Emily's Pov

My heart is hammering against my chest. These last nights I have continue having dreams with Ali. Recovering small pieces of memories. Last night I finally had a dream I can confirm if it really happened or it was just a product of my imagination. I push myself deeper into the forest, I know I'm not far away from Ali's house.

Soon I visualize what I'm looking for. The Kissing Rock. That's how Ali named it in my dream. I let out a shaky breath. Then it's truth. All these dreams have been memories. Events that actually occurred in the past. I go to the rock and sit. Being here makes me feel somehow closer to Ali. As if somehow she was here with me. I lean forward to see the initials painted with red spray framed inside a heart EF + AD and trace them with my fingers.

The sun is starting to come out. My shift at The Brew will start soon, if I'm going to do this I have to do it now. Taking a deep breath, I get my phone from my pocket and dial the number of Ali. Yesterday when Hanna was at my house I managed to sneak around and steal Ali's number from Hanna's phone. I have tried to call her but I chicken down just when I'm about to do it. Somehow the dreams that I've had with Ali made me ache for her more. I miss seeing her, touching her, listen to her... And if I can't do any of the first two things, at least I can still hear her. After three beeps, she answers

"Hello?" she says with a raspy voice

I freeze as soon as hear her voice. My breath gets caught in my throat and I stay silent

"Hello? "Who is this?" she says more awake this time

I want to talk to her, asked her to come back, tell her I miss her, tell her something, anything. But instead I stay silent again, my shaky breath is the only thing that is heard through the phone. What if she discovers that it's me calling and she gets mad? After all I did promise to leave her alone if she didn't want to return. I freak out and hang up. As soon as I end the call, strangled sobs escape from my mouth. It's half an hour later that I calm down and proceed to go home and change for work.

I can't concentrate on my shift. My thoughts keep drifting off to Alison. AGH! I'm such and idiot, I should have spoken to her. I hear the door bell ringing, indicating a new customer, when I run my eyes towards the entrance I see a familiar face.

"Hey Em" says a cheerily Summer

"Hi Summer" I say as a greeting "how have you been? How is your ankle?"

She looks down moving her ankle showing me her good condition. "Pretty well actually, all thanks to you Dr Fields" she says jokingly

A smile breaks into my face. "I didn't do anything, I just gave you a bag of frozen peas"

"Well yeah but you also saved me from becoming an appetizer for the animals of the forest plus you didn't include me in your serial killer list of victims"

"Are you still thinking that? I'll have to reconsider putting you on my secret list of dead people that are buried in my back yard"

She feigns shock and says "I thought that we were friends"

We both laugh by our nonsense.

"So really, what brought you here?"

"Can't I come to say hello to my personal savior?" she says and I give her a knowingly look

"Fine you win!" she whines "I began to feel alone in my house and since you're the only person I know in Rosewood I came to see you. Besides remember you told me that we would have lunch together this week? I'm still kinda of waiting for my invitation."

Shit! With Ali stuck in my head every five seconds I had completely forgotten that I had promised Summer to grab lunch with her this week.

"And you forgot..." she says dissapointment evident in her face

"No! Of course not! Well.. maybe a little. It's just that I've had many things to deal with lately, and it just escaped from my mind" I say a little embarrassed

"It's okay don't worry, is not like it's mandatory, you don't have to do it"

"No, but I want to. Actually it would be nice talk to someone. Today I can't though, but on Friday I will be free we can meet in the afternoon and plan something. I will pass by your place" I say enthusiastic

"Fantastic. Friday it is! Bye Em" says an excited Summer walking towards the exit before she trips over a chair and fall face down.

"Shit" I hiss "are you okay?" I ask her leaning over the counter

Summer immediately rises from the ground and stretch her clothes.

"I'm fine I'm okay! Perfect! See you Friday Em!"she says before leaving hastily.

I laugh to myself and begin to fill the coffee machine.

Soon it's closing time. Taking advantage that there are no customers inside, I go and flip the sign from open to closed.

I'm finishing cleaning the tables when I hear ring behind me the door bell.

"Sorry we already closed" I say without bothering to turn around

"I know. I was actually waiting for you to close the place" I hear a familiar voice say and for the second time in a day I froze.

I force myself to turn around, and when I do I see those deep blue eyes that have been haunting my dreams.

"Ali? Am I dreaming?" I ask without leaving my initial shock

"No Emily, you're not dreaming. I really am here" she says

I let out a laugh of happiness and I run to hold her in a big hug. I bury my face in her neck and breath her sweet scent of vanilla. I missed this.

"I was beginning to believe that I wouldn't see you again" I say with my face still buried in her neck, my warm breath tickling against her soft skin and I can feel her shivering.

She steps away from me "I'm so sorry, I know I should came back sooner, please forgive me" she says

"Sssh it's fine, you're here now that's all that matters" I say taking her face between my hands and she closes her eyes at the contact but after a moment she takes her faceout of my hands

"I have to tell you something" she says with so much gravity that it actually scares me. Did something happen? Is she going to tell me that she doesn't love me anymore? "I want to apologize to you Em, for everything I did to you."

"Ali don't. You don't need to apologize anymore"

"But I do. I never got the chance to properly explain myself to you and I want to do it. I need to do it. You may not remember our past Em but I do. And I want you to hear this" She takes a deep breath "I loved you since I first saw you but I didn't allowed myself to truly feel it until one day that we were in the library and you kissed me. In that moment I knew that you would be my ruin and my savior at the same time. I pushed you away from me because I had a reputation to maintain. I was always thinking ahead taking decisions out of fear, fear of losing what I mistakenly thought was the most important thing in my life. And I regret doing that, you don't know how sorry I am but what I regret the most is leaving you behind with you thinking that I was dead and I didn't want you back. For a longtime I fantasized with the moment I would see you again and I played a thousand ways to fix it all in my head. So when I truly had another chance to have you in my life I took it, regardless of the consequences. And I was just getting used to have you around again when suddenly I lost you one more time and the pain was unbearable, it hurt me so much that I couldn't stand it so I runaway again, even knowing that there were a tiny possibility of you loving me back. These three months without you were a living hell, my heart ached for you everyday, I wanted to come back so many times but the fear that you'd changed your mind paralyzed me. I've been paralyzed by fear my entire life and I'm tired of being it. So I had reach a conclusion. I don't care what life has planned for me. I could die tomorrow or in twenty years and I wouldn't mind as long as I expent every single minute with you for the rest of my life. Because you... If it weren't for you Emily, I wouldn't know what love is, what loyalty is, I wouldn't know how better person I can be, but most importantly I wouldn't know what is to be loved. It is all for you Emily. Every good thing in my life has been thanks to you. And if you had a change of heart and now you don't love me it doesn't matter-" she stars saying with a stangled voice but I cut her off

"No Ali. I was a fool myself too. Finding me again was your choice, be friends was my choice, but falling in love with you Ali that was beyond my control. And it scared me. I've never been so scared of anything in my life, so I tried to ignore it and I tried to deny what I felt for you, but I can't keep doing that, because you Ali, you are undeniable and I love you" as soon as I finish talking I lean towards Ali slowly giving her time to step back if she wants to, but instead she also leans forward her lips finding mine.

The kiss starts slow and soft, almost fearful. I am afraid of waking up and I realize that this is just another dream and Ali hasn't returned. But the strong and yet soft way Ali holds me reminds me that this is real, and all my surroundings becomes hazy and I want to run, laugh, cry and scream because but this here, me kissing Ali, this is real and I've never felt more alive in my whole life. This particular thought makes me realize that Alison is that person. That one person I will pray to God every day I can continue kissing for the rest of my life. So I kiss her with so much force that we both end up breathless. She slowly separates from me and opens her eyes, now shades darker.

"Does that mean you will give us a chance?" she asks me

"It's only you Ali. I know in my heart you are the only one for me, so yes, I will give you, us a chance. I want to be with you."

She smiles with a twinkle in her eyes and kisses me again. This could easily be the happiest day of my life.