Hi again; this popped up into my mind after hearing the song 'Waves' by Dean Lewis, Anyway, this story will start after the jump time of 5 years of season 6, I mean, Alison asks the girls to come to Rosewood for Cece but something will change it everything… this starts the day of the court, when the girls are supposed to speak well about Cece…
NOTE: Everything in italics, it will be Emily's thougths, I mean, it will be the things she's thinking in her mind…
Sayonara
(In the hallways of the court)
Hanna groans. – "I can't believe it, after 5 years… we're still Ali's puppets…"
Emily scolds. – "We're not puppets, Hanna! We're just helping a friend…"
Aria. – "Really?! I can't see how this can help anyone…"
There was an awkward silence, none of them was ok, doing what Alison asked them to do but even then, they were there….
Spencer looks at her watch and says. – "It's getting late, she asked us to rush in here and she's late?!"
Emily. – "Maybe, she's stuck with traffic…"
Aria raises an eye brow. – "Traffic in Rosewood?! Since when that it's possible… this is no LA, Em, impossible to have traffic here…"
Hanna. – "Yeah… Em… you don't need to always find an excuse to justify Ali's behavior, you know…"
Emily huffs and rolls her eyes.
Once again, just silence was present in the area until a young angry doctor approached towards them.
Elliot. – "Where is she?!"
Spencer. – "Excuse me?!"
Elliot yells. – "Alison! Where is she?!"
Emily. – "Hey! Careful with your tone! You don't have any right to yell at us!"
Elliot huffs and groans, he rushes towards the door and leaves…
Hanna. – "He's creepy…"
Aria scolds. – "Hanna!"
Hanna shrugs. – "What?!"
Spencer. – "This is weird… wait here…"
The tall brunette leaves her friends for a moment alone. Hanna starts playing with her phone, Aria takes out a book that she had in her bag and starts reading it and Emily, well, she just do what it's an old habit for her…
Emily types a text to Alison: "Hi… where are you? Is everything ok?"
The brunette sighs heavy, and she's gazing at her phone, waiting to receive a pop from a new text or something but the only that pops up, it's a shocking news from Spencer lips…
Spencer. – "You will not believe what I just heard!"
The girls says at the unison. – "What?!"
Spencer. – "Ali called it off… the hearing…"
The girls. – "WHAT?!"
Spencer. – "I talked with the judge… it looks like Ali came very earlier in the morning and she changed her mind… she pulled it off… everything… she said that Cece is better in Welby than out…"
There was an awkward silence in the room as the girls were processing the information…
Hanna huffs. – "What the hell?! She dragged us here for nothing?! She has to be kidding me?!"
Emily. – "Hann!"
Hanna huffs, she shakes her head with the arms crossed over her chest…
Aria. – "Why the change of heart?"
Spencer. – "I don't know… but I want to know; let's talk with her…"
The girls nod and they spend the entire day looking for the blonde…
The next day…
(In the Brew)
The four friends were waiting for their coffees…
Spencer. – "This is like old times…. She just disappears and leaves us in the dark… so typical of her…."
Emily says with concern. – "Guys, what if something bad happened to her…?!"
Hanna rolls her eyes. – "Oh, come on Em! This is old Ali all over again…"
Aria. – "If something is sure, it's that we will find her just when she will let us…"
As the girls take deep breaths, feeling chills of the situation, their coffees arrive…
Sabrina. – "Here, your coffees… it will be 25…"
Spencer was going to pay but someone who appeared in the door offer to pay for their coffees…
Alison says with huge smile. – "I'll pay for it!"
She rushes over and she pays for the coffees; the four girls are with the jaw dropped and with confused looks…
Alison notices the constant gaze and she says. – "Is there something in my face?"
Spencer. – "Where the hell have you been?! You cancelled the hearing and didn't tell us?! What the hell, Ali?!"
Alison takes a deep breath and nods…
Aria. – "Are you not saying anything?!"
Alison. – "Well, yes…." (She makes a big pause and the girls lean forwards waiting and then Alison says) "I'm sorry…"
There was a big silence after the tiny sentence of the blonde and then Hanna snaps…
Hanna. – "I'm sorry… I'M SORRY! That's it?! That's all you've to tell us?"
Emily pleads. – "Hann… keep your voice down…"
Alison. – "It's ok Em, she has all the right to be upset… I'm sorry, I 'm really sorry…. Maybe this might be not enough for you but it's all I can say for now…"
The blonde turns towards the door and she was planning to leave but she turns again in direction of the girls and she reaches for Emily and takes the brunette off guard when she hugs her. Alison hugs Emily tight and a big smile appears in her face….
Emily blushes. – "Ali…?"
Alison whispers in Emily's ear. – "I'm sorry for not replying your text I just… I just…." (She presses her lips together, hesitating to say more of what she should) "Thank you, Em… and I'm sorry…"
The blonde kisses Emily's cheek and leaves; the girls stare at Emily as the brunette is just with the gaze glued at the door…
Aria. – "What was that, Em?!"
Spencer raises an eye brow. – "Is there something you wanna tell us, Em?"
Hanna. – "Em…?"
Emily sighs deeply, she wasn't sure what was happening but something was sure… that hug… that kiss in the cheek, it made her heart pound….
(In the cemetery at night)
Emily was having a heart-to-heart conversation with her Dad, the brunette was trying to clear the tears from her eyes when someone slowly approaches, offering her a tissue…
Emily jumps. – "What are you doing here?!"
Alison sits on the ground beside Emily, she clears Emily's tears with her tissue and she just keeps her eyes on the brunette…
Alison. – "I didn't mean to scare you…"
Emily. – "You didn't answer my question…"
Alison turns her head in direction of the grave and she maps the name written in the stone and takes a deep breath…
Emily. – "Ali…?"
Alison. – "I'm here for the same reason as you… I came to talk with my mom…"
Emily. – "Oh…"
They stay in silence and the constant gaze of Alison, it makes Emily to blush…
Alison chuckles. – "It's cute…"
Emily avoids eye-contact and mumbles. – "Stop staring at me…"
Alison takes a deep breath and says as she grabs Emily's hand and starts playing with her fingers. – "I can't…"
Emily blushes and turns her head in direction of the blonde; she stares at their hands, their intertwined hands and she can feel it… all over again… those butterflies in her stomach. Emily's memories hit her mind; and she pulls back, refusing to be again that shy girl fool in love with the Queen Bee, she refuses to be once again Alison's toy; so she pulls back, she takes her hand away from Alison and she gulps, she gulps hard because she can see pain in those beautiful blue eyes…
Emily gulps. – "Ali…?"
Alison doesn't say a word; she just gives her a weak smile and stands up too…
Emily. – "Do you need a ride home?"
Alison smiles. – "I would love that… thanks…"
They start walking side by side, the blonde tries to keep a distance, trying to don't step up again and making Emily uncomfortable, just like a few moments ago; the brunette notices the distance between them and it hurts… it hurts her heart…
Emily. – "I don't bite…"
Alison looks at her and says. – "I know… I just…" (Deep breaths and looks down as she says) "You pushed back just minutes ago and I don't want to make you feel uncomfortable again…"
Emily. – "I will not push you back again…" (They gaze at each other and Emily says) "I'll not push you back again… I promise…"
Alison's face lights up with a big smile and Emily just smiles too, looking at the happy face of the blonde. Emily didn't need it to say it twice; Alison rushes towards her and she intertwined their arms and leaned her head against Emily's arm.
Alison whispers. – "I'm sorry…"
Emily. – "You keep telling me that a lot… why?"
Alison. – "I just… I just…" (Deep sigh) "I just feel that you need to know how sorry I'm about all the pain that I've brought you in your life… you don't deserve it…"
Emily. – "Ali…"
They stop walking and look at each other. Alison smiles at her, with warm eyes.
Alison. – "I don't deserve having a kind person like you in my life but… but just one more time… let me be selfish…"
Emily. – "Huh?"
The blonde caresses Emily's cheek and Emily gulps hard; feeling afraid of her own emotions…
Emily gulps. – "Ali…"
Alison says entranced in Emily's beauty. – "Can I ask you something…?"
Emily nods
Alison. – "If you could get just one last wish in this earth… what would it be?"
Emily. – "What?"
(Awkward silence)
Emily. – "Ali… what is coming on?"
Alison. – "Have dinner with me tonight…"
Emily's lips shake open, she doesn't know what is happening in Alison's mind but she can feel that something is coming on in the blonde's life and she wants to know what it's…
Emily nods. – "Ok…"
Alison smiles and they resume their walk…
(In Alison's house)
Emily parks in front of the house and she gets stiff when she notices someone sitting in the stairs of the porch… waiting for the blonde…
Elliot stands up and says. – "Alison…"
Alison stares at him and Emily senses the tense air between them…
Emily mumbles. – "Maybe I should go…"
The brunette was planning to walks back at her car but Alison stops her, the blonde grips on her arm and doesn't let her go…
Alison. – "If someone is leaving, it's Dr. Rollins…"
Elliot. – "Alison!"
Alison looks at him with a serious gaze; the classic lethal gaze of the Queen Bee, Emily can feel the chills just with that look and the Doctor sighs hard and leaves with an angry face. That part of the evening was awkward but the rest of the night; it was lovely. For both girls, it was one beautiful night that they will always treasure as one of their best moment in their life. The blonde cooked for Emily and the brunette just happily glared at the blonde, smiling as she watched Alison cooking for her, it was like a dream coming truth.
The dinner was exquisite; the blonde definitely surprised the brunette with her culinary skills and Alison chuckled when Emily got chocolate all over her face during the dessert. After dinner, the blonde sits in the sofa with her cup of wine and the brunette stays up…
Alison. – "Tomorrow's the 1st day of the fair…"
Emily. – "Uh…"
Alison pats the sofa and says. – "Don't stand there, have a seat…"
Emily hesitates for a second and then she says. – "Uh… okay… no… on second thought, I'll stand…"
Alison chuckles. – "You sure are fidgety. Suspicious, much?"
(Awkward silence)
Alison. – "What is in your mind, Em?"
Emily hesitates but she asks in the end. – "What is your relationship with that doctor?"
Alison takes her time to reply and Emily grips on her cup of wine…
Emily. – "If you don't want to tell me… I can't understand…"
Alison. – "We kissed…" (Emily looks at her and the blonde notices how much the confession hurts Emily but she keeps talking anyway) "Besides, my co-workers in the school, he and Charlotte are the only adults in my life…" (She looks at her cup of wine and says) "I don't love him or anything, I was just feeling lonely and he was there…"
Emily nods, not really sure of what she should say…
Alison. – "I thought that I wanted to be in a relationship with him but…"
Emily. – "But…?"
Alison looks up and they locked their eyes in each other…
Alison. – "But something happened… something unexpected…" (Sad chuckle) "Maybe karma… who knows… but it got me thinking…"
Emily looks confused and says. – "Ali…. I don't understand what you're trying to say…"
The blonde stands up and she pulls on an old acetate disc and music fills the room…
Emily smiles. – "I love that song…"
Alison smiles. – "I just found out that my mother had a nice collection of discs…" (She stretches her hand towards the brunette and asks) "Can I've this dance?"
Emily blushes and without thinking she starts dancing with the blonde. It was supposed to be just one song but in the end, they ended dancing all the songs until the disc stopped…
Emily smiles. – "That was nice…"
Alison smiles. – "It was perfect…"
They stare at each other and Emily blushes, sweating for the closeness. The blonde was slowly approaching more and more towards the brunette, leaving no gap between their body and Emily wasn't sure how to deal with that so, trying to change the mood, Emily says as she points out towards the piano…
Emily. – "Do you still play it?"
Alison. – "Sometimes…"
Emily. – "I always loved to hear you playing it…"
Alison. – "Do you wanna me play it for you, now?"
Emily nods and Alison sits in the piano. She starts gliding her fingers lightly over the keys with so much grace that Emily smiles with each note hitting her ears. The brunette feels taken by the music and she sits on the sofa. Alison's fingers dance over the keys, she was really trying her best on doing a good performance for the brunette that was her only audience and after some pieces; Alison stops playing the piano when she notices that Emily fell asleep, with a happy smile….
Alison chuckles. – "So cute…"
The brunette accommodates the brunette on the sofa, putting a pillow behind her head and covering her with a blanket. The blonde sits in the edge of her sofa and she stares at the sleepy brunette; she eventually brushes the hair of Emily just trying to have a clean view of her face…
Alison. – "I know that I shouldn't… I know that it's selfish and wrong but…" (She lies down in the sofa and snuggles with Emily and she mumbles) "But at least tonight… let me be at your side, mermaid…"
The blonde fell asleep and as she starts snoring, the brunette can't hide her big smile as she mumbles with a happy smile…
"Mermaid… I haven't heard that nick name in ages… I like how that sounds…"
Some days after…
(In Spencer's backyard)
Aria. – "This brings me back old memories…"
Spencer. – "It's getting cold, don't you prefer get inside the barn?"
Emily looks up at the starry sky and smiles. – "No, the moon's so pretty, let's stay outside…"
Spencer teases. – "You've been very happy these days Em…" (She looks at the blonde who's approaching and says) "I wonder why…."
Emily ignores Spencer's comment and her smile gets bigger when Alison sits at her side…
Hanna. – "Hey, who wants pizza!"
Emily. – "ME!"
Alison smirks. – "Pizza again…?"
Emily shrugs. – "What?! It's what I like…"
The blonde chuckles and she just put a napkin in Emily's lap. The brunette kisses her cheek, saying 'thank you' and Alison just smiles and blushes; the rest of the girls just stare at the moment of affection that has become very frequent between the two of them; no one dares to say anything about it…
Spencer clears her throat. – "AHEM…."
All the girls, stare at her and the brunette says…
Spencer. – "Let's toast… for friendship…"
Aria. – "And love…"
Emily stares at Alison when Aria mentioned the word 'love' and she blushes, feeling the butterflies in her stomach…
The girls say at unison. – "Cheers…"
They start talking, joking around as when they were in high school…
Alison smiles. – "I'm happy that all of you decided to stay for a while… it's nice having you around…"
Spencer nods. – "Well, I'm just staying until my mom's campaign ends…"
Aria. – "I'm just staying until Erza's book is finished…."
Hanna. – "And I'm just staying until Alison gives me all her money…"
Emily scolds. – "Hanna!"
Hanna shrugs. – "What?!"
Alison chuckles. – "Em, it's ok…"
Spencer. – "I still can believe that you two are gonna start a business together…"
Alison. – "Oh, no, it will be Hanna's clothes brand, all her… I'm just loaning her the money…"
Emily says as she looks at Hanna. – "Money that Hanna will return little by little, right Hann?"
Hanna nods. – "Sure… don't worry; my brand will be such a hit that I'll be able to return the money even with interest…"
Alison shakes her head and says. – "It's ok Hann, you don't have to do that; I'm just happy that I could do something nice for you… at least for once…"
Spencer says. – "You've been doing a lot of 'good' stuffs lately…"
Alison. – "What do you mean…?"
Spencer. – "Being the sponsor of Hanna's dream…"
Aria. – "And mine…" (She smiles at the blonde and says) "Thank you again for helping me to create my own publishing house…"
Alison smiles. –"You're very talented Aria, I'm sure that Erza's book it will the 1st of many best sellers that you'll be able to publish…"
Aria smiles. – "Thanks… who knows, maybe your book becomes a best seller too…"
Emily. – "You're writing a book?! Why you haven't told me anything?!"
Alison blushes. – "I just… it's not ready yet and it's actually a story book for children…"
Hanna. – "Oh, if it's with illustrations, I'll read it…"
Spencer smirks. – "Oh, you reading a book for children, what a shock…"
Hanna squints her eyes towards Spencer and the brunette just smirks…
Emily. – "Do you've a tittle for this book? What is it about?"
Aria. – "My mermaid…"
Emily blushes. – "What?!"
Aria.- "Ups, sorry, maybe I wasn't supposed to say it?"
Alison chuckles. – "It's ok Ar…" (She stares at Emily and says) "The tittle of my book is 'My mermaid' and it's about a beautiful mermaid…"
Emily grins with a lot of blush, she doesn't know what to say, she just keeps smiling like a fool…
Spencer clears her throat. – "AHEM…. Anyway, like I was saying; you've become the sponsor of Hanna, Aria and Emily, I mean, you help her to enroll in college, get clean with her mom and then finish school to get her degree…"
Emily blushes and she says. – "She also put a good word on me with the principal of Rosewood school…"
Hanna. – "Rosewood school…? Why?"
Emily smiles. – "Well, There was an opening as the shark's coach and…"
The girls. –"And?"
Emily. – "And I got the job!"
The girls were happy for Emily, especially Alison, who doesn't wait and hugs the brunette with a lot of happiness…
Alison. – "I'm so happy for you…."
Emily smiles, just holding the blonde tight into her arms, refusing to let her go. The rest of the girls notice the big smile on Emily and they can't keep holding back on their doubts…
Hanna. – "Ok, what is coming on between the two of you…?"
Aria scolds. – "Hanna! It's not of our business…"
Hanna. – "Off course it's our business! It's my business because Emily is my best friend and I swear Ali, if you're just playing with her feelings all over again…"
Emily. – "Hanna!"
Alison.- "I'm not playing with her feelings…" (She looks at the brunette and confesses) "If our eyes happen to meet, my heart flip-flops…"
Emily blushes. – "Ali…"
Alison smiles and says to Emily. – "You sparkle in front of my eyes… and I just know that I'm very grateful for having the pleasure to meet you in this world…"
The two girls stares at each other for several minutes in silence, like there were just the two of them in the world…
Spencer. – "What are you trying to say?"
Alison takes her time to reply, everyone is waiting to hear Alison's reply, especially Emily…
Alison takes a deep breath and says with sadness. – "I'll be leaving home very soon…"
Emily feels her heart cracks and she whispers. – "What?"
Spencer. – "Are you leaving Rosewood? What about your job? I thought that you loved it…"
Alison. – "Starting this semester, I'll just have classes twice a week or so; it just makes easier the transition with the new professor and the students…"
Emily's mind: "Huh?!"
Alison. – "Of course, I'm not sure when I'll be leaving but…"
She stops talking as she notices Emily's tears, falling down from her chocolate eyes…
Alison gulps. – "Em…"
The brunette stands up and starts running away with tears in her eyes as she thinks…
"Again… here it's again… you breaking my heart… dummy! Alison, you dummy! Go wherever you want, dummy Alison!
We're childhood friends… you're smaller than me… you're the girl who disappear and got back in my life… and the fool of me… thinking that this time it will stay like that… I took for granted you would be by my side… but once again, you just fooled me…"
Emily slams her door once she arrives at her home and she falls down in the floor….
Emily cries. – "I'm such an idiot…"
The next day, in the forest…
Running in the forest, Emily has been avoiding Alison and the girls, using the excuse that her mom was in town and that they needed family time; she has been trying to focus only on her but a peculiar blonde keeps popping up in her mind…
"Leave the town… leave the country… go wherever you want, for all I care! You moron, it's all the same to me whether you're around or not… "
Emily pictures Alison on her mind and she loses balance and trips; she hurt her ankle but to her luck someone else was jogging too in the forest…
Sabrina. – "So, you're the type who can't hide her uncertainty…"
Emily. – "Huh?"
Sabrina approaches and says.- "You're struggling with something… it's all written in your face…" (She helps the girl to stand up and says) "You're covered in scrapes and bruises, my car is not far, I can give you a ride to the hospital if you want…"
Emily nods. – "Uh… ok… thanks…"
Some days after…
(Emily's house at night)
Pam. – "Honey, someone is knocking the door…"
Emily. – "Yeah, I'm coming…"
She opens the door and she swallows hard, looking at the blonde standing in front of her…
"Talking to you either makes me feel sad, or it sets my mind at ease… I'm such a mess… how lame is that?"
Alison. – "Em, I…"
Emily cuts her off and says. – "I met someone that I like…"
Alison. – "Huh?"
Emily. – "She's the kind of person who I want to spend the rest of my days with…"
"Liar…"
Alison nods, looking down, she mumbles. – "I'm sorry…"
Emily. – "You keep saying that…"
The blonde takes a deep breath and then she looks up and smiles at the brunette. – "I'm happy for you…"
The blonde stars walking away and before getting inside her car she says…
Alison. – "Emily…" (The brunette stares at her and they eyes meet) "I'm sorry… I really am… I just… I just…" (Sad smile and mumbles) "I just can't keep being selfish with you…"
The blonde leaves and Emily doesn't understand what the blonde was trying to say…
(In Rosewood streets)
The blonde was walking without a destination, with the gaze sets up far away; she sits in an empty bench for hours and then someone sits at her side. They sit side by side in silence until the blonde breaks the silence…
Alison. – "You're not asking me anything…?"
Spencer. – "If you want to talk about it, I'm listening…"
(Awkward silence)
Alison. – "I just got dumped…" (Sad chuckles) "Actually, I just got dumped even without being in a relationship… how lame is that?"
Tears started to fall from her blue eyes and Spencer gulps…
Spencer. – "Ali…"
Alison keeps talking with tears. – "I've always looked up to her… so good-looking and sweet… " (Sad chuckle) "She was like premium ice cream to me, you know…" (Sad voice) "The kind of ice cream that you just dream with…" (Tears and she grips her lap) "I got ahead of myself again… and" (She cries) "And I ended up hurting her again…." (Tears and sobs) "I'm such an idiot, I had no idea about my own feelings for so long and when I realized about it… about how much I love her… It's just too late for me… I lost my chance to be with her…."
Spencer. – "Ali… it's never too late…"
Alison. – "Time keeps flowing, Spencer… even if it's terrifying and painful… even if we can't see ahead, still seeking something… we can't stop time… time doesn't stop… the time I exist in… it can't be frozen forever…."
Spencer raises an eye brow.- "What are you trying to say?"
Alison turns her head in her direction and they stare at each other in silence for a long time…
Spencer. –"What is happening with you? Something is coming on… I just know… what is it?"
Alison smiles with sadness. – "You know… when I was studying to become a teacher, the dictionary became my best friend… I learnt a lot from it… and these days, a word keep running inside my mind…"
Spencer. – "What word?"
Alison. – "Sayonara…"
Some days after…
(In Rosewood School)
It was Emily's 1st day in her new job as a coach, she was serving herself a cup of coffee in the room of the teachers; she sighs with sadness because since she got the job, she always imagined herself, there, sharing a cup of coffee with Alison, talking and spending all the time together. She shakes her head, trying to erase those thoughts of her mind and it was in that moment when someone wildly opened the door of the room…
Aria. – "Em!"
The brunette turns her head in direction of the little brunette gasping out of breathe. Emily raises an eye brow, confused with her friend's unexpected visit…
Emily. – "Aria, my class starts in 5 minutes I don't have time for…"
Aria cuts her off and says. – "Ali collapsed…" (She gulps) "She's in the hospital…"
Emily drops her cup of coffee and it cracks in the floor and It just cracks, just like her heart…
(Rosewood hospital)
Emily rushes, running in the hospital, she can hear the nurses scolding her, demanding her to don't run but she can't stop running, she can't… she just needs to see her… she needs to get to her. Out of breath, sweating and with an erratic breathing, Emily wildly opens the door and her heart stops when she looks at the blonde in there…
Alison smiles. – "Hey there! How'd it go your 1st day as a teacher?!"
Emily can't speak; she just starts walking towards the blonde. Alison can't hold Emily's gaze and she looks down at her lap and starts playing with her fingers….
Alison. – "I was going to contact you, but I wasn't quite up to it…" (She takes a deep breath and she looks up and gives a weak smile to Emily as she says) "Sorry, I couldn't make it for your 1st day, I hope the other teachers made you feel welcome…"
Emily gaps, still trying to catch her breath after all the running she did, she's still unable to speak. Spencer steps in and says…
Spencer. – "Hi, I brought you something…"
Alison replies as she takes Spencer's box. – "Thanks…"
Hanna and Aria walk in too…
Aria. – "Well? How do you feel?"
Alison puts her arms up, pretending to look strong and says. – "Never better! I'm just gonna stay here a little longer for some tests…"
Spencer. – "This is the second time you collapse…"
Emily gazes at Spencer with a shocker and angry face…
"What? Why I didn't know about the 1st time?!"
Aria. – "But you were in her for tests the other day, weren't you?"
Emily gazes at Aria with a shocker and angry face…
"What? Why I didn't know about that too?!"
Emily feels betrayed by her friends… she has been out touch, trying to get mind away from the blonde who was sitting in that hospital bed but, still… she expected to be informed about all that kind of stuffs… the girls notices Emily's gaze and they just avoid eye-contact…
Hanna. – "Em, are you ok…?"
Emily. – "Why I didn't know about the tests? About she, collapsing, the 1st time that it happened?"
Alison pleads.- "Em, it's no big deal, don't get mad with them…" (She stares at Aria with a disapproved look and says) "Actually, I don't know why they got you out of your work, in your 1st day…"
Aria. –"Don't look at me like that! It was a shock for me… we were just talking and then you stumbled and hit the floor! I was so stunned! I totally lost it and I thought that Emily deserved to know… what if it was something serious…"
Emily gulps and says with fear. – "Is it serious?"
Alison sees the fear in Emily's eyes and she presses her lips together, refusing to say something that may hurt the brunette…
Alison. – "I might stay a little longer in here…"
Hanna. – "Because of the tests?"
Alison. –"Just for the heck of it…."
She looks at Emily and says…
Alison. – "I'm sorry for not telling you… I didn't want to make a big deal about it…"
Spencer. –"And is it really not big deal?"
The blonde once again doesn't reply; she just looks at the box that Spencer brought and she opens it; she smiles looking at all the sweet cakes that are in there…
Alison. - "Oh! The fig tart for me!" (She takes the tart and continues talking) "It isn't big deal, girls, really… I've always tired easily, but lately, I guess that I've had to expend a lot of energy, so I guess I pushed myself too hard…" (She takes a bit of the tart and says with a goofy smile, waving her body from one site to another) "Yum! Yum! Yum!"
Hanna smirks. – "You're just expending energy as you eat…" (She takes a cake and says) "Let me help you with that…"
Spencer. – "Hanna!"
Hanna says with the cake in her mouth. – "What?! It's too much sugar for her… it's not healthy… I'm just helping a friend…"
Alison chuckles and Emily shows a weak smile…. Hearing Alison's chuckles, it always makes her smile…
Aria says, putting a big bag in Alison's bed. – "Well… I brought you some books, too! You've got nothing to do in here, right?"
Hanna. – "What's she gonna do with a ton of books?"
Spencer smirks. – "Just because you don't read Hann, it doesn't mean that the rest of us is like you…"
All the girls laugh and Hanna just rolls her eyes…
Hanna. – "Well, Ali, you'll be out of here in time for the launch of the brand, right?"
Alison nods with a smile. – "Yes, of course, I will…"
Emily stares at Alison, reading her body language….
"I must be imagining things. That answer just now… it seemed rehearsed…"
The girls keep talking for a while until the time of visit ends…
Spencer. – "All right, Ali. Let's see you tomorrow, ok…"
Alison smiles. – "Sure, bye, bye…"
The four girls leave the room, Emily with a little of hesitation but she leaves at the end. The door closes and Alison can finally stop forcing her face to smile… her face becomes more serious and she turns her head, gazing at the mountain of books that Aria brought….
Alison sighs. – "I don't have time to read all these…"
The door gets open again and it was a nurse…
Nurse. – "Miss DiLaurentis, have your friends gone home?"
Alison nods. – "Yes…"
Nurse. – "Then, can we…?"
Alison. – "Yes… please… resume the IV drip…"
The next day…
Emily brought flowers, she was hesitating to get inside the hospital but she was already there so, she took a big breath and got inside the building…
"I don't like hospitals… the smell of antiseptic… a linoleum floor, cloudy and white… all overlapping with you… "
Emily was standing in front of the door; hesitating to knock or to just get inside… she was wondering when she heard some sobs inside the room. The brunette gets in, very quietly, she slowly approaches and the blonde hasn't noticed her presence as she's lying down in her right side, giving the back at the door. The brunette gulps hard, hearing Alison's broken voice….
Alison says with sadness as she caresses one picture that she has from Emily. – "I wish I was there in your 1st day…"
Emily's mind: "You're gonna be okay, right? You're not lying about being tested, right?"
Alison cries. – "I'm sorry… I'm sorry… I wanted to show you the school… work with you… but I couldn't…"
Emily's mind panicking: "You're not goanna tell me you're never coming back, right? You're gonna start cussing me out again, right? We will be able to talk in the teacher's room, right?"
Alison says as she grips the picture against her chest. – "I wish I could've spent more time with you…"
The blonde was lost, consumed on her own sorrow until she heard something…
Emily whispers. – "You're okay, right?"
The blonde turns and she looks shocked, noticing that Emily was standing there at her side…
Alison clears her hears and gulps. – "Em…"
Emily grips hard in the flowers and asks with watery eyes. – "You're gonna be fine, right?!"
Alison can't look at her and she looks down…
Alison. – "I'm sorry…"
Emily. – "Stop saying that!"
The blonde looks up and they stare at each other with intense looks…
Emily says with a trembling voice. – "You… you won't leave me like my Dad did, will you?"
They stare at each other in silence for several minutes and then Alison asks her again…
Alison. – "If you could get just one last wish in this earth… what would it be?"
Emily. – "Being with you…"
Alison smiles with sadness and says. – "Me too…"
Emily's narrative:
I learnt a new word… thank to you… Sayonara… Japanese for 'goodbye', it carries more finality than a simple 'goodbye, see you tomorrow', it would be used in situations where you will either not see the person for a long time… if ever again…