Please let me know what you all think, your reviews help me write. This story will be very dark in parts (I will give trigger warnings when appropriate)

The meet

To the outside world Emily Fields had the perfect life; she was the captain of the swim team, and dating a tri-captain. She'd been dating Ben Coogan for about six months and they had become one of the "it" couples of Rosewood High. Her father is a Lieutenant Colonel in Pennsylvania National Guard and her mom is a homemaker, they are the perfect military family. There is only one problem, something inside of Emily was wrong or broken because she had all these strange conflicting feelings. She had a huge crush on her best friend the perfect and stunning Alison DiLaurentis, boys want her and girls want to be her or at the least be her best friend.

It was the first swim meet of the season and Emily was feeling nervous, she had her headphones in and was getting in the zone. As Ben walks by he playfully smacks her butt and she smiles at him shyly. As she starts stretching out, her eyes are drawn to a blonde hair and blue eyed girl who just entered the natatorium with Spencer, Aria and Hanna in tow. But all she could see was Ali, she looks stunning in an aqua sleeveless dress that came to mid thigh and is cinched in the middle with a wide white belt, and her signature 5" heels that matched her belt and purse. Her hair was partially pulled up with parts of it falling in her natural spirals.

"Em!" Someone calls her name and shakes her out of her Alison trance. "You race is up next." Her team mate Paige says calls to a very distracted Emily.

She nods her head acknowledging that she heard her and she starts trying to get back in her zone. She looks at her IPod and finds one of her favorite Beyoncé songs and blasts it as she shakes out her arms. She watches the race as one of her team mates, Sydney, cuts through the water a little clumsily. As she kicks off the wall to finish the last leg of the race she falls into last place, now all the pressure is on Emily to bring home the win. She takes off her sharks jacket and removes her ear buds as she adjusts her swim cap, and she takes her place on the block. She has her head down waiting for Sydney to touch the wall. Emily notices that she has to make up a lot of time so when she pushes off the block she kicks off strong. She's always been a natural in the water, her body moves like she was born to swim. She digs deep as she goes into the turn, she has slide into second place. After pushing off strong, she is neck and neck with the first place swimmer, her lungs are burning and she stretches as she reaches for the wall. She removes her goggles and takes several deep breathes waiting to hear the results of the race.

"In first place by an astounding 4.3 seconds is…. The sharks!" The announcer says.

Emily smiles widely as she hears Hanna screaming, "Way to go Em!" She looks over to the girls and sees Alison beaming at her and her heart skips a beat.

The second place girl comes over and congratulates her and shakes her hand. Her team mates are excitedly waiting for her to get out of the pool for hugs and high fives. When she gets out Paige is the first to congratulate her and gives her an awkward hug. As she breaks the hug Paige gives her a strange look like she knows something about her. Emily feels a tap on her shoulder and she turns and is hugged tightly by Ben who picks her up and kisses her deeply. As he sets her down she blushes, "Ben… we're in public." She says pushing him back a little.

"Yeah so, you are my girlfriend…" He says with a bit of a growl.

"I know it's just… I don't do PDA." She says apologetically.

"Up next are the boys… swimmers get to your places the race will start in 15 minutes!" The voice boomed over the PA.

"I'll see you later babe!" He says as he squeezes her butt as she walks by.

"O-Okay." Emily mumbles as she wraps her coat around herself and heads to the locker room to change quickly into jeans and her sharks tee.

As she walks out of the locker room she heads over to the bleachers. Hanna, who is excitedly waiting, pulls her into a tight hug. "I'm so proud of you Em!"

Aria squeezes her arm as Hanna finally releases her, "Way to go Em!"

As she moves through to sit Spencer hugs her too. "That was amazing Em."

As she makes her way to an empty spot Alison pushes an underclassman out of the way. "Beat it loser." She hisses at him under her breath.

"Here Em sit by me!" She says smiling as she pats the now empty spot next to her. Emily sinks down next to her and Alison puts her arm around her and whispers, "You move just like a mermaid out there." She says as she squeezes her and then just as quickly puts her hands back into her lap. Emily feels electricity run through her body at Alison's touch and butterflies in her stomach from her words.

"Swimmers to the block!" The voice says over the PA system.

"Ben is looking yummy!" Hanna says with a smirk toward Emily.

"Han-na, shut up!" Alison says as she notices Emily's squirming uncomfortably next to her. She leans over and whispers to Emily, "Just ignore Hanna she missed her meds." She says snarkily.

Emily can't help but giggle at Alison's comment and Alison leans into her sending shivers through her. She wonders if Alison has any idea the effect she has on her, she can make her feel like the most special person in the world with just a look.

"Hey Han, where's Sean?" Aria asks.

"He said he would meet me at Noel's cabin for the victory party. Are you coming? Noel is single you know!" Hanna tells her with a wink.

Aria blushes as she has had a thing for Noel since middle school. "Yeah I would love to but Spencer is my ride. Do you want to go Spence?" She asks hopefully.

Spencer smiles at Aria, "Like I can say no to this face." She says as she giggles.

The crowd was really getting into the race as the sharks had taken an early lead. Alison kept brushing up against Emily and it was making Emily's insides tingle. Every once in a while she'd glance at Ali out of the corner of her eye, she was so beautiful with her ocean blue eyes that Emily always found herself drawn to and her heart shaped lips that she desperately wanted to taste.

"Em? Are you okay?" Alison asks in concern.

Damn she been caught staring. "Yeah… I'm fine…" She says shaking her head to clear it. "Just a little worn out after the relay." She says quickly.

"Well if you want to go to the after party with me, you can stay at my house after as it's closer to the Kahn's cabin." She offered with a genuine smile.

"Okay." She says trying not to sound too excited.

Ben was getting ready to jump off the block and the sharks had fell into second place. He pushes off strong but he isn't as strong of a swimmer as Emily is. He is still in second as they come back from the turn but he is slowly catching up. As the swimmers hit the wall it is really close, everyone holds their breath waiting for the final times.

"In a close finish 1st place, by a narrow margin of .5 seconds is…. the sharks!"

The crowd goes crazy as both the girl's and boy's team had won. Alison hugs Emily tight, "I'm so proud of you Em." She says as she eases out of the hug.

"We're going to head out to the cabin." Spencer says as the crowd starts dispersing. "See you there?" She says to Ali and Em.

"We'll be there." Alison tells her.

Aria and Spencer hug the two and follow Spencer through the crowd.

Ben walks over toward Emily with a smile as he gets closer. He kisses her and Emily stiffens.

"Alright, alright keep it in your pants Coogan." Alison says in an icy tone, she could tell that Emily was uncomfortable by the display so she tried to get the attention away from her. Emily smiled at her weakly as if to say thank you.

"So are you coming with me to Noel's party?" He asks wrapping his hand around Emily's waist.

"I thought you were going to keep me company on the drive?" Alison asks Emily, her eyes sparkling.

"Y-Yeah, I uh… kind of told Ali I would go with her so she didn't have to drive alone." She says a bit nervously.

Ben is starting to get upset and opens his mouth to say something when a couple of the guys yell, "Hey Ben can we get a ride to Noel's with you?"

While he is distracted Alison takes the opportunity to slide her arm through Em's. "Well it looks like you have a full car, come on Em lets go." She says as she pulls Emily along with her.

"I'll see you there." She says as Alison pulls her along.

Ben looks pissed as he watches Emily walk away with Alison and he kicks over one of the tables along the wall.

As they walk out to the parking lot Emily expected Alison to remove her arm from hers but Alison just kept holding on to her as they walked. Emily couldn't help but smile as they made their way to Alison's silver Volvo. She walks Emily to the passenger side and opens the door for her flipping her hair over her shoulder and smiling at Em. "After you gorgeous," She says flirtatiously.

Emily blushes as she slides into the seat and Alison closes the door behind her. Alison's heels clack as she moves around the car to the driver side and slips into the driver's seat. As she starts the car she looks over at Em, "do you want to find something to listen to?"

Emily nods as Alison puts the car into gear, she turns on the radio and starts scanning through the stations till the beginning of a song catches her attention. She beams, "I love this song!" She says as the Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls fills the car.

Alison can't help but giggle, "I do to!" She says as she starts to sing and Emily joins her. Emily's singing voice may not be as strong as Ali's but Alison is able to harmonize with her and they actually sound really good together.

They drive for awhile singing and having a good time when Alison decides to talk to her about something more serious. "You need to break up with Ben."

"Wait…. Why?" She asks confused, did Alison know about her feelings for her?

"Because you are too good for him and you deserve better and deep down you knows it not right." She says with a gleam in her eyes.

Did Ali mean herself? No… No that can't be she's straight and… so is she! "Sometimes it feels right…" She mumbles.

"Please!" Alison says rolling her eyes. "He's an asshole."

"He's not that bad… he can be sweet… sometimes…" Emily says fidgeting with her hands.

"Oh please Em, he's a 3rd string choice, if you don't make up your mind that's what you are left with." Alison says with revulsion.

"But he really cares about me Ali." She says feeling like she needs to defend her relationship. "And, I really don't like hurting people."

"Em you need to stop talking care of everyone else and think about yourself for once!" Alison says firmly.

"Ali…" Emily starts.

Alison cuts her off, "You need to be careful at what you're good at, hon, 'cause you'll spend the rest of your life doing it." She says as she sets her hand on Emily's and squeezes it reassuringly as they pull up in front of the Kahn's cabin.