Hi, so, here the second chapter of this mini story. Let me know what you thing about this...
Love you to Death - Part 2
*** Emily's narrative (voice-over) ***
Love. I have never understood why some people are so scared of that word: Love... Maybe it's because they don't get it...
Emily walks in front of a pet store, she looks at all the puppies, and, says to them. - "Awww... you're so cute. I love you!"
The brunette continues her path. She sees beautiful flowers in a store, and, says...
Emily smiles. - "So beautiful, I love you, flowers!"
*** Emily's narrative (voice-over) ***
Love is not scary, love is life, love is us... love is what makes of this world, a better place...
Yes, Emily loves everything, she loves the animals, she loves the flowers, she loves the air she breathes. The brunette loves life, even when it's hard. That's why it's so easy for her to use the word 'Love', even if it's not the same case for the rest of the world...
Spencer mumbles. - "So... you want my assistant on...?"
The brunette stares at her CEO, walking in circles, without stop. Alison is not able to stop her motions till the young Hastings clears her throat for the 5th time in a row...
Alison. - "Oh... you are here..."
Spencer. - "I have been here for more than 20mn to be precise..."
Alison rolls her eyes, and, sits over her chair. Now, both girls are sitting in front of each other...
Spencer. - "Why am I here? You mentioned that you needed a legal advice, but, you didn't tell me on what subject...? It's about the contract of Tokyo? Because, I made that contract, and, it's perfect, it's..."
Alison. - "It's irrelevant..."
Spencer frowns. - "What?!"
Alison can understand why Spencer looks a little angry about it. And, the blonde has no intention to slight down Spencer's work. But, she didn't drag the Head of the legal department into her office to talk about an international contract...
Alison. - "I'm not trying to say that your work is irrelevant. But, I requested your presence here, for another reason..."
The blonde nervously moves some papers from one side to another, without reason or purpose. The blonde is nervous, she's out of her game, and, there has been just one time that Spencer has seen Alison like that, and, that's when the blonde cut off the head of a manager. Alison has never liked to fire people, and, that's why Spencer worries...
Spencer mumbles. - "Are you gonna fire me...?"
Alison. - "What?! No! Why I would fire the best lawyer, I have?!"
Spencer smirks with a cocky smile. She loves to hear she's the best...
Alison clears her throat. - "Anyway, I... I need your advice on a delicate subject..."
Spencer. - "Okay..."
The blonde plays with her fingers, she's still not sure how to talk about it. But, every time that her mind is in it, her heart starts beating so fast, that's hard to concentrate...
Spencer. - "You know that you need to tell me the problem, so, I can see how to solve it, right?"
Alison. - "It's not a problem... well... I don't see it as a problem... or, maybe it's?" (She sighs) "I don't know..."
Spencer frowns, she's more confused, and, she's not the only one. Alison is a mess, a complete mess since she overheard her secretary saying...
Emily. - "I love my boss..."
Even recalling her words, it's hard for Alison. Her heart beast so fast, her cheeks flush, her brain gets this overdose of endorphins, and, it's so overwhelming that the blonde's head hits the desk abruptly. And, Spencer wonders what to do, call 911? Check if the blonde is breathing? The brunette goes for her 2nd option, and, when she reaches the blonde, she jumps back fast, when the blonde lifts up her head, like nothing...
Spencer freaks out. - "What the hell is wrong with you?!"
Alison loudly breathes, her breathing is a mess, her mind is a mess, and, her heart...
Alison. - "She loves me..."
Spencer frowns. - "What?!"
Alison stammers. - "She said that she loves me!" (She panics) "Why?! W-w-why would she say that?!" (She passes a hand through her hair, and, says) "I'm not an easy person to work with: I'm always making her work till very late, always requesting the impossible from her... Jesus Christ! She has to constantly remind me her last name because I can't remember it! So, how can she love someone like me?!"
Spencer. - "Uhm... I... I think that this is more like an HR subject..." (She makes a call on the telecom, and, says) "Let me bring her, here..."
Alison nods, one person more in this conversation, what would be the difference, right? And, that's why, now, the head of HR, and legal department are in Alison's office...
Aria. - "Can someone tell me, what I'm doing here...?"
Spencer mumbles. - "Get in line, I have been wondering the same thing for more over than an hour, now..."
Alison mumbles. - "I need a drink..."
Spencer. - "Me too..." (She looks around, and, says) "Do you have a bottle of Whisky around here...?"
Alison points out towards a stant, and, Spencer walks towards it. The little girl from HR clears her throat...
Aria. - "Ahem! Are you sure that you want to drink during working hours, in front of HR?!"
Alison and Spencer share looks, and, they nod when they decide to pour 3 glasses instead of just two...
Aria. - "I'm not drinking... I..."
Alison. - "You can drink. It's fine..."
Aria. - "Thanks, but, no, I..."
Spencer. - "Drink..."
Aria. - "Okay..."
The little brunette smiles when the young lawyer gives her the glass, and, for a brief moment, their hands touched...
Alison frowns. - "Why, when she said it, you said 'yes'? But, when I said it, you said 'no'...?"
Aria shrugs, she's too shy to admit that she has a big crush on the young lawyer. Just look at her, so elegant, always talking with fancy words, the way she smells. Aria deeply sighs, lost in her thoughts, staring at the girl who's sitting at her side, till...
Spencer raises an eyebrow, and, says. - "Why you're looking at me like that, Aria...?"
Aria smiles. - "You know my name..."
Spencer. - "Well, yeah, you're in the chart of the organization..."
Love... Alison is not familiar with such feeling, but, by the way that Aria looks at Spencer, it's more than obvious that the little brunette is in love with this tall lawyer... does Emily look at her like that? Alison wonders...
Alison mumbles. - "You know, Hastings. To be a smart girl, you are really clueless sometimes..."
Spencer frowns. - "What? What are you talking about? I'm very clever..."
Alison laughs, and, they start to disagree. Meanwhile, outside the office, a very kind brunette just got back from her lunch break, and, when she sits back at her desk, she frowns when she hears voices coming from her boss' office...
Emily looks at her agenda, and, says. - "She didn't have any meeting planned at this hour..."
The brunette was trying to figure out with whom, Alison was meeting, when...
Hanna sits over Emily's desk, and, says. - "The Head of HR & legal department are inside... I saw them get in..."
Emily. - "Oh, I see..."
Hanna. - "Oh?! OH, it's the only thing you have to say?!"
Emily. - "What else do you want me to say?"
Hanna. - "I don't know, I mean, the other day me and other co-workers said mean things about your boss, and now, HR & Legal Dpto. are talking with her?!"
Emily frowns, not looking happy with what Hanna is implying. And, Hanna notices it...
Hanna steps back, and, says. - "Sorry, I... I didn't mean to say that you sold us out with her, or something like that... I, I just really don't want to lose my job, that's it..."
Emily. - "For your information, I never told her about our discussion of the other day. And, my boss is not like you think, Hann. She's not gonna cut off heads, just because people say bad things about her..."
And, she wasn't wrong. Alison wasn't like that, but, she was...
Alison. - "A complete mess! I'm freaking out, here!"
Spencer. - "I don't see the problem, to be honest. You have done nothing wrong. So, as your lawyer, I'm telling you, that you have nothing to worry..."
Aria. - "I'm afraid that it's not so simple..." (She hesitates to continue talking, because she doesn't like to disagree with Spencer, but, even then, she says) "She's under you..." (She blushes when she realizes the double sense of her words, and, she shakes her head when she says) "No! I mean, she works under your direction, directly, so, if she..."
Spencer. - "If she has feelings for you. You can't control that..."
Aria. - "But, maybe you should stop it..."
Alison mumbles - "Stop it...?"
Can you really stop someone to fall in love with someone else? Alison wonders, and, while she wonders that, she feels a little of pain too. It makes her sad to think about stopping the growth of Emily's feelings towards her...
Spencer. - "You can't stop something you can't control..."
There was some truth in Spencer's words...
Spencer looks at Alison in the eyes, and, asks. - "Let me ask you something. Have you ever make any inappropriate comment towards her...?"
Alison. - "No, I don't think so..."
Spencer. - "Have you touched her against her will?"
Alison. - "What?! Of course, no!"
Spencer. - "Have you been intimate with her? Sexually consensual, or forced her to do a sexual favor, I mean..."
Alison blushes. - "What?! No!"
Spencer. - "Then, stop freaking out!"
Alison deeply sighs. And, Spencer is losing her nerve here, too...
Aria. - "Look, if you want, I could work with Miss Hastings in a relationship agreement, if that's what you want..."
Alison. - "What?!"
Spencer looks at Aria, and, says. - "Yeah, we don't have that kind of stuffs in this company. We could make a standard agreement on a consensual relationship between two co-workers... or, a manager with an employee..."
Aria nods, excited about this opportunity to work closely with Spencer...
Alison mumbles. - "But, I don't need one, I..."
Spencer ignores the blonde, she looks at her planner, and, says. - "Today, I've a meeting with the people of Tokyo to seal the deal. So, what about, 5pm, in my office...?"
Aria smiles. - "Perfect! I'll be there!"
Spencer stands up, and, says. - "Great... if that's all. I'll leave..."
Aria says while she runs after the other brunette. - "I'm coming with you!"
Alison mumbles. - "But, I still don't know what the hell I'm supposed to do..."
Aria turns her head towards the blonde, and, before leaving, she says. - "If I can say something. Not like your HR, but, like a girl with a crush on someone else..."
Alison nods, intrigued by what the little brunette wants to say...
Aria. - "You should talk with her directly, and, address this topic properly. The two of you are adults. You can figure this out..."
Alison. - "Is that what you're going to do with Miss. Hastings...?"
Aria blushes
Alison. - "I see the way you look at her. It's very obvious that you like her..."
Aria chuckles. - "Yeah, well... it's not obvious to her, at least not yet, so..."
Alison. - "So, you'll say nothing..."
The little brunette nods, she's too scared to expose her heart like that. And, Alison can relate to that...
(Knocks on the door)
Emily. - "Sorry to interrupt, but, Miss Hastings is holding the elevator for you, Miss Montgomery, she..."
Aria smiles. - "She's waiting for me...?"
Emily nods, and, the blonde CEO chuckles when she sees the glow on Aria's face...
Alison. - "You should leave now, Miss Hastings doesn't like to wait. Thank you for coming. And, I'll consider your advice, thanks..."
Aria smiles, and, rushes to the elevator. But, before she leaves...
Emily. - "Miss Montgomery..."
Aria. - "Yes?"
Emily. - "I love your dress, today..."
Aria smiles. - "Thank you..."
They have a little chat before Aria left the office. And, Alison frowns, feeling a little jealous about it, but, also, she notices that...
Alison. - "You use a lot the word 'love'..."
Emily looks at her boss in the eyes, and, says. - "Excuse me...?"
Alison. - "You shouldn't use so freely the word 'love'..."
Emily. - "Why not? Everyone loves to hear that word..."
Alison waves her pencil, while she thinks about it, about what it means... if it's so easy for Emily to say 'I love...' does that mean that Emily loves her, just like she loves Aria's dress? Is Emily's love that trivial? Alison is questioning herself...
Emily looks at Alison's face, and, asks. - "Miss. DiLaurentis, did I say something that made you feel uncomfortable...?"
When she said 'I love my boss', maybe she didn't mean it, maybe she was just saying that she cares about me, maybe I'm overstating the meaning of her words, Alison thinks...
Emily asks with concern. - "Is there something wrong?"
Alison comes back to the reality and, says. - "Huh?"
Emily asks with concern. - "Is there something wrong?"
The blonde stares at the brunette, and, for a reason she can't understand, she feels sad, really sad for thinking that this girl doesn't have deep feelings for her.. Alison shakes her head, she scolds herself for thinking that Emily was in love with her...
Emily frowns. - "Miss. DiLaurentis...?"
Alison looks at her desk, she avoids eye-contact when she says. - "Please, leave, I've work to do..."
Emily nods. - "Okay..."
The brunette agrees on leaving her alone. But, as days pass by, Emily gets frustrated by the way her boss starts to avoid her, and, that's why, one day, she storms inside Alison's office...
Emily loudly says. - "Look at me!"
The brunette knows that this is not how she should talk to her boss, but, she doesn't care, she can't support anymore how distant Alison is acting towards her...
Alison frowns. - "What?!" (Their eyes meet, and, she mumbles) "You're upset, why...?"
Blue... blue like the ocean she has never seen in first hand. Alison's eyes calm down Emily, and, the brunette takes a deep breath, before saying...
Emily. - "You're avoiding me..."
Alison looks away, and, mumbles. - "No, I'm not..."
But, she's... Alison has been avoiding Emily in any way, because it hurts, it hurts to look at Emily, and, think that Emily says to anyone 'I love you'...
Emily notices how Alison avoids eye-contact, and, says. - "Look! You're doing it right now!"
Alison rolls her eyes. Emily plays with her sleeves, when she asks, scared of the possible answer...
Emily. - "Did I do something wrong?"
The blonde turns her head towards the brunette, and, when Alison sees her, when she sees how scared, and, sad looks. Something happens inside of Alison' soul. And, before knowing, she gets up from her chair, and, hugs the shaking brunette...
Emily blushes, and, mumbles. - "Miss... Miss. DiLaurentis..."
Alison hugs her tighter, and, says. - "You have done nothing wrong..."
Emily smiles, and, she hugs her too. And, they hug for a long moment, till, Alison realizes what she's doing...
Alison breaks the hug, she steps back, and, stammers. - "I... I'm sorry, I shouldn't... I..."
Emily. - "There's nothing to be sorry..." (She shyly admits) "I loved it when you hugged me..."
Love... again with that world...
Alison sadly chuckles. - "Well, I guess that you say that to everyone who hugs you..."
The blonde thinks that she's no especial in Emily's heart, but, she's wrong...
Emily. - "No..."
Alison. - "Excuse me, what?"
They stare at each other in the eyes, when...
Emily smiles, and, blushes. - "You are the only person who I let to hug me in addition to my parents... so, no... I don't say 'I love your hugs' to anyone..."
The brunette leaves the office, and, Alison smiles, maybe after all, Emily's love for her, it's not so trivial...
*** Alison's narrative (voice-over) ***
Love. I have never understood why I'm so scared of that word: Love... But, maybe if you explain it to me, maybe if you show me what real love is about... maybe... just maybe, I'll stop being scared of it...
Alison closes her office, and, says. - "Sorry, I made you lose the bus, again, isn't it...?"
Emily grabs her belongings, and, says. - "Yeah... But, It's okay. You'll drive me home, right?"
Alison chuckles, and, nods. Emily looked very bold when she said those words. Something not very usual in the brunette, but, the blonde doesn't dislike it. And, that's why, Alison decides to be bold, too...
Alison mumbles. - "Dinner..."
Emily. - "Hum...?"
Alison shyly stammers. - "I... you... we... should..."
The brunette smiles, she finds cute how Alison is struggling with her words...
Emily. - "You're right, we didn't have dinner. And, I'm hungry. Where should we eat at this hour...?"
Alison smiles, and, she drives them to her favorite restaurant. It's very late, but, this pizzeria is open 24/24, and, if there's something that Emily loves to eat, it's...
Emily moans. - "God, I love this pizza! It is so damn good!"
Alison chuckles, she blushes, and, just like that, they have dinner, together, for the 1st time...
(Some hours later)
Emily removes seat belt, and, says. - "We arrived, thank you for the pizza, and, drive me home. Good night..."
It's late, their time together has to end, but, the blonde doesn't want it to end...
Alison. - "Miss. Fields. Wait!"
Emily stops her motions, she turns her head towards the blonde, and, waits... waits for Alison to say whatever she wants to say. But, what does she want to say, really? Alison is not sure of what to say, she's too nervous, she grips hard on the steering wheel, and, Emily frowns, confused, she has no idea why her boss is so nervous...
Emily. - "Is there something you want to tell me...?"
Alison rambles. - "Yes... I... well... you see... I... uhm..."
Emily raises an eyebrow, and, she looks super cute when she does that, that's what Alison thinks when she looks at the brunette...
Alison shakes her head, and, mumbles to herself. - "Stop, staring..."
Emily frowns. - "Miss. DiLaurentis...?"
Alison. - "Alison... I... you..." (she takes a deep breath, and, says when she locks eyes with Emily) "I... I would appreciate if you could call me by my first name: Alison..."
Emily nods. - "Okay... Alison..."
Alison smiles, her name sounds beautifully in Emily's voice...
Emily. - "Okay, I will call you by your first name, just if you call me too, by my 1st name..."
Alison blushes. - "Excuse me, what...?"
Emily. - "Emily... I want you to call me: Emily. I'm Emily Catherine Fields, you could call me Catherine too, but, I like more Emily..." (She whispers) "Just, do not say that to my mom, okay, because she's the one who chose the name of Catherine for me...?"
Alison chuckles, and, nods. - "Your secret is safe with me... Emily..."
Emily smiles too, she likes it, when the blonde calls her by her 1st name. They stay there, staring at each other for a brief moment, in silence, till, they hear someone cursing, inside the house...
Emily. - "That must be my Dad. He probably bumped with something. I should be going, now..."
Alison. - "Yeah, sure..."
The blonde gets out of the car, and, opens the door, for the brunette...
Emily chuckles. - "You didn't need to do that..."
Alison blushes. - "Oh, yeah, right..." (She rubs the back of her head, and, says) "I don't know why I did it..."
Emily smiles, she steps out of the car, and, softly kisses Alison's cheek...
Alison blushes even more, and, asks. - "W-w-why you did that?"
Emily shrugs. - "Just like you said. I don't know why..."
The brunette says it with a big smile, and, Alison chuckles, this brunette is more sassy, and, bold of what she imagined...
Emily walks towards her house, and, says. - "Good night, Alison..."
Alison watches Emily gets inside her house, and, mumbles to herself. - "Good night, Emily..."
And, while the blonde is still taken by the kiss on her cheek, Emily leans against her front-door, with her heart, beating like a train...
Wayne. - "Honey... you're home..."
Emily smiles. - "Yes..."
Wayne is looking for his stick, when, he says. - "You look happy..."
Emily chuckles. Even if her dear father can't see, Wayne is very perceptive. He always knows if Emiy is sad, or, happy...
Wayne teases. - "Are you gonna tell to your old man, whom is making you smile...?"
Emily finds his stick on the floor, she gives it to him with a smile, and, says. - "Alison... Her name is Alison..."
Wayne smiles when he grabs his stick, and, says. - "It's a beautiful name..."
Emily nods. - "It's... and, she's a wonderful person too..."
And, Emily wasn't wrong, Alison is a wonderful person with a big heart, she just haven't had the opportunity to show it. But, she will, Alison will be able to show to the world, the big heart she has... very soon...