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Note 1: In Italics, the storyteller speaking (moi ^^)
Note 2: In the scene of Kenneth in his office, it's not an accident that I didn't mentione the name of the lady, the mysterious lady will be revealed in the next chapters, you will need to wait to see ^^
Chapter 21 – Meeting the parents
Kenneth sat down in the couch as he was trying to understand what her daughter was saying; he was speechless as Alison continued to talk.
Alison. - "I don't want to lie anymore Dad, I love her more than anyone else in the world, I'm in love of her and she's a girl but I'm in love of her, she's my 1st and only love…"
Kenneth was looking down. - "She's your friend, she's a girl... are you not confusing friendship with…"
Alison. – "I have never felt this way for a boy and I know now that I never will…"
Kenneth gulped. – "But I have saw you with boys before?!"
Alison. – "This is not just happening now; even before I disappeared, I was already in love of her, you saw me with boys because mom found out about my feelings for Emily and she just forced me to don't pursuit my heart..."
Kenneth looked up to the blonde. - "What?! Your mom knows?! Alison, look me in the eyes!"
Alison looked up and her watery eyes expressed so much fear that Kenneth's heart cracked.
Alison with tears. - "Dad please; be ok with it, I..."
Kenneth got up and he served himself one big drink, he drunk it all in one shot, he took a deep breath before he started to talk as he was giving the back to the blonde.
Kenneth. – "The day you were born, did you know that I wasn't there? I wasn't there when you made your 1st steps, when you said your 1st word… I thought that all I needed to do was provide you financial comfort; that the best thing that I could do was make money for your future...I have done a lousy job as a father, isn't it? As the guide that should prepare you for the world that is out there, isn't it?"
Kenneth turned in direction of the girl, Alison was scared at first but when she saw his watery eyes; that fear went away.
Kenneth with tears in his eyes. – "You might think that I don't care but I do care for you Alison, since the moment I had you in my arms for the 1st time (he made the pose of hugging a baby) you were so small, you grabbed my index finger with your tiny hands and smiled me, and I just knew in that moment that I was the lucky man in the world... all I ever wanted is for you to stay like that: little and quiet in my arms, but you're nothing of those things, you're fearless and it's scared me, because out there is a scared world and I don't know how to protect you from it..."
Alison. – "Dad…"
Kenneth. – "The 1st time that you disappeared, I repeated myself in my mind that I should hug you more, I should kiss you more, I should tell you how much I love you… the time passed and then a body was found and the cops said that it was yours; I thought that I had lost all opportunity to make amends, that I had lost my baby girl forever, that I could never see those blues eyes never again… then a miracle happen and you got back, and these past weeks I learned that despite my lousy job as a father, in one way or another you became this strong young lady, I couldn't be more proud…"
Alison. – "So, are you shocked, are you disappointed of me now?"
Kenneth took a deep breath and then he continued to talk. – "I guess I'm not totally in love with the idea, but if that's who you are, who you love, there's nothing I can do about it, and I love you just as much… all I want for you is to be happy no matter who you love" (Kenned with tears in his face) "Darling, I lost you once, I don't wanna to lose you never again…"
Alison cried. – "Dad…"
Kenneth said with tears in his cheeks as he opened his arms. - "Come here darling"
Alison hugged him and both were crying.
Kenneth. – "Darling, don't you ever show me that fear in your eyes, I might be educated old fashion but you don't have to fear me ok; look I will fight to the dead for your right to love whoever you want; I'm sorry to be so blind and not noticed what Jessica was doing to you but that will change Alison, you come first, this is your home, you're my daughter and despite what your mother might told you, your job is to be yourself and my job is to love you no matter what…"
Alison smiled. – "Thanks Dad"
Kenneth broke the hug and cleaned the tears of his face with his hands.
Kenneth. – "I need to go to the office, I haven't seen your brother and I don't want to leave you alone, can you stay the afternoon with one of your friends?"
Alison. – "Can I be in Emily's house?"
Kenneth raised his eyebrows
Alison. – "We will not be alone Dad, I promise, Emily's Dad is back and they parents will be there…"
Kenneth gulped. – "Mmm… Ok…"
Alison hugged him and kissed him in the cheek.
(Emily's house)
Emily arrived and when she opened the front door, she noticed that his father was already there. She saw him and hugged him immediately.
Emily. – "Dad!"
Wayne. – "My sweet Emy!"
Emily broke the hug when she noticed the serious look of her mom.
Emily. – "Hi mom"
Pam said with a serious look. – "Emily, how do you sleep last night?"
Emily gulped. – "Fine, thanks, Ali sent you her 'hello'…"
Wayne smirked as he could read the atmosphere between his two ladies. – "So Emy, Alison is back and for what I heard from your mom, she has saved your life; you're very lucky to have friends who will risk everything for you…"
Emily blushed. –"Yes I'm very lucky but she's not just my friend mmm…"
Wayne raised an eyebrow. – "Oh really…"
Emily said with a shy voice as she was playing with her hair. – "Actually, Ali and I we're together, she's my girlfriend…"
Wayne and Pam exchanged looks as they both knew already what the brunette was telling.
Pam. – "Let's go; the food is ready, we can continue this talk as we eat"
The three of them were eating together; Emily was with a huge smile because it had been a while since her family was like that.
Pam cleared her throat. – "Wayne, there is nothing that you want to tell to your daughter?"
Wayne looked up to Emily and when he saw the happiness in her face, he smiled.
Wayne. – "I'm happy for you"
Pam. – "Wayne!"
Wayne. – "What!"
Pam. – "That is not what we discussed…"
Wayne. – "Look, I know that we need to have the 'talk' but I don't think that we should do it as we eat…"
Pam. – "Fine…"
Emily gulped and continued to eat.
Pam. – "Honey, has Alison talked with her family about you two?"
Emily gulped. – "She wants to do it but to be honest I'm not sure if it's a good idea…"
Wayne. – "Why not?"
Emily. – "Well her mother already knows Alison's feelings and she pushed her to deny them; I'm afraid that if she comes out with his Dad, he will do the same and maybe he will even send her away from me…"
Pam could see the sadness in Emily's face, she wanted to say something but she didn't know what to say; the phone rang and Pam got up to answer it. As her mom got up to answer the phone, his dad told her.
Wayne. – "Emy, I don't know well Alison and her family but if your mom is right, that girl would die for you… It's never easy to be a parent but I'm guessing that no matter what her family might think, that girl will move heaven and earth to be with you…"
Emily looked up to his Dad and only with the eyes she said him thank you for the encouraging words.
(Pam on the phone)
Pam. – "Hello, who is it?"
Kenneth. – "Mrs. Fields, this is Kenneth Dilaurentis, I'm Alison's Dad…"
Pam. – "Oh, Kenneth, please called me Pam, what I can do for you?"
Kenneth. – "I wanted to ask if Alison might stay this afternoon with you, I need to go to the office and I don't want to leave her alone after all that happen; Is it possible?"
Pam. – "Of course, you can bring Ali whenever you want…"
Kenneth. – "Thank you, we will be there in some minutes…"
(He cleared his throat as he was trying to ask something else but without the courage to really say it)
Pam. – "Is there something else you wanna ask me?"
Kenneth cleared his throat. – "Well, yes… mmm…."
Pam could understand under lines what was the topic of the conversation when she said. – "I'm guessing that Alison told you about her relation with my daughter, Am I right?"
Kenneth gulped. – "Yes, she did…"
Pam. – "Are you ok with it?"
Kenneth. – "Are you?"
Pam. – "It's not new for me to found out that my daughter likes girl, I will not lie, the 1st time that I found out I really messed up and hurt her when I didn't accept her immediately, I hope you don't commit the same mistake…"
Kenneth. – "I didn't reject her, I-I might not be thrilled by the idea but I already lost her more than once, I can't support the idea of losing her again…"
Pam. – "I understand... so what is your position on this?"
Kenneth. – "Well, It might take me a while but all I want is to see my daughter happy, I will do my best to support her… But in any case not more sleepovers with only the two of them!"
Pam. – "You read my mind!"
Pam came back with a smile in her face and sat with her family, Emily got curious and she was going to ask but her mom started to talk.
Pam. – "Emily can you pass me the bread please?"
Emily said as she passed it. – "Sure"
Pam. – "Thank you… by the way, Alison's Dad had just asked me if Alison could expend the afternoon here and I said yes…"
Emily smiled. – "Alison is coming?!"
Pam. – "Yes, she is…"
Emily was so happy but her face started to show concern under the through that this might be the last time that she could be with the blonde if his father didn't accept the relationship. Pam noticed the concern in her face and said.
Pam. – "I had the chance to talk with him about your relationship…"
Emily. – "Does he knows?! What did he say?! Is he forb…"
Emily didn't end her sentence when her mom interrupted her. Pam grabbed Emily's hand in order to calm her down.
Pam. – "Honey, breathe, his Dad will not forbid you to see her but we talk that they must be some boundaries…"
Emily confused. – "What do you mean?"
Pam. – "Well, for start not more sleepovers with only the two of you, when you go out in a date, you need to be back before 10pm and no sneak outs in the night or you will get grounded…"
Emily. – "Does it mean that we can date?!"
Pam smiled. – "Yes honey, you can date without the opposition of your families…"
Emily got up and put a lot of kisses in her mom's face as she was saying "Thank you, thank you…"
Emily was getting ready to receive Alison when someone knocked the front door. Emily ran over the stairs and opened the door; she got nervous when she saw Alison's Dad.
Emily gulped. – "Hello Mr. DiLaurentis…"
Kenneth cleared his throat. – "Hm … Hello to you too, Emily…"
They both turned in direction of the blonde who was descending from the car. The blonde ran over Emily and kissed her in the cheek, she was grabbing Emily's hand when she said her good byes to his Dad, Kenneth just nodded to her daughter and looked at her as she got inside the house; Emily didn't follow her immediately, she stood under the front door as the man was walking to his car, when he opened the car's door, he looked up to the girl and said.
Kenneth. – "Emily"
Emily looked at him and replied. – "Yes Sir?"
Kenneth. – "Take care of my baby girl; she's the most precious thing that I have in this world…"
Emily smiled. – "Don't worry Sir; she's also the most precious thing in my life…"
Kenneth took a deep breath, he got in the car and left. Emily closed the door and she could breathe again, she was still too nervous.
Pam. – "So how it went with your future father in law?"
Emily turned towards her mom and she was blushing when she saw how her mom was teasing her.
Emily blushed. – "Mom!"
Pam grabbed Emily from the shoulder and said. – "Relax honey; you should be more concerned of what your dad is doing right now…"
Emily. – "What is he doing?"
Pam. – "Well, he's showing to Ali, all the family album's photos, especially those where there are pictures of you when you were a baby…"
Emily rolled her eyes and said. – "OMG, he's not doing that…"
She ran towards his Dad and Alison; Pam just laughed. From the distance, Pam saw the interaction of the three of them and she smiled under the thought that if her future would be like this scene, it would be a happy future.
(Kenneth's Office)
Kenneth was looking to some files as someone from his past brought him a visit.
"Hello Kenneth…"
Kenneth looked up and he got up with an astonished look as he said. – "What are you doing here?!"
The woman started to walk towards him and said. - "I came to get back my daughter! I left her with you because I thought that it was the best for her, to be with his dad in this supposed good family but now I realized that it was a huge mistake… you promised me to take care of her!"
Kenneth got upset. – "I'm doing my best, you have no right to say anything, you abandoned us, and you just left without looking back…"
The woman got closer and said "I'm not going to talk of the past; I'm here because she needs her true mother…"
Kenneth. – "Now you want to be a mother?! She doesn't know anything about you! She thinks that Jessica is her biological mother, Jessica is her mom now and Alison has suffered a lot… She doesn't need this now…"
The women turned towards the door in order to leave, she stopped in the frame door and said. – "I'm not perfect but I have always loved her, I'm better now and I'm not leaving this time" (she looked him in the eyes with so much determination) "I'm going to be part of her life, you like it or not, I don't care…"
The woman left and Kenneth sat as he was covering his face with his hands. He was planning to serve himself another drink when his phone rang.
(Kenneth on the phone)
Kenneth. – "This is Kenneth DiLaurentis, with who I'm speaking?"
Tanner. – "Mr. DiLaurentis, this is Detective Tanner, I need you to come to the commissariat, I'm afraid that I have bad news for you…"
Kenneth. – "What is it?!"
Tanner. – "I don't know how to say this…"
Kenneth. – "Tell me what!"
Tanner. – "I don't know how but your wife escaped…"
Kenneth. – "What?!"
(In a warehouse in Rosewood)
*** Music background: In the Shadows by Amy Stroup***
Jessica D. – "Thank you darling but what it took you so long?"
Cece. – "It's not my fault" (she pointing out to the guy who was behind her) "It took him to long to get in motion the deal with the guards…"
Jessica D looked up to him and said. – "Well darling, the important is that the family is reunited, isn't that right Jason?"
Jason gulped. – "Yes mom…"
(In Emily's house)
Emily left with Pam to buy some groceries, Alison stood in the house with Wayne.
Wayne. – "Alison, can we talk a minute please"
Alison nodded. – "Sure, Sir, what do you wanna to talk?"
Wayne. – "I'm concerned about your relation with my Emy, I found you as a lovely girl but I don't think that you will be the best for my Emy, with you she's in constant danger, I want the best for her, I want her safe, if I asked you to end this with her; would you do it?"
Alison. – "Do you mean end my relation with Emily and get my distance with her?"
Wayne. – "Yes"
Alison looked him in the eyes and without hesitation she replied. –"No Sir, I'm not leaving your daughter not for you, not for anyone; you're right, my life is full of death threats, but I have proved that I'm a good soldier in the storm, I want the best for her too and I can assure you that no one will love her as much I do; I'm not perfect but I'm doing my best to be the best version of me in order to bring her the happy ending that she deserves; Sir, I can't promise you that she will not be in a risky situation again but what I can swear to you is that no matter what I will always put Emily's life as my main priority…"
Wayne. – "Even on top of your own life?"
Alison continued looking at him in the eyes and the man could see the sincerity and determination in her eyes. – "If the cost for keeping her safe is my life so be it!"
The two of them were looking in the eyes without saying anything when Emily and Pam arrived.
Pam. – "We're home; Ali, would you mind help me to prepare the diner?"
Alison turned in direction of the ma'am and said.
Alison. – "Of course not Pam, it will be my pleasure…"
The blonde approached to Pam and they both went to the kitchen, from the distance you could heard that they were laughing as they were cooking. Emily approached to his dad who stood there, lost in his own thoughts. Emily grabbed his arm and Wayne got back to reality.
Emily. – "Dad, is everything ok?"
Wayne gave her a little smile and he said as he put his hand in Emily's shoulder. – "Yes sweetie, everything is ok …. Emy…"
Emily. – "Yes Dad?"
Wayne. – "She's a keeper Emy…"
Emily blushed and she stood in the living room with his Dad as the other two ladies were cooking.
After cooking, Emily and Alison were setting the table. Alison was putting the glasses when she felt someone hugging her from behind. Emily put a soft kiss in Alison's neck and Alison smiled.
Alison chucked. – "Stop it; I will throw something if you keep doing it…"
Emily. – "I can't avoid it; I love you too much…"
Alison turned towards the brunette and put her arms around her; she kissed her in the mouth and said. – "I love you too"
They were kissing when someone knocked the door; Emily rolled her eyes as she saw the timing; she went to the front door to open it and she got surprised when she noticed who was there.
Emily. – "Hanna?! What are you doing here?"
Hanna smiled. – "What do you think? I'm here to eat!"
Emily crossed her arms and raised an eyebrow. – "What?!"
Hanna rolled her eyes and fought her way in; she saw Alison and approached to say her hellos.
Alison surprised. – "Hanna, what are you doing here?"
Hanna smirked. – "Well I saw your snapchat in Emily's kitchen with her mom so I decided to come here and taste your food…"
Emily approached and her posture was the same with the arms crossed. – "What snapchat? (She looked to the blonde) "Did you do a snapchat with my mom?!"
Alison chucked. – "Well, yes! It just happens, don't look at me like that… there is nothing wrong with that…"
Hanna smelt the food and went directly to the kitchen. Emily looked to Hanna as she was running over the food and said to the blonde.
Emily. – "Of course there is something wrong, look what you bring to us: a hungry Hanna!"
Alison laughed and kissed her brunette.
Alison smirked as her arms were around Emily's neck. – "I'm guessing that she will be our permanent guest once we get married…"
Emily smiled under the thought of them together and married; she hugged Alison from the waist and kissed her.
Emily smirked. – "I'm not going to feed her permanently…"
Alison laughed and continued kissing her mermaid, the make out was perfect but once again they got interrupted when someone knocked the door. Emily rolled her eyes and despite her wishes to continue her make out with her girlfriend, she went to the door; she got surprised once again when she noticed who was there.
Emily. – "Jason?!"
The blonde approached when she heard the name of his brother.
Alison. – "Jason? What are you doing here?"
Jason. – "Hi, I came to pick you up; Dad is busy so he asked me to come for you, come on Alison, let's go…"
The two blondes were looking themselves in the eyes and for some reason Emily felt a strange feeling, a sensation of anxiety and fear, it was like a premonition that was telling her that something was wrong…
