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"Hello?" Ali groaned into the phone "I'm on my way"
The early sun rose in the sky as the rain poured from the clouds above creating puddles throughout the quiet town. Her hands held the wheel so tightly her fingers turned white, she was scared out of her mind, she wasn't ready for this. She wasn't ready to hear the final decision. She saw her there waiting outside the Grille, her hair laying over her shoulders as it usually did, rain drops dripping off of her face.
"Hi" Ali greeted quietly giving a small smile
"You bitch!" Emily whined pressing her lips against Ali's wrapping her arms around the shorter girl's waist
Feeling her lips against her own reminded of every reason she loved her, she loved her not just because of her incredible looks but she loved her for her heart, her kind, caring spirit, her mind, she loved everything about her. From the moment she met her she knew she loved her. She knew one day she would be hers.
"Why do you have to do this!" Emily screamed pushing Alison away from her "Why do you have this hold on me?"
"I don't understand?" Ali admitted wiping the raindrops from her eyes
"I married Paige because I was head over heels in love with her, I loved her with every bone in my body, I loved her so much I couldn't describe it. Why do you have to ruin that!"
"I didn't try to ruin it, I promise. I'm sorry you feel that way"
"No you're not! Ali you're not sorry! You don't need to be sorry! I'm the one who should be apologizing"
"Why?" Ali asked lost in the conversation
"Because I've been lying to myself, Paige and you for almost 20 years. I've lied every time I denied I still had feelings for you, I've lied every time I said I wasn't in love with you! Ali I love you, I've always loved you!"
"I love you to" Ali smiled throwing herself into Emily's arms wrapping her hands around her neck feeling as Emily picked her off the ground hugging her tightly around the waist
"Damn it!"
Paige turned the keys in the ignition starting the car quickly driving away from the upsetting scene that had unfolded in front of her.
"How is he?" Emma asked nervously wringing her hands together waiting desperately for an answer
"He's perfectly fine, it seems like Noah has alcohol poisoning" He said firmly darting his eyes towards Noel "Were you aware that your underage son was drinking?"
"No" Noel lied avoiding the doctor's eyes "How long till he can be released?"
"I want to keep him until the afternoon just for observation" The doctor admitted strutting from Noah's hospital room
"Did they say what was wrong with him?"
"Alcohol poisoning"
"He's such an idiot" Jess whined laying down on her bed her eye lids feeling heavy
"Why is that?" Tori asked returning to her place by Jess' side
"He knows he shouldn't be drinking and yet he still does it!"
"Yeah, sorry about that"
"Why are you sorry? Damn it Tori were you with him?"
"Maybe"
"Then you're a bigger idiot than he is!" Jess said pushing her arm "You can't hang out with Noah when you're living with Emma, do you really want to be the cause of world war 3?"
"It's not that big of deal, I mean didn't Miranda hook up with Emmerson?"
"How the hell do you know that?" Jess asked puzzled knowing that Tori shouldn't have known that
"Ummm…" Tori stuttered sliding off the be scared that Jess would hit her again "I remembered a lot more than just Miranda"
"Like what?
"Everything"
"Everything?" Jess repeated "When did this happen?"
"I went to see a therapist a few weeks after the funeral, she helped me to remember she said I was suppressing some of my memories because of the trauma of losing my mom"
"And you waited till now to tell me? I thought we were friends?"
"We are, but it's different now, I remembered everything but it feels like I didn't live it, more like I watched it in a movie or read it from a book"
"What did you read from a book?" Miranda asked walking into the room taking a sip from her soda "Anything interesting?"
"No, just how labor is painful"
"Isn't that pretty common information?"
"I guess" Tori said "I need to not be here right now"
"That was weird" Miranda observed watching her hurry from the room
"That's Tori. Speaking of which…"
"No, Jess I haven't talked to her and I don't think I will"
"Why?" Jess whined tapping the empty space next to her gesturing Miranda to join her "You love her"
"I do, but it's different now, we've both been through so much, we both lost…" she paused taking a deep breath still not ready to speak of Connor "so much, us together would be like giving a gun to a murderer. Were destructive"
"You don't know until you try, and you should try"
"Thanks Jess, should I tip you for this therapy session?" Miranda joked
"If you feel the need to, I could always use a few extra bucks"
"You could but I hope you know I'm not actually going to pay you"
"Whatever" Jess laughed "But really Miranda, you should try I just want to see you happy, I just want to see you smile, that's all I want. I love you girl, your one of the best friends I've ever had"
"You don't need to say that"
"It's true, I don't know what I would have done without you this past year. You're not even a friend anymore, you're like a sister"
"I love you to" Miranda stuttered as Jess hugged her tightly "I really should go though, it's almost 6 and I can't miss anymore school"
"I'll call you later?"
"Yea"
She rushed from the room her heart beating rapidly as she crashed into the figure who was about to enter.
"Liam"
"Miranda"
They exchanged awkward glances followed by awkward silence only broken once Liam found his words.
"She doesn't know, right"
"No" Miranda answered quickly "And she can never know! Agreed?"
"Agreed"
