A/N: Hey everyone! You all are super duper amazing! I'm updating a little earlier than planned... And I have a FEW shoutouts to give!

First of all... 200th reviewer! It was... badadada... a Guest reviewer named Guest. Haha thank you all guest reviewers, btw. Some of you leave amazing reviews! If you post them while I'm sleeping, a lot of the time the next morning, I'll post answers to them on my Twitter :)

Second shout out Twitter user heyypieterse, aka Sabrina! Everybody thank her for you all getting early updates. XD XD

Third shout out to Twitter user PieterseGirl! (pretty sure that's you) Hi, I totally just met you, but you made my day when you recognized me on tinychat so yeah thanks for that ^.^

Disclaimer: I do NOT own PLL!

PLEASE enjoy, favorite, follow and REVIEW!

"So, did you like her?" I asked, finally asking Aria what I'd wanted to ask her.

Aria smiled at me as she sat down on her bed. "She was definitely not what I was expecting," Aria started, "in a good way of course. And it was so cute when she held your hand."

I felt myself blush a little bit, and I let out a relieved sigh. "Good. I don't think I would've been able to handle it if you hated her."

Aria smiled again. "I'm really sorry about before, Emily. It's just… you know, I really believed that she was always a bitch, and it was hard to imagine a different side of her, you know?"

"I get it," I assured her, nodding. "I'm just really glad that you saw that she isn't as bad as we all used to think."

Aria nodded, and then she pulled out her phone and started tapping away.

"Who are you texting?" I asked, and then I wiggled my eyebrows like Hanna would've done. "Is it Ezra?"

Aria rolled her eyes at me. "No, it's not. It's Spencer. I got her number before we left, when you and Alison were talking all secretly."

"We weren't talking secretly," I argued, shaking my head. "Anyway, you got her number?"

Aria looked up at the look I was giving her, and she rolled her eyes. "Emily, people can ask for people's numbers to just hang out."

"Yeah, I think that's what Ali said was the reason she gave me her number, and then two days later she asked me out, so…" I smirked at Aria as she huffed. I laughed loudly and shook my head, sitting down on my bed. "I'm just teasing you Aria. I know you aren't into girls like that."

Aria just shook her head at me and started texting again.

"But I totally ship it," I stated. Aria did her best to glare at me as she threw a pillow my direction. She wasn't very good at being mean to friends, because she was a total sweetheart. I laughed as the pillow hit me. "Sorry Ali made her kiss you."

"Whatever, it was just a game," Aria muttered, but her face flushed bright red and I tried not to bust out laughing as I carefully returned her pillow to her bed without chucking it at her like she had to me.

"Does this mean that you two aren't going to be competing anymore?" I asked.

Aria raised an eyebrow at me. "Spencer will never stop competing for the top spot. Therefore, I will never stop competing for the top spot."

I smiled and took out my phone.

To Ali- I am so glad we did that! Aria's opinion has definitely changed!

From Ali- Good, I'm glad too! What about Hanna?

I took a deep breath.

To Hanna- So… how do you like Alison?

From Hanna- She's definitely nicer to us than I thought she'd be. I mean, I still don't trust her completely, but I approve so far.

My lips spread out in a grin.

To Hanna- Good, I'm so glad! Thank you so much for doing this for me, Han! (:

From Hanna- Don't worry about it, girlie!

My grin turned into a regular smile, but I was still grinning on the inside as I texted Ali back.

To Ali- She says that she approves. C:

From Ali- Really? That's a relief.

To Ali- I know… So… do you want to meet at the Brew tomorrow for coffee?

From Ali- Hmm… I don't know… I might have something better to do… ;)

The winking face in Ali's text message totally almost killed me, because now I was imagining Alison winking at me, and that was almost enough for me to drop dead.

To Ali- Hah ha, very funny. Noon?

From Ali- Noon is perfect! See you tomorrow =) xx

"Are you okay?" Aria asked me, and I realized that I might've been totally like swooning at the text message because of the xx at the end.

"I'm fine," I said to Aria, waving my hand.

To Ali- Yes you will. Goodnight! Xx

I sighed contently and set my phone down in my lap, leaning back against my pillow. "You really like her, huh?" Aria asked me, telling me that she'd accurately guessed who I was texting.

I nodded. "A lot."

"Well… you better do everything you can to keep her then," Aria said, smiling at me. I returned the smile.

"I'm hungry. Want to order pizza?" I asked Aria, who laughed.

"Again?" she asked and I nodded. "Sure."

The next morning, I woke up feeling better than I had all week. My best friends were in support of my relationship, and I was going to see Ali today.

"Someone looks happy this morning," Aria commented when I got to the bathrooms—she'd gotten there before I'd woken up.

"Well, I am happy," I told her, shrugging and fighting off a wide smile.

"Good," she said, smiling at me. "Hanging out with Alison today?" I nodded. "What are you two doing?"

"Just going for coffee," I answered, shrugging. "You got any plans for today?"

"Spencer and I are going to study," Aria answered, before flashing me a glare that told me not to tease her for their kiss the previous day.

"For English?" I asked, and she nodded. "Why, so you can know what she's bad at and get better at it?"

Aria rolled her eyes. "Hey, you wanted me to like Alison and Spencer, so you should be happy that I want to hang out with Spencer."

I laughed and shook my head, starting on my makeup.

"Where did they go to school, by the way?" Aria wondered.

"Rosewood Day," I answered, shrugging.

"Oh, that explains it then," Aria stated, putting blush on her cheeks. I gave her a curious look.

"Explains what?"

"Well, both of them are totally loaded," Aria answered, shrugging.

I raised an eyebrow at her. "You sound like Hanna now." She laughed and I smiled. It was nice that the two of us could talk now without having a sort of tension between us about Alison.

"What time are you meeting Alison at the Brew?" Aria wondered.

"Noon," I answered, shrugging. "I've got a couple of hours."

"Do you want to grab breakfast at the Grille then?" Aria asked, looking at me hopefully. "Maybe we can ask Hanna to come, too."

"Sure," I agreed, smiling.

Half an hour later found me and my two best friends sitting around a table at the Grille having breakfast and talking about whatever the hell came to our minds. That's what I loved about my friends— we could talk about anything with each other, whether it was important or totally unimportant. I wondered if it would be that way with Ali eventually.

When it was almost noon, I excused myself so that I could walk over to the Brew. "See you later, Em," Aria said, smiling at me.

"Have fun with Alison," Hanna told me, winking. I felt myself blush as I turned away from them and left the restaurant. Yes, I liked this a lot more than my best friends hating Ali.

I walked into the Brew and saw Ali already paying for two coffees. "Hey," I said, frowning, "I was gonna pay."

Ali's head whipped around, like she hadn't expected me to be there yet. She immediately smiled at me, though. "Too late," she said, shrugging and quirking up an eyebrow.

I crossed my arms, and she just grinned, handing me my coffee. I took it with a huff, but I couldn't help but smile. "Thanks. Do you want to stay in here or should we walk?"

"Let's walk," Ali said, her face brightening. She slid her hand into mine, giving me a near heart attack, and we left the coffee place.

"Did you hear? Aria and Spencer are friends now," I told her, smirking a little bit.

"What?" Ali asked, looking at me.

"Yeah, they're hanging out today," I answered. "Aria keeps getting mad at me because I keep teasing her about them kissing."

Alison smirked, but then her eyes widened a little bit. "Is she mad at me?"

"No," I answered, chuckling and squeezing her hand. Suddenly, an echo of thunder went off loudly in the sky, causing Alison to jump. "It's just thunder," I told her teasingly, and she glared at me. It didn't last though, and her face softened almost instantly.

I adjusted the jacket I was wearing a little bit, because it was starting to feel a little chillier. It was still pretty cold out lately in Pennsylvania, since it was early February, but it hadn't really been stormy. "How was your morning?" Ali asked me, drawing my attention back to her.

"Good. I had breakfast with Aria and Han," I answered, smiling. "Yours?"

"Boring," Ali answered, rolling her eyes. "But my day is definitely a lot better now," she added, smiling sheepishly at me.

I felt a blush rise to my cheeks, and her smile widened.

"Hey, Big A!" a voice that both me and Alison recognized said. We both stopped in our tracks and found ourselves face to face with Mona Vanderwaal.

"Hi, Mona," Ali returned.

"Hey, Mona," I said as well, because I totally knew her from Rosewood High and she had just pretended like I wasn't even there.

"Oh, hi. Emily, right?" Mona asked, looking at me weird. I couldn't help but roll my eyes.

"What do you want, Mona?" Ali demanded, holding my hand tighter.

"Look, you won't return any of my calls, and I think that we really need to talk," Mona stated.

"Do we?" Alison demanded. It was weird seeing her bitch side come out, because I never saw it when I was around her. "Look, Mona—"

I suddenly and involuntarily squeezed her hand, because I didn't want her to be a bitch. I didn't really like Mona, but I liked Ali when she was sweet, not when she was a bitch. The blonde looked over at me, and she sighed. She understood.

"Mona, I really don't want to keep doing this with you, okay? I'm sorry if you being a bitch to me made people hate you, but that's not my problem," Ali stated, and I could tell that she was trying to keep her rage under control.

Mona looked between Ali and me with suspicious eyes, and then she glared at Alison. "Fine. Whatever. But eventually, when your popularity is hanging by a thread, you'll come crawling back to me, and I will give you nothing."

"Mona, the only reason that you have anything is me. Remember that," Ali commanded, and then she pulled me and we moved around Mona. I could tell that Alison would have said a lot worse to Mona if she could, because her expression was twisted like she was trying to hold herself together.

"She's definitely a lot different than she used to be," I commented, shaking my head. Ali looked over at me, and her twisted expression disappeared as she shrugged.

"I don't really want to talk about Mona," she told me, and I nodded.

"Okay, then we won't," I agreed, smiling at her. She immediately smiled back at me, and I loved seeing that. Suddenly, another loud boom came from the sky, and we both looked up to see dark storm clouds moving over the area. "Oh great," I muttered as we stopped walking. As I said it, heavy drops of rain started to fall around us.

"Do you want to—" Before Ali could finish her question, the rain started to pour down on us like crazy, and Ali squealed as we were both suddenly soaked.

"We should go inside somewhere!" I exclaimed through the sound of the rain. I looked up at Ali, who nodded frantically. We disconnected our hands, turned around toward the Brew and started speed walking through the rain.

We were probably halfway back to the Brew when suddenly Ali grabbed my hand and pulled me to a stop. I gave her a confused look for half a second, and then she pulled me toward her and our lips met fiercely.

I immediately felt myself melt as I kissed her. My hands were up in her wet hair and hers were tangling into mine. She pulled me closer to her and I felt her tongue slide gracefully against my lips, which I immediately parted. The rain was still falling down on us hard, but neither of seemed to realize it as we got lost in our kiss.

It wasn't until we heard a loud boom of thunder that we were brought back to reality. We pulled apart and our eyes locked immediately as we took in deep gulps of air. "We should probably get inside," Ali whispered, and I could barely hear her over the rain.

I nodded, and gave her one more quick kiss before we both turned back and hurried back into the Brew. As soon as we were out of the rain, Ali groaned.

"Damn it," she grumbled, wringing out her hair. I looked at, and my eyes widened as I realized that she was wearing a white t-shirt and it was now totally see through. My breath hitched, because wow. Ali noticed my look and looked down at herself. Her own eyes widened and she quickly crossed her arms over her chest. The white bra she'd been wearing hadn't hid much, and now I could feel that my face was bright red.

Her arms still crossed over her chest, she hurried over to the couches in the Brew, which were surprisingly empty considering the amount of people in the building. I followed her over there and realized that her teeth were chattering.

Not hesitating for a second, I pulled off my jacket and wrung it out. The inside wasn't wet, though, so it wouldn't be much of a problem. I draped it over Ali's shoulders and then sat next to her. She gave me a grateful smile and slid her arms through the sleeves and wrapped it completely around herself. "Thanks," she muttered, sounding embarrassed and cold.

"Don't worry about it," I insisted. Sure, my hair was all wet and I was cold, but the jacket had helped and my shirt wasn't soaked. Plus, that kiss had definitely warmed me up some.

"Maybe we should go back to the dorms or something?" Ali mumbled, and I knew that she couldn't be comfortable in that wet t-shirt.

"Yeah," I agreed, nodding. "My car is over by the Grille, though, and I need it to head to work later."

"We'll take my car," Ali decided. "I can drive you back here for your car later."

"You don't have to do that. I can get Aria to take me back or something," I insisted, but Ali shook her head.

"No, I don't mind," she insisted. "Come on, though, I don't want to be out anymore."

"Can we at least get another coffee first?" I asked, because somewhere between the rain and the Brew, we had both tossed our rain water infested coffees into the garbage. "And I'll pay this time."

Ali finally smiled again and she nodded. She waited on the couch while I ordered us both each a coffee, this time making sure that they put a lid on top. I brought Ali back the coffee and then we left the Brew, making a run for it to her car. We hurried to get in, and by the time that we were, we were laughing like crazy. Once we'd both calmed down, Ali gave me a shy smile and set her coffee into a cup holder so that she could drive us back.

Aww aww aww c:

Likeee it? Love it? Hate it? Please let me know in a review or a PM! Also, please follow me on Twitter at BrittzandTana ! =D Tweet me that you read this and I'll follow you back =D

So my mom made cookies, and I like really want to go have one because yeah, cookies. Lol. I hope you liked this chapter =D

Have a great night my lovelies! Please review c: