Emily's POV.
Monday came around quicker then imagined. I worked Sunday training a new girl named Tiffany and Ali came to see me on my break.
Flashback:
Ali walks through the door of the Brew smiling. I look to Tiffany who's learning bow to make an espresso and tell her I'm going on my break. Alison walks to the side and waits for me to grab my coffee beside the machine. I made it about an hour ago so it tastes cold and bitter but what better way to have an Americano. "Cold as always?" She questions smirking and I just giggle. "You know me, it's either pipping hot or stone cold." I state joyfully. The past day or so has been so good to us. We haven't done much but our own bubble has been nice. Tomorrow the girls and I (who already know we are basically coming out at school) after are taking Ali and I to the movies in Philadelphia. Just in case something happens, we have a code word but I try not to think about that to much. I can deal with the uncertainty later, Ali is here and that alone makes my heart jump. I smell of coffee beans and chocolate from the pastries and Alison seems okay with that as she hugs me tightly.
"You smell good babe" she whispers and I wink subtly. We sit down in the leather chairs in the corner and I relax, slightly exhausted. My shift has been busy and my mind is tired from training the new girl. Ali looks over to Tiffany, analyzing her as Tiffany turns away blushing. Alison, then looks back at me. "Has she hit on you today?" Ali asks our of the blue and I give her a look. "What no? Why?"
"Well she obviously likes you, she has been staring at you for the past few minutes all doe eye'd. I wish I could just kiss you and tell that bitch to fuck off." Ali states bitterly. I just chuckle. "One more day and you can sweetheart." I reason and she nods with a small smile.
End flashback.
I look at my alarm clock and swallowed the lump that seemed to form in my throat. 6:30 am, time to get up. I look over to my love peacefully sleeping beside me and place a gentle kiss on her lips. She barely stirs. "Alison, babe, we need to get up for school." I state quietly, trying not to wake my mom up. I'm surprised she let Ali sleep over to be honest since it is the beginning of a school week.
I push the hair out of Ali's face and place another kiss, this time on her nose. She scrunches up her face and opens her blue eye's. God I love her, no make up, completely herself and she has never looked so damn beautiful. My heart is beating faster then usual and she rolls away from me to get off my bed. She runs out the room giggling, "morning breath, sorry Em!" She states and I just lay down on my back, my hand on my forehead, smiling. Maybe I was finally realizing how much I loved her or something because feeling this giddy when I should be scared isn't normal.
She runs back into my room a few minutes later as I get changed and closes the door to my room behind her. I turn around and she walks towards me. She is smiling and reaches around me to my closet, grabbing a pain of light blue jeans and a white plain v-neck T-shirt. She starts to change as always in front of me and I absentmindedly am staring. "Whatcha thinking about ?" Alison asks me smirking in only matching panties and bra. All I do is shake my head and walk to wrap my arms around her. "All I am thinking about is how happy and lucky I am to call you mine babe." I reply as we share a intimate hug that turns out to just be me holding her close. Her bruises are nearly gone thankfully and that thought brings me back to what we are doing today. "Are you nervous?" I ask as I finally let go and she looks me in the eye's and gives me a little nod. "Me too." I quietly state as I pull on my pants and change into my shirt.
We get ready for school for another 30 minutes and then say goodbye to my mom, my dad already gone for work. I jump in the car and we drive off to school.
Songbird comes on the radio and Ali starts singing along quietly so I turn it down. Her voice is beautiful and I look at her once we come to a red light. "Sing louder babe." I exclaim, smiling. She shyly looks down to the carpet and the light turns green. I wait patiently, and begin to think I'm never going to hear her sing any louder then a mere whisper. Then her voice becomes much louder once the song changes and I glance over to see my girlfriend dancing along to "I wanna dance with somebody." Giggling at her ridiculous dance moves I pull up to the student parking lot. It is almost full except for a few spots here and there.
The student parking lot is anything but friendly. Signs, stopping, people walking, none of that matters just run them over is basically everyone's motto. I drive more cautiously then usual due to Ali being in the car and just as I'm driving to a spot, a girl just pulls out in front of me. My arm fly's across Alison's body, in a futile attempt to protect her somehow and I slam on the break. Stopping in time, the girl barely notices that she almost cause an accident and exits the parking space at a breakneck speed.
I pull into the space I was aiming for before and look to Ali. "You okay babe?" I ask and she creates this meek smile. "Your arm, you tried to protect me."
"Well ya, it's just an instinct by this point and I know it wasn't much but I just... I can't... The car..." I stutter and she puts her finger over my lips. "Shhh babe it was the sweetest thing. I love you." Ali states simply and unbuckles her seat belt. I reach into the back and grab our backpacks, handing Ali hers before giving her a quick peck. "Ready?" I ask looking at her and she just nods, smiling. We both get out of the car and interlock our hands, walking towards the front entrance.
Most people are inside, the few out in front are there for a smoke. A few notice and whisper but most don't even care. We meet up with the girls inside the school right by the doors as usual and stroll to our lockers. More whispers here and there but since it's just us holding hands it doesn't seem to faze many. Ali was a very... Touchy person and her holding my hand was odd but not unusual in other circumstances. Thankfully we pulled some strings at the beginning of the year and have all of our lockers together.
Grabbing our books, Hanna looks around and whispers, "so how are you gonna break the news?" She had a point we only told them we were going to tell everyone at school but we hadn't talked about how. Word travels fast but word can also get jumbled up and I frankly don't want a giant game of telephone to announce it.
"We never eve-" I start and Alison's lips cut me off as she practically smashes our mouths together. Instantly I kiss her back and her hand comes up to cradle my cheek. I place my hand on her hip as the kiss slows down and becomes more passionate. Slowly she pulls away and I just stare at her smiling. "That's how." She replies to Hanna's forgotten question. "Whoa." I say under my breath, un-noticeably touching my lips lightly with my fingers. I see a flash go off as some passer by takes a photo and I shy away from the camera turning back to face the lockers that have been now closed.
Hanna starts laughing, while Spencer looks shocked and Aria just shrugs. "Well that's a way to come out." Spencer say's and Hanna starts doubling over from laughter. "Your face Em! You looked so surprised!" She states as she tries to contain her giggles. Alison is just smirking until another few flashes happen and her face becomes annoyed. "Jesus do none of you have class? All I did was kiss my girlfriend, now run along." She announces as she rolls her eyes and takes me hand walking me to first class Chemistry, leaving the girls to go to their classes. As we turn the corner, I bump into him and immediately recoil. He smirks and walks away, Ali having a vice grip on my hand. She pulls me into the bathroom right beside the class and orders everyone out. The girl doing her makeup and talking to her friend leave quickly and I am reminded of how much control Alison has at this school.
It is silent for a few seconds, no one dare speak until Ali finally does. "We can't keep doing this Em. We gotta tell someone about him. We have to let them know." I start shaking my head, scared about the outcome, scared about reliving it, scared about the fact that he is unpredictable. Fear was crawling through my bones. Without knowing it my breathing becomes rapid and my vision blurry at the thoughts of the past bit with Ben, the past in general. "I ca-cant." I stutter out and Alison puts her hands on my cheeks. "Babe I need you to. Please its killing us, you, to live like this. He scares the living crap out of you all the time. Every time I leave you alone for a second, I'm terrified he will do something. Emily I'm so scared with him being around you, around us. Please, please I need you to let us talk to someone about him. The police, the school, our parents, anyone just somebody. Babe you deserve to have a break from looking over your shoulder all the time and worrying about how you are going to sleep that night. Please."
Ali is teary eye'd and knows that my immediate answer if it wasn't her asking would be no but she looks as distressed as I probably do. Jesus we are a mess and yet before I bumped into him, my life felt at peace a little more then it had been the past weeks since everything happened. We stand there in the bathroom staring at each other before the decision that she is right finally computes in my brain and I slowly nod. "Baby is that a yes?" she asks me and wipes off a lone stray tear. I nod yes again and she embraces me quickly. She will be my star throughout this, guiding me to some form of the heavens, to some form of light in the darkness. "I will help you through this baby, I promise I will be there every step of the way. I love you Emily."
I'm back babes, sorry for the semi late update it is better then last time but still. Love you lots an hope all is good, hit me up with a review please :)