"Hi Han, Come in." Emily lets Hanna inside her house after the weird phone call they had when Hanna just said 'we need to talk.'

"Hi Em, I'm really sorry to interrupt what ever it is you were doing. I just really need to talk to you." Hanna says without making any eye contact with her best friend. But Emily can spot something wrong with her, after all these years of being friends, she feels like she can read her thoughts and know what she's about to say.

"Okay Hanna I know you, you look nervous and you're starting to freak me out a little. Just tell me what is it?" she tries not to be too harsh on the blonde.

"Where's Ali?"

"Don't change the subject." Emily replies. Ali is actually a really personal subject to her, she doesn't usually talk about her unless it's really needed.

"Actually, she is the subject." Hanna says after a minute of awkward silence.

"Please not this again," Emily starts. She has heard way too many times how the small blonde, that she calls her girlfriend, isn't good for her.

"Just hear me out. Listen, I know you two have been together for a couple of months now and she looks very in love and loyal to you, but I just can wrap my head around the fact that she wont hurt you again, and-"

"Okay that's enough. You know Hanna, you really disappoint me when you say those things. I gave Ali a chance because I believe in her, " Emily really got tired of these conversations but she knew she had to defend her girlfriend on this.

"I know you do, but that doesn't erase everything she did to you. You were really broken and I was the one picking up the pieces," Hanna says, as she's getting a bit angry at the memory.

"You were broken too when Caleb left to Ravenswood! Do you hear me lecturing you on your love life?!"

"That's not the same thing and you know it." Hanna felt a little bit beaten, so she backed down on the yelling.

"How is it not the same thing? You gave him a second chance because you knew he deserved it. "

"Yeah but I never doubted his love for me,"

"And I don't doubt Ali's love for me." With that last sentence, they both just backed up from the heated conversation. After an awkward silence, Emily finally spoke up, but it was more of a whisper. "Why cant you just be happy for me? I'm happy. So just… let it go, will you?"

"Fine. Whatever." Hanna said and turned towards the door. "I'll see you in school." She said without even turning around to look one last time at the brunette.

"Shit" that was the only thing Emily could mumble to herself after she was left alone again. She knew she was gonna get some silent treatment for a while, but she figured if she gave Hanna some time, eventually things will get back to normal. She looks at her watch to check the time and saw that it was 18:51.

"Crap, I'm gonna be late" with that she just grabbed her cars keys and flew out the door. She promised Alison that she'd pick her up from school at seven after the blonde went to choir practice. (She never knew why the hell she went to that. But she figured that whatever makes her girl happy makes her happy).

Emily probably went over the speed limit to get there on time but she knew she cannot be late or she'll get silent treatment from her girlfriend to. And she does not need two blonds angry at her. Luckily she got to the school parking lot right on time without even getting pulled over for speeding.

"Hi baby," Alison says as she gets in the passenger seat of Emily's car. "How was your da-" but she was cut off by Emily's lips crushing on hers for a passionate yet restrained kiss.

"Emmy, I'm happy to see you too but what was that for?"

Alison chuckles and manages to say as they pull away from each other.

"No reason.. I just missed you that's all" Emily didn't know what came over suddenly but after the heated chat she had with Hanna, she felt like the only thing she wants at this moment is to get Ali home, wrap her arms around her on the couch and just cuddle for the rest of the night.

"Are you okay? You seem a little down" Alison asked because she knew the brunette better than anyone and she knew something was up with her.

"Yeah, I'm fine babe. Listen I know I promised I'll take you out for dinner tonight but can we skip that and just go home? We can get pizza to go or something. I just want to be alone with you tonight." Emily tried not to sound very desperate, but honestly she just needed to hold her girl.

"Sure, whatever you want." With that Alison gave her a smile to assure her girlfriend that she is not going anywhere.

Both girls were sitting on Emily's couch in her house. Alison was practically living there because Emily's mom was in Texas visiting her dad, and Alison's dad was mostly out on business trips. They figured it would be stupid that both of then are alone when they can live together.

Alison was leaning her head in the space between Emily's head and shoulder with her legs on her lap. It was hard to tell where Emily started and where Alison ended because they were so tangled together. Emily was stroking Alison's soft bright hair, she loved the fact that she can reach out for the blonde whenever she wanted. Alison was just enjoying the contact and attention from her girlfriend.

They were watching some random movie they picked up. But both girls could sense that the other isn't really focusing on the movie.

"Emmy" Alison spoke when the movie was about half way through.

"Yeah, babe" Emily was kind of hoping Alison wont bring up the whole 'are you okay' again because she really didn't want to share her conversation with Hanna. She thought it would be best to just spare her the awful feeling of bringing up their past.

Alison shifted a bit so she can look in her girlfriends' eyes. Emily just looked at her with curios eyes wondering why she was being so serious all of a sudden.

"when you were getting our pizzas and I was still in the car your phone rang. And the number wasn't known. I picked it up," there was a weird silence for like three seconds, like Ali was looking for an approval to continue.

"Okay, why are you being so weird about it? Its not like you didn't pick up my calls before." Emily was feeling Alison get a bit tense so she tried to calm her down.

"It's just... It was this nurse asking if you remember that you have a doctor's appointment tomorrow afternoon. "

"Oh," Emily moved Ali's legs from her lap and got up. Ali was just starring at her not understanding why would she want to hide this from her. She tried to put on a straight face but inside she was freaking out. She started imaging the worst of things.

"Emily," Alison started when she saw Emily just walk towards the window, turning her back to her. But she was cut off when Emily suddenly started to speak.

"Im sorry I didn't tell you... I have a final meeting with my physical therapist tomorrow. They will examine me and decide if I'm aloud to return to professional swimming" Emily explained without lifting her eyes from her hands.

"Oh Emmy," all of Alison's anger towards the brunette for not sharing sooner drifted the moment she heard the reason. She could tell that Emily was nervous. She just wanted to get up and hug her mermaid, just to let her know that it will all be okay. Emily was the strongest one between the two of the. After everything the have been through, Emily always had to be the one to hold it together and be stronger for the love of her life.

"Just drop it Ali, it's fine. Thank you for reminding me." Emily wasn't really in the mood of talking anymore so she started to walk towards the stairs.

"Hey where are you going?" Alison asked her with confused eyes.

"I think I'm just gonna shower and go to bed. It's okay for us to call it a night? I'm really tired. "

"Sure, do you want me to join you in the shower?" Alison smirked. She loved teasing the brunette.

"Not tonight, babe. But thanks for the offer." Emily gave Alison a half smile before exiting the living room and going up the stairs. She knew deep down that she was being harsh with the blonde. She wasn't even mad at her, for anything. It was just she was very nervous. In one single moment a person she met only a few times gets to decided if she will be living her dream or not. It was just a lot to take in. for the last couple of days she could push the fact that this appointment was coming. She actually was able to forget about it. But its gonna happen tomorrow, whether she likes it or not. To be honest, she was probably most afraid of her own reaction if they tell her she wont be able to swim professionally anymore. Swimming was who she is. Its what she did best. And her biggest dream was to be able to do for a living; that way she gets to do what she loves and provide the needs for the family she plans on raising with Alison someday.

She was cut out of her thoughts in the shower when she heard the bedroom door shut. Ali had just walked in after cleaning up a bit downstairs. In what seemed like a minute she went to the dresser and pulled an over sized t-shirt of Emily's, and just crawled in the left side of the bed, that was her side.

Alison just lay on her side with her back to the bathroom door. She was just feeling a little upset. Seeing her Emmy feel down and nervous just made her feel down as well. She wanted to help her but didn't know how. It's not like the first time Emily is upset about something, but this time is really important. And Alison knows that getting her to have sex isn't going to relax her it will just make her mad. So she just figured it would be best to not do anything.

When the water finally stopped and Emily came in the room, she just did the same thing Ali did. Went to the dresser, got an over sized shirt and climbed quietly. Alison was waiting for any kind of sign from her girl, a touch, or those three words that Emily whispers in her ear every night before she hugs her from behind and tangle their legs together. But for at least 10 minutes Emily just stared at the ceiling. After those 10 minutes she finally turned to Ali, she leaned to her ear. "I love you babe. So much". Its probably because she is so used to doing that, her mood doesn't matter. She does it without even noticing and just throws her arm around her blonde girlfriend.

Alison doesn't reply anything, with a soft smile she just takes Emily's hand and interlocks their fingers.