Cold Showers and Colder Shoulders
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An: Glad you all enjoyed the last two chapters. Let's see what happens shall we.
"Oh my god! Oh my god! Oh my fucking god!" Hanna squealed in a whisper as she jumped back onto Spencer's bed, waking the previously sleeping girls.
"Ow! Hanna what the hell!" Spencer groaned trying to push the blonde off of her.
"Ah!" she succeeded as the blonde went tumbling to the floor, she smiled turning over to copy Aria's sentiment and bury her head beneath the pillows.
Hanna huffed and jumped back up onto the bed, this time standing at the foot and jumping up and down in excitement, her hangover being totally cured from what she just saw downstairs. 'Now if only these two would wake up.' She grinned.
"Ok, ok we give up! What the hell's gotten into you this morning? You usually have the worst hangover." Aria groaned, trying to swat at Hanna's legs to get her to stop bouncing, the motion was seriously making her nauseous.
Hanna just plopped down, grinning like a mad woman. Spencer glared, "Seriously, how the hell do you not have a hangover? You were way drunker than the rest of us." She complained rubbing her forehead.
Hanna just grinned and giggled, practically shaking in her excitement, "Oh I totally was, I went downstairs to get some Advil since I couldn't find any in your bathroom, and I saw…" she trailed off squealing.
"Saw what?" Aria asked, queasiness suddenly disappearing. Spencer also perked up in interest, but remained silent; it was still way too early, she had no coffee and a huge headache.
"Maya and Emily still asleep and cuddling in front of the fireplace; I swear I am so jealous of her love life. It was so adorable that it cured my hangover." Hanna sighed out, waiting for Spencer and Aria to react. A moment passed. The three bolted to the door in hurried but hushed footsteps, pushing each other out of the way to be first.
As they made it to the top of the stairs they slunk down and peered through the banister, awing at what they found. Just as Hanna said, they laid there cuddled together and wrapped in that down blanket in front of the fireplace.
Foreheads together, noses brushing and limbs tangled, the three girls couldn't help but to sigh out at the utter adorableness of the couple. Ok, and yes they were all slightly jealous. "Cured your hangover, didn't it." Hanna stated smugly, but then frowned, "How the hell did they fall asleep on the floor?"
It was a very good question indeed. "Maybe they were just tired and fell asleep." Aria offered with a shrug.
Hanna's eyebrows shot up as she tried to look for clothing, she couldn't see anything though. Spencer shook her head knowing were the blonde's mind was going. "I told them not to have sex on the couches."
Hanna just grinned, "They're not on the couches Spence." She giggled as Spence gaped.
"Are they wearing clothes?" She squeaked trying even heard to see, but the blanket was covering them up too much. Pretty soon they were shoving at each other trying to get the best view, with poor little Aria stuck in the middle.
They were too busy to even notice that Maya had woken up and spotted the seen on the stairs. With a smirk she carefully pried herself away from Emily, careful not to wake the girl up and padded over to the three musketeers.
Silently she took the steps listening in on the hushed conversation. "Stop, Hanna move, and be quiet you're going to wake them up."
"No I won't, maybe if you'd move over and let me see I wouldn't have to push you."
"Ow guys, really, this is getting weird."
Maya just shook her head and leaned down behind the three, "Morning!" she sung lowly and giggled as all three girls jumped and swiveled around so fast they ended up a pile of limbs by her feet. Maya crossed her arms with a smirk, waiting for an explanation.
"So um hi." Spencer gave a pathetic wave.
Aria rolled her eyes and reached out a hand for Maya to help her up, she did. "You two are pathetic." Aria glared at the two on the floor, then turned to an even more amused smile, "And you two are adorable, now I'm going to take a shower." She ran to Spencer's room.
Maya turned her attention back to Hanna and Spencer who were now standing, "I'm uh going to go um help her." Spencer hesitated.
"I'm sure she'd appreciate that." Maya snickered causing the girl to blush and take off.
Hanna just shrugged, "So you guys didn't have sex huh?" she sounded so disappointed.
"No Hanna we didn't." Maya rolled her eyes.
Hanna pouted, "You guys are no fun." She stomped up the stairs, leaving Maya alone once more with a sleeping Emily. With a shake of her head Maya made her way back to the sleeping girl and lay down beside her.
For a moment she just stared, tucking a random piece of hair back into place behind Emily's ear and brushing her fingers lightly across a soft cheek. "You're staring." Emily whispered causing Maya to chuckle and kiss the same cheek.
"Sorry." She murmured not sounding at all apologetic.
Emily sighed, "Are they gone?" she blinked her eyes opened, a smile spreading across her lips as she caught Maya's eyes. Maya just nodded and leaned down once more to place a small kiss on her girlfriends lips, Emily pulled back though. "Ew no, I have morning breath."
Maya pursed her lips in mock irritation, well mostly, because she really wanted to kiss her girlfriend right now, and not even said girlfriend was going to get in the way of that. She sighed as though she was giving up, and as Emily relaxed she swung her leg around and straddled the unsuspecting girl.
She grinned now, as she trapped Emily's hands in her own above the girl's head, Emily pulled a shocked face, though Maya could see the smile in her eyes. "First off, you're my girlfriend and therefore you are obligated to give me morning kisses, and secondly, you don't have morning breath. Now kisses me." She growled, swooping in to capture soft lips. This time Emily didn't resist.
The kiss was quickly deepened as she released the trapped girl's hands, Maya then distracting Emily from her wandering hand by, moving her hips subtly into Emily's. Emily let loose a tiny moan at the contact, making Maya smirk into the kiss. Her hand walked its way down her girlfriend's side, playing with the hem of the thin tank top.
Then, as Maya took Emily's bottom lip between her teeth, tugging softly, and then suckling it, her hand ghosted up Emily's bare side. Emily shivered and as if only now realizing her hands had been freed, because let's face it, if you had Maya on top of you, kissing you like this, you'd forget too, she gripped her girlfriends devious hips.
Maya's hand sent tingles throughout her body as it ghosted up and down her side, trailing neatly trimmed finger nails over swimmer abs, over and over again, only to pause and grip her ribcage just beneath the trim of her bra. If Emily had any breath left, it was stolen from her lungs at the anticipation in the moment.
With a questioning gentleness Maya began to trace the skin just beneath the outside of her bra, pulling away to gage Emily's reaction. "I can stop." She whispered breathlessly, her eyes searching Emily's, shining in a way that Emily knew Maya was more than content in stopping things now; if she wanted.
Emily worked on catching her breath, Maya's hand still caressing her softly, her cheeks flushing even as the words left her already swollen lips, "You really don't have too." Maya beamed, not so much because she was granted permission, ok so that had a lot to do with it, but mostly because Emily trusted her enough to give her permission. She was ecstatic.
Leaning down, she caught lips in a sweet, smiley kiss to show her gratitude. Her hand inching forward with every sweet kiss placed upon even sweeter lips, and just as her finger tips brushed soft skin, fingers digging into her hips, bringing hips so much closer; they were, of course, interrupted.
"Go, go, go Maya! It's your birthday! You're gonna get your mack on like it's your birthday! You're gonna feel up on Em like it's your birthday! And we know that you don't give a fuck cause it's your birth-ah!" Hanna stopped and ran as Maya sprung up from her spot and gave chase.
Emily for her part huffed and pouted to the ceiling, sighing as she accepted the hands of Aria and Spencer to lift her up. She could tell her friends were greatly amused at the situation, but at least they had the decency to look sympathetically. "Make sure Maya doesn't kill her until I get out of the shower." She huffed once more.
As she turned, she caught Spencer muttering under her breath. "A cold one I bet." And then the little giggle that followed, she turned with a glare.
"I'm sure she'd have no problem taking care of you two as well." She smirked as they gulped and backed away toward the kitchen. Satisfied, and not in the way she wanted to be satisfied, she made her way upstairs to get ready. 'Guess today's just not my 'lucky' day.' She blushed and groaned at herself for her thoughts. 'I've been spending way too much time with Hanna…way too much time.'
Emily descended the stairs, a slight frown framing her lips as she stared down at her phone. She could hear the laughter emanating from the kitchen as she took the last step, she saw her friends and her girlfriend gathered around the Hastings kitchen island, joking and eating breakfast. She smiled, just taking a moment to appreciate the fact that Maya was indeed accepted into her group. Fact was, they loved her and Emily couldn't have been happier about it.
Across the room Maya sat huddled close to her coffee cup while laughing at a pouting Hanna. She caught movement from the corner of her eye and turned, her smile stretching a mile wide as she spotted her girlfriend. Her smile softened around the edges, her eyes shining as they locked onto Emily's.
Emily blushed under the intense gaze, butterflies irrupting in her stomach as she made her way toward the group; toward Maya. Taking the conveniently empty seat beside her girlfriend, Emily placed a quick but soft kiss onto her girlfriend's waiting lips. Maya hummed in delight. "How was your shower, Baby?" she smiled.
Emily's heart stopped for a beat then worked itself up so hard it was pounding in her ribcage. She bit her lip, "Good." Her eyes silently lock onto Maya's, the two coming to an understanding. 'Good, but not as great as it would have been with you there.' A light blush warmed both sets of cheeks, but none feeling shame just…longing.
"So what'll you have Em?" Spencer said walking around the island to refill her coffee cup. When Emily just sighed in response she turned to the pouting girl with a raised brow. "Unless you have other plans?" she guessed.
"My mom called after I got out of the shower; said she wanted me home before 10." Emily frowned. Maya reached over and took one of the girl's fidgeting hands into her own, bringing it up to kiss the knuckles. Though it did nothing to stop the nerves, Emily did grace her with a loving smile.
"Really? I thought she normally works on Saturdays?" Aria frowned in confusion.
Emily let out a short kind of laugh, "She does." She said simply.
Hanna frowned as well, "Ok…what's going on Em?" the other girls nodded in agreement; there was something Emily wasn't saying. Maya pulled the girl closer by her waist, placing a gentle kiss on her cheek for support.
"I-I don't know really…" she started with a sigh, looking up to her friends and Maya, "She sounded weird on the phone, like she was angry or something. She even asked me where I was even though I told her last night that I was going to be here, but she sounded like she didn't believe me." Emily shrugged.
Maya frowned down at their twined hands, not liking the frustration in Emily's voice. An idea struck her and she smirked, "I told you, you should have hidden that pair of panties better. See this is what happens when you don't listen to me. Poor Pam probably had a heart attack when she found them under your pillow…" she sighed. "If she throws them away, then you so owe me a new pair." She huffed.
Maya waited, taking in the girls' expressions. Emily looked so confused yet oddly amused, Aria and Spencer seemed shocked and Hanna looked…proud. She started giggling, setting off everyone else. Emily just shook her head and stood from her seat, "Walk me out?" Maya nodded, grabbing Emily's bag before the girl could.
"Are you going to be ok?" Maya questioned, pressing her body comfortable into Emily's as the girl leaned back onto the driver side door. Her arms snaking around her girl's waist as Emily's hands rested on her neck and collarbone.
She sighed, leaning her head against Maya's but keeping eye contact. "Yea, I can handle my mother." She grinned as Maya pressed closer to kiss her gently. "I'll call you if anything, ok." She promised knowing it's what Maya wanted to hear; needed to hear.
Maya smiled, "Good." She kissed her again, showing her support in a rain of soft kisses. "Miss you already." She whispered as their lips parted. Emily brings her arms over her shoulders and pulls the girl in, hugging Maya to her body. Maya didn't mind.
"Miss you too." She pulled away.
"Mom! I'm home!" Emily called walking through the front door, setting her keys atop the kitchen counter as she opened the fridge. Grabbing the orange juice, she got a glass from the cabinet and poured herself a glass as her mother entered the kitchen.
"Oh hey Hunny, I'm surprised Maya isn't with you. You've been attached at the hip with that girl lately; I'm glad you're spending time with your other friends." Pam gave that frown/fake smile thing.
Emily held back from rolling her eyes, "Actually Maya was at the Spencer's house too; they all really like her." Emily laughs at the disappointment on Pam's face. "She hangs out with them all the time, even when I'm not there." She sounded smug.
Pam pursed her lips, "Right…well that's great that she's fitting in." She was at a loss for words.
Emily frowned, catching on to her mother's tone. "I thought you liked Maya?"
Pam sighed, "I do…I was just worried that you weren't hanging out with your other friends and spending all your time with her."
A lump lodged itself in Emily's throat. "Well I like Maya, so do the girls." She shrugged trying to drop the subject.
Pam wasn't quite finished though. "It's just…she's not pressuring you to do anything is she? Cause I ran into Jenna Cavanaugh at The Grill this morning and she said some things about Maya."
Emily's blood boiled, "What kind of things?"
Pam sighed, stopping from fiddling with her purse to look at her daughter. "Well, she hinted that Maya was interested in being more than just friends with you, and Hunny, I know you aren't…that way, so if this girl is somehow pressuring you to be more I need to know. Is she…" Pam sounded distressed.
Emily took a deep breath, "Gay? You know you can say the word mom."
Pam stood straighter. "Look it's her choice, but I'd really would rather you hang out with more suitable friends Hunny, people like her…they need help, professional help. Her poor parents."
Emily scoffed, "You don't even know if she is gay! And even if she is that wouldn't matter because she's my…friend and there's nothing wrong with being gay. It's not a choice you know, besides Jenna's gay mother, that's fact, and she's also a bitch."
"Emily!" Pam screeched outraged. "I think you and Maya should spend some time apart…look how you're acting."
"Well I don't care for what you think, because it's wrong. You have no right to judge someone, especially my friends and I'm acting this way, because of you, not Maya." Emily seethed.
Pam shook her head in shock. "Alright, I'm sorry for upsetting you, I know you will make the right choices in your life." She sighed. "I'm just going to go run a few errands ok, I'll be back in a little while." She kissed her daughter on the cheek and left.
Emily marched up to her room, phone in hand and already dialing a familiar number.
"I just don't get it." Emily sighed, her head resting on Maya's chest as the girl ran her fingers through Emily's hair. She sifted a bit to look up at Maya as she began to speak.
Maya dropped her hand to Emily's arm, running her fingers over the material of her shirt gently. "Who knows what Jenna said to your mom, Pam's just really freaked out about the possibility. She's scared, it's understandable; no one ever thinks that their child is going to be gay. There's no 'how to' manual."
"Your parents don't care." Emily countered.
Maya laughed, "My parents were also hippies back in the day. I admit they are very cool about things, but I swear I was so scared to come out to them; it was ridiculous. And they weren't exactly 100% ok with it at first either, they were confused."
Emily rolled her eyes, "Yea but they never made you feel like it was wrong." Maya smiled lovingly at her as she left the bed to switch the CD playing. Her reply however was cut off by Emily's phone ringing. "Can you get that?" Emily smirked from over her shoulder. "I think it's my mother."
Maya smirked back, "You sure you want Pam knowing we're together?" she taunted, raising Emily's phone in question.
"She can get over herself." Emily smirked back.
"This whole 'don't care what my mother thinks' kind of attitude is such a turn on." Maya winked answering the phone, "Emily's phone?" she paused getting no answer, just breathing. "Hello? I can hear you breathing?" she sung, annoyed that someone interrupted her time with her girlfriend.
Emily frowned, reaching for the phone. Maya shrugged handing it to her. "Hello?" she was greeted with the dial tone. "That was…creepy." She frowned, and then froze as the front door opened and closed from downstairs. "Mom!" she called only to receive no answer.
Standing from the bed she moved to the foot, as Maya climbed off too pulling Emily's body into hers, ready to pull the girl all the way behind her if need be. "Mom!" Emily tried again, gripping Maya's hand as someone ascended the stairs.
They waited with abated breath as footsteps echoed down the hall, and finally came to a stop at her doorway. Emily stood in shock…then smiling and running for the man in her doorway. "Dad!" she cheered as he caught her in a hug.
"There she is." He sighed against her hair, holding her close. Emily laughed, hugging him tighter. Maya just stood back watching the scene with a smile on her face. She was happy that Emily finally had her dad back.
Then Pam walked in and ruined her mood. "Oh, Maya I didn't know you were here." She sniped making Maya roll her eyes. Emily too pulled back though kept close to her dad. Mr. Fields smile warmly at the girl.
"Maya, I've heard a lot about you, nice to finally put a face to a name." He offered his hand.
Maya smiled, almost smugly at Pam, taking her husband's hand. "Likewise Mr. Fields, it's good to have you home, I know Emily's missed you." He beamed at her Kissing Emily's head.
"Thanks for taking care of her while I was away." Maya blushed and nodded in answer. Emily beamed watching the two interact. Pam on the other hand didn't like it one bit.
"Right well" "I should be going; I'm sure you all would like some family time." Maya cut in before Pam could kick her out. Emily frowned. "It was a pleasure to finally meet you Mr. Fields, Emily I'll call you later, ok." She walked over and wrapped her girlfriend in a hug and kissed her cheek.
"Ok." Emily responded, caught between not wanting Maya to go and wanting her dad all to herself. Maya just smiled in understanding toward her girl.
"I'm sure I'll be seeing you around Maya." Mr. Fields called out. Maya nodded and left, leaving behind a fuming Pam. 'Serves that bitch right for upsetting Emily earlier.' Maya smirked to herself as she left the Fields' residence.
Later the day Emily sat in her room talking with her dad. "Your mom told my about homecoming, breaking up with Ben…and this Maya. Is everything alright?" he asked concerned.
Emily smiled, "I'm sure she had some choice words about Maya."
He laughed, "You're mom's just worried about you is all…should we be worried about you?"
Emily shook her head. "I fine, honestly and I have Maya to thank for that…she's been great to me dad." She smiled lost in thought. Mr. Fields smiled too, though his showed a bit of knowing and understanding.
Meanwhile Pam stood outside the door, listening in on the conversation. She gripped her purse to her side, and then reached in to pull out a strip of photos…photos of Emily and Maya that the Cavanaugh girl had given to her. She frowned, she didn't want to believe that Emily was being corrupted by some girl, but she'd do whatever she could to save her daughter.