If A Never Existed: Punch, Party, Picture
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Italics= memories, phone calls.
Waking up next to Maya definitely screwed with Emily's head, but in a very good way. When she woke, she found herself in a similar position as she'd fallen asleep in, only this time she was on her back and Maya was snuggled into her side, arm thrown over Emily's stomach and Maya's head so close to hers that the girl's breath tickled Emily's ear.
Whoever knew the ear was a hotspot for Emily? She sure as hell didn't, yet here she was getting all hot and bothered by the innocent, but deceptively hot, actions of the sleeping girl. Emily had to steel her nerves and keep her hormones in check, and that ridiculous lie she told herself wasn't even remotely believable to herself let alone her conscience.
'I'm only reacting this strongly because Ben and I haven't done it in a while.' She rolled her eyes, 'Right, even I don't believe that one.' A sudden shifting next to her stirred her from her thoughts. Peeking from the corner of her eye she made sure Maya was still sleeping, she was thankfully. Emily breathed a sigh of relief; the last thing she needed was to get caught being a total creeper checking out the helpless girl next to her.
But could she really be blamed? Here she was, in minimal clothing, being snuggled by Maya, also in minimal clothing and so, so beautiful. Yea, she couldn't be held responsible for her actions, well she could…but she'd have to get caught first and she wasn't planning on getting caught.
Emily stared at Maya, watching her, studying her really. She traced her eyes over her face, down her throat, her collarbone, her gaze focus on Maya's chest. And yes, she was being a total pervert right now checking out the girl's breast but that only lasted the first few seconds. Then Emily concentrated on the intake of breath, the steady rise and fall of Maya's chest as it lulled her into a sort of trance.
She let her eyes close as she focused her full attention following Maya's breathing pattern, then, she felt herself move closer into the warm embrace Maya provided. It was unconscious, but she really wasn't complaining as Maya unconsciously moved her free arm under Emily's head and pulled her closer, making it so Emily's top half was turned slightly onto its side while the bottom half remained flattened.
Emily's breathing paused on reflex, hoping the move was in fact subconscious and Maya wasn't actually awake, because she had that gut feeling that if Maya was aware of what had just happened…well then Emily could no longer be blissfully in denial that's for sure. Not that she actually liked being in denial, it was more necessity than anything.
A slow rubbing sensation broke her musing as she slowly became aware of Maya's fingers rubbing her stomach from where her tank top rode up. She pulled back slowly to see Maya's face…but her eyes were close. Deciding now was a good time to quit while ahead and she really needed to pee, she began to move ever so slow from out of the encirclement of Maya's arms. But the arms tightened.
Eyes wide she looked back up at Maya, but her eyes were still closed. She tried again and the same thing happened. Again. Same thing. She looked back up at Maya's face, still no change…except for the fluttering of her eyelids.
Suspicious, Emily kept her gaze of Maya and moved back. Maya's smile twitched upward and she peeked at Emily. "Maya!" The damn broke as Maya's laughter filled the room, Emily pouted. "It's not funny, I have to go to the bathroom!" the little giggle escaping Emily's lips contradicted her words.
Maya sobered and snuggled closer, ignoring Emily's words. "It's too early, sleep time." She mumbled against the skin of Emily's neck, loving the expected reaction of a blush as it covered the girl's neck. Maya resisted the very distinct urge to place a butterfly kiss over the blush, but damn was it hard not to.
Emily bit her bottom lip, also resisting her reaction to Maya's cool breath fanning over her heated neck. "I have to go to the bathroom." The mumbled words barely reached Maya's ears as the girl bolted from the room; Maya sighed and narrowed her eyes at the ceiling.
She hadn't pushed too far, of that she was sure, perhaps Emily had a small bladder…or she was hiding her big reaction to Maya's actions; she'd bet that was it. Her phone chimed from her bag next to Emily's bed, whatever it was it'd have to wait. She answered the device cutting the ringtone off, "Hello?"
"Hey hunny, it's mom!"
Maya laughed, "Yes mom I know, caller I.D. remember?"
"Oh of course, anyway I just wanted to let you know that the plumber dropped by this morning and everything's fixed."
Maya frowned, "This morning? Mom it's still morning." She corrected as her mom laughed, but then thought, 'Wait…what time is it?' She checked the time, now realizing why her mother found amusement in her words; it was 12:01pm. "Never mind, guess I slept in a little more than usual." She smiled thinking exactly why she'd slept so exceptionally well.
"I'm sure you had reason to."
Maya groaned at the mocking voice coming from the other end of the line, "Mom please don't start, please. I already told you, Emily and I are just friends." Her mom snorted, making her grin just a bit, "Ok, I get it 'haha your daughter's a slut' can we move on now?"
"I wouldn't ever call you a slut hunny…maybe experienced or practiced, but never a slut."
Maya's grin grew in size, "Thanks mom, but I got to go ok; I'll be home for dinner."
"Sure thing, we're having pot roast! Love you!"
"Love you too, bye." Maya hung up just as Emily entered the room, "My mom, she said the room's fixed so I can come home tonight."
Maya watched as a slight look of disappointment flashed across Emily's face before the girl grinned at her, "Good, I don't think I could have handled another night of your snoring." Maya gasped, holding a hand to her heart.
"Take that back! Maya St. Germain does not snore!" she growled at Emily. Emily's eyes widened as a shock of arousal shot through her body at the tone of Maya's voice.
Her words faltered a bit, "Uh yea, sorry, you don't snore. A bit of a cuddle monster though." Emily recovered quickly.
Maya's face sobered quickly, her eyes narrowing playfully at Emily, "Don't ever, ever let me hear you call me that again." She paused for dramatic effect, "It would so ruin my reputation, just think about it, Hanna and Mona would shun me!"
Emily burst out laughing at Maya's mocking tone, Maya soon followed suit. "No but really, something that embarrassing stays in the bedroom, got it?"
Emily smirked, "Whatever you say…cuddle monster!" Emily squealed as Maya flew from the bed chasing her out into the hall and down the stairs. After the extremely provocative tickle fight which Emily lost as Maya tackled and then straddled her on the living room couch, Emily was just thankfully her mom was at work…so thankful.
The weekend had passed without incident…well not completely without incident. Maya had gone home after an impromptu breakfast for lunch leaving Emily to her lonesome for the rest of Saturday. Well lonesome in physical company at least…
Maya had been gone merely an hour and Emily already found herself missing the girl which resulted in her current position lounging on her bed, fresh out of the shower but still in her funky, moping mode. Thankfully her phone chimed, 'Maya.'
"Did you forget something?" Emily teased.
Maya giggled, "No not really, just missed you." She cooed, making Emily's heart swoon.
"Such a sweet talker." Emily hoped Maya couldn't hear the blush in her voice.
Maya grinned as her own butterflies swarmed her nerves, "Whatever you say beautiful." She paused letting the statement hang, "So guess what!" she changed the subject.
Emily was thankful, "What?" she giggled.
"My car's going to be here Sunday!" Maya squealed happily.
Emily laughed at the unexpected reaction from Maya and teased and talked with her until both phones were exhausted as were the owners.
They'd hung up shortly before 10pm, after whispering sweet goodbye's leaving both girls' blushing and smiling goofily. When Sunday morning rolled around Emily figured she'd spend the day with Maya again, only to find herself ambushed and kidnapped at the Hasting's house.
"Was all that really necessary?" Emily asked after finally being released from her captors.
Hanna and Spencer laughed was Aria at least looked apologetic, "Sorry Em."
Emily rolled her eyes but smiled, "It's ok Aria…I know it wasn't your idea." She gave a pointed look over at Spencer and Hanna who sobered their laughing quickly at the accusation.
"Hey it was funny and so necessary, so remove that stick out of your ass." Hanna grinned.
"Yea relax Emily, besides it's the only way we were going to get any time with you, you've been all occupied with the new girl." Spencer whined.
Emily glared, "Her name's Maya." Her defensiveness made Spencer smirk. Emily just glared harder, "Shut up Spencer." She said cutting off whatever Spencer was going to say.
This perked Aria's and Hanna's interest, "What's going on?" Aria looked at her.
"What don't we know?" Hanna added.
Spencer's smirk widened, "Yea, what don't they know Emily?"
Emily folded her arms across her chest, keeping her glared fixated on Spencer for a second more before looking at Aria and Hanna as the plopped onto Spencer's bed next to her. She rolled her eyes, "Nothing's going on." She protested,
"Yea right!" Spencer snorted causing all the attention to be refocused on her, "Emily got it bad for the new girl." Hanna and Aria gasped and looked back to Emily for confirmation.
"Oh my god! That's so awesome!" Hanna squealed.
"Yea its great Em, it's about time you got over Ali"
"Spencer doesn't know what she's talking about." Emily cut them off, her glare turning more threatening as she focused on Spencer.
"Really Em, it's fin" "Nothing's going on!" Emily roared, cutting Aria off for a second time.
The girls sat silent as the air tensed around them, they shared a look as Emily picked at the bedspread and nodded, "Ok." They repeated at once. Emily gave a small smile in thanks.
They'd spent the rest of the day gossiping and catching up and after Emily promised to have lunch with them on Monday they'd released her late that night. So now hear she was chaining up her bike in front of the school, daydreaming.
"I was going to offer you a ride, but your bike was going faster than my car." Maya said as she approached the crouching girl.
Emily smiled at the sound of her voice and stood, "Really? I didn't even see you?" she asked, almost embarrassed at the aspect.
Maya gave Emily a quick once over, "I definitely saw you." She smirked at Emily.
Any reply Emily had was cut short as Ben ran up grabbing her around the waist and give her a quick kiss, which she pulled back from, flinching, "Ben stop." She mumbled through a tight smile.
"What?" he questioned, grinning like an idiot, Maya looked on unimpressed. "It's cool, I can wait one more day; Noel's having his bitchin' party tomorrow night at the cabin." Emily of course new, but had forgotten about her commitment to go with Ben…her boyfriend.
"What? Is it one of Rosewood's pagan rituals?" Maya's sarcastic mark went unnoticed by the boy…not so much Emily though.
"Sort of…it was definitely a hot one last year." He leered at Emily, grabbing her hair to kiss her neck; she pushed him away coughing out an awkward laugh.
Maya hide her glare with a smirk, "I bet." She whispered, her eyes burned through Emily.
"Why don't you come with us?" Emily hurried out, shooting the smirking girl a pleading look. Maya's smirk softened, "Please? It'll be fun?" Emily continued pleadingly. Maya nodded. They share a look Maya knowing, Emily begging, and Ben…well he just looked like someone kicked his puppy.
Walking down the hall Emily stops as she sees Jenna and Toby walking her way, Maya notices the slightly panicked look, "Who's that?" she asks as Jenna smirks at the girl as Toby continues down the hall to his locker.
Emily ignores her friends' concerned looks from the other end of the hall and continues walking, "Jenna Cavanaugh, that was her stepbrother Toby, he's cool."
"And Jenna? She was smirking at you?" Maya pushed, making Emily pause.
"She…" Emily looked back to find Jenna still smirking at her, then she walks away. "She's nobody."
Maya lets it go, "Ok, I'll see you later." She runs her hand down Emily's arm, giving a flirty smile as Emily stops in front of her friends. She smiles at them, throwing Spencer a smirk and walks off.
"You ok?" Aria comes to stand beside Emily, looking up at her.
"I'm fine guys really, it's just Jenna." Emily all but sneers.
Spencer and Hanna share an unbelieving look, Hanna decides to speak, "Want me to beat her up?"
The girls laugh, "Hanna you'd break a nail." Emily giggles as Hanna looks at her nails fondly then smirks.
"Fine, then I'll have Spencer beat her up!" Spencer scoffs, but shrugs in agreement, they laugh again.
"Thanks guys, but really I'm fine." They nod in agreement and let it go.
Next day at after school, Emily opens her GYM locker roughly, still strung up even after swim practice. She was frustrated after basically pouncing Ben in his car this morning trying desperately to convince herself that she was straight. Unfortunately Maya had walked by and saw everything. And when she'd caught up with the girl Maya was different, cold almost, saying Emily had nothing to be sorry for, it was her boyfriend after all.
And then that whole Jenna thing yesterday…Jenna just got to her, she couldn't help it. Wouldn't you be pissed by the presence of someone who your girlfriend cheated on you with? Ok, yes shocking, gasp, but is it really that shocking?
Why'd you think she was so distraught over Alison? She was Emily first love, first everything and she'd trampled over Emily's heart by cheating on her with Jenna, repeatedly. After Alison left she just convinced herself that Alison had just manipulated her feelings and that none of it meant anything or at least she was trying to for the past year.
"Ah!" Emily screamed as she was grabbed from behind.
Ben laughed and released her, "Why are you so jumpy?"
"Why are you in here?" she questioned back, removing her clothes from the locker seeing as she was still in her swimsuit and a towel.
"Just wanted to see you." He countered pushing her against the locker, "Get in some alone time." He leered.
She pushed him away, "Ben stop, if we get caught we'll be in so much trouble."
He laughed against her and ignored her pushing hand, "Oh come on Em, live a little." He continued kissing down her neck.
Emily felt disgusted; "Ben stop, I need to get dressed." she was panicking now as he pushed down her shoulder strap.
"Don't bother."
She pulled it back up, "My mom's expecting me." Lie, but she needed to get out of there, now.
"What's with you? This morning you're all over me and now I'm fucking Herme?" He was getting mad, this was so not good. "Just relax."
He goes into to kiss her again, she resists and pushing him back, but he's stronger, "Ben stop! Stop, no! I said stop! Ben enough!" she screams but he doesn't listen, then suddenly he's off of her. She opens her eyes…Maya.
"What the fucks wrong with you!" Maya screams at him.
He glares, "It's none of your business, this is between me and my girlfriend." He lunges forward, but Maya's faster and her fist connects with his jaw. He falls back against the wall.
"Get the fuck away from her." Maya growls as she comes to stand in front of Emily protectively.
Emily swallows thickly as Ben starts to approach again, "Ben leave!"
He looks shocked, "Come on babe! We were just getting started!" he protests. He pauses and looks at Maya then back at Emily, sneering, "What, is she why you wouldn't put out? Got a little dikey crush going on Em? Did you forget you're my girlfriend?"
She stares at him hard, "As far as I'm concerned I'm your nothing Ben, leave me the fuck alone!" Emily growls grabbing her clothes and Maya's hand, stalking out of the locker room.
They don't stop until the reach Maya's car, and once inside Emily hurries to pull on her jeans and shirt over her swimsuit, then slipping on her socks and shoes before she finally takes a breath.
"Emily?" Maya reaches out to her, her hand taking Emily's as she pulls it into her lap and rubs small circles into Emily's palm. Maya doesn't ask if she's ok, it's a stupid question considering Emily was just almost raped by her boyfriend, ex-boyfriend.
Emily exhales sharply, "Can you take me home?" she looks at Maya.
Maya smiles, "Sure thing hun." Maya doesn't let go of Emily's hand the whole way there.
"You still want to go to the party?" Emily asked incredulously. "Are you sure Maya? We can just stay home, pig out on pizza and watch cheesy chick flicks?" she offers.
Maya smiles a little, "No I want to go, we'll have fun! I'm so not letting that piece of shit ruining my first party." Emily regrettably agrees.
The party's in full swing when they pull up. Emily walks awkwardly next to Maya, "I should've stayed home." She mumbles.
Maya frowns, "Come on Em, I promise you'll have fun ok? Don't worry about Ben, if he comes anywhere near you I'll kick him in the balls." Maya promises wrapping an arm lightly around her back.
They walk into the house and Hanna spots Emily enter and calls out to her in relief, "Emily!" causing her boyfriend, Sean, and Ben to turn from their game of foosball and look at her and Maya.
Maya smirks at the purple tint around Ben's jaw, "Damn…purple is really his cover."
He walks forward, Emily meets him halfway, "So you decided to come after all." He's cocky.
"Yea…just not with you." Maya smirks from close behind her and then they walk off together. They soon meet up with Aria and Spencer and after a quick introduction to Aria, formally seeing as Spencer already gave both her and Hanna the 411 on the new girl and Emily, Maya walks off to get her and Emily drinks.
"So wait…she punched him?" Aria looks in awe.
Spencer smirks and takes a sip from her cup, "How very valiant of her." Emily blushes, "Ben a douchebag, just like Noel. I don't know why you started dating him to begin with."
Emily gives her a look, "You know why."
Spencer rolls her eyes as Hanna approaches and then fills her in, Hanna coos, "Awe! Well at least one of us is getting attention from their significant other."
"She's just a friend!" Emily protests.
Hanna looks at her like she's dumb, "The only reason she's just a friend is because you're to chicken shit to be with her." Emily's stunned into silence.
Thankfully Maya walks up, drinks in hand, "Have you seen the photo booth?" she grins cutely at Emily.
"No, why don't you show me?" Emily grabs her drink and walks off with Maya. Her friends smirk at her retreating form…they have a photo booth every party.
"Ok, ready?" Emily says in the tight space, Maya's practically on her lap tight.
"Wait, I got to fix my hair. If this comes out decent I'm going to replace my driver's licenses photo." Maya leans forward to do just that.
Emily smiles and rolls her eyes, "Those never turn out good."
Maya rolls her eyes back, "Mine is so past not good that it's just plain scary. I'm talking like Snookie scary here."
Emily leans forward so that she can see Maya's face, "No way, can I see it?" Maya shakes her head, "Come on, I'll show you mine? I swear it looks like a mug shot."
Maya smirks at her, "Yea right, like you can take anything but beautiful photos…you're stunning." The air gets tense.
"Ok how do we start these?" Emily fumbles with the button awkwardly, "Ok get ready." They get into position making the random funny faces and bunny ears, until they look at each other. The camera snaps and Maya's hand is in Emily's hair, at the back on her head pulling her forward. Emily feels her breath ghosting over her lips, she looks into Maya's eyes and then her lips connect with Maya's, the camera flashes.
Maya pulls back, but Emily doesn't move right away, still getting over the shock of Maya's kiss. 'Tingles.' Is all Emily can think of, well that and soft, sweet, perfect lips. She pulls away, an awkward smile, Maya's more confident one and they step out of the booth, pulling the tickets out.
"Cute." Maya smirks and hands the second copy to a blushing Emily, "See, I knew you couldn't take an ugly picture." Emily puts them in her back pocket, "Come on let's get some pizza." Maya takes her hand and drags her away. Emily just allows her, knowing she'd probably follow this girl anywhere.