After the love of Emily's life, Alison DiLaurentis had disappeared; she had been slowly but surely slipping into a deep depression. She had quit the swimming team, began skipping school, and isolated her self from the world…or so her mother thought. Pam Fields had always been at least a little in dark when it regarded her daughter's life. Before Alison had disappeared and Emily was just a regular teenager with no worries, Pam and her daughter were very close. They talked everyday over breakfast and dinner, and Emily had always trusted and respected her mother and told her almost every thing that went on in her life. Almost, being the key word. Emily knew her mother's personality and refrained from telling her things that she knew would upset or hurt her. Which is why Emily never mentioned how close her and Ali really were, her mother would think the relationship to be inappropriate and definitely would do everything in her power to not let it continue.
So after Ali's disappearance some one that really knew Emily would understand just why it was affecting her more than the other girls that were also considered Ali's best friends. But who really knew the real Emily Fields? That question can be answered with two different names, the obvious one being Alison with whom she had shared her very first kiss with another female. Another person that was a lot less known that knew her better than Alison and possibly better than even Emily knew herself was none other than the Santana Lopez.
