"You want to ditch practice?"Emily asked starting at me with a raised eyebrow."

"Yeah, between your Mom, school, Swimming, Lacrosse and Sam we've hardly hung out Em."I paused and looked down at my black Burberry boots when she rolled her eyes at Sam's name. "I miss my best friend."

Her face softened at my words and she pulled me into a hug, wrapping her arms around my waist and nuzzleing her nose in my neck.I sigh and pull her closer to me.

"Alright Spence, lets ditch."She said pulling out of the hug. "but you get to tell my coach I'm not going to be there today." She walked off towards the pool, throwing a smile over her shoulder at me. "She loves me it wont be too hard"

"Spencer, nice to see you again, When are you going to quit Lacrosse and join the swim team?"Coach Fulton asked throwing her arm around my shoulder. "With you and Emily on the team, we'd kill every meet."

Fulton has been trying to get me to join the swim team for awhile now. She thinks, no believes that Emily, Paige and I would be unstoppable together on a swim team. I'm not as fast as swimmer as Emily, hell no one is as good as Em but I can hold my own in the pool.

"Give it up Coach, Lacrosse is her passion, she'll never quit."Emily yelled from across the pool where she was talking to her team mates. "What's up Spencer?"Fulton removed her arm from my shoulder and raised her perfectly shaped eyebrow.

"I need Emily for the day." "What for?"She asked.

I look down at my boots then back up at Fulton with unshed tears threatening to spill from my eyes.. "My Grandma is in the hospital and I need Emily to go with me to see her."

Strong arms are around me in seconds and comforting words are being whispered into my ear. I kinda feel bad for lying to her, seeing as she cares this much for me but I need my Emily time and I will get it any way I can. After a few minutes of her hugging me, she lets go and calls Emily over.

"Yeah Coach?" Emily looks at me with confusion then back at her Coach. She knew I was going to get her out of practice but didn't know I would be using tears to do.

"You don't have to stay for practice today, you are free to go with Spencer to see her Grandmother but I want you to come in tomorrow morning to make up for it."

"Thanks Coach."Emily said and dragged me out the building and towards my car. "Where are we going?"She asked when we got in the car. "Our spot."

-oOo-

"I ditched swim practice to come swimming?"

"No you ditched to hang out with me and maybe swim but first, I learned a new song, I want to play it for you. "I answered grabbing my guitar from beside me on the rock i'm sitting on. "Sounds good."She said taking a seat on the ground in front of me.

This is a normal thing for us, coming to the creek to swim and for me to play Emily any new songs I learned. I never play a song from anyone else till I've played it for Emily. It's been this way since I started to learn to play the guitar at age 9.

I alway tired to play for Sam but she would just tell me it was a waste of time and that playing the guitar would get me nowhere in life. It's not like I wanted to make a career out of it, it's just something I enjoy doing. Why couldn't Sam see that?

I strum the first few chords of the song and Emily's face lights up and she smiles at me. This is one of her favourite songs.

'Kiss me out on the bearded barley, Nightly, beside the green, green grass,

Swing, swing, swing the spinning step, You wear those shoes and I will wear that dress

Oh, kiss me beneath the milky twilight, lead me out on the moonlit floor, lift your open hand

Strike up the band and make the fireflies dance, Silver moon's sparkling, So kiss me.'

'Kiss me down by the broken tree house, Swing me upon it's hanging tire,

Bring, bring, bring your flowered hat, We'll take the trail marked on your father's map,

Oh, kiss me beneath the milky twilight, Lead me out on the moonlit floor, Lift your open hand,

Strike up the band and make the fireflies dance, Silver moon's sparkling, So kiss me'

Emily closes her eyes as I continue to play, still smiling as she joins in singing with me.

'Kiss me beneath the milky twilight, Lead me out on the moonlit floor, Lift your open hand,

Strike up the band and make the fireflies dance,

Silver moon's sparkling, So kiss me. So kiss me, So kiss me.'

"I love when you bring me out here, to play a song for me. You nailed the song."She said as she stood up.

Putting the guitar back down beside me I watch Emily pull her shirt over her head. She tosses the shirt on the rock beside her and slowly slides her shorts off. My eyes roam her body, taking in her tall athletic form. She catches me staring and raises her perfectly shaped eyebrow.

"Like what you see Hastings?"She smirked then dived into the creek. "You have no idea."I whispered under my breath and began to remove my clothes as well.

"Spencer what the hell are those from?"Emily asked looking over my bikini clad body. I look down, taking in the buries that lined my torso. "Uh, Lacrosse?"I said but it came out more as a question. That was very believable Spencer, good job...

She gets out the water and makes her way towards me, her lips turned down in a frown. "Spence, don't lie to me please."She whispered placing her hand on my cheek. I stiffen at first then relax into her touch. My hand comes up and laces our fingers together, keeping her hand on my cheek.

"Did Sam do this to you?"She demanded, her eyes filled with rage and I flinched away from her. The rage in her eyes was replaced with a sadness, I've never seen in her eyes before. "I'll fucking kill her."She screamed and started pacing in front of me. "How could you let her do that to you Spencer? You're the strongest person I know, you never take shit from anyone, so why her?"

"I love her." I feel like a broken record, repeating the same thing over and over. Like I believe by saying I love her over and over will change Sam somehow. Emily stopped pacing and kneeled in front of where I was sitting down on a rock.

"Spencer, Baby,"My heart skipped at her calling me baby and I don't know why. I can't have feelings for me best friend, theres no way. "this isn't love. I know you love her but if she loved you, she wouldn't do this to you."Her eyes filled with tears and she looked away. "I can't sit back and let her do this to you. I won't Spencer."

"I'll protect you Spence, just let me."She leaned her forehead against mine and gazed into my eyes then looked down at me lips before closing her eyes. I bite down on my bottom lip when a sudden urge to kiss her ran her fingers through my hair and kissed my forehead. "I won't let you down Sweetheart."

-oOo-

A sudden shaking of my shoulder brings me from my thoughts or should I say memory. I look up to see Emily's brown eyes filled with worry, her lips turned down in a frown and her hand gently running through my hair. "Are you okay?"

"I'm okay, I was just lost in thought."I replied pulling her into my lap and wrapping my arms around her waist, leaving barely there kisses on her neck. "Mmmm, thinking about what?" "The first time I ever wanted to kiss you." She pulls away from me and looks me in the eyes. "When was that?" she asked. "When you promised to protect me from Sam."

"I didn't do a very good job."She mumbled looking away. "Hey, look at me."I whispered softly grabbing her chin and turning her face back towards me. "You did more than anyone else Em, I always felt protected and safe when you were around. You did protect me Emily, don't ever think for a second that you didn't."

She leaned forward and pressed her lips to mine in a soft kiss. "I miss when you would take me down to the creek to play me a song."She said softly, laying her head on my chest. "That was our time, no matter what was going on in our life we always made time for that."

It's been a year since I last kidnapped Emily for a day at the creek. I'd like to say it wasn't my fault we stopped going, I would love to tell you that but that's not the truth. I stopped taking Emily because Alex and I fought every time I would, even if it was just for a few hours, Alex would lose her shit.

I hate that I let her down, I hate myself for picking someone else over her. I could always count on Emily, she was always there for me, picking up the broken pieces and putting them back together, being the glue that held me together and kept me from falling apart. The least I could have done was not let someone get in the way of our time. I feel like I failed her...

"I'm sorry I stopped taking you, I'll make it up to you I promise, as soon as I get out of this cast, we'll spend a whole weekend at the creek, I'll play the guitar till my fingers bleed."I whispered kissing her head and pulling her closer to me. She giggles into my chest and I can't help but smile. I love her giggle, it's cute and I happen to find it very sexy.

"Sup Hoebags." I turn to the door t see Marissa, Hanna and Aria walk into the barn, throwing their bags by the door and kicking their shoes off like the own the place. "Well it's a good thing we have clothes on since you guys just decided to show up without calling."

"Please Spencey, with your luck the second things started to get good, someone would stop you and you would be an even bigger ball of pent up sexual frustration."Hanna laughed going into the kitchen. I roll my eyes and flick her off.

"She's right."Aria said smiling over at me. "I am not a 'ball of pent up sexual frustration' as you put it Han."

"Spencer, you yelled at a kid today at school for bumping into you after Emily got you worked up."Aria laughed. "He hit my arm, it hurt like hell."

"Yeah it has nothing to do with you not having sex for over two months."Marissa said. "Emily you need to have sex with that girl before she start snapping at everyone." Emily leans up and kisses me heek. "She'll live."

Hope you guys like this chapter. I feel like I havent updated in forever, so Im sorry for the long wait. Thank you guys for reading and reviewin the last chapter and for reading this one. I know I say this almost every chapter but you guys mean the world to me, I wouldnt keep writing if it wasn't for y'all :). What other Spemily stories do y'all read? I'm looking for some good ones to read, and if you know any Faberry stories that are good let me know too please.

Falita- Here is one memory of Emily and Spencer when Spencer was with Sam. The next chapter we're going to see what Emily does or says to Sam. So keep an eye out for the next update becuase I think it's going to be a good one. Thank you for reading.

Catlover10808- How can you not tell that your best friend is breaking down? I know the second my friends are upset or hurting, I think Emily should have done a better job at comforting Spencer. Thank you for reading and reviewing.

Jamscottroc54- Ahhh yes, Blake what an asshole for ruining the moment. Should Spencer really trust Ben? But lets see what Bencer can do to Alison and see if Ben is really going to help Spencer. Trust me you weren't the only one pissed off about them not seeing how broken Spencer was. Thanks for the review Jam :)

Valerie2100- Wow, you made my week. I'm beyond happy that this is your fav Spemily fic. There are alot of great ones out there and I don't think that I even come close to some of them but knowing you think I do, is just amazing :) Yes Love em and Leave em Hastings is coming soon and of course Emily is going got be in the flashbacks. We gotta see how Emily felt about Spencer sleeping around and maybe see if emily has always loved Spencer or if she just fell in love with her after Alex roe Spencer's heart. Thank you for reading and review :)

Over-the-strom- Happy you loved the last chapter, hope you enjoy this one as well. :)

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