Another story that kept rolling around in my head, I hope you all like it. I've put a lot of time and emotion into this one, if you all like it I will definitely continue it. I've laid out at least 8 chapters, so review and let me know or feedback is welcome too.
Enjoy!
Dreams are in Bold and Italics
Flashbacks and Text Messages are in Bold
Internal thoughts in Italics
Chapter 1-"Addicted"
It's like I can't breathe
Without you inside of me
And I know I let you have all the power
And I realize I'm never gonna quit you over time
Alison felt like she was finally getting her life together. She graduated from Hollis and is now an English teacher at Rosewood high for the sophomore, junior, and seniors classes. She been dating the same guy for going on 5 years, and she has grown to love him as much as Alison DiLaurentis can. They had started out as friends and he persistently asked her out for more than a year before she finally broke and agreed to one date. It wasn't exactly love at first sight but she had grown attached to him over the past few years so when he had proposed six months ago she had said yes.
It was a night like any other as Alison left Rosewood high after grading English essays, when Elliot called and invited her to eat at the Grill. When she arrived for dinner she thought the restaurant was closed because it was completely empty. She opened the door to the room soft lit by candles and red roses all throughout in crystal vases. Elliot was standing in a 3-piece suit holding a dozen roses, as she walked in towards him; he grabs her hands in his.
"Ali, I know in the beginning you only saw me as a friend but over these past 5 years I have fell so deeply in love with you. I want to spend the rest of my life making you as happy as you make me." He says as he gets on one knee. "Alison Lauren DiLaurentis, will you do me the extreme honor of being my wife, will you marry me?"
Alison was taken aback looking at the obvious love in his eyes, she does care for him very deeply. She takes a small deep breath, "Y-yes." She squeaks out.
She had called CeCe almost immediately to tell her the news.
"You said yes!" She asked shocked.
"Why wouldn't I Ce?" She asks confused. "He loves me and I-I love him!" She states firmly.
"Ali… You can't lie to me, I am your sister remember?!" She says with a bit of a laugh. "You are still hung up on…"
"Don't go there Charlotte!" Alison says resolutely. She hadn't thought about her in months and she didn't need CeCe reopening that old wound. "Can't you just be happy for me?" She almost whines.
"Yeah, if I thought he could make you happy, then yes I would be." She answers resolutely.
"I'm not the one who stopped calling and changed my number, ok. I didn't drop off the fucking radar, she DID!" Alison practically screams.
"Okay, okay." She says passively. "Sorry I brought it up. Have you told the other girls yet?"
"I told Aria and Spencer." Ali tells her half-heartedly.
"What about Hanna?" She asks knowingly.
"You know Hanna can't keep her mouth shut and I don't want her say something before I get the chance to tell her in my own time and my own way." Alison says, leaving no room for arguments.
"Where did Hanna say she was last time she heard from her?" CeCe asks curiously.
"Somewhere in the Middle East I think? But that was a year or so ago, since I asked." Alison says dismissively, she doesn't want to think about it. She watches the news nervously every night listening for causalities and that's bad enough.
Alison had made the mistake of letting it slip when she called Elliot her fiancé in front of all the girls. Hanna had flipped at the news; she thought that their whole relationship would have played out by now. She just prayed that Hanna could keep her month shut long enough for her to find away to tell the brunette first.
"Alright don't forget to read some of the classics this summer to get a head start for senior year!" She says at all the smiling faces of her last class of the day and current school year. "Have a great summer and see you all next year!" She says as the bell rings and the students start to shuffle out. A few come to give her a hug and tell her what an awesome teacher she is and how they will miss her over the summer. Alison had a natural knack with her classes, all the students adored her. The principal had jumped at the chance to hire her after she finished her student teaching there because she just had away with the students.
She gathers her things from her desk to bring home for over the summer including a small plant one of her students gave her and a picture of her and Elliot smiling into the camera at some fair they went to last summer. She opens one of her drawers to grab her coffee cup and some papers when she sees the faded and tattered picture. She picks it up and smiles a little at the picture of her and Em on their last day of high school. Em wearing her sharks tee and she was wearing one of her favorite yellow tank tops with lace around the top. She puts it in her bag and heads out to the small parking lot for teachers and gets in her silver Volvo S60 to head home.
As she getting ready to get out of her car, she hears her phone ring but doesn't recognize the number. She answers apprehensively, "Hello?"
"Is this Alison DiLaurentis?" A very annoyed voice asks.
"Y-yes." She answers anxiously.
"This is Officer Green of the San Diego Police Station in California. We have Private Emily Field in custody and your number was the only one we could find on her." "I-Is she alright?" Alison asks concern evident in her voice. "Yes, she was arrested for public intoxication and resisting arrest. She refuses to speak to anyone. We can only keep her for another 24 hours before we transfer her for psych. evaluation or to the prison." He states reading off a file in front of him. "I will be there as soon as I can." She says in a rush.
Alison paces nervously as she waits for Elliot to get home from his office. He is a psychologist and has his own practice, he was originally CeCe's doctor but as he started to fall for Ali he transferred her to another one of his associates.
She hears his key in the door and takes a deep breath as he pushes the door open and smiles lovingly at her. "Hello beautiful." He says setting his briefcase down on the table in the entry way before pulling her into a hug and kissing her softly, just a quick peck.
She tries to act normally and hug back but she stiffens slightly her nervous getting the better of her.
"What's wrong Ali?" He says pulling back rubbing her arms and looking into her eyes.
"It-it's Em, she's…she's in some trouble in California and…"
"You need to go help her then." He says understandingly. Alison told him some time ago about Emily and he knew that the brunette was her first love. He trusts Alison implicitly so he sees no reason for her not to go help Emily.
"I don't have to…I could always call Pam and…"
"Alison, it's fine. Pam doesn't need any more stress on her plate. It's only been 8 months since Wayne's passing." He tells her kindly.
"I will be back as soon as possible, promise." She says kissing his cheek.
"Take all the time you need, I'll be here!" He says kindly with a sincere smile.
Alison grabs one of the rolling suitcases from the hall closet and rolls it into her and Elliot's bedroom. She quickly packs a weeks' worth of jeans and t-shirts, she grabs one of her nice dresses in case she needs it, and grabs some necessities from the master bathroom. She packs a few books and her laptop so she could work on some new lesson plans on the flight and if she has some spare time while in California.
She sets the suitcase by the door and goes into her office across from the kitchen to look for a flight to San Diego. Elliot makes them some dinner and picks some wine. She is able to find a direct flight that leaves at midnight and arrives at 8 am; she also reserves a rental car from the airport. Lastly she finds a small 2 bed, 2 bath condo that does short term remtals.
She sits down at the table at the insistence of Elliot as he pours her a glass of wine and sets a plate of spaghetti with pesto sauce and a small salad down for her and one for him. She asks about his day and they talk most of dinner about a new technique that he has been reading about and planning on implementing at the office. He asks about her last day of the school year and she tells him about all the progress and growth she has seen from them since the beginning of the school year.
As they clean up the dishes they turn to a more serious topic. "So how long has it been since you've talked to Emily?" He asks genuinely wondering.
"It was six years ago, the day she left for California." She says a bit sad.
"I take it wasn't on very good terms." He asks more than states.
"I-it was a confusing time..." Alison says, wiping her eyes with the back of her hand.
"You don't have to talk about it if you don't want too." He says kindly.
"Maybe some other time I'll explain it." She tells him trying to return his bright smile.
He leans in and kisses her softly on the lips. "I'll drive you to the airport!" He tells her as he puts the last of the dishes away.
Elliot rolls Alison suit case behind him and has his arm around her waist as they walk through the airport to her gate. "Promise to call me as soon as you get in." He says hugging her tightly.
"I will, promise." She says hugging him back.
"Be safe, I love you." He says kissing her.
"Love you too." She says breaking the kiss gently.
She takes her suitcase and shows the lady at the gate her ticket. She turns and waves to Elliot one last time before turning to board the plane.
The nice thing about flying first class was she was one of the few people in the front of the plane and had the whole row to herself. When she was situated in her seat she was hit with a huge wave of exhaustion, she decided to lay her seat back and try to get some sleep because she had been up since 5am.
It was right before senior prom, Emily and Alison had been dating for about a month. Emily had had enough! She was tired of living in the closet again for Alison. She promised herself a long time ago she wouldn't do that for anyone. However, Alison wasn't just anybody, she was special.
Everything came to a breaking point a week before prom.
"I want to go to prom with my girlfriend!" Emily practically shouts in the school parking lot.
"Em! Keep your voice down, please." Alison said beseechingly.
"What, are you ashamed of me now?!" Emily asks in rage, trying to mask the hurt she's feeling.
"No, no Em that's not it…"
"Then what is it Alison? Huh? Tell me what the problem is!" Emily cuts her off in frustration. It felt like she had slapped Alison across the face using her full name like that.
"What are people going to say?" Alison said despondently.
"Oh. I get it. Your reputation is more important to you, I mean heaven forbid Queen Bee Alison DiLaurentis fall for another girl." She spits out venomously stepping closer to Alison and speaking in a harsh whisper.
"Em…please?!" She begs holding back her tears, " I lov…."
"Don't!" Emily yells stopping her dead. "I won't be your dirty little secret Alison!" She says her name almost like a bad word and it stung Alison to her it.
Alison stands in stunned silence as Emily turns and storms off toward her car.
Alison wakes up to the sounds of sobbing and realizes that it's her; she is the one bawling silently. She shakes her head to clear it. She's with Elliot now and she IS happy and they are getting married next summer. She and Emily had, had their chance and Alison had screwed it up. Plus last she had heard from Hanna, Emily had moved on and was quite the player now. When Hanna told her about it she acted like it was no big deal, they both had obviously moved on. She kept telling herself that she and Emily can just be friends; she loves Elliot and wants to be with him.
She decides to work on some ideas for the seniors projects next year to get her mind off Emily. She's looking through some of the books on the suggested list when her heart drops. The first book that catches her eyes is Great Expectations; she tries not to think about the memories that are trying to overtake her mind.
"That's why I love you. You're big on happy endings."
"So is Dickens, by the way. Pip gets Estella in the end."
Emily had actually made the first move that day and kissed her, Alison always thought it was sexy. Emily had this air of shyness around most people but she became bolder around Alison. Get a hold of your feelings; you can't see Emily like this!
As soon as the plane landed and she grabbed her bag and she sat at a little coffee place in the airport with a cappuccino and a croissant. She finished eating and called Elliot.
"Hey Ali! How was your flight?" He asks with a relief in his tone to hear her voice.
"Not too bad, I slept for most of it." She said with a nervous laugh.
"Well that's good; I know you needed it after being up at 5 am yesterday. Oh, before I forget CeCe called the house looking for you. I told her you'd give her call sometime today if you could." He says kindly.
"Ok, I'll call her after I finish my coffee." She tells him, she figures the sooner she tells CeCe the better. She knows she's going to get an earful from the older blonde as she always has an opinion on her love life.
"Well I have a patient in 15 I better let you go, love you Ali." He says in his loving deep voice.
"Love you too." She says a little forced.
She calls CeCe after she downs the cappuccino afraid if she doesn't do it now then she won't tell her at all.
"Baby sis, where are you?" CeCe asks in an inquisitive tone.
"I-I'm in San Diego..." She says and stops as words fail her.
"You're where?!" CeCe ask in shock.
"I got a call from the San Diego P.D. they picked Emily up for being drunk in public and resisting arrest." She tells her a bit ashamed for not telling her before she left.
"It's always the quiet ones, who knew Americano was such a lil firecracker!" CeCe says with her natural spunk.
"CeCe, this is serious!" Alison says sternly. "Emily has always had a bit of drinking problem" she says remembering the last few months of senior year.
"I know, I know, sorry Ali!" She says with a bit of regret. "Are you going to be okay seeing her?" She asks with concern.
"Y-yeah it's fine. I have Elliot now and we are getting married in a year so..."
"Oh please Ali! Rollins is about as exciting as Melba toast!" CeCe tells her, "Sure he is a great doctor but he has no personality or spontaneity what so ever!" She says over dramatically. "You're a DiLaurentis, we thrive on the drama!"
"Not me…anymore!" She amends, "I would like something simple and uncomplicated for a change," Alison tells her matter-of-factly.
"Yawn! When did you become such a bore Ali?" CeCe says in a teasing manner.
"Since, I have grown up!" She tells her, given it right back. "I'll call you again when I get a chance, love you Ce!"
"Love you too Ali, tell Americano I said hi!" She says with a chuckle.
"Will do." Alison says rolling her eyes as she hangs up.
She decides she needs to go get the rental car and head to the police station to get Emily before she changes her mind.
When she makes it the car rental place she checks in the kiosk and the computer gives her a number for a line of cars she can choose from to drive. After looking at them for a bit she decides to go with the smallest of the four cars, the Mazda MX-5. It's a compact sports car and she can't resist the candy apple red color. She gets into the car and puts the address in the GPS. It's now or never she tells herself once more.