Chapter 32: Dream

Paige's POV

It had been two weeks since Emily broke up with me and it was still awkward to see her at school because we hadn't talked since our fight at the strip club.

I still watched over her as Batgirl, only now it felt like I was stalking her more than protecting her.

Spencer and Caleb always asked me how I felt, but I told them that I was fine. I was lying, it felt like my heart had been torn out from my chest.

I had lost the only thing that mattered to me and it made me unfocused and sloppy.

I tried to forget about Emily but it was impossible.

Every day that I looked myself in the mirror I saw that I was just a shell of what I used to be.

Now I was on my way back home from school when suddenly two muggers jumped out right in front of me.

"Give us your money bitch!" one said as they all surrounded me.

Just as I was about to throw a right hook I got kicked in the back of my right knee, so I fell to the ground and the muggers kept kicking me to make sure that I stayed down. Once they were sure that I wouldn't fight back they took my wallet and ran. I didn't cared it was only 4 dollars in it they could have them for what I cared.

I slowly got back up when I felt a hand grabbing my arm and helping me getting up, it was Caleb.

"Paige, are you ok?" he asked

"No I'm not ok, I'll never be ok." I said in pain.

"What do you mean?" Caleb asked.

"I've lost... it. Caleb I can't fight crime anymore." I said.

"Ok so just take a few days off and recover then..."

"No Caleb I'm done. From now on there is no more Batgirl." I said and Caleb had a shocked look on his face.

He helped me back to my mansion where I shut of all my equipment and locked all mime and his suites in a valve.

"As of now Batgirl doesn't exist anymore" I said as we exited. Caleb didn't say a word, but I knew that he was disappointed.

Caleb left my mansion and slammed the door as he exited. I couldn't see a reason to stay up anymore so I took a quick shower and went to bed, tomorrow for the first time ages I'd live like a common girl.

Emily's POV

I was still wearing the chain that Paige had given me for my birthday, I always hid it under my clothes whenever I was in school and during gym class I just hid it in my locker. It was weird that I still had it but truthfully I never stopped loving Paige, but right now things were just too complicated.

I took one last look at the chain before I hid it under my tank top, then I went downstairs to eat some breakfast.

I saw my mom sitting by the table, eating a bagel. She looks up to me and says "Hi Emmy, what's wrong?"

"Why do you think something is wrong mom?" I asked her

"Because I'm your mother, I can tell." She says and I sit down.

"It's Paige, we had a fight a few days back and now I don't know if I can trust her anymore." I said hoping that my mom would have some answers.

"Well Emmy, when I met your father I didn't know what to think about him. My friends had told me that he was childish and immature but when he asked me out I said yes and that's where he was this very different man than what I had heard about him and of course we had our fights, some were worse than others, but I stayed with him because I loved him. Love works in different ways not like in the movies when you find someone that you love you want to keep them for as long as possible." My mom said as she got up from the table.

I was sitting there not sure of how to react, I was still unsure of what to say the next time I saw Paige, but I knew exactly how I felt about her.

I walked to school and saw Paige by her locker, I wanted to go over there and talk to her but I have been too afraid to talk since after what I had said I wasn't sure if Paige would let me talk to her anymore.

When I saw her it was like she wasn't herself, I couldn't put my finger on it but it was like she had lost her edge.

I knew that I had to tell Paige how I felt but I couldn't summon the courage for it so I stayed back for now.

Paige's POV

Today was the first day where I was free from Batgirl and it took a lot of adjustment but I went through the day without focusing on what Batgirl would do.

When I walked home with Aria I saw someone getting mugged. He was struggling to fend off his attacker but the mugger just hit him on the head so the man was knocked unconscious and the mugger got away with the wallet.

Aria stared angrily at me.

"What I'm not a cop what was I supposed to do?" I said.

"No you're a hero, you should do something about that." Aria said sounding very disappointed at me.

We walked to my mansion and on the way over there I told Aria that I had stopped being Batgirl.

When we entered my mansion Aria walked up in front of me.

"Wait, you stopped being Batgirl? are you crazy?" She asked me

"Aria, listen I had enough of that. I can't find A, I once fought A and lost and now I have lost Emily, I have no reason to continue. Batgirl is dead! I said sternly.

"What? Listen there are civilians who can't sleep at night now when you have stopped a lot of A's plans and now you're just going to turn your back to them?" Aria almost screamed at me.

"Yes pretty much." I said not caring for what Aria said.

"You being as close to a moron as anyone possibly can get" Aria said frustrated.

"Then I better move" I said and took a step back.

Then I felt something punching my stomach, the punch made me lean forward and I moved my hands to my stomach. Then another punch to my back made me fall to the floor. I looked up and saw Aria staring at me, she looked pissed.

"Listen now McCullers and listen well, I'm sick of this pity party you're having. You stop walking around feeling sorry for yourself and do something about it!" Aria sneered at me and then she left slamming the door behind her leaving me here to think of what I should do now.

I went back up and I took a long look in the mirror, I saw that this wasn't me, it was like I was watching someone else. I didn't like what I saw, but I just didn't know what to do or think it was like I had lost the part of me that always was confident and knew what to do.

I went outside to try to clear my head right now I just wanted some answers.

Emily's POV

Dream:

I was in the park where my dad always took me when I was a child. I went to the swing set, I knew that I was dreaming and that the swings were destroyed when I was 11 but I didn't care.

I sat down on the swing and I didn't move, it was like I had completely forgotten how to use a swing.

"Mind if I push you Emmy?" I heard a voice say, I turned around and right there I saw my dad, he was standing right behind the swings and he was smiling widely.

I went off the swing and hugged my dad tightly, "I miss you Dad. I miss you so much" I said as I tightened my hug not wanting to let go of him.

"It's ok Emmy, I miss you to." He said

We let go of each other and my dad gesturing me towards the swing and I sat back down on it while he walked behind and starting to push the swing like when I was younger.

"I know how you feel about Paige." My dad said.

"Yes it's just after this thing with Shauna I just can't be near Paige and after the strip club I didn't know if I could trust her anymore." I said as I leaned back in the swing.

"Paige has only done all this things to make sure that you are safe, she'll always protect you no matter what, because she loves you." My dad said.

"I knew she is the right girl for my Emmy and she'll never hurt you." My dad said and I realized that all this time when I was worried about Shauna, I was hurting Paige.

"Oh god, what if Paige won't take me back?" I said, I wanted to cry but I couldn't bring any tears to my eyes.

"You can't cry because this is your happy place, there is no sadness here only joy." My dad said.

"And don't worry about Paige she still loves you and she will protect you no matter what. Now... Jump!" My dad said and I jumped off the swing and closed my eyes, When I opened my eyes I saw that I was in Paige's arms she looked at me with a smile and I leaned up to kiss her...

I woke up and saw that it was 7:15 in the morning, I got up put on some clothes and grabbed my cell phone leaving a text to Paige were I told her to meet me at the brew at noon, I felt really comparable for the first time since I had broken up with Paige, now I only had one thing in mind getting back together with her.

Paige's POV

I was on my way to the brew, not really sure what to expect after getting Emily's text. Once I had arrived I saw Emily sitting outside the brew with two coffee mugs. I walked over to her and sat down right next to her.

"Hi Paige I want you to know that I miss you." Emily said. "I know what I said and I don't want to lose you, I want to be with you, I want to have a family with you and no one else." Emily said and I was stunned.

"That is if you are willing to continue to fight for us:" She said playing with her coffee mug.

"Emily I will always fight for us." I said and she looked up with her wonderful smile.

This was a really happy day, I moved close to Emily and she did the same, our lips were only inches away when suddenly a smoke grenade landed next to our table, I reached for Emily but I couldn't find her. Once the smoke had cleared I saw a big green question mark sprayed on the street and there were more sprayed on a nearby brick wall.

The police arrived and I could overhear them saying that this was done by the Ridler, one of A lieutenants.

I felt something building up inside me, it wasn't anger it was something else, I felt more confident, much braver and stronger.

Okay Ridler, now you just made a big mistake and I hope that you are ready to face the consequences because tonight Batgirl is back.