"And thank you for reassuring me that I want to work here when I'm older".

"Awww!", her two best friends squealed, crowding around her. They were reading the thank-you notes that Emily received from the teenagers. "You two must make a pretty good team". Aria said with a wide grin. Emily stayed silent since she still didn't tell them about the coffee incident.

"Oh gosh. What happened now?" Leave it to Spencer to figure something out Emily thought.

"What makes you think something happened? I can be silent...geesh", Emily responded looking away innocently.

"Spill it", Spencer said, waiting for Emily to respond. If they didn't like Alison before, she knew they definitely wouldn't like her now.

Emily told them and they couldn't be more angry.

"That's a real bitch move she made", Aria said.

"Yeah and lets not forget the fact that SHE LEFT YOU ON THE FLOOR DRENCHED IN HOT COFFEE", Spencer added.

"Lower your voice please. Lets not forget she's next door.", Emily said, nodding her head to the right.

"Why didn't you tell us?", Aria asked.

"I...uh…", Emily wished she could go back to the good times...like five minutes ago when they were reading thank-you notes.

Ding Ding

A notification popped on Emily's computer. It was an email from Hannah. She clicked on it and quickly read the email aloud. "Good afternoon Emily. This email is in regards to the celebration that is a week from now. I would like for you to give a brief speech on your experience working with Gems and anything else you'd like to share..." She stopped reading to figure out if this was real or not.

"Wow congrats Em.", Spencer said patting her back.

"Thanks", she responded with her eyebrows slightly raised. Once again Emily was surprised that Hannah had picked her to be a part of something big in Gems. Yes, it was a tiny speech for a celebration but it meant a lot to her. There were about 200 workers and more were being hired because the company's success, so of course she felt honored to be thought of.

"We're incredibly happy for you, but don't think we are over what she did to you." Aria said eyeing Emily.

"Hey, it's not like I forgave her.", she responded in protest.

"So you haven't spoken to her at all?"

"Nope. She tried to speak to me a couple times but something always interrupted her.", she said with a small giggle.

"Mhnm. Okay. We are watching you Emily Fields." , Aria said pointing two of her fingers at each of her eyes and moving them clockwise towards Emily. Aria exited the room which left Spencer and Emily sitting in the office.

"Hey. I have to go but be careful with that one okay?" Spencer said with a face that Emily couldn't read.

"Pfffft. My middle name is careful. Plus, I don't really feel that way about her anymore, so it's all good."

"Right..", Spencer said leaving the room with an eyebrow raised.

Emily wasn't lying, or at least she didn't think that she was. Seeing the several sides of Alison really confused her but she felt like a relationship with her would be unlikely. Emily would want one deep down but Alison seemed to be a little...toxic and Emily didn't want to risk her feelings getting hurt. She shrugged it off and continued to read the email that Hannah had sent to her.

Alison

It was the day before the celebration and Alison was preparing her speech. She was very surprised to receive an email from Hannah asking for her to speak at the party, but she decided not to question it.

"Ughhh!" she groaned.

Her thoughts had started wandering and she began thinking about Emily. Alison was getting slightly annoyed about the lack of time she had to talk to her. You'd think that people who worked next to each other would see each other a couple of times, but that definitely wasn't the case for the two of them. Why am I such a handful? She had thought to herself, rolling her eyes.

Growing up in an unstable family, she was so used to starting trouble and being mean that it became a habit.. and sometimes a tiring one at that. There were a couple of times she tried to be nicer but there was always someone who pushed her buttons and made her explode. She decided to try it again. It couldn't hurt I guess she thought. Who knew one person could make her want to change her ways. It was the last thing she expected to happen, but she felt kinda good knowing that Emily made her want to better herself without even knowing. She realized she wanted to be with Emily so she knew she couldn't mess up again, or for a while if anything. And thankfully there would be no way that she wouldn't be able to talk to her tomorrow at the party for the ten year anniversary.

Authors Note: I'm sorry for the break. I know where the story is going but I didn't know how to write it but its working out. The next chapter will be much longer than this one.