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Wearing a black cutout tank top paired with black skinny jeans and a beige faux leather jacket, Paige was finally satisfied with how she looked as she glanced in the mirror for the sixth time. Fixing her hair one last time to make sure there were no flyaways, she quickly descended down the stairs as she grabbed her duffle bag excited to start her weekend in Atlantic City. As she started the engine of her Audi Q7, Paige was hit with a flustered feeling. She would be spending the weekend with Emily. Maybe not alone, but she knew there would be moments where they would be within the same proximity of each other. Paige took in a deep breath before finally pulling out of her parking spot. This couldn't be another rehash of high school, she had to make sure of it. First thing was first; she needed to pick up Angela.

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As Paige pulled up in front of Caleb's apartment building, everyone was already waiting outside for the late arrivals to finally reach.

"Finally! You would think with your job timing would actually be a priority" Hanna stated as she went in to give Paige a hug upon her exiting the vehicle.

"Sorry, it was my fault. I couldn't help but want some alone time with the way she was looking today" Angela said in Paige's defense as she gave Hanna a quick kiss.

The sudden reveal quickly brought a flush to Paige's cheeks as she dipped her head a little. Going in for a hug with Aria, Paige immediately spotted Emily over the petite woman's right shoulder. Realizing Emily's gaze was focused on the woman she brought, Paige had to mentally calm herself down before walking over to greet Emily. Friends, they were going to be just friends.

As Paige leaned in to give Emily a kiss on the cheek, she felt both her body as well as Emily's tense at the instant contact of her lips. Allowing her lips to linger a second longer than it should, Paige finally spoke up. "Hey". Watching from the corner of her eyes as Angela approached them, Paige turned around to slide her arm around the woman's waist before introducing them. "Em, this is Angela, Angela this is Emily. We actually went to High School together for a bit".

"Wait, what? You guys went to High School together? You never told us this!" Aria screamed out. "What a small world!"

"It was for about 3 years, right before I transferred out" Paige responded as she glanced over at Emily.

Despite wanting to steer her glance away from Paige's beau, Emily simply could not. She took in the woman's flawless creamy complexion, her oceanic eyes as well as her long dark brown hair which flowed effortlessly down her face to show off her high cheek bones. Emily could feel the sense of jealousy growing in the pit of her stomach. This woman was perfect. There was no way I could even compete with her. Suddenly startled out of her gaze, Emily heard a familiar voice say, "Oh please do tell. What kind of person was Paige in High School?" Hanna asked.

"I don't think that's a fair question to ask" Paige interrupted as she glanced at Emily.

With a smile crawling across her face, Emily simply replied, "I think we're going to have to save that story for another day…when we have a bit more time".

"Yes, we're already late! Who's driving with whom?" Toby asked as he began loading his car with his own luggage. "We have three vehicles, so that's more than enough room"

"I'll go with you guys" Emily quickly answered as she began placing her luggage into Toby's small Honda Civic. Emily was not in the mood to be anywhere near Paige in that moment. Even though it's been 5 years since she had to deal other women in Paige's life, she didn't want to have to deal with it now and sure as hell didn't feel like having to deal with the sudden feeling of being uncomfortable at the sight of Paige with her current girlfriend. Feeling Paige's enduring gaze on her, Emily avoided looking up with fear Paige might see how emotional she suddenly became.

Watching Emily swiftly move towards the white car, Paige began chastising herself for once again making Emily feel uncomfortable. I should have brought up Angela at the promenade. Clearing her throat, she spoke up. "Alright, so Kyle and Shana can grab a ride with me".

"I'll go with Hanna and Caleb" Aria finally concluded.

"Alright! Let's get out of here!" Caleb shouted as he entered the driver's seat to his Infinity QX60.

With Paige helping Kyle and Shana with their luggage as she placed it in her own vehicle, she couldn't help but steal glances at Emily as she noticed the girl began shutting her out. She always knew Emily absolutely hated the way she treated women back in High School, but she figured Emily would at least give her a chance to defend herself now. That was officially Paige's goal. She knew she could never be with Emily, but that shouldn't stop her from at least being her friend and showing her she does care. Closing the trunk of her car, Paige put on her aviator glasses and jumped in the driver's seat as they were on their weekend getaway.

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Making their way into the lobby of the Resorts hotel, Spencer and Hanna quickly joined the line to check the group in as the rest gathered their luggage in the parking lot; not wanting to waste any time. After about two hours of driving, the only thing on everyone's mind was eating and drinking; getting anxious by every passing minute. They all wanted to make the most of this weekend. With work taking over majority of their lives, having time to travel was never a priority for any of them.

Given there are 10 people all together, Spencer had reserved two attached premiere rooms with each room having two queen size beds. Neither room contained a pull out couch however she did manage to grab a rollaway bed for the last pair to sleep. The rooms were booked merely for the purpose of sleeping; everyone knew it wasn't going to be the most spacious living arrangement.

As the gang opened the first room, Spencer made her way towards the large windows to unravel the curtains before dropping her bag on the nearest couch. "Alright you guys, I don't know about you but I'm starving. Let's just change and grab some dinner"

"We do as the birthday girl wishes. Let's make the most of this weekend" Toby agreed as he gave Spencer a kiss from behind.

"Yes! Let's change. I'm all sweaty just by sitting" Hanna stated as she started going through her own luggage.

Taking that as the lead, the girls and guys unconsciously split up between the two rooms to change with Paige going along with the guys. It took the gang about an hour before everyone was fully ready. Knowing they were not going to come back to their rooms after dinner, everyone dressed to impress in their sexiest dancing outfits. It was no surprise that the men, including Paige, finished before the girls.

Paige knew exactly what she wanted to wear since she found out Emily was coming along with them; dressed in a deep v-neck vest tank that was low cut to show off her perfectly toned abdomen, she paired it off with her favorite ripped jeans and messy hair. As they waited in the lobby for the rest of the girls, they soon realized it was completely worth the wait as the girls all came down wearing fitted short dresses each enhancing their own assets. As Paige leaned in to give Angela a kiss, her eyes drifted towards the last girl to make her entrance.

Emily slowly pulled down her dark purple halter dress which had kept riding up her since she put it on. Constantly feeling insecure about how she looked, it was no surprise Emily was the last one downstairs. As she reached the lobby, she instantly felt Paige's gaze upon her even though her arms were around another woman. Deciding to meet her stare, Emily found Paige giving her a thorough assessment as she leisurely drifted her gaze down her body and slowly back up until they found themselves staring in each other's large brown eyes.

With a small smirk crawling on Emily's lips, she instantly felt beautiful. Biting her bottom lip, it was only fair Emily paid forward Paige's silent compliment as she found her own eyes lingering down Paige's body to her toned stomach and long legs. Breaking away her gaze, Emily found that she may have been intruding on a moment between Paige and her girlfriend as she watched Angela graze her fingers across Paige's abdomen and whisper something in her ear making Emily clenched her jaw.

Looking away from the happy couple, Emily made her way near the rest of the group. She couldn't help herself from glaring over at the auburn's girlfriend every now and then. Even when they were dressing back in the hotel room, Emily couldn't help but feel the sense of envy take over as she knew Angela was wearing that dress for Paige. The ocean eye brunette had impeccable taste in clothing. Everything she wore had done her body justice. There was no reason someone like Paige couldn't grab someone as gorgeous as Angela.

"God we're some sexy biyatches" Hanna exclaimed as she put Emily in a semi-head lock breaking the girl out of her trance. "Now let's grab something to eat!"

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The gang made their way towards Gallagher's Steakhouse which thankfully was located within the hotel. Grabbing a circular table, everyone sat down in the seat closest to them. Paige was thanking her lucky stars Emily wasn't anywhere near her or within direct sight from her knowing she couldn't simply stop staring at her. Dinner gave her a chance to collect herself and focus on her actual girlfriend.

Due the inclination of being hungry, the group managed to inhale their dinner without skipping a beat. Eating at a steakhouse such as Gallagher's would typically take a party as large as theirs to finish their dinner in at least an hour and a half. However, granted their situation, the gang managed to finish their meals in less than an hour as they finally filled their stomachs with actual food rather than granola bars and bags of chips.

"So I was doing a bit of research and I think Providence is one of the best clubs we could hit up on the strip" Hanna stated as she removed the dinner napkin from her lap.

"Agree" Angelia replied as she wiped her lips. "A few of my girls came down here a few weekends ago and said the DJ was pretty awesome".

Kissing her girlfriend on the side of her head, Paige nodded in agreement. "Why don't we just take one car if we're going down there? I think it's about 10 minutes. I think we could risk our personal space to save some gas".

"Let's do it. We can take my SUV since it's largest" Caleb replied.

As everyone made their way outside the resort, Paige and Angela ended up being one of the last people to exit. Walking behind everyone Paige realized it gave her a better view of Emily from behind without risking anyone else noticing her. Enjoying the vision from behind, Paige closed her eyes in frustration realizing how intrusive she was acting. Pulling Angela into a hug, Paige had to force herself from looking at Emily as an object of affection.

Making their way to the SUV, Caleb opened the driver's side of the door and took his seat. "It's up do you guys now" he smoothly stated.

"Yeah Paige, how would you like us to proceed?" Hanna asked rhetorically.

"Goodness you guys. Have you never piled into a SUV before? Spence, you and Toby sit up front. Kyle, Hanna, myself and Emily will sit in the back. Shana will sit on top of Kyle, Angela will sit on me and Aria you have your pick between Emily and Hanna. Ok? Let's go" Paige instructed.

With everyone taking their seats as instructed, Paige found her arm brushing against Emily's arm as fate would have it they happened to be sitting near each other. Clinching her jaw, Angela closed the door locking everyone into their perspective positions. Reveling in the feel of Emily's arm, Paige couldn't help but allow her mind to wonder how the rest of Emily feels. The more she thought about it, the tighter her grip became around Angela's waist making the raven hair beauty think she was turning Paige on. Leaning her head back against Paige, Angela began whispering sweet nothings into her ears. Emily took instant notice of two without having to face them as she became uncomfortable. Clearing her throat loud enough for the two to break from their intimate session, she soon heard Paige whisper "sorry".

What was supposed to be 10 minutes, Emily and Paige felt as though they were the vehicle for hours only having the tension between the two constantly increase. Approaching the entrance to the Tropicana Resort, Paige quickly opened the door as she practically fell out with Angela on top of her; earning them a surprise look from everyone else in the vehicle.

"I figured we could get a free space upstairs as you park" Paige smoothly suggested as she looked at Caleb.

"Yeah sure. Because we didn't reserve bottle service already" Caleb replied as he gave Paige a confused look.

Ignoring Caleb's statement, everyone made their way up to where Providence was located earning looks from basically everyone they passed on their way. As Paige place her arm around Angela, she couldn't help but feel her rage increasing every time she spotted someone who looked in Emily's direction. It was no secret the woman was absolutely stunning. But it slowly thawed at Paige knowing she couldn't do anything to steer some of those glances away.

Upon entering the second level of the resort area, the group immediately heard the DJ blasting the latest dance hits before they even entered the two level venue. Passing through the red velvet curtain, everyone stopped as they took in the atmosphere around them as the crowd before them were going wild with energy. LED lights penetrated throughout the entire area as the music vibrated through the floors sending a feel of sensuality through any one in the vicinity. At 11:30pm the place was already packed with young adults ready for the prowl. Instantly heading towards their assigned table, everyone was ecstatic to see their bottle of Cîroc and Black Label were already waiting for them. Hanna was the first to grab the bottle of Cîroc pouring shots for the birthday girl.

Everyone was enjoying themselves as the DJ continued playing some of the best dance music of the year; everyone besides Paige. As much as she tried distracting herself, Paige couldn't help but keep an eye on Emily. She was aware of everything Emily was doing. Who she was sitting near while she was drinking. Who was making her laugh. How often someone tried to flirt with her. How her eyes lit up when her favorite song came on. Paige was simply entranced by every movement the woman made around her. Standing aside with Kyle as they watched Shana and Angela dance seductively on the dance floor, Paige soon found herself being dragged into the crowd by her girlfriend wanting to dance with her.

Twirling her a little, Paige felt as Angela braced her back against her as the raven hair beauty grinded against her on the dance floor. With all the alcohol Paige consumed, the feel of the woman in front of her began driving her further and further to the edge. Closing her eyes, Paige tightened her grip around Angela as she began placing kisses down her neck. Paige found her hands wondering up and down Angela's side as Angela placed her own hands on Paige's thigh as she began whining down on her girlfriend. As Paige opened her eyes, she found her gaze set on the woman who has become her undoing.

Once Paige had stepped foot onto the dance floor, Emily watched as the pair began dancing seductively; feeling her chest drop at such a sight. When Paige opened her eyes and looked at her, Emily held Paige's gaze and didn't show any sign of amusement. While she found herself dancing with a stranger, she didn't think to be seductive in the least; seduction just protruded through woman's pores.

Emily honestly didn't know what she was doing to Paige by simply standing near her. Paige could feel the muscles in her cheeks clench as she saw the woman Emily was dancing with place her arms around the brunette. Paige wanted to cut in and shove the blonde aside. As though her anger sent out a signal, Paige soon found Hanna running over to Emily as she pointed to the table. Following the direction she pointing, Paige found Spencer passed out as she laid on Toby.

"Hey, I think it's time we head out of here" Paige whispered in Angela's ears. Glancing in the direction Paige was looking, Angela didn't hesitate to agree as they made their way out of the venue.

The group managed to gather within minutes as Caleb was the first to leave to grab the car. As they made their way out of the resort, they all found themselves facing a thunderstorm before them. Thankfully Kyle and Toby had jackets the girls' could use as a cover from the rain. Hanna and Shana huddled under one as Aria took Spencer and huddled near her. Paige instantly realized Emily was missing from the crowd and didn't hesitate to run back as she gave Kyle a heads up.

As Paige entered back into the venue, she immediately spotted Emily being cornered in the back of the venue by the same woman she was dancing with earlier. Knowing the look on Emily's face wasn't one of pleasure; Paige walked right over but quickly came to a halt. Watching the sleazy woman try to maneuver her hands up the brunette's thigh, Paige could only picture Bess doing the same to her back in high school. Feeling rage curse through her, Paige didn't need to wait long before she watched as Emily grabbed and twisted the woman's wrist bringing the shifty blonde to her knees.

"Is there a problem here?" Paige asked with a smile as she watched as Emily's face suddenly became apologetic; letting go of the intrusive stranger.

"No, Vicky was just telling me bye" Emily stated as she walked passed the blonde.

"Good" Paige responded as she kept her glance on the blonde.

With Emily maneuvering her way out of the crowd, Paige found herself laying her hand on the small of the girl's back to help guide their way out of the club. The instant Paige's fingers made contact with Emily's back, the exchange sent shivers through both women's body as they instinctively stood closer together. Paige found her hand sliding from the small of Emily's back to and around the brunette's waist as they began brushing their hips with every step they made.

The sensation of being engulfed with the smell of lavender and vanilla as she once did a few years ago filled Paige's senses. Enjoying the feel of their proximity, neither girl wanted to leave. The music was inviting and the atmosphere gave them their own sense of covering.

Continuing to push her way out, Emily found herself getting hooked onto a bystander as she felt her body being dragged in the opposite direction. With Paige's arm securely around her waist, Emily felt Paige's other hand grip her other side to prevent her from being pulled any further. The sudden movement turned Emily around forcing her to face Paige as she found her hands move up towards the girl's chest and grip onto the auburn's girl vest. Emily could feel Paige's arms securely around her, forcing their bodies to be molded together. In that moment, neither girl could move. All they were able to do was stand there as they stared into each other's eyes; relinquishing in the feel of the other's body heat. Emily felt Paige's breathing become heavy, forcing her eyes to drift down to Paige's parted lips. She has a girlfriend.

Taking a step back to collect herself, Emily drifted her eyes back up to meet Paige's. Tightening her jaw, Emily took in a deep breath before reaching out to grab Paige's right hand and pull her outside the venue. Realizing that was a bad move, Emily could feel Paige slowly intertwining her fingers with her own as she was terrified to turn around and get lost in the auburn girl's deep brown eyes again. With the sudden sound of thunder, both girls managed to break out of their stupor. Noticing the SUV was parked a few feet away, Emily and Paige looked at each other knowing they had to make a run for it through the rain.

By time they got to the car, both girls were drenched from head to toe. Angela jumped out of the car allowing Emily to jump in followed by Paige and then Angela. Not holding back their laughter ignited by the rain, both girls looked at each other at how wet they suddenly were. Combing her hair to the side, Paige forced herself looking out the window whereas Emily couldn't help herself from leisurely shifting her gaze at the droplets of water dripping from Paige's neck down her chest to between her breasts. Letting out a low gasp, Paige turned around making eye contact with Emily to see if she was okay. Furrowing her eyebrows to ask if she was, all Emily was able to do in that moment was smile and nod; forcing her attention back to the front.

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The burgundy SUV managed to arrive at the hotel a lot faster than it left; allowing all the passengers to rush out and back to their rooms. Given that it was already 4am, everyone was exhausted from the day's events. As though they discussed the sleeping arrangements beforehand, Toby carried Spencer over to one of the queen size beds as Hanna and Caleb took the next free bed. Kyle and Shana began setting the sheets on the rollaway bed leaving the next two queen size beds empty for the rest of the girls to sleep.

While drying herself off, Emily began feeling a small pulse radiate in her ears as she watched Angela crawl into one of beds indicating Paige would be lying right next to her. Drifting her eyes to Paige as she exited the bathroom dressed in a simple white tank top and sweats, Emily caught the glance she threw over at her.

"You okay?" Paige asked as she sat down taking off her socks.

"Yeah, of course" Emily replied letting out a sigh. "Just…can't wait to sleep. You know".

Nodding in agreement, Paige responded, "Tell me about it". Lifting her legs up and under the covers, Paige cut off the lights on her end before lying down. "Good night you guys".

"Good night" Aria replied as she drifted off to sleep.

"Good night" Emily whispered.

Forcing her back face Paige and Angela, Emily closed her eyes. Unfortunately, after doing so, the image of the couple appeared in her mind as she relived the moment they were on the dance floor. Pouting in frustration, Emily found herself turning around to face the couple in spite of her struggle. Just as she predicted, she watched Angela place her head on Paige's chest as Paige wrapped her arms around the girl protectively. Everyone in the room drifted off to sleep in mere minutes. However, Emily found herself staring up at the ceiling as she tried holding back her tears trying to figure out how it was possible one woman could affect her so. Of course she has a girlfriend.