Hi guys, this is the last chapter of this book. One of you asked me if emison is back together, well, I'll just say that nothing is what it looks. The second book will be a crossover with … oh, no, I'll not tell you just yet. It will be the little surprise for 2020.
NOTE : The ending might shock you, it's heavy, it might trigger bad issues, but, please remember, this is fiction. And, there's a sequel on the way...
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Chapter 12 – Till Death us Part
*** Alison's narrative (voice-over) ***
I had a dream... a beautiful dream...
Alison rolls in bed, and, she smiles when the first person she sees is...
Emily smiles. - « Hi... »
Alison smiles. - « Hi... »
With a lot of tenderness, Emily caresses Alison's cheek, and, the blonde smiles with such tender touch till...
Emily softly says. - « This isn't real... »
Alison frowns. - « What ? »
Emily softly kisses Alison's ear, and, says. - « I faked it all... I married you just because of -A...»
A tear fall from Alison's blue eyes...
Emily looks at her in the eyes, and, says with a smile. - « It wasn't real... it was just... »
Alison whispers with a wrenching voice. - « A dream... » (tears) « It was just a dream... »
Emily nods with a big smile. The brunette is brightly smiling while Alison feels her heart being torn apart.
And, that feeling is what forces Alison to open her eyes, and, wake up while someone else is happily sleeping at her side...
Alison turns her head, and, whispers. - « Emily... »
It's past 4am. The brunette is peacefully sleeping...
Alison mumbles with tears in her eyes, while she stares at the sleeping brunette. - « It was a dream... a beautiful dream... that ends here...»
The blonde rolls out of bed, and, leaves without being noticed. It's around 6am when Emily's alarm sounds, the mermaid wakes up, stretching her arms, wanting to catch a warm body beside her, but, her hands caught just cold sheets...
Emily opens her eyes. - « Ali... » (She sits in bed, when she sees no one at her side) « ALI ?! »
*** Emily's narrative (voice-over) ***
We see the signs... we read under lines... we hear our heart yelling at us: 'something is wrong!' And what do we do? We ignore them... the signs, what is said under lines, our hearts... we ignore the problem, we hide it... behind a smile...
(At the Fields house)
Pam hugs Emily, and, happily says. - "Emy! I'm so happy that you could come for breakfast..."
Emily nods, she enters the house, looking around, just like if she was searching for...
Pam. - "Alison texted me early this morning, to tell me that she wasn't going to make it. I hope she will feel better..."
Emily. - "Huh?"
Pam. - "You know, because she got the flu..."
Emily. - "Oh, yeah, right... right... the flu..."
Pam. - "Resting in bed, it's the best for her, right now..."
Emily nods, taken away by what her mother was telling her. It shouldn't surprise her how easy Alison can lie. But even then, it hurts, and, her face reveals how she feels...
Pam. - "Emy... is everything okay...?"
Emily fakes a big smile and, says. - "Yeah, everything is just fine..."
Pam nods, not really sure if it's true or not, but, she doesn't make any more questions. Even if Emily is smiling the whole time, it's obvious that nothing is okay.
*** Spencer's narrative (voice-over) ***
The human body is a terrible liar. Whatever secrets it's keeping, it will tell them all, eventually... the question is: are we willing to listen?
Spencer. - "Ali. Are you okay..?"
The blonde doesn't reply, her empty look is settled far away, just like her mind...
It's not rare to find Spencer Hastings at this early hour at the library, but, finding Alison here, at this hour, in a Sunday, it's something that caught Spencer's attention...
Spencer sits beside her. The blonde is not okay, Spencer knows that, she can tell by the empty look that Alison has. The brunette gulps hard when she realizes that Alison teared up the book she has in her lap...
Spencer. - "You destroyed your favorite book? Great Expectations.. Why?"
Alison. - "Because I feel stupid when I see this book..." (mocking laugh, filled with sorrow) "I love her against reason... against promise... against peace... against happiness..." (angry voice) "It's nothing more than a big bullshit!"
Spencer doesn't know what to say about that. She just stays there, beside her, sitting on the floor, leaning over the bookseller that they have behind them...
Alison. - "Why do we pick people who treat us like we're nothing more than a bet...?"
Spencer. - "You're not a bet... I don't think that Emily sees you as a bet..."
Alison. - "Say whatever you want Spencer, but, Emily gambled with my heart without considering what it would make me feel..."
Spencer gulps hard. - "I'm sorry..."
The brunette feels bad about it too. She has been part of it. And, it will always be one of her biggest regrets...
Alison says with watery-eyes. - "I had someone like Sam. Someone with a beautiful soul, who never did anything to hurt me. Why I couldn't just accept her love, and, love her back?"
Spencer hugs her legs, and, says. - "We accept the love we think we deserve..."
The blonde sadly chuckles because Spencer is right. She never felt worthy of having someone like Samara in her life...
Alison. - "Is this everything you dreamed of?"
Spencer. - "Hmmm?" (She turns her head, she looks at the blonde and, asks) "What are you talking about...?"
Alison keeps looking away when she says. - "Is this the life you wanted for you? Is this what you dreamed of?"
Spencer. - "I don't know... I feel like we're still far away from the finishing point to know something like that..."
Alison mocks with a bitter voice. - "Yeah, well. I agree to disagree. I'm at my limit right now..."
Spencer. - "You say that now because you suffered a trauma. Emily broke your heart. You lost a friend..."
Alison angrily snaps, looking at her in the eyes, for the 1st time since they started to chat. - "I'm aware of what I've suffered! And, what I've lost! I don't want your pity!"
They stare at each other in the eyes. And, Spencer can say that behind all that pain, all that sorrow, all that anger, there's something else... something she can't put into words right now, but, maybe in a few years she will... till then...
Alison frowns. - "What are you doing?!"
Spencer hugs her, and, says. - "Hugging you..." (Sighs) "I don't know what to say. I know what Samara meant to you. I know what Emily means to you. And, I know how much everyone, including me, we have hurt you. And, I have no words to make it better... I can just hug you..."
Alison grips hard on that hug, and, mumbles. - "Just shut up, and, hug me..."
Spencer nods, and, they hug in silence, at the back of the library where Alison was sure she would find no one... but, she was wrong... she found someone... someone found her. And, it's already settled by fate that these two will always find each other when they need it... something that another brunette will not be happy about it...
*** Alison's narrative (voice-over) ***
Hope isn't over. Hope to be saved from pain, loss and despair. And most of all, hope that there's something left to save...
(Later, at the loft)
Emily angrily asks. - "What is this...?!"
Alison looks at Emily's phone, she sees a picture of her & Spencer, hugging in the library, where Alison & Emily shared their 1st kiss. It's understandable why the brunette looks so upset, so jealous...
Alison smirks. - "Oh, -A... she's good..."
Emily. - "Alison..."
Alison drops the phone on the table. She's not in the mood to deal with Emily's jealousy, but, Emily stands in her way, not willing to let this go, so easily...
Emily. - "Ali, do not play with me..."
Alison looks at her in the eyes, and, says. - "I'm not playing any game, Emily..."
Emily points out at the picture, and, says. - "Then what is this?! You are just into Spencer now?! Or, you are just gonna use Spencer to hurt me...?!"
Alison mocks. - "OMG! You're delusional!" (She tries to walk away, once again, but, Emily grabs her from the arm, very hard, so hard that she whines) "Fuck, Emily! You're hurting me!"
Emily drops Alison's arm, she steps back, and, says 'sorry' a million times while Alison softly rubs her red arm...
Emily. - "Oh God, Ali! I... I'm sorry... I didn't mean to hurt you, really!"
Alison. - "That doesn't really matter, Emily..." (She looks at her arm, and, thinking about everything that has happened between them, she says) "It doesn't matter... 'Cause in the end, it all hurts just the same..."
The brunette tries to touch her, but, Alison pulls away... and, it breaks Emily's heart even more...
Alison angrily demands. - "Leave me alone..."
Emily. - "No..." (she hesitates on approaching when she says) "Ali, you need to forgive me! For everything! You owe me, at least that!"
Alison angrily says. - "I owe you?!"
Emily. - "I know that I hurt you..." (She looks at the arm of the blonde, and, gulps hard) "If you could just make it easier..."
Alison. - "So what?! It's my fault?!"
Emily. - "No! But, how many times have you hurt me, too? How many times have you hurt the girls, and, others, just for your amusement?"
Alison says with a bitter voice. - "Just because I did wrong in the past, you don't get a free pass to hurt me..."
Emily. - "No, but, you don't get to act like the victim here, either..."
The blonde laughs, finding irony in Emily's words...
Alison says with a bitter voice. - "So, what? You're the victim, and, I'm the bad guy, right? That's what will always be between, you & me, isn't it?"
Emily deeply sighs. - "Why we can't just admit that we have made mistakes, and, we want to find a way to warm our way back to our lives...?"
Alison. - "You're right in something, we have made mistakes. Me, for example, I made the huge mistake of falling in love with you!"
Emily pleads. - "Ali..."
The brunette makes a step forwards, and, the blonde makes a step back...
Alison. - "We can't take back our actions, Emily. And right now, you just helped me to realize that I really have no desire to waltz my way back to you..."
The brunette shakes her head, she doesn't want to believe that Alison means what she's saying, she wants to ignore the fact that sometimes, you can't put together what is broken...
Emily. - "You don't mean that..."
Alison. - "I mean every word of it..."
Emily. - "No! No, no, no! I just need to try to do something good for us, to show you that we are meant to be..."
Alison. - "To be in misery..."
Emily. - "What...?"
Alison. - "Your story... my story... our story is not about forgiveness, or, happy endings, Emily... it's about pain. And if you can't see that now, you'll... soon..."
The blonde has made her mind. There's no turning back when she walks through the door...
Emily says when she sees Alison walking away. - "Ali, please!"
(Sounds of the door)
Emily sadly cries. - "Don't leave..."
The mermaid can't believe the love of her life is walking away from her. If only she knew that Alison was cooking something up. Wonder what Emily will think when she feels the heat of what is coming...
*** Alison's narrative (voice-over) ***
I was wrong... Hope is over, so over... there's nothing left to save... there's just one last choice to make...
Noel. - "I never thought you would be a customer for this kind of stuffs. Are you sure that you know how it works?"
*** Alison's narrative (voice-over) ***
One single choice to throw off the entire course of this story... of my story...
Noel. - "Alison...?"
The blonde put the gun on her bag, she throws the money at Noel's face, and walks away, without saying a word...
Noel smiles seeing so much money, after counting the money, he looks up, he sees her leaving, and, asks...
Noel, - "What are you planning to do with it?"
Alison mumbles to herself. - "Succumb to the fatal destiny that has been written for me..."
*** Alison's narrative (voice-over) ***
Once you're off a set of rails, there's no getting back on. And one day… when you're tired of plodding forward, you'll whisper: "It wasn't supposed to turn out like this", but to be honest, 'it was supposed to turn out like this from the beginning', and, I was finally okay with it... even if the rest of the world wasn't...
(At the cemetery)
Alison puts some flowers over Samara's tombstone, and, says. - "Hi..."
The blonde decides to lie down, and, leans her back over the tombstone while she keeps talking with her dead friend...
Alison. - "When I was a little girl, my understanding of revenge was as simple as the Sunday school proverbs it hid behind. Neat little morality slogans like, "do unto others" and "two wrongs don't make a right". But, I disagree, two wrongs can make a right... because two wrongs can equal each other... or, at least that's what I want to believe..."
She drops in the air the novel she had about revenge, and, says when she looks at her phone, when she stares at the number she will call...
Alison looks at the tombstone of Samara, and, says.- "Please, do not hate me for this... this is the only way I know to end this, once and for all..."
After taking a deep breath, the blonde makes a call, she calls...
Cece picks up the phone, and, says. - "Hi, Ali! How are y-...?"
Alison cuts her off, when she says on the phone. - "Hi Charles..."
Cece stays in silence, it felt like if Alison just threw her a bucket of cold water in the face...
Alison smirks on the phone. - "C'mon Charlie. Speak to me, after all, we are family, right?"
Cece stays in silence, still trying to process how this is happening...
Alison. - "I talked with Jason, with Dad. I feel like I know you better now..."
Still, no reply from Cece...
Alison smirks. - "I must admit. Finding out that you went to Radley 'cause you tried to drown me. Finding out that all your life has been about 'Me', it flatters me... really..."
Cece closes her fists, Alison is provoking her, but even then, Cece doesn't say a word till...
Alison. - "Maybe if I call you by your pseudonym, you will find your words... or what do you think, -A?"
Cece mumbles on the phone. - "How did you call me?"
Is a smile what we see on the QB's lips? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I smell the distinct aroma of retribution in the air...
Alison smirks on the phone. - "I'm sorry, did I use my inside voice?" (she says loudly) "I called you: -A!"
Cece angrily groans. This wasn't part of her plan...
Alison on the phone. - "I'm pretty sure that me finding out your secret, it wasn't part of your plan. But, even the best plans can go bust... and, this story of -A that you created, it's coming to a close..."
Cece mocks on the phone. - "Do not get me wrong, Ali. You're really something. But, you can't put an end to this... to me..."
Alison smirks, and says on the phone. - "Oh, I can Charlie... And, I'm starting with your money..."
Cece frowns. - "What?!"
Alison smirks. - "Look at your accounts. It seems that this year you donated everything to charity..."
Charlotte opens her laptop, she gets furious when she sees that she has zero money at all...
Cece angrily yells on the phone. - "YOU b-..."
Alison. - "Without resources, I wonder if you'll be able to do something at all. But, it's not just your money what I'm taking away from you. I'm taking too, your anonymity..."
Cece. - "What do you mean?"
Alison. - "You killed Samara. The police has already the car with your fingerprints. And, also you'll see in the news a story about my psycho brother Charles, who pretends to be dead while he kills and tortures so many people, including me..."
Cece angrily bares her teeth...
Alison. - "I'm exposing you to the light as the killer you are..."
Cece. - "You'll regret this..."
Alison. - "Maybe... but, I'm putting an end to this... to you..." (She grips hard on the gun she has with her, and, says) "To us..."
In all princess tales, an evil queen does appear. But it turns out the Queen's helper is the one everyone should fear...
TV news. - "Authorities have named Charles DiLaurentis as the responsible for the hit & run that killed Samara Cookl a few days ago. Charles DiLaurentis has been linked with a big list of criminal offences like: kidnapping, killing..."
The girls, the parents, Mona... everyone linked with the DiLaurentis, and, -A, got interviewed. Now, the entire world knew how vicious was -A, Cece, Charles... and, it was the only thing that everyone was talking about. Revealing the secret of -A was something that the girls have always dreamed, but, never considered it possible till now...
(At school, at lunch time)
Hanna. - "Can you believe that we are celebrities now?"
Spencer. - "Hann. Are you serious?!"
Hanna shrugs. - "What? We appeared in TV!"
Aria. - "I'm sorry Hann, but, I feel zero glamour of being in the news just because a psycho has been torturing us..."
The four girls gulp hard, just thinking about -A...
Emily. - "I can't believe that we finally knows who's -A..."
Spencer. - "Yeah, who could have thought that Charles DiLaurentis even exists..."
Aria looks at Spencer and, asks. - "Have you talked with Jason, about this? How is he handling the news?"
The little brunette might be in love with Ezra, but, she still cares deeply for the half-brother of the young Hastings...
Spencer. - "He's processing it... I went with him to an AAA meeting. He's really struggling with no drinking because of all of this..."
Aria sighs. - "If he needs something... someone to talk. Please, let him know that i'm here. Okay?"
Spencer nods. - "Sure..." (She looks at her other friend, and, asks) "And, what about Ali? How is she handling it?"
Emily sadly says. - "I... I've no idea. She's staying with her family since the revelation happened... I've tried to contact her, but, It's just radio silence from her side..."
Aria. - "I don't know how she did it, but, I'm so happy that she uncovered -A..."
Hanna. - "ALison didn't do it alone. Mona helped a lot. She's the one who drained -A's bank accounts..." (big smirks) "Oh, what I would have gave to have seen Cece's face when that happened..."
Aria. - "If Cece has no money. How is that the cops haven't captured her yet?"
The girls look at each other, trying to find an answer, but, they don't have it...
Spencer. - "My parents are scared of what -A, Cece, Charles or whatever is its name can do next..."
Hanna. - "I know, my mom is freaking out so much, that, she doesn't want me to go to the prom..."
Aria. - "Our parents don't want us to expose us to a big event. By fear of what -A can do to us in prom... I can understand their fear... I'm scared too..."
The girls nod...
Aria. - "But, what if we bring 'prom' to us...?"
Hanna. - "What do you mean?"
Aria. - "My mom says that we can use our basement to do our own prom night..."
Hanna. - "Is there gonna be alcohol?"
Spencer. - "I think I can sneak out some bottles of wine..."
Hanna smiles. - "Then, I'm in!"
The girls start to get excited, talking about their prom night, everyone looks happy, except of...
Aria. - "You look sad, Em..."
Emily deeply exhales. She doesn't need to say a word to express how sad she's...
Hanna. - "You're sad because of Ali, right?"
Emily exhales. She crosses her arms above the table and buries her face between her arms. The brunette is falling into depression, and, when a friend is under that path. There's just something to do...
*** Hanna's narrative (voice-over) ***
We try to fix things, we try to stand up for our friends. But sometimes, we should just keep our mouths shut before making things worse... so much worse...
(At the library)
Hanna angrily says. - "Here, you're!"
Alison raises an eyebrow, she was reading a novel entitled 'revenge', and, Hanna gulps hard, just imagining what Alison was planning because let's be honest, Alison's bitchiness, and, her desire of revenge is something that everyone should be afraid...
Alison looks down at her book and, says. - "Leave me alone, Hanna. I'm not in the mood..."
Hanna says with a trembling, insecure voice. - "N-no..."
Alison closes her book, so loudly that Hanna jumps, scared. A big smirk appears on the lips of the blonde with that reaction. She might not have much time left, but, it's good to see that some things are forever... just like her kingdom of Queen Bee, ruled by fear... but no matter how scared she's, Hanna is decided to speak her mind...
Hanna. - "This is karma..."
Alison frowns. - "What?"
Hanna. - "What you got... it's karma..."
Alison deeply sighs, not pleased with what she's hearing, and, Hanna stammers her speech before she chickens out...
Hanna. - "You don't get to hurt Emily. No matter how badly she messed it up. You have no right to make her feel bad about her mistakes without giving her the chance to make up for it!"
Alison doesn't say a word, she just listens in complete silence, staring at Hanna in the eyes...
Hanna. - "Because of -A. We are not going to the prom. But, we are planning to celebrate it, at Aria's house... Emily will not be happy if you're not there, so, you have to come..."
Alison. - "I have to...?"
Hanna. - "Yes! You, showing up, it's the very last you can do..."
Alison deeply exhales, controlling her tongue, it's harder of what she thought...
Hanna. - "You can't undo all the bad things you've done. But, at least you can show up for Emily..." (She turns around, ready to leave, when she says) "Show up, at 8pm... okay?"
The blonde starts to walk away till...
Alison. - "I can't take back all the bad things I've done. You're right..."
Hanna slowly turns around, so she can looks Alison in the eyes, once again...
Alison. - "But, make no mistakes, Hanna. You and your friends, including Emily. You're not the heroes here..."
Hanna gulps hard
Alison. - "And, this is the last time you speak to me like that..."
Hanna says with a a challenging voice.- "Is that a threat?"
Alison deeply exhales, she looks at her book and, and, sadly mumbles. - "No... It's a fact..."
Hanna frowns, confused by the change of tone, and mostly, confused by the meaning of Alison words. But, the blonde was right, that was going to be their last talk...
(phone rings)
Alison looks at her phone, and, reads the text she got from an unknown ID. - "Better be at prom. It's our last chance to dance alone... xoxo A-"
*** Alison's narrative (voice-over) ***
You can ponder things, or you can give them barely a moment's thought. The options will still unfold right before your eyes… and no matter how bad they may look, or how foul they may smell… you've no option but to make a choice…
(The night of the prom)
Caleb, Spencer, Toby, Erza, Hanna, everyone, even Emily was already in the basement of the Montgomery's...
Hanna pats Emily's shoulder, and, says. - "She's gonna come, Em..."
Emily nods, not feeling confident about Hanna's words till Ella Montgomery, Aria's mom announces the arrival of her dear blonde. It was like the sun just show up, Emily's face glows of happiness with the announcement, and, Emily ran to the encounter. The brunette stands under the porch of the house, breathless when she looks at the pretty blonde who's standing there, in front of the house...
Emily smiles. - "Ali..."
Emily stands in front of Alison, and, happily says. - "You came..."
Alison says with a serious voice. - "I did..."
The Queen Bee doesn't look happy, but, Emily is too happy, to notice it...
Emily smiles. - "You look really beautiful..."
Alison nods. She expresses no emotion at all...
Emily tries to reach Alison's hand, when she says. - "Let's go inside, and..."
Alison subtly pulls away, making impossible for Emily, to touch her...
Emily gulps. - "Ali...?"
Alison. - "Can we have a little dance here... now..."
Emily. - "There is no music..."
Alison looks away, she rubs her arms, looking at the opposite direction of the house. It was like if she was ready to run away, and, Emily got scared because of the feeling of losing her, so, she decided to please her Queen... one last time...
Emily puts her phone on speaker. - "Here, we have music now!"
Alison smiles. - "I love that song..."
Emily smiles. - "I know..."
The brunette gets in position to lead the dance, offering her hand, so the blonde could take it. And, for Emily surprise, she did. It was like turning back the clock, returning to the time when there was no -A... no plot against Alison... no betrayal. They embraced the music, and, they just danced like if there was no pain in their hearts...
*** Alison's narrative (voice-over) ***
A dream is just a dream. Or is it not? A dream where our hearts dance, a place where fantasy and reality collide. A moment in time where everything you ever wanted seems possible... till it doesn't...
The music ends, and, Alison tries to break the embrace, but Emily doesn't let her...
Alison. - "Emily..."
Emily hugs her, and, pleads. - "Please... just..." (She exhales the sweet vanilla aroma of the blonde, and, says) "Just grant me a few more seconds of this..."
In a heartfelt embrace, Alison is trapped between Emily's arm. The brunette is not ready to let her go... she will never be ready to let her go...
Emily mumbles with tears. - "I love you, Ali..."
Alison doesn't say it back. She just breaks the embrace, and when that happened, it was like if the spell of their love was arriving to an end...
Emily. - "Ali..."
Alison. - "I've a family thing, to do. I just came here for a last dance..."
Emily looks confused when she mumbles. - "A last dance...?"
The blonde walks away, the brunette tries to follow her, but, the blonde doesn't let her...
Emily. - "Ali! Wait!"
Alison puts her hand over Emily's chest, and, says. - "No! You stay here with your friends. And, I go there, do my family thing..."
Emily. - "They are your friends too..."
Alison sadly chuckles. - "No, they are not. They don't even like me, and, that's okay..."
Emily. - "Ali, please do not say that, they..."
Alison. - "They are waiting for you. So, you should get in, now..."
Emily nods, following Alison's order she walks towards the house. Time passes fast, and, all the girls are getting bored, so, they look at their phones, at their instagram, where everyone was posting pictures of the prom, and, one of those pictures showed...
Emily. - "OMG, ALI!"
Hanna. - "What the hell is she doing at the prom?!"
Spencer. - "She got lured to go..."
Aria. - "By whom?"
Emily gulps. - "By -A..."
It's prom night, a reason to celebrate, but, get ready to cry if you want to. 'Cause looks like this prom night isn't cause for celebration...
(At Radley)
Alison. - "Really, if your plan was to drag me here from the beginning. I don't see the point on asking me to go to the prom..."
Cece. - "C'mon, Ali. Don't be dramatic..."
Alison looks at her side, she gulps hard when she sees Jason and her father lying down on the floor, like dolls. - "You didn't need to drag them into this..."
Cece. - "They are not dead..." (devious smile) "At least not yet..."
For Cece disappointment, the blonde looks more calm of what -A wanted...
Cece. - "You don't look afraid..."
Alison. - "You used Emily to crush my heart. You killed Samara and, leave me without any hope..." (She looks at her in the eyes, and, says) "You used the only 2 girls who meant the world to me, to destroy me. And, you did success..."
Cece smiles
Alison stands in front of Cece, and, says. - "So, whatever comes next. I don't care... I'm not afraid... you already broke me..."
Cece opens her mouth, she was going to say something, but, gets interrupted when an alarm sounds...
Alison frowns. - "What the hell is that?"
Cece looks at her monitors, and, angrily says. - "Unexpected guests..."
With the help of Mona, the pretty liars arrive to Radley, and, with them, the cops too...
A police officer. - "I repeat, The suspect is here, at Radley, there's movement in the roof..."
Emily feels the rush to get in, but, an arm stops her...
Hanna. - "Emily! NO!"
Emily angrily pushes Hanna away. - "Do not try to stop me, Hann!"
Hanna. - "I'm just trying to protect you..."
Emily doesn't need protection, she needs to find Alison. So, the brunette finds her way into the building, she doesn't stop till she makes it to the roof. When she arrives, Cece uses Alison as a human shield...
Cece. - "Do not make another step, or, I'll jump with Alison from this roof!"
Emily yells. - "Nooo!"
The girls emerge into the scene too, also screaming in fear of what could happen next...
Cece. - "Do not dare to get closer!"
Spencer. - "Cece, do not follow your worst instincts! You're trapped, the best you can do, it's to surrender..."
Cece hugs Alison from behind, dragging her to the edge, and, says. - "Never..."
The liars scream. - "Please! Do not jump!"
The girls, especially Emily looks really afraid of what could happen to Alison, now that she's in the hands of -A. And, to that, the blonde has just one reaction...
Alison laughs, and, says with a bitter tone. – "Come on girls, don't freak out… go ahead, and make a step, don't act like if you care if I die or live…"
Emily. – "Ali, don't say that…"
Alison says with a bitter tone. – "Don't say what, Emily?! The truth?! Let's be honest for once! You might be friends between each other, but you're not my friends, you're just stuck with me…"
Spencer. – "Ali, no! We care about you, we…"
Alison. – "You played me, all of you… "
Everyone looks down, and, gulps hard. Emily has a hard time to look at Alison in the eyes. The guilt, the remorse... it's so strong that she hesitates in raising her chin, but, when she does it, when their eyes meet, Emily sees how broken Alison is... because of her...
Alison says with tears in her eyes. - "You were supposed to be the love of my life... my knight in shining armour..."
Emily. - "Ali..."
Alison. - "But you're not..." (She puts her hand into a secret pocket of her dress, and, says) "And, I'm finally okay with that..."
*** Alison's narrative (voice-over) ***
Thinking back, it's almost been like this since the beginning… I've seen it so many times… Life is just a series of choices, if I had done this or if I hadn't done that, If I had chosen this, or if I had chosen that… if I hadn't given up there… and if I had turned around at that point... choices... so many choices that have brought me to... one single choice...
In question of seconds, Alison shows up a gun. The gun that she got from Noel, filled with bullets, she points it out towards herself, everybody feels chills from what will come next...
Emily. - "A-A-Ali...?"
Alison sadly says. - "Till Death us Part, right Em?" (She puts her finger over the trigger, and, says) "And, if I have no choice, but to choose between the Death & you, then... I choose Death..."
Before everybody could react, Alison strongly pulls the trigger, she shot herself several times, the bullets passed through her body and reached to Cece's body, just like Alison planned it. it was like killing two birds with one stone...
Emily screams. - "Ali! NOOO!"
Each bullet hit Cece without mercy, the blonde lost balance, and, she finished by falling from the roof, alone... definitely dying when she reached the ground…
The liars. - "OMG!"
Alison starts to faint too, but before she could fall from the edge, Emily rushes towards her and grabs her into her arms…
Emily hugs the bleeding blonde, and, cries. – "What have you done?!"
Alison laughs with irony, blood emerging from her mouth when she says. – "You can stop pretending Em… it's over…"
Emily yelled to the girls. – "We need a doctor! Now! Please go, and, bring help!"
The girls nod and leave, looking for help. Emily softly lies Alison down, on the ground of the roof. The brunette shred her dress, so she can get something to put pressure on Alison's wounds…
Emily cries. - "Please, Ali, please, stay with me... I love you..."
Alison mumbles. - "Liar..."
The brunette tries to stop the bleeding, but no matter how hard she tries, the brunette is already in a muddy pool of blood. Tears blur Emily's gaze, and, also the rain that starts to fall. It was like if the sky was crying for the fatal, tragic end of their love story...
Emily says with a shaking voice. - "You'll be okay, you can survive this..."
Alison mocks of how naive Emily is, the blonde knows how deadly are her wounds. It's just a question of time, now...
Alison spit blood in the face of Emily and says with so much anger. - «Another lie, Emily ? Haven't you said enough lies... ? »
The brunette gulps hard, hearing those words, it breaks her heart. Emily stares at Alison in the eyes, their eyes meet. And, Emily has no words, Alison has never seen her like that. So broken, so sad, so angry at the same time...
Alison mumbles with a mix of anger and pain in her voice. - "You were supposed to be my happy ending..."
Emily says with a broken voice. - "I'm your happy ending..."
Alison laughs, and, blood comes out her mouth. - "Please, stop the act..."
Emily shakes her head. - "It's not an act, loving you has never been an act..."
They stare at each other, the rain falling over them, it was like the sky was crying, deeply crying because of them...
Emily. - "I love you..."
Alison mumbles with sorrow. - "Liar..."
The brunette hears the paramedics, they are climbing the stairs, there's hope, that's the lie she says to herself, and, to the blonde...
Emily smiles. - "The paramedics are close. You'll be okay..."
Alison mumbles with tears in her eyes and a huge pain in her voice. - "I'll never be okay..."
Emily. - "Ali..."
The blonde coughs, blood pouring from her mouth. If this is her deathbed, it's more painful of what she ever imagined...
Emily says while she keeps putting pressure on Alison's wounds. - "It's gonna be okay, Ali, you'll be okay..."
The blonde stares at her, Alison looks at Emily who's trying to save her, to keep her alive, and, just for a brief moment, the blonde decides to think about all the good memories she got with the brunette... just for a brief moment, she allows herself to hang on to the sweet lovely memories...
Alison mumbles with a heart wrenching voice. - "It was a beautiful lie... despite everything..." (her eyes start to close) "It was a beautiful lie..."
The brunette panics when she sees Alison, closing her eyes. She shakes the blonde, crying with despair...
Emily. - "Ali, NO! No, no, no! Open your eyes! Open your eyes!" (Tears) "Please, open your eyes..."
The brunette leans her ear against Alison's chest, she hears how the beating heart is turning down... painfully slowly... turning down...
Emily cries. - "No, Ali! Please, don't leave me..." (Tears) "Don't leave me like this..." (painful scream) "You said you wouldn't let go of my hand! You promised me.." (lament) "Please don't go like this! I love you... I love you... I really love you, it's not a lie..." (tears) « I'ts not a lie... »
The paramedics arrive, they kindly push aside the brunette, so, they can do their work...
The liars hug Emily, and, say. - "It's gonna be okay..."
Another lie that break Emily's heart. Because the blonde is not responding, she's gone, and, Emily feels a cold shiver in her body as her eyes burst into tears...
Emily cries . – "No, No, No! Open your eyes! No, No, No! Open your eyes! I need to see your beautiful blue eyes! I need to wake up every morning at your side and see those blue eyes! Please open them! (More crying and tears) Please!" (She burst into tears) "Please, do not die!"
*** Alison's narrative (voice-over) ***
Sometimes the light is so dazzling it's all you can see. Other times dark clouds devour you and it seems the clouds will never clear. But when the sun beams while the rain falls, it can bring a bittersweet rainbow that will free ourselves of everything we've been holding on to. To send us on our new path... the one we are meant to follow...
Lights... pain... whispers of people talking around her... it's all Alison can feel while she's transported to the hospital in an ambulance...
Paramedic.- "Drive faster!" (He looks at Alison, and, sadly mumbles) "She's not gonna make it... Sh-"
(sounds of a crash)
Later, that night in the news...
TV news. - "Authorities confirm that a meteor hit Rosewood for the 1st time in the history. There's no major comment about the incident. All we know is that when the rock crashed down the road, an ambulance got hit by it... no survivors... that's what the authorities announce till now..."
And, while the world gives Alison for dead, outside a nightclub in NY...
A ganster says. - "Where is my money Kahn...?!"
Noel is pushed against a big wall... in a dark alleyway...
A ganster says. - "Where is my money...?!"
Noel. - "I don't have it, yet. But, I'll get it, I promise! I'll pay my debt, I..."
He receives a huge punch in the stomach, so strong that he crumples in pain. The ganster shows a knife...
Noel pleads. - "Please... not... do not kill me..."
The ganster smirks. - "Sorry boy, I don't give second chances..."
Noel closes his eyes, waiting for his final stab. But, when the ganster rise his hand against him, something pulls him into the shadows of the nights...
The ganster screams of pain. - "Ahhhh!"
Noel opens his eyes, he gulps hard when he hears the screams of the ganster, and, his 1st instinct is to run away, but, a familiar voice tells him to stay... The young Kahn recognizes that voice, and, he frowns when he says...
Noel. - "You're alive? You are..."
The silhouette of someone he knows emerges between the shadows of the dark night. And, Noel feels chills when he sees something dark emanating from this person...
With a deep, twisted, vicious voice, this person says. - "AD..." (devious smile) "You can call us AD..."
*** Alison's narrative (voice-over) ***
Everyone has its thing... Maybe, it's a breakup... A death... An accident... Whatever it's... you used to be one thing... till you're something else...
Author's note:
Who loves surprises? 'Cause I'm sure that I have crashed all your expectations... you might wonder what will come next. And, let me tell you that what it's coming, it's something else...