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"Who are you texting?" Spencer asked, getting Alison to look up in alarm.

"No one," she replied hastily.

"Are you sure, because you seem pretty engaged in the conversation," Spencer added with a smirk.

Alison scowled at her. "Mind your own business, Spencer."

"Alright, chill out," the brunette said defensively. "I was just messing with you." Alison looked back down at her phone. Honestly, she'd been texting Emily for the past couple of hours, ever since she got out of work. "Hey, so are you going to help me study for my exam or not?"

Alison groaned. "Couldn't you get Hanna to help you with it?" She tossed her phone down next to her and sat up on her couch. They were both in Ali's apartment.

"No offense to Hanna, but she's not the brightest person out there. She always turns our conversations into stuff about clothes and shoes," Spencer explained, rolling her eyes. "And Aria was busy. Come on, you said you'd help, and if I don't pass this test, I'm not going to hear the end of it from my parents."

Alison huffed. "Alright."

She picked up the flashcards and started to read them off to the other girl, who gave perfect answers. Of course. Alison had always admired how smart Spencer was, in fact she used to feel threatened by it. Spencer was always the one who could break down Ali's lies. That's what made them get into fights so often. At one point, it was so tense between them she would've swore that they were about to kill each other. Now, though, after high school, they were pretty close again, with much less fighting.

There was suddenly a knock on the door. "Who is it?" Alison called.

"Um, Emily," came the soft reply. Alison felt her heart beat faster. She swallowed quickly.

"Come on in!" she called quickly, setting down the flashcards as Emily came inside.

"So, you're the Emily I keep hearing about," Spencer stated.

"Spencer?" Emily questioned, getting a nod from the other girl. "Nice to meet you. Um, sorry to bother you guys, my water still isn't working and the toilet stopped flushing, too."

"Go ahead," Alison insisted, pointing toward the bathroom. She got a grateful smile from the darker girl, who went inside the bathroom.

"Why do you even live here? The maintenance is horrible," Spencer commented.

"It's cheap," Alison answered. "Not everyone's got two rich parents to pay for all of their college, housing and toys, you know?"

"You seem to be on edge today," Spencer commented.

"I'm not," Ali insisted, her eyes jumping over to the door that divided the living room from the bathroom. Emily made her nervous, but not in a bad way. In the way where Alison's heart fluttered and her skin heated up.

"Yes you are. Is it about her?" Spencer asked in a hushed voice, looking toward the bathroom.

"What? No. I'm not on edge. I told you to mind your own business anyway," Ali snapped.

"Alright, would you quit being rude to me?" Spencer snapped back. "If you really don't want to help me study right now, I'll leave."

Alison sighed. "I'm sorry. Look, I'm just going through some stuff."

The bathroom door opened again, and Emily walked out. "Thanks again," she said, giving Alison a smile, which the blonde easily returned.

"Anytime," she insisted. Emily left the apartment, and Ali accidentally let herself give a sigh.

"So it is about that girl?" Spencer asked, smirking.

Alison's expression hardened as she snapped her gaze back to Spencer. "Whatever you think you know is wrong, Spencer."

"I'm sure it is," Spencer answered sarcastically, a small smirk stuck on her face. Alison glared at her, but the smirk just turned into a knowing smile. Finally, Alison gave in, huffing.

"I don't know what it is. But it's definitely not any of your business," she told the brunette.

"Well it is now!" Spencer exclaimed. "Was she the one you were texting you earlier?"

"Yes," Ali answered.

"Is she... are you..."

"Spencer, don't ask too many questions," Alison warned. "I'm not ready to answer any of them. And please don't talk about this to the other girls."

Spencer gave the blonde a careful look. "Do you not trust them?"

"Come on Spencer. You know me. I've never trusted anyone with my biggest secrets," Alison reminded her. "And if this ever turned into something important, I'd rather they heard it from me. Got it?"

"Got it," Spencer answered, but she was smiling cockily, clearly happy that she knew one of Ali's secrets.

"So should you study?" Ali asked, quieter than she'd been before. She picked up the flash cards.

"Wait, come on, can't we talk about this some more?" Spencer asked. "You sound confused, and sometimes talking can help with that."

Alison scowled. "There's nothing to talk about."

"You like her," Spencer stated plainly. Alison's eyes snapped up to meet Spencer's. It was weird hearing that said aloud.

"I-I-I—"

"Wow, Alison DiLaurentis? Speechless? Now this is something I've never seen before. You must really like her," Spencer commented.

"I don't know, Spence. Can't we just leave it at that?' Ali snapped. She was trying to put on a brave face and move past this, but the truth was that she really did need to talk about it with someone. She just didn't know how to. Like she'd told Spencer just minutes earlier, she wasn't ever open to people about her secrets. And her feelings were a lot like secrets to her. A lot of the times, people thought they knew how she felt about them, but they never really did. Just like how Spencer had once thought that Ali hated her, when she never really did.

And now here she was, about to talk to Spencer about one of the strangest things that she had ever felt.

"Spencer, I honestly don't know. She makes me feel nervous, but like... in a good way? Ugh, I hate this vulnerable feeling," Alison grumbled. "I'm not used to it."

Spencer gave her a reassuring smile. "Maybe it's a good thing. I've never seen you be vulnerable around anyone, ever."

"Yeah, because it's a horrible feeling and I hate it," Ali snapped. "Ugh. She's just... ugh."

"Aww," Spencer teased. Alison rolled her eyes.

"Would either say something helpful or just go home?" she snapped, annoyed at the teasing. She was used to doing the teasing; she didn't usually get teased at all.

"Why don't you ask her out or something?" Spencer suggested, smirking at Alison discomfort.

"I-I-I—"

"Is she... like, into girls?" Spencer asked.

"Yeah," Alison answered.

"So you don't have anything to be afraid of! Seriously, ask her out. Do it. I'm not leaving here until you do," Spencer insisted.

Alison huffed and took out her phone. Her heart was beating about a million beats per second. She couldn't believe that she was about to ask Emily out on a date. She typed out her text as Spencer watched from over her shoulder.

To Emily- Hey... I was wondering, do you want to go out with me tomorrow night?

EEE

Emily was laying on her bed, turning her phone over and over in her hands. She had no idea how Alison felt about her, but she was crushing on that blonde like there was no tomorrow. She hadn't even felt this instantly connected to Maya or Paige. The thing was, Ali had never mentioned whether or not she was gay, or straight for that matter. Emily knew that there didn't always have to be such a fine line, but it helped to at least know a person's preference.

After she left the Grille earlier, debated with herself whether or not to ask the blonde out. She really didn't want to make anything awkward if Alison turned out to not be interested in her like that, so she had finally decided to wait and see if Alison did anything. It seemed like Ali liked her, but Emily couldn't be too sure.

After Ali had stopped texting her, before Emily went over there to use the restroom, she'd been wondering what she was doing instead. Now she knew that she was helping Spencer study or something, so she felt like she would be bothering them if she even sent a normal text.

And then all of the sudden, her phone buzzed. She saw it was from Alison, and quickly opened it up.

From Ali- Hey... I was wondering, do you want to go out with me tomorrow night?

Emily's breath caught in her throat. Had Ali just asked her out on a date? That is what she meant, right? Not just two girls going out together, as friends?

To Ali- Like... a date?

She had to be sure, before she said yes, because she didn't want to do something that she would end up regretting.

From Ali- I guess you could call it that.

Emily could tell that Alison was nervous, which was good, because Emily was nervous, too. Her heart was racing and she was trying to imagine a date with Alison. She couldn't do it, but it occurred to her that soon, she wouldn't have to just imagine in.

To Ali- Sure. What time tomorrow? (:

From Ali- 6?

To Ali- Sounds good.

From Ali- Great!

Emily glanced at the wall to her left. Just through that wall, across the hall and through another wall, Alison was sitting in her apartment freaking out just as much as Emily was. At least, she hoped she wasn't the only one freaking out.

AAA

"I can't believe you made me do that," Alison snapped at Spencer.

"Hey, she said yes. It could've gone a lot worse," Spencer pointed out.

"Yes, I know, but now I'm going to be freaking out for the rest of today, and all of tomorrow!" Alison exclaimed.

"You'll be fine. Everyone knows that you have like, magical charm," Spencer insisted, gathering up her stuff. "I'm gonna go to Aria's, I think she said we were all gonna meet there. I think she had something to tell us. You coming?"

"No, I need to relax," Alison muttered.

"Alright. Well, we'll be just upstairs if you decide that laying around and daydreaming about Emily gets boring," Spencer informed her. Alison picked up one of the couch pillows and chucked it at the brunette, who just laughed.

"Bitch," Ali muttered, as Spencer left through the door.

SSSHHHARI

"I'm surprised you had time to come. I thought you had work and classes all day every day?" Hanna asked Spencer pointedly.

"Yeah well, not today. There's a huge exam tomorrow, so I got off of work after my class this morning to study," Spencer answered.

"Where's Ali?" Aria asked, coming into the room from her bedroom.

"She stayed downstairs. Said she was too busy or something," Spencer lied.

"Were you going to tell us something?" Hanna asked curiously, looking at her best friend. Aria hesitated, and then she sighed.

"Jake and I broke up," she admitted.

"What?" Hanna and Spencer demanded instantly, their jaws dropping.

"After you guys were together for a whole year, he's just gone all of the sudden?" Spencer questioned.

"Where is he? He's not still living here is he? Man, if I see him in town I swear I'm going to—"

"Okay, calm down Hanna," Aria jumped in. "Look, we hung out yesterday, and we both just agreed that it isn't working out. And I was feeling kind of lonely, which is why I invited you all here."

"I'm sorry, Aria," Hanna said with a frown.

"I'll be okay," Aria insisted, giving her friends a tight lipped smile. "Uh, what's Ali busy with? If she had time to help you study, doesn't she have time to come up here for an hour?"

"She's uh... I dunno, planning stuff or something," Spencer started. She really didn't want to make Alison mad at her by telling Aria and Hanna her secret, but she also really wanted to tell them.

"Planning what?" Hanna asked, confused.

"A d—" Spencer cut herself off. "I mean, nothing. I don't know."

Aria gave Spencer a pointed look. "Come on, we can tell when you're lying. Plus, you clearly almost slipped and said date."

"Did not," Spencer insisted.

"Come on, tell us! Who's she going out with?" Hanna demanded, grinning at the thought of gossip.

"It's really not my place to tell you. I promised her that I wouldn't tell you guys," Spencer admitted.

"What, so she trusts you but not us?" Hanna asked, crossing her arms.

Spencer shook her head. "She has no choice but to trust me. I practically forced the information out of her. And anyway, if you guys wanna know who it is, you better ask her yourselves."

"Is he cute?" Aria asked.

Spencer snickered. "Uh, I'll let you decide that for yourself."

Aria and Hanna exchanged confused glances.

"Anyway! Who's hungry?"

SSSHHHARI made me laugh lol it's like Shari like what.

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Man I said I was gonna have a something funny to stay down here... um um um ummmmm ummmmmmmmmm

Dang it.

I'll have funny stuff to say when I go back to school on Monday, because I'm friends with a bunch of idiots (lol i love them) who do stupid and funny things so haha yeah just wait until Monday! ;P

AND GUESS WHAT COMES ON TUESDAY?! AALETAITHAEITAWETIAHT ALI TELLS ALL I'M SO EXCITED OMG.

*breathe Tana*

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