Summary: Well, we all have that one person that we want to have but we can't for some reasons that we are just the one entitled to know and Alison Dilaurentis, the Queen Bee of Rosewood High, is no exception to this fate. She just can't have that one person but she can't also stop herself from obsessing about her.
A/N : Oh my fudge! I'm so late to aboard this ship but I cannot deny the fact that I so looooove Emison! And so help me but the writers in this ship doing stories for them are so good that I can't help but love EMISON some more. One thing I noticed with all the stories written for them is that their love for each other is so fiery and I can't help to wish that the canon ship will have the same ending.
This story is floating on my mind for some time now and to be very honest with you I ignored it because I don't know if I can finish this but alas I can't sleep while this idea swirling on my mind, so what I did is like a multi-chapters. I just hope you like this story because this is my way of thanking the writers here in this ship. Each chapter will be like snippets of what I imagine on their encounters and I want to explore in small details on how the two fall in love.
Chapter One: Eyes
After an awkward confrontation about the locker room, we have decided that we want to stay friends and leave that situation in our past. Actually, I was the only one talking of forgetting it and mostly she was just agreeing without looking at me. I could sense some sadness on her but I could not for the love of my status relent to the idea of having her. It is a good thing that I always wear a mask, so no one could really see how hard it is for me to stay friends with her.
"Alison?" Hanna tried to get my attention.
"Yes?" I asked with my famous glare on.
"We were asking you if you would like to come to my house later." she answered a bit frightened.
"Yeah." I answered briefly.
"Hanna, I don't think I can come to your house tonight." Emily said looking at Hanna. We looked at her, asking for explanation.
"Why, Em?" I asked looking at her intently.
"Our coach will be choosing the anchor this week for the next meet we have and I want to ready myself for it, so I will train double time from now on." Emily explained looking at us, lingering a lot longer to me. I tried to hold her gaze to see if she is telling the truth but she shyly look away with a tint of red in her cheeks.
"Can't you just come over to her house after your practice?" I asked again.
"I don't think I can come because I will be too tired for anything to participate on the activities that Hanna plan to." Emily answered again patiently.
"We will just watched a movie and some booze to accompany it if necessary. Right, Hanna?" I insisted to make sure that Emily will come to our overnight.
"Yeah. Actually, I plan to have shopping first before the movie night." Hanna answered excitedly.
"And that will be perfect because we don't have to wait for Emily here in school." Spencer said before I could voice it out myself.
"Exactly." I said to nail the point deeper.
"Then I guess, I'll just show up to your house, Hanna, though I'm sure I will be as boring as a log as a company." Emily said with a smile but I could see a twinkle of disappointment in her eyes.
"Don't worry, Emily, we will not take it against you if you sleep on us." Aria said out of nowhere. I guess, I'm not only the one observing Emily but then again Emily has a readable expression. She is one of the few people I know that cannot hide well their emotions in their faces.
We heard the bell ringing and we went to our classes respectively.
I really don't know why Ali…I mean Alison is insisting that I come over to this overnight with my friends but then again our other friends are also making me go which is impossible to say no. I really want to go but after Alison and I agreed to be just friends, I decided to totally move on from her. I'm not really an organized person but I have a few items on the list on how to move on from her.
Firstly, I need to call her by her full name and not the Ali name which is only reserved for a few people she cared. Somehow by not calling her nick name will put a hypothetical distance between us. Second, I will at least minimize our contact with each other; hence minimizing the possibility that I will like her more. Third, I need to avoid staring at her perfection at all cost. The more I stare at her, the more I fall for her charm. If I don't stick with my plan, my heart will be at stake and I don't want that to happen.
After making sure that all of my things are properly place in my locker, I started to walk to the locker room of the swimming team to change for my practice. As I am walking to the junction going to the locker room, I see how the other hallway parted to let Alison walk in the middle. I cannot help but stop and look at how she smirks to everyone and throw some glares to others.
I really like how the air well make her hair flow like in the movies but I miss her natural soft curls more that these perfect curls I'm seeing. Another thing that I miss is her beautiful face which is now covered with layers of layers of make-up. In some few occasions that we are the only people hanging-out, Alison will bless me with her angelic face without make-up and I swear I could stare at her face for as long as she will let me. And every time, I will have an unexplainable heat coming from my chest then spreading to my whole body.
"Em?" Alison called out to me. I don't know how she gets in front of me but I hope she doesn't notice that I'm gawking at her beauty.
"Yes?" I answered after clearing my throat when I feel a lump in my throat.
"What time are you going to Hanna's?" she asked seriously.
"I really don't know, Ali." I answered sincerely. Oopps! I forget about my 1st rule.
"Okay. Are you going to your practice already?" she asked again.
"Yeah. I was just heading to the locker room when I saw you." I answered then my gaze lowered to the floor.
"Can I tell you something, Em?" Alison asked again then slowly walks to me. I just look at her mesmerized at how her beauty can leave me without grasping any words. I just nodded and to my surprise she tiptoed to whisper in my ears.
"I like how you stare at me, Em. Thank you for making me feel so beautiful." Alison said then turns her back and walk to her destination. I think my whole jaw drop from what she said to me.
I could feel my cheeks going flush from my brief encounter with Emily. I could literally feel my chest rising and falling from our nearness. And to be honest to myself, I almost groan on how Emily looks at me.
Like I'm not a piece of meat to be devoured but I'm the most beautiful woman in this world for her.
Like I'm the only important person in this world to her
I shivered with the thought running to my mind.
So much for being honest to myself
Lately I notice that I'm being too honest with myself and I like to stare at Emily a lot. Maybe I need to make my rounds around the social gatherings here in Rosewood to take my mind off Emily. But for now, I would indulge myself for the last time with Emily's presence.
I look around and I am so shock because I am in the natatorium of the school where the swimming team is doing their practice. Some of the boys in the swim team hurl a whistle to my direction which I return with a smirk. I subtly look around to find Emily in the crowd and I am rooted to ground because she is looking at me intently with sharp eyes. I want to run to her and ask if she is mad at me because it doesn't sit well with me if she is upset especially on me but my chance run out when her coach asks them to assemble and do some stretching.
"So what are you doing here, Alison?" Noel Kahn asks with a smirk.
"Looking at some potential player." I answered vaguely.
"Oh really?" Noel asked for affirmation.
"Yeah and I don't think it is your business if I'm here." I answered back with a bite.
"Whoa, Alison! Don't bite me. I'm just asking." Noel Kahn said then look at me with a smirk. I see Paige walking to our direction.
"You know, you are not supposed to be here?" Paige said with disgust when she gets near us.
"Oh really?" I asked with an eyebrow raise.
"Yeah." Paige answered with a growl.
"Because if I remember correctly, your coach said I'm your team's lucky charm" I answered with a smirk. I walk towards the bleacher even before Paige could retaliate with words. I could feel a pair of eyes following me and when I am sure that its Em's eyes, I added extra sway to my hips. I sit properly in the bleacher, making sure that I have the perfect view of what is happening in the pool. I get my phone to disguise my true intention and that is to watch Emily practice. I browse my Instagram account to see some of the parties happening around when I see a picture of Emily smiling at the camera with captivating eyes.
Admittedly, all I can look at is her eyes. The brown color of her eyes is like offering a comfort that she can only offer. The way she stares at the camera makes me melt into a puddle. Actually, I cannot take a picture of her looking at me directly when I'm holding the camera because I cannot stop my hands from shaking. Oh, if she only knows what power her eyes can do to me. I sigh hard when I realize that I have been musing again for the nth time about her eyes.
"Alison?" I heard Emily calls me from the lower part of the bleacher. I immediately scroll up my account so no one will see the way I stare at her.
"Alison?" I mimic the way she called me with a frown. I see how uncomfortable she shifts from her spot when I repeated the way she called me.
"Are you coming with me?" Emily asked without looking at me in the eyes. It is very obvious that she is avoiding my unspoken question but I just let it pass because she is obviously avoiding it. I carefully go down to the bottom of the bleacher without making eye contact with her because I could feel a burning sensation to my body on how she openly looks at me.
"Ready?" I ask flirtatiously when I am in front of her and she is still looking at me with melting eyes.
"Uhmmm…ready." she answers shyly then hikes her duffel bag in her shoulder. My mouth almost goes dry when her eyes meet mine.
Oh if looks could burn, I'm probably combusting right now!
"Emily?" I call her to catch her attention when we are the only one in the tunnel going out of the natatorium. She turns around with a small smile.
"What's your favorite dessert?" I ask with mischief in my eyes.
"Hmmm…ice cream with strawberries. Why did you ask?" Emily look at me with curiosity.
"Because mine is almonds with chocolates which reminds me of your eyes and currently I want to have it so badly." I purr to her ear when I got close and make sure to lick my lips visibly seen by Emily which make her swallows hard.
A small chuckle passes my lips when I also see her cheeks getting red from what I said.
But deep down, my inside is melting with the way her eyes is tracing my whole being.