stanford anyway." He insisted.
"Are you sure?" She said hesitantly.
"Yes." He said reassuringly. "Oh, wait. Have you brought many suitcases with you?" He said a hint of concern evident in his voice.
"No just a backpack. I won't be staying long." She said.
"Ok. You should inform the mechanic that we're leaving and arrange when you're going to pick up the car." Jay suggested.
"Yeah, ok. Meet you outside?" Sydney asked as she headed for the door.
"I'll be waiting." He said smiling.
Paige and Kris were sitting silently in the couch staring at the dark TV screen. Since that awkward moment after the pillow fight things were… awkward between them. None of them really knew what to say.
"Wanna watch a movie?" Kris said as she turned to look at Paige breaking the silence.
"Sure." With that Kris stood up and walked over her desk. She opened the last drawer and took out some CDs.
"Ok so, we have The Great Gatsby, Friends With Benefits, Grown Ups, Scream, Despicable Me…"
"Despicable Me?" Paige said ready to burst into laughter.
"What?" Kris asked offended "I have to keep my inner child alive." She said smiling. Paige shook her head in amusement.
"Anyway we also have Pirates Of Caribbean and Rudy."
"Wait what? Did you just say Rudy?"
"Yeah, why?" Kris asked curious.
"Can we watch Rudy?" Paige asked quietly.
"Sure." Normally Paige would avoid that movie. She had already watched it at least a dozen times since it was Emily's favorite but right now she wanted to feel closer to her. They watched the movie in silence, Kris glancing once in a while at Paige. By the time the movie ended Kris had fallen asleep in Paige's shoulder and Paige was about to cry. But not because of the movie. She missed Emily.
"Did we sleep here?" Asked Kris once she realized where she was. Paige slowly opened her eyes realized that she had fallen asleep too since she didn't want to wake her roommate last night.
"Yeah I guess so."
"Why didn't you wake me up?" Kris asked lifting her head from the couch.
"Well you were already sleeping by the time the movie ended and I didn't want to wake you up." It was in that moment that Kris realized Paige wasn't only beautiful on the outside.
"Caleb, did you book the tickets yet?" Hanna asked from the kitchen.
"Just did. We'll be leaving next week." He said smiling. "Have you told Emily that we're going?" He asked more serious this time.
"Not yet. I don't know how she's going to react."
"You'll have to tell her at some point though."
"I know."
"So are we going?" Kris asked unable to contain her excitement.
"I'm not so sure if that's a good idea." Paige said hesitantly.
"Oh come on! Just because you're younger than everybody else doesn't mean that they you're not welcomed there. It's the swim team that holds the party after all and you are part of it." Said Kris more determined this time.
"Ok ok, we'll go, alright?"
"Yes!" Kris said throwing her fist in the air victoriously.
By the time the two girls arrived at 10 o' clock the party was on full swing. When they got there a group of girls from the swim team welcomed them and showed them where the drinks were. After a cup of vodka soda, Paige found herself sitting alone in one the couches thinking about how lonely she was. She felt her phone vibrate at reached at her back pocket to get it. It was a message from one of her old teammates, Sam.
-The team isn't the same without you
Sometimes Paige was sure that Sam had a crush on her. She typed a quick reply and put her phone back to her pocket. Suddenly she missed home. She had already finished the second cup of vodka soda and was holding the third. She grabbed her phone again and dialed the number of the girl that was haunting her mind.
But that girl never answered the call. Paige was disappointed but she decided to try again later. She stood up and started walking around searching for her roommate. She found Kris talking to one of their teammates with a cup in her hand. When she saw Paige making her way towards her she excused herself and reached Paige.
"Hey where have you been?" Kris asked.
"Just sitting."
"Really Paige? You came to a party to sit?"
"Well I don't exactly know anybody here except from you."
"I'm sorry for leaving you alone."
"It's ok."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah."
"Ok how about this. Finish your drink and come to meet me at the dance floor ok?"
"Ok." And with that Kris headed to the dance floor disappearing into the crowd. Paige decided she should try calling Emily one last time. She dialed the girl's number but again, no answer. Paige's mind started working overdrive as to why Emily didn't answer her phone. But in the end she just got mad at her. She finished her third cup and after grabbing another one she sat down again. Suddenly the music died down and was replaced by the voice of the DJ.
"WHAT'S UP PEOPLE?! So I'm gonna change the rhythm a little bit. So for the next song I want to see all of you jump. Got it?" The crowd cheered and waited for the song to start.
"One song about a girl
I can't breathe when I'm around her
I'll wait here everyday
In case she'll scratch the surface
She'll never notice…"
Everybody was jumping up and down dancing and Paige just stood there all alone looking at them.
"I'm not in love
This is not my heart
I'm not gonna waste these words
About a girl…"
"Well you my friend are lucky." Paige thought to herself.
"Last night, I knew what to say
But you weren't there to hear it
These lines, so well rehearsed
Tongue tied and over-loaded
You'll never notice…"
"My mom knows you're out here?" Emily asked as she walked to her porch.
"She said I could wait inside. I told her I was ok here. Your mom knows we're fighting." Paige said and then stood up.
"We're not fighting, we're done fighting."
"Which makes us what?"
"We… go to the same school, we used to be teammates… maybe we'll be friends."
"I practiced what I'm gonna say to you, did you know that? I talked to myself the whole way over here. I'm pretty convincing. And then I get to this porch and I forget everything. All I can say is… I love you. Like if I say it just right it will fix things, somehow you'll hear it differently this time and… everything will be alright."
"I'm sorry."
"That didn't sound very good." Paige said lowering her head. "I better go." She said and started walking away.
"Paige." Emily said after turning around. "You deserve the best of everything."
"That's what I had." Paige's voice sounded so broken, so fragile.
When Paige woke up from her day dreaming the song was over and had been replaced by a really upbeat one. She finished her fourth cup and walked to the dance floor where she found Kris dancing. She felt pretty dizzy by now but she didn't really care. She smiled and walked over to where Kris was. Kris took her hands and placed them on her hips. They both started moving in a matching rhythm and before she realized it she was behind her roommate. Her hands were resting on the other girl's hips as they were pushed together, Kris' back and ass rubbing against Paige's front. She was getting hot but she liked being that close to the other girl. After a while Paige turned Kris around and they were now facing each other but still pushed really close. Kris looked Paige straight in the eyes lustful before bending her knees and then getting up again, repeating this for some time till the song change. Paige could tell that Kris was a little bit tipsy from the drinks she had. But she had done nothing to stop what had just happened.
The rest of the party had gone fairly well. The two roommates had arrived back on their dorm around 5, both of them stumbling and laughing. And once Kris stumbled and fell on the couch she didn't get up. She fell asleep there. Paige on the other hand seeing Kris fall to the couch started laughing and before she realized it she landed on her roommate's bed.
"So I was wondering, is there any chance you would like to go out with me when we get to Stanford?" Jay asked as he opened the hotel's room door, holding two cups of coffee and a small brown paper bag.
"Uh sure. Why not?" She asked smiling. "I really don't know anyone there." She continued.
"I could introduce you to some of my friends if you want to. We could go on a double date."
"Are you sure they'll be ok with me being there?"
"Yeah. They are not that older after all. One of them hasn't even finished high school yet."
"If you say so."
"Cool. I'll give them a call." He said with a big smile plastered on his face.
"Hey Kris! What's up?" He asked a little too excited when his friend answered.
"Ugh, lower your voice I'm having a hangover."
"Oh, ok. Anyway I was wondering if we could go out on a double date tomorrow after I get back."
"Who?"
"Me and Sydney with you and Paige."
"Ok first of all you do realize that Paige and I are not together, right? And second who is Sydney?"
"It's this girl I met on my way back. But please, she's coming to Stanford for a tour and I promised her that I'll introduce her to some of my friends so please just convince Paige and book a table at one of the restaurants outside of campus. Please?"
"Ok, I'll see what I can do." And with that the call ended.