Hi, thank you so much for the reviews and it was really emotional to write this mini emison story, glad that you felt the same reading it ^^… well like you know this is a mini story and this is the last part of this story called 'into the dream'; so this chapter will start immediately after the ending of part four… Enjoy ^^ and as always any review is welcome ^^ thanks!
Into the dream – Part V (last part/ending)
(NY 2012, Christmas' eve)
6 years apart, 72 months trying to erase her from her heart, 2190 days living, pretending to have a good life without Alison, without her true love and as destiny was playing its cards; that amount of time could just increase in an exponential way and the just thought of it, it was really scary, it was terrifying because, the brunette has seen it, she has touched, she has felt it, she has lived it… God! She has flown so many miles just chasing it… the dream… her perfect lovely life, her happily ever after with her precious Queen… a Queen that right now was with a foot on the other side… a side where Emily couldn't reach her, a side from where there would not be way back, a side that could put a permanent barrier between the mermaid and her Queen…
Emily had imagined different scenarios of how their encounter it could be, of how she would once again meet the love of her life… but between the infinity possibilities, she never, never pictured this… she never wished for this… to find her like this… blooding to death…
There are painful moments that wrench the soul, that hurt like hell, that get deeply engraved into the memory and this was definitely one of them… Emily knew it, she could feel it and if this would be her last moment with the blonde, it would definitely create an open wound that the brunette would burden with her for the rest of her life.
Calling 911, putting pressure on the wound with her jacket… that was the only thing that Emily was able to do at that moment… well that and just constantly cursing herself for all the time apart, for how blind she was, of how she just walked away, leaving her alone, alone in this hostile world… Tears and sobs were coming from Emily as she was just so overwhelmed by the guilt, by the regret, by all the love that she was feeling for the blonde that was lying down on the ground…
Emily cried. – "Oh God! This is my fault! I should have never left you… I should have turned back when I saw you crying… I should have read your letters…" (Sobs & tears) "If I just… If I just knew that you loved me at that time… I would have never walked away…"
'Should'… 'if'… there are no more painful words than those two… imaging, dreaming for a better reality, imaging going back on time and redo… undo… erasing all the regretful actions of the past; just picturing all that, it's painful because it can't happen, it will never happen and Emily knew it but even then, she couldn't avoid to constantly overwhelm her mind with those two words…
With one hand making pressure on the wound, the brunette used her free hand to hold Alison's hand, she hold it as tight as possible, she hold it as a scared kid that refuse to let go because that's how she was feeling, she wasn't ready to let her go, to lose her, no now… no never again… so she needed to express it, she needed that Alison felt it too… that she will not let her go… that she was there, that her charming killer was finally there for her, to be her knight in shining armor, to be her loyal friend, her companion, her lover, her mermaid, her sweet Emily…
Emily couldn't do anything else besides grip on Alison's hand, to squeeze it, just trying on being her anchor on the side of the livings… and the blonde felt it, she felt the warm touch on her hand, the constant calling of the mermaid and something strong just dragging her back on the side of the livings, something so strong that just gave her enough strength to open her eyes once again…
Emily smiled seeing Alison recovering conscious. – "Ali! Ali… can you hear me…?! Can you understand me?!"
For Alison, everything was blurry but mostly painful and despite all the efforts that Emily was doing for keeping her alive, Alison wasn't putting the same effort on keep breathing… no she wasn't… she was giving up… she wanted to go… to the other side… she was determined on throwing the towel and she just wanted that the people around her could understand it…
Alison whispered. – "Stop…"
Emily. – "What?"
Alison whispered. – "Stop… please…"
Emily. – "What is wrong?! Am I hurting you? Are you feeling pain?!"
Alison nodded with watery-eyes. – "All hurts… so please stop… just let me go… just let me die… I want to die…"
'Die'… that word resounded over and over on Emily's head as tears were emanating from her brown eyes; because it was painful… it was heart wrenching to hear the love of her life just asking, begging for death…
Emily said as she caressed Alison's head. – "No, no, no, no… don't say that…. Don't!" (Tears) "Please don't die! Don't die!"
Alison didn't reply but Emily could see it, she could feel how the blonde was giving up, throwing the towel, just waiting for death coming and take her with her and the brunette knew that this was the breaking point, this was the moment that could define the course of her life and she knew that she needed to do something…
Emily cupped Alison's cheeks with her hands and forced Alison to see her into the eyes. – "You can't go! You can't give up!"
Alison whispered with tears on her eyes. – "Why?"
Emily babbled. – "Because… because…"
Alison was slowly closing her eyes again and Emily got scared and then she talked without overthinking on her words, she just spoke from the heart…
Emily yelled. – "Because we've a house in Rosewood!"
Alison wildly opened her eyes and tried her best to keep them open as the brunette continued talking…
Emily said as she locked her look on Alison. – "And we've 3 kids: two girls… twins to be exactly… Addison & Ellie… and a little boy…" (Smile) "He's name is Josh…" (Nervous chuckles) "The girls aren't really good playing the piano but they try hard… because they always want to impress you on your birthday with a song… they are so much like you… but Ellie… she's a little precocious but that's only because she says what's on her mind… and when they smile… GOD! You melt with those smiles… It's just like seeing directly to the sun… so bright… so warm… so beautiful…"
Emily smiled so much under the memory of her twins that she had definitely captive Alison's attention…
Emily continued. – "And Josh… he has your eyes…" (She shook her head, fighting back the tears on her eyes as she felt too overwhelmed for remembering) "He doesn't say much but we know he's smart…" (She got lost in her memories) "He's always got his eyes open, always watching us… sometimes you can look at him and just know that he's learning something new…" (Big smile) "It's like witnessing a miracle…"
Alison's expression sifted from sadness to curiosity…
Emily. – "The house is a mess but it's warm and cozy…" (She caressed Alison's cheek) "And you…" (She looked at her with lovely eyes) "You're a home mom…" (Chuckles) "That's right, you're completely non-profit but that doesn't seem to bother you because you love to be a mom at full time…" (She slowly leant her front-head against Alison's font-head and she kept her look locked on Alison's blue eyes) "And we're married… happily married and in love… after 6 years of marriage and 3 kids… we're still unbelievably in love…" (Chuckles) "You won't even let me touch you until I've said it…"
Alison chuckled and Emily's smile got bigger… both girls were staring into the eyes as Emily continued talking…
Emily. – "We made a lot of sacrifices, dealt with our share of surprises but we stayed together… you see… you're a better person than I'm… and it made me a better person to be around you… so you can't go…"
Alison sighed deeply as Emily's words were echoing in her ears…
Emily. – "Maybe it was all a dream, maybe I went to bed one lonely night in December and imagined it all but I swear, nothing's ever felt more real to me…" (She got closer to Alison's face and the blonde couldn't take her eyes off her) "And if you…" (Hard gulp) "If you give up now… that beautiful dream will disappear forever…"
A moment of silence filled the lonely place as both girls were in their own little worlds; Alison showed a weak smile as for a second she pictured in her mind what Emily was telling her and then she got out of her trance when Emily resumed her speech…
Emily begged with tears. – "Please Ali, don't die… don't give up… please… you're my home… my happy ending… my love… my only true love…. Ali… I love you… do you hear me! I love you!" (Alison's eyes got bigger of shock by the confession of the brunette and Emily just continued talking) "I love you and I choose you… I choose us because I've seen what we can be like together and it's extraordinary…" (Big smile) "It's perfect… so… please…" (Deep breath) "Can you live? Can you live for me? Please?"
Emily's words resonated in Alison's head and the blonde just froze, staring into the chocolate eyes of Emily, searching for the answer…
(Sounds of sirens)
(St. Valentin, 2013 - NY)
Emily. - "Once upon a time, in a kingdom called Rosewood, there was a Queen… a Queen who under the eyes of everyone, she was heartless, evil… yes, she wasn't perfect, she was shallow, pretentious, always finding her way to get what she wanted… she was really cruel with most of the people, with everyone at exception of one person… a mermaid… a mermaid that found her way directly to her heart… this mermaid was the 1st person able to pull down the ice walls of the Queen's heart and reveal the other side of the Queen, a kind, lovely side… the Queen was terrifying to show her vulnerability to someone so she kept pretending on being evil, heatless even if she wasn't any more like that because the love of the mermaid changed her, she made her a better person… It took to the Queen a long time to realize how important was the mermaid for her and when she finally found the courage to say her true feelings… it was too late because the mermaid was no longer there, at her side…
Thinking that the Queen didn't love her, the mermaid left, she swam away from the kingdom, she swam as far as she could… she left without turning back, just hoping that with time, she could forget the Queen… but that never happened, she never could really erase her from her memory or her heart… so the mermaid swam back, she came back but it was too late…"
Emily was in the middle of a hospital room with kids around her, the kids were just hearing her stories with fascination; for a moment, she got lost on her own thoughts and she just came back to reality when one little girl pushed down from Emily's t-shirt…
The little girl asked. – "Why it was too late?"
Emily. – "Huh?"
The little girl asked.- "Why it was too late for the mermaid?"
Emily sighed with sadness. – "Because…" (Deep breath) "Because in the absence of the mermaid… the Queen found love again with someone else… the Queen fell deeply in love with another princess…"
Another kid asked. – "So she married the princess?"
Emily. – "She wanted to, she was going to… but…."
The kids. – "But?"
Emily. – "But sadly the princes left to faraway lands, to a land that the Queen couldn't reach and the departure of the princess just devastated the Queen… and with a broken heart, the Queen decided to fall sleep and she did… she fell soundly sleep… and that's how the mermaid found her precious Queen, sleeping, peaceful sleeping…"
A kid. – "Is the Queen not going to wake up?"
Emily. – "No one knows… the mermaid has tried to wake her up from the perpetual sleep but nothing has worked… she's still sleeping…"
The little girl asked. – "Has she tried a 'kiss'?"
Emily blushed. – "A kiss?"
The kids yelled. – "Yeah! A KISS!"
A nurse asked the kids to keep it calm and don't yell, Emily and the kids just giggled as they just got scolded by the nurse; Emily inclined closer to the little girl that was pulling again from her t-shirt…
The little girl whispered on Emily's ear. – "The mermaid needs to kiss the Queen, only a true love kiss will break the course and the Queen will be awake again… that always works…"
Emily just chuckled and blushed.
The nurse. – "Ok kids, it's time for you to eat, let's go…"
The kids pouted. – "But we want to know what will happen with the Queen & the mermaid…"
Emily chuckled. – "Don't worry, we will continue the story tomorrow…"
The kids started to walk away, just following the nurse and before leaving the little kid said to Emily…
The little girl said. – "Don't forget telling to the mermaid about the kiss… ok?"
Emily nodded and blushed; the little girl smiled and ran, following the other kids; Emily just looked at them with warm eyes and then she put on her jacket and grabbed the bouquet of red roses that was at her side and walked away from the room too. It had become a habit for Emily to pass by and tells stories to the kids of the hospital, she always do it before coming into the room of her sleeping Queen…
Emily entered to a peaceful room, just the 'bip' 'bip' of the machines around the blonde made any noise in the room; the brunette showed a sad smile as she saw her sleeping beauty…
Emily said as she put the roses over Alison's chest. – "Happy St. Valentin Ali…" (She sat on the bed of the blonde and brushed the golden hair from her face, she smiled with sadness as her fingertips touched the soft porcelain skin of the blonde) "Why aren't you waking up?" (Watery-eyes) "There is no reason for you to don't wake up… so wake up… please, just wake up…"
The brunette started to paint the nails of the blonde, just like Alison did it for her when they were younger; she painted her nails, one by one, talking in between… Emily has been talking to a sleepy Alison every day since their 1st encounter in the Christmas 'eve of last year… yes Alison didn't die but she hasn't waking up either… that night, the paramedics arrived, the doctors took her on surgery and saved Alison's life but without a medical explanation, the blonde hasn't open her eyes and even if it was heartbreaking seeing her like that, Emily hadn't left her side, she had been coming every day because she's waiting, waiting that a miracle will happen and that she will see once again those beautiful blue eyes that she loves so much…
A nurse said as she opened the door. – "Emily…"
Emily turned in direction of the nurse. – "Hi Sabrina, I know… my time is up right?" (Nervous chuckles) "It would be nice to be allowed to stay a little longer with her…"
Sabrina. – "Yeah… sorry but visit hours are fixed for everyone… I will give you 5 minutes; it's all I can do…"
Emily gave her a weak smile. – "Ok, thanks…"
Once the nurse left the room, Emily turned again in direction of Alison; as she was staring at Alison, she remembered her previous talk with the little kid…
Emily chuckled. – "You know… you're really popular with the kids of this hospital… they always love the stories of the Queen…" (Nervous chuckles) "I wonder if it would work…" (She slowly approached over Alison's face and as she was getting close, she blushed and pulled away abruptly as she said) "Ok, just don't get mad ok! I'm doing this for the kids, just for the kids…"
The brunette chuckled to herself, because who she was kidding, she had been dying to kiss those lips for so long… one part of Emily hesitated on doing it because, she would never kiss Alison without her consent but under the peculiar actual circumstance and being so desperate to try anything just for waking up the blonde, even following the advice of a kid, well, desperate moments require desperate measures right?
Emily slowly leaned for a kiss and she did it with the eyes closed; she smiled when her lips just crashed against the soft lips of the blonde; Emily left her lips glued on Alison, refusing to pull away, refusing to lose contact because all what Emily wanted it was just to stay there, kissing her Queen, kissing her and never stop doing it… yes Emily would have stay like that as much as she could but she didn't because as magical as it was to be kissing the sleeping beauty, something more magical happened, something so magical like fairy tales…
(Gasps of surprise)
Emily smiled as she locked her look on Alison's hand that was moving. – "Ali?! Ali…"
The hand continued moving, slowly moving but that was all that Emily needed and she ran on the hallways of the hospital, calling all the nurses and doctors because the miracle was finally happening, the course has been finally removed and the Queen was finally waking up from her perpetual sleep…
Some months later…
Second chances… people don't receive always second chances in life… a second chance on loving, on living, on doing what is right… yes, second chances are rare so when it happens, you should embrace them, taking them without any hesitation but… but what if you can't…? What if you're not ready for it…? What if your heart is still pending on the past, gripping on the memory of what is lost…? What if you're not ready to let go...? What if you refuse to close the chapter and you just keep the book open, in that last page, just gripping on that last page without turning it… because once you do it, once you turn the page… you know that it's done… you had moved on, leaving behind that chapter that you loved so much…
Alison was standing in front of the grave of Samara, she was with a fixed gaze on that grave, she was so lost on her own thoughts that she didn't notice when someone got close until she saw someone putting roses on the grave and it was her… the brunette… the girl that has been following her like a lost dog for the past months since she woke up… Emily put the roses and she just stood quietly behind Alison, keeping a little of distance, just enough to don't over step, they were in complete silence until one of them started to speak…
Emily. – "I know that it may feel impossible right now but you're allowed to fall in love again… I'm sure that Samara would like to see you happy and in love… You deserve happiness in your life, Ali…"
Alison. – "How did you know that I was here?"
Emily. – "Ms. Cook told me…" (Nervous chuckles) "They really care about you… they see you as a daughter…"
Alison. – "And I love them as the parents that I always wanted… they are my only family now…"
Emily. – "They're not the only ones that care for you…"
Alison didn't reply she just sighed deeply…
Emily. – "Ali, I…"
Alison interrupted her and said. – "Look Emily; thank you for helping me but besides my gratitude for saving my life, you will not get anything else from me…" (She turned and looked her into the eyes as she said) "I don't know why you suddenly felt the need to revisit our past but I assure you that there is nothing there…" (Sighs) "You might think that my life was lonely, it was at first when all those who I called 'friends or family' gave the back on me… I did have a bad moment then until I found someone, until someone found me… and without knowing I was ok… I was fine… I was happy… I was in love…"
The brunette avoided eye-contact when she heard the word 'love' from Alison; she looked down as she was fighting on not crying because it was a direct dagger on her heart…
Alison continued talking. – " Emily, your dream sounds lovely, it does, in a romantic cheesy movie way, and maybe for you, that dream it's your love story but it's not for me… I did had a love story and it wasn't with you… so please, just make you a favor and get over with the fact that there is no 'us' and there will not be an 'us'… because I'm not your wife, no now, no never… I don't love you Emily… I'm in love with someone else… deeply in love…"
Emily said with watery-eyes. – "She's gone…"
Alison. – "Maybe physically, but she's still in my heart and I will keep her there as much as I can…"
The blonde put a soft kiss on the grave and started to walk away, she just stopped when Emily started talking to her…
Emily yelled. – "No!"
Alison raised an eye brow. – "Excuse me…?!"
Emily walked in direction of Alison and stopped until both girls were face to face…
Emily. – "Ali, I'm so sorry for the way I cut you out, it was cruel from me to do it… I was wrong, I didn't mean to hurt you, believe me that was the last thing that I ever wanted to do because I care about you more than you can imagine… so don't be scared please…"
Alison. – "I'm not scared…"
Emily yelled as she waved her hands up and down. – "Yes! You're?!"
Alison crossed her arms on her chest and said. – "Of what?!"
Emily said as she was pointing out towards the grave. – "Of her! Of letting her go!"
Alison's arms just fell down and the blonde made some back steps as she gulped hard… Emily moved forward until she grabbed Alison by the arms and shook her, just trying shaking her up some sense on the blonde…
Emily. – "In some point you have to let go!"
Alison said with heartbreaking voice. – "I don't wanna talk about this… especially with you…"
Emily. – "And you think that I do?! I don't want to talk about how much you love someone else, someone that it's not me! I don't want to know at all!" (Sighs) "But I just want you to move forward… I want you to live your life… because you're still here… you still have a life even if she doesn't… you still have reasons to live even if you don't want them…" (She noticed the look that Alison was giving her and said) "Don't look at me like that… like if you don't know what I'm talking about… because you know that I'm right…"
Alison didn't reply she just got lost on her own thoughts and she just got out of her trance as she got shook once again by the brunette…
Emily. – "Can you really tell me that you had never thought about us? About what might have happen? About the dream that I told you?" (Deep breath) "Ali, I love you and I want to be with you so… would you marry me?"
Alison looked her into the eyes and she just gave her a bemused laugh and then she saw that Emily wasn't joking…
Alison. – "You're serious?!"
Emily nodded and tried to kiss her but she didn't as the blonde just slapped her on the face before she could do it…
Alison looked offended. – "You're unbelievable!"
The blonde just walked away, leaving her there… with a red cheek…
(St. Valentin, 2014 – NY)
"Dear Valentine,
Come away with me. If I had a day with you and you only, I would enjoy the simple things. The things that bring joy to the drudgery and the mundane, the things that, in the end, when time steals the rest away, are the only things we'll remember. I would paddle you across a still lake in a rowboat and read poetry to you until you fell asleep, and I would never ever think about the hours.
If I had one more day with you and you only, I would admire every line of your face, every strand of your golden hair, every graceful movement of your hands or your eyes or your body. If I had just one perfect day… Why did you leave? Don't you see, my heart is still beating only for you?
My love, these are the things I remember about you... your warm hand, your warm breath, your warm smile, your arms around mine. I remember feeling safe, ceaseless, like one person, the two of us, still, at rest, entwined. I remember how I felt the first time I kissed you. It felt like... the high dive. What do you remember? How will I ever know what was inside your heart? Where do they go, all the things we think and feel but don't say?
Samara, these are the things I never told you, these are the things I need you to know... that I loved you always, and my love was so big, it lives still after you're gone. I'd like to tell you that I would do it differently, that if I had one more day I would do everything right. But I know that not to be true. I'd make all the same mistakes. That is, except one... I would definitely tell you 'I love you' since the 1st moment I felt it…"
St. Valentin… a day to celebrate love, the stronger force in the world… yes love… love that make you smile, that make you dizzy, that make butterflies fly on your stomach… love that make girls believe in magic and fairy tales… yes that kind of love, it's a reason to celebrate, even if you don't have it, even if you has lost it and Alison was trying to do it, she has trying to celebrate love each day since she lost it… that's why she has been writing letters to love, to her valentine, to the one that was supposed to be her last love… what started as a therapy, it became an habit and the only way to communicate with the love, the love that was lost and that she would never see again…
That February, 14th, Alison was in her home, she stood in home without going to work because she was with a cold; having a cold on St. Valentin it wasn't great but for the blonde it wasn't big deal, after all, she hadn't other plans besides being writing letters to her dead girlfriend…
Alison sealed the letter in a beautiful envelop and then put it in the box, with the rest of the letters; she was trying to store the box again in the closet of her bedroom but because of the fever that she was having by the cold; she lost balance and all the letters just dropped on the floor…
Alison huffed. – "Great!"
(Bell ringing)
Alison opened the door of her apartment, showing up with a Kleenex in her nose and a messy face, she just rolled her eyes as she noticed that it wasn't the deliver-man the one standing there in front of her door…
Alison. – "What do you want?"
Emily smiled. – "Happy St. Valentin day Ali!"
Emily stretched her arms with a bouquet of roses on her hands but Alison didn't take them, she just waved them away, the blonde was planning once again to slam the door in front of Emily but by now, the brunette already knew very well their routine so she dodged her and found her way to get into the apartment.
Alison yelled. – "How many times are you going to just get in without invitation!"
Emily smirked. – "Well, why don't you just invite me in and problem solves…"
Alison hadn't energy to argue so she just close the door and walked towards her kitchen, looking for a glass of water in order to take her medicine for the cold; she was swallowing her pills, she was already red because of the fever but she just blushed more when she felt the hand of Emily over her front-head…
Emily. – "You've fever…"
Alison said as she was pushing Emily away. – "I know! I'm sick so you better keep your distance from me…"
Emily smiled. – "Aww… are you worry about me?!"
Alison. – "Don't flatter yourself!"
The blonde tried to walk away but once again she lost balance because of the fever and she almost fell but she didn't as Emily grabbed her; without asking for permission, the brunette carried her bridal style towards her bedroom…
Alison. – "What do you think you're doing?! Put me down?!"
Emily. – "No… you're sick and with a lot of fever, you need to rest…" (She tucked Alison on bed and said) "Stay here, I will make you some soup…"
Emily walked out of the bedroom; she saw by the corner of her eyes the envelopes on the floor but she decided to don't clean the mess as for now her priority was making feel better the blonde. Emily made soup, she wasn't the best chef in the world but she did put her best effort on cooking something eatable for Alison. It was until her 3rd attempt that Emily finally could make something eatable; smiling with proud for her accomplishment, she just walked again inside the bedroom, with the soup…
Emily smiled. – "Ali! I made you soup! It's really good! The best that I've ever cook in my life!"
The blonde didn't reply as she was deeply sleeping; Emily just chuckled as she saw her sleeping, even with the runny nose and the messy hair, she looked perfect, adorable under Emily's eyes. The brunette put the soup on the night table that was beside the bed and then she stood there just watching over the sleepy blonde…
The hours passed and the fever looked to don't decrease so Emily started putting cold compress on Alison's front-head; the brunette put close to her a bucket of cold water and each time that she felt the compress losing her cold, she just put it inside the bucket, drowning it in the cold water and then squeezed it before putting it again above Alison's front-head.
Emily sighed. – "It's not working… your fever it's not decreasing…" (Sighs) "I should call a doctor…"
The brunette was standing up and she was going to walk away but she stopped as Alison grabbed her arm. Emily immediately sat again and she locked her look on the blonde that was slowly opening her eyes; Alison was sweating, she had blurry vision and she was definitely hallucinating because of the fever, because for Alison, the person that was at her side, it wasn't Emily, no, it was someone else…
Alison said under the effects of the fever. – "S… Sam… Samara…"
Emily gulped. – "No Ali.. I'm Em... Emily…"
Alison continued babbling without sense as tears started to fall from her eyes. – "Sam… Samara… please, don't go… don't leave…"
Emily swallowed hard and with watery-eyes she just softly caressed Alison's face, clearing the tears and then she grabbed Alison's hands on her own and pressed them just against her chest; Alison smiled as she felt a beating heart…
Alison said under the effects of the fever. – "Please don't go… don't leave me…" (Tears) "I want to marry you… I love you…" (Tears) "You promised me to never leave…" (Tears) "You promised to be my last love…" (Tears) "So please don't leave me…"
Emily cried as she squeezed Alison's hands. – "I'm not going anywhere…"
Alison smiled. – "You came back for me…? You came back…?"
Emily nodded with tears on her eyes. – "Yes, yes, yes I came back, I came back…"
Alison begged with tears. – "Don't ever leave me… don't ever leave me again… please…"
Emily cried as she caressed Alison's cheek. – "I won't… I won't ever leave you… we will always be together ok! Always!"
Alison whispered. – "You promise?"
Emily nodded with tears and then once again Alison fell sleep with a smile on her face. Who knows how many hours took Alison to wake up without a fever but when Alison opened her eyes again, she was really feeling better; she sat on bed and noticed that it was already dark; she rubbed her eyes and because of the rumbling of her stomach, she stood up and walked towards the kitchen, looking for food; in her path, she surprised Emily sitting in her couch, reading and with a box at her side… Alison showed an angry expression as she just caught Emily reading the letters that she had been writing to Samara…
Alison yelled. – "What the hell are you doing?!"
Emily said with breaking voice and tears on her face. – "You really love her…"
Alison was going to scold Emily for invading her privacy but she couldn't do it as the brunette started to cry in front of her, the brunette cried inconsolably and Alison couldn't control her own body under such view and before knowing she was hugging Emily. The brunette nailed her nails on Alison's back and she cried, she cried until there were not more tears to throw…
(Halloween, 2014)
Alison opened her door with a huge bucket of candies, thinking that there were kids the ones that rang her bell but she just sighed deeply when she noticed Emily was the one standing there in front of her door…
Emily smiled. – "Trick or treat?!"
Alison rolled her eyes. – "These candies are just for kids…"
Emily pouted and showed up her disguise of Pocahontas; Alison couldn't avoid roaming her eyes all over the beautiful body of the brunette and Emily just smirked as she noticed the stare of Alison on her…
Emily teased. – "Do you like what you see?"
Alison rolled her eyes and walked away without replying; Emily just laughed amused by Alison's behavior; she just got inside the apartment and closed the door behind her…
Emily asked as she grabbed one of the candies. – "I have never seen these before?"
Alison. – "That's because they're homemade…"
Emily looked surprised. – "You make these?! All of them?!"
Alison smirked. – "Contrary to you Emily, I do know how to cook and I'm great doing it…"
Emily teased. – "Oh really? I don't buy it… you're lying…"
Alison looked offended and said. – "What?! Off course I'm not lying! I will prove it to you…"
The blonde put the bucket of candies on the table and walked towards the kitchen…
Alison. – "Name the most fancy dish that you've ever eat!"
Emily took her time to reply and then she mentioned something that she once ate in an Italian restaurant; before knowing Alison had already cooked it for them… Emily smiled when Alison served her a plate and they started to have dinner together…
Alison. – "I'm hoping that this proves you that you're wrong!"
Emily said as she was eating. – "Oh, I never doubt about your skills on the kitchen…"
Alison looked confused. – "But you just said…"
Emily smirked. – "I just wanted to eat something from you… eat with you… and It looks that it worked…"
Alison's jaw just dropped open by the confession of the brunette, the blonde had been just played by Emily and the blonde just pouted as she ate; Emily just chuckled as for the 1st time, they were having dinner together and for Emily that was a huge progress. As the night came by, kids knocked the door and the girls opened the door and gave them candies; each time, Emily didn't waste time to say that there were homemade candies and how amazing they were; Alison just blushed as Emily was constantly showing off her skills around strangers.
Emily said as she sat on the coach. – "Can I turn on the TV?"
Alison nodded and the brunette smiled when she noticed that the blonde let her feel like she was in her own home; Emily was zapping on the channels until she found an old horror movie in black & white; the brunette jumped when she felt Alison sitting at her side…
Alison. – "What? Scared?"
Emily chuckled and she just took a popcorn from the lap of the blonde; yes, Alison sat beside Emily with a bowl of popcorns just like old times…
Emily. – "Did you do these too?"
Alison smirked. – "If by 'doing' you mean pressing the button of the micro-wave, then yes I did…"
Emily laughed and Alison too; they continued eating popcorn, talking about the movie…
Alison. – "I never understood why you like this kind of movies…"
Emily. – "They have their charm…" (She saw by the corner of her eyes that Alison jumped under one scene and she chuckled seeing her so scared) "You can grip on me if you are scared…"
Alison just glanced at her and Emily chuckled; during the movie, yes, occasionally Alison gripped on Emily's arm and the brunette just blushed and bitted her lips each time that she felt the blonde clinging on her; at the end of the movie, another old horror movie started and before knowing, one movie, become two, three… Emily just turned off the TV when she felt Alison's sleeping and leaning her head on her shoulder; she couldn't hide her big smile and she just put a blanket over them and slept too beside the blonde, just trying to don't move because she was loving to be the pillow of the blonde...
The next morning, Alison woke up and she looked surprised when she found herself leaning on Emily's shoulder and with one hand intertwined with the brunette; with blush on her cheeks, she quickly stood up and her abrupt move woke up the brunette…
Emily said with sleepy voice as she rubbed her eyes. – "Did you sleep well?"
Alison nodded
Emily chuckled. – "That was a nice movie night… we should do it again…"
Alison didn't reply, she just blushed and went to the kitchen; Emily followed her and she stood on the frame of the kitchen with a big smile on her face as she was watching how the blonde was making breakfast for them; it was a nice surprise for Emily to realize that Alison still knew her taste on food; blue berry pancakes, eggs & bacon it was the favorite breakfast for the brunette and it tasted so much better for her because all was cooked by Alison.
Eventually Emily needed to go but before Alison could close the door, Emily stopped her; pushing the door and making it wild open…
Alison. – "What are you doing?"
Emily. – "I love you!"
Alison looked down and sighed. – "Emily, we've talked about this…"
Emily. – "I know what you're gonna say, that you don't love me like that; that we're not mean to be…" (Sighs) "I know that you're still mad with me, for all those years that I cut you out but no matter how mad you are... how much you wanna shut me down... just know this...you're the love of my life and I'm yours; we're soulmates you like it or not... and I'm not going anywhere... I'm going to have my happy ending with you and I'm not going to give up to my dream… so you better go with the idea… preferably soon…" (Sighs) "See you later Ali…"
The brunette left and the blonde just followed with the eyes…
(Christmas season, 2016)
Alison. – "Hi Samara, can you believe it? It will be already 4 years since our accident, since the last time that I heard your voice…" (She sat in front of the grave and caressed it with her hands) "I'm assuming you already know why I came but I'm gonna go ahead and say it all anyway…" (Deep breath) "I've changed a lot Samara, I've learned being a good boss, a kind boss… I've learned that pain and suffering are unavoidable but ultimately they are what bring you closer to other people… and lately… lately I've learned to let go, to forgive and that it's possible to fall in love again…" (Chuckles) "I tried hard not to, I really did…" (Sighs) "It's so unfair to you, you know? I'm just so sorry for so many things that I couldn't do with you… that I never said and that I should… but I love her Samara… I really do… I tried to push it, to deny it but she… showing up each day for the past 3 years on my door, just showing up with that goofy face and those dorky jokes…" (Chuckles) "It became really hard to don't fall for her all over again…"
Alison stood up and as she did she put out of her coat a little box and she opened it and put out the diamond ring that she bought a long time ago for Samara, she put it over the grave as she continued talking…
Alison. – "This is yours… and I'm finally able to let it go… I'm leaving it here with you because is yours and because I'm going to ask her to be my wife…" (Nervous chuckles) "I love her Samara and if she says yes, I'll take that as your blessing…" (Chuckles and then a deep sigh as she patted the grave) "And if I'm gonna be the kind of wife to Emily that you would want me to be then I think that this should probably be our last goodbye… thank you Samara, thank you for loving me, for teaching me to believe in second chances, for teaching me what love is in life and even more so in your death…" (Deep breath) "So thank you and goodbye Samara… goodbye…"
(Christmas' eve, 2017)
When you're a kid, there is no bigger anticipation than that of xmas' eve because you go early to bed, you close your eyes and just dream, dream with all the magic, all the gifts and the happiness that Christmas will bring you… you just close your eyes and wait… wait to get into the dream… but for Emily that waiting, that anticipation for getting into the dream was no longer present because she was already living the dream, because the magic has been already present every day in her life since the moment that Alison gave her a second chance, since the moment that she got a second chance to be with the love of her life…
That night, Emily got happily in bed, she got in bed and curled around her wife and she just smiled with a big glowing on her face as she caressed the big belly of her pregnant wife… yes Emily was definitely going to receive a huge xmas gift, actually two xmas gifts…
Emily softly kissed Alison's cheek and she chuckled as the blonde just nuzzle on her in her sleep… before closing her eyes, the brunette kissed too the belly of the blonde and whispered to her incomings presents…
Emily smiled. – "Sweet dreams Addison & Ellie… we will meet again and we will get Josh too… you just wait… we will be together just like before…"
And with that happy thought, the brunette fell slept just hugging and loving her beautiful dream…
*** The END ***
Hi guys, thank you for loving this mini emison story, just know that for the next chapter it will be a one shot, more mini stories will come so stay tuned ;)