The two girls sat in Alison's darkly lit room. Emily had been having dinner at Ali's house the last few days because of her recent release from Welby. They had just finished dinner and were getting things ready to sit down and watch a movie, something they had become accustomed could hear the unwatched tv playing from the other room as they sat in silence. As the they were upstairs getting ready to settle in for the night Emily noticed that Alison had an uneasy look on her face as she exited the bathroom.

Alison looked up at Emily with fearful eyes.

"Ali whats going on. You've been acting strange all day. You know you can tell me anything."

Emily said as Ali began to pace around the room.

"Im pregnant" Alison blurted out, taking the stick out of her pocket and showing it to Emily.

"You're what?" Emily asks again for confirmation.

"Its real, Im having a baby. I have to raise it all by myself. The father was a psychopath, I barely have any money. How am I going to do this?"

Alison yelled as she began to cry harder. This caused Emily to reach over and take Ali's hand before speaking.

"Look Ali. I know its going to be hard for you but I will be here for you. All of the girls will be here for you. None of us are going anywhere. I can be there for the doctors appointments. I'll take a few extra shifts at the bar if your money gets tight. I will always be here for you Ali."

The girls stood up and Ali hugged Emily like she never wanted to let go. "Thank you Emily. I know my little one is going to see you as a second mom."

The girls sat and watched the movie quietly. There were a few times where Ali would stiffen and begin to cry. Emily would slowly put her hand on Ali's thigh and reassure that everything would be okay. Ali would give Emily a smile and they would return to the movie. When the movie was finally over and Emily was about to head home, she heard Ali call something out from the other room.

"Hey Em?."

When Emily turned to look at Ali, she had looked like a child who had just gotten dropped off for their first day of Kindergarten, Scared and helplessly looking around the room.

"Yeah Ali?"

"I don't think I can stay here. There's too many memories. Of my childhood, of Elliot. It's not where I want to be."

Ali seemed to get angry as she began to walk over to the kitchen. She reached for the high cupboard and pulled out a personalized mug with a photograph of her and Elliot on the side and smashed it to the ground. She then moved on to smash plates that were wedding gifts from Elliot's mother.

"I can't stay here" She yelled as Emily walked over into the kitchen.

"Ali calm down. You're going to hurt yourself." Emily said while clutching Ali's wrists getting her to stop. The two stood there for a minute before Emily spoke. "Come on, pack a bag and you can stay at my place for a bit."

The car ride to Emily's was silent. Emily thought a lot about what had happened as she drove back to her apartment. She felt damaged by how broken Ali looked when she had heard the news. Pregnant? Emily couldn't believe it. She knew she had to help Ali, the girl that she loved for almost a quarter of her life, she just wasn't sure how she would be able to help the girl that still closed her out from time to time.

Just a few minutes before they arrived at Emily's apartment Ali started to say something.

"Remember that night in high school. When you slept over. Right now i'm thinking thats the only thing thats going to keep me in that house. You and me. Those memories are some of the only happy memories I have there. I mean yeah me and Elliot were happy there but those memories have been replaced with terrible ones. You know I don't remember the last time I slept well in that bedroom"

Ali seemed to be babbling before Emily cut her off. "Ali stop. We will figure something out. Right now we need to get home so you can rest."

When the girls arrived at Emily's apartment, Ali was nearly asleep. Emily made her a bed on the sofa and slowly made her way into her bedroom.

"Emily?"

"Yeah Ali?" Emily answered back.

"Thank you for letting me stay here. It means a lot."

"It's not a problem. You know that. Goodnight Ali." Emily said as she closed the door to her bedroom.