A/N: Thanks for the continued support! :) Love hearing from you so keep reviewing guys =]

Oh yeah, initially I said this was like during 5A I think, but i realised it makes more sense if it's just after they find out who A is and that's all done with (as if lol) because I don't really want to focus on that, I want to focus on the relationships!

Chapter 5

"Hey."

"You're late," Spencer greeted.

Alison rolled her eyes, "Would you really like to know why? It involves me, Emily and my bed," she fixed Spencer with a stare.

Emily hit her arm, "Ali!" she turned to the others, "It's my fault, I was falling asleep."

Hanna snorted, "Jeez, Ali, out of practice? You know there's something wrong when they fall asleep on you."

Alison shifted her glare to Hanna, "Trust me, Emily is very satis – "

"Oh my god, can we stop talking about this?" Emily requested, a deep blush on her cheeks.

"Yeah, help us pick a movie," Aria offered.

Emily sat next to her and started sifting through the pile of dvd's.

"No horror, please," Hanna requested, "We've had enough of that bullshit to last a life time."

"I like horror," Alison muttered.

Hanna rolled her eyes, "What a surprise."

"How about the Notebook?" Aria exclaimed.

All four girls groaned.

"What?" Aria pouted.

"We've seen it like a thousand times. Watch it with Ezra," Spencer shrugged.

"Fine," Aria shrugged, "I'm out. You pick, Em."

Emily bit her lip as she sifted through the dvds, finally picking one, "Oh! Here!"

"Mean girls. Really?" Aria sighed.

"What a shocker," Hanna snatched the dvd out of Aria's hand.

"What is that supposed to mean?" Emily frowned.

"Mean girls. You know…" she looked at Alison, "It's your type," she muttered.

Emily blinked rapidly, "I don't have a type!"

"And I'm pretty sure I'm meant to feel offended," Alison quirked an eyebrow at the other blonde.

Emily looked at her, "Trust me, Lindsay Lohan has nothing on you."

Alison smirked, "I know."

"That's for sure," Hanna muttered, earning a glare from Aria as Spencer rolled her eyes.

Emily threw a pillow at her, "Shut up, Han."

"What, I just think it might be dangerous to watch that movie," Hanna suggested.

"Dangerous?" Emily's brow furrowed.

"Well, clearly the first time Ali took it as an instructional video more than, you know, entertainment or whatever," Hanna shrugged.

"Hanna, quit it," Emily stood up and pulled Hanna aside, "What's your problem? I thought you were cool with this?"

Hanna shrugged, crossing her arms, "I am," she claimed.

"Then why are you picking on her?" Emily asked.

Hanna shook her head, "Em, I'm pretty sure Ali doesn't need you to protect her."

Emily glared at her, "What changed between now and last week? You were so happy with how she was with me through… the Maya thing."

Hanna sighed and uncrossed her arms, "Em, we've hardly seen you since then. Every time I ask you to hang out, you're at Ali's. I get it, you've got a girlfriend but you've had plenty of girlfriends and it hasn't been like this."

Emily's expression softened, "Okay. I'm sorry. It's just Ali's dad was away this week and we were… you know, taking advantage of having the house to ourselves. I mean, not to… it's just nice to be alone."

"I just don't want you to forget the rest of your friends," Hanna said quietly.

"I would never," Emily insisted.

"You have every day this week," Hanna pointed out.

Emily looked guilty, "Okay, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to avoid you guys, I just…"

"Got lost in Alison," Hanna finished.

Emily bit her lip, "Yeah, I guess," she admitted, "But please, tell me if I'm doing that, I know with Alison I can get…"

"Obsessed," Hanna filled in the silence.

Emily blushed, "Well, I guess. But please, don't just like make snide comments, just…talk to me, okay?"

Hanna smiled, "Okay," she agreed, "Sorry."

Emily smiled, "It's alright. I'm not going to forget you, Hanna. You're my best friend," she hugged her friend, "I love you."

Hanna hugged back, "I love you too."

They rejoined the others. Emily sat next to Alison on the couch where the others were watching the movie.

"Everything okay?" Alison asked quietly.

Emily smiled, "Yeah, everything's okay," she snuggled into Alison's side.

"Good," Alison kissed her forehead, "So, like, am I really like this chick?"

Emily laughed, "No way. I don't see the comparison. You have way more charm than any of these chicks."

Alison grinned, "Nice answer, Em."

"You are a queen though."

Alison pulled her closer, "Shush, you."

"Truth," Emily sighed, hoping she was making the right decision.

"Hmm," Hanna lent her chin in her hand, thinking, "If you had to kiss a guy, who would it be?"

Emily's nose screwed up, "Gross," she muttered, "Really? I don't know. I've never thought about it."

Hanna rolled her eyes, "Oh, come on. Brad Pitt? Ryan Gosling?"

Emily shook her head, "No way."

"What about the Hemsworth brothers?" Aria joined in, earning an exasperated sigh from her friend.

"Ugh, nope," Emily answered.

"You have to give an answer, it's the rules," Hanna pressed.

"Does it have to be a celebrity?" Emily asked.

"No! Why, who?" Hanna lent forward.

Emily shrugged, "If I really had to, like the world was going to end or something if I didn't, like really, really had to, maybe Toby."

"What?" Spencer finally spoke up, "Toby?"

Emily blushed, "I guess. If the world depended on it."

Alison looked at her girlfriend in confusion, "Toby?" she echoed, "Why?"

"I don't know, he's nice?" Emily answered.

"Nice…" Hanna echoed.

Emily huffed, "Well, he's like the closest guy friend I've had so I guess it wouldn't be too weird. I think he'd probably be nice about it and he's not too hairy and we would just like get it over with. To save the world."

Alison laughed, "To save the world, we get it Em."

The brunette shrugged, "Uh-huh. Okay, Han, truth or dare?"

Hanna thought for a moment, "Truth. We should all do truth seeing as that's what we're about these days."

"Hmm," Emily thought, "Anyone?" she looked around.

Aria shrugged whilst Spencer tried to think.

"I've got one," Alison piped up as she lent forward.

Hanna looked at her warily, "Great."

"What, you put Em on the spot so it's your turn," she grinned, "So, if you had to turn for one of us girls, who would it be?"

Emily looked at her in surprise, "Oh god," she muttered.

Hanna was caught off guard, "Jeez, can't I at least go for like Miley or something?"

"Uh-uh, one of us," Alison instructed.

Hanna sighed, "Fine," she huffed as she looked at each of her friends, "Well… if it was like to save the world, Emily I guess."

Emily blinked in surprise before biting her lip.

Alison laughed, "That's what I thought."

Hanna rolled her eyes, "You haven't changed that much, Ali," she shot back.

Alison just shrugged.

"Fine, your turn," Hanna fixed her with a withering stare but lost it when she failed to come up with something to ask quickly.

"I've got one," Aria piped up, "What's your favourite thing about Emily? Like physically?"

Spencer smiled at her friends innocent question.

Hanna rolled her eyes, "Really?"

Aria smiled sweetly, "What? I think it's cute."

"Fine, but you can't say something lame like her eyes or smile," Hanna amended.

Alison smirked, "Well, her eyes are amazing," she thought, "But her legs…or her stomach… or maybe her arms…"

Emily began giggling as Alison tried to choose, her face screwing up in concentration.

"Shut up," Alison bumped her girlfriend gently, "Her lips! No, her tongue… she also has really responsive – "

Emily prodded her in the side, "Okay, that's it. She answered."

Hanna laughed, "Okay, that was kind of cute," she admitted.

Aria smiled happily, "So sweet."

Alison rolled her eyes, still not used to being referred to as sweet or cute.

To distract both herself and the others she quickly turned to Aria, "Your turn."

Aria nodded, "Okay.." she watched Alison warily.

"Do you and Ezra ever play teacher student now that you know, he's not your teacher?" Alison smiled wickedly.

Aria blushed, "Oh. No!"

Alison quirked an eyebrow, not saying a word.

"We don't…roleplay," Aria rolled her tongue around the word, "But maybe once or twice we might say something silly about like extra credit work," she looked at her feet.

"Aria, that's called roleplay," Spencer interjected.

Aria glared at her, "You're meant to be on my side. So much for team Sparia."

Spencer laughed, "Sorry."

"So, what was up with Hanna?" Alison asked as the two lay in Emily's bed, "She jealous?"

Emily rolled her eyes, "No, she just pointed out that I haven't exactly been hanging out with them much lately."

"She's jealous," Alison repeated confidently.

Emily laughed, "She's straight, she – "

"I know," Alison waved a hand, "I mean, she's like friend jealous."

"She just wants to hang out. I mean, I am closest to her so it makes sense. I mean, we have kind of hidden away this week," Emily bit her lip.

Alison nodded, "Sure, well I don't want to keep you from the girls, Em."

Emily smiled, "I know. Things just changed… when you were away. Before you went away, we were really close and I wasn't as close with the other girls. Our relationship changed when you were away…"

"I know this, Em," Alison said, "I'm glad you guys had each other while I was gone."

Emily nodded, "Me too."

"I still feel like I'm on the outside," Alison said quietly.

Emily kissed Ali's lips gently, "It's just time, Ali. I mean, some days I still can't believe you're here. You're alive. A is gone and we can get back to like…normality."

Alison bit her lip as she nodded, "So much changed when I was gone. I guess I forced myself not to think about that… So I thought things would be the same when I came back. But everything has changed."

Emily ran a thumb under Ali's eye, "Not everything, Ali. I'm still here. Completely head over heels for you. I'm still here."

Alison smiled, "I could always count on you," she murmured.

Emily smiled, "You can always."

"I know," Alison kissed her quickly, "You are so beautiful."

"Back at you," Emily whispered, "The others will – "

"I think I'm done talking about the others," Alison interrupted huskily as she hovered her lips over Emily's teasingly until the other woman couldn't help but close the gap.