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That night, Emily pulled up in front of Spencer's house, her teeth clamped firmly down on her bottom lip, chewing it nervously as she walked to the door. She gave a light knock and waited, tapping her foot impatiently. She was greeted by Mrs. Hastings.

"Emily, are you okay?" Veronica noticed Emily's nervous state and furrowed her brow.

"Is Spencer here? I need to talk to her," Emily asked.

"Sure, she's in her room, go on up," Veronica nodded, opening the door all the way for her to enter. Emily thanked her and continued up towards her girlfriend's bedroom. She paused before knocking on the door, anxious as to how Spencer would handle everything. She knocked twice and listened for a reply.

"Come in!" Spencer called. Emily turned the door knob and swung the door open. Spencer was sitting at her desk and she grinned when she saw Emily. But all smiles were lost when Emily's eyes brimmed with tears, the mere sight of Spencer making her heart ache, knowing how Pam felt about the two of them together.

"Emily…What's wrong babe?" Spencer stood up and moved swiftly to her girlfriend, taking her in her arms and hugging her so tightly that Emily could feel her bones creak. Emily pulled back, she was crying now, and shook her head as she tried to put a sentence together through her sobs. "What happened?"

"I…my mom…" Emily said, not even able to say the whole phrase. Spencer cupped the tan girl's face and wiped her tears away.

"Talk to me, Em. Did you tell your mom?" Spencer asked, guiding Emily over to the edge of the bed and sitting down next to her.

Emily shook her head and took a deep breath, "No…A did. A sent my mom the picture of us at the concert. I fell asleep last night by accident. And when I woke up I had tons of missed calls and texts from my mom. She was furious," Emily said, wiping her eyes.

"What did she say?"

"She told me that she didn't want us to be together. And that she was going to call Hanna's mom and your parents and tell them not to let us see each other," Emily explained, getting choked up again.

Spencer fumed, "Emily, look at me," Spencer placed two fingers under Emily's chin and lifted it up, "You and me are strong enough to make it through this. I'm not going anywhere."

Emily wrapped her arms around her girlfriend and nuzzled her neck. "What are we gonna do?"

"We'll see each other at school every day, and for now, that'll have to do," Spencer said quietly, looking down at her crying girlfriend. She leaned down and pressed a comforting kiss to Emily's forehead. For a while they just sat in silence, holding each other, pretending time had stopped just for them.

Suddenly, Emily's phone rang and she looked at the screen. "It's Hanna," Emily said, answering, "Hello?"

"Hey, Em, where are you?" Hanna asked.

Emily glanced at Spencer, "I'm with Spence…why?"

"My mom said you have to come home…she just had a talk with your mom…" Hanna said regrettably.

"Really?" Emily complained, "I guess I have no choice…I'll see you soon, then," Emily sighed.

"Yeah," Hanna replied before they both hung up. Then Emily looked at Spencer.

"I have to go home. My mom got Hanna's mom on her side and she's keeping me from you," Emily said sadly, standing up with Spencer.

"Okay…I'll walk you out," Spencer said quietly, trying to hold in her anger. The two of them walked down to the front door. They stopped, not wanting to be pulled apart. Emily bit her lip, trying to avoid more tears as Spencer gazed at her.

"Bye, Spence," Emily said meekly.

Spencer pulled Emily into a warm embrace, "I love you, Em, don't forget that. I love you and only you and I'm willing to fight for us if you are. We can do this," Spencer assured her.

Emily nuzzled Spencer's neck and nodded, "I love you, too."

They pulled back and leaned in for a lingering kiss. "Night," Spencer said as Emily opened the door.

"Night," Emily waved, giving one last half smile to her girlfriend before she disappeared. Spencer closed the door and leaned up against it, her eyes closed in frustration.

"You're sure are pretty crazy about her," a voice came from the kitchen. The voice of none other than Melissa.

Spencer opened her eyes slowly, "I am…but her mom…she can't stand the idea of us together. And she is trying to separate us." Spencer walked towards the couch and slumped onto it.

Melissa crossed the room to where Spencer sat and joined her. Spencer's face was in her hands and Melissa could tell she was crying.

"Spence," Melissa put her hand on her sister's back, willing Spencer too look up, "I know you, and I know how strong you are. I think you can make it through this. If you love Emily half as much as I saw just now, you'll be fine. Pam just needs time to see how much you guys need eachother."

Spencer wiped her eyes, "Why are you being so nice to me all of a sudden? I thought you hated me," Spencer asked almost sarcastically.

Melissa smiled a little, "Because, nobody makes my sister miserable except for me," the young woman joked. Spencer couldn't help but laugh.

"Hey!"

"I'm just saying that even though we fight and we have problems of our own, I hate to see you heartbroken. And as much as it pains me to say this…I want you to be happy," Melissa teased. Spencer smiled and hugged her older sister.

"Thank you." Their moment was interrupted by Spencer's phone. Annoyed, Spencer picked up, "Hello?"

"Spencer! It's Evelyn." She sounded worried on the other end. Spencer sat up straight at the sound of her frantic voice.

"Evelyn? What's wrong?" Spencer asked.

"It's Emma, she's in the hospital again," Evelyn explained.

"What? Why?" Spencer asked.

"We haven't heard yet…we're all waiting here to find out. Emma just collapsed at dinner tonight…I just wanted you to know."

"I'm coming up there. I'll be there later."

"You don't have to, Spence. That's a five hour drive," Evelyn said.

"I want to. Tell Emma I'll be there as soon as I can."

Evelyn sighed on the other end of the line, "Okay. Drive safe."

"Thanks, I will. Bye." Spencer hung up and looked at her sister, "Can today get any worse?"

Melissa felt bad for her sister, "What happened?"

"Emma's in the hospital, again. But they don't know what's wrong yet. I'm going up there," Spencer said assertively.

"I'll take you. C'mon, you're not going up there alone."

"Melissa, really, you don't have to do this for me-,"

"No, I want to. Now come on. We've got a bit of a drive." Melissa stood up and held out her hand to Spencer.

Spencer sighed and decided there was no arguing, so with that she nodded and took her sister's hand.

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Emily sat in the Marin's kitchen, pushing her food around her plate, not wanting anything at the moment except to be in Spencer's arms. Ashley saw how upset Emily was and reached over to touch her hand.

"Sweetie, I'm so sorry I can't let you see Spencer. But I made a promise to your mother and if she wants you two apart then I have to honor that. If it were up to me you would be with her right now," the beautiful mother explained. Emily tried to hide the new tears that were forming.

"I know," Emily nodded, looking down at her plate. She felt Hanna's comforting hand on her knee under the table and she gave her friend a half smile.

"And I'm sure over time, your mother will warm up to Spencer and your relationship with her. But she's just shocked right now, and she feels hurt. Just give her time to breathe and process what's going on. After all, you are her one and only daughter…she loves you with all her heart, and eventually she'll grow to support you," Ashley said logically, glancing at Hanna as she spoke. Hanna smiled and nodded, grateful that her mother was being so caring towards Emily.

"Thanks. But what is so bad about me and Spencer that she sees and I don't?" Emily asked almost to herself.

"Em, she is just trying to protect you and grasp the fact that you're serious about Spencer," Hanna shrugged.

"I guess so," Emily nodded.

Ashley sat up straighter all of a sudden, a smile on her face, "Emily, I think your mom's words were that she didn't want you alone with Spencer, right?" Ashley asked.

"Yeah…why?"

"Well, why don't you invite her and Aria over for a girls night, that way I would be here to 'supervise' and you could still be with Spencer."

"Really? You would let us do that?" Emily asked.

"Sure," Ashley said, feeling sympathetic for the young woman.

"Wow, thank you!"

"Thanks, mom," Hanna added.

"Of course, girls. Now, I think some ice cream is in order, yeah? I think it's safe to say that we could all use a little dessert binge tonight," Ashley grinned and the girls giggled as she got up from the table.

Emily looked over at Hanna and smiled, "Thanks Hanna, you guys are amazing."

"Of course Em, you're like part of our family now. We love you!" Hanna hugged her best friend and they stayed that way for a while.

"I'm so lucky to have you as a friend, Han," Emily said as they separated.

Hanna shook her head as she stood with Emily to take their plates over to the sink, "I'm the lucky one. I've never known someone as brave as you, Em."

"Me? Brave? Yeah right!" Emily shook her head and laughed as if Hanna was joking. They walked out and sat on the patio on the swing.

"Seriously, I would have never had the courage to do some of the things you did if I was you. You came out, you told Dr. Sullivan about A when the rest of us couldn't-,"

"That wasn't brave!"

"Yes it was! It was about time we stepped up to A!"

"But look at what that caused, everything went to hell…"

"But look at where we are now. We're all stronger because of what you did."

Emily sighed, "I guess you're right."

"Of course I am!" Hanna joked.

"Girls," Ashley stepped out onto the patio, "Ice cream!"

"Let's get chocolate wasted!" Hanna joked, pulling Emily to her feet.

Emily giggled, "Right behind you, Han!"

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In the car, Spencer drummed her knee up and down anxiously as they drove along in silence. Melissa looked over and saw how worried her sister was and reached over to touch her hand. Spencer, who was taken back with surprise, darted her head over to her sibling and felt a smile cover her face.

"Thank you, Melissa. This means a lot that you're doing this for me," Spencer smiled.

"That's what sisters do for each other," Melissa nodded, turning the radio on for some light background noise. Spencer nodded and looked back out the window. There was a moment of silence before Melissa struck up conversation again. "So…you and Emily are pretty serious?"

Spencer looked back over at her sister and nodded, "I can't picture not being with her anymore. She's the best thing that's ever happened to me."

"Mom said you guys went up to the Blink 182 concert recently, right? How'd that go?" Melissa asked curiously.

"It was amazing…well until Emma got sick of course. But the night of the concert was one of the best nights of my life," Spencer grinned thinking about her and Emily's romantic evening.

"Oh, did you two hook up?" Melissa asked teasingly. Spencer blushed a deep scarlet.

"Yeah…for the first time," Spencer nodded, still smiling.

"Was she any good…you know…" Melissa trailed off.

"In bed? She's amazing. I can't even really describe it. There's just something about the way her touch feels compared to other people I've been with. She's just…gentle, you know?" Spencer asked, seeming to go off into her own little world.

Melissa grinned, "That's adorable that you think so highly of her. I do have a question, though. How many times have you had sex with her?"

"Two times, to be exact. But let me just say, it felt so natural, like we had been having sex for years. We sort of just knew what drives each other wild. There weren't a lot of awkward moments or confusion, we just sort of…gelled. Does that make sense?" Spencer explained.

"That's good. I'm glad you feel comfortable with her, that's important."

"Yes, it certainly is."

"And don't take this the wrong way…but Emily is totally hot, you're lucky."

"Yes, I certainly am."

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