But despite knowing that her friendship with Emily could never be more than platonic, Amanda could not stay away from the smaller woman. The next day she found herself greeting the mentioned woman warmly, and after the initial surprise showing on Emily's face, they were able to have a short conversation about meeting at the gym later before Amanda had to leave.
I guess a friendship is better than nothing, Emily thought gloomily to herself, trying to force herself to forget the heated kiss the two had shared in a secluded hallway two days ago. She absent -mindly brushed her hands across her lips, savouring the first and last kiss that she had with the beautiful brunette. Stupid jail, she thought before realizing that she wouldn't have met Amanda anyways if she wasn't here in the first place. Well sitting and moping around wasn't going to help her get over Amanda, so she decided to head to the rec room to relax.
I guess the pool players sleep in, Emily thought to herself as she noted the empty pool tables with disappointment. And someone was already playing on the PS3! Frowning, Emily looked closer at the girl with a pixie haircut. She wasn't wearing an orange jumpsuit so she had to be a guard, but she must've been off duty because the girl, well, she thought girl but the guard was obviously a woman, but the delicate face and the way she was enthusiastically playing GTA IV made Emily think the girl was younger than the others.
"Shit!" The girl swore loudly as her character was killed by a passing helicopter. Having spent countless hours with Sam playing this game Emily watched with interest as the girl restarted the mission and failed again.
"You wanna play?" The girl asked, passing Emily the controller.
"Oh!" Emily was surprised but took it, passing the mission with ease.
"Damn, you're good at this!" The girl commented.
"What's your name?"
"Emily, and yours?"
"It's Aella."
"Nice to meet you." Emily said, passing the controller back to Aella. Over the next hour they chatted about video games while passing the controller back and forth, it was definitely one of the better mornings Emily had while staying at this prison.
She was wondering why a sudden hush had come across the increasingly raucous rec room when a tall figure in the black prison uniform sudden stepped in front of the tv, blocking their view. She looked up, expecting the worst and she wasn't disappointed.
"Palmers, bathroom 2B needs attention." Stevens' voice was as annoying to Emily as ever. Apparently nothing had changed between them, Stevens was still an ass.
"I'll come with you." Aella said, saving the game and leaping up.
"Aella, a word please." Stevens said almost lazily. Emily watched as they left the rec room and headed left down a hallway. Bathroom 2B was on the right. Oh fuck it. Emily paused until they were a few steps away before following the two women down the hallway.
Aella's mouth suddenly felt very dry as she followed the taller woman down a hallway into a storage room.
"Sit." Stevens said emotionlessly. Aella looked around and sat down on a box.
"So you were talking to Emily." Stevens said.
"Yes." Aella said politely, not knowing where this was going. She had never really talked to Stevens, mostly the second lieutenant ignored her. Now that she was alone with Stevens she could feel the power emanating off the other woman, and she could feel herself getting wet from being slow close to Stevens.
"She's mine, you're not to socialize with her, understand?" Stevens said sternly to her. Aella looked down at her hands, nodding.
"Yes, lieutenant." She felt a hand on her chin, forcing her to look up at the tall woman.
