Hey guys, I'm just going to give you some quick notes before get started, I know it's been a while – I've recently been seeing a doctor about some issues and fanfics was kind of pushed to the side. I'm sorry, I just haven't been feeling like writing, it's been a real struggle and everything has been really hard but your lovely reviews are always so amazing and they make me feel really good! I know it's been a while since I've updated and I hope this one will be okay, if it's not just be kind about it.
Anyways I won't bore you with all that, so enjoy! :)

Chapter Nine

"These all look too prestigious, there's no way I'll get into any of them." Alison groaned and put her head on Emily's shoulder in frustration.
They had been sitting at Emily's desk for almost an hour, looking at different college's and application dates, Alison had wanted to give up less than half an hour into the search but with soft push Emily had managed to convince her to continue.

"Hey, don't doubt yourself; these places would be lucky to have you." She wrapped her arm around the blonde and rubbed her arm softly.

"You have to say that." Alison rolled her eyes playfully at her kind comment.

"You know I mean it."

"Are you looking at any other colleges besides Danby?" She moved from Emily's shoulder and looked away from the laptop screen for the first time in almost an hour.
Emily however had been sneaking glimpses of the blonde nonstop pretty much the entire hour; she noticed every time but chose not to make comment.

"Well, actually I wanted you to be the first to know..." Emily began shyly, suddenly embarrassed to have Alison looking at her.

"To know what?" The blonde smiled curiously.

"Coach said Stanford University was interested, they were going to send a scout to my next swim meet."

"Stanford, as in California?" Alison connected the small dots that Emily had laid before her.

"I was just keeping my options open." She smiled sincerely, though in the back of her mind she was concerned about Jessica, though it had been a week since they had seen the older DiLaurentis word on the street was she was still in Rosewood.

"But you've always had your heart set on Danby since you were a kid, haven't you?" Alison questioned as Emily shut the laptop lid.

"I have but Stanford is a great school, it would be crazy of me not to at least consider it, it's a good opportunity."

"Is that the only reason you're considering it?" Alison quirked an eyebrow and glared at her daringly.

"Partly." Her voice crack between the response, indicating there was more than she was revealing.

"Partly?" Alison moved closer, closing some distant between them before raising her eyebrows skilfully.
They were so close that Emily could feel Alison's breath on her lips, she could smell it and it smelt tempting and sweet, it was difficult to focus when the temptation dangled so effortlessly in front of her.

"I had just been considering it when I didn't know what you were doing about college. I wanted to keep that option in mind." She shook her head as if it would clear her thoughts, though it didn't do much, especially when Alison's hand began caressing her thigh softly over her shorts, while occasionally straying underneath the fabric slightly further than she was expecting. She gasped when Alison touch grazed ever so lightly on her inner thigh, causing her breath to catch in her throat.

"Ali..." She whispered, "What are you doing?"

"Exploring." She whispered seductively in return before moving her hand further up Emily's thigh.

"But... we're supposed to be looking at colleges..." She murmured breathlessly.

"I do recall you were the one who shut the laptop lid." Alison leant in and brushed her lips against her ear, causing her hair to rise up on end and a small shiver to erupt within her.
She exhaled deeply in an attempt to try and manage her growing emotions mixed with her out of control hormones.

"Ali you make it impossible to keep myself under control." She almost panted as Alison's hand continued its path up and down her thigh.

"That's the point." Alison's voice was deep and laced with a sexy exterior that melted her to the core.

Alison's hand moved from her thigh to her hip, which was quickly joined by the other hand and in unison they began turning the brunette closer, so close that their own body temperature could be felt by the other. In one final move Alison let her lips finally reconnect with Emily's once the teasing had become too torturous even for her.
Emily sighed into the kiss as if it had relieved hours and hours of tension and build up, so much so that she was almost at exploding point just before Alison's lips allowed a soft, calming release. It was an innocent kiss however passion lingered dangerously behind the surface, testing them and their control. Challenging them to see how much power they really had and how they would keep it in their enclosed finger tips.

"If you keep touching me like this I don't know if I'll be able to stop." Emily panted through each kiss while Alison's hands began playing with teasingly underneath her shirt.

"Do you want to stop?" Alison questioned seriously and Emily paused, continue to kiss while thinking of what she wanted.

"No..." She pulled away and was met with Alison's bright blue eyes staring carefully back at her.

"Are you sure?" Alison removed her hands when she realised how distracting they were for the brunette.

"Girls! We're home!" Pam called from down stairs, back from their usual Saturday morning grocery shopping.

"Damn." Emily mumbled to herself, her heart rate decreasing slightly when the prospect of being with Alison privately disappeared.

Alison giggled at her quiet and subtle outtake of displeasure while giving her a swift kiss and standing.

"We'd better go help with the shopping." Emily reluctantly stated as she stood from the chair and provided Alison her hand.
Taking it she was pulled into a passionate kiss before being pulled down the hallway and down stairs, it wasn't until she was outside and carrying a bag of groceries in that she realised how dazed she was by the kiss.

"How was your morning girl's?" Wayne asked as they placed the last of the groceries bags on the kitchen island.

"Good, we were looking at college application dates." Alison said as she sat on one of the stools next to Wayne who was reading the newspaper and sipping at the coffee Pam had made for him before she began putting the food away.
Pam and Wayne looked up at her in surprise, they weren't expecting this response and reaction looked over at Emily who had started making her and Alison a coffee.

"College applications, hey? Are you interested in going Alison?"

"I thought about it, there's no harm in trying, right?" She responded before looking subtly over at Emily who had her back to all of them.
She was curiously if Emily would tell them about Stanford, it was pretty big news so it was interesting the brunette hadn't said anything yet.

"Not at all, what an excellent idea. Have you found any that might be for you?" Pam seemed oblivious to Alison curious glare upon Emily.

"Uh, nothing yet but I'm sure I'll find something I like." She looked away from the silent Emily, figuring she wasn't ready to talk about the prospect of Stanford just yet.

"Well that is still wonderful." Pam chimed happily as she finished putting the groceries away.

Emily placed before Alison a coffee and sat next to her, being strangely quiet, had she upset the brunette? Had she done something wrong? Or was Emily just consumed by her many thoughts?
She didn't know but it was bothering her that she couldn't ask with Emily's parents around, however she sipped at her coffee and decided it was nothing and that she would ask what was wrong later when they were alone.

The morning passed quickly and suddenly it was mid afternoon and Emily was getting ready to spend some time with Hanna because it had felt like forever since they had, they had organised to hang out the day before and were planning on going shopping.
Emily was walking down the stairs when Alison grabbed her hand and pulled her into a passionate kiss, she was so taken by surprise she almost forgot to kiss back.

"You sure you have to go?" Alison almost begged as her lips strayed to her neck.

"Yes, Hanna will probably kill me if I don't." She titled her head to provide Alison with more access; this however was a bad move when she was reminded how irresistible the blonde was.

"But we could have some fun here." The blonde bit at Emily's neck softly, trying her hardest to keep her from leaving.

"I'll be back tonight." She promised.

"I'm hanging out with Noel a little later so you'll probably bet me home." Alison took Emily's hand and kissed it before heading down the stairs and outside with her.

"Noel, hey?" Emily mumbled sarcastically while wriggling her eyes teasingly.

"Cool your jets, I'm helping him with Mona, he's managed to ask her out but he can't figure out what to wear. He's a bit of a girl." Alison rolled her eyes when Emily smirked playfully before getting in the car.

"Well have fun but not too much without me." She smiled genuinely this time before turning the car on, putting the window down and shutting the door.

"I won't. See you tonight." She leant against the opened window frame and smirk her trademark smile.

"Indeed you shall." Emily chuckled before quickly placing a kiss on Alison forehead and reversing out of the driveway.

-x-

"Well hello you, I feel like we haven't hung out in ages." Hanna said as she opened the passenger door and got in the car.

"Hi, yeah it's been a while since it's been just us." Emily waited for Hanna to put her seat belt on before driving away.

"We're okay, right? You're not still mad at me about the photos, are you?" She was referring to the photos the night Emily and Alison had promised each other they fight to stay together.
It was heart warming and she was glad Emily could feel that, even if Alison did have to return to California.

"We're all good, I'm not mad." Emily replied genuinely, oblivious to Hanna's thoughts.

"You secretly loved the photo's, that's why." She giggled evidently very proud of herself.

"Do... you still have them?" Emily asked shyly as she drove. They were heading to the mall, a dead zone at this time on a Saturday; everyone had either done their shopping or was too lazy to bother trying and accepted that it was on tomorrow's to-do-list.

"Maybe." She pulled out her phone and began pressing her screen increasingly fast. Moments later there was a small beep emanating from Emily's pocket indicating she had gotten a message and Hanna swiftly put her phone back in her hand bag. "They're all yours."

"Thanks." She uttered shyly.

"Oh, don't be such a prude you're allowed to kiss someone." Hanna rolled her eyes at Emily's shyness, surely after all this time she would be a little more confident with herself and her sexuality.

"I know that." She scoffed, though subconsciously she was always worried about people being overly judgemental.

"Have you guys done it yet?" She blurts out casually, as if the question is normal conversation like the weather.

Emily is taken aback by it but chooses to remain calm, this definitely wasn't a question she was expecting on her shopping day but if she were to expect it, it would be coming from Hanna.

"Hanna." Emily groaned as she drove into the malls underground parking lot, usually it was busy in the dark, dank area but they had come at the right time where the only people that seemed interested where the staff or elder couples.
Pulling up in a spot close to the entrance she switched the ignition off and took the keys out while giving the blonde beside her an exasperated expression.

"What? There's so much sexual tension between you two I can feel it from my house. Will you guys just do it already?" Hanna got out of the car loudly, seemingly oblivious to any other patrons that may have been in the small underground area.

"We aren't talking about my sex life anymore." Emily tried ending the conversation but Hanna shrugged it off effortlessly.

"Or lack of sex life." She snickered.

"Would you stop?" Emily couldn't help giggling too however. "Besides, we've only known each other like three months."

"So? Caleb and I were at that stage by three months." She shrugged as if the information wasn't personal.

"I would like to point out that for almost the first month she hated me." Emily had almost forgotten that this was what Hanna was like, this was her personality and that was what she loved about her. The confidence to be so casual about her need to ask such private questions was exactly what made Hanna, Hanna.

"Yeah, you never really did tell us how you guys went from one extreme to the other." They were walking through the automatic glass doors when they passed an elder couple who were leaving with a few bags; they shared a smile and continued on their way.

"I don't even know." She mumbled while trying to think back.

"Well, when did you guys first kiss?" Hanna tried booting Emily's thought into gear and the reminder made a large smile form across the brunette's lips. "Oh look at you; you're so taken by her."

Hanna squealed quietly as they walked aimlessly around the mall, looking for any random shop to pass the time in.

"Stop it." Emily blushed and shoved the blonde softly, clearly embarrassed with her accurate analysis.

"So, first kiss? Or did we witness it?" Hanna questioned it as if she was hoping it was the case.

"Oh uh definitely not, it was actually after Maya and I hung out." Emily recalled it clearly, though the weeks following it was an awkward sequence of events.

"Oh my god, how scandalous." Hanna giggled as she walked into a clothing store Emily didn't bother checking the name of, she was positive she didn't know it.

"Not really, she ignored me for like two solid weeks after that."

"Oh... that was ages ago!" Hanna looked up from a pair of shorts she was admiring to give Emily a shocked expression, as though even she was surprised by the time period.

"You seem surprised." Emily took the shorts from her and looked at the price, her eyes widened in response before putting them back for Hanna.

"Hey, those are cute." She complained loudly causing a soft chuckle from the only salesperson in the store to slip before quickly returning to folding the clothes that had been messed up by previous customers.

"I don't understand why you would pay so much money for something that doesn't even cover your whole butt." Emily muttered softly, trying to keep her voice from being heard by the petite blonde that was less than six feet away from them.

"Don't worry I'm not buying it for you." Hanna stuck her tongue out playfully before grabbing the shorts and heading to the dressing room, waving the item at the young woman to indicate she was trying them on.

By the time Hanna had put the shorts on and decided she like them Emily had already had enough of shopping. As she waited for Hanna to finish she puckered up the courage to ask what had been on her mind since earlier that morning.

"Did Caleb make it special?" She asked softly behind the curtain while waiting for Hanna to emerge.

"What?" Hanna carelessly opened the curtain and walked out in her bra and the shorts she was trying on.

"Why don't you have a shirt on?" Emily rolled her eyes, distracted by Hanna's confidence she looked away embarrassed.

"Oh goodness Emily, they're just boobs, there was a cool shirt hanging up in here that someone must have forgotten to put back, it's super cute too and it'll work well with these shorts." She moved to the back of the small cube that was the dressing room and took the shirt from the hanger, putting it on she looked in the mirror and smiled happily. "It's adorable, don't you think?"

"It is, I actually like it." Emily said honestly and Hanna smiled in return before turning back to her with a curious expression.

"Did Caleb make what special?" She asked obliviously and Emily cleared her throat shyly as a large lump decided to make its entrance at the worst time.

"Your first... time... together."

"Oh." She began and shrugged as if the question wasn't out of the ordinary. "Well, yes but it was mostly special cause it was with him. He's amazing."

Her eyes drifted away before quickly darting back to Emily, raising her index finger indicating she be one minute she shut the curtain and speedily got dressed. Emerging once more from the dressing room she walked up the cash register where the short blonde had made herself comfortable.
Placing the clothes on the counter she smiled and turned back to Emily.

"Any particular reason you're asking me?" She ignored the blonde on the opposite side of the counter and kept her eyes on Emily, though the short blonde was occasionally looking between them as she scan the two items into the computer.

"I want to make it special... for her."

"So you like her then?" Hanna gave the woman her card before giving Emily her attention again, this time the blonde went through great efforts to make sure she didn't make eye contact with either girl when she realised how personal their conversation was.

"I do." She croaked, though she was definitely confident of her feelings it was a whole other story voicing them aloud to someone.

"Thank you." Hanna chimed as she grabbed the bag the woman had just packed for her.

"Have a good afternoon, ladies." She replied.

As they walked around the mall Hanna was about to stray into another shop when she suddenly spoke her thoughts.

"So... by special do you mean you're going to like use toys?"

"Oh my god, Han, what kind of question is that?" Emily rolled her eyes and almost covered her ears like a child when Hanna's question sunk in.

"What? You can't be such a prude Em, especially if you're thinking about making that step." Hanna decided a music shop was the next stop to make, this pleased Emily greatly because music was something she understood.

"I don't need toys," Emily said confidently, though it was still a whisper. "Besides we're not old enough to even get into a store that sells 'toys."

Hanna chuckled and looked away, it wasn't a response Emily was expecting but none the less it wasn't a totally out of placed response for the blonde.

"Oh my goodness, you have a sex toy? How did you even- no wait, I don't want to know how you got it."

"Come on, it's a good story." Hanna pleaded as she turned from the CD rack and looked towards Emily who had found something she was interested in.

"No, Hanna it's fine."

"Ugh, you're no fun." She groaned before moving over to the movie section of the store. "Okay, well if no toys are going to be used then maybe some sexy clothing is in order."

"Any excuse to do more shopping, hey?" Emily laughed while grabbing the box set of a television show she had noticed Alison watching on her laptop not too long ago, the quality was average and obviously downloaded but the only reason Alison had a bad copy was because she couldn't afford to buy it.

"I didn't know you like 'Friends'?" Hanna questioned as she inspected the item.

"I don't mind it but it's for Alison, she really likes it."

Emily weighed up how much the CD she wanted and the box set would be together and decided it was too much to spend, walking back to the CD rack she placed her choice where she found it and walked up to the cash register. Hanna watched as Emily happily chose Alison's wants over her own and smiled softly, that would be something Alison will never see and never learn to appreciate because Emily would be too proud to tell her. She could relate to what Emily was doing, that was something she would do for Caleb any day.
As they walked out Emily felt strangely excited to give Alison her mini gift, she felt giddy and happy and it didn't pass Hanna by un noticed.

"So how about lingerie then?" Hanna encouraged as they walked idly by the specific shop, they paused out the front unsure of whether to answer. Hanna was overly excited to enter the store and did so without Emily, who was too shy to stand outside the store let alone walk in but when the blonde returned to her side to pull her inside she had no time to object.

"What about this?" Hanna dangled a set of thin coloured underwear in the air with both hands while Emily rubbed her head, she was recovering from the elaborate entrance the blonde had made when the woman who was working asked how they were.

"Han, I don't know if lingerie is what I'm after. Lingerie makes it feel planned; I just want it to happen."

"Right and it will and you'll just happen to be wearing sexy lace-lined matching bra and undies, that'll get Alison's motor running." Hanna winked before smiling at the attendant who asked if they needed help, she denied the offer politely before continuing their conversation.

"I don't need lingerie to do that." Emily mumbled and Hanna was surprised with the comment, usually the brunette would have been shocked by her previous statement but inside she had a sassy remark in return.

"Okay, so wow. I don't know why I'm more surprised, is it because that was an overly confident thing for you to say or was it because Alison's a horny rascal?" Hanna put the lingerie down and thought hard briefly before looking back at Emily.

"I can believe Alison being the sexually dominant one, I'm more surprised with your confidence." She stated matter-of-factly.

"Hey, what makes you think she's dominant?"

"Woah, sorry tiger." Hanna giggled as they continued the no destination walk. "Okay look, if you want it to be special you have to figure out what makes it special for her, what do you think she wants?"

"I don't know, well I do... but I don't. What if I'm not good enough for her?" Emily felt like she was going in circles inside her mind, everything seemed so cluttered and messy, making it impossible to think rationally about how she wanted to go about everything.

"Em be confident with yourself, I'm sure everything will be perfect." Hanna smiled sympathetically, she could understand Emily's panic, and it was natural when something so big was going to happen, or at least hoping it was going to happen.
She was nervous and that was normal.

"Okay, no lingerie and no toys. Just you and her, together. That's all you need."

Emily nodded, happy with the decision, though it wasn't as though anything was ever being decided, she just needed the confidence boost from her best friend.

"Could you not tell the other's about this? I don't even know what's happening yet."

"Understood." Hanna smiled and they continued their late afternoon shopping.

-X-

The sun was setting by the time Emily had gotten home from shopping with Hanna, she didn't buy anything else besides the present for Alison and she felt oddly revived. It was hard to go shopping with Hanna and not buy things, the blonde was very convincing.
The house was dark besides the small light above the kitchen stove that was left on no doubt by Pam. Emily was mildly surprised to not see her parents around but had remembered that her father was going away on a last minute fishing trip with his friends and her mother was spending the evening with her friends, no doubt drinking, so she probably wouldn't make it back that night.
Smiling to herself Emily decided to finish some homework she had been too lazy to complete that week and went in search of some items she had planned for the evening ahead.
She didn't know exactly when Alison would be home so she decided to prepare ahead, even if that night lead to nothing at all she was happy at the thought of being alone with Alison.
It was just after nine when Emily heard a car pull up outside, her heart raced at the thought of Alison being home again, she was so excited to give her the DVD box set she had bought her that she had even put a small bow on top to resemble a present.
She could hear the blonde saying goodnight and good luck to Noel before she heard footsteps up the front path. Rushing to the front door she opened it and smiled largely at the almost startled Alison.

"Hey you." She found the smile contagious when she turned to wave at Noel as he drove away.

"Hi." Emily smile grew before her hands grabbed Alison's and pulled her inside and into a deep passionate kiss.
In a slightly belated response Alison's hands went to her cheeks before moving further into her hold, it was warm and welcoming and was exactly what the blonde needed.

"I missed you." Alison whispered between kisses.

"I missed you too." They kissed until Alison suddenly broke a part, stepping back in shyness before looking around her.

"Where are your parents?" She asked, slightly embarrassed.

"Out, we've got the house to ourselves."

"Do we?" She muttered seductively before pulling Emily in for a kiss.

"Hold on, I wanted to show you something." Emily pulled away reluctantly before pulling Alison into the lounge room where a few scented candles were lit and the television was waiting on the Itunes Movie menu, the lighting was dull besides the candles but it had a cosy atmosphere.

"What's all this?" Alison asked as Emily left her side and went to pick up the box set.

"Well since we can't go on a date at the moment I decided to bring the date to us. I've got popcorn and a movie, and I even got you a little present." She placed the gift before her and watched as Alison carefully inspected the small box.

"Friends? How did you know I liked it?"

"You fall asleep to that really bad copy; I thought maybe this would be nicer to fall asleep too."

Alison paused and looked at the ten season series, she knew it wasn't overly cheap to buy the whole set together and it made her heart melt that Emily was so willing to get it for her without even hesitating. Putting it down on the coffee table Alison took Emily's hands in her own and kissed both lightly.

"I love it, thank you."

"It was my pleasure."

They shared a moment of silence while adoring each other, Emily could swear she look forever in Alison bright blue eyes if she could, she could feel herself become calm just by gazing into them.

"What movie would you like to watch?" She out stretched her arm as a grand gesture for Alison to sit down.

They didn't watch the movie for long, in fact it was barely half way through the introduction when Alison began slowly playing with Emily's thigh which caused the brunette to begin an almost never ending make out session that was daring to lead to more.
Emily wasn't sure whether or not to continue with her actions when Alison had boldly moved to straddle her, she sat comfortable on top of the brunette who engulfed her into a tight embrace and kissed her more passionately than she had anticipated, not that she was complaining.
Without command Alison's hips began grinding against the brunette beneath her but without hesitation Emily reciprocated.
Their lips connected in an explosion of fire and sparks and Emily couldn't help but let her hands guide underneath the blonde's shirt, caressing the skin as she passed it. Alison moaned into the touch, giving the brunette access to slip her tongue in her mouth, it was a dangerously exciting way to lose control.

"Do you want to?" Alison asked breathlessly as Emily's lips moved to her neck.

"Of course I want to." Emily muttered against the flesh of Alison's collar bone, biting down softly and causing her breath to hitch in her throat. "Do you want too?"

"Yes." She whimpered and it was enough have Emily lift her shirt above her head and throw it to the ground.

Okay I know I ended it in an odd spot but there is a point to it (well I'm hoping so anyways)!

Also I had someone suggest doing a fanfic about Emily and Alison being in school and one of them being the teacher (Thanks Viviann for that lovely suggestion), I don't mind doing this but not until I've finished at least one of the current stories, mainly because I'm struggling but also, I have actually read an Emison fanfics a while ago and it was about this suggestion, however I can't seem to find the title I do remember the author seeming to give up half way through. I personally don't mind but I would like some feedback :) what do you guys think?

A big shout out to my beautiful followers and the guests and a big shout out to the champion who always leaves me fantastic reviews ElsaFowl!
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