It was now Thursday, and the best spirit day of the week, meme day. Tuesday was Halloween day, Wednesday was 80's day, and finally the best spirit day had arrived.
Emily avoided all of the laughs as she walked, dressed as the Pepe the Frog meme, to her locker. She wore a blue t-shirt and yellow shorts and she even went the extra mile and pained her face green.
Emily absolutely loved participating in spirit week. She honestly couldn't care less about what anyone thought of her outfit, because she knew her meme choice was amazing. For each day the student council even gives out prizes to the best dressed for each spirit day, and Emily was certain she was going to win the meme day prize, until she spotted Hanna at her locker dressed as Kermit the frog and was sipping tea from a glass.
"Bitchhhhhh, you look amazing." Emily greeted Hanna and was in shock about how good her best friend looked.
"Hello. Look at you, you big meme." Hanna laughed and hugged Emily.
"This is by far the best day of the week. Everyone who I have seen so far looks so good."
Hanna and Emily glance up and down the halls and sees a couple boys dressed up as the yodeling walmart kid, a group of friends dressed up as caveman spongebob, monk bob, and Patrick star, and even someone dressed up as Michael Scott from The Office just screaming "NO GOD PLEASE NO" over and over.
"Greetings"
The two girls turn around and see Alison standing there dressed up Wendy Williams in the Statue of Liberty costume.
"Fuckkkkkk" Hanna said and covered her mouth as she bursted into laughter.
"This is fucking amazing." Emily leaned in and pecked Alison on the lips.
The three girls grabbed some things from their lockers and chatted a little before they had to go to class.
"SALT BAE"
Emily, Alison and Hanna heard someone shout down the hallway. "Shit was that-"
Before Alison could finish saying her thought, the three girls saw Spencer running down the hallway wearing a white t- shirt and circular sunglasses throwing salt at people.
"Salt Bae, oh my goodness Spencer, I love it so much." Emily laughed and slammed her locker shut.
"Has anyone seen Aria yet?" Spencer asked
"No, but I'll get to see her in English if we don't get to see her before then." Alison said and grabbed Emily's hand and leaned against her a bit.
Emily loved feeling so close to Alison. She loved when Alison made public gestures. It made her feel like nothing was a secret and she wasn't ashamed of anything.
"Here, I'll walk you to class." Emily offered
The couple was about to make their way down the hallway when Spencer stopped them by grabbing Emily by the arm.
"Shit, I found Aria."
The four girls looked down the hallway in complete shock. Smiles started to form on all their faces as Aria made her way to the group. She was wearing a big star costume the had 'you tried' in big letters across the front.
"Wow, okay Aria I'm going to need you to come into my calculus class every time I get a test score back" Hanna joked.
"No, I honestly love this idea. You are saying a message to all the other students today who dressed up. You know you are the best and have the best costume but you're glad everyone else tried to beat you." Alison said and the group started laughing.
"Oh, come on let's get to class." Aria grabbed Alison's arm and pulled her in the direction to Mr. Fitz's classroom.
"I wonder if Fitz will like your costume." Alison teased and Aria gave her a playful nudge.
After school, Emily had swim practice like usual. After swim practice she was invited to go to Alison's for dinner, so she obviously took her girlfriend up on that invitation. This is the first dinner that she has had with the DiLaurentis family since her and Alison have been together and it was nerve racking. She just had to act like her normal self, because they loved her anyway.
She flung her swim bag over her shoulder and walked with a group of her swim friends to her car. "See you tomorrow guys!" She shouted and hopped in her car.
Emily's mind was racing on the short drive over to the DiLaurentis house. She didn't know why she was so nervous. It isn't like Alison's family didn't approve of her. Right? She was thinking too much. She pulled into the driveway and looked at her reflection in the rear view mirror. She ran her fingers through her hair a couple times and put on a fresh coat of mascara and lipgloss.
She stepped out of her car and walked slowly to the front door. Alison greeted her at the front door with a peck on the cheek.
The couple entered the house. Jessica DiLaurentis was in the kitchen at the stove, Kenneth DiLaurentis was in the living room with a book in hand, and judging from the very loud music coming from upstairs, Jason was in his bedroom.
"Hey Jessica. Nice to see you again." Emily smiled, and then realized how fake she sounded.
"Hello Emily, it's great to see you too. Dinner will be ready soon girls, I'll call you down when it is." Jessica says and turns her attention back to the stove and cutting board.
The girls headed up stairs to Alison's room. While passing Jason's room, Alison banged on the door, "Turn your shit music down, idiot!" She shouted and Emily laughed.
The two entered the bedroom and Alison stayed back to make sure the door stayed open, "sorry, open door policy." She mumbled.
"That's fine," Emily laughed, "So what is your mom making tonight, anything good?"
"I think she's making pot roast or something like that." She shrugged. "This is the first meal she has actually made for us in a while. She's been working all the time, I'm use to take out, because dad can cook, well just about as good as you." Alison teased.
"Well, you know you are always welcome at my house if you are ever feeling lonely and hungry." Emily grabbed Alison's hand.
"Thanks Em." She smiled softly.
"So, your mom has been working a lot lately?" Emily continued the conversation.
"Yeah, and I don't really know why though. She doesn't really talk about it. She been coming home late though several nights a week and her and dad haven't been the closest lately either."
"It's probably just because they are both workaholics now." Emily tried to lighten the mood.
"Yeah, maybe" Alison shrugged.
Emily kept catching Alison's eyes wandering over to her closet. Emily turned around, "What are you looking at?" But before Emily noticed, Alison ran over and slammed her closet door shut. "Sorry, my homecoming dress is hung up in the front and I don't want you to see it until Saturday."
Emily crossed her arms pretending to pout, "But but but but you've seen my dress."
"Exactly, and I know it is short and black and all sorts of sexy, but most importantly, I know that it matches my dress, so you are going to have to wait just two more days."
Emily flew back onto Alison's bed, "Ughhh two more long miserable days."
Alison crawled next to Emily and laid on her side facing her, "So what are the plans for homecoming anyway? Remind me again on what is going on."
Emily sat up a little, "Well I plan on picking you up around 5:30 and your mom can get pictures if she wants, and then we are all meeting at Hanna's for more pictures and then we have reservations at the Apple Rose Grille at 6:30, and dance starts at 8:00.
"Sounds like an amazing night with my favorite person. All my past homecomings has sucked, hopefully this one makes up for the rest."
"It will." Emily puckered her lips and Alison pecked them with hers.
The two sat for a moment in silence just staring at each other smiling until Jason peaked his head in the room. "Time for dinner Ali and Em."
"See you Saturday!" Emily shouted to Alison's parents on her way out the door. The dinner went well. Small conversations held the room together and silence never broke through. Jason told some stories to try to embarrass Alison, but it just made Emily appreciate her even more. The food was delicious, and it couldn't have gone any better.
Alison and Emily walked out the front door and stood on the front porch.
"Bye Ali, I'll see you tomorrow at school." Emily leaned in and pecked Alison's lips and Alison wrapped her arms around Emily's shoulders.
Alison pulled away slightly, "Bye" she pecked her lips again.
"Bye" Emily mumbled and pecked her girlfriends lips again.
"Bye" Alison teased and pecked her lips again.
"At this rate I'm never leaving." Emily pecked again.
"Exactly" Alison pecked again.
"Goodbye Ali." Emily pecked Alison's lips one last time then pulled away fast so Alison couldn't stop her.
"See you tomorrow!" Alison shouted and blew her a kiss goodbye.
Minutes later and Emily was back at home. She entered through the back door and went through the kitchen where her mom was sitting, sipping on some hot tea. "Hey mom, dinner was delicious. What did you get into tonight?" Emily plopped into a kitchen chair, joining her mom.
"Not much, I took a walk around town with Ella Montgomery and we stopped at The Brew for some dinner. How were the DiLaurentis's?"
"They were great. My night couldn't have went any better."
"That's great sweetie. Have you given any thought about what we walked about the other day?" Pam asked and swirled her spoon around in her tea mug.
"Yeah, yeah I have." Emily paused, "Mom, since who knows how long, I have always liked Ali. I care about her so much. It's real, mom. She has always liked me back, but she was afraid of the looks and the whispers and she just wasn't ready, but now she is. She is ready to be with me, and I'm not overthinking this, and I'm not going to lose my chance just because you are afraid of me getting hurt. I love you mom, and your opinion of Ali means everything to me, but I'm also not going to let you ruin this either."
"I understand Emily. I'm so proud that your father and I have raised such a big hearted, accepting, and loving girl. I don't want you to get hurt, but I see that this is also what you really want, and I see that this girl makes you so happy and I just want to see my baby girl happy, because you deserve it." Pam reached out and held Emily's hand. "I love you baby girl."
"I love you too, mom." Emily said and gave a soft smile. "Alright, well I'm going to go upstairs now and shower and get ready for bed, but I'm glad you are going out and doing things with friends, mom. Have you heard anything from dad lately?"
Pam stood up and placed her tea mug in the kitchen sink and leaned against the counter. "Yeah, actually he shot me a text message last night and said he might be able to FaceTime sometime this weekend. I told him Saturday was your senior homecoming, so maybe he will FaceTime before you have to go, so he can see how beautiful you're going to be."
"Really? That's great! I can't wait to tell him about everything!" Emily stood from her chair and walked over and hugged her mom, "Alright, good night mom, I love you."
"I love you too sweetie, have a good day tomorrow!"
Emily jogged up the stairs and sprawled out on her bed. She grabbed her phone and sent Alison a sweet goodnight text, and then just stared up at the ceiling with a big smile on her face.
Finally, everything felt like it was going to be okay.
Thanks for all the support, next chapter is Homecoming!