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Note 1: Everything between double quotes it's dialogue " "
Note 2: The baby memory book was a gift that Aria gave to the couple on chapter 'Fear of the Unknown'
Note 3: Reminder, Jason is son of Jessica D. And Spencer's Dad, that's why, Spencer is his half-sister… He's actual cousin of Alison but they still treat themselves as siblings and not cousins
Note 4: Reminder, after Cece was exposed as –A, Jenna and Sara Harvey went to jail; Mona and Melissa were into a psychiatric as Cece, in the tv show in season 6. Also, like in the tv, Elliot Rollins will be a doctor, in this case, Melissa's doctor…
Note 5: Some parts of this chapter are very similar of what happen on season 6…
Note 6: So in this chapter, some things that happen with Melissa, mentioned on the Chapters 'To Die For', 'Broken doll' and 'Dark Ali' will be mentioned in this chapter…
Chapter 51 – Before the storm
(In the Fields-DiLaurentis house)
Emily and Alison were arriving from taking back their boys from Pam's house. For their surprise, a familiar face was sitting on the porch of their house.
Alison. – "Spence? What are you doing here? I thought that you were in DC…"
Spencer. – "I was but… mmm… can we talk?"
The girls nodded and took the boys out of the car…
Alison said to her boys. – "Boys, come on… say 'hello' to your aunt Spence…"
Spencer chuckled. – "They're taller of the last time that I saw them…"
The little boys gave a kiss on the cheek to Spencer and then they ran into the house, looking for Pepe…
Emily yelled. – "Boys no running!"
The girls got into the house, Spencer sitting in the living room; she noticed that in the table of the living room, the baby memory book that Aria gave to the couple on the baby shower was open; Spencer got curious and grabbed it on her lap; she started turning the pages of it…
Alison approached with a glass of ice the for them. – "Here…"
Spencer took the glass and said. – "Thanks… oh… sorry, I saw it open and I just took it without asking…"
Alison smiled. – "It's ok…" (She sat beside Spencer and look at the memory book with big smiles as she pointed out to it) "This is one of my favorite pictures…" (It was a picture of Emily sleeping with the three boys when they were babies, sleeping all over her)
Spencer chuckled. – "Yeah… it's kinda cute…"
Emily approached and said. – "What is cute?"
Alison. – "The pictures of you with the boys…"
Emily blushed and sat as she put the baby monitor on the table.
Emily drank a little of ice the too and Alison continued pointing out things inside the memory book…
Alison smiled. – "These are the 1st nails that we cut of them… these is the 1st tuft of hair that we cut of them…"
The blonde continued saying everything that she was keeping from her boys and the other two girls just chuckled…
Spencer. – "Wow… you're really a complete mom, Ali… honestly I never pictured you like this… no offense…"
Alison. – "Yeah… me neither… but to be honest, now that I've the boys… I really can't picture my life without being a mom…"
Emily chuckled. – "Yeah… we loved it too much that we've been thinking to have more kids…"
Spencer raised an eye brow. – "Are you serious?! You've already three!"
The couple chuckled and stared at each other with a lot of love.
Alison smirked. – "Well… we did build a big house for something… besides, your friend over here… she wants a mini version of me…"
Spencer. – "Oh god, a mini Alison… I'm not sure if Rosewood is prepared for a new mini Queen Bee…"
(Laughs)
Spencer. – "So… are you going to look for a donor? Or…"
Emily. – "Well, this time we decided that it will be the one getting pregnant… I said to Ali… to ask Jason but…"
Alison interrupted. – "I'm still not sure about it… it's weird for me to get with the idea of my wife getting pregnant by my brother… I don't know…"
Emily pouted. – "But I want a mini you…"
Alison chuckled and rolled her eyes…
Emily. – "I think that we should at least talk about it with him, now that he's coming…"
Spencer asked. – "He's coming?"
Alison nodded. – "Yeah… something came up and he's going to be around for some days… he's coming for dinner tonight…" (She patted Spencer's arm and said) "If you're gonna be around too; why you don't joint us? It will be fun have the two of you here…"
Spencer smiled. – "Yeah… it has been a while since I haven't see him… mmm… so do you know what is bringing him here… now?"
Alison shook her head and said. – "No… he didn't say… maybe he will say during dinner..."
Spencer zoned out thinking if the arrival of Jason on the time of the hearing was just a coincidence or not; she got out of her trance when her friends talked to her…
Emily. – "Spence… Spence?!"
Spencer. – "Ah?! Yeah… what's up?!"
Emily. – "Mmm… so you said that you wanted to talk with us… but you haven't said why…"
Spencer. – "Yeah… you're right I-…"
Spencer got interrupted by a call of her mother…
Spencer. – "Sorry… I need to get this…"
The couple nodded and Spencer took the call out of the house; Alison stood up and went to the kitchen in order to start the preparations of the dinner; Spencer came back to the living room where just Emily was still there…
Emily. – "Ali is cooking… she's planning a feast of food for Jason…" (Chuckles) "So… how are your parents… I guess that you're here for the political campaign of your mom for senator…"
Spencer chuckled. – "Well… that is one of the many reasons why I'm here… mmm… they're good thanks… a lot of pressure with the campaign and frankly now… I'm just adding more stress to her with something that I'm planning for this week…"
Emily looked confused and Spencer noticed it…
Spencer sighed. – "I need to talk with my mom now… mmm… but I really need to talk with you guys…"
Emily nodded. – "Ok… sure go… say my hellos to your mom… so the diner it's fixed at 7pm so come and after diner we can talk if you want…"
Spencer nodded. – "Ok… thanks… see you later then…."
The girls said their good-byes and Spencer left.
At 7pm, Spencer rang the bell and Emily welcomed her in again; she gave a wine to Emily and they made their way to the diner room; Jason and Alison were already in the table, Jason was holding in his arms one of the boys…
Spencer approached and said. – "It looks and smells delicious Ali… thanks to invite me…"
Alison smiled. – "Spence… thanks…. Glad that you could make it…"
Jason looked up to Spencer but he looked serious towards her brunette sister…
Spencer gulped. – "Hi Jason…"
Jason stood quiet, holding the little boy on his arms, with a serious look towards Spencer…
Alison play-fully hit Jason's arm and said to him. – "Jason… did you lose all your matters on the jungle or what?!" (Little laughs) "Are you not gonna hug your other sister?"
Jason sighed and put the kid on his chair; he approached to Spencer and gave her a little hug…
Jason said with serious tone. – "Hi, Spence…"
Spencer hugged him back and smiled. – "Hi Jason…"
Emily and Alison put their kids on their chairs and said. – "Ok, let's eat!"
They had a nice familiar dinner; even then, the couple could feel something off between Jason and Spencer; but they couldn't figure out what it was. After eating, Spencer, once again, received a call and she expend almost an hour on the backyard, talking on the phone. Jason looked by the window towards Spencer, he was lost on his thought looking to the brunette, waving her hands and talking on the phone, he got out of his trance, when Emily touched his arm. He turned his head towards Emily…
Emily. – "Hey… are you ok? It looks like something is bordering…"
Jason sighed. – "Uhmmm… Ali… where is she?"
Emily. – "Upstairs with the boys…"
Jason nodded and went upstairs; he wasn't sure of what to say to Alison about his reason of coming back to Rosewood but he just needed to see Alison; he stood in the frame door of the room of the boys, leaning his head on the frame door and stood up there, with the arms crossed and with a big smile on his face as he was seeing something that he never thought be able to see ever; Alison being a lovely mother. The blonde was reading to her boys a bedtime story, the boys were on their beds; Alison loved to read to her boys, she was very theatrical doing it, making voices of the characters and making big gestures with her arms and body in order to make the stories alive; the boys loved it, they laughed, they chuckled and smiled and in the ended they fell sleep with a big smile on their faces. Once they were slept, Alison approached to them, tucked them into the sheets, making sure that they were well covert, and putting a soft kiss on their front-heads before getting out of the room.
Jason murmured. – "That was kinda of a story…"
Alison chuckled. – "Thanks… I wasn't expecting more audience…"
Jason chuckled. – "It's nice seeing you like this… happy, being a happy lovely mom…"
Alison smiled. – "Yeah… it's feel great… I never thought me as the mommy type but…" (She looked up to her sleeping boys and smiled) "But now… I just want to be the best mother in the world for them…"
Jason smiled and hugged her. – "Well, I do think that you're doing a good job…"
Alison smiled and hugged him tighter. – "Thanks… I'm happy having you around… it makes me happy…"
Jason hugged her tighter and said. – "And that's what I'm going to ensure… that you stay happy… safe and happy…"
Alison didn't understand in that moment what Jason was trying to say with that but she just hugged her brother and took a deep breath of his aroma, as she had really missed him. They went downstairs and they jointed the other two girls that were on the living room…
Emily. – "I made some coffee…"
Alison smiled taking her cup from the hands of her wife; she kissed her on the lips and sat at her side on the big couch…
Alison. – "Thanks love…"
Emily. – "They're sleeping?"
Alison nodded…
Jason took also another cup of coffee and sat in the individual couch that was beside the couple…
Jason chuckled. – "Yeah… Ali is kinda of a story teller… I didn't know that… happy to discover new stuffs about my little sis…"
Emily smiled. – "Yeah… the boys loved when Ali read them a bed story or sang a lullaby to them…"
Spencer was sitting in other individual couch that was beside the couple, she was just in front of Jason; only the table of the living room was in the middle of them. The brunette was looking to her coffee and Emily turned her head towards her friend…
Emily. – "So… Spencer… you wanted to talk…"
Alison. – "Yeah… you said it this afternoon but you didn't say anything after that…"
Spencer was playing with the words to say and Jason put his cup on the table with a lot of noise; everybody turned towards him, he looked angry…
Alison. – "Jason… what is wrong?!"
Jason said in a serious tone to Spencer. – "I know what are you planning Spencer! You're committing a huge mistake! I will not let you!"
Spencer. – "Is that the reason of having you here?! Dr. Rollins already told me that you requested to be heard during the hearing… why?! You've no business on this?!"
The girls in the middle of the two of them; they looked confused, without a clue of what was happening…
Emily asked. – "What is happening here?"
Alison. – "Can someone tell us what is coming on?!"
No one said anything; Jason and Spencer continued staring at each other with serious looks…
Alison looked at Jason and demanded. – "Jason! What is coming on?!"
Jason looked Alison into the eyes and replied. – "She's trying to get Melissa free…"
Emily yelled to Spencer. – "You WHAT?!"
Spencer took a deep breath and said. – "Melissa is getting the help; she never had before… five years of treatment, undoing all the damage… I visit her, spend time with her… she's better now… healthy"
Alison said with bitter tone on her voice. – "So she's better now… what does this have to do with us?!"
Spencer. – "There will be a hearing in two days…" (Deep breath) "At the hearing… the judge will decide if she should be released from Welby and they want to hear from people who were involved…"
Jason shut. – "Victim statements…"
Spencer. – "Statements of support, statements that she's not a threat to anybody… that you guys are not afraid of her…"
Emily started to rub her fist with an angry facial expression as Alison was with a lost look on her eyes, just making circles with her fingers around her cup…
Spencer. – "There is no reason to be afraid… you know her… you knew her before –A… she messed it up in the past with you guys… but she had learn from her mistakes… we survived all the hell where –A put us… she's not –A… she's not Cece…"
Alison put the cup of her coffee in the table with anger and looked at Spencer with angry eyes…
Alison. – "She wasn't –A; but she was one of her minions! She tortured me! I still have some scars to prove it!"
Emily felt bad for her wife, bringing back all those bad memories, she held Alison in a hug and kissed her front-head as she rubbed Alison's arms; the blonde was feeling overwhelmed remembering all those memories of her torture…
Jason said with anger. – "I can't believe that you're asking them to give Melissa a get-out-of-jail-free card! Someone who tried to kill them!"
Spencer. – "She's in a hospital Jason! She's not in jail…"
Jason smirked. – "She should be in jail… but your parents made sure that didn't happen…. Right?!"
Emily said as she continued hugging Alison. – "She almost kills me Spence! Ali saved me that time! She almost kills Ali! We're lucky to be alive!"
Spencer. – "That's why your statements would mean so much…"
Alison. – "Who else is speaking?"
Spencer pointed out towards Jason. – "I asked the girls to talk because they know Melissa and Jason demanded to be heard…"
Alison looked towards Jason and asked him. – "Why?"
Jason. – "I'm not proud of my past Ali…" (Sighs) "I wasn't brave enough to stop Cece… but the hell I will let anyone else as Melissa hurt you again Ali…"
Spencer. – "I still don't get what you have to talk…?"
Jason. – "I worked for Cece and my mom, Jessica… I'm planning to talk to the judge about how Melissa also worked with them…" (He looked towards Spencer and said to her) "She's not as innocent as you think Spencer… she's evil just as Cece and Jessica…"
Spencer smirked. – "And you're what?! You too worked for them… with them! You're not Saint either Jason!"
Both, Jason and Spencer glanced at each other with defiance looks.
Emily. – "Are your parents doings this now? With the campaign coming on…?!"
Spencer sighed. – "My mom doesn't agree with Dr. Rollins and me but… I don't care…"
Emily sighed. – "You realize what you're asking us to do, right?! You want us to forgive Melissa!"
Spencer. – "I don't care if you forgive her… I'm asking you to give me the only chance to get back my sister…"
Alison. – "You're asking us to lie… I thought that we're done with the lies…"
Spencer. – "Please Ali… do this… do this for me…"
Alison smirked. – "Pretty please? With sugar on top…? Like what you say on a playground to ask for a favor… we're not on playground anymore Spence… we haven't been for a long time…"
Spencer. – "Please Ali… I had lie for you before, I did a lot of things for you before… you own me…"
Alison stood up and yelled with anger. – "I own you?! I had saved your ass so many times! I saved you from Ian when he tried to kill you! I risked my life for you! All of you, when you got kidnapped on the doll house! I got tortured for weeks because of that! You were in –A hands for what?! 3 days?! I was on –A hands and MELISSA's hands for weeks!" (Sighs) "You put me in jail once for false accusations too! Do you see me, throwing that to your face!"
Spencer gulped speechless…
Alison huffed. – "Off course not! I own you nothing!"
She stormed and walked away from the living room without saying anything else. Jason stood up trying to follow her but Emily stopped him.
Emily. – "No… I will take care of it…" (She looked up to the two of them, Jason and Spencer) "You should leave now… please…"
Spencer. – "Emily…"
Emily said with a serious tone. – "I'm asking nicely Spencer… don't push it…"
Jason grabbed Spencer's arm and started to guide them out of the house…
Jason. – "I'm sorry for the bad time that we brought you… we're leaving now… I'm sorry… Please if you or Ali need anything… just call me ok…"
Emily nodded and locked the front door after both of her guest left. She leaned her front-head on the door and punched the door several times in order to calm down. Emily took a deep breath and went upstairs looking for her wife. Alison was sitting on their bed, with the arms hugging her legs and her chin touching her knees. She was with a lost look on her blue eyes…
Emily said with a soft voice. – "Ali…?"
Alison. – "I don't want to talk… no now…"
Emily. – "Ok…" (She slowly sat beside her wife and rubbed Alison's back in order to give her any kind of comfort) "What I can do… for you?!"
Alison sighed. – "I'm not sure…"
Emily sighed and hugged her wife very tight until Alison relaxed on her arms; Alison gripped on Emily's T-shirt and took a deep breath on the aroma of her wife until she fell slept.
The next morning, the girls acted as normal with her usual routine; Emily was trying to give Alison space to process all what happened last night but she was feeling anxious of knowing how the blonde wanted to act concerning the hearing, they didn't have a lot of time to think about it.
Alison said as she was packing some lunch boxes for the kids in a bag. – "Don't forget to ask your mom to be sure that Wayne doesn't put anything in his mouth… remember that the other time, he tried to eat modelling clay… we need to be careful of what he put in his mouth…"
Emily nodded. – "Sure… I will tell her…"
Alison. – "Are you ready…? l will help you to put the kids on your car before going to work…"
Emily sighed and nodded, they were putting the kids on their seat car, adjusting their belt seat, Emily looked up towards the blonde, Emily sighed as the facial expression of the blonde didn't reveal any emotion of what the blonde could be feeling…
Alison said as she approached to her car. – "Ok… I'm going to work now… say my hellos to your parents…"
Emily. – "Ali…"
Alison turned and looked at her wife into the eyes. – "I'm going to be ok mermaid… don't worry too much ok… I… I just wasn't expecting this… no now… no never…."
Emily sighed. – "I know… me neither…" (She grabbed Alison's hands on her own and caressed them) "But whatever you need, I'm here for you… I will always be here for you… ok?"
Alison nodded and hugged her; she kissed Emily and left into her car for work, then Emily followed, the brunette left the kids with her parents and went to work after that…
(In Rosewood School)
Emily was in her office, trying to focus on her work but she couldn't as her thoughts were locked around a particular blonde. Someone got into the office without Emily noticed it…
Hanna. – "Look at you… the coach of Rosewood…"
Aria. – "Your office is nice…"
Emily looked up and gave to her friends a weak smile…
Hanna. – "Do you have a break…?"
Emily. – "Yeah… I've practice now until 4pm so… let's go to lunch together?"
The girls nodded and they left from the school.
(At Radly Hotel)
The girls were sitting on an outside table with umbrella, waiting for the food that they ordered
Hanna. – "I can't believe that my Mom transformed the nuts house to this…"
Aria. – "Me neither… it's really nice how she transformed the building into this fancy hotel but… it feels kinda weird to be here eating…"
Hanna. – "I know… I wonder if there is some ghost on this hotel…"
Aria. – "Hanna! Please don't talk like that!"
Hanna smirked. – "Really shorty?! Are you scared of ghosts?!"
Aria rolled her eyes and then looked towards Emily; who was in front of her, the brunette was with a hand in her chin, with a lost look on her face…
Aria. – "Em… Em…"
Emily slowly looked up towards Aria…
Aria. – "Are you ok?"
Emily sighed. – "Do you know? About the hearing?"
The girls nodded
Hanna. – "I'm still not sure what Spencer is waiting for us to say… it's not me who got tortured by Melissa, it was Ali…"
Aria playfully hit Hanna's arm and narrowed her eyes on the blonde as she said. – "Hanna!"
Emily. – "It's ok Ar… Hann is right… I really don't get why Spencer needed to involve you on this… why she needs to involve us on this…"
Aria. – "How is doing Ali…?"
Emily sighed. – "She's doing what she does best… hiding her emotions… she's upset, I can tell…" (Sighs) "I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do right now…"
Aria. – "What are you gonna tell on the hearing?"
Hanna. – "Are you really gonna say that you're ok with it?! Melissa free?!"
Emily sighed. – "Honestly… I don't know… whatever Ali decides, I will support her…"
The food arrived the girls continued talking as they were eating.
(In Rosewood Hospital)
Blair was walking towards the terrace of the hospital with two coffees; she stretched her arm and gave the coffee to the other person who was waiting for her…
Spencer. – "Thanks…"
Blair nodded and both girls were leaning their arms on the guardrail, looking to the view of outside…
Blair drank from her coffee and said. – "I don't know what you are expecting from me… I really don't know your sister to get involved in this…"
Spencer. – "But you're the best friend of Ali… she will listen to you…"
Blair. – "You're asking her to forgive one of her torturer, you know that right?!"
Spencer. – "I'm not asking her to forgive Melissa… I'm just asking her to say that she's not afraid of her… she has no reasons to be scared…"
Blair. – "Really?"
Spencer looked to the other brunette with a serious look…
Blair looked at her and said. – "I can't imagine the memories, the scares that you're re-opening on Ali right now… she might not be afraid but she will not be ok doing what you're asking her to do…"
Spencer grabbed Blair's arm and said. – "Please… the hearing is tomorrow and Ali's statement is fundamental on this… please talk with her… for me?"
Blair looked to the puppy eyes of Spencer, she didn't say anything, and she just walked away from her.
(In Rosewood cemetery)
*** Music background: Human by Aquilo***
Alison got out of work earlier and brought some flowers to the graves of her parents; she kneeled in front and put the flowers over the graves. She stood up a long time, in silence just looking at the graves. She did a little jump when someone touched her shoulder; she turned around and said…
Alison. – "Hi…"
Blair. – "Hi…"
Alison pointed out to the old flowers that she pull away from the graves. – "I guess that are yours…"
Blair. – "I like to pass by and say my hellos…" (Sighs) "I still feel guilty…"
Alison. – "It's not your fault that they are dead… I've told you that so many times…"
Blair. – "I know that you don't blame me… but my conscious does…"
Alison. – "Is that the reason you became a doctor?"
Blair. – "In a part… I guess that I just want to do something to preserve life…"
(Long silence)
Blair. – "I heard about the hearing… are you gonna go?"
Alison. – "Should I?"
Both girls turned their heads and looked at each other into the eyes…
Blair. – "Are you afraid of her getting out?"
Alison turned her look again on direction on the graves, without replying…
Blair. – "Ali…"
Alison said looking to the graves. – "I always saw my parents as selfish persons, putting themselves as priority before their own kids… but in the end… they risked and gave their lives trying to save me…"
Blair. – "Ali…"
Alison. – "I promise myself that I will not be like them… that from the beginning I will always put my kids first… no matter what…" (Deep sigh) "I will never forget or forgive what Melissa did to me; I'm not afraid of what she might do to me… but I will be lying if I say that I'm not a little scared of the possibility of her, hurting my boys…"
Blair. – "This is a scary world… danger is anywhere, people can even die for hiccup…" (Chuckles) "I don't know Melissa; I do know Spencer… I do know you… I know how strong and carrying you're towards your family, your friends… you've survived hell, you've survived pain… you've survived being lonely…" (She looked at Alison and both girls stared at each other) "You know what it's to be without your sibling; you've the power to make your friend, your sister Spencer happy… you can change the life of someone, and as a doctor that has changed a lot of lives, I can tell you that it's a gift that no everyone has… so you should use it…"
Alison locked her eyes on Blair's eyes
Blair. – "Melissa might had been your torturer but you need to liberate yourself from that past, she has no power over you or your kids, no one has… you're Alison DiLaurentis after all…"
Alison smiled and smirked. – "Actually I'm Fields-DiLaurentis…"
Blair chuckled. – "You know what I mean…"
Alison nodded. – "I know…"
Blair patted Alison's back and said. – "Come on… it's starting to rain and you've a family waiting for you…"
Alison took a deep breath and said her good-byes to her parents' grave and followed her friend.
*** Music background ends***
(In Welby State Psychiatric Hospital)
It was raining, Melissa was seeing through the window when someone came into her room to pay a visit…
Melisa said without turning back just watching the figure of the person through the glass of the window. – "Long time no see DiLaurentis… or should I say Hastings…?"
Jason. – "I will say all the shit that I know about you Melissa, tomorrow on the hearing; I might don't have proofs but you will not get out of here…"
Melissa. – "You're not gonna talk tomorrow Jason… you shouldn't…"
Jason. – "Why not?!"
Melissa turned in direction of Jason and looked him into the eyes and said. – "Because I also know your secrets… one in particular that you're terrified to reveal to your dear Alison…"
Jason gulped. – "I don't know what you're talking about…"
Melissa slowly approached with the arms crossed and said. – "Ho-ho-ho… I think that you know…"
Both, they were face to face, looking into the eyes…
Jason. – "She will not believe you… it's not my fault what happen that day…"
Melissa smirked. – "Are you sure about that?! Mmm… I don't think that and I'm very sure that Alison will think the same…"
Jason yelled. – "I'm not afraid of you Melissa!"
Melissa. – "Perhaps no… but you're afraid of losing Alison, that's the reason you're here…" (She whispered into Jason's ear) "But if you say shit about me tomorrow, you will lose her once I reveal your dirty little secret to her…"
Jason pushed her away with anger
Melissa smirked. – "You're not brave enough to reveal your secret and I've no problem to use it against you… You know that you will lose her once she finds out about it… because that's the powerful thing about the truths you think you could never reveal… that once spoken, they change everything…"
Jason didn't say anything else and just left.
(In the hearing)
The next day, the couple arrived to the hearing; Emily squeezed Alison's hand and the blonde turned towards the face of her wife…
Emily. – "Are you sure about this?"
Alison nodded. – "Yeah… Melissa has no power over me mermaid… it will be ok…"
Emily sighed. – "Ok… I will follow your lead then…"
Alison kissed Emily's cheek. – "It will be ok mermaid… let's do this for Spence… I'm sure that she would do it for us…"
Emily nodded, not entire convinced of Alison's argument. During the hearing, Spencer, Hanna and Aria spoke first; they said how they knew Melissa from the past, that she was once a very decent person and that they do believe that she's better after her treatment. Jason didn't present himself that day so it was the time for Alison to speak. The blonde was in front of the judge…
Alison. – "I just have one thing to say…" (She looked at Spencer and then she turned her head towards the judge) "Melissa Hastings poses no threat to me at all…"
The blonde stood up and Spencer and Dr. Rollins smiled hearing what the blonde said. Alison sat beside Hanna and Aria; as Emily sat in front of the judge; Emily saw her friends and her wife and gave them a weak smile… she focused on the table that was in front of her, she zoned out for moment…
The judge. – "Ms. Fields…"
Emily put her phone on the table and intertwined her hands in the table and said. – "My Dad thought me that fear is natural, it's a good instinct, he also said that you can decided what you're going to be afraid of… and I decided that…"
The brunette received a message and her phone got illuminated, she saw by the corner of her eye, her wallpaper of the screen, it was a picture of Alison smiling; a little smile formed on her face but it fainted in seconds when flashbacks of the past overflew her mind: memories when Melissa kidnapped her and tied her up in front of a crossbow to die; Emily remembered how afraid she was, how terrifying was to stood there without the possibility of moving, just waiting for her own death; the brunette remembered how that night, she learnt that there was something worse than death when she saw Alison being her human shield and receiving the arrow instead of her; she remembered how heartbroken, worthless she felt, having the blonde bleeding to death on her arms; Emily squeezed her hands tighter and was clenching her teeth as more memories were coming into her mind.
The judge. – "Ms. Fields Ms. Fields…"
After several times, of the judge calling her name, Emily came back to the reality and looked up to the judge…
Emily. – "Uhm…"
The judge. – "Ms. Fields… you were seeing…"
Emily. – "Uhm…"
The girls looked confused by how Emily was acting…
The judge. – "Ms. Fields… do you feel safe if Melissa Hastings leave the hospital?"
Emily zoned out again, lost on her memories, she showed an angry face when the memory of when Alison got kidnapped by –A came into her mind, she squeezed and clenched her teeth tighter as she remembered the video that –A sent her…
***Flashback***
Emily opened her laptop and checked her e-mail; her eyes got bigger when she found a new e-mail from Alison's e-mail address. She gulped and her hand was shaking when she pressed the button to open the e-mail. There was no text just a hyperlink. She clicked it and a video started to play…
*** Video played***
It was a dark place, Alison was chained and laying on a cold floor wearing an hospital gown; she was very dopy with all the drugs on her system; her hair looked darker, it has been weeks since she took a shower, her hair was all over her face but under that messy hair, it was possible to notice bruises and blood in her face. Someone approached to the blonde between all the shadows.
Alison tried to keep her eyes open and she saw a blurry figure approaching, it was Melissa disguised as Emily, she was wearing a silicone mask which give her the appearance of Emily. Even, with the drugs, Alison recognizes the face and a smile appears in her face, thinking that it was her mermaid.
Alison whispered. – "Em… mermaid… you came to rescue me…"
Melissa just smiled to her, she bends down, with one hand she careless Alison's head since she kept hidden the other hand behind her back. The blonde smiled under the touch and she got confused when it stops.
Alison. – "Em…?"
Melissa pulls off what she was hidden, Alison's eyes got bigger of fear when she saw the cattle prod.=
Alison gulped. – "Em…?!"
Melissa disguised as Emily smiled to her and she put the cattle prod on Alison's body, the blonde shook immediately when she felt the electricity running all over her corps. The girl continued repeating the same action over and over again without stop and between each time, the screams of Alison were lauder and lauder.
Alison screamed. – "No! Please Em! Stop! Stop! … Emily please! God please Stop!"
*** End of the Video ***
Emily saw the video with horror, tears appeared in her face, she tried to stop the video but it didn't stop, it repeated itself over and over again.
Emily cried loud. – "No please! No please! Stop! Make it stop! Make it stop!"
Emily fell from her chair and she was on the floor crying very loud….
***End of the Flashback***
The judge. – "Ms. Fields… do you feel safe if Melissa Hastings leave the hospital?"
Emily ran a hand through her hair and once again, a memory hit her mind as she remembered the moment when she got into the bunker to rescue Alison…
*** Flashback***
Emily was arriving to the place with Blair, Toby and other cops which were friends of Toby and they could trust on them. Toby asked to the girls to stay behind them but as soon as they opened the gate of the bunker, Emily was the 1st to get in; she just heard from behind how Toby was saying her name when she started to follow a shadow in the hallway of the bunker; she couldn't distinguished who was the person but she ran after her and tackled her into the ground; she was on top of her when she noticed that the girl below her was wearing a silicone mask of herself as 'Emily', the girl was the person who had been pretending to be Emily in order to torture the blonde and Emily couldn't feel more angry, her blood was boiling in anger.
Emily yelled as she punched the girl. – "What have you done! What have you done!"
After several punches, one part of the mask broke and Emily could see who was behind that mask.
Emily. – "Melissa?!"
Melissa mocked. – "She didn't crack on the 1st beating… she made me work for it…"
***End of the Flashback***
The judge said in a higher tone of voice. – "Ms. Fields?!"
Emily stood up and said with higher tone of voice. – "NO! NO! NO! I WOULD NOT FEEL SAFE! MY WIFE! MY KIDS! MY FAMILY WOULD NOT BE SAFE! They would not be safe at all!"
She looked by the corner of her eyes the broken face of Spencer but Emily didn't care, she continued.
Emily. – "Melissa Hastings is a monster! And she should never be free! I don't want Melissa released EVER!"
(In the Fields-DiLaurentis house)
Emily was the first to get into the house, she dropped her jacket with anger and she made her way to the kitchen. Alison followed her angry wife and said to her…
Alison. – "Em… Em… Emily! Talk with me!"
Emily slammed the door of the fridge and started to drink a beer when she yelled. – "She's gonna get free! She's gonna be free!"
Alison tried to calm her wife but Emily was too pissed off.
Emily sighed. – "I'm gonna for a run; I need to cold down…"
Alison. – "Ok… when you get back we will bring the kids from your mom's house…"
Emily nodded and left for a run with Pepe.
Alison stood in home, waiting for her wife to get back, she tried to do some work on her laptop but she was too as her wife, not happy with the news of Melissa getting free. She huffed and closed her laptop. It started to get dark and cold; Alison got upstairs to put on a sweater, she sat on the edge of her bed and stood in silence, thinking, for a moment, thinking about Melissa free, it came back all the bad memories that the blonde has been trying to burry, the moments of her torture started to appear on her mind as flashes, it was like when she was suffering her PTSD all over again, she start sweeting, having an agitated breathing; she was all over the edge of her sanity, overwhelmed with the bad memories. Suddenly, she heard a noise downstairs; she gulped hard but she slowly approached to the noise; she took a deep breath of relief when she saw that it was the wind coming from an open window; the blonde approached to locked it up and when she was trying to close the window; her eyes got bigger of shock when she saw something outside…
Emily was opening the front of her house…
Emily. – "Ali… I'm back…"
There was no response, Pepe ran through the living room and Emily followed the dog; Emily showed a concerned face when she found her wife sitting into the corner of the room, hugging her legs and shaking as an scared kid…
Emily slowly approached. – "Ali?" (The blonde continued with a lost look, without replying) "Babe… what is wrong?"
The brunette softly touched Alison's shoulder and Pepe rubbed his head on Alison and the blonde get out of her trance. She looked up to Emily with fear reflected on her eyes…
Emily gulped. – "Ali…?"
Alison mumbled and pointed out to the open window. – "I-I-I saw him… he was there…"
Emily looked through the window, but she saw nothing, only bushes…
Emily. – "What did you see Ali…?! Babe, talk with me?!"
Alison mumbled. – "W-W-Wilden…"
Emily turned in direction of Alison. – "Wilden?!"
Alison. – "He was there! Outside the house! How can it be?! He's dead…"
Emily approached to her wife and hugged her tight in order to calm her down.
Alison curled on Emily and continued repeating. – "I know that it sounds crazy but I saw him, Em… he was there…"
Emily didn't know what to say, she just hugged her wife and caressed Alison's head, trying to calm her down…
(In Welby State Psychiatric Hospital)
*** Music background: Waiting game by BANKS***
A guardian said. – "So tomorrow at 8am you will be able to get out of here once some familiar comes for you…"
Melissa smiled. – "Thank you… I would like to pack my belongings in private if that's not too much to ask…"
The guardian sighed but he did leave the room; Melissa opened her bag and started to put her stuffs inside; from a book, a picture fell on the floor and she took it back on her hands, she smirked seeing to the picture, she caresses the picture with her fingers, it was an old picture of Alison.
Melissa smirked. – "Oh Alison, Alison, Alison… you might be right now in the top of the world but you know what? One thing about being on top of the word, it's that it gives you a long, long way to fall…" (Devious smile) "I hope you get prepare… a storm is coming and it will hit you when you least expected it…"
Some evils take a long time to reveal themselves, but when they do, they're almost impossible to ignore; something is in motion and like they say… every action has an equal and opposite reaction, the question here it's, what reaction will bring the good deed that the girls did for Spencer?
Next: Chapter 52 – Dark was the night
