He was still frozen and unable to speak.
"I know your wife would not be happy with this. And the kids…those poor kids", watching fear build in his eyes. He raced toward Alison, putting his hands on her shoulders, "Please don't tell anyone. I'll do anything!" Alison pretended to think about what she wanted even though she already knew.
"Speaking of wives…yours would be perfect to be in our magazine".
"She's not into that kind of thing and she hates pictures. Anything other than that please?!" he responded quickly.
"Well that's just too bad. There's nothing else I want. Now if you'll excuse me-"
"Wait!" he said grabbing her arm.
"Like I said there's nothing else I want, so that's the end of this conversation", she said snatching her arm back and walking out.
When she returned to her table, the group waited for her to say something but she remained quiet. She didn't want to just tell them and seem like the bad guy.
"What's wrong Alison?" one of the women said with a worried face.
"Oh it's nothing" Alison said faking a smile.
"You can tell us", she replied.
"Well if you say so", everyone's eyes were on her. "I was on my way to the bathroom and I saw…", leaving a dramatic pause to make sure everyone was engaged. "Noel making out with Linda". There were gasps all around her, one after another. "Are you sure it was them?" She took out her phone and searched for the photo, "See for yourself", turning the phone around so they all could see. Alison could tell they were all in shock. "I know, it's terrible", bowing her head in silence.
Emily
Emily couldn't believe what she heard. A few minutes ago she left the cafeteria to catch up to Allison and talk to her. Walking down the hall, she spotted Linda running toward her. Linda passed her and Emily looked forward to see what door she exited. Before she entered she heard Alison's voice and paused. She peaked through the door and heard the whole conversation. When she heard Alison's footsteps coming closer she ran across the hall and jumped into an empty office. After she knew she was gone, she left the office and walked back to Aria and Spencer. Alison was starting to grow on her but hearing this made Emily question everything about her. When she entered the cafeteria, Alison had her head down. Emily rolled her eyes and sat down in front of the girls.
"I just heard Alison blackmailing Noel".
The two girls eyebrows rose. "What?", Aria asked.
"I'm guessing she caught him and Linda doing something and used that against him." Spencer sighed, "I knew she was bad news". Although Emily felt like there had to be a reason behind it but she was still disappointed. She looked at the clock and realized her lunch break was over. "I'll see you guys later", giving a smile and walking off. Sitting in her chair she began to think. Alison was sneaky and somewhat deceiving but she was also thoughtful, funny, smart, and don't forget beautiful. From her ocean blue eyes to bright smile. Emily was in a daze, thinking about Alison positively and negatively. She was thinking so deeply she wasn't paying attention to someone calling her name. "Huh?", she said realizing Paige McCullers was in front of her. A woman slighter shorter than her with short hair and big brown eyes.
"I was going to ask if you're okay. You look confused about something", tilting her head.
"No. I'm fine...so what brings you here?" Emily asked curiously.
Paige smiled and took a deep breath, "I got two free tickets to watch any movie and I was wondering if you would go with me on Saturday?" Emily wasn't surprised. Paige had asked her if she wanted to hang out once in awhile. After the first and only time Emily said yes. Paige became really overprotective. And in order to prevent that from happening again, she declined any offers she had.
"Thank you but I'm busy this weekend".
"I see. Maybe next time?" she said smiling hard. Emily responded with a smile and Paige left the office.
Alison
Sitting down, she felt her bladder about to burst. She stood up and headed for the bathroom. It was her third time going to the bathroom thanks to Greg's "special" drink that was passed down in his family. It was good, but not worth the amount of trips she would have to the restroom. On her way to the sink she saw the beautiful woman washing her hands. Alison realized she hadn't talked to Emily for about a week. She wondered why but quickly ignored it and greeted the woman.
"Hey Emily". Alison could tell she was caught off guard. "Sorry", Alison said giggling.
"It's okay", she said returning to washing her hands.
"How are you? It's been awhile" Alison said.
"Yeah it has. I'm pretty good and yourself?"
"I'm great", Alison replied walking to the dryer.
"Of course you are", giving a small smile with a little sarcasm behind it.
"What's that suppose to mean?" now confused.
"Nothing. Nothing", shaking her head. "I'll see you around", she opened the door and left. Alison stood there, frozen with her eyes squinted, trying to understand what the hell just happened.