Hi guys, this is the ending of this mini emison story & I hope you like it. This chapter is long and, starts the same night when Emily proposes; at the end of the chapter, you'll see the same scene of the airport that happens in ch8, there'll be some time jumps too. Have a great day and thank you if you've the time to leave a review. See U soon! Next one will be a very cute story ^^
Go Big or Go Home – part 10
(In Alison's house)
It was around 11pm when Samara heard noises on the door...
Samara. - "Who...?"
Thinking it was a thief, she grabs her phone and gets ready to call the police but, she puts her phone down when she sees who's getting inside the house...
Samara frowns. - "Alison...? Wh-...?"
Alison says while she rushes to her room. - "I don't want to talk just let me go to my room and please don't ask me why I'm here..."
The blonde walks in and, Samara doesn't know what is happening neither if she should ask what is bringing her home but, looking at the confused look of Alison; Samara decides to don't ask anything and let the girl just go upstairs to her room...
(At the same time, in a bar)
Hanna says while she drinks a beer. - "I love Em when she gets drunk and high to avoid things..."
Spencer doesn't make a comment about it, she just sighs deeply while she stares at the drunk brunette who's embarassing herself by singing alone on top of a table...
Aria. - "Do we know why she's like that...?"
Hanna smirks. - "Oh, I know..."
Spencer & Aria gazes towards Hanna, waiting to hear the ending of that sentence but, Hanna don't say a word...
Hanna shrungs. - "What?!"
Spencer. - "Are you not gonna tell us what is coming on here?!"
Aria. - "Spence is right, you can't just say that you know and don't tell us anything..."
Hanna dramatically rolls her eyes and, before she could say a word, someone else approaches and says...
Emily. - "I proposed to Alison..."
Spencer & Aria say at unison. - "You WHAT?!"
Emily drinks 2 shots in a row and nods with sad chuckles...
Emily. - "Yeah... I... and she..." (Sad laugh) "She turned me down..."
The brunette is so broken and, like always she copes her sorrow with alcohol. Emily can see the pitty look of her friends but, she doesn't need pitty, she just need her... a blonde who can't take out of her mind... out of her heart...
(In Alison's house, after midnight)
Jerry Magire. - "We live in a cynical world, cynical world... and... I love you... you complete me..."
The girl. - "Shut up... shut up... you had me at hello... you had me at hello..."
Alison was watching her favorite movie 'Jerry Magire' and she replays over and over the part when Jerry declares his love...
Alison mumbles. - "If love could be simple, just like in the movies..."
Lost on her thoughts, she doesn't notice that someone was in her frame door... an unexpected visit...
Jason. - "There's no simple love stories. If it's simple, it's not love..."
Alison gasps and smiles. - "Jason?!"
He smiles and gets closer to hug her...
Jason. - "Hi, Ali..."
Alison. - "What are you doing here? I thought you were in Africa..."
Jason. - "I was but, I wanted to see you..." (He looks at her big belly and says) "Wow, you're huge!"
Alison play-fully hits his arm and he chuckles. Between them, it has always been this kind of tough love.
Jason. - "So... Samara let me in... she's nice..."
Alison nods with a smile
Jason. - "And, what about Emily...?"
Alison avoids eye-contact and sighs hard. - "That's... that's a very long complicated story..."
Jason. - "I'm up for a long story if you want to tell me about it..."
Alison sighs, she's no the kind of person to open up and talk about her feelings but, she's so confused right now that, she decides to talk it out, hoping that it will clear her mind...
(At the bar)
Emily rambles with a tipsy voice while she's leaning her head on the drinking bar. - "She's pretty, the kind of pretty that causes you butterflies..."
The bartender. - "So, what are you doing here? Go with this girl you've been talking about, don't waste your time in a bar... in my experience, you don't come across that many people with the ability of giving you butterflies"
Emily says with a sad voice and a tear. - "She'll never going to love me the way she loves her..."
The bartender frowns. - "Her? Wh-...?"
Emily falls asleep and he's cut off when someone gets inside the bar and stands beside the drunk Emily...
Samara. - "How drunk is she?"
The bartender. - "As drunk as her other friends over there..."
The blonde looks around and sighs while she sees the other girls passed out...
Samara says while she types on her phone. - "I'm calling their boyfriends to pick them up..."
The bartender says while he points out towards the brunette who's snoring over the drinking bar. - "And what about this one...?"
Samara sighs and says while she puts Emily's arm over her neck. - "I'm taking care of this one..."
*** Alison's narrative ***
It's not always easy to speak your mind, sometimes you need to be forced to do it. And, when that happens, when your whole body is aching to talk. You can't keep playing dumb...
(Alison's house)
Alison heard noises in the living room, she was wondering why Samara was being so noisy when she walks towards the living room...
Alison. - "Why are you making so much noise? It's 2am of the morning! It's..."
The blonde stops talking when she realizes that the noises are made by a drunk brunette...
Emily says with a tipsy voice while she waves her drunk hand. - "Hi, Ali..."
Alison sighs deeply. - "You're drunk..."
Emily nods
Alison croses her arms above her chest. - "Did Sam bring you here?"
Emily nods
Alison. - "Where is she?"
Emily shrugs and, Alison rolls her eyes, she was going to leave and look for the other girl when someone stops her, grabbing her arm...
Emily pouts sad. - "Don't leave..."
Alison looks at the drunk brunette, she's angry but she's not sure if she's angrier with Emily or with herself, for putting the brunette in such pain that she had to cope with alcohol...
Emily says with puppy eyes. - "I love u..."
Alison shakes her head. - Em, please don't... you're drunk and..."
Emily. - "And, what?"
Alison. - "We're not having this talk with you like that... drunk..."
Emily. - "I'm done with talking..."
The brunette pulls from Alison's arm and briefly kisses her since Alison pushes her away very fast...
Alison says angry. - "No!"
Emily says angry. - "Why not?! Why?!"
Alison. - "I don't doubt that you want me Emily, I just... I don't think its because you really love me..."
Emily. - "Ok, stop, just stop right there... you and I both know that if I was in this relationship for sex or the twins, I wouldn't be drowning my broken heart with alcohol..."
Alison sighs hard, she sits in her sofa and shakes her head. The blonde was rubbing her belly when the drunk brunette knees in front of her. They look at each other into the eyes and one of them says...
Emily. - "I love you! Don't you get it?! I love u... oh g... oh, my god, that just comes fly-flying out of my face like it was s-s-some kind of... I... I just God..."
Alison mumbles. - "Sometimes, it's better to just keep things to yourself, play dumb, even when..."
Emily. - "Even when you feel it? Even if it makes you feel alive...?
Alison's doesn't reply, she just sighs...
Emily says while she points out at Alison. - "Just look at you! How someone can just no love you?! Impossible..."
Alison avoids eye-contact and says while she blushes with Emily's words. - "Em, please stop, please..."
Emily says angry with herself. - "I should have fight for you... I should have fight to be with you sooner... I..."
Alison says with pain in her voice. - "You broke my heart..."
Emily sadly nods and, chuckles. - "Yeah..." (She looks down and mumbles) "You have broken my heart too..."
Alison. - "More than once..."
Emily nods
Alison takes a deep breath and says. - "We have broken our hearts so many times... we have hurt each other so many times... why you keep insisting in an 'us'?! Why don't just let it go...?"
Emily says with a wrenching voice, frustrated. - "I've been trying not to say it, not to feel it, I've been trying so hard to just mash it down and ignore it and not say it and..." (frustrated groan) "And, Jesus! Samara is a great person!"
Alison turns her face towards the brunette and, Emily sadly smiles while she looks at those blue eyes...
Emilya says with pain in her voice. - "She's so good for you... she's... she's gorgeous, and-and she's so better than me because she's not fucked up like I'm..."
Alison. - "Em..."
Emily. - "Please, just let me finish"
Alison sighs and nods
Emily takes a deep breath and continues. - "And, yeah, she's great for you, she really likes you and she's..."
Alison mumbles. - "Not complicated..."
Emily nods. - "Yeah... no... not complicated..."
They stay in silence for a brief moment till...
Emily. - "I don't want to complicate your life, I don't want to stress your life... but... I'm so in love with you..."
Alison sighs. - "Em..."
Emily says while she puts her hands over her chest. - "You're-you're... you're in me... it's... you're like... it's... it's like you're a disease!"
Alison raises an eye-brow. - "A disease?!"
Emily. - "Yeah, a disease! It's like I'm infected by Alison DiLaurentis..." (Sad chuckle) "And I can't think about anything or anybody..." (Sad voice and tears) "And I can't sleep..."
Alison gulps hard
Emily says with a wrenching voice and tears in her eyes. - "I can't breathe... I can't eat and, I love you, I just... I love you all the time, just every minute of every day. And I-I-I... I just love YOU!" (The brunette stands up and with the hands up, she says) "God! It feels good to say that... I... I... I feel so much better..."
The brunette throws her body on the sofa, she sits beside Alison and, says while she's falling asleep again...
Emily rambles with a tipsy voice while she closes her eyes. - "I just... love you..."
The brunette falls asleep and the blonde just stares at he; Emily's words blow in Alison's mind and, the blonde just takes a deep breath while she softly grabs Emily's head and put it in her lap. Emily doesn't wake up but, a big smile appears in her face when she feels the soft warm lap of the blonde. And, Alison just stay there, caressing the head of the drunk brunette while she sees her sleep...
Samara whispers while she sees them at the distance. - "You know you love someone when you can spend the entire night, just sitting by her side, seeing her sleep..."
The next morning, Emily wakes up and her eyes gets wildy open when she recalls the events of the previous night; she notices her head is on the lap of an sleeping Alison and, blush puts color in her cheeks. In a jump, Emily stands up from the sofa and stares at the blonde who's sleeping...
Emily smiles. *She didn't leave me alone..."
The blonde looked uncomfortable in the position she was, so, Emily slowly moves her and lies Alison down on the sofa; she even put a blanket above the blonde and, the brunette whispers while she stares at the sleeping face of Alison...
Emily. - "You don't need to hear this but, I need to say it to you..." (Deep breath) "I love you Ali and, it's because I love you that I'm realizing I can't be selfish with you..." (She caresses Alison's hair and says with a sad voice) "I don't deserve you..." (Sad sigh) "I don't deserve you because I always make bad choices that hurt you and I would rather prefer to die than keep hurting you, I'd rather live miserable the rest of my life and spending my last final years remembering how stupid I was for letting you go than keep hurting you..." (Sad sigh) "We're so broken, we're so messed up with everything that has happened in our lives: A, AD... after everything that has happened in our lives, I'm not sure if one day, we will really be okay but that's no excuse to keep hurting us..." (Sigh) "I can't change the past... I'll not change and there's no apology in this world that encompasses all the reasons we're wrong for each other but, I'm not sorry for loving you... I'm not sorry I met you... I'm not sorry that knowing you has made me question everything... I'm not sorry that you're the one that has made me feel so in love..." (Sad chuckle) "We've been terrible persons... not just you... me too... we've been horrible to each other, we've made all the wrong choices and between all the choices I've made, this will prove to be the worse one but I can't keep hurting you and hurting me so... I'm stepping back..." (She kisses Alison's front-head and says) "I'm not sorry for loving you Ali and, I just want you to be happy, I want you to be with someone who can be a part of the life that you want for yourself. I want you to be with someone who makes you feel like I feel when I'm with you so I guess the point of this long run-on sentence it's: be happy Ali... the simple act of being in love with you, it's enough for me so, forget about my selfish wish and, just be happy with someone whether Samara or some man/girl that you haven't even met yet... just be happy..."
Emily leaves and, when she does it, Alison opens her eyes and, a tear fall from her eyes...
*** Alison's narrative ***
There are times in our lives when we perceive love negatively. After a breakup, during fights, in case of unrequited love, we are so vulnerable, that we refuse to picture our lives without the one person who means the world to us. Then again, there are times when someone loves us so much, we feel guilty for not being able to return the love that is normally expected. Why It's scary being loved? Maybe because life is complicated and all too often it throws you off balance by sending you the right person at the wrong time... maybe we're not supposed to love till we're able to love ourselves first...
Some months later...
Alison – "Is that all?"
Samara says while she closes her trunk. - "Yep... all the boxes..."
Alison nods and she spaces out, thinking it looks like it was yesterday when Samara moved in...
Alison mumbles. - "So Oregon...?"
Samara nods & chuckles. - "Yeah..."
Alison. - "Are you excited?"
Samara. - "Uhmmm... I think so..."
Alison raises an eye-brow. - "You think so...?"
Samara chuckles, looking at the confused look of Alison...
Samara says with a little of sadness while she's looking at Alison - "It's not what I thought I was going to get but..." (Sad smile) "But it's a good opportunity for me..."
Alison says with a guilty concern. - "I'm sorry..."
Samara shakes her head. - "Don't apologize for following your gut..." (She hugs her and says) "I love you Alison..."
Alison smiles and hugs her while she says. - "I love you too..."
They say their goodbyes and, Alison stays in there, staring at the road till someone arrives...
Emily. - "Ali?"
Alison gest out of her mind and she looks surprised when the brunette gets closer...
Emily says with a shy voice. - "You called me, you said that..."
Alison. - "Oh, yeah, come in..."
Emiliy smiles and follows the blonde; when Alison called her that morning, a tiny ray of hope appeared in Emily's life but, it takes her a moment to realize that the call didn't mean anything else since the blonde has already packed all her things...
Emily mumbles. - "You're really leaving..."
Alison nods while she's looking for some boxes...
Emily bites her lips, she doesn't want to look sad, but she can't avoid it. Trying to hide her pain, she decides to talk about something else and the 1st thing that comes to her mind is...
Emily. - "Where is Samara?!"
The brunette scolds herself as soon as she said it and, Alison just chuckles looking at the face that Emily was making...
Alison says while she grabs some boxes. - "She just left to Oregon..."
Emily says surprised. - "What?!"
Alison. - "You look surprised... maybe you didn't know that she got an offer to become the school principale of a prestigious school in Oregon. She wanted to escort me to the airport but, I told her that I was ok going alone, I didn't want her to drive at night because of me..."
Emily tries to catch up with what Alison is saying but it's too much information. Alison puts some boxes in front of Emily and, the brunette's still confused, the blonde notices it...
Alison. - "You look very surprised?"
Emily gasps, she wants to say something but, when she stares at the boxes and sees what's inside, she stays more speachless than before...
Emily says while opening the boxes. - "What is this?! Is this...?"
Alison nods. - "Yeah, my baby clothes and baby's toys... etc... everything is in perfect conditions, my mom wrapped everything so well that it seems new..."
Emily nods and she smiles while she grabs what's inside the boxes...
Alison. - "I already sold the house and I'm putting in charity lots of thing but when I found this, I thought you may want to keep it... for the twins..."
Emily. - "You're giving me this for the twins...?"
Alison nods and, she blushes when Emily stares at her with deer eyes. The blonde avoids eye-contact and says while she grabs some other boxes...
Alison. - "My flight it's at 7pm but, I'll pass by before going to the airpot to say goodbyes to your mom and your kids... if that's ok with you..."
Emily takes a deep breath, it felt sad each time that Alison talked about Grace & Lilly like if they weren't their kids. In silence, Emily sees Alison walking from one point to another, moving boxes, preparing everything to leave and, the brunette says...
Emily. - "I... I thought you were going to Africa with Samara..."
Alison takes a deep breath and says while she labels some boxes. - "We talked about it... about what could mean going together and, we decided that the best for us is to go in differents ways..."
Emily. - "What? Why? I thought..." (Gulps) "You... you looked so happy together..."
Alison stops doing what she was doing and says while she stares at Emily into the eyes...
Alison. - "You know, Sam told me once: 'We accept the love we think we deserve' and, I just realized that I can't love someone, really love someone if I can't love myself 1st so..." (She continues labeling boxes and says) "So, I let her go... she let me go and I'm going to Africa with my brother, I hope I'll find myself there and maybe one day, I'll be able to love myself like I should..."
Emily nods and says while she process the information. - "So... you... You're leaving alone..."
Alison nods. - "Yep..."
Emily. - "And You're single now...?"
Alison nods
Emily. - "You..."
Alison cuts her off. - "Emily, I don't want to be rude but I still have to do lots of stuffs so..." (She opens the door for Emily and says) "If you don't mind..."
Emily sadly chuckles. - "Yeah... off course, I... I'll let you do your thing..."
Alison smiles and, leaves the door open while she keeps getting ready for her trip. Emily just grabs the boxes that Alison was giving her for the girls and, walks to the door. The brunette gazes at the busy blonde one last time before leaving the house... very sad...
*** Alison's narrative ***
All we really need to survive is one person you truly love and who truly loves us back…
(In the Fields house)
Pam says while rocking one of the twins. - "They're too little to drink formula milk..."
Emily sighs while she's changing the diaper of the other twin. - "They'll be ok, mom..."
Pam looks at Emily and asks. - "And you? Are you going to be ok if Alison leaves the country?"
Emily gasps with her mother's question; she's not sure how to reply that but, when she receives a text, everything gets more clear for her...
Alison's text: 'Sorry, I'll not be able to pass by, say my hellos to your mom and your babies. Take care Em, bye..."
Emily freezes reading the message over and over, the gears in her brain turn and then something happen, something that it took her too long to realize...
Pam says while she sees Emily running out the house. - "Emy?! Where are you going?!"
*** Emily's narrative ***
It can be scary to find out you've been wrong about something. But we can't be afraid to change our minds, to accept that things are different, that they'll never be the same, for better or for worse...
In the airport, Alison was reading a magazine while she was waiting to be called. She had time to pass by Emily's house but, she knew that if she saw the girls, she wouldn't be able to leave. Since Grace & Lilly came to this world, Alison fell in love with them and more than anything, she wishes she could be closer to them but, trying to don't hurt Emily, trying to don't stamps over Emily's feelings; Alison has always put a big wall of distance between her and the girls. She couldn't commit with them for a happy ever after so, the best thing she could do is to stay away from them and don't hurt them; just like Emily did for her...
Time flew fast and the boarding for her flight started. Alison has never liked to wait in the line, so she waits till the last minute to get close to the gate…
Ready to board, she tries to step forward, but she freezes in front of the gate when someone yells "I love you…". With a shocking face, Alison turns her head and, faces the sweaty brunette, who is trying to catch her breath after running all over the airport. Face to face, they stare at each other, wondering what will happen next…
*** Emily's narrative ***
We have to be willing to give up what we used to believe. The more we're willing to accept what is and not what we thought, we'll find ourselves exactly where we need to be, we will find what we need to say… before it's too late…
Emily gasps out of air. - "Ali..."
Alison. - "Emily?! Wh-...?"
Emily. - "Is there something I need to say..."
It takes her another second to catch her breath and, when she's ready to talk from the heart, she stands in front of the blonde, leaving a small gap between them.
Alison looks at her into the eyes and says. - "Em...?"
Emily looks at her into the eyes and says. - "I'll just have this massive corny speech and then you can decides to leave or to stay..."
Alison frowns, this is very confused and, looking at her shocking face, Emily gets even more nervous but, it's too late to chicken out now...
Emily. - "This is by far the dumbest thing I've ver done in my entire life, so dumb in fact I can't... oh... but I'm gonna..."
The brunette starts rambling and Alison raises an eye-brow...
Alison. - "Em?" (She looks at the gate and says) "I've to go, I've..."
The blonde was staring at the gate but she turns her head towards the brunette when Emily says...
Emily. - "Ali, I love you, I've loved you since we were in brownies..."
Alison blushes
Emily. - "I thought becoming a mom and being in love with you, it was everything and, I was wrong... you... you're everything..."
Alison blushes. - "Em... I've to..."
Emily cuts her off. - "I'm so screwed that I've forgotten how to act like a normal human being..."
They announce the last call for the boarding and Alison looks towards the gate but, Emily grabs her from the shoulders, forcing her to look at her...
Emily pleads. - "Just listen me, please..."
Alison nods and, Emily knows she's late, she knows she's asking too much but she needs to risk it all if she doesn't want to live with another regret in her life...
Emily. - "We've played games, we have lied and tricked people to avoid the truth and, the idea of letting anyone close to us is terrifying for obvious reasons but, the truth is... the truth is..." (She locks her gaze on those blue eyes and confesses) "The thruth is that I can't imagine waking up knowing that I won't see you..."
Alison gulps hard. - "Em..."
Emily says with watery-eyes. - "The truth is I love you... I've been always in love with you but I've just been too stupid and scared to pursuit it and, well... now... I'm just scared but I love you and, I'm not gonna stop loving you, Ali... I realize this comes at a very inopportune time for you again but, I really have this gigantic favor to ask of you..."
Alison. - "What favor...?"
Emily. - "Let me make you happy... let me love you... let me do everything in my power to prove you I deserve you..." (Nervous chuckle) "That sounds like 3 berries doesn't it?"
Alison doesn't say a word, she just zones out a moment till Emily holds her hands and says...
Emily. - "I love you and, I'm not gonna stop loving you. Ali, I can't live without you, I don't want to live without you, so... please don't get in that plane... don't go anywhere..."
They stare at each other in silence and a tiny ray of hope rises in Emily's heart till Alison steps back and walks towards the gate...
Emily. - "Ali...?"
Alison says with tears in her eyes, not able to look at her into the eyes. - "I'm sorry... I... I've to go..."
The blonde crosses the gate and vanishes from Emily's sight... just like Emily's heart vanishes from her body without Alison's presence...
*** Alison's narrative ***
I decides to live by a new motto 'Go big or go home'. It's like either you're ready to commit and go for it or don't do it at all. It applies to everything; relationships, sports, work... that's what I decide to live by... that's how I desire to live by... so what will be this time; what will my gut tell me to do...?
(In the Fields house)
Emily drops her car keys on the bowl next to the door; she moves like a zombie since she's not sure how she'll manage so much pain, so much sorrow. She wishes she could disconect herself from reality but when she hears a crying, she sighs deeply because she can't break apart since she has two girls pending on her...
Pam says while she notices the pale face of Emily. - "You're back... where did you go?"
Emily doesn't reply, she doesn't want to talk, she just holds the crying baby and presuming that Grace is hungry, she says...
Emily mumbles trying to contain her tears. - "Could you..." (Hard gulp) "Could you please make a bottle for her...?"
Pam wants to ask so many things, she wants to know why Emily looks so broken but, for now, she decides to just nod and prepare the bottle. Emily stays alone with her twins; she looks at them, and Alison's face crosses her mind; tears start to fall without stop, followed by sobs and a silent crying. Now, there were 3 babies crying: Grace, Lilly and Emily. The brunette waves her head between the two babies and says while she keeps holding Grace on her arms...
Emily sobs. - "You know what girls? I always thought that there was this one perfect person for everybody in the world, you know? I used to think and really believe that there was one true love for everyone and if you found that person... well... the rest of the world would just magically fade away and, the two of you would just be inside this kind of protective bubble where true love would always work out but there's no bubble... it doesn't work that way..." (Sad chuckle) "Yeah... all sounded so good to me: growing up, falling in love, getting married... it all sounded so good but it's all a scam..." (Sad voice) "And love... that's the biggest scam of all..." (She says with a wrenching heartbroken voice) "There's no such thing as true lov-..."
Alison. - "Stop it! Just stop right there!"
Emily can't believe the voice she's hearing, she can't believe who's standing in the frame door...
Emily gasps. - "Ali..."
The blonde drops her bag on the floor and walks towards them; she grabs Lilly who was crying in her crib and, smiles to the baby. This is the 1st time she holds one of them and it's so overwhelmed that a tear fall from her blue eyes...
Emily gulps. - "Ali, what are you doing here?"
Alison rocks Lilly till the little one stops crying and says to the baby girl that's in her arms...
Alison looks at the twins and says to them. - "Well, here's the thing. Your mom's speech sucks..."
Emily sadly chuckles
Alison looks at Emily and smirks. - "That's not a joke..." (She looks at Lilly and says to her) "In fairness, I didn't know where she was going with that, but I think we can all agree it was headed in the kind of depressing... way..."
Emily looks down and Alison just takes a deep breath while she gazes towards Emily. The little girls stop crying with the presence of Alison and their little eyes are focused on the blonde when she says...
Alison. - "Your mom, not this depressing version of her, your actual mom believes in grand romantic gestures..."
Emily shily looks up and, locks her eyes with Alison...
Alison smiles to Emily. - "Your mom believes in the existence of one soul mate. And it's easy to just look at her and say: 'You don't know what you're talking about. You are wrong'. But I'm not so sure..."
Emily. - "Ali...?"
Alison gets closer to Emily and she gives Lilly to her; the brunette is able to hold her two twins, one in each arm and, Alison smiles since she doesn't believe there's another more beautiful view than this one...
Alison caresses the head of Lilly & Grace and says to them. - "Let me tell you a secret: I met my soul mate when I was six years old. I went out for ice cream with my dad and when we were crossing the street, I saw a moving truck..." (She looks at Emily and smiles while she recalls the 1st time she saw her) "This little brunette went out the car, wearing a pony tail and the ugliest dress I had ever seen..."
Emily and Alison chuckle
Alison. - "Yeah, the dress was very ugly but even then, I could't put my gaze away from her..."
Emily looks at Alison and blushes. - "Ali..."
Alison. - "I told to myself that day: it's no big deal. What she makes me feel is no big deal...", and that was the first lie that I ever said in my life..."
Emily blushes and, she blushes even more when Alison caresses her cheek...
Alison. - "I met my soul mate when I was six years old and I've loved her every minute, every day since I first saw her. I have loved her through the birth of you, our two perfect children..."
Emily can't hide the big smile on her face, this is the 1st time that Alison refers to the twins like their own and, it brings so much joy to Emily...
Alison. - "I have loved her, even when I've hated her..."
They both chuckle and once again, they lock ther eyes in each other when Alison says to Emily...
Alison. - "I'm broken..."
Emily. - "Me too..."
Alison. - "I'm screwed up..."
Emily. - "Me too..."
Alison. - "I still have to learn how to love myself and how to love others..."
Emily nods. - "Me too..."
They sadly smile at each other, realizing that they've so many issues but even yet...
Alison. - "And I don't know if it's gonna work out, I don't know what gonna happen." (She waves her look between Emily and the girls) "I'm sorry, girls. I can't give you the certitude that it will work. But I can promise you this: I will never stop trying..."
Emily smiles a lot...
Alison looks at Emily into the eyes and says. - "I can live without you but I don't want to..." (She smiles) "I don't ever want to, because when you find the one, you never give up, right?"
Emily nods without stop; the brunette puts the twins on their crib and as soon as her arms are free, she hugs the blonde with so much love...
Emily. - "Say it again?"
Alison teases. - "Say what again?"
Emily breaks the hug and looks at Alison with an adorable pout; the blonde chuckles, Alison brushes Emily's hair behind its ear and says...
Alison. - "So, I was 6 six the 1st time I saw you and..."
The blonde talks and talks and Emily just stares at her with love and, adoration. Emily leans for a kiss and, the blonde smiles when their lips softly touch...
*** Alison's narrative ***
Just because we can live without something, it doesn't mean we have to... Love, love is messy, love is not perfect but if you're determinated to be happy in this life, you've to give it a chance, sometimes even more than one chance because after all... what are we without true love...?
THE END :D!