Alison's POV

Ferris Bueller was definitely not kidding when he said life moves pretty fast. Only a few years ago I was running for my life, now we're all accepted to college. I have a free ride to UPenn's financial program because I knew how to manage my money. Dead people can't spend money. They probably wanted credit for having me at their school, but whatever. I don't have to pay for anything, no books, free tuition, free food. This is gonna kick ass! Hanna got accepted to her number one choice school for fashion, Spencer got accepted to Harvard, Aria decided on attending Hollis for their literature and fine arts program, and Emily...I remember the day as if it were yesterday.

FLASHBACK

"ALI!" Emily screamed as she bounded down the hallway and scooped me up into her arms.

"Not that I'm not enjoying this, but what's all the excitement about?" I grinned

"Danby came back! I'm on a full swimming scholarship! I got a free ride!" She shouted in excitement.

"Baby that's great!" I shouted peppering kisses all over her face.

"I can't believe I made it in!" She squealed putting me down.

"Oh I can, you're the best swimmer that ever touched the water!" I smirked.

"That's not true." She blushed.

"Yes it is, I've seen you break records at this school!"

"Okay. Maybe I'm better than average." She smiled.

"I can see it now: Emily Fields the Olympian!" I joked.

"You think I have a chance?" Her eyes sparkled with excitement.

"Actually...yes I really do. But only time will tell, we'll both have to work hard." I furrowed my brows.

"Is Alison DiLaurentis afraid to put the work in?" She smirked.

"NO! Just, I'd rather not haha." I stole a kiss on her cheek.

"Hey!" She pouted.

I leaned forward and kissed her gently on the lips.

"We'll celebrate later, okay?" I winked.

She flushed a bright red. "Y-yeah, of course. I love you!" She shouted running to swim practice.

"I love you too, Em!" I shouted back.

END FLASHBACK

Next week is graduation and I can't believe the degree of happiness I feel. I never believed I'd end up safe, or be with the love of my life, or even with a freakin' high school diploma! But, I guess some things can change.

"Umm, can you two please stop eye sexing each other from across the table please?" Hanna complained.

Emily turned a bright shade of pink. "I'm sorry Han."

"No, it's my fault, I started it." I admitted.

"You guys are so cute!" Aria exclaimed.

"Guys, I have great news!" Spencer grinned as she sat at our table.

"What is it?" I asked.

"I'm valedictorian!" She squealed with happiness.

"Congrats, Spence!" I smiled.

"Can you believe we're graduating in a week?" Emily sighed.

"I thought you'd be happy Em, what's wrong?" Hanna asked.

"It's just that, we've been through so much here. I guess I'm feeling kinda nostalgic today." She admitted. "Do you remember any of the good times we've had here?"

We were all silent for a minute.

I was the first to speak up. "I had my first kiss here, in the library." I smiled.

"Really?" Spencer quirked an eyebrow.

"Yeah, remember when I told you that my first kiss was with a boy? I lied. It was with Emily." I blushed.

"Out of curiosity, CeCe..or Courtney told me that you had a pregnancy scare, at Cape May.." Emily hesitantly started.

"I lied about that too. I was trying to cover up my feelings for you and the only way CeCe would get off my case was if I told her I had sex with a guy." I grimaced.

"Oh...so Em was your first time then?" Hanna smirked.

"Yeah, she was." I blushed.

"That's so sweet, Alison, what took you so long to realize and embrace your feelings?" Aria asked innocently.

"Well, being Queen Bee made it hard to accept any feelings that I didn't think were...normal. But then when we kissed in the library, it scared me."

"Why, because it would threaten who you are here?" Spencer spat angrily.

"Spence, I'm pretty sure I already went through this with all of you, but I'm more than happy to repeat myself. Mona..I think took a picture of us kissing in the library that day. I was mortified, because she sent it to me, she demanded me to be cold to Emily, in return for that secret. It was the first time I didn't care about myself. For all the times Em stood up for me, protected me from any harm, I owed her. I agreed to pretend I didn't love her in exchange for her not to be shoved out of the closet. I regret it."

"Wait, why do you regret it?" Hanna contorted her face in confusion.

"We were young, I'm not sure exactly what Emily thought of herself at the time, that's why I agreed to be nasty. It made sense at the time, but now I realize I should have embraced it. You know, just let it happen."

"Em, what did you feel about Alison back then?" Hanna looked in her direction.

"It felt..weird. Don't get me wrong, but I think I knew I was...different as soon as I felt my face heat up the first time around her." Emily blushed.

"Aww, Em! That's so cute." Hanna's eyes twinkled.

"While we're still on the happy subject, I met Toby here." Spencer smiled.

"I went on my first real date." Emily smiled.

"All of us came back together." Hanna whispered.

We all sat in silence realizing that it was true.

"Um, I got to ask the love of my life to prom, with the help of my friends." I smiled.

"I fell in love for the first time." Hanna brushed a tear away from her eye.

"Can I ask you guys something?" Spencer asked suddenly.

"Shoot. Since we have nothing to hide anymore." Aria beamed at Hanna.

"When did you know, how you felt about Aria..Han?" Spencer smiled.

Hanna's POV

"Well, that's a pretty long story. I mean, if you really want to hear it, I'll tell." I grinned.

"We have all day, Han." Ali smiled.

"I'm actually interested to know myself." Emily added. "I did not see that coming."

"Okay, I always admired how she wasn't afraid to be outside of the box. Even when we were afraid of you, Ali. Aria stood up for me..after the thing, you know."

"I'm sorry that I was so awful." Ali bit her lip.

"As far as I'm concerned, you're forgiven, Ali, but while I was desperate to be like you, Aria was always doing something out of the ordinary. She could do things I couldn't, I was always fascinated with her as a friend." Hanna grinned.

"Aww, Han." Aria's eyes twinkled.

"When I realized I liked her more than that...was when you disappeared Alison, and Aria moved away to Iceland. Mona persuaded me to be the new Queen Bee alongside her at some point at my vulnerability state."

"I am so sorry about Mona, and the way I treated you all." Ali winced.

"No, listen, I thought I had a chance to recover and be the HBIC of this school, along with Sean as my arm candy." I shook my head. "It was all for nothing. When I saw Aria, on the first day of school, I got butterflies, inside...I felt really happy. I convinced myself, one day I'd be able to finally tell her how I feel."

"I should have seen that a mile away." Ali confessed. "Aria was always standing up for you, like how Em would stand up for me."

"Yeah, I guess you could say that." Hanna grinned.

"Anything, for you, Han, I knew everything that was going on, I thought the way Ali treated you was atrocious." Aria explained. "I don't think really anyone but me knew about how strong you were pretending to be, when you had every right to be sad."

Spencer's POV

"Okay, so one more question." Emily looked at me.

"Why are you looking at me like that, Em?" I quirked an eyebrow.

"How do you feel?" Emily asked plainly.

"Well, I'm very happy with Hanna and Aria being together." I answered honestly.

"Really?" Aria's eyebrows shot up in surprise.

"Yeah, really, I am. If anyone deserves to be happy it's you and Hanna. You've both gone through traumatizing stuff with your significant others. Ezra writing that book, Caleb literally walking out of Hanna's life. I fully support this relationship." I grinned.

"Okay, what's the catch Spencey?" Hanna smirked.

"Again with Spencey, really Han? Anyways, I support this relationship one hundred percent. On two conditions." I declared before Hanna could get a word in.

"Oh boy." Hanna groaned.

"Hey," Aria gave her a stern look. "what are your terms and conditions?"

"Hey! Don't make me sound like an iPhone update" I pouted.

"Whatever, please continue, Spencer." She said exaggerating my name.

"Okay, first off, never call me 'Spencey' again." I said seriously. "I want our friendships to stay the same."

"Anything else?" Aria furrowed her brows.

"Hanna, I swear, if you hurt Aria in any way...we're gonna have a problem."

Aria and Hanna looked at each other and smiled.

"I can live with that." Hanna grinned.

"Sounds good to me." Aria beamed.

"Alright!" Emily cheered.

At that moment the bell rang and everyone but Ali and Em groaned.

"I don't wanna go to class!" Hanna whined.

"Me either." Aria sighed.

"I can't wait to braid your hair in history." Ali smirked.

"I can't wait for you to touch my hair in history." Emily giggled.

"By any chance are you ever gonna stop being so cute?" I asked sarcastically.

"Not a chance Spence, they're in love with each other." Hanna answered.

I rolled my eyes at Hanna's answer to my question and made my way to AP Biology.