Soo... I got a little excited therefore heres Chapter 2! A few things i want everyone to know I DO NOT OWN PRETTY LITTLE LIARS OR ANY CHARACTERS THIS IS STRICTLY FANFICTION (that got a little intense) on a lighter note please know that i do not hate on any characters especially the actors who play them. Shipping should be a friendly environment where people can express themselves but we shouldn't get too upset about the whole thing ( i have to remind myself of this everyday) don't hate the writers they are there to create drama and although some ships like Paily feel like we've been cheated just remember... theres always fan fiction! To add the characters in this Sara to me is very shifty in PLL and i am telling that through this story. Also The girls that Paige has met in this chapter is dedicated to Jess-Beanie-mae. I hope you'd approve of this story is girl lots of love and sleep tight xox
Another massive sidetone i am from England therefore i may slip up with some of the American Vocab i am trying my very best to not call a 'couch' a 'sofa' or the 'sidewalk' the 'pavement' so please just humour me :)
thanks so much for reading and reviewing... Jessi1288 you are my soul sister!
RB
Paige.
"Hi" a soft British accent welcomed the swimmers ears as she finally made eye contact with the stranger "i'm Jess" the girl stood, grinning hand outstretched, Paige had trouble containing her slacked jaw as she gave the girl a cautious once over. Jess was nothing short of beautiful, she had a slightly leaner muscular body then Paige on account of be slightly taller. Firm tanned legs leaked from the small shorts, her biceps clearly visible under the long sleeve Stanford baseball tee. Finally coming to her senses and realising she probably looked a fool, Paige stood almost tipping the orange juice next to her in order to respond to the gesture "Paige Mc..Cullers, Paige McCullers" she spluttered out drawing a giggle from the other girl.
The swimmer could feel her cheeks burning as the girl politely asked if she could join her before the both took their seats. "I hope you don't mind, its just i have only just transferred from London and i noticed you wearing the warm ups." The girl had social skills that Paige deeply admired, she herself struggled not to be an awkward mess every time she met a stranger not to mention a beautiful girl, but there was something about this girl that gave Paige a sense of confidence she couldn't put her finger on it but getting to know the girl would probably make it clearer. "Not a problem" Paige gave the girl a half smile before continuing "So, i am going to take a random guess softball?" Jess looked down at her Tee before answering "No, no i don't even know the rules really..we don't have that back home, i just saw the t-shirt and liked it" she met Paige's gaze again showing off her signature dimples " I play football..sorry, soccer still getting used to that" the two shared a laugh and the 'McCullers head dip' made it's appearance. "I really didn't think you had the burly football body type" Paige quipped back causing the other girl to raise a eyebrow, 'Smooth McCullers now she knows you've been checking her out' "Well since you failed to figure what sport i play how about i guess what you do. Whoever loses buys the coffee?" Paige looked surprised, she wasn't sure if the girl was flirting with her or was just really keen to make a friend. Whatever it was she wasn't used to being on the receiving end, with Emily it was constantly Paige texting first, Paige calling Emily to arrange impromptu dates and striking conversations. Jess seemed like a breath of fresh air and for a minute Paige's attention wasn't on her Ex but on the girl sat in front of her. With her gorgeous trademark grin Paige lent forward to shake the girls hand signally the bet was on before sitting back down in her seat crossing her arms and putting on her best poker face. "Well.. from looking at your body type and lack of bruises I'm going to rule out any contact sport.." the girl checked Paige's face for any signs of agreement before winking and carrying on her assumptions "Your arms are pretty toned and i'm certain that if i looked under the table your legs would also be" she lent forward summoning an inaudible gulp from Paige before looking in her eyes and whispering "swim team." Paige bit back a smile as she pulled out a a twenty from her pocket placing in down on the table and sliding it over to the grinning soccer star.
Emily.
"Shit!" That was the second time Emily dropped her key trying to juggle the enormous amount of Chinese food and open the door whilst holding her favourite movie 'Rudy' between her teeth. On the third attempt she made her way inside kicking the door shut as she went her way through the hall to find Sara , oblivious hunched over her laptop wearing an oversized pair of headphones. Sensing an opportunity Emily quietly set down the takeout before silently making her way towards her unsuspecting girlfriend, reaching out to clasp her hands in front of the startled girls eyes. The humour however was short lived as Sara jumped from the couch smashing her laptop on the ground in the process whilst ripping her headphones from her ears and turning to a shocked Emily. "What the fuck are you doing!" the girl yelled at the top of her voice causing Emily's body to tighten. "I…I'm sorry i didn't realise…." She was cut off by the short tempered blonde whose clenched fists became even more evident to Emily "You didn't realise what, that i'm fucking jumpy and still pretty fucked up from being kidnapped, no your right, you didn't because you have no clue Emily about anything" Emily opened her mouth but her voice cracked almost instantly, a small tear promptly falling from her perfect brown eyes. She knew Sara was seriously damaged from the incident but that was 2 years ago they were both in a relationship and Emily fought hard to help Sara regain her trust in people and move on. But they hadn't moved on, tonight served as another cruel reminder that they may never be able to move forward from that stage of their lives. Emily stood perfectly still, silent as she clasped her eyes together tightly trying to avoid the wave of tears gathering within her only for attention to be bought back to reality as Sara pushed past knocking her sideways as she ran up the stairs. Without hesitation Emily proceeded to follow her only to be halted by the deafening slam of the bedroom door. Lowering her foot from the first step opting instead to just sit Emily went over the events that just occurred in her head, any tears that were restrained earlier had now certainly made an appearance as she sat there silently sobbing clutching her knees to her chest.
Awoken by a key unlatching the lock Emily shot up from her slumber. Her neck ached from the position she was laying on the couch as she squinted over the the clock *1:31am* before she could gather her thoughts Pam was making her way into the living room promptly switching on the lights to witness a tear stained Emily hunched over the couch, a smashed laptop at her feet. "Honey, what happened, Who did this? Wheres Sa…" she was cut off by Emily "Mom its fine, i fell asleep the laptop must have fallen off the arm chair. Its no big deal i'll get a new one" Pam looked into her daughters eyes, she knew that Emily was lying but the look on the young girls face proved that she was not up to being scrutinised, instead Pam just wondered over to Emily kissed her forehead and wiped the running mascara from her face, no words were needed, not now as Emily clung to her mothers side. The hug was interrupted by her mothers soft voice "You better get some sleep..you find out your work placement tomorrow and you need to be looking sharp". Emily smiled as Pam tucked her stray hair behind her ear. Emily cleared her throat before swiftly answering "I'll be up soon I'm just going to sit down here for a while." Pam didn't search for a reason as to why Emily wasn't sleeping in her room, the girls soft brown eyes spoke a thousand words that only a mother could read "goodnight honey."
*bleep*
Emily's stirred her eyes flickered open before shutting quickly once again.
*bleep*
*bleep,bleep*
Squinting at the overbearing sunlight the pierced through the curtains Emily reached for her overly active cell phone only to be sat bolt upright upon realising the time. "Shit" she muttered under her breath. 8 missed calls:Hanna. The calls were followed by a stream of gradually increasing abusive text messages from her best friend scolding her for bailing on the 'Work placement' seminar.
Within minutes she was running out the door clutching her folder, her hair still wet from the quickest shower of her life. She made it to the College in record time, however the success was short lived glancing across the parking lot her eyes met with a less than impressed Hanna, who stopped arms crossed slowly shaking her head. With a sigh and quick look in the rearview mirror Emily made her way towards her best friend. "Im sorry Han…" She was interrupted by Hanna's finger stopping her from making an feeble excuses. "Nope, I'm not listening" The blonde clearly stated whilst glaring down at Emily's choice of outfit, only to look up and add "You owe me lunch also as your best pal i get to be honest with you, you my friend look like shit" Hanna smirked at Emily's mock offence as she linked arms their arms. "Let me guess Tarzan was let out her cage and kicked off again" Emily's eyes widened at the comment. Although not subtle Hanna could always figure out what was wrong with Emily and today was no exception, Emily quickly pulled away from Hanna's arm and hurriedly made her way down the hall. Out of breath Hanna finally caught up to the girl who was clearly agitated by Hanna's choice of words "Come on Em talk to me, i hate seeing you like this i just want you to be happy again like you were with Pai.." "STOP!" Hanna jumped as Emily slammed her hand into the locker before the blonde could finish her sentence. " Why can't you realise that i am happy with Sara instead of reliving the past. Paige.." Emily looked down as she gulped inwardly shaking her head "Paige is gone Hanna, she left me i can't just put my life on hold waiting for her to come back to me." Hanna smirked at the comment, stepping forward before quietly answering "Like she waited for you all that time, the shit you pulled with Nate.. with Alison she waited Emily she never once ran and if I'm honest with you i don't blame her for leaving because really you left her a long time ago." Watching Hanna turn the opposite direction Emily slumped into her locker clenching her teeth tightly together as she remembered the look in Paige's eyes every time she had let her down, only to be brought back to reality by Hanna's distant infuriated voice "Oh, and i got my apprenticeship and Vogue thanks for asking, have fun in California, Em!" Emily's eyes instantly shot open hearing the remark, turning to open her locker as her acceptance letter fell to the floor. Her eyes scrolled down the page until she reached the part that made her eyes water and mouth run dry.
Accepted for 6 week work placement at the Sports psychology department, Stanford University…
Paige.
It was the day of the meet, one of the most important of the year up against the Cardinals fierce competition from Baylor, Texas. For once Paige slept remarkably well. She received the usual wake up call from her dad and words of encouragement from her mother as they both made the way out of the house and promised to be in the bleachers later that day. The usual routine still applied even though it was race day, but more than ever Paige was feeling enthusiastic, a smile tugged onto her lips as she laced up her running shoes. She felt her mind wonder off to the girl who had been occupying her thoughts the previous day. After the bet was lost Paige bought the girl coffee and they chatted for what seemed like forever, about anything and every thing, about the girls family back home in England and Paige's gruelling practice routine. She was quick to notice the other girl shared Paige's passion for their respective sports, she too was pushed hard but was a force to be reckoned with. She had iron hard determination just like the swimmer and Paige grew to love how the girls face lit up every time she reminisced about a certain game or a goal she or a teammate was refreshing. Before she reached the front door her phone bleeped.
Hey, its Jess, English Jess, Coffee Jess. Anyway just wanted to wish you luck out there today, you got this in the bag :) Hope to catch the meet after my training ends. Good luck x
Paige smiled inside instantly at the memory of yesterday morning,overwhelmed with self pride that she eventually asked for the girls number before she had to shoot off for and running her thumb over the message she paused to send a quick reply.
Hi, Jess, English Jess, Coffee Jess ;) thnks for the text just heading out for my run, may head to the jumping bean, was hoping i could win that coffee back :)-Paige x
Paige swallowed hard knowing that the text she sent could have suggested the start of something. She shook her head cursing herself for overthinking but more importantly for feeling guilt. Reminding herself of the conversation she had with her dad the previous day she began to pocket the phone before she heard the bleep again.
I think i owe you one anyway. ill explain when i see you, 1 hour outside the jumping bean.. can't wait x
Slightly confused at the comment Paige brushed off any worry knowing the girl probably had a good reason to owe her a coffee, she smiled down at the phone and made her way over to that quiet little coffee shop where she knew she was to become a regular customer.