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Chapter 11 – Trauma

(In the Hospital)

In few minutes, the hospital of Rosewood was full of cops, reporters and people who didn't have anything better to do that be there to presence the news 'Alison DiLaurentis was back and alive'.

Reporter.- "Ms. DiLaurentis, can you tell us what happen?"

Jessica D.- "I'm sorry, I'm not doing any statement for now, If you excuse me.."

Reporter.- "Ms. DiLaurentis, why didn't you call the police or 911?"

Jessica D stopped walking and with a concerned face she said.- "What do you mean?"

Reporter.- "It wasn't you who call the 911, someone else did the call reporting that a young girl was hurt in your house… if you were there, why didn't you call the police or 911?"

Jessica D got upset with the way this was going out.- "I arrived very late to my house, when I got in the diner room, I was in shock when I found my daughter there, unconscious and bleeding; I froze by the shock; when I could make my mind right, the ambulance was already there'

Reporter.- "Are you saying that you have no idea what happen neither who did the call who saved your daughter's life?"

Jessica D.- "No, I know nothing, now, if you excuse I will like to check how is my daughter…"

Jessica DiLaurentis was surrounded by reporters and from the distance; the girls were watching and listening every declaration.

Aria.- "Spence, what do you think? Could be 'A' behind all this?"

Emily.- "Of course was that bastard! He and that lady (she pointing out Jessica D), they both hurt my Alison, how they dare?! "

Hanna.- "Your Alison?"

Spencer.- "Calm down Em, the last thing that we need right now is to be reckless, I agree with you, but we need to be careful for Ali's sake"

Emily.- "I can't calm down! Do you have an idea of how I feel?! I broke her heart in order to save her and this happen…"

Aria.- "Em, this is not your fault"

Emily.-"Yes it is! I should tell her from the beginning that I love her, I shouldn't play the game of 'A', I should…"

Hanna.- "Em, stop ok! What is done is done, you can't go back time and change anything; the question here is what are we going to do"

Spencer.- "Ali gave me an USB, she told me to use it as plan B"

Aria.- "What is in it?"

Spencer.- "I don't know, I haven't check it yet…"

The conversation of the girls got interrupted when doctors approached. They were walking towards Jessica D. but Emily got in their way.

Emily.- "How is she?! Is she alive?! Is she…" (She didn't dare to pronounce the word 'dead')

Doctor 1.- "Sorry girl, we need to informer to the family first"

Emily.- "She's family to me! She's everything for me! Please!"

The doctors could see the despair in her eyes.

Doctor 2.- "Your friend is alive kid, she has suffer a big contusion and we're doing our best for keeping her alive"

The girls smiled to each other and hugged Emily in order to give her more comfort. In that moment Jessica D. approached without reporters; she looked to the girls with surprise, she wasn't expecting seeing them there and when she was going to open her mouth to talk, someone else interrupted her.

Kenneth D.- "Where is she!" (He was sighing; it was obvious that the old men had been running in order to arrive as quickly as possible to the hospital; he took one of the 2 doctors from the shoulders and repeated her question) Where is my daughter?!"

Doctor 2.- "Sir please you need to calm down, she is alive, she suffered a contusion…"

Kenneth.- "Is she going to be ok?!"

Doctor 1.- "She's breathing but…"

Kenneth.- "But what?!"

Doctor 1.- "But due to the severity of the trauma, there will be definitely consequences…"

(Everybody got speechless)

Jessica D.- "What kind of consequences?"

Doctor 2.- "We will need to do more test once she's awake, but it can be from amnesia to brain damage"

(The girls put their hands in their mouth and showed a shocked face)

Kenneth.- "I want to see her!"

Doctor 1.- "Right now you can't Sir; we will inform you when you will be able to see her"

The doctors left and Kenneth turned to look to the girls; he gave them a genuine smile with tears, it was clear that he was overwhelmed with everything.

Kenneth.- "Thank you girls for carrying for my Alison; I'm sure that she will be happy to see you"

(The girls nodded)

Jessica D. put her hand in her husband's shoulder.- "Kenneth…"

Kenneth turned her head in direction of Jessica and looked at her with so much angry "We have a lot to talk" He apologized with the girls and grabbed Jessica's arm to another area in order to talk in private.

(Once the girls were alone)

Aria.- "What they will be talking about?! Could it be that his Dad is also involved in this?!"

Spencer.- "I don't know, it's a possibility"

Emily was playing with her fingers and the girls noticed how nervous she was

Hanna.- "You want to see her isn't it?"

Emily looked to the blonde with watery eyes and just nodded

Aria.- "Em, we need to wait…"

Spencer and Aria were trying to calm down Emily as Hanna approached one of the nurse's stand, once the nurse leave the stand alone, she run over to the computer and the girls noticed.

Aria murmured.- "Hanna?! What are you doing?!"

Hanna murmured.- "Shh, I'm trying to check what is Alison's room"

Spencer.- "How can you do that?"

Hanna smirked.- "Well, let's say that thanks to Caleb I did learn some tricks… there is it A202"

Emily started to look around and found the hospital plan in the wall, she looked for the room 'A202' and once she knew where it was; she said "I got it!"; she started to run without waiting for the girls.

When she was crossing a corner of the hospital she stumbled with someone and she fell down.

The girls approached to Emily and helped her to get up, when their noticed who was the other person, they all said "Noel Kahn!"

Noel smirked.- "Ladies"

He continued to walk in the opposite direction, the girls got shocked because they weren't expecting to see him but they decided to continue in direction of Alison's room and when they were in front of the door they stopped.

Hanna.- "Go ahead Em, we will be here looking if someone else come ok.."

Emily.- "Thanks Hanna"

(In the Room A202)

*** Music background: Lesson learned by Ray Montagne ***

Emily was slowly approaching and she gulped at each step she did; Alison was surrounded by machines and monitors; the sound 'bip, bip…' was the only noise in the room.

Emily sat in Alison's bed and with a little of hesitation she embrace Alison's hand and tears started to fall with non-stop.

Emily murmured with a trembling voice and looking to the roof as she was praying.- "Please, please don't take her from me"

She looked down to Alison and continued talking "Ali… Ali… can you just live… just live for me, please?!… I love you, I've been so in love of you, I love you, I always loved you, I love you more and more every day if it's even possible to love someone that much… I love you; I'm in love with you… I have tried to kill it, to run away from it but I can't and I don't want to anymore… Ali, you have to live because I don't know how to live in a world where you're not in it, no after all we've been through; I'm so sorry for hurting you; I'm so sorry for braking your heart, I didn't mean to, I just follow the commands of 'A', I thought that it was the best way to keep you safe… I was weak and I … but no anymore, I will not be weak, I will not panic, I will be here for you, I will protect you and love you as much as I can… (She put one hand in Alison's cheek since her other hand was still holding Alison's hand) Alison DiLaurentis, you're the love of my life and I will not let anyone take you away from me! I want to be with you, I want to marry you one day and have kids, I want to love you and spend my entire life with you… so you need to wake up, you need to survive this, you don't dare to leave me you're hearing me!"

Emily with tears in her eyes, she approached to Alison and put a soft kiss in her lips; she wanted to stay like that as much as possible but she pull away when she could feel that Alison griped her hand.

Emily.- "Ali, Ali…."

Alison started to open slowly her eyes; her eyes were rolling all over the place; she looked lost and then she looked to Emily with shock.

Alison murmured "Who are you?!"

(The girls got in the room)

The girls.- "Em, we need to go, doctors are coming…" (They noticed that Alison was awake and disoriented) "Ali!"

Doctors.- "What are you doing here!"

*** Music background: Skin by Zola Jesus ***

The doctors approached and get the girls out; Emily was getting out of the room but her look was fixed in those blue eyes which were watching her as if Emily was a total stranger.

The girls got to the waiting room and their parents were already there; they approached and hold every one of them; when Pam hold Emily in her arms; she could sense that there was something wrong.

Pam.- "My dear I arrived tonight and I didn't found you, I came here as soon as I saw it in the news I was sure that you will be here…" (She looked Emily in the eyes and got concerned when she found a lost look in Emily) "Darling, honey, what's wrong?"

Emily.- "She's gone…"

Pam.- "No darling, she was gone but she's back, Alison is here alive"

Emily with tears in her eyes.- "No Mom, she's gone, I could see it in her eyes, she's gone…"

Pam didn't understand what Emily wanted to say by that; she just hugged her.

The girls got home with their parents and once Emily was in her room again, she received a message from A:

"Poor Em, now that she has revealed what's in her heart; guess Alison's memories are dead along with your happily ever after"

She got so angry that she throws her phone away and collapsed in her bed with tears.

Days passed and Alison got out of the hospital; her comeback was all over the news as well as her amnesia, according with the doctors it's not defined if it's permanent or temporary.