A/N: Ugh, I hate that I don't have time to reread this. I have to go do some chores for my parents, but I wanted to update this asap :D So all mistakes are mine, and mine along.. I'll reread it later and fix any mistakes I see :D
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"Trust me, she can't say no to you," Hanna insisted over the phone. Emily couldn't help but smile when she heard the other girl say that.
"Yeah I just... It's only been eight days since we met. What if she thinks it's too fast?" Emily asked, biting her lip nervously. Her and Alison's date was in an hour and a half.
"Look, I could practically see the chemistry between you two on Sunday," Hanna said, before promising, "there's no way that she could say no to you asking her to be your girlfriend. You can ask Spencer and Aria the same thing, and I swear, they'll both say what I said."
"I just might do that," Emily joked with a chuckle. "Thanks, Hanna. I better start getting ready."
"Have fun! Text me how it goes afterward!" she exclaimed.
Emily laughed and smiled. "I will." She hung up and then called the restaurant that she wanted to take Ali to. She had to make a reservation for after their movie. The restaurant was probably one of the fancier ones in Rosewood, but it wasn't particularly expensive.
After she made the reservation, Emily went into her bedroom to pick an outfit. She'd told Ali to just wear casual, so she herself picked out some skinny jeans and a dressy, white shirt. Then she decided on her black leather jacket. Even though it was just about summer, it still got pretty cold at night.
Emily went to her vanity and did her makeup and hair, and by the time she was all ready, it was just about time for her and Ali to head to the theater. They were just seeing some chick flick movie that they'd agreed on during lunch earlier.
A few minutes until six, which is when Emily had told Ali that they should go, Emily left her apartment with her purse and her phone and knocked on Ali's apartment door. It swung open only a few seconds later, revealing Alison wearing leggings and a long, yellow blouse that looked amazing on her.
"Hey," Emily greeted, grinning at the blonde.
"Hey yourself," Ali returned with a wide smile.
"You look gorgeous," Emily admitted, blushing when she saw Alison blush at the comment.
"I'm sure I don't look half as gorgeous as you do," Ali argued, but then she leaned forward and pressed a soft kiss to Emily's lips, which the brunette happily reciprocated.
They had to pull apart, though, because they had to make sure they weren't going to miss their movie. "Ready to go?" Em asked, getting a nod from Alison, who stepped out of her apartment and locked the door behind her. Immediately, their hands reached for each other and clasped together.
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Alison loved having Emily's hand wrapped around her own. It made her feel safe. She could only imagine what it felt like to lay cuddled in bed with Emily. She wondered when she'd be able to stop imagining and start experiencing.
Don't get ahead of yourself, Ali. It's only been eight days since you met the girl.
Honestly, though, Alison was already dreaming of what they could turn into, even if she was incredibly nervous about the future. About what the universe had in store for her and Emily. Relationships weren't perfect.
In the car, they made simple conversation, mostly about the movie they were going to see, and what kind of movies they liked. The conversation made Ali realize that she and Emily still had yet to learn some of the little things about one another.
When they got to the movie theater, they took their seats in the back and realized that they had a few minutes until the actual movie would start playing.
In the meantime, Ali asked Emily, "What's your favorite color?" Emily raised an eyebrow, amused. "I'm serious! We don't know like any of each other's favorite anything!"
"Point taken," Emily agreed. "Blue, I guess. What about you?"
"Green," Ali answered. "Your turn."
Emily smiled, still looking a little amused. "Um... what's your favorite type of food?"
"Italian. Yours?" Ali asked, already enjoying the game.
"Coffee," Emily answered with a grin, and Alison laughed, rolling her eyes.
"Of course," she said as she stopped laughing. "Favorite movie?"
Emily shook her head. "Nope. I can't pick. I love way too many movies."
"That's not fair, you have to answer," Alison insisted.
"Are you going to force me?" Emily asked, looking at Ali pointedly.
"Maybe I will," Ali replied, quirking up an eyebrow.
Before either of them could say anything else, the lights in the theater dimmed significantly and the movie started playing on the screen.
Honestly, in Ali's opinion, the movie was not very good. However, she did have an amazing time in the theater. At first, she just grabbed Emily's hand, and they looked like average people on a date. Then, Emily started to trace shapes on the back of her hand, and Ali leaned over the arm rest and leaned her head on Emily's shoulder.
At some point in the middle of the movie, they folded the arm rest up into the seat and found themselves much closer together. Ali snaked her arms around Emily's middle, and kept her head on Emily's shoulder. Emily leaned into her as well. Basically, by the end of the movie, they were about a hundred times closer together than they'd been before.
When the movie ended, Ali pulled away from Emily, much to her own disappointment. She stretched slightly and looked to the girl next to her. "Did you like the movie?"
"It was okay," Emily answered. "What about you?"
Ali blushed. "I really wasn't even watching." She'd nearly fallen asleep in the embrace with Emily. It wasn't her fault, though. It was Emily's fault for smelling so good and for being such a good cuddle buddy.
Cuddle buddy. Really Ali?
"Why not?" Emily asked, smirking.
"Because you're super comfy, and I practically fell asleep," Ali admitted, giving Emily a prized pout that she hadn't used since she was a little kid. Emily gave Ali a joking "are you serious?" look, but Ali just kept up the pout. Shaking her head and laughing, Emily leaned over and pecked away Ali's pout.
It was safe to say that Alison was having a great night.
They left the theater and got back into Emily's car to head to whatever restaurant that Emily was taking her to. Ali was avoiding offering to pay, because she'd told Emily that she could pay this time around. Plus, Ali was practically giving Emily free lunch every day.
"Hey, can I ask you something?" Emily asked.
"You just did," Alison teased, before adding seriously, "Of course you can."
"Last week when I started working at the coffee shop, some guy came into the shop looking for you. Or well, I figure it was you, because he said Alison and he said that an Alison had worked the same shift at least a couple weeks back," Emily said, not really asking a specific question. But Ali understood.
"Oh," she said. "That's probably Justin. He's my... my ex, I guess. We weren't really together officially. He thought that I really liked him, and we went on a couple of dates... It all kind of crashed and burned when I realized that I wasn't even remotely attracted to him. He's also a really big asshole honestly. I don't know why I ever went out with him. He was probably looking for me to borrow money. He blows all of his on beer."
Emily nodded slowly.
Ali bit her lip nervously. "You don't have to be... like, worried about it. That's been over for weeks."
Emily flashed her a smile, immediately settling the nerves that had been flaring up in Alison's stomach. "Okay, I was just wondering about it."
"So, where are we going?" Ali asked.
Emily gave her a sly smile. "Isn't it fun not being in control?"
Alison crossed her arms over her chest. "Come on, just tell me where we're going."
"To dinner," Emily answered simply. Ali just rolled her eyes, but she was really enjoying being taken out like this. She already knew that they weren't going to the Grille, because they'd already passed it.
They finally stopped in front of one of the fancier Rosewood restaurants. Once again, Alison opted not to mention anything about the expenses. They walked inside the restaurant and Emily told the hostess the reservation time and name, and they were led to a table in the back of the restaurant that was a little more private than some of the other ones. "This is fancy," Ali commented, smiling at Emily.
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"Yes well, I wanted it to be nice," Emily explained.
"Oh, I'm not complaining," Alison insisted, smirking and chuckling a little.
Emily returned the smirk. "You better not be." It was amazing how far Emily had come in the last eight days around Ali. First, she'd been a blubbering fool when she and Ali bumped into one another, and now she was pretty much totally comfortable around her. Of course, Alison had accidentally seen Emily when she was naked, so that might have something to do with it. It was hard to get more awkward than that.
Their waiter came over and asked what they wanted to drink. Since Emily was driving, she vetoed the wine and just ordered iced tea. Even though Ali wasn't driving, she also refused alcohol and just got water.
"You could've gotten wine if you wanted," Emily told her.
Ali shrugged. "It's no fun to drink alone." Emily just smiled. She loved how sweet Alison could be. It was honestly hard to believe that she hadn't used to be this sweet or vulnerable or emotional. Emily was proud to be the one to bring that out in her, if that was really what was happening. "You know, I can just send you a picture. It'll last longer."
Emily blinked, realizing that she'd been staring at Ali. "Well, I'd rather stare at you, but a picture wouldn't hurt."
"You are such a stalker," Alison teased, tilting her head a little as she smirked.
"Uh huh, sure I am," Emily agreed sarcastically.
They went through their dinner just talking back and forth, teasing and joking and just enjoying the dinner. Emily kept waiting for the right time to ask Ali to be her girlfriend, but it didn't come until the very end.
They were waiting for the check, and their conversation had finally tuned down. Emily immediately took the brief silence as her opportunity. "Hey, Ali."
"Yeah?" Ali asked, looking up from where her gaze had lowered.
"I... I really heard what you said yesterday, about not knowing how to deal with feelings," Emily started, already mad that she'd messed up the beginning of her speech. "And I just want you to know that I really like you and I want you to be able to... show your feelings around me."
Alison gave a small smile when she heard that.
"And I know this is totally new to you, but Ali, will you officially be my girlfriend?" Emily asked, practically holding her breath after she asked the question.
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In about one tenth of a second, a billion thoughts ran through Ali's mind at once. She couldn't make sense of hardly any of them in that fraction of a second, but one thing stood out clearer than everything else, and she voiced it instantly. "Of course I will!" Ali answered, her lips widening into a huge smile.
Emily returned it with a wide smile, and Alison swore that she saw her let out a puff of air.
Alison bit back a smile that would've stretched halfway across the world. "So like... I get to call you my girlfriend...?"
"That's the idea," Emily answered, smirking. Ali rolled her eyes.
A few minutes later, Emily had paid and they were walking back out to the car. "This was a lot of fun, Em."
"I think this is the most fun I've had in a while," Emily admitted. Ali flashed her a sweet smile as they got into the car.
They talked a little bit on the drive back to the apartment building, and then they both got out and headed up to their apartments.
Outside the two doors, they stopped and faced each other. "Thanks, Emily, for the date."
"Thanks for saying yes," Emily replied, biting back a grin.
"As if I could say no to you," Ali pointed out with a laugh. "So am I going to get a goodbye kiss?"
"Maybe if you ask really nicely," Emily teased, before wrapping her arms around Alison's waist and pulling her closer. Alison's body temperature probably increased a few hundred degrees as her proximity to Emily went from a foot, to no distance at all.
Ali closed the distance entirely by placing her lips on Emily's. They both immediately began moving their lips against one another's. Every kiss they shared was perfect, like their lips were meant to mold together like this.
Feeling daring, Ali bit down gently on Emily's lip, and she heard a quiet moan emanate from the brunette. Despite how damn sexy it was, that was when they both decided to call it a night. They pulled apart, then gave each other one last quick kiss, before pulling their bodies apart entirely.
"See you tomorrow?" Emily asked.
"Of course," Alison promised. She released Emily's hand and then they both turned and went their opposite directions.
As soon as Alison entered her apartment, she practically screamed in surprise when she saw two of her best friends standing just a few feet from the door. Aria and Spencer were standing there grinning like fools.
"You bitches!" Alison exclaimed, closing the door. "If you were spying on me and Emily through the peep hole, I swear I'm going to have to kill you!"
Aria raised her hands defensively. "It was Spencer's idea."
"Wha—" Spencer flashed Aria a "what the hell?" look. "It was not my idea!"
"You two are adorable together," Aria insisted.
Alison felt her cheeks flush pink.
"Hanna told us that Emily was going to ask you to be her girlfriend tonight," Spencer said. "Did that happen?"
"If it hadn't, you would've just caused a major problem," Alison pointed out. "But yes, it did happen. And before you ask, yes I said yes."
Aria and Spencer squealed and grabbed Ali in a group hug. The blonde rolled her eyes and hugged them back. "Alright, alright. You two can fangirl later. I need to shower and then head to bed. I want to wake up early tomorrow."
"Why?" Spencer questioned suspiciously.
Alison recalled a conversation she'd had with Emily during their dinner. "Emily goes running every morning, and tomorrow I'm going with her."
"Oh really?" Aria asked.
"Yeah, I need to get into shape anyway," Alison replied.
Spencer leaned over to Aria and fake whispered, "She's just going so that she can trail behind and stare at Emily's ass."
Ali rolled her eyes and glared at Spencer. "Alright, out!"
Spencer and Aria laughed loudly and headed for the door. "Bye, Ali!"
"Bye losers," Alison answered, giving them each a smile. As dorky as her friends could be, she loved them to death. There was no one she loved more than her best friends.
Perhaps eventually, Emily could slip into the first slot.
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