How did we get here?

Chapter 1

Emily sat in the cafeteria next to Hanna, Aria and Spencer. It was lunch and the day was passing awfully slowly. Emily was anxious to meet Paige after school, because she had wanted to talk. She had heard that before, and it obviously couldn't be good.

"Hey Em are you okay? You have been staring into space for the last 10 minutes." Hanna asked.

"Yeah, Paige wants to talk afterschool and I am just a little nervous."

"Uh oh, trouble in paradise. Don't worry Em, Im sure everything will be fine." Aria said rather confidently.

It was the last period of the day and the teacher was going on and on about how cells divide. The clock was slowly ticking away until finally the bell rang, school was over for the day. I rushed to my locker to put my books away, because I didn't have any homework. I nearly ran outside to meet Paige at the big oak tree by the courtyard. I got there a few minutes early so I sat and waited. I ran through all the possible things she could want to talk to me about, and I got so distracted I didn't even see her coming my way.

"Hey Em."

"Hey, I have swim practice in a few minutes so can we make it quick."

"Yeah, I just wanted to let you know that I noticed you and Hanna have gotten rather close these last few weeks and I don't like it."

"We are best friends Paige, of course we are close!"

"I saw you and Hanna last week, down by the lake. Do you need me to remind you what was going on?"