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It's for the followers that I advanced the 2nd part, I hope you like it

Here the 2nd half of the chapter 8 entitled "Hurt"

Note 1: In Italics, the storyteller speaking (moi ^^)

Note 2: The text that is in '[ ]' will be the thoughts of the person who is talking.

Chapter 8 – Hurt & Heart

Part II: Hurt

(Emily's house)

Alison was speechless looking at the video of Emily and Paige kissing, a hot kiss with tongue in the locker room.

Alison self-talk in her mind

[I'm paralyzed, I can't move, I can't breathe, this isn't happening, it's a misunderstanding, it's an old video, it's ….]

Shanna.- "They kissed with tongue no less, do they know decency… anyway, that's not all I needed to tell you.."

Alison.- [Something else?! If she shows me a sex video, I will definitely die! Even then I need to know… calm down Alison, it's Emily of who you're talking… breath, breath…] What is it Shanna?

Shanna got surprised because Alison was being more rational of what she expected. The blonde is an expert to hide her emotions. Alison sat in the couch; she crossed her arms and launched a despicable look to Shanna before saying "Spit it out Shanna!"

Shanna.-"Like I tell you before, she's playing with you; well actually both are playing with you… All is a lie, a prank, revenge for the days when you played and bullied them; Emily and Paige, they planned it everything from the beginning"

Alison was keeping the same pose, it was like she was a statue.- "Define 'everything'?"

Shanna.- "You know, everything! This! You playing the 'house' with Emily, they planned to make you believe that Emily has feeling for you, just to crush your heart and mock in your face… they want to humiliate you!"

A moment of silence before the blonde responded.

Alison.- "That's all?"

Shanna continued stunned by the attitude of the blonde, she was expecting a bitchy Alison, not this monologue Barbie. Alison looked at her pocked because her phone started to vibrate; it was a message from Emily.

Message of Emily: "We need to talk, tonight in the kissing rock at 7"

Alison expression continued to be the same, no trace of emotion; she replied immediately.

Alison's reply: "7 o'clock, I will be there"

Shanna.- "What are you going to do?!"

Alison didn't answer to the question of Shanna, she just got up and started to walk towards the stairs, she was planning to go upstairs but she stopped for one second and turned her head to the other girl and said "Leave, I don't want to talk with anyone right now".

Music background: A drop in the ocean by Ron Pope -

Shanna left and Alison got upstairs, once inside Emily's room, she was looking all the memories that she has with the brunette: the sleepovers, the kissing practice; the movie nights; her confession of love; the kisses; her first time in that bed… The blonde stood there without saying a word, just with tears in her face.

(In the library of the school)

Emily was reading the script of 'A'; her eyes were wet like she was over the point to cry but she didn't; her lips trembled every time that she was trying to memorize her lines.

Emily self-talk

[No, no, no… this is not happing, I can't do this, I can't tell her this! God, please help me!] She gulped when she looked to her phone [It's Ali, just a few seconds ago I sent her the message for us to meet in the kissing rock and she had already replied; Ohh Ali…] tears started to flow in Emily's face.

(In the kissing rock at 6:30 pm)

Alison was the 1st to arrive, she got earlier, and she continued to move like a zombie. First, she was sitting in the rock; she was uncomfortable with everything that had been happing today so she moved and started to walk in circles around the rock, she stopped for a second to look at what it was writing in the rock: the initials 'A. D. + E. F.' written inside a heart; Alison smiled as she remembered…

(In the forest very close to the kissing rock around 6:50 pm)

Emily was walking towards the kissing rock; her legs were shaking; she stopped when she received a message.

Message: "Don't forget to put the ear-prompter, don't you dare to improvise – A"

Emily got out from her pocket the box that she founded earlier in her locker, she opened it and she put the prompter in her ear. She took a deep breath and resumed her walking. Before she could tell, she was already there.

(In the kissing rock at 7pm)

Alison's thoughts got interrupted when she noticed the presence of the brunette; she looked up to her and approached but not too close, she left a considerable distance between them as she was afraid to be close to Emily. Alison got directly to the point, she needed to know.

Alison.-"Shanna came to see me, she showed me a video of you and Paige kissing in the locker room; I wasn't expecting to see that… she also told me that this, "us" to be more precise, that all is a game; something that you and Paige prepared together for revenge…"

Alison looked to the brown eyes of Emily when she noticed that the other girl didn't reply immediately.

Alison [Come on Em! Say something! Don't you dare to just stay there without saying anything!]

Emily looked down without saying a word and Alison got really upset; she continued to talk, this time with a higher tone in her voice.- "Look at me Emily! I have been 100% honest with you; at least I deserve the same, the true, so tell me! Is it true what Shanna told me?! Is it true that you have been faking it all the time?! Is it true that you and Paige have been laughing at me all this time?! Emily, answer me!"

Emily was looking to the grown as A was telling her by the ear-prompter "Speak out Emily; just like we rehearsed or someone will die tonight!" She got shocked when she heart the word 'die'; she was still processing that sentence when Alison put her hands in Emily's cheeks in order to force her to look at her in the eyes. Emily's eyes got bigger when she noticed a red point in the front-head of the blonde.

A was telling to Emily by the ear-prompter.- "Start the play Emily, don't you see that I have her in the sight"

Emily gulped [Oh God, this bastard is here like a sniper; he's targeting Alison's head; he will kill her if I don't do what he says!]

Music background: Don't let me go by Bandit Heart-

Alison crying and with her hands in Emily's cheeks; she said:

"Please Em, tell me that what you feel for me is real! Tell me that is not just a game! If you're confused or you need more time to decide is ok, I can wait, and we'll figure it out… Em I lov…"

She didn't end that sentence because the brunette started to talk

Emily.- "It's true, all that Shanna told you is true, it's just a game, I trick you… now who is the fool?!"

Alison froze, she became so pale; she started to pull away; she continued to look to those brown eyes as she was moving backwards towards the kissing rock little by little. She couldn't believe what she was hearing.

A speaking by the ear- prompter.- "Come on Emily, continue, just follow our script!"

Emily [God, please, help, someone help!... Ali please don't look at me like that, please…]

Emily continued to talk the speech that 'A' has prepared for her.

Emily.- "Do you really believe that someone could ever love you?...(Emily continued with little mocking smiles) You know I never believed you could be so stupid... you really didn't notice it? That all was an act!"

Alison stood there speechless; with each sentence that Emily was saying, she became more and more pale; neither her brain or her heart were responding, the only one who was still standing there was her body, it moved, it's the only one who knew what to do in that moment.

Alison [No, this is not happening, this is a dream, yeah a bad dream… but why I'm not awaking up?]

Emily.- "Face it Alison, you have been played as a fool!"

Alison sat in the kissing rock; with tears in her eyes and just when she got the strength enough to start to speak, she opened her mouth.

Emily [Oh God, Ali, please don't cry, I will not be able to handle it! I swear to God that this psycho will pay for this!]

Alison murmured looking down, she wasn't able to look in the eyes the brunette. - "Do you even care enough to tell me why you choose this method as pay-back?"

Emily [Please Ali, don't make me continue, I don't want to, I can't…]

A speaking by the ear-prompter.- "Come on Emily, our Barbie made a question, just repeat after me…"

Emily.- "I'll try to be more succinct, you held a certain fascination when you were 'the Queen Bee: beautiful, delicate and untouched'; It was fun for a while, playing with your feelings…but now that I already had you, all of you, heart and skin, now that I can tell that I rode you hard and put you away wet, I don't want you anymore and I can't see why anyone else would…"

Alison gulped.- "So… you bring me here to gloat?"

Emily was struggling with every word that was coming from her mouth, she could see and feel how heartbroken was the blonde and knowing that she was the responsible of that pain, it was killing her.

Emily [No Ali, I didn't came here to gloat, I'm just following the commands of 'A'; I'm doing this to save you! Please Ali, I love you, I love you, I should say it earlier, I was afraid, I was terrified to expose my heart again… Ali… please don't look at me like this, God! That look, that pain in her eyes will hunt me forever…]

Emily gulped and finally responded to the blonde.- "Yes, it was part of the game"

Alison got up and started to talk with a cold face which started to show a lot of angry.-"I would give up everything for you: my life, my family, my status… everything!"

Alison [God, I want to cry so much! But I will not give you that satisfaction Emily!]

Alison started to walk and when she passed beside the brunette, Alison's shoulder hit Emily.

Alison stopped to walk and before leaving she turned to see the brunette and said "I actually believed you…"

Emily.- "It must hurt when the loyal one betrays you"

Alison smirked.- "That was quite a performance Emily… Bravo!" (She applauded) "It was a great performance, you should be so proud of yourself, you won; you beat the 'Queen Bee' in her own game… You can gloat all you want because you took everything from me: my 1st kiss, my 1st time, my 1st love… I guess you will pop the champagne tonight with your girl!"

Emily.- [Please Ali don't hate me! Don't look at me like this, how those blue eyes can express so much pain and hate at the same time! Ali please, I didn't have other option beside repeat word by word what 'A' was dictating me! Ali please, please don't hate me!]

Alison with a sarcastic tone.- "But know this Emily; you're not the only one who can trick and you from all people should understand that playing games is a dangerous thing because karma is a bitch just like YOU!"

Alison left and Emily collapsed close to the rock; she was drowning it in a sea made of tears; she put her hand over the rock and noticed the initials "A. D. + E. F", her crying and agony increased.

Emily crying and screaming.- "Ali, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry! Please forgive me! Please don't hate me! I love you!"

(At midnight in the cemetery)

Music background: Heartlines by Florence and the Machine –

Alison was standing there, in front of her grave; she had an empty look in her face.

"Why did you call me Alison? The last time that I saw you, you said me that you wanted to be 'a good girl'" mocking smiles

Alison.- "You was right, we are who we are and the tiger can't change its stripes"

"What do you mean by that?"

Alison took a deep breath and turned in direction of the other person.- "It means that it's time that I embrace my own darkness" (She approached to the other person slowly and her look was more like the old Alison) "It means that I'm done playing nice! It means that ALISON DiLaurentis the queen bee of ROSEWOOD IS back!"