"Hey guys." I said nervously to the readers of this fanfic. "I know it's been 1 month and 14 days since my last update and I wanted to say I'm sorry and that it probably won't happen again."

Anyway thanks for the reviews/favs/follows! Btw this is the biggest chapter yet and the next chapter will be update most likely a week from now. Till then... Enjoy!

"Did you just see what I just saw?"

"Yes I did Hanna, I'm not blind."

"What are we gonna do?" Hanna started to panic inside. She knew about Emily and Talia but she didn't expect Paige to move on from her friend. She couldn't blame her and deep inside she knew that this was going to happen sooner or later but she wasn't ready for it. "Should we tell Emily about this?"

"I don't know Hanna. She's your best friend not mine." To be honest Caleb was happy that he didn't have to make that decision. Paige was his friend but so was Emily. The girl deserved to know the truth but he didn't know how she was going to react. With all the A drama back in Rosewood, with her college applications and with Paige's departure she became a mess.

"Are you done eating?" Hanna asked impatiently. She wanted to get out of there as soon as possible.

"Yes."

"Ok let's go." She said and stood up.

"Go were? Didn't you wanna go shopping?" He asked recalling their plan.

"I did before I saw them." She said and walked to the exit.

"So what? Where are we going now?" Caleb asks surprised by the girl's reaction.

"Back to your mom's."

"I wish you could stay." Jay said sad. He wasn't ready to let Sydney go. They had a great time together and he wasn't sure if he was going to see her again since she might not attend Stanford next year.

"I do too but we both know that I can't."

"So what's gonna happen to us?"

"I honestly don't know Jay. I mean I really like you but can we work through long distance relationship?"

"I don't know if we can but I want to try." Jay was determined to make this work. This situation reminded him of Paige and her girlfriend. Well, ex-girlfriend if you consider that Paige is now dating Kris. Paige didn't seem like she tried to make it work with Emily although it seemed like she really loved her. But then again he didn't know the whole story.

"We should do this more often." Paige said as she and Kris entered their dorm room. They had just gotten back from the mall and were both exhausted after walking around the shops all day.

"Wanna watch a movie?" Kris said and sat on the couch.

"Sure. What do you want to watch?" Paige sat next to Kris and grabbed the remote control from her girlfriend's hands.

"How about a thriller?" Kris said with a smile forming in her lips.

"Again?!"

"You know I love them." The girl pleaded.

"Ok. But I get to choose which one we'll watch."

"Fine." Paige smiled at that and gave Kris a quick peck on the lips.

"We're watching… 'Nightmare On Elm Street'." The auburn haired girl said after a while.

"What?! That's older than I am!" Kris protested.

"So what? That doesn't mean it's not good."

"Yeah but it won't be scary."

"That's the whole point of me picking a thriller." Paige smiled and made herself comfortable on the couch.

It's been a day since Hanna saw Paige at the mall and she couldn't wait to get to Rosewood. She still wasn't sure if she was going to tell Emily about Paige and the mystery girl but she needed to tell someone that could understand her cause obviously Caleb couldn't. While on the plane Hanna couldn't stop thinking about it. What made this girl so special that made Paige give up on Emily? Why would she ever give up on Emily? She knew that Emily had dated Talia for a while but Paige couldn't have known that, right? So the girl kept thinking, making up theories as to why would Paige do that and questioning till she fell asleep next to her boyfriend. The realization that someone that really loves you can walk away from you hit Hanna hard.

Several hours later, back in Rosewood, Emily is getting ready to meet Hanna and the girls for dinner. She was a bit nervous about today's dinner. Hanna was back and she might have visit Stanford. She might have seen Paige. As she unwrapped the towel from around her body and opened her closet something silver caught her attention. It was her old Halloween costume. The one she wore on the train and the one Paige couldn't stop staring her in.

Emily got out of the shower in hurry. She had only one hour to get ready for the party and Paige would come to pick her up in forty five minutes. The girl opened her bedroom door and got in unwrapping the towel from around her body. She threw the towel next to her costume. She got dressed, put on some makeup, dried her hair and looked at the mirror. Satisfied with her appearance she opened her bedroom door, got out and walked to the living room where her mom was watching TV. Sensing the new presence in the room Pam turned and saw her daughter looking at her expectantly. She looked stunning.

"Wow honey, you look stunning." The woman said.

"You like it?"

"Of course I do. And Paige's gonna love it." Pam said smiling. Emily didn't have a chance to respond as the doorbell rang.

"Speak of the devil." Emily heard her mom saying. The girl stood behind the door and prepared herself for what she was about to see. Paige refused to tell her what her costume would be and Emily couldn't stop thinking about it all week. She slowly reached for the doorknob and opened the door. Behind that door was Paige looking hot as hell in her tux and Emily was ready to pull Paige into a passionate kiss when her mom appeared from behind and ruined the opportunity.

"Wow Paige look at you." Pam said proudly as if Paige was her own daughter.

"Thank you Miss Fields." Paige said with a wide smile across her face.

"Paige how many times do I have to tell you? Stop calling me 'Miss Fields'. You make me feel old."

"Sorry Miss... Pam." Paige corrected herself. Emily still stood next to the door looking at Paige amazed by how stunning her girlfriend is looking tonight.

"Em are you ok?" Paige asked worried when she noticed that her girlfriend seemed paralyzed. Emily snapped out of her daydreaming and smiled to her girlfriend.

"Yes. I'm fine." Emily said reassuringly. "Ready to go?" She added before her girlfriend had the chance to doubt what she said.

"Yeah, let's go." Paige said offering her hand for Emily to take. The girls bid their goodbyes to the woman that was still standing next to the door and walked to Paige's car. Once they reached the car the auburn haired girl rushed to open the door for her girlfriend. Emily smiled at how sweet the other girl was. After getting inside she waited for Paige to reach the other side of the car and opened the door for herself and got in. By the time the girl got inside Emily grabbed her and kissed passionately until they both run out of air.

"What was that for?" Paige asked confused, with a huge smile plastered on her face.

"Do you have any idea how hard it was for me not to kiss you the moment I opened the door and saw you wearing this?" Emily asked fixing her hair since Paige couldn't keep her hands for herself. Paige blushed hearing those words coming out of the girl's mouth.

"So that's why you froze back there?"The girl asked in amusement.

"Busted." Emily said blushing. But she didn't have a chance to continue what she said. Before she realized it Paige gently cupped her face in her hands and connected their lips into a sweet but hungry kiss. It didn't take Emily long to respond moving her lips against Paige's ready to rip the girl's tux off. Paige licked the raven haired girl's lips begging for permission and the girl happily gave it as she opened her mouth. Their tongues met each other eagerly and after a while they started dancing in their own unique rhythm. Emily hadn't kissed anyone like that and neither did Paige. And that wasn't going to change. They wouldn't let it happen.

By the time Hanna parked her car outside of the restaurant she was already ten minutes late. She had decided to tell Emily and the girls about what she saw at the mall. That's why she stood in her car without moving. She was staling. She knew that. Ten more minutes later she decided that it was now or never so she got out of the vehicle and made her way to the restaurant opening the door. She immediately spotted the three girls sitting in a table in the middle of the room talking to each other. She hesitantly walked to where the table was and was welcomed by the girls who stood up to hug their best friend. The four girls sat down and Hanna made sure to sit next to Aria and opposite to Spencer so she wouldn't have to see the look on Emily's face once she told them about what she saw.

"So, Hanna, how was your trip to San Francisco?" Aria asked as she took a sip of her drink.

"Uh... It was good. Yeah it was pretty good. Caleb's mom was really happy to see us and her new house is amazing." Hanna answered trying not to give any important information away.

"What did you guys do while you were there?" Spencer required to know.

"Lots of stuff. Uh... Caleb's mom gave us a small tour around San Francisco, we went shopping and... Dinners. We had a lot of dinners." The answered awkwardly. She knew her answer was suspicious and she knew that the girls would notice that something was wrong. And they did.

"Hanna is everything ok?" Emily asked creasing her eyebrows.

"Yeah. Why wouldn't it be?"

"Because you're acting weird." Spencer stated.

"Hanna did something happened while you were there? Did A send you another threat?" Aria asked worried about her friend's weird behavior.

"No A didn't do anything." Hanna said quietly.

"Here goes nothing" The blonde thought to herself.

"Paige did." She added closing her eyes.

"What do you mean? Is everything ok? Is Paige ok?" Emily immediately asked worried while the other two girls were looking at her waiting for an explanation.

"Yeah, Paige is fine." Hanna said unable to meet her friends' eyes.

"Hanna?" Spencer asked this time expectantly. The girl released the breath she was holding and lifted her head just enough to meet Spencer's gaze.

"Yesterday morning Caleb and I decided to visit Stanford. We were planning on eating lunch at the mall and then doing some shopping there." Hanna started nervously deciding to start from the beginning. "Once we reached the mall we got inside and after wandering around we sat at one of the restaurants with view to the ground floor. We ordered our food and started to eat when the waitress came with the orders."

"Hanna we don't care what you ordered." Spencer said realizing that her friend was stalling.

"Ok, ok. So after a while I heard someone laugh from the ground floor so I looked and saw two girls laughing. I didn't pay attention at first but then I recognized the laughter. I looked at the girls again and realized that Paige was one of them." Emily felt her hand turn to a fist that tightened with every word that came out of Hanna's mouth. She had a bad feeling about this.

"I was about to call Paige's name when..." The girl couldn't bring to finish that sentence. But then she saw Emily's eyes and knew that she had to do this. The girl deserved to know. "When Paige leaned and kissed the other girl." Hanna finished the sentence.

Emily felt a wave of nausea and immediately stood up and rushed to the restroom. The rest of the girls followed her and got in the room just in time to see Emily spit her guts out in one of the stalls. They waited until their friend felt better and decided it was better to head home. Spencer offered to give Emily a ride and the girl accepted thinking it was for the best.

Once Emily entered her house she headed straight to her bedroom. She placed her jacket on her bed and sat on the window seat. Couple weeks after Paige left to San Francisco Emily was still worried about Paige. She was afraid that A would go after her girlfriend just to make her even more miserable. So she came up with a plan. For A to go after Paige would mean that Paige still cared about her. That's why when Talia revealed her feelings she decided to "use" their relationship as bate. If A did keep an eye on Paige he would make sure that the girl knew about this. Paige would get angry and she would move on from her. She would start a real life there, in Stanford, with a girlfriend and a real future. But even if Emily was the one that wanted this to happen it still hurt like hell.

After Spencer dropped Emily at the latter's house she quickly made her way to her home and parked the car outside. She started walking to her house and reached for her phone in her back pocket of her jeans. She got her phone out and dialed Paige's number. A few seconds later she heard the girl's voice at the other end of the line.

"Hey Spence, is everything ok?" Paige asked the worry evident in her voice. Even now that she was dating Kris she was still getting worried when it came to the raven haired beauty. She still cared.

"No it's not ok." She replied angrily. "How could you do this to Emily?"

"What are you talking about?" The girl asked confused. "Is Emily ok?"

"No she's not. Last time I saw her she was trying to recover after spitting her guts out because she heard that you kissed another girl."

"She did what?!" The girl was trying to process what she heard. On one hand she was confused as to how Emily knew about her and Kris and on the other hand she was worried about the girl's health.

"You heard me." Spencer replied angrily.

"How did she found out?" Paige asked quietly.

"Hanna saw you kiss another girl on her trip to Stanford." The girl answered simply trying to contain her anger.

"Is Emily ok now?"

"She's struggling. Why would you do that Paige?" Spencer asked after a moment of silence. But this was the wrong thing to ask.

"Excuse me?" Paige asked getting angry. She felt like the other girl was accusing her for what she'd done.

"I thought you loved Emily." Spencer continued.

"Yeah, well I thought Emily loved me. But apparently she doesn't."

"What are you talking about?" The brunette asked confused.

"I'm talking about Emily dating Talia." Paige said unable to hide her hurt out of her voice.

"What?" The girl uttered. She didn't know that Paige knew about Talia. She was caught off guard. And that didn't happen very often.

"You heard me." It was time for Paige to defend herself. She had made her choice and no one would make her feel guilty about it.

"How do you know about that?" Spencer was obviously still in shock.

"A friend from Rosewood paid me a visit. I asked about Emily and that's what I got."

"And you believed them?" Spencer asked trying to make it sound like this wasn't true.

"Why? You're gonna tell me that this isn't true?" Paige shot back waiting for the other girl's answer. But Spencer remained silent. She knew that she couldn't convince the girl otherwise. "That's what I thought." Paige said quietly.

"And what about the girl you kissed at the mall. Who is she?" The girl decided to change the subject. She needed more information.

"She's someone I met in Stanford. She's from the swim team." Paige didn't want the other girl to know that the person they were talking about was her roommate. Spencer was capable for a lot of things and she knew that if she had something to start with she would come up with something. And Paige gave her something. "Anyway I gotta go. Is there anything else you want to ask me?"

"Do you still love Emily?"

Paige remained silent she knew the answer. It was always the same. It never changed. But if she admitted that to Spencer it would mean that she still hasn't moved on from Emily. Which, well, she hasn't.

"Goodbye Spence." Paige said quietly before ending the call.

"Is everything ok?" Kris asked when she saw the look on the girl's face.

"Yeah." Paige said distractedly still looking at her phone.

"Paige?" Kris stood up from where she was sitting and walked to her girlfriend's bed where the girl was laying.

"It was just Spencer."

"Yes, I know that. Is Emily ok?" She got straight to the point. She knew that the girl had asked Spencer to let her know if something happened to Emily so her thoughts immediately drifted there.

"Uh... sort of. She... knows about us." She turned and looked at Kris' eyes that were waiting for her to go on. "Apparently Hanna, one of her best friends, saw us kissing and told Emily."

"When did that happened?" Her emerald eyes widened in shock.

"Emily found out today and I think Hanna saw us yesterday."

"How did she take it?"

"Not very well. I mean she wasn't angry from what Spencer told me just... sick." She added. Kris looked at her quizzically but she just told her to drop the matter.

"How about you? Are you ok?" The girl asked cautiously.

"I'm not sure." Paige stated. "I mean I didn't want Emily to find out this way but Spencer calling me and talking to me like I killed someone... It's not fair."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean that the way Spencer said those things, it was like she was trying to make me feel guilty. Like I actually did something wrong!"

"Can I ask you a question?" Kris asked reluctantly. When Paige nodded she continued. "Why didn't you try to have a long distance relationship with Emily? Why did you asked for space and then never talked to her again?"

Paige closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "Emily is stunning, sweet, smart, loyal, tough, great athlete. Was a great athlete." The girl corrected. "But Emily is also surrounded by much trouble. She didn't exactly cause this trouble but it's still there. Being with Emily makes you feel like you're in paradise. But the trouble doesn't only affect Emily it affects and the people close to her. Like me. I was scared, I got the chance and left Rosewood. But Emily can't. Not quite yet. If Emily and I decided to have a long distance relationship then I would be a distraction for her. She needs to figure things out. She needs to solve her problems. It would be harder for her to do that if she had to worry about me too."

"But there's more, right?"

Damn she's smart. Paige thought.

"I never had any problems in my relationship with Emily or with how she treated me. Except one. I was always the one going after her. I practically did all the chasing every time we broke up. It's not like she didn't express her love... I just... I feel like she took me for granted."

"So what do you want Paige?"

"Can we stop talking about this?"

"But..." Kris tried to protest but Paige didn't give her the chance.

"Kris just drop it." Paige said starting to get frustrated. Kris was surprised by the tone on Paige's voice. She had never seen the girl react this way.

Paige was standing at the empty mall. It was dark. All the lights were off and she just stood there, on the ground floor, looking around for any sign that she wasn't alone.

Suddenly, she heard laughter coming from the second floor. She decided to follow the laughter and started climbing the stairs. When she finally reached the second floor she saw a girl standing at the end of the hallway. But the girl wasn't laughing anymore. From the light that was coming through the windows she was able to recognize the girl. It was Kris. The mascara the girl was wearing was now painting her cheeks like the girl had been crying. The once green eyed, cheerful girl had now completely black eyes and was dressed in black. Paige felt like she was starring in a horror film.

She immediately snapped out of her thoughts when her roommate rounded a corner and Paige followed practically jogging in an attempt to catch up to the other girl. When she rounded the corner she found Kris starring at two girls kissing. Kris then turned to face her.

"That's what you dumped me for." She said brokenly gesturing at the two girls that were now looking at each other smiling. The lights in the mall were suddenly turned on and Paige was now able to see who the two girls were.

And there she was looking at Emily who was staring at a blond girl sporting a pixie haircut. The blond cupped Emily's cheek with one hand and slowly leaned to kiss Emily. Emily reciprocated the kiss and when they both came out for air the girls turned to face Paige.

Paige could now see the blond's face clearly. She had smoky blue eyes and she seemed around her age but she was by a few inches shorter than Emily.

"Paige I want you to meet my wife, Talia." Emily said smiling.

Paige woke up in sweat. She abruptly sat up and looked around the dark room the only light coming from the open window. The girl turned her attention to her roommate lying on the other bed. Kris was sleeping with her back to her but Paige couldn't stop thinking about the dream. The state Kris was in.

She slowly got up and headed to the kitchen to get a glass of water. She grabbed her phone on her way to the other room and looked at the time. It was 4p.m. And she knew that in four hours her practice will start. Tomorrow's program was full. She and the rest of the swim team had two hours workout at the gym and then in the afternoon they had a three hours practice at the pool. She needed to sleep but she's scared that if she closes her eyes again she will see another nightmare. Could the blond from her dream actually be Talia?

The girl made her way back to her bedroom and sat on her desk. She opened the second drawer and took out a picture of her and Emily. It was from the Halloween party on the train. Back then she looked so happy. That was probably because she was hopeful that things would get better but they didn't.

"What went wrong?" Paige thought to herself. "What changed?"

Next morning Emily woke up later than she expected. She had a hard time sleeping last night. She couldn't stop thinking about Paige. Even the thought of the other girl kissing someone else made her feel sick.

The raven haired girl grabbed her phone from her desk and stared at it. She wanted to make a phone call but she wasn't sure if she should. Gathering all the courage she had she dialed the number and placed her phone on her ear.

"I'm gonna take a shower." Paige said once she and Kris entered their dorm room. The girls had just finished their morning workout at the gym and were still a little bit sweaty.

"Ok." Kris said as she placed her duffel bag on her bed. Paige made sure that she had everything she needed before getting in the bathroom and closing the door behind her.

Five minutes later her phone started ringing. Kris, who was currently watching TV, stood up from the couch she was sitting on and walked over to her roommate's bed where Paige's phone was. The girl grabbed the phone and walked to the closed bathroom door. She knocked twice.

"Paige your phone is ringing." Kris said loud enough for the other girl to hear.

"Uh... could you answer and tell them that I'll call them later." Paige asked behind the door.

"Sure." Kris looked at the girl's phone again before answering the call.

"Hello?" Kris said in greeting.

"Paige?!" A surprised girl said from the other end of the line.

"Um... no. I'm Kris, Paige's roommate. She's taking a shower so she couldn't answer." The girl explained. "Who am I speaking with?"

"Emily."