(Remember that this story is slightly AU and some of the things are from the show and most are just my own scenarios. Oh, and Emily's shoulder isn't hurt. The only reason Social service is investigating is because of when Pam grabbed her in front of the school. Kisses –A)

Emily was standing at her locker, hoping that swim practice would be enough to relive all the stress that was going on in her family. With social services threatening her parents, they weren't exactly happy and cheerful.

Hanna was there for her every step of her hurtful process. She was constantly checking on Emily, making sure that she was okay and didn't do anything stupid.

"Hey Em, can you tell Hanna that I need to talk to her? She and I have some unfinished girl talk that needs to be addressed." Aria said as she walked up to Emily's locker.

"Unfinished girl talk?" Emily asked with an amused smile.

"Yeah, I'm trying to get her knowledge on boys so I can get close to Jake. It feels like forever since I was able to talk to a boy and now that I can, I need to freshen my skills."

"Oh, well you definitely went to the right person. Hanna knows a lot about boys."

"I know. To be gay, she sure does know the opposite sex very well." Aria chuckled.

Just as Emily was about to answer, Hanna walked up with Mona.

"Hi guys." Hanna chirped.

"Hey Han. I was just telling Emily here how we have some unfinished girl talk."

"Oh, that's right. Why don't we go get some coffee now? I have some time to kill since Em has swim practice and our date isn't until eight." Hanna suggested.

"Oh! Do you mind if I join you two? Jake and I can totally double with you guys! That way it won't be so awkward and you can help lead the conversations."

"Sounds good to me." Emily shrugged.

"Sure. I'll let you know all the detail over coffee."

"Is it okay if I come too?" Mona asked.

"Sure." Aria smiled.

"Babe, what time is swim over today?" Hanna asked her girlfriend of almost 3 and a half years.

"6. We have to prepare for the meet on Saturday."

"You have a meet on Saturday?" Aria asked.

"Yeah, against Shauna's team."

"I hope she loses."

"Me too. If we beat them, we are the champions." Emily smiled.

"That's awesome." Aria beamed.

"Yeah, but I can't wait until this meet is over. It's been stressing you out and with everything with your parents, you need as little stress as possible." Hanna pouted.

"Stop worrying so much. I'm fine." Emily half smiled.

"I don't even believe you." Aria replied. Emily sent a glare towards Aria, and Aria raised her hand in surrender before walking away, while pulling Mona, to give the couple some privacy.

"Em, you know that I care more about you than anyone else on the planet. You're going through a tough time and I want you to know that I'm here for you." Hanna whispered as she took Emily's hands in her own. She kissed all ten fingers before looking back up into her chocolate brown eyes.

"I know you are. Thank you." Emily smiled.

Hanna leaned in and captured Emily's bottom lip between hers. The couple instantly got lost in the kiss and they felt like they were the only two in the room. Aria saw them and rolled her eyes playfully. If she didn't pull them away now, they'd be there all day.

"Okay, love birds, time to break it up." Aria giggled as she pulled on Hanna's arm in an attempt to break them apart, but Hanna was having none of it. She continued to fight Aria's pulls while deepening the kiss. Aria finally huffed and gave a strong tug and Hanna's lips broke away from Emily's with a light 'pop'.

"Finally. Let's go! Em can't be late for practice." Aria said pulling Hanna along with her.

"Bye Em! I love you." Hanna called out.

"Love you too!" Emily called back before walking to the pool. She had the best girlfriend ever.

~HE~

Emily and Hanna had just arrived at the Applerose Grille for their double date with Jake and Aria. Emily was a little nervous to see how this would work, because Hanna was the best at first impressions.

"Em, why are you so tense?" Hanna asked when she looped on to Emily's arm as they walked into the restaurant.

"Because I know how you are about meeting new people. I think that Aria really likes Jake and I don't want you to scare him away. You know that you're extremely overprotective and you don't take well to new people that get close to your friends." Emily explained.

Hanna sighed and nodded. Everything Emily said was true, and there was no point in argueing with knowledge. Emily knew her better than anyone. "You're right. I'll try my best to be nice." Hanna smiled.

"Thank you." Emily smiled and placed a small kiss on Hanna's lips before pulling the door open for her.

"You're such a gentle woman." Hanna giggled.

"I try." Emily laughed back.

Instantly, they were seated by the waitress at the door. Emily let Hanna sit inside the booth, and she took the outside seat. Now, they had to wait on Aria and Jake to arrive.

"What if he's like 40? I mean, Aria has a thing for older guys and he teaches martial arts. He probably looks like Mr. Miyagi." Hanna joked.

Just then they both heard the door open and in walked Jake and Aria.

"Or he can be really hot." Hanna muttered.

"Hey guys. This is Jake." Aria greeted as she walked towards them.

"Hi." Jake replied shyly.

"Jake, this is Hanna and Emily."

Emily stood and shook Jake's hand while Hanna waved at him from her seat in the booth. Aria climbed in the booth and Jake followed after.

A young waitress walked up to them. "Hi everyone. My name is Amanda, and I'll be your waitress tonight. Can I get everyone something to drink?"

"I'll have a water." Emily replied.

"Me too." Hanna and Aria answered at the same time. Jake chuckled at the three best friends.

"And for you, handsome?" Amanda sent, what could only be described as, bedroom eyes to him.

"I'll have an iced tea. Thank you." Jake smiled back. Aria felt the sting of jealousy as she watched her write down the orders.

"Okay, I'll be right back with your drinks." Amanda smiled and walked away.

"Wow, flirt much?" Hanna laughed as she and the others picked up their menus.

"She was just being nice." Emily defended.

"Yeah, about as nice as a porn-…" Hanna started before she was cut off by Emily.

"So Jake! I heard you were a Martial Arts teacher?" Emily asked.

"Yeah, I have my own school where I give lessons and what not." Jake smiled sheepishly. He had to admit that the girls in Rosewood were beautiful. He thought Aria was insanely gorgeous when he first met her, and now to see that her best friends where just as gorgeous, he was stunned.

"That's awesome. Did you always want to be a teacher?" Emily continued.

"No, I originally wanted to be a marine. My father was a marine and I wanted to follow his footsteps."

"That's cool."

"Yeah, Emily's dad is in the army." Aria told him.

"Oh really? What's his status?"

"He's a colonel."

"That's awesome. My dad was a captain. He always told me all these amazing stories about how he was in these places that made him want to backpack across the world. I just wanted to be like him."

"So why did you decide to be a martial arts teacher instead?" Hanna asked, intrigued.

"When my father died, I was all my mom had. I didn't want her to lose me as well, so I decided that I could teach self-defense and stay safe."

"That's pretty awesome. I'm sorry to hear about your dad, though." Emily smiled sadly.

"Oh, don't be. It was a long time ago, and it helped me discover a passion I didn't know I had."

"Congrats." Emily smiled.

"So, enough about me. I want to hear about you two. Aria told me that you two have been together forever."

Emily blushed while Hanna smirked. "Yeah, it's been a while." Hanna replied.

"How long is forever? A year? 6 months?" Jake asked.

"Actually, it's been almost three and a half years." Emily chuckled.

Jake's face turned surprised. "Whoa."

"I told you, it's been forever." Aria laughed.

"How do you manage such a long relationship?"

"I guess it really helped that we were best friends first, and when we decided to take things to the next level, it was as simple as breathing. It still is. I mean, sure we still argue and we have stupid fights, but what couple doesn't?" Hanna told him.

"I think that's really amazing. Now I know what you mean, Aria." Jake turned to her. Aria blushed and shushed him.

"What are you talking about?"

"Aria here, told me that you two are the people she looked up to relationship wise." Aria blushed deeper and hit her face in Jake's shoulder.

"Awe! That's so sweet." Emily beamed at her best friend.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. New subject." Aria laughed.

Finally, Amanda returned with their drinks. "Okay. Here are your waters." Amanda placed a glass in front of Aria, Emily, and Hanna. "And iced tea for you." Amanda handed Jake his drink and winked at him.

"Do you all know what you want to order?"

Emily silently cursed herself. She was too busy trying to get to know the guy her best friend was crazy about, that she didn't look over her menu. Maybe they had a chicken sandwich that she would want. Before she could even open her menu, Hanna took the booklet and placed it on top of hers.

"Yes. I'll have the Chicken Caesar salad with ranch, and she wants the Applerose grilled chicken sandwich minus onions, and could you put the tomatoes on the side?" Hanna ordered as Amanda wrote it down.

Emily looked at Hanna in awe. She knew that Hanna knew her better than anyone, but that was like mind reading. Hanna even knew that she didn't want the tomatoes on the sandwich. She really loved this woman.

"Um, I'll have the Applerose burger. Can you make the meat a little well done?" Jake asked.

"Sure."

"Thank you."

"And I'll have the veggie burger. Can you make sure that my plate gets nowhere near any seafood? I'm highly allergic." Aria ordered.

"Of course. Will that be all?" Amanda asked as she finished writing down their orders.

"Yup." Aria smiled at her.

"Okay, I'll be right back." Amanda sent a gaze toward Jake before walking back to the kitchen.

"Is it just me, or is that waitress being a little strange?" Jake asked, more comfortable now.

"She's flirting with you." Hanna pointed out with a giggle.

Jake blushed. "Really? I've always been kind of oblivious to stuff like that."

"Yeah, it's pretty obvious." Emily told him, taking a sip of her water.

"I bet she leaves her number on the back of your receipt." Aria challenged.

"Oh really?" Jake asked.

"Yup. Five dollars."

"You're on."

Dinner went on normally. Jake and Emily seemed to be really getting along and Aria couldn't help but feel that Emily was trying to see if he was good enough for her. Emily was the overprotective one, and Hanna was just the one that didn't deal with new people. Hanna stayed in the conversation as well. She talked to Jake about what college he went to, and what kind of parties he went to.

When their food came, Jake noticed that Hanna and Emily were more like a married couple than he originally thought. Hanna helped fix Emily's sandwich the way she liked it, and Emily made sure that Hanna was eating and not just talking. (Apparently she had the tendency to do that.)

"So, I'm sorry if I'm overstepping, but where do you two see yourselves in five years?" Jake asked the couple.

"Married." Hanna looked dreamily over at Emily.

"Really?"

"I would marry her tomorrow if I could. I totally plan on getting married young." Hanna admitted.

"That's awesome." Jake smiled.

"I'm totally going to be Emily's maid of honor." Aria beamed.

"Oh, definitely. I need your help picking out my dress."

"Wedding of the century!" Hanna cheered.

"So, any college plans?"

"I want to get into Danby more than life." Emily replied immediately.

"You're the infamous Emily Fields. My staff talks about you all the time. One of your meets was on ESPN and I watched it. You're an amazing swimmer." Jake told her.

Emily blushed. "Thank you."

"If Danby doesn't want you, then they're crazy."

"I know right?" Hanna added.

"What about you Hanna?"

"I want to go to Hollis for design. I've actually taken a few classes there over the summer. They have an excellent program."

"Hanna is the best fashionista you'll ever meet." Aria told him.

"Yup, that's me." Hanna flipped her hair. Jake laughed.

"I like your attitude. Well, if you believe you can do it, so do I."

"You know, I like you." Hanna smiled. Aria beamed and internally high fived herself. If Hanna liked him, she definitely did something right.

The rest of the night went without surprises. When they were done, Emily flagged Amanda down.

"All done?" She chirped.

"Yes."

"Okay, how should I split the check?"

"I'll get it." Jake piped up.

"What? No, I'll get it." Emily pulled out her wallet from her purse.

"No, I insist." Jake tried again.

Emily thought for a second. "How about we go half and half?" She suggested.

"Fine." Jake sighed.

"Okay. Your total is $42.34." Amanda handed them the black booklet.

Emily pulled out her half and Jake followed suit. They both placed their money in the booklet and handed it back to Amanda. Amanda made sure the money was secure before walking over to the register.

"Okay, now, when she comes back, and hands the receipt back, she's going to give it to you and it's going to have her number on it." Aria told him. Emily chuckled and placed another five dollar bill on the table followed by Hanna. Aria pulled out her purse and placed a few singles on the table.

"Okay, she got a $13 dollar tip. That's good enough, right?" Emily asked. She was very conscious about leaving a good tip, being a waitress and all.

"That should be fine. We just tipped her way over 15%." Hanna replied.

When Amanda walked back, she did just as Aria said. She handed the receipt to Jake and winked.

"Thanks for coming in! Hope you come back again soon!" Amanda chirped before walking away.

Jake turned the paper over, sure enough, seeing a number written in blue marker that read, 'Call me xox'."

"Looks like I owe you five dollars." Jake blushed.

"Don't worry about it." Aria laughed.