Authors Note:

Hey guys! I just wanted to say this is my first multi-chapter fan fic so please be patient with me. I wrote this based on a prompt I received about writing a prom fic. Enjoy!

Chapter One

The air was warm, with a breeze of the perfect temperature. The sun was shining and there was not a cloud in the sky. It was the kind of day you would consider to be the perfect day. Emily Fields loved spring (even if her favourite holiday fell in winter). As she waited for her friends outside of Rosewood High, she took the time to really take in the world around her. As she looked up into a nearby tree, she noticed a robin sitting upon her eggs. She smiled, even if only for a moment, before looking somberly down to the ground. She noticed a small bunch of buds breaking through the dirt and thought to herself how it seems as though spring offers the opportunity for mother nature to have a second chance. A regrowth. And she couldn't help but think that was exactly what she needed. A fresh start.

As she glanced up, she saw a red convertible pull up in front of the school carrying two laughing blondes. Emily's heart instantly stopped. As the younger blonde got out of the car, Emily's whole world slowed down. It was as though she was experiencing one of those odd moments in 90s teen flicks, where the whole world slows down and some cheesy love ballad plays in the background. Only this was happening, and it wasn't a movie, and no matter how hard Emily tried to look away, she couldn't. She was drawn in by beautiful, flowing blonde hair and striking blue eyes, kissable lips, that curvy body, and that fine a-

"EMILY! My God, could you be anymore obvious?" Hanna yelled as she smacked her friend in the arm.

"Ow, Hanna! What the hell was that for?" Emily scolded Hanna.

"You were bordering full blown stalker the way you were staring Ali down" Hanna replied. Emily shot Hanna a dirty look as Aria walked a little quicker to catch up to Emily.

"Hey Em?" Aria says as she puts her hand gently on Emily's shoulder to show she's attempting to approach this subject gently, "why don't you just talk to her? Um, I mean, I know you haven't told us what happened with the two of you, but it's obvious you miss her, and you two were the best of friends, i'm sure it's nothing a little talk can't help you get over?"

Emily sighed and look down to Aria making her best attempt at a smile before looking past to see Ali walking into the school, causing her face to drop instantly into a frown.

"I appreciate you trying to help Aria, but it's not that simple. I gotta get to class. See you at lunch?" Aria smiled as Emily walked away. Aria turned to Hanna and Spencer.

"Do either of you have any clue as to what happened that night?" She asked. Both girls shook their head no in response.

"Whatever it was, it must have been pretty bad to end a friendship like theirs. It's been like 4 months. I wonder if she will ever open up to us" Spencer said as they entered the school and looked down the hallway to see Emily reaching the end and Ali at her locker, with her head turned watching her former best friend.

"I guess we'll just have to wait and see which one of them breaks first." Hanna says with a sigh.

Later in the day, the girls meet up in the lunchroom and as usual are talking about the latest celebrity gossip, when Hanna noticed her dark eyed friend staring across the room, once again lost in Alison. Emily watches as Alison sits and talks with a group of people, whose names she didn't even know 5 months ago. She notices how she laughs and flips her hair. Ever since this morning, the blonde has drawn her in even more so than usual. She can't help but question if perhaps it is possible to have a new beginning with the girl, if things can ever be repaired. Or if it's just too far gone, if everything was ruined the night she-

"Ouch! What the hell Hanna?" Emily yells as she feels something hit her head looking down to see a carrot stick laying on the table.

"That's it! Emily, we have been more than patient and have tried to let you and Ali sort your shit out on your own but-"

"Hanna, come on, calm down" Spencer attempts to de escalate the situation.

"No Spence, I'm over it. And I'm sure you and Aria are over it just as much." Aria looks away attempting not to get involved. Hanna continues, turning to face Emily again.

"Either you have to move on or find a way to fix it. If you don't figure it out, and I mean fast, I will talk to her myself."

"Hanna no! You can't do that!" Emily takes a deep breath exhaling slowly " I will talk to her, or at least try to." Emily states while staring at her uneaten salad, her heart feeling like it's going to beat out of her chest.

Before another word can be said, Lucas from the prom committee approaches the table handing Hanna a flyer.

"Prom tickets go on sale tomorrow. The theme this year is a night in Paris. It's going to be magical. Hope to see all you ladies there." he winks at Hanna before walking away.

Emily looks down at the flyer, staring at it for about 30 seconds before taking one more deep breath and standing up quickly, her chair screeching across the floor. All 3 of her friends jump at the noise, wondering what the hell she is about to do or if their friend has finally snapped. She feels her palms beginning to sweat, and a lump forming in her throat as she begins to make her way across the lunchroom.

Ali is still in deep conversation as Emily nears the table, suddenly, when she is about 10 feet away, Noel approaches Ali from behind. Emily sees him place his hand on her shoulder and whisper in her ear, the action making Emily's skin crawl before she sees the blonde turn around to face him and hears him ask her to be his date to prom.

Instantly, Emily feels queasy, her stomach turning and her mouth going dry. The reality of the situation hitting her like a bag of rocks. What was she about to do? How could she be so stupid? She turns and runs out of the cafeteria as quickly as possible, humiliated beyond belief despite the fact that no one else probably even noticed anything out of the ordinary.

Once in the washroom, she places her hands on either side of the white, cold porcelain sink and stairs at herself in mirror. She looks deep into her eyes, mentally telling herself that Hanna was right. And this was a sign that no matter how badly it hurts, she needs to move on from this. She rinses her face with cold water before deciding that the best way for her to do that would be to go home and skip the rest of the day. She has a spare next period and the one following is English with Ali, and she knows that need time away from the girl to accept this new realization. Luckily for Emily, her mother is working extra hours and won't be home until around 7.

As Emily exits the bathroom, she sees her friends walking down the hall toward her with concerned looks upon their face.

"Em, are you okay?" Spencer asks as she reaches a hand to Emily's shoulder. Aria approaches the other side mirroring Spencer's actions

"Yeah Em, what happened back there?" she says apprehensively while Hanna stands by quietly with a worried look on her face.

"I'm fine" Emily says with a tight lipped smile. "I'll see you guys tomorrow" as she walks away looking more defeated than her friends have ever seen before.

Emily enters her house tossing her book bag onto the floor and kicking her shoes off as she throws herself onto the couch. She lies perfectly still listening to the tick tock of the clock, before screaming as loud as she could into the couch cushion, and finally breaking down. She remembers what the pain felt like before, before she allowed herself to stop feeling months ago. The days and nights following THAT night she just laid in bed crying, wondering if the pain would ever go away. Wondering if she would ever stop hurting. She eventually went numb. She didn't hurt anymore, but she didn't feel happiness either. How could she when she lost the one thing in this world that made her feel whole. Without a reason, without a single explanation. She felt stupid for believing that there could be a new beginning, a second chance. But the pain she felt months ago came rushing back in the moment she realized all hope was gone.

After an hour and a half of crying, screaming and punching into the cushion, Emily decided to pull herself off the couch and drag herself to the shower. She just stood and let the hot water run down her body, too numb to feel how hot the water even was. When she got out she didn't even bother looking in the mirror, as she could feel her eyes were puffy and swollen. She put on her coziest pajamas and grabbed her coziest blanket, which happened to be the same blanket Alison would use every time she would come over because she was almost always cold, and returned to her spot on the couch. She grabbed the remote, and as she began to mindlessly flick through the channels she heard a knock on her door. She threw the blanket aside before slowly approaching the side window in hopes of being able to see who was there without opening the door. She saw blond hair and sighed before throwing the door open.

"Hanna, I told you-" Emily's words were lost as she looked into the most beautiful eyes she's ever seen. Realizing she still hadn't said anything Emily swallowed hard before finding her words.

"Ali- um Alison, what are you doing here?"

Authors Note:

Ah! Soooo what did you think? Please let me know what you thought of this chapter! I would like to give a huge thank you to the amazing and incredibly talented Loeylolo for helping me with editing. Make sure to check out her stories, she currently has two in progress " Hand in Hand" and " Don't You Remember".

I will try an update at least once a week.

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