I opened my eyes as they adjusted to the familiar view of my room. I look down to see an arm wrapped around me. I smiled widely with my puffy morning face as I turned around in place facing the other way. My smile only grew as I saw Alison wake up next to me.

"Hey sleepy head" She said in a raspy voice as she combed her fingers through my hair.

"Good morning beautiful" I said in an even raspier voice as I placed my hand on her waist bringing her closer to me. We smiled at each other as I felt Alison hold my face and we leaned into each other sharing a soft kiss. We smiled as we looked into each others eyes. "How'd you sleep?" she asked me not breaking the eye contact. "Good…better than I have in such a long time" I said as I ran my hand up her body as I caressed her arms and shoulders, running my fingers up and down her back. "Kind of reminds me of old times" I continued as I heard her answer "Yeah, just improved." We both giggled as we kissed again.

We laid in bed together for an other half hour at least. I felt Ali's warm body close to mine as our legs crossed with one an other. Being with Alison just felt right; I wanted to lie here with her forever. We tossed and turned together as we laughed and enjoyed and for a little bit, we just forgot the world.

Ali got up right after me and I walked into the bathroom as I put my hair up in a messy bun. I brushed my teeth and as I leaned in splashing water on my face I felt Ali come up from behind me wrapping her arms around my waist. I stood up straight feeling her softly kiss my neck as I dried my face and turned around to face her. I rested my arms on her shoulders as I leaned in and kissed her softly as our lips came into a delicate lip lock as i felt her softly nibble on my bottom lip. We smiled against each others lips as her grip tightened holding my closer to her as we kissed again, melting into Alison's kiss. Our foreheads leaned together and softly touched as we smiled at each other. "I don't ever want to let you go" I hear Ali whisper close to my lips. I blushed deeply and smiled sweetly back saying "Then don't"

"I'm kinda hungry" I say after a while of just swaying in Ali's arms. She smirks at me. "Not in that way! I mean I'm actually hungry" I say as Ali tries to hold in the laughter. "Let's go cook something then" She says, still not letting go. I pull away slowly "Alright I'm gonna go put some pants on" I say as I feel Alison's hands lower. "No no no" she says as she lifts my shirt and grabs my ass. "Stay like this" I half smile and bite my lip.

We walk down to the kitchen teasing each other on the way. I got out the flour, milk, sugar and eggs and all the ingredients to make Alison some pancakes. As I got out the pan I feel Alison hug me from behind I laugh and turn around wrapping my arms around her neck smiling. I never knew Alison could be so genuine and playful.

After the 30 minutes it took us to actually cook the pancakes due to Alison's distractions, we finally finished. I served us both pancakes as I see Alison looking through the pantries. "What are you looking for babe?" I ask. Wow, did I just say that out loud? "This" I hear her say as she turns around with a sly smile holding Nutella in her hand.

She places it on the table and takes a big chunk of Nutella spreading it all over. "Open up" I hear Alison say as I open my mouth. With the biggest grin on her face, she feeds me a big chunk of pancakes with Nutella as she literally got it all over my mouth. We started laughing historically as I tried to get all the pieces of pancake and Nutella into my actual mouth. I see Ali smile at me as she holds my face delicately and right before she kissed me I hear her softly say "I got it" She softly presses her lips agains mine opening her lips as I feel her wipe off the Nutella and she closes off her lips to lip lock. I smile as I hear her say "There" I chuckle softly pecking her lips.

We finished eating and went back upstairs. As I cuddled in bed with Alison, I heard my phone ring. It was an 'SOS' from Hannah. I looked at my phone screen confused and then I looked over to Ali; she looked kind of concerned. "Em, what's wrong?" she asked. "Hannah just send out an SOS" I said. Alison obviously knew what sending out an SOS was; she was the one with the idea. Alison looked kind of sad. "I don't have to go" I said; I wanted to stay here with Ali. She smiled sweetly at me as she got on her knees and went towards the edge of your bed and tucked a piece of my hair behind my ear "Yeah you do." She said as she pecked my forehead. "Don't worry. I have to go anyways…" she continued "But I'll be back so soon. I'll be back just to be with you" she said as she caressed my cheek with her thumb. "Aren't you going to tell the girls you came back?" I asked confused. "Not just yet. I want to enjoy spending time with you first" Ali responded. I knew there was something more to that.

I jumped into the shower to get ready as Alison got dressed. I came out of the bathroom in nothing but a towel and underwear. I slipped on my skinny jeans and tank top with a plague shirt over it. I walked in the bathroom and started combing my hair as I saw Alison's reflection in the mirror. I turned around as I saw her standing behind me. "Ready?" I asked with a heavy voice. "Ready as I'm ever gonna be." she responds. I held her face in my hand as she placed hers right on top. "I'll be back before you know it" she kisses me one more time. A soft peck turned into a passion filled kiss as our tongues tangled with each other. As we finished off with a lip lock, our foreheads touched once again.

We walked out sharing one more kiss as we went our separate ways. Suddenly I hear my phone ring again. I looked down and unlocked it only to read a message from a block user;

"Born to be together, and born to die together. See you in hell Bitches - A"

My eyes widened and my back stiffened, feeling tingles go straight down it. A is back, and they still know everything. I ran to my car and rushed to Hannah's house to find Spencer and Aria with her.

"Hey guys" I said as I barged into the kitchen where they were all gathered around.

"Hey Em" They greeted me at different times..

"Is everything okay?" I asked as I took off my purse and put it on the kitchen counter.

"Yeah, we just all needed to talk together." I heard Spencer say in all seriousness. I sat down on a bar stool listening closely to what she had to say. "I think Melissa killed that girl. Not me" she spurted out. Why were none of us surprised.

"How do you know Spence?" I heard Aria ask.

"I heard my dad and her talking. Wait why are none of you surprised?" Spencer asked as if she told us something completely surprising. We all exchanged glances and kind of shrugged in unison. "I mean, we've suspected of Melissa since the beginning Spencer, you can't expect us to be surprised." I heard Hannah say. Spencer didn't look disappointed but she looked kind of unhappy.

"Speaking of, have any of you heard from Alison?" I heard Aria say. I could feel my face losing color, yet tried to maintain my poker face. They all shook their heads and I could feel them staring at me. As they did I shook my head as well.

"How about from A?" I heard Aria ask.

"Not since New York" I heard Hannah say. Spencer was still kind of out of it. I kind of opened my mouth to say something, but directly remembered what a mistake I was making and didn't say anything. I hadn't told them about Alison, so how do I expect them to understand that A's message meant? That would be a hard one to get out of.

"Speaking of A" I heard spencer finally take part of the conversation "Aria have you talked to Ezra about that?" She said.

"Yeah Aria, Ezra said he knew who was under that mask" added Hannah. Well at least we know it wasn't him. I thought to myself.

"I haven't been able to guys!" Aria responded defensively

"Aria its been a month!" Protested Spencer

"I'm aware of that Spencer! But every time we talk about it he either changes the subject or just ignore it completely. And anyways, I don't really like remembering that Ezra got shot trying to protect me." Aria said defensively. Great. A is still out there, and we seriously have no idea who it is, and our only source of knowledge stays quiet.

"Just try again okay?" Hannah said in a calmer voice. Aria nodded and agreed. I understand she's uncomfortable talking to him about that night. I would be too but A is still out there and this has gotten to the point where I don't give a shit anymore.

"Well, I have to get going guys" Spencer said as she put her purse over her shoulder. "Yeah same here guys. My parents are gonna start to worry. I'll talk to Ezra when I can" Aria said right after. They bid their goodbyes and walked out together.

"You can sleep here tonight if you want Em" I heard Hannah said. I preferred staying here than going to home and staying alone, specially since Ali wasn't there anymore. We walked up to Hannah's room and sat on the bed. We started talking and Hannah said something that caught me off guard.

"Okay Em, cut the crap. What happened with Alison? I know you've seen her" I denied it with all my might, but Hannah was convinced.

"Fine, fine. I saw her. How do you even know that?" I asked her worried that I got busted by all of them and just lied straight to their faces. Without saying anything, Hannah pulled a picture up on her phone. "A sent it to me" she said as I stared at the picture. It was a picture of Ali and me laying in bed in nothing but underwear, hugging each other. Obviously taken from my window. Fucking stalker. I thought to myself. Busted by A. Again.

My cheeks turned beat red as Hannah chuckled under her breathe. "So, did Em finally get sexy in the sheets with Ali?" she said in a teasing tone of voice. I blushed even deeper just thinking about it. I couldn't hold in the smile and said no.

"I want it to be special. When Alison can come back, and it's safe for us to be together. Not just a weekend my mom is out to not see her again for a month" I said genuinely.

Hannah laughed as if making fun of my cheesiness and added "Em it's not like Alison's a virgin for Christs sake"

"I know!" I said as I chuckled softly. "But it's our first time together. I want it to be special…I love her Hannah" I continued. Hannah's gaze into a soft endearing one as if she silently Awed in her head.

"Who knew Emily was so romantic" she said "Shut up" I told her as we started laughing together.

Me and Hannah talked for hours on end just about everything. I miss being able to do this with the girls.

Stars filled the skies as the hours ticked away and me and Hannah fell into a deep sleep.