A/N: Ayy lovelies! Just got back from my acting class, just in time to update for you lovelies! c: This isn't the most Emison filled chapter, but it's important c:

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"What the hell are they doing? Emily!" Alison cried. She tore her arm from Jessica DiLaurentis' grasp. This wasn't okay, and she needed to do something about it. Something, anything… she couldn't stand to watch her Emily be torn away from her. When Pam Fields had caught her and Emily together, and had so unceremoniously sent Alison home, she had no idea what was going to happen, and when Emily came on her bike… Alison now found herself terrified. All she could think about was losing the one constant in her life—the one person she'd known would always be there for her. The feelings she had developed for her best friend earlier that school year had increased by a tenfold and now they were making her heart hurt even worse in this moment.

"Stop! Ali, I—" Emily's voice cut off as she called for Alison. Pam Fields dragged Emily into the car, despite Emily's struggling. There had never been a moment that Emily had truly hated her mother until right now. After Emily had taken off from her own house less than an hour ago, how could Pam think that this was going to help in any way? Couldn't she at least listen to what Emily had to say first? Emily mentally cursed herself for not having done something about this earlier—though she wasn't exactly sure what she would have done if she'd had the option to say anything at all.

"Alison, dear, calm down please…" Jessica DiLaurentis pleaded to her daughter. The woman did not at all agree with what Pam Fields was doing to deal with this newfound situation. Jessica herself had no problem with anything going on, as long as her daughter was healthy and safe. And frankly, she had no problem with Alison and Emily being themselves. Jessica would never judge anyone for being who they were, especially if they had no control over who they were—which no one really ever did.

"Calm down? Are you serious? Emily!" Alison felt tears burning in her eyes. How could her mother expect her to calm down right now? If the suitcases tied hastily on top of Pam Fields' car were any indication, this wasn't going anywhere good. Alison stared hard at it for a moment, noting that Emily's uncle visiting—who lived somewhere near where Wayne Fields was stationed—was driving. Was that what was happening, were they going to Texas? Alison didn't think she could go through that… and to think, just earlier they had been in their own perfect little word, kissing each other as though there was nothing that could stop them. Just earlier, before they had been so rudely interrupted by the only person who could truly put an end to their… thing they had going on—the person who was now dragging Emily away from Alison.

"Alison!" Emily wailed. She didn't understand how her mom could be doing this to her, and she wasn't even sure what this was. Yes, she saw the car once she came outside at first, but why were all of their suitcases strapped to the top? It finally dawned on her, though… they were taking a trip… and maybe a longer one than Emily would care for. Emily could hear her mother cursing under her breath at Alison as she got into the passenger seat of the car. How could her mom be blaming Alison, though, for who Emily was?

"Alison, please, come inside. I'll make you tea," Jessica suggested, willing Alison to come with her. She was trying desperately to keep Alison from running frantically toward the other teenager. If it hurt to watch Alison go through this, she imagined it must be a lot worse for the younger blonde. When her daughter had come home distressed, following by a frantic Emily, Jessica had not been sure what to expect. Now, though, it seemed to all be fitting into place—she could make a pretty good guess as to what had happened to drive Pam Fields to this point.

"No! They can't do this!" Alison screamed. When had her mom reclaimed her grasp on Alison's wrist? Alison needed to do something, or she would lose Emily, she just knew it. She couldn't lose Emily. Emily was all that she really had going for her. In fact, she had literally about to say that to Emily when a certain Pam Fields had unceremoniously walked in on Emily and Alison in a slightly compromising position. Alison realized that the same thoughts were rotating through her mind in a constant loop, and she wasn't sure if she would be able to stop that loop unless she got Emily back before she was torn away forever.

"You can't stop them, I can't stop them. Come inside." It pained Jessica to say this to her daughter. Unfortunately, it was true, there was nothing they could do to stop Pam and Wayne Fields once they made their mind up about something. If there was, she would go through with it in a heartbeat. She loved Emily like a daughter, but there wasn't anything she could do. Not a thing that she could do besides to hold her daughter in place and keep her from making things worse for Emily.

"Emily!" Tears rolled freely down her cheeks. Alison could hardly stand to watch as Pam Fields dragged her daughter into her car, but she wouldn't tear her gaze from Emily. She couldn't. She had too many things that she still needed to say to her. Alison tried to promise herself that one day, she would be able to say everything. She just wanted to feel Emily's lips on hers, and to list all of the feelings that Emily ignited when they kissed. She knew that the chances were so slim… but she knew that she wouldn't be able to survive if she never got to see Emily again.

"Alison!" Emily tried to convey her emotions into the name, hoping that Alison might understand what she was trying to say. She had so many things to say to Alison before they were torn apart forever. So many things that she may well never get to say. In this moment, Emily could think of dozens of things that she wished she could say at this moment. The first one that came to her mind was "I'll miss you"… but she knew that there were more. One stood out beyond all of the others, a handful of words that Emily had been waiting to say… a handful of words she may now never say.

"Guess what I come bearing?" Hanna called as soon as Spencer opened the door to let her end. She was grinning widely Emily as she moved into the kitchen. Suddenly, she produced a bottle from the bag that she had slung over her shoulder.

"What is it?" Spencer asked, and Emily could practically hear the nerves in her voice.

"Bourbon," Hanna answered, a grin splitting onto her face. "And this stuff is wonderfully strong!" Spencer looked pointedly at Emily, who just smiled. Honestly, she was quite excited about this night with her new friends.

"I'll take some, but not right now. There's no point in getting drunk this early if we only have one bottle," Emily commented. Hanna grinned.

"I think I just keep liking you more and more Emily!" Hanna exclaimed. "Aria should be here any minute, by the way. She picked up pizza."

"Well that's a relief," Spencer commented. "My food here sucks."

"Yeah, it really does," Emily agreed. She had been hanging around here with Spencer until Hanna had arrived, and now they were just waiting for Aria before doing anything—though Emily still wasn't entirely sure how this whole barn slumber party thing worked. Despite the fact that Spencer hadn't really hung out with Aria or Hanna in years, Emily still felt like the newbie.

Suddenly, her phone buzzed in her pocket, and while Spencer and Hanna began to talk about something random, Emily took it out to check who had texted her. She honestly expected it to be her mom, checking in on her already, but saw that it was Alison and felt her heart skip a beat.

From Alison-I miss you… ):

Emily felt her cheeks flush, and she tried so hard not to smile at how adorable Alison was.

"Ooh, who are you texting?" Hanna exclaimed suddenly, noticing Emily's expression. Emily immediately locked her phone so that Hanna couldn't try and see who it was.

"Nobody," Emily lied, even though she knew that Hanna would see right through it.

"Come on! Does he go here, or is he from back in Texas?" Hanna asked, raising an eyebrow. "Do they have cute boys in Texas?"

Emily shook her head, and she caught Spencer trying to stifle a laugh behind Hanna. Emily wasn't really sure if she should just come right out with it and tell Hanna that she was into girls—but she decided against it simply because she didn't want to play twenty questions about what girl she was texting.

Before Hanna could drill her with anymore questions, there was a knock on Spencer's front door, and Hanna jumped up, clearly excited for pizza, and ran to let Aria in. Meanwhile, even though Spencer's eyes were still resting on her, Emily unlocked her phone to sneak a text back to Alison.

To Alison-You saw me this morning! :P

She locked her phone again as Aria and Hanna rushed into the kitchen, Aria clutching a box of pizza in both of her hands and a carrying a bag over her shoulder.

"Guess we can go out to the barn now," Spencer said, smiling happily, and Emily jumped up from the barstool she'd been sitting on. They all rushed outside to the barn with their stuff, and Emily found herself slightly crept out by the place. It was cozy, and definitely a good spot for a slumber party. But aside from the nice lights on the walls, the place was totally unkempt. Emily was about ninety percent sure that there were more than few rats hiding around.

None of the other girls seemed to have similar opinions, though, as they tossed their stuff on top of the blankets and pillows that Spencer had already spread across the entire middle of the barn. Aria was the first to open the box of pizza, and they all grabbed a slice and started eating.

"Emily, how do you like being back in Rosewood after a week?" Aria asked, smiling nicely at her.

"It's a lot different," Emily said, nodding slightly, "and yet, the same. I don't know. I'm happy that I'm back, though."

"Have you gotten to reconnect with any old friends?" Aria asked.

"Yeah, Em, have you reconnected with any of your old friends?" Spencer questioned teasingly, looking at Emily pointedly. Emily knew that the girl wanted her to tell Hanna and Aria about Alison, but Emily didn't know if she was ready for those two to know yet. She didn't trust them enough yet, she supposed. She really didn't have much to go on.

"I didn't really have a lot of friends when I lived here before," Emily answered, shrugging off the question. "Lucky for me, though, I have you three now."

Emily felt her phone vibrate in her lap, and she sneakily pulled it out and opened the text from Alison as Hanna started to yap about something.

From Alison- Are you at Spencer's?

To Alison- Yes.

From Alison- Ah you're so close and I have to stay all the way over here. ):

Seriously, this girl was the cutest thing that Emily had ever seen. She remembered Alison being cute before she left, but it was like now, she was a billion times cuter, as well as sexier. But the latter aspect was true for the both of them, as their bodies had grown much more mature over the past three years.

To Alison- Maybe when the girls go to sleep…

"Emily!" Hanna exclaimed. "Who are you texting?"

Emily locked her phone again and looked at Hanna with wide eyes. "Nobody!"

"Come on, Em! We're your friends now, you can tell us!" Hanna insisted, her eyes wide with anticipation as she leaned forward slightly. Aria rolled her eyes at the blonde.

"You don't have to tell us anything, Emily. Hanna is just hungry for some new juicy gossip," Aria admitted, shaking her head and smiling.

Emily's eyes widened a little bit at hearing that, mostly because she suddenly had the impression that if she told Hanna anything, she would go along and tell someone else. Hanna, though, must have noticed that, and she glared at Aria. "Not that I would squeal if you did tell me anything. I like to know gossip, but I don't spread it. I don't do that kind of shit to mess up people's lives."

"Yeah, we've been on the other side of that equation once, and it was one time too many," Aria agreed. "So if you did want to tell us, we wouldn't tell anybody."

Listening to Aria and Hanna talk back and forth like that made it sound like they were somehow the same entity, and it was quite strange. Strange, but clearly evident that they had been best friends for a long time. "Umm…" Emily didn't really know what to say in response to all of that, and then her phone buzzed, Alison's text message popping up on the screen.

As she saw Hanna's eyes drift down to her lap, Emily quickly locked her phone, her heart racing to fast. She knew that Hanna and Aria both hated Alison, and while she was pretty sure that they wouldn't care that Emily was gay, they would definitely care that she were so close to someone they hated.

"I saw an A!" Hanna squealed happily. "Come on, Emily, aren't you just dying to talk to someone about all of your juicy drama?"

"Not really," Emily answered, though she sort of was.

"Come on, Spencer, help us convince her to tell us!" Hanna exclaimed, looking to Spencer. Spencer's eyes widened suddenly, and she gave herself away. "Oh my gosh, you already know? You've known her for even less time than we have!"

"By like an hour," Aria interjected, seeming to feel like a mediator at the moment. Like she didn't want anyone to get mad at each other, but she didn't want to flat out say anything against anyone. Emily exhaled.

"Hanna, I don't really want to talk about this, seriously," Emily stated.

Hanna frowned. "Okay, I didn't mean to put you on the spot or make you feel uncomfortable. It's just… for me, knowing one of someone's secrets makes me feel like we're officially friends."

"It's true, she does it for everyone," Aria piped up.

Spencer looked at Emily pointedly. "And you know they're not going to tell anyone, Emily."

Hanna grinned at having Spencer on her side.

Emily shook her head. "I can't. Maybe some other time, okay?" Hanna sighed dramatically.

"Fine. But due to this dilemma, I need a drink. Anyone?" she asked, pulling out her bottle of bourbon. Spencer jumped up to grab cups from the kitchen, and within half an hour, they were all giddy and hyped up on alcohol. Emily's head was starting to spin, and it was then that she remembered that she still had an unchecked text message from Alison.

When she was sure that the other girls were too giddy and loud to notice, Emily took out her phone and opened the text messages.

From Alison- I like the way you think… text me?

To Alison- Yeah, I'll text you (;

Smiling to herself, Emily locked her phone and set it down next to her, before taking another drink of the strong bourbon and cringing. Despite the horrible taste of the alcohol, she loved it, because since she was in a good mood, alcohol was making her even happier. She was weird when it came to booze, actually. Sometimes she became horribly depressed when drinking it, but usually, it made her extremely happy.

"Who wants to play truth or dare?" Aria asked, grinning as she took a sip of her drink and made a twisted face as she swallowed it.

"Yes!" Spencer agreed, a wide grin on her face as well. "I'll go first. Hanna, truth or dare?"

"Truth," Hanna said, raising an eyebrow at Spencer. Emily got the feeling that Hanna was an open book to her friends, considering how much she always wanted to know about others.

"Are you still a virgin?" Spencer asked, giving the girl a questioning glance.

"Uh, no. Honey, I lost my V Card in sophomore year," Hanna answered, looking impressed with herself. "Good question, though. Emily, truth or dare?

Not really sure why she said it, Emily answered with, "Truth, I guess."

"Okay, are you a virgin?"

Emily suddenly felt the pit of her stomach twist up inside of her as the answer the question rolled around in her head. It wasn't that she had to think about whether or not she was a virgin, she knew the answer the question. It was just the matter of thinking about the last time she had sex… "Nope."

"Ooh!" everyone said, and Emily felt her cheeks heat up.

Shaking her head, Emily looked at Aria. "Aria, truth or dare?"

"Dare!" Aria answered, grinning.

"I dare you to drink a whole glass of this shit as fast as you can," Emily said, raising her eyebrows challengingly, and gesturing toward the bottle of bourbon.

Aria narrowed her eyes slightly, and poured herself a full glass of the drink, throwing it back suddenly and taking the whole thing down in ten seconds, which left her with a miserable expression. It only lasted for a second, though. Once she set her cup back down, she looked around the circle. "Sorry to bounce it back, but this going in order thing isn't working for me. Emily, truth or dare? Please say truth, and I promise I won't ask you about who you were texting!"

Emily rolled her eyes playfully. "Okay, truth."

"When did you lose your virginity?" Aria asked. A grin split over Hanna's face, telling everyone that she really wanted to know the answer to this.

Emily met Spencer's eyes for a moment, because she knew that her answer would tell Spencer whether or not she'd ever slept with Alison. Looking away from the brunette, though, Emily looked between Aria and Hanna. "Freshman year," she answered.

Hanna's jaw dropped. "You lost your V before me?" she demanded. "I thought you said that you didn't have a lot of friends back then!"

Emily just shrugged, smiling slyly at the blonde.

The girl rolled her eyes. "Fine, I'm going to steal your turn, Emily." Emily just laughed and shrugged. "Spencer, truth or dare?"

"Dare," Spencer answered, clearly not wanting to face Hanna's questions.

"Okay… I dare you to go to Alison's front door and ding-dong-ditch her house," Hanna said.

Emily's smile immediately disappeared, and so did Spencer's. "Um… I don't think that's a good idea," Spencer said.

"What, are you scared? What's she going to do, kill you?" Hanna demanded.

"Though, she just might," Aria piped up, laughing slightly. Emily bit down on her lip, but nobody seemed to notice her being uncomfortable at all. "Come on, Spence, you said dare!"

"Really, guys, I agree with Spencer. I don't think it's a good idea to ding-dong-ditch Alison's house," Emily spoke up.

"You are both such pansies," Hanna snapped playfully. "Get up, Spencer! We'll go with you and watch from your lot."

"Fine," Spencer grumbled.

Emily rolled her eyes, grabbing her phone as they all got up and left the barn, making their way down the side of Spencer's house and to the front yard. Spencer started across the yard and looked at Emily nervously. Emily just shrugged.

As Hanna and Aria giggled furiously, probably mostly from the alcohol than this actually being very funny, Emily pulled up her texting conversation with Alison.

To Alison- Please do not answer the door when your doorbell rings. Truth or dare. Spencer is possibly about to pee herself.

Spencer reached for the doorbell of the DiLaurentis house, rang it, and then bolted. All four of them ran back to the barn, Spencer looking terrified and Aria and Hanna laughing and squealing. Emily just shook her head slightly at them as her phone buzzed in her hand.

From Alison- Those dorks. Xoxo

It was hours later that all three of the other girls had finally passed out, and Emily was glad that she had stopped drinking as much as they had been.

To Alison- Your backyard?

From Alison- Yes.

Next chapter will have more Emison... c: This story was starting to feel a little slow, so Chapter 26 is going to be a slight quickening of the pace... not by much, but enough to keep things from getting boring. Therefore, you have no need to tell me that it's feeling slow ;)

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