Dangerous feelings

Chapter 4

The sunlight poured in through the open curtains and hit Emily across the face. She groaned as her eyes fluttered open and she left the world of dreams that she had been so deeply encompassed in. Once again Emily found herself waking up in a bed that wasn't her own, but as she slowly became aware of her surroundings she breathed out a sigh of relief that she hadn't realised she had been holding in. She wasn't even sure why she was relieved seeing as she was at the end of the day the only one making her own decisions for her, bad or not.

She recognised the wallpaper on the feature wall in front of her and the stylish bedroom furniture and decorations. She was in Hanna's bed and sure enough as she concentrated on her own body she felt the weight of the blondes arm over her stomach. Emily turned to face her friend to see if she was awake yet, however she was slightly surprised to see how close Hanna's face was to her own. The blonde was still sound asleep and Emily knew better than to wake her prematurely. She was happy knowing that she hadn't broken one of the groups rules due to intoxication, they wouldn't have been able to let her live it down if she had.

However she wasn't sure how she had ended up here, in fact she couldn't remember much of last night to be honest. She only remembered getting out of the taxi once they arrived in Philly and entering the club, then the first 30 minutes or so before it was Hanna's turn to buy a round and she had bought a separate pitcher for each of them. The rest of the night was a blur and she didn't have the energy to figure out the rest of what had occurred right then. She was sure the memories would come back as the day went on and with the help of the others.

Thinking of the others made questions appear in her head. Had they come home as a group? Were Aria and Spencer in the guest bedroom? Emily pushed Hanna off of her stomach gently and began to sit up slowly however she was stopped dead in her tracks as a splitting headache formed. She groaned in agony as the effects of her hangover made themselves apparent and all she wanted to do was roll back into Hanna's embrace and fall asleep for the rest of the day. However upon checking her phone Emily realised that they'd already slept through the entire morning and into the afternoon.

She took a deep breath and forced herself up and out of the bed, realising that she was in fact butt naked she tried to remember what had happened but once again she drew a blank. Grabbing a pair of her own shorts and a t shirt from her personal drawer in Hanna's wardrobe she got dressed and ran her hands through her hair trying to make her self look slightly presentable. She had gained her own drawer once she had started spending several nights of the week at Hanna's and they both had realised that Emily couldn't keep borrowing Hanna's clothes. She made her way out of the bedroom, quietly closing the door behind her so as to not disturb the still sleeping blonde and headed downstairs and towards the sound of muffled voices.

It was in the kitchen that Emily found Aria and Spencer sat eating pancakes and talking quietly to one another, neither one of them looking as bad as Emily felt. Knowing the two brunettes in front of her as well as she did she concluded that they had known their own limits and stopped drinking a lot sooner than Hanna and herself had. There were two spare glasses of water with Paracetamol next to them on the kitchen counter and Emily threw the tablets down her throat before drinking large gulps of water to try and soothe her dry mouth.

"Woah, slow down Em. You'll make yourself feel worse if you drink it too fast" came the words of advice from Spencer.

Emily slowed her drinking instantly knowing that Spencer like usual was right and that she couldn't face being sick right now as she barely had the energy to stand let alone throw her guts up. Emily had so many questions about the previous night for her two friends but before she could even get one out she was suddenly interrupted.

A loud thud was heard from above them before they were met with, "Emily FUCKING Fields!" being screamed from Hanna. Aria and Spencer shot a look at Emily but she just shrugged in return, having no idea what she could have done to anger the blonde seeing as she didn't remember anything much after arriving at the club. She tried her hardest to think back on the night but continued coming up blank.