"Hmmm." Emily sighed in content at the good soreness that spread throughout her body when she stretched. She noticed however that for the second time this week, she was cold. The space beside her was cold. Even on the rare occasion that Paige would detatch herself from Emily through the night, she would still be curled around her in the morning, keeping her warm. "Paige?" She looked to the chair in the corner where Paige had been sitting the last time. The chair was empty. She looked over to the clock, noticing that it was a little after 3 in the morning. Getting out of bed, Emily made her way downstairs, into the living room and saw Paige's figure by the window looking out into the barkyard. "Hey." Emily said softly as she made her way over to the girl, sitting in Paige's lap.
"You have school in four hours Em, you should be asleep." Paige said, not looking at the girl.
"I can't sleep anymore without you beside me, keeping me warm." Emily said as she ran her fingers through the girls hair. She thought that after tonight, they had made a break through, but Paige was showing signs of still being scared and nervous.
"Do you remember the fight with Alison?" Paige asked out of the blue after a few minutes of silence.
"Yes. Where is this coming from?" Emily asked, full focus on the girl.
"You remember what Spence and Toby had to do to her?" Paige asked.
"They killed her." Emily said.
"I don't want to have to do that in front of you." Paige said, turning to look at Emily for the first time. Emily could see the pain and worry in Paige's eyes.
"Why would you have to?" Emily asked.
"Someone is after you. Someone wants you to be their mate too. Earlier, when I attacked you, I was trying to mark you. To transfer my blood to yours, so that other weres would know you were mine. But if I did that to you, it would kill you because your not strong enough to have my blood in yours. Someone else wants you. Someone else could steal you away from me." Paige said, getting more upset as she went.
"I won't let that happen." Emily said.
"You can't control it Em. If someone wants to take you from me, all they have to do is mark you." Paige stands and starts pacing.
"Hey." Emily said as she steps in front of the girl.
"I can't kill someone." Paige said as she looks down.
"Then don't." Emily said.
"It is the only way to stop them. When I think about someone else having you, I just get so angry that I want to kill them." Paige said.
"Is this why your afraid to let go and let your instinct take over?" Emily asked. Paige simply nodded. "Paige, love of my life, mate, soulmate, you are an idiot." Emily said with a light laugh.
"Exscuse me? It's not funny Emily." Paige said as she turned to walk away from the girl.
"Babe!" Emily yelled as she grabbed Paige's hand and spun her around so she was facing her. "You can't hold this part of you inside forever. It is destroying you. You can't even relax around me that much anymore."
"With the things you think, is it any wonder?" Paige let out in a mocking tone.
"It isn't my fault you get me all hot and bothered." Emily said, causing Paige to blush and duck her head.
"This is like coming out of the closet all over again." Paige said in defeat.
"You can't keep it inside. You make me feel safe Paige. I want you to keep me safe. And if that means stopping another were from claiming me.." Emily trailed off.
"I have to kill it." Paige said, looking off.
"I know you are not evil Paige. There isn't a bad bone in your body. But this is a threat to you too. And to Spencer, Toby, Hannah and Caleb. They protect us, we have to protect them." Emily said.
"You are more important to me. Protecting you is more important to me." Paige said.
"Then use that feeling Paige. Spencer has told me about things that her and the other have faced. Your going to have to let the animal part of you out sometime. Do it now, when your father can help you. I will be safe." Emily said. "is this what the dreams are about?" Emily asked after a pause.
"Yes. Apparently all weres have them. Dreams of killing their mates." Paige said as she flopped down on the couch burrying her face in a pillow. Emily laughed and moved to sit on Paige's butt.
"Don't hold back for me babe. I want you to be yourself." Emily said. "Even if that means you might get a little scary sometimes. I'm not afraid of you."
"Oh, you aren't are you?" Paige said as she quickly flipped herself so that Emily was moved off of her and standing by the couch. "Because I can be very scary." She said as she stood and wrapped her arms around the girl, pulling Emily close to her.
"I love you." Emily said, breaking down all of Paige's walls.
"I love you too." She said before she kissed the girl.
"Unlike you, I am not on a animal schedule, so I need to go back to sleep. Let's go." Emily said as she pulled Paige along with her and up the stairs.
"So what has Spencer been showing you?" Paige asked as she settled behind Emily.
"Oh, lets just say that I could totally kick your ass if I needed to." Emily said as she closed her eyes and pulled Paige's arm so she was pressed close to her. She felt Paige bite slightly at the exposed skin on her shoulder before she settled behind her.
A/N: Sorry its been awhile since I updated. So, my computer crashed and I have lost the chapters I have been working on, I know, stupid that I didn't back them up, so I am writing them over agian, so please bear with me. So sorry. Love the love I get on my stories, so thank you for the kind reviews!