Rainy Day Check List Part 1

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AN: Ok first things first, no matter how long it takes me to update, I'm never abandoning my story so just get that out of your heads ok.

AN2: This is a two part chapter because this episode had absolutely no Maya/Emily scenes so I'm making it up and I feel like the rest of the girls need to be brought in, especially for part 2 because there will be the sharing of secrets! I think you guys are going to just love it!


Waking up this morning to find it storming outside her window, well Emily couldn't say that she was surprised. It had been rainy last night as well, but this storm held a particular menacing quality the last nights had lacked.

She couldn't place her finger on it, but the ominous black clouds and claps of thunder made her stomach swirl with a feeling of impending trouble. She dropped her head back into her pillows with a groan. 'When will I stop feeling like the other shoe is going to drop?'

Lost in her sea of thought Emily started at the chime of her phone. 'I really need to get a hold of myself. I just jumped like two feet in the air because my phone went off, you'd think a terrorist was on the other end.' She chided herself.

From: Maya

Ugh! It's too early for me to be up. Have you looked outside your window? You should totally skip with me, pls?

From: Maya

Btw. I don't mind getting up at 5 every morning just to talk with you because I like being the first thing you wake up to. Good morning beautiful

Emily chuckled, getting comfortable on her stomach before texting the girl back. She felt those butterflies deep within her at the thought of Maya getting up extra early just to share a few private moments with her.

To: Maya

SAT testing today remember? I have to go. BTW. Good morning to you too.

From: Maya

Boo! So glad I already took mine before the transfer. Try not to stress too hard you're a genius. Spend the night at mine tonight? Movies. Music...Make-out session?

To: Maya

Lol I'll ask mom.

From: Maya

Great! Can't wait to see you, it's been like 10hrs since I've kissed you and that's just too long.

Emily blushes a scarlet red, Maya wasn't even here and yet she could still get her to blush like an eight year old. She'd be lying though, if she said that she didn't like; but only just a little. Regrettably she pulls herself from bed to get ready for the day.


Emily took a hard seat at the end of the library table, Spencer, Hanna and Aria shared a look. Whether she didn't notice it or she just chose to ignore it, Emily pulled out her books to get some last minute studying done.

It'd been a long, hard morning for Emily once she left the private sanctuary of her room. Her mother had taken back control over her body and was once again nagging Emily about the break up with Ben. She missed whatever almost pleasant alien that had been in control of Pam Fields' body for most of the week.

But it wasn't just that, she had been dealing with Pam Fields her entire life and under normal circumstances it wouldn't have fazed her. 'Things are just different now.' Emily noted to herself. But just what was different?

Sure she was dating Maya, but she didn't feel this way in dealing with her mother when she was with Alison or Ben. It wasn't that she was gay; she'd known that the whole time as well; even if she refused to deal with it.

So what was different? What was making her suddenly react so differently toward her overbearing mother? She couldn't think of a time when she wanted to just scream in Pam's face, telling her to back the hell off. She wanted to do that now though.

Before she had just accepted it, it was her life, but now she wanted things to change…she wanted… 'I want to be free, be me.' A smile ghosted across her lips in a moment of self-realization. Yes she knew what had changed, she had changed; she was happy.

She was no longer stuck in a hidden relationship of lies, drowning herself in the tangled web. For the first time Emily was happy with herself, her relationship. Maya wasn't perfect, they weren't perfect, but they were honest.

She sat back in her chair, almost as if in delighted shock, maybe she was. "So how about it Em?" Aria's voice pulled her from the fog. She looked up in confusion, Aria smiled patiently. "Slumber party tonight at Spencer's, celebrate the ending of the Sadistic Ass Terrorists?"

Emily laughed, because really, who repurposes the acronyms for SAT? Her friends did that's who. "Um I can't, I have plans with Maya." She grinned, as all three of her friends perked up and scooted closer. The gloom of the weather and SAT pressure virtually disappearing from their table.

"Oh date night? Where is she taking you?" Aria smiled.

Spencer shrugged with a small grin as well, "You can just come over after, and fill us in then."

Emily waited patiently for Hanna's response, but when the blonde only smirked at her, she groaned in dread. Spencer and Aria caught on quickly and turned to the blonde expectantly. Hanna's smirked broadened at the audience. "Oh Emily's going to have her own, private slumber party…Maya told me all about your plans for tonight."

Emily let her head fall to the table in defeat as her friends gossiped without her. Luckily, or unluckily, her phone vibrated with a text…from Maya.

From: Maya

If by some miracle you haven't seen Hanna yet, I might have let our plans slip but if you have…she bribed me with free coffee for three days. Sorry babe, good luck on the test!

Emily sighed with a rueful smileplaying on her lips, "Three days of free coffee, really Hanna?" the blonde in question shrugged unapologetically.

"Your girl is just as addicted to the stuff as Spencer, there like kinsmen coffee whores or something." She smirked.

Spencer frowned, "You mean kismet?"

The blonde frowned, "That's what I said; kismet…wait that means like connected right?" she frowned. Emily shook her head to keep from laughing as Spencer launched into a vocabulary lesson.

She turned to Aria, "So…ready for the test?"

Aria grinned, "Ready for it to be over…did Maya give you any cheats?"

Emily laughed, "The only thing she remembered was that they referenced 'Great Expectations' a lot during the English portion."

Aria perked up, "Yay! Hey, do you think we should like thumb through it? I'll go get it!" Aria went to stand only to be stopped by Emily; she frowned and sat back down.

"I'll go get it, why don't you try to reel in the other half of Sparia?" they giggled as Emily slinked away from the table. Wandering through the stacks she was hit with a sudden wave of nostalgia.

Her fingers ran over the book spines, stopping as they caressed the correct one. Pulling the Charles Dickens classic from the shelf, she sat herself down, her mind drifting toward another time.

Flashback

"Hey, there you are, is this where you've been all day?" Emily grinned as she took a seat next to the blonde.

Alison smiled back, "I knew you'd find me eventually, you always do." Blue eyes scanned brown before focusing back on the opened book, "I couldn't take Hanna's idealist ramblings any longer." She scoffed, "The girl's further than reality than I thought; Romeo and Juliet is nothing more than a tale of forbidden love. They were together for the thrill of the forbidden and when separated they acted out so that no one else could have them. They rebelled.

"You see Romeo and Juliet were never supposed to be together, they're souls were never meant to come together, that's why their love proved to be so volatile. It's really Romeo's fault, it was his lust for her that led to her demise. He wanted her to be his and no others, and poor Juliet was so naive that she believed it love. She knew he was to be the death of her, and in the end she was right."

Emily frowned, "I don't think that's right." Alison looked to her in challenge. "Yes it was forbidden, but only because of their families and communities. If they'd been born under a different name, then they wouldn't have had to hide their love. It was both innocent and jaded, they knew their love was deadly, yes, but it was so great in power that they were both helpless to its pull. It was inevitable."

Alison smiled almost condescendingly, "That's one of the reasons I love you, you're big on happy endings. So is Dickens…can I read you something?" she gazed at Emily, eyes so intense that all the girl could do was nod.

"I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be." Alison smiled softly at the innocence shining brightly in Emily's eyes. "Did you get to that part yet?" she almost smirked as the girl nodded and leant in to kiss her.

Yes Emily was as innocent as young Juliet, and Alison as vile as she believed Romeo was. She wanted Emily just as she wanted many other things in her life, she was a stingy spoiled child and Emily was her favorite toy.

End

She frowned at the book, a stray tear streaking down her face as the lights above her flickered and then turned off altogether. "Hey, Mrs. Stevens says we have to go into the girls' locker room till our parents pick us up. The storm cut off all the power." Aria said from above her.

Coming to her feet, Emily stashed the book back into its place, meeting Aria's worried frown with a hesitant smile. "Alright." She murmured walking ahead of the worried girl. Aria decided to let it go for now.


In the locker room she sat herself away from the group, still stuck in the swirling emotions of the past. It was weird how you could look back on a moment that you thought you knew, only to see it differently; as it truly was, without the haze emotion to blind you.

It was something she'd gotten used to, seeing her memories of Alison in a different light. It's been happening more often since Maya arrived in her life. In the moments she'd spend with Maya, her mind would quickly drift back to one spent with Alison, and then without conscious thought, her mind would compare the two.

The difference would always be obvious and abundant. Maya never looked at her as though she were in the midst of a game; Maya is always sincere, honest in her emotions, no matter what they were.

Alison was always cunning, strategic in the emotions she showed. She had this air around her of being superior, a puppet master amongst puppets. It always astounded Emily, shocked her and gave her pause.

"Are you ok?" Hanna's whispered tore through her thoughts. As the fog lifted she found not just Hanna but Spencer and Aria as well, looking at her with concern. "Aria told us about you crying in the library and we know it wasn't just the dust."

Emily rolled her eyes, "I'm fine guys, honestly. The weather has me in a weird mood is all."

The girls shared a conspiring look. "Alison." They announced in unison. Emily nodded with little mirth. "Ok, that's it, I'm canceling your planes with Maya and both of you are coming over to my house for the sleepover." Spencer went on, already dialing her phone.

'Great.' Emily thought, just what she needs, a sleepover with her friends and her somewhat girlfriend, they hadn't talked about anything officially yet. There would be no escape.