Alison sat there staring down at her phone, she'd wanted to forget about the whole old today, not face the consequences of it, not right now anyway. She couldn't quite believe that Emily had text her, maybe she was in trouble, maybe Alison was just the
only contact she had around Rosewood, after all she had only just moved here. Either way, Alison decided she should probably reply, she was the one who gave Emily her number after all...
'Hi, What's up? -Ali' she typed out, just keep it casual she said to herself. Honestly she had no idea why the brunette was getting to her so much, she figured it was just because it was the potential for something new in an otherwise dull town. As Alison
got lost in her thoughts she felt her phone go off again...
'I just wanted to check that you're ok? I don't know you obviously but your friends informed me that you randomly handing your number out to basically strangers was in fact out of character for you! -E' Allison almost wanted to laugh at Emily's message
but tried to refrain from doing so before replying...
'Aaand there's that smart mouth you told me about earlier today! You're not wrong though, I don't tend to give my number out to anyone I don't know personally! But to answer your question, I'm fine, just been a bit of an odd days thank you for asking'
Alison replied thinking that would probably be the end of their conversation, Emily knew she was fine now, so she get up from her place on the sofa and went to grab a glass of water before heading up to bed. As she got tucked in her phone went off
again...
'So how come I've got your number? Not that I mind, it's nice to have someone to talk to around here! -E' and that's where Ali was stumped, honestly she didn't know why she had given Emily her number, or the reason she did have didn't really make sense
to her let alone another person. She couldn't say that to Emily though, so she just came up with the closest thing to the trust she could without sounding like too much of a weirdo..
'Because you seam different and I need to break out of my currently boring lifestyle? Haha I don't know really, you must thing I am so weird!' Alison replies, instantly regretting what she'd said, but before she could beat herself up to much, another
reply comes through...
'Well I'll take different as a compliment, but you seem anything but boring, or weird for that matter, but what do I really know, we've barely spoken in person -E' so Emily didn't thing she was boring, that alone made Alison smile probably more than it
should have, but Emily was also right, they're barely said two words to each other today, Alison was going to make sure that changed tomorrow.
'Yeah well, now I know that you don't think I'm a wierdo, maybe we'll be able to have an actual conversation tomorrow?' Alison felt nervous, like she had just asked her high school crush out of a date, although she's not quite sure why that comparison
in particular came to mind. Suddenly her reply came through...
'Maybe indeed, as long as you don't go hand your number out to anymore strangers! You shouldn't be so unsure of yourself, I mean I don't know you but it doesn't take a life long friend to at least see how stunning you are... It surprises me that you don't
ooze self confidence really! Anyway, it's late, I'll see you at work tomorrow for that conversation, night Ali -E'
Alison reread that last message at least 15 times before she went to bed that night, things were about to change, she just knew it, what she didn't know was what would change, but she looked forward to seeing what happened, and more importantly, she looked
forward to actually talking to Emily in the morning.
The next day Alison woke up and made her way to school as usual. Today was going to be different she told herself. She still didn't know why Emily turned her into a nervous wreck, but she hoped she's figure out why the more they got to know each other.
She didn't know when she'd see Emily today, she assumed at lunch with the rest of her friends, unlike other teachers she who went to socialise in the staff room before class, she tended to spend the beginning hour of her work day in her classroom
ensuring that she was sorted for the days classes. So when she got settled into her desk and heard a knock at the door she was not prepared to see Emily leaning against the door frame smiling at her as she waited for permission to enter the room.
"Hi, what's up?" Alison said as she looked up from her desk smiling at Emily, who had started making her way into the classroom but stopped and glared at the blonde after what she said.
"We're not about to have a repeat of the conversation we had last night are we?" Emily asked, at first Alison was confused about what she meant, until she thought back to her first reply to Emily's texts, it had been exactly the same as what she just
said. She laughed to herself slightly
"No, sorry, force of habit, that's my go to thing to say" Alison said looking up at Emily again, this time putting down her class notes and giving Emily her full attention. "So, what is up, are you not going to join everyone else for the mornings gossip
of Rosewood?" This made Emily laugh as she walked further into the classroom and settled herself on one of the desks facing Alison.
"Nah, I'm not one for gossip, I was just going to head to the gym but i saw you in here so I figured we'd have that conversation before there are too many people around" Emily smiled, she obviously knew something was up with Alison from what her friends
had told her yesterday, but she didn't want to push the issue, she barely knew the girl after all, but that doesn't mean she didn't have a strange urge to protect the blonde, so she figured their first conversation was better away from prying ears,
even if it wasn't particularly interesting on the surface, Emily found the blonde extremely interesting. "How come you're not there? I walked past the staff room, all your friends are there?" Emily asked, hoping she wasn't pushing the blonde for information.
"I don't do gossip either really, I find the truth only comes from the person the information is about, and even then it can still be a lie..." Alison said bluntly, like she was speaking from experience, Emily caught onto this but didn't want to push
for more information, for the time being she was happy to just be having some kind of normal conversation with Alison.
"Well maybe we should make this a thing then, I'll stop by your classroom in the Morning before class and we can talk about the truer things in life... And I don't know, maybe we'll eventually get to know each other?" Emily suggested, she was being exceptionally
kind to Alison today, she wasn't normal like this, all smart mouth and sarcasm, but she knew if she wanted to get to know Alison, she couldn't approach it like that. Alison looked her dead in the eye, almost like she was trying to figure out
if this was some kind of joke, Emily couldn't figure out why it was so hard for Alison to believe that maybe she just wanted to spend time with her, eventually the blonde dropped her gaze and smiled, obviously finding no sign that Emily's offer wasn't
genuine.
"Yeah, they would be nice, although I don't know how long it would last, I'm hardly the most interesting of people" Alison said, Emily picked up on her self doubt again and decided to actually address it while she could.
"Ok firstly I think you're incredibly interesting and I don't even really know you yet, secondly, I don't know why you self doubt yourself Alison, but you shouldn't" it was quite a bold statement for Emily to make, she could tell it had thrown Alison
off a little when she looked at her with wide eyes like she didn't know why to say. So Emily continued "how about we pick a topic that's relevant to us each time, take it in turned to chose, and just talk, get to know each other, no drama, just interesting
conversation and who knows maybe we'll also learn a thing or two." Emily said hoping that would ease Alison from her previous statement. Thankfully it did.
"Ok, you can go first starting tomorrow?" Alison said
"Sure" Emily replied with a small smile, glad that Alison had accepted her suggestion. She looked at her watched and realised she had been chatting with Alison for nearly an hour already and she had to get ready to her class.. "Hey uh, it's nearly time
for classes to start so I better go but I'll maybe see you at lunch?"
Alison looked down at her watch not believing time had gone that fast and looked shocked when she discovered it was indeed nearly time for classes to start. "Yeah of course, I better double check my prep anyway so yeah, I'll see you at lunch. Bye Emily"
"Bye!" Emily shouted back as she made her way out of Alison's classroom and to her own
Alison sat back down behind her desk tried to start sorting through her days prep work before her class arrived. Ultimately though she knew there was no point, she couldn't think about anything than what her conversation with Emily would be about tomorrow.
The rest of the day went by just the same. At lunch time Alison went to join her friends and Emily who seamed to have become a member of her friends social group. It wasn't too awful, Spencer got a few quips in when no one else was listening just
because she could...
"So Alison, you wonna head to a bar later? I'm sure ghee are plenty of people who would like your number there"
"Don't talk to Alison about what she likes, I'm not sure she knows anymore"
All with a constant smirk plastered on her face as she watch Alison's interactions with Emily.
Eventually the day ended and Alison went home, settled in for the night tried to clear her mind on what tomorrow would during, because for the first time in years, she would be starting her day with no idea of what would happen.
So first of I am so sorry this took so long! I got I'll and then got roped into trying to beat some impossible game and writing this had to be out to the side for a few days!
Either way I hope you liked it, some proper interaction with Emily and Alison plus a little sarcastic Spencer which is still going to be a big part of this story. It's going to be good to be able to write them actually getting to know each other now plus
emily getting to know the other girls a little too!
The next chapter might be a while, I haven't managed to start writing it yet because I just wanted to get this finished and posted, but I'm going to start writing it tomorrow and hopefully I'll be able to get it done soonish and then write a few more
chapters to make sure I stay ahead of schedule!
Review and stuff, much appreciated
Until next time
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