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Chapter 14 – All Comes Crashing Down

Emily is awoken to her phone buzzing and she rolls over to stare at the beautiful blonde holding her tightly. She still couldn't believe that all of this was really, Alison truly loved her and they had made love last night. She kisses Alison's cheek tenderly and grabs her phone when her heart drops.

I wonder what your parents; especially your All American daddy will have to say about his daughter being gay? Maybe you should invoke the Don't Ask Don't Tell policy. Who is going to tell them first? Me or you?

~Anonyms

She drops her phone as she starts to shake, which wakes Alison who sees the brunette. "Em… baby what's wrong?" She asks in concern.

Emily picks up her phone and hands it Alison, as she reads it her heartbreaks. She pulls the brunette into her arms and holds her as she cries. "We will figure it out mermaid." She says as she rubs her back comfortingly. "Do you want me to call the girls for help? She asks Emily softly.

"D-Do I have to tell th-them a-about… the text?" She asks with tears in her eyes.

"Only if you want too mermaid." Alison says caressing the brunette's cheek.

Emily nods and Alison smiles as she has an idea. "How about we send the girls a text and then we can take a shower?"

Emily blushes, "Together?"

Alison can't help the little giggle that escapes, after last night she thought that the brunette wouldn't be so shy but it was so adorable. "Of course," she says with a smile, "if that is okay with you?"

Emily smiles, "Always."

Aria, Hanna, and Spencer agreed to meet at Emily's house in an hour, so Alison grabbed some clothes for them to take a shower.

Alison starts the water as Emily grabs some towels before returning to the bathroom. Alison helps Emily into the shower and slips in behind her and wraps her arms around the brunette's waist. Emily relaxes into her as she eases them under the water and Alison kisses her neck as she runs her hands through Emily's dark tresses. She grabs the shampoo and tenderly works it into her hair as Emily moans a little at the feel. "Easy mermaid or I'll have to attack you here and now…" She says as she rinses her hair.

Emily turns and smiles at the blonde as she wraps her arms around Alison's waist and kisses her passionately. She turns Alison under the water and breaks the kiss as her eyes meet Alison's flashing blues. She gently puts her hands on Alison's hips and turns her around; she gets some shampoo and lathers up her hair. As she rinse out the shampoo Alison has her eyes closed and Emily gently kisses her lips. The kisses start out chaste at first but become more heated as they meet in a clash of teeth and tongues. Alison breaks the kiss panting and leaning her forehead on Em's. "If we weren't meeting the others soon I would make you scream my name." She says as she licks and nips at Emily's neck.

Emily smiles and grabs some soap and tenderly washes Alison ivory skin, loving the few freckles she finds as she washes. Alison runs her soapy fingers over her mermaids toned abs loving the feeling of her muscles and how they tense and ripple. They finish washing up and get out of the shower where they help each other dry off and make out a little more. Alison puts on a pair of Emily's running shorts and her Sharks tee and Emily puts on a graphic tee and some cut off jeans.

Emily's phone buzzes and she grabs her phone shaking as she opens it and reads it.

Hey Emmy! Your mom and I booked a flight home; we should be there a little bit after noon!

Love, Dad

"I'm going to tell my parents, after they get home." Emily says nervously but with resolve.

"Are you sure?" Alison says worriedly,

"I-It's now or get outed by some stranger." She tells Alison who nods in understanding.

"We will figure it out… together!" Alison says with a bright smile as they make their way downstairs.

After eating a little breakfast the doorbell rang and Hanna, Aria, and Spencer were all waiting with smiles and hugs as they came in and sat in the living room. Emily and Alison took one of the couches as Aria and Spencer sat on the other and Hanna sat in the chair between them.

"So what is the newest text you got Em?" Hanna asks cutting right to the chase.

"That's not what is important right now…" Alison says as she feels Emily tense next to her "What IS important is figuring out who this anonyms bitch is!" She says a bit fiercer than she intended.

Noticing the protectiveness from Alison and the look of love in Emily's eyes Spencer smirks a little. "Well first we need to go through all the texts to see if we can find any patterns and then we can make a list of potential suspects."

Aria grabs a small notebook and pen from her purse. "Alright I'll write down the messages and then we can come with suspects."

"So when do you receive your first text?" Spencer asks curiously.

"It was the night we had that sleepover after we went to the mall." Emily says looking through her phone.

"And what did it say?" Hanna asks looking at Em.

Emily reads it nervously, "Poor Em wanting something she can never have."

Aria writes the message down and when it was received, "Okay and the next one."

"The next one I got while we were at Homecoming... " She says as takes a shuddering, "it said 'What would your friends think if they knew?'"

"What is that suppose to mean?" Hanna questions as Alison shoots daggers at her.

"How about we finish writing them all done before we analyze them?!" Alison says in a clipped tone.

Emily slides her hand onto Alison's lower back and she visibly calms, Spencer notices and smiles. She already had figured out what Emily's secret was but kept her mouth shut and instead says, "Please continue Em."

"The next one was when I went to Alison's to study for out French test…" She looks at the phone, "Better be careful! You play with fire; you're going to get burned! What would your boyfriend think?" She says not making eye contact with anyone. "Th-Then when I was over at… B-Ben's he received a message…"

"What did it say?" Aria asks waiting to write it down.

"I-It was a picture… of me and someone else k-kissing…" Emily says blushing.

Alison interjects being the next one to receive a message and to get the attention off her mermaid. "I got a message the same night that said, 'Children get cuts and bruises when they fall, what's Emily's excuse?'"

"Then we all received one at school the following Monday." Aria says as she writes it on the timeline. "Does anyone still have the message?"

Hanna pulls out her phone and scrolls through her messages, "I still have it here somewhere I think…"

Spencer shuffles around nervously as she found the old message on her phone, "I-I got it…" She says looking over at Emily who looks uncomfortably, "But how about we take a break for a bit…" She says standing up and stretching. "Hey Em…would you mind going outside with me for a minute?" Spencer asks as everyone stands to move around a bit and Emily looks at Alison apprehensively. "Ali you can come too." She says with a kind smile.

"S-Sure…" Emily says as she follows Spencer and grabs Alison's hand tightly.

As they step out on the porch Spencer hands the phone to Emily, "I figured it out awhile ago but I know Hanna and Aria do not know."

Emily and Alison read the message and it hits the brunette. "W-Why didn't you tell them?" She asks curiously,

Spencer smiles kindly, "It's not my secret to tell." She looks between the two, "but I can see the love and support you give each other."

Alison smiles and hugs Spencer, "Thanks Spence."

Emily makes a decision after seeing how accepting Spencer is, "I'm ready." She says looking at the love of her life and one of her closest friends.

"Are you sure Em?" Alison asks grabbing her hand reassuringly.

"I am." She says as she pulls Alison back into the house, Spencer right behind them,

Aria is back on the couch and Hanna comes out of the kitchen with a bag of chips, "What I need a snack?" She says as she crunches and they all look at her,

"I-I have something I need to tell you all…" Emily says stealing her nerves, "I-I'm gay!"

Hanna and Aria both get up and pull her into a tight hug as tears of relief fall from her eyes. "Em…" Hanna says smiling at her, "We all love you so much!" She says with a smile.

"And we want you to happy!" Aria adds with a bright smile.

Alison takes a deep breath, "That's not all…" She says as all eyes move to her, "Emily and I are together." She says grabbing Emily's hand.

Hanna looks at the way there are practically glowing and how Alison is wearing Em's clothes she gasps, "You two totally did last night!" She says in her usual blunt manner.

"Shut up Hanna!" Spencer says elbowing her squarely in the ribs as Emily blushes profusely and hides her face in the nape of Ali's neck and Alison can't help the smirk that covers her face.

"They so did!" Hanna says giddily as Spencer and Aria giggle a little.

"Okay, okay…" Alison says feeling bad for her blushing girlfriend, "I think you've embarrassed poor Em enough! Now let's get back to this Anonyms business." She says pulling Emily back down onto the couch with her. The brunette snuggles back into Alison who wraps an arm around her protectively.

"Alright the next message said, 'Does Emily have a Romeo in the future or a Juliet?'" Spencer says so Aria can add it.

"Then we all got the video…" Aria says adding it too.

Emily sits up looking around at the others, "Wh-What video?"

"Th-That is how we knew what had happened to you…" Alison says trailing off as Emily looked around in terror. Alison gently touches Emily's face, "We couldn't see m-much… we just could hear you… c-cry out…" She says brokenly.

Emily looks at Alison's devastated eyes and hugs her tightly as Alison rubs her back soothingly. "The next message was sent to me before Emily went in for questioning; it was the same picture that was sent to Ben…" She says still holding Em tightly. "It was a picture from homecoming of Emily and Maya kissing," The other three look at each other as it sinks in why Ben decided to do what he did. All three wanted to kill him at this point.

"There was one another one that came after we got back from the police station, 'Does the captain of swim team have a thing for little miss queen bee?'"

Emily looks up from Alison neck, "This morning I got another message…" She says fear in her voice. "It said, 'I wonder what your parents; especially your All American daddy will have to say about his daughter being gay? Maybe you should invoke the Don't Ask Don't Tell policy.'" Tears start to prick at the back of her eyes.

"Shit! That fucking bastard!" Hanna says pissed.

"Th- That's not the worst part …" Emily says sadly, "My parents are on their way home and should be here," She looks at her phone, "in about an hour!"

Spencer takes the timeline from Aria and looks at it. "Someone really wants to out you." She says as she looks through the messages. "It has to be someone who spends a lot of time around you."

"So someone from school?" Aria says scribbling a quick note.

"Yes but in our grade and probably has similar extracurricular activities." Spencer says thinking.

"So… maybe someone on the swim team?" Emily says slightly confused to who would hate her that much.

"Well that narrows it down somewhat." Alison says kissing Emily's cheek.

"True, there are only fourteen other people on the team." Spencer says as she looks at the two.

"Yeah but how many of them do you actually talk with?" Hanna asks pointedly.

Emily sits there for a minute thinking as Alison has an idea. "How about we find something to eat and then we can finish this?" She asks smiling at Em.

"Sounds great!" Hanna says popping up excitedly, "I'm always down for food!" She says with a smile as the others follow her to the kitchen with a giggle.

As the girls dig around in the kitchen making sandwiches and drinks Emily's phone buzzes and she reads the message as dread fills her.

Oh, I guess your parents have been grounded. I'd check the news if I were you, bitch!

Kisses

~Anonyms

Emily slips out of the kitchen and back into the living room where she turns the TV to the local news station. When a breaking news bulletin came up across the screen and a picture of a plane crash fill the screen.

Flight 90 from Dallas, Texas to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has crashed due to mechanical failure.

Emily yells out in devastation as she slumps to the floor tears pouring down her face. Alison was the first to run from the kitchen to find Emily crumpled on the floor. "Baby?" She says as she drops down next to her and holds her as she sobs.

"Why…why…why?" Emily mumbles into Alison's neck as she clings to her.

Spencer, Aria, and Hanna all stare at the TV in shock as the reporter talks about the crash and how there are a handful of survivors. Emily's phone buzzes again and Alison opens the message and reads it for everyone.

"I guess they would rather have their plane crash then come home to their gay daughter!

~Anonyms