Always: - Chapter 9

"Ali? Alison!" Emily shouted at the top of her voice from their living room. Just a few seconds later the blonde frantically ran down the stairs in just one of Emily's t-shirts. The brunette smiled; she loved that sight but the smile quickly faded.

"What is it? What's going on?" Alison said in a confused tone.

"My mum is coming to visit and well we haven't actually told her anything like you know about us and the house." Emily said quickly beginning to panic.

"Babe, she won't be mad." The blonde said in an assuring tone as she sat down beside the brunette on their couch.

"We have been together for nearly nine months without telling her or anyone really and I've basically sold my house."

"You are renting your house and so? It is our choice whether we tell people about us or not; Pam of all people will understand." Emily sighed, maybe Alison was right; either way it would not stop her from worrying.

"When is she coming?"

"In a day, she said she'll be leaving on Monday."

"Plenty of time to tell her." Ali said with sarcasm laced in her voice and a wink as she got up and went into the kitchen.

"You know, that is not helping." Emily said following the blonde. Ali switched on the kettle and turned around to face her girlfriend with a smirk on her face.

"Don't worry it'll be fine." The blonde said as she popped her hand on the brunette's hips and pulled her closer. Emily sighed as she wrapped her arms around the blonde's neck.

"You better be right."

"Haven't you learned yet that I am, always right?" Emily laughed.

"Apparently, no."

"Well then I guess you will just have to trust me." Ali said as she kissed the brunette.

"This weekend is not going to end well." Emily whispered to herself after Alison got back to what she was doing.

LATER THAT NIGHT

"I'm going to call her." Emily said breaking the silence which had fell in the room

"Good luck." Ali said with a smile as she stopped reading 'The Great Expectations' for a moment.

"Not helping." She said as she put the ringing phone next to her ear.

"Hey sweetie, how are you?"

"Hi mom, I'm doing good thanks. You?"

"I'm fine, so what's going on. You usually don't call this late unless it's something serious."

"Um yeah, I have something important to tell you."

"Okay, I'm listening."

"I uh I've not been living at home for the past few weeks."

"Oh, and why is that?"

"I've moved in someone, and that someone is Alison. We have been together for nearly 9 months. I'm sorry I didn't tell you but- "Emily said as quickly as she could. Alison could only smile.

"Em, you don't have to say sorry or explain yourself to me. It is always up to you whether you want to tell people about your relationship. I'm very happy for you and Alison." The brunette let out a sigh of relief.

"Thanks, mom."

"So, I'm guessing I have to show up at Alison's door tomorrow?"

"Yes." Emily said with a slight laugh.

"Okay, I'll see you tomorrow. I love you."

"I love you too, mom." Emily said with a smile as she hung up.

"So, was it really that bad?" Ali said with a smirk.

"Noo, I guess you are always right."

"Mhm that's what I thought." Alison said with a smug grin.

Emily could not have been happier at how the conversation went with her mom; she didn't even sound slightly annoyed when Emily told her about them being together for nine months. Alison truly is always right. Emily thought to herself. She looked over at the blonde who was sitting rereading their favourite book in a chair in the corner of the room and she couldn't help but smile. She adored the blonde; no matter where she was or what she was doing she was always amazing in the brunette's eyes.

NEXT DAY

"Ready for today?" Emily asked Alison as she wrapped her arms around the blonde's waist. The brunette couldn't help but notice that Alison had been slightly nervous this morning.

"Yeah, why wouldn't I be?"

"You just seemed a little nervous."

"Trust me I am fine."

"Okay." Emily said with a smile as she kissed the blonde. Just as they pulled away a light knock came from the front door.

"Let's do this." Emily said with a smile as she grabbed Alison's hand; the blonde gave her a smile and they walked over to the door. As they opened the door they found Pam with the biggest smile on her face.

"Emily!" She said as she wrapped her arms around the brunette; the two hadn't seen each other in just over a year.

"Mom, it's great to finally see you." As they hugged Alison stepped back slightly. She would never admit it out loud but she was nervous; after everything that happened she couldn't help but worry that Emily's mom would be slightly hesitant about their relationship. Once they finally pulled away Pam looked over at Alison and smiled.

"It's nice to see you Mrs Fields." Alison said smiling back.

"Oh, come on Ali; you know you can call me Pam." Alison smiled as Pam pulled her in for an unexpected hug. Emily couldn't help but smile; this is how she always imagined her future.

"I'll take your stuff upstairs, mom." Pam nodded and smiled at Emily as she and the blonde pulled away.

"So, how have you been Alison?"

"Good, thank you. Everything has been great." Alison said with a huge grin as she thought back on the past few months.

"I'm glad, you deserve all of this after everything that has happened." Pam said with a smile. Alison gratefully smiled back.

"Hey, I just got a call from the school saying they need an extra coach the swimming competition. I'm sorry but I have to go, I promise I'll make it up later." Emily said came down the stairs as she grabbed her keys. She quickly gave them an apologetic look and left.

"I love how dedicated she is to the team." Pam said in admiration of her daughter.

"Yeah, the team adores her and she adores them." The two said walking into the kitchen.

"Coffee? Tea?"

"Coffee, please."

"So, how have you been?"

"Great, living with the rest of my family is great."

"That's good." Suddenly an awkward silence filled the room as the two drank their coffee.

"Ali, I am very happy for you and Emily. That's the happiest I have seen her in a long time- "The blonde smiled. "and I can tell that she makes you very happy. It is amazing that after everything you have been through you still managed to find each other. She is very lucky to have you." Alison couldn't help but smile.

"And I am very lucky to have her."

"Well now that I have said that, when's the wedding?" Alison laughed.

"You know I'm not getting younger and I do want to be a grandma." Pam added as she laughed along with Alison.

"Pam, you need to slow down. We've only been together for about 9 months."

"Yes, but you have known and loved each other your whole lives." Alison shyly smiled.

"I know that you both want this, sooner or later it will happen and I'm hoping for sooner." Alison laughed again.

"Well, I guess it wouldn't be that bad." Pam laughed.

"You know what, I'm going to go unpack and take a nap; it was a long journey." Alison nodded and smiled.

She couldn't help but think about what Emily's mum had just said. She began imagining what life would be like if they got married and had kids; to be exact twin girls. A huge grin formed on her face, she could imagine Emily as a mother; an amazing mother who her kids and wife absolutely adored. But they weren't there yet. They hadn't even been together for a year; yes, they had loved each other their whole lives but loving someone and actually being with them are two separate things. You never know if the relationship will work long term even if you love each other and even thought Alison could feel it would, she couldn't risk it. She wanted to take it slow and make it work because Emily is the love of her life and no matter what happens she always will be; she wants to be with her for the rest of their lives and she would never make an uncertain move to ruin that.

After what seemed like forever Emily finally came back and Pam was still asleep.

"Hey, babe." Emily said as she leaned down and kissed the blonde who was sitting reading a book on the couch.

"Hi." She replied with a huge grin.

"Where's my mom?" Emily said as she sat down and put her arm around the blonde.

"Taking a nap."

"Not surprised." Emily said with a giggle. "How was staying alone with her?"

"Actually, it was great, we had coffee and talked. It was nice." Emily smiled.

"That's good." The brunette was beyond happy that they still got along after all these years. The two simply sat and smiled at each other because everything was going perfectly. Then finally Alison leaned in and kissed the blonde. The kiss quickly became heated and passionate until they got interrupted.

"I never got to catch you making out with anyone when you were in high school, Emily; I guess now is my chance." Pam said with a laugh as the two pulled away and turned bright red from embarrassment.

"Hi, mom uh-"Pam only continued to laugh at the her daughter.

"There is no need to be embarrassed, you two are in love. It's okay." The two looked at each other and smiled, they weren't just in love; they were madly in love.

"Your father was the only man I ever truly loved. I know what being young and in love feels like; it is amazing. You shouldn't hide it, you should be proud of it. Life is short, live it to the fullest and don't be scared of anything. You two are happy and you have no reason to hide it. I'm glad that you two finally found it each other because the fact that you two loved each other for so long but weren't together was driving me crazy." The two laughed; Pam definitely wasn't wrong. Emily grabbed Ali's hand and smiled.

"You both deserve to be happy and I am beyond happy that you two finally are." Emily got up off the couch and hugged her mom.

"Thank you." She whispered.

"Come on, Alison; this is a family a hug and you are family." Pam said with a huge smile. The blonde had to hold back tears as she joined the hug; she never had a proper family until now and she couldn't have asked for a better one.