A.N

So I've been trying to write this story for a while, it's the first one I've ever rewritten so some feedback would be nice, first few chapters are just building up my story to where I want it to go so I hope you stick with it.

3rd person.

Emily was packing up the last of her things to take to the new house when her phone rang. She picked up to see Hannah's name flash on the screen "Emily, are you ready for me? I've landed im going to be at the house in an hour, you better be there waiting. I've a millions bags, I hate flying and im jet lagged so im grouchy but you better get over it because im so excited to see you, are you still as sexy as when you left?" Emily chuckled as she heard her blonde friend on the other end rambling with excitement barely taking a breath. "Hannah breathe, im just finishing up my packing now I won't be too much longer but spenc is already there, she's signing for the house, apparently she doesn't trust any of us!" "she will never change will she Em, please don't be too long we've got so much to do, plus we want to pick the best rooms before Aria and Ali get there, Im a Queen and I need a Queen bedroom" Emily laughed and felt real happiness for the first time in a long time. "Okay Han see you soon love you" "love you" and with that she put the phone down. Emily sat for a minuet amongst the mess of her packing and just thought, thought of seeing her friends after so long, of being surrounded by them for a whole year, no more loneliness, and all of a sudden a twinge came deep down in the pit of her stomach as the thought of Alison washed over her. Her an Ali would always been a touchy subject, after Cece was revealed Emily was Ali's support system and they grew close, Emily felt like things were moving in the right direction spending almost every day and night together, she lived at Ali's for basically the whole summer and was almost certain Alison was finally going to admit her feelings but with the click of her fingers the walls came back up. Emily was strong now, she wasn't like the young girl Ali manipulated she didn't want to let Ali tell her it was all in her head, that she didn't feel the same way and she wanted to scream and shake her to let her know it wasn't a weakness to love someone but an incredible strength, they argued and argued until they just never spoke.

When Alison and Emily were younger, they had many things that were just between them, secret phone calls, sleepovers, text messages and Emily always thought it was just Alison's way of trying to make her feel special so she would always be loyal but this particular memory Emily knew deep down was real. They used to send songs to each other, of course music was Ali's thing and every time a new song came out Emily would send it over to Alison, Alison replying with a different song she liked. Emily did this because she felt the truth in the lyrics and was almost all of the time a love song. Alison would reply with the latest chart topping hit so Emily gathered that she never caught on to the reason she was sending them but every so often she'd drop in a love song herself. It was the only way that Alison could tell Emily how she felt she would imagine singing the song to her and although Emily had hoped that was the reason, she never pushed it.

Once Emily and Alison had been fighting over everything and anything and sometimes even nothing, Emily had no energy left. The day she was due to leave to California, she knocked at Alison's to say goodbye and when she found no one was home she just left a box with a note that read

Ali,

I listen to this and think of us,

I know it aint easy...

Love Em x

And inside the simple box was just one CD, Emily liked old school, it was more personal than an iTunes download. The CD was one and only by Adele and Emily thought that every single lyric was just exactly what she needed to say and she left.

When she got to California she checked her phone constantly wishing Alison's name would just flash up and everything would already been explained in the song, but nothing came. Weeks and weeks she waited until she started thinking, what if Alison never got the box? That Pepe could have ripped it up, someone could have taken it from the porch or maybe she really didn't care, and weeks turned into months and the CD was just a distant memory.

Emily shook her head as she stood up in her room grabbing the last of her bags and heading to the car. Feeling so excited to see the girls she hopped in the car and made her way to their new luxurious abode for the next year of course funded by non-other than Anne Wintour wanna be and the next Hillary Clinton, Hanna and Spencer. The day was hot, just the beginning of summer so it wasn't quite unbearable yet and the sun felt nice on Emily's face, opening the windows to let the wind blow through and of course turning up the radio full volume because what is a road trip without having a mini concert in your car. After a few miles Emily felt content knowing that things could only get better for her, only now realising the depressive state she had got herself into. She heard a voice on the radio and recognised it instantly "yes finally Adele's new song, she took long enough" Emily shouted and turned the radio higher, Emily is a hopeless romantic and it seems Adele is too so she loves her. As the music played Emily just listening to the lyrics hello it's me, I was wondering if after all this time you'd like to meet to go over, everything. They say that times supposed to heal ya but I aint done much healing. Hello, can you hear me, im in California dreaming about who we use to be when we were younger and free… a tear had escaped her eye and was rolling softly onto her cheek. Emily had forgot all about the CD she sent to Ali and this song has just reminded her. Wondering if she would get the chance to ever send another one to her, because it would definitely be this one, Emily connected to the song straight away and sub sequentially connected to Ali as well. She drove the rest of the journey just listening to the song and thinking of the lyrics over and over.

As Emily pulled up on the drive she seen Hannah and Spencer's cars and squealed, barely giving her own car enough time to turn off before she jumped out and ran straight in the house searching for her friends. As she got to the living room, Hannah and spencer already bickering over who sits where and boundaries, for a year in a fun house spencer certainly has a lot of rules.

"Can you two stop arguing for 2 minutes and come over her to your wonderful friend who you haven't seen in 2 years" Emily said as she flung her bag on the floor. "Arrrghhh Em!" Hannah and Spencer ran over to Emily and squeezed her so tight she thought her head could pop off at any minute. "Safe to say you've missed me then". "Emily you don't understand, I've missed you so much, you're the cheese to my pizza and I cannot believe I've had to have cheese free pizza for 2 years" Hannah said with pure excitement. Emily and spencer just laughed knowing that and wondering how Hannah is doing so well when that girl doesn't half come out with some stupid things. "Han why have you been ordering cheese less pizza that's just wrong, if you need help ordering next time ask me" Emily chuckled and was so happy she was back, winding her best friend up. "Shut up you goofball you know what I meant". "Anyway now that we've got the Hannah-ness of this conversation out of the way, hello Emily how are you? You look fantastic by the way, I can wait for you to show us around where you have been living for the past two years" Spencer said excitedly thinking of what their year had in store. Before the girls could carry on their conversation they heard the door swing open. "Fucking hell Hanna how well are you actually doing this house is incredible" in walks the short brunette who in ratio to her height should not be able to carry the amount of bags she currently is. "Oh aria, this is all Hasting's honey, I can push for a few bills though" Hanna laughed as she pulled her friend into a tight hug and signalled the other 2 girls to come and join for a group hug. "I can't believe it, we have been apart for so long and this now makes me feel like we were just having sleepovers in Spencer's barn yesterday, you don't know how much I have missed you guys" Emily said tears forming in her eyes, mainly because she was so happy but also but she is realising just now how sad she has actually felt. The other three girls looked at each other knowing exactly how their friend felt, silently smiling as they knew this was absolutely the right thing to do to get their Emily back.