Hii everyone! This chapter is written in Alison's POV. The chapters are going to do that. Chapter 1 was Emily, then Robbie, now Ali, next Cat, then back to Emily, and so on.. I hope.. haha.. I'll write who's POV it is at the top from now on. Enjoy!

It's Wednesday. Over 3 days.. Is she mad at me or something? … Why would she be mad? I didn't do anything to hurt her. I never would.

Oh.. There's Emily, looking more perfect than ever. Her hair cascaded beautifully down her back, her eyes shining in the sun.

Cascaded? Since when do I use words like cascaded?! This is becoming too much like a romance novel.

My thoughts were interrupted by Emily.

"Hi cupcake." She said.

"Hi angel." I replied.

Those were our pet names for each other. Not much, but enough.

"So, are we still on for studying later?" she asked.

"Yeah! Rosewood library, right?" I asked.

"Mhmm!" she said.

There was a bit of an awkward pause.

"So.. later then?" I said. I felt really awkward for some reason.

"Mhmm." She smiled. "See you later!" she said.

She turned her back and walked away, going into the school. I stared until I couldn't see her anymore, then walked into the school myself.

Time for a long, long day of classes.

"Hi cupcake!" Emily said. She was so excited! I love it when she's excited! She's more fun.

"Hi angel!" I replied.

"Ready to go?" she asked.

"Yeah! To the library! Very exciting!" I said. I tried to make the tone in my voice seem sarcastic.

Emily giggled as she spoke, "Come on, let's go!"

She grabbed my hand and dragged me to her car. I sat in the passenger seat and took off my bookag, throwing it in the back seat. I reached over and buckled my seatbelt.

"So, what are we studying tonight exactly?"

"Uh, math I think?" she relpied.

Math! I'm great at math!

"Oh, alright cool" I replied.

I was trying so hard to stay cool. Everything about Emily made me nervous. I always felt like I wasn't good enough for her. That's why I always shot her down. I thought she was just playing with me. My palms were sweating so much; my entire body shaking.

"So, are you gonna start the car or what?" I said.

"Oh!" Emily laughed. "Sorry!"

"No, no, don't apologize!" I laughed.

She started up the car, and next thing I knew, we were off.

Rosewood library really wasn't far.

I'd say 5 miles, give or take a mile.

We were there in less than 10 minutes.

I unbuckled myself and hopped out of the car.

I waited until Emily was by my side to start walking.

When we got to the door, I reached my hard out to grab Emily's, then quickly pulled it back.

I wanted to keep this relationship somewhat private, at least for a little bit.

Of course, Aria, Hanna, and Spencer would know too.

We walked into the library together, and immediately went to the back and sat at a far table.

"So, I'm not all that sure how to do this math homework.." Emily said, reaching into her backpack and pulling out her textbook.

She opened it to a page, and showed me the problems. I studied them for a few minutes, then reached into my own backpack and pulled out my notebook. I set it down on the table in front of us and opened it to a clean page.

"Okay," I begin. "Basically, what you're doing here is solving for zeroes."

"Okay.. How do I do that?" she asked.

You know, you always see those girls who act dumb around their crushes to get their attention, but Emily seemed genuinely confused.

"Well, let's look at the first problem. It's easy. X squared plus 3x plus 2 equals zero."

Emily still seemed lost. Like I was speaking a whole 'nother language.

"So, you wanna start by factoring. What multiplies to get 2 and adds together to get 3?"

"Uhm.." Emily started. "What multiplies to get 2 that also adds to get 3?" She made a thinking face.

"Mhmm." I said sweetly. Her thinking face was so cute.

"Uh, 1 and 2…?"

"Yeah!" I smiled. "Okay, so now you write 'x plus 2 times x plus 1 equals zero.'"

I watched as Emily wrote down everything I said.

"Okay, then what do you do with that?"

"You take it apart equally. Start with 'x plus 2 equals zero.' How do you figure out what x is?"

"You subtract 2 from each side."

"Exactly!" Then do the same for 'x plus 1 equals zero!'" I said.

It was exciting to see her working so hard, and it made me so happy to know that because of me, she was actually understanding it. Emily continued to write furiously.

She lifted her head and looked at me.

"So the zeroes are negative one and negative two?"

I smiled proudly. "That's right!"

She smiled as well, then reached over and hugged me.

"I did it! Thanks Ali!"

"Anytime!" I said.

"So, how do you do problems that don't already equal zero?" She asked.

"Tell you what. How about we stop with homework for a bit and just talk? There's something I really want to talk to you about.."

"Yeah, sure." Emily said.

She seemed worried. I could hear it in her voice. She closed her book over and put it in her bag.

"Emily.. when I talked to you on Sunday, I kind of.. Well I kind of lied."

Emily's face dropped almost instantly.

"What do you mean?"

"When I said I dated a bunch of guys but none of them were right.. I lied. There- there is someone."

"Well, who, uh.. who is he?"

"Jack.. Jack Parker."

"You're dating Jack Parker?" Emily asked. I could see her eyes filling with water.

I leaned over and wrapped my arms around her.

"Emily baby, please don't cry."

Too late.

"I thought you loved me though?" she asked.

The tears were falling down her cheeks, staining her beautiful face.

"I do! I love you so much more than Jack. SO much more. But, I do love Jack. I can't just leave him."

She cried a little more, but managed to talk.

"I understand.. I just want you all to myself." She said.

Aweee!

"I'm just waiting for a reason to break up with him. I don't want to just dump him. I mean, contrary to current belief, I do have a heart."

"I get it, Ali." She said, turning from me.

"Hey," I said, turning her head to me with my finger. "I love you more. I promise."

She nodded her head.

"So when do you want to tell the girls about.. us..?" I asked.

"Tell them? Can't we wait a little while?" she asked.

"Em, I love and respect you but, these are our friends.. Don't you think they deserve to know?"

"I'm just not ready yet." She said.

"And that's perfectly okay. But, until you're ready.. I think we should see other people." I said.

Her face dropped even lower.

"Em, I love you. I love you to the moon and back. That's why I'm doing this. I want you to take some time and think this over before you commit to anything."

"I-" she started.

"Emily. All I want is for you to be happy. If you're happy, I'm happy. I want to make sure that this will really make you happy. Because if it doesn't.. I'd be devastated. I don't want you to waste your time. You deserve the best. Just please, think it over first, and come to me when you're ready. I promise I'll still be here waiting."

"Okay." She said.

"I'm sorry, Emily."

"Don't be." She said. "You're just trying to put my best interest before yourself. No one's ever done that for me. Thank you."

"Anything for my angel." I said.

I kissed her softly on the head, and she walked off, headed home from a really long day.