secret | e. prentiss

three.

I park the car into the hotel parking lot and walk to my room. I walk to my room, and Emily's right next to mine. "Goodnight Claire." She says. "Goodnight" I say. I close the door behind me and throw my stuff down on the chair. I strip off my clothes and I turn the shower on. Sliding under the warm water, I wash my hair and body.

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Tossing and turning, I look at my clock. 11:59 pm. I hear noise coming out from my hallway. I stand up and put a light, see-through cardigan on top of my tank top. I step outside my door and see kids running up and down. I pass them and and get some M&M's from the vending machine. As I walk back to my room, I stop infront of Emily's. I raise my hand to knock, but put it back down. Should I? No. Maybe? Yes. Fine. I raise my hand once more and knock on her door. After waiting for about a second, she opens the door. Wearing just a black shirt and jeans, her face stares at me with confusion and worry.

"Are you okay?" She asks. "Yeah, yeah fine. Why are you still up?" I ask. "Can't sleep. You?" She asks. "The kids down the hall" I respond back. I stare at her eyes and see them trail down my face to my little bit of cleavage showing. "Is there anything I can help you with?" She asks, fluttering her eyes at me, trying not to make it obvious she was staring.

"I just need to rant right now" I blurt out. "Of course" She says, grabbing my wrist and bringing me inside. I plop down on her bed and watch her lock the door, and come down to sit across from me at the table. "So, um- what's bugging you?" She finally says. I stare at her for a few seconds before speaking. "Well, um, on the jet, I had this really weird dream, and I got stabbed" I say. "And...?" She continues on. "..And, you were there. Comforting me." I say, looking down at my fingers. "Claire, if anything like that happened to you, I would kill the sick psycho who did that to you. I told you, I'm always here." She says, grabbing my hands. "I know, but, you told me you love me. Not like a friendship. I mean- it could've been. But it felt too real to be just a friendship" I finally say. She looks at me and bites down on her bottom lip, slightly.

"I'm sorry, I should go" I say, standing up.
"No, please. Stay." She says, standing up and grabbing my wrists gently. She takes a strand of my long hair and puts it behind my ear. "Claire, you are the most beautiful girl I've ever seen" She starts. "And.." She continues. "..And?" I say impatiently. She smirks at me and reaches in to kiss me.

Her hands cup my face lightly. Her kiss was passionate and real. I kissed back. She started moving in closer to me, making me fall back on the bed. She climbs up, on top of me. Kissing me again, her hands travel down to my waist. Pushing hard into them I moan slightly. "Emily, I would've never known, I had my guesses, but I didn't realize" I manage to say, in between breaths and kisses. She stops kissing me, and stands up. I push up on my elbows to look at her. "Claire, I'm sorry, uh— this is wrong." She finally says, after pacing back and forth for a few seconds. I look at her with confusion. "What?" I ask. "Claire, th-this thing. Just pretend it never happened. Please." She says. I see her lips frown and I stand up. I wipe my lips and head for her door. "Goodnight" She mumbles. "Goodnight Emily." I say. I shut the door behind me and run to my room. I head for the bathroom and immediately start crying.

Why was I crying? I didn't know why. I didn't even know how I felt. Kissing her, was so different. But I don't think anyone on the team knew she was gay too. I cleaned my face up a little and went to lay back in bed. I reached for my phone to set an alarm clock, but saw I also got messages.

From: Prentiss
To: You
Hey, please, let's talk tomorrow. Sleep well.

From: You
To: Prentiss
It's fine, we don't need to. goodnight.

I respond back and let out a sigh. Who was I lying to? Myself? Her? She made me feel, and out of no where, she just doesn't feel back. I silence my phone and try to fall asleep. With a lot on my mind..
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Authors note!
hey! this chapter was a bit spicy i hope
but for next chapters, if there will be mature content then i'll put a warning! anyways hope u like this chapter <3