A/N: It's been awhile, sorry. With vacation and then going back to school today it's been hard but here you go. I hope it's good. Reviews are love.

Emily's P.o.V

"What do you mean it's Ben's? Why does he have to do with this? " Alison says from my side.

My phone vibrates while I'm trying to think of a reason, and I check the text.

"Hey, I'm sorry but we can't have lunch tomorrow. Stacy got sick. But we can do it some other time."- Maya.

I send her a message back, and then go back to thinking. 'Why would Ben get involved ?'. "Well we broke up because he trying to force me to have sex, and I was getting involved with Maya." I say.

"Maya?" Alison questions.

I nod. "She's me ex, she moved into your house after your family left."

"Damn, I guess I should've given you a chance after all Em. You have all these ex's There must be something I couldn't see before." Alison says flirtatiously.

"Ali." Spencer says in a warning tone, and immediately grabs my hand. "Don't even think about it."

"Calm down killer, I know better than to go there. You give her something that I never could, or can." Alison says and I wait for her to continue, as my girlfriend stares daggers into her.

"Well what is it?" She says slightly irritated.

The blonde next to me takes a deep breath and with the softest voice says, "True love." Before getting up and going outside.

Spencer seems taken back by her words. "You should go check on her." She says.

"Are you sure?" I ask, and she nods.

"She needs you and besides," She says, and kisses my lips. My stomach flips, and I feel my cheeks get red. "I need to figure this out." She points at the screen.

"I'll be back." I say before getting up. I open Spencer's front door to find Alison sitting on the front steps. I go to sit next to her. "Hey, are you alright?"

She looks at me and I notice that she has tears welling up in her eyes. "You know, I used to think everybody loved me." She says and I know not to talk. "But only one person truly did." She looks down. "I hurt you so much Em, and I shouldn't have. But I was so desperate to know what it felt like to be loved, that I was willing to risk your feelings."

She's quiet now and I take it as an o.k., to speak. "So, you were using me to feel love, even though you knew you couldn't return my feelings?"

She looks up at my eyes again and nods. "I knew it was selfish, but I felt unwanted by everyone. My family, people at school, my best friends."

I shake my head. "Alison, you were never unwanted by us. Sure you pissed us off a lot, but at the end of the day we'll always be bonded. No matter what."

I'm suddenly wrapped up in her arms. "You were always my favorite Emily." She mumbles into my hair.

When she pulls away I get up. "Need some help?" I ask holding out my hand to her.

She shakes her head. "I'll go in later, I need some air."

I nod and head back inside to find everyone in the living room again. "Find anything else?" I ask Spencer.

"Actually, we did. Well Caleb did." She says.

I walk over to see several pictures of Jenna in lingerie under one of the numbers. "That has to be Garrett's phone."

"Exactly what I said." Hanna says.

"You say everything." Aria says laughing.

"That's because I'm a genius. Right Spence?"

"Oh god, I've created a monster." The brunette says, and everyone in the room erupts in laughter. Except for Caleb.

We all stop when we hear a scream coming from outside and then tires screeching. We run outside to find Alison missing, just then all our phones go off, and we go inside to read the text.

"Tsk, tsk, you should know better than to leave poor Ali alone like that. Well I have her now, and I'm not giving her back until I get what I want. Need a hint? Ask Jason about a box.- XOXO A"