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Note 1: In Italics, the storyteller speaking (moi ^^)
Note 2: 'Voilà' is a French word (=that is) as well as 'bon appétit' (= enjoy your meal!)
Chapter 5 – Too close
Emily was a morning person, her favorite part of the week-end was to leave earlier for a running, even when she was sick she did it, it was an impulse that she couldn't control. But this morning was different, she didn't feel that impulse, how could she leave that gorgeous blonde who was sleeping beside her, Alison had taken one of Emily's arm as a pillow, it was so adorable the peaceful look of the blondie, she looked happy. Emily used her free hand and started to pull away the hair that was over Alison's face, Emily didn't note it immediately, but there were two blue eyes that were looking at her.
Emily. - "Did I weak you?"
Alison. - "To be honest, I still believe that I'm sleeping and that this is a dream, like if this wasn't real"
Emily blushed and looked down for an instant then she returned her look to the blonde and gave her a kiss in the cheek.
Emily. - "Is that real enough for you? (She asked referring to the kiss)
Alison looking astonished and said "No, It's not enough... "
Alison rushed all her body over Emily and got a kiss in the lips; it was starting to get too passionate for Emily to handle it.
Emily thoughts. - "Emily Fields what are you doing?! You have a Girlfriend and she is not this blonde who is sucking your mouth... God ... She is so good kisser! ... I need to pull away or I will not be able to control my hormones and I will definitely look for more than a kiss..."
It was too late for Emily to say it, her body has already betrayed her because without thinking, her hand was already in Alison's butt, Alison moaned and like a reflex, and one of her legs moved and got trapped between Emily's legs. The brunette could feel immediately how Alison's knee was touching her spot, Emily also moaned; both girls stood looking in their eyes, you could hear how fast their heart were beating when a phone started to ring...
Emily said looking very nervous "I need to take that" (she was talking about the call)
Alison said with a gulp "Sure... I need to go to the bathroom any way"
Both girls fall apart very quickly; they looked in the eyes and immediately blushed. Alison got up quickly from the bed and entered to the bathroom.
Emily took the phone. - "Hi" (Her voice sounded very agitated)
Spencer. - "Hi Em, are you running?
Emily. - "What?! No, why?"
Spencer. - "Well, you sound agitated as if you were out of breath"
Of course Emily was agitated; her heart was palpitating so fast, who knows what could happen if Spencer didn't call at that moment.
Emily. - "Well just... (She took a deep breath)…. It happens sometimes you know"
Spencer.- "Oh ok... any way I was thinking that we could investigate more deeply about the diaries, do you have time today?"
Emily. - "What about the girls? We should tell them first, don't you think?"
Spencer. - "They are busy this week-end... are you busy too?"
Emily puts her thoughts in the girl who was taking a shower in her bathroom and without any hesitation she said…
Emily. - "Sorry Spence, I already have plans for this week-end; rain check on Monday ok" (She hung up before hearing the response of her friend)
Alison. - "So what are you doing this week-end? ... Do you have plans with..." (She didn't want to mention 'Paige' name)
Emily was lost in her thoughts looking to Alison, the blonde has taken one of Emily's t-shirt and the imagination of Emily started to fly in so many directions… Alison noticed that Emily was looking what she was wearing.
Alison. - "Oh, sorry I took it without asking, I hope you don't mind"
Emily (it took her a moment to be able to establish a sentence). - 'Ah, it's ok, it really looks good in you" (Emily continued to watch Alison like a hungry animal tasting her prey)
Alison blushed. - "Thanks"
Emily. - "To answer your question, I was thinking that (she looked down and her foot started to make circles on the floor) perhaps ... maybe... if you want to... we could hang out here in my house... I mean, my mom is out for the week-end so... '
Alison blushed, she said to herself in her mind "Dorky Emily, when I couldn't think that you could be more adorable"
Alison approached Emily, she put her hands in Emily's cheeks and looking her in the eyes said "That sounds lovely Em, I would love to"
Emily smiled immediately and responded "It's settled then" She went to the bathroom; it was her turn to take a shower.
(Emily self-talk)
"Emily, you definitely need a cold shower if you're going to get through today"
Emily got out of the bathroom, she looked so happy, but she lost the smile in her face when she didn't see the blondie in her room, she was to the point to start panicking when she smelled something really nice, the smell was coming from the kitchen, Emily run downstairs and stopped before enter to the kitchen, her eyes were amazed by the view, she stood like that, as a spectator, until the blonde noticed her.
Alison. - "Hey, are you hungry?"
Emily took her time to answer; she was really enjoying the scene. Alison DiLaurentis was in her kitchen, cooking for HER, like a housewife; she started to smile under that last thought and she couldn't stop.
Alison. - "What is so funny?"
Emily. - "Nothing... It smells very great"
Emily approached and tried to put a finger in the food but Alison didn't let her
Alison grabbed Emily's finger and said with a sexy voice. - "Easy 'Killer', it's too hot, you might get burn"
Emily smirked at the word play of Alison's sentence.
Emily. - "You don't stop surprising me"
Alison. - "Like a good surprise or a bad surprise?"
Emily put herself behind the blonde, she hugged her and whispered to her ear "Like a beautiful surprise" (She put a little kiss in Alison's shoulder)
Alison smirked and said "Well, you definitely should prepare yourself to be amazed, 'cause I'm really an amazing chef"
Emily. - "Oh really... and how did that happen?"
Emily pull away and sat in front of the girl, she put her hand in her chin and looked at the blondie like a kid who is waiting to hear a story.
Alison smiled, she founded adorable the way Emily was acting, she continued cooking while she started to tell an anecdote from her past as a fugitive.
"For a long season I lived in New York, I started working in an Italian restaurant; it was the 1st job of my life, I through that being a fugitive, it would be like the movies, I was so wrong, I mean getting up earlier for work, doing dishes, peeling potatoes and onions, taking out the trash every day, it was exhausting and my attitude at that time, it wasn't making it any easier for me… I was very frustrated and angry all the time, I thought that no one did notice it but I was wrong…" (She smiled and she started to remember…)
- Flashback -
(In a restaurant kitchen at 10pm)
The chef speaking "Hey, blondie I need those potatoes now!"
Alison. - "I already hear you the 1st time, I'm coming" she said with a bad attitude
She was walking without looking, she didn't notice that someone had spilled out some kind of sauce in the floor, Alison slid off and all the potatoes got in the floor.
The chef. - "Blondie, what the hell?"
Alison was so upset; she got up and shouted out "That's it! I'm done with this!" Everybody could see how the blonde girl was so red for anger and frustration.
The chef. - "You don't like it, there is the door"
Alison looked with so much intensity into the men's eyes and got out from that door without looking back. Alison got out of the restaurant and started to walk the backstreet, it was dark, the girl was lost in her thoughts and she didn't notice that two thieves were there.
One of the thieves said "Hey you! give us all you have!"
Alison. - "No way, I came to quit my job; this is all I have for the week!"
The thieves were so surprised by the blonde's attitude, she wasn't scare of them, and one of them got very upset and pulled the gun and said "You're not in position to say no, girl" He tried to took her bag, Alison struggled, she wasn't planning to let go, a shot got out, the last thing that Alison remembers of that night was she falling down in the floor and voices around her:
- "Hey… you!"
- "Let's go, now!" (The thieves)
Alison saw very blurry a silhouette that approached
- "Hey blondie!"
Alison vanished
Alison. - "Where am I?" (Alison murmured, she was opening her eyes very slowly and trying to get up from a bed which was unfamiliar for her)
"Easy blondie, you could leave us last night, you know"
Alison was surprised, she started to recognize the place, it was the wine cellar of the restaurant, and somehow, the staff had adapted the place for her. The man approached, it was the chef.
Alison. - "How?... Why?"
The chef.- "I went out looking for you, you were so upset and you left without your coat, when I arrived, it was too late, you was already in the floor… (The man sat close to the blonde and pull off a little table in order to arrange the food) You have no papers or a security number so I asked my friend Fabio to save you"
Alison. - "You asked a 'vet' to look for me?!"
The chef. - "Well yes, he's a real good doc, look, you're still here, if you don't like it we still can go to an hospital"
Alison responded very quickly when she analyzed better her situation as fugitive. - "No!"
The chef chuckled "That's what I through you might say… (He finished putting the food in front of the blonde). In that case, eat, you lost a lot of blood and you're too weak"
He was leaving when Alison said "Why are you helping me? I treated everyone so bad, I always make you angry with my attitude… I quit…" The man turned in her direction and sat again close to her, Alison got a little scare of what could be the price for all this 'help'.
The chef.-"True be told blondie, you remember me a lot to my little sister (he smiled and looked down in order to remember more clearly). She was like you, pretentious, temperamental, always enjoying bulling others, you know (he looked up to Alison) I guess that's way I'm so tough with you"
Alison. - "What, do you want me to act like your 'little sister' now?"
The chef chuckled. - "No, I just don't want you to end like her, that's all"
He got up and started to walk towards the door, he stopped and said without turning back:
"Look blondie, life is full of unknowns and between all the unpredictable chaos around us, you need to adapt yourself to the life you have been given; when things get hard, you need to stop looking for someone to blame. Life is a bitch, is messy, so you can waste your energy pondering about things that you can't control, be angry and frustrated all the time or you can get your shit together and stay true to yourself (he turned in her direction and looked her in the eyes) because I'm sure that this version of you is not the 'real you' … you should stay true to yourself… don't waste time and be thankful for the tuff times because they shape us into the people who we are mean to become"
Alison. - "And what kind of person I'm supposed to become?"
The chef.- "That depends on you, with who you want to be, where you want to go… make a plan, set a goal, work for it, you might get surprised of the incomes one day… anyway, for now eat, get rest, once you get better, you can come back to work"
- End of the flashback -
Alison.- "So time passed very fast, all the staff made turns to watch over me, they founded the thieves and got the crap out of them… for the 1st time in my life I felt the warm of a 'family', I mean, we weren't related by blood but in our worse moments we were there for each other…"
Emily. - "And your relation with the chef, how it went from there?
Alison.- "The chef (she smiled), his name is Enzo, he become the big brother that I always needed to have, he taught me to be a better person, to show up the 'real me' and left behind my masks… and how to cook… 'Voilà'! (She said putting a dish in front of the brunette) 'Bon appétit'!"
Emily was amazed by the dish, it tasted so good, but that wasn't all, the brief moment of honesty of the blonde also contributed to the happiness of the brunette, she can start to put the pieces together in order to make sense of how Alison has changed so much.
Emily. - 'Thanks Ali"
Alison. - "You're welcome Em, I do love to cook… you know one day I will be an amazing housewife"
(Both girls blushed and smiled)
Emily. - "Yeah, well I wasn't thanking you only for the food, thank you for sharing with me your memories"
Alison. - "I told you Em, I want to give you the most authentic version of me, I just want to be honest with you"
Emily. - "Do you think we are ready for that kind of honesty?
Alison. - "Em, for me 'honesty' is a big word, it changes things, it makes me vulnerable, something that I don't like, but the question here is not if I'm ready to tell you everything, the question here is: 'Are you sure that you're ready for everything that comes around with me telling the true?"
Emily stood there in silence; Alison looked down to her dish and Emily made her look at her again when she grabbed her chin.
Emily was opening her mouth in order to speak when someone started to ring the bell of the door.
Emily. - "I… I should go see who it is…"
Alison was a little disappointed, she was really expected something else from her mermaid.
Alison. - "Sure, I will go to your room, nobody should see me"
Alison got upstairs and Emily waited until she was sure that there were no traces of the blonde then she opened the door; to her surprise, there it was…
Emily. - "Paige?!"
