Did you really believe I would leave you like that? Well no ^^, I'm not that cruel… so, for this chapter, there will be a time jump of some weeks. Let's say that the girls are now free of AD. So, I hope you like it and thank you in advance if you've the time to leave a review…
*** Emily's narrative ***
Never give up on something you really want. It's difficult to wait but more difficult to regret…
There have been some weeks since their talk and now all the chaos seems in the past since the girls found out who killed Charlotte. It was a shocking surprise for everyone when they found out Mona was the killer but, the girls couldn't be happier because the nightmare was over. Everyone looked happy, except for Emily. The brunette is trying her best on being supportive and let Alison be happy with another girl but, it's hard… it's so damn hard to see her smile, to see her blush, to see her happy with someone else…
Toby pats Emily's back. – "Em…? Are you okay?"
Emily jumps, she was spacing out in the Brew and when Toby touched her back, he really got her off guard. Emily turns around and says her hellos to her dear friend. Toby sits with her while he waits for his coffee…
Toby. – "You look sad, is it because Paige left?"
Emily sighs. – "I'm sad for how things ended but…"
Toby. – "But…?"
Emily was going to say something but she got interrupted when Sabrina bring Toby's coffee and Emily's sandwich. At the same time, a pair of blondes were happily entering into the place…
Alison laughs. – "OMG! That was so funny!"
Samara smiles. – "I told you it was a great comedy…"
Alison's laugh fills the room and Toby notices something in Emily's eyes… regret…
Toby puts his hand over Emily's hand and says. – "Em…"
Emily looks at Toby and when she notices his concerned gaze; the brunette realizes that a tear was rolling over her cheek…
Emily chuckles with sadness while she tries to clear the tears. – "Sorry, I… I got something in my eye…"
Toby sighs heavy, he doesn't buy Emily's lame excuse but he can tell Emily doesn't want to talk about it and he will no force her to talk either.
Sabrina says to the new customers. – "Hello, ladies, what I can get you?"
Samara smiles. – "Mmm… I want a salad and an ice tea, please…"
Alison. – "I… I want a sandwich…"
Sabrina. – "Oh sorry Alison, I already sold the last one I had…"
Alison pouts, she was really craving for a sandwich and, as soon as she keeps pouting for a sandwich, Emily sloppily stands up and rushes towards the blonde, with her sandwich on her hands.
Emily. – "Ali… Ali… Ali, here! Take mine!"
The brunette offers her sandwich with a goofy smile, she waves the sandwich in front of Alison, nictitating the blonde to take it.
Alison says while she grabs the sandwich. – "Thank you…"
Emily smiles with proud, she feels so happy just by feeding the pregnant blonde but, that smiles vanishes from her face when Alison rushes towards the bathroom…
Emily asks. – "What is wrong?"
Samara looks at the sandwich and sighs while she sees what is inside. – "Damn it! It has cheese…"
Emily. – "What is wrong with cheese?"
Samara. – "It's the pregnancy, this week she can't tolerate cheese, even the smell of it, makes her throw up…"
Emily mumbles. – "I… I… I didn't know…"
Samara pats Emily's arm and says. – "Don't worry, it's hard to keep up with her, each week, her mood for food changes, this week is cheese, last week was tomatoes…" (She chuckles) "Who knows, maybe next week will be chocolates…" (Chuckles) "I'm kidding, she loves chocolates…"
Samara keeps talking about Alison's taste and Emily frowns, frustrated because she didn't know, she doesn't know anything about what Samara was talking and once again, she feels angry with herself, because she should be the one knowing all of that… no Samara…
Samara. – "I'll go check on her… see if she's all right…"
Emily nods and sighs with sadness because she should be the one, checking on Alison…
Toby pats Emily's back and says. – "Are you okay…?"
Emily mumbles. – "No…"
Toby wanted to say something else, but Emily was already leaving the Brew before he could say something at all…
*** Emily's narrative ***
In the end, we only regret the chances we didn't take, the relationship we were afraid to have, and the decisions we waited too long to make…
(In the Brew, some weeks later…)
Hanna. – "So, how Alison's pregnancy is going?"
All the girls looks at one particular brunette and the brunette rolls her eyes…
Aria. – "Well…? Are you not telling us…?"
Emily sighs and buries her face on her coffee, she drinks her coffee slowly, hoping the girls will choose another topic to talk but, they just wait in silence till Emily says…
Emily mumbles. – "Why you're looking at me like that?"
Spencer. – "Why you're so quiet about it? I mean, some days ago, all you could speak about was 'babies' and now…"
Hanna. – "And now you're quieter than a mute…"
Spencer looks at Hanna and raises an eyebrow. – "Really? A 'mute'?"
Hanna shrugs. – "What? They don't talk…"
The girls chuckles with Hanna's comment and Emily sighs with sadness. Aria pats Emily's knee and says…
Aria. – "What is wrong, Em?"
Emily. – "What is wrong? I'm missing everything!"
The girls. – "What do you mean?"
Emily. – "The babies kicked the other day…"
The girls. – "What?!"
Spencer. – "Babies?!"
Hanna. – "Like in plural?!"
Emily nods. – "Oh yeah… twins…"
Aria. – "Aww!" (Aria sees Emily's face and she says) "You don't look happy… are you not happy with the news?!"
Emily. – "I'm thrilled with the news!"
Hanna. – "Looking at your face, no you're not…"
Emily rolls her eyes and groans angry.
Spencer. – "What is wrong, Em? Talk with us…"
Emily sighs sad. – "I wasn't there…?"
Aria. – "What do you mean?"
Emily. – "When she went to the doctor and found out about the twins; I was doing swim practice with the team…"
Aria. – "Ali went alone to the doctor? Why she didn't ask us to come or…?"
Emily cuts her off and says with a bitter voice. – "She didn't go alone, Samara went with her…"
The girls. – "Oh…"
Emily. – "Samara is always with her… when Ali wants ice cream at 3am, Samara is there to get it for her… when Ali felt the 1st kicks of the babies last night, Samara was there to feel it too…" (She says frustrated) "She's always there when it should be ME! I'm the MOM!"
Hanna. – "Relax, Em, it's no big deal…"
Emily snaps. – "It's not big deal?! It's a huge deal, HANNA! Samara knows everything: what she can eat, what she's craving for…" (Sighs) "She knows all these stuffs and I don't know any of it… and I'm the mom…"
The girls rubs Emily's back…
Emily mumbles with sadness. – "I wish I could be more involve, you know…"
Spencer. – "The thing is, Emily; because Samara is living with Ali, she's there for a lot of stuffs…"
Emily mumbles with sadness. – "I know that…"
The brunette is moping and Hanna doesn't like to see her BFF like that… an idea pops up in Hanna's mind and, she says…
Hanna. – "Maybe you should live together…"
The girls. – "What?!"
Spencer looks at Hanna's cup of coffee and says. – "Did you put liquor inside it, again?"
Hanna rolls her eyes. – "I'm not drunk!" (She waves her hands and says) "Look, it just seems that if Ali's gonna have a roomie, it might as well be the mother of the kids…"
Aria and Spencer don't take seriously Hanna's idea but someone else does it…
Spencer says while she sees Emily grabbing her jacket. – "Em…? Where are you going?"
Emily. – "I need to pack…"
Aria. – "You're not taking Hanna's idea, seriously, right?"
Emily doesn't reply, she just puts money on the table to pay her coffee and gets ready to leave. She just stops moving when Spencer grabs her from the arm…
Emily. – "Spence, wh-…?"
Spencer cuts her off. – "I don't think Ali wants you to move into her house and disrupt her life, just like that…"
Emily. – "I would love to be around for her and the twins, I'm done with missing everything…"
Aria pleads. – "Emily, please, this is a crazy idea…"
Emily cuts her off. – "No, it's not!" (She thumbs up towards Hanna and says to the blonde) "Hann! You're brilliant! This is a great idea!"
The brunette leaves in a rush and the other brunettes stay stunned with what just happened…
Hanna smirks with proud. – "Well, look at that… I'm brilliant…"
Aria & Spencer glare at Hanna…
Hanna shrugs. – "What?"
Spencer grabs her keys and says. – "I'll go and talk with Ali before this gets all messy…"
Aria nods. – "Ok, Hanna and me, we will try to persuade Emily to drop this crazy idea…"
Hanna. – "Why?"
Aria and Spencer. – "Why?! This is crazy, Hanna!"
Hanna. – "What is crazy is that we all know that those two are meant to be together and, we're doing nothing to help them…"
The brunettes don't reply Hanna's argument, they just sigh heavy and look at each other…
*** Emily's narrative ***
I believe in "meant to be" Why not believe it, really? Who doesn't want happy endings in their life? So, I believe… I believe in happy endings and fairy tales, I believe in soulmates and I believe it's just up to us to make it happen. To show up and be meant for each other. But you've to fight for it, you've to try or else, you will never know if you're meant to be or not…
Emily parks in front of Alison's house; it's late, she wishes she could come earlier but, Aria and Hanna passing by her house to make her change her mind, it took almost all her afternoon. Even after a lot of talking, she didn't change her mind and she's there with determination.
Emily takes a deep breath and says. – "Here I go…"
With a box in her hands and a bag on her back, the brunette stands in front of the door; she knocks and one blonde opens the door… sadly, no the blonde Emily was expecting to see…
Samara sighs heavy. – "Hi Emily…"
Emily sighs heavy. – "Hi Samara…"
The blonde looks at Emily, she looks at the boxes and the bag and she doesn't look thrilled with the view…
Samara. – "So Spencer was right… you're planning on moving in…"
Emily sighs heavy, she knew this conversation was going to happen but she wanted to do it with Alison… alone…
Emily. – "I'm not having this conversation with you… let me talk with Ali… I…"
Samara. – "You… you don't love her, maybe she was just good for your ego, or maybe she made you feel better about yourself but you don't love her…"
Emily says angry. – "You don't know what you're talking about! I loved her…" (She says louder) "I LOVE HER! No one, not even YOU will love her as much as I do!"
Samara shuts angry. – "You don't destroy people you love and, you've no idea of much damage you've caused her…"
Both girls stays face to face, looking at each other with lethal gazes… if looks could kill…
Emily steps forwards and says. – "I'm moving in…"
Samara gets in her way and says. – "It's too late for you… go home, Emily…"
Emily hesitates on leaving but, when Alison pops up behind Samara, Emily's bravery gets on…
Emily says with a smile while she stares at Alison. – "I'm home…"
What a twist right? So, I'll be disconnected for some days, work related, I'll update as soon as I can… see u! Have a great week! Xoxo