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

Note 2: So this chapter will take some days after the accident of last chapter

Note 3: At the beginning of this chapter, you will have the talk that Alison had with her mother at the end of chapter 9 but that wasn't showed. The talk will be presented as a dream but actually is a memory.

Chapter 23 – Bitch mode on

*** Alison's dream ***
Alison. - "Hello Mother; what no hug?!"
Jessica surprised. - "Alison, how?!"
Alison crossed her arms and said with anger. - "Cut the crap Mom! We both know that you knew already that l was alive!"
Jessica didn't like the tone that Alison was using with her.
Jessica
. - "Don't use that tone with me Alison, that's not the way to refer you to your mother"
Alison smirked and said sarcastically. - "Oh really! So tell me 'Mother', how I'm supposed to refer me to the person who buried me alive?! Ha?! To the person who has been working with '-A'! The pshyco who doesn't stop to hunt me and make my life a living hell!"
Jessica showed a devious smile and Alison's eyes got bigger.
Alison gulped. - "Be honest mother, did you hired '-A' in order to kill me?!"
Jessica walked towards the mini bar of the living room, she served herself a drink and she drunk it slowly, she was enjoying to make Alison wait for her answer.
Alison yelled. - "Come on, mother! Answer me!"
Jessica just gave her again a devious smile when Alison felt a hit in her head; the blonde hit the floor and before losing conscience, Alison was able to hear her mother.
Jessica. - "You should have stay dead..."
*** End of the dream ***

(Alarm ringing)
Alison opened her eyes and she found herself sighing and cold sweated, her dream was actually a memory that she didn't like...
Kenneth. - "Alison, are you awake?!"
Alison got up and in a few minutes she was already downstairs dressed, she was serving herself a cup of coffee when his Dad approached.
Kenneth. - "How is your arm?"
Alison didn't turn towards her Dad, she continued giving him the back and she just raised her plastered arm and said. - "Heeling... do you have any news on Jason?"
Kenneth sighed. - "He's still not awaking..."
Alison was looking down to her cup as she said.- "It has been already two weeks..."
Kenneth sighed. - "I know darling, but we must be grateful that he's still alive..."
Alison didn't reply. She just stood there, looking to her cup and grabbing it with anger.
(Doorbell ringing)
Alison. - "That is my ride"
The blonde walked towards the front door and before leaving, Kenneth stopped her and gave her a soft kiss in the front-head.
(In the front door)
Alison opened the door and Emily looked her with warm eyes.
Emily.- "Hi..."
Alison grumpy. - "Hi..."
They were walking towards the car when someone approached.
Detective Tanner
. - "Miss DiLaurentis "
Alison irritated. - "Yes?!"
Tanner. - "We gave you some days off due to yours last circumstances; but we really need your statement..."
Alison was going to reply when someone from behind did it for her.
Kenneth. - "Detective! I might remind you that my daughter is still a minor, wherever you need, you must deal it with me first!" (He looked to the girls) "You should be going now or you will be late for school..."
Emily nodded
Alison grompy
. - "Let's go..."

(In Emily's car)
There was a tense atmosphere and that was mostly because Alison was in her bitch mode again.

Alison was looking to the road when she asked.

Alison. - "Didn't you have practice this morning?"
Emily saw from of the corner of her eye Alison's grumpy face.
Emily. - "They are doing maintenance to the pool so there will be no practice for a while..."
Alison. - "Oh..."
Emily hesitated but she said it anyway. - "How are..."
Alison shut her up. - "Don't Em! I swear if I heard one more time that stupid question I will get out of this car!"
Emily sighed and she said as she turned violently the car in other direction. - "That's it!"
Alison. - "What are you doing! Where are we going?!"
Emily didn't reply; she was driving with an upset expression in her face.
Alison. - "We have school you know!"
Emily. -"Aria texted me earlier, it seems that Erza reported himself sick so we are free until the second period, we have time..."
Alison. - "Oh..."
They stopped in the viewpoint of the town. Emily turned off the engine and took off her seat belt, she turned herself in direction of the blonde, she leaned her head over her hand and she was looking intensely to the blonde when she said.
Emily. - "Look at me Ali! Please talk to me! Tell me how are you feeling…"
Alison didn't turn her face towards the brunette; she just leaned her fist on her lips and continued looking on front.
Emily sighed. - "Alison! I'm serious! Since the accident you have been shutting off everybody and especially me! You're being grumpy and bitchy all the time! No one gets why are you so mad?!"

Alison launched a small sarcastic laugh as she bit one of her fingers.

Alison. - "Why I'm so mad?! I don't know Em, maybe because I founded out that not only my mom but also my brother worked with -A! Maybe because I got betrayed AGAIN for someone who is close to me! Maybe because I don't have any idea who the fuck is 'Charles' and I can't ask Jason to tell me because he's still not awaking and who knows if he will awake ever again!..."

Emily noticed that those blues eyes became watery eyes with the last sentence.

Emily said with a soft voice. - "Ali, he will no die like Enzo..."

Alison turned her head towards her girlfriend and the blonde was already showing the tears over her cheeks as she said.

Alison cried. - "You don't know that! I did to Jason the same that I did to Enzo... don't you see everything that is close to me dies!"

Emily. - "Is that the reason why you're avoiding me? That's why are you shutting me off? Do you really believe that will keep me safe?"

Alison sighed. - "Is not exactly that... I'm just… I'm really pissed off Em! I'm better in disguising and not expressing my emotions and feelings than sharing them; I'm not the sensitive girl who expressed how she feels so easy ok! And to be honest, I don't want to throw my rage into you!"

Emily. – "Ali, listen, I'm really sorry about everything that happen with Jason, I didn't know what to say at that time when everything happen and I didn't want to say the wrong thing so I just stood there without saying anything… I really thought that time would pass and you were going to be ok but you're not ok, you're shutting down your emotions and keeping all inside you and that's not healthy… I want to help you to pass this but you're not making it very easy for me…"

Alison sighed. – "Well I think it's really noble of you that you've been worried about me but I don't know if there is a right thing to say right now, it's not as I wished this to happen…"

Emily grabbed Alison hand and the blonde turned in her direction and their eyes met

Emily. – "You can feel angry, you can feel scary, you can be piss off but you must know that I'm not going anywhere without you, I'm here for you, for anything that you need, this is where I choose to be, I know it and you know it so please don't shut me off…"

Alison looked to those brown eyes which expressed so much love, she stood there looking to them for a moment and then the blonde approached and kissed Emily in the lips.

Alison smirked. – "I was wrong, so there is a right thing to say after all…"

Emily blushed and their make out continued.

(In the school)

Emily and Alison arrived with the hands entwined and they approached to their friends; Alison apologized with the girls for her attitude during the last days, the girls were shocked to see her change of attitude and her sincere apologize.

Hanna. – "Damn Em; what kind of sex godness are you that you changed her attitude 180°?!"

Alison didn't reply, she just narrowed her eyes to the blonde.

Spencer. – "Hanna!" (She approached to Emily and murmured to her friend) "I think that what Hanna wants to say is thanks and for the next time, it would be nice if whatever you did, you can do it sooner and avoid us the two weeks with 'bitchy Ali' "

Emily blushed and just nodded as Alison rolled her eyes.

Alison. – "Well, changing the subject, have you decided if you are going to come forward about '-A'?"

The girls looked to each other and replied as one "Yes, we want to tell the true!"

Spencer. – "Let's end those bastards one and for all!"

Alison smiled to her friends, she was happy to know that everything will be exposed to the light. The bell rang and they went to their respective courses.

After the math class, Alison went to her locker for her history book and by accident she heard a conversation…

Hanna. – "Why are you doing this to me Mona?! We're supposed to be friends! Who visited you when you were in Radley! Me! Only me!"

Mona. – "Come on Hanna, you choose this for yourself when you became friend of Alison again! This is the way you want to play it so that's how we'll play it…"

Hanna. – "I'm not afraid of you Mona!"

Mona. – "Huh, you should be because all bets are off…"

Hanna. – "What are you going to do with that video?"

Mona. – "It's not what I'm going to do sweetie, it's who will fall for it…"

Hanna. – "You altered that video; that video is fake and you know it! My mom hasn't done anything wrong!"

Mona. – "You're sure about that because it's hard to be clean when there is a video that shows your mom and detective Wilden caught in a compromising situation before his death…"

Hanna. – "That doesn't prove anything! My mom didn't kill him!"

Mona. – "Huh, but why the murder weapon will be found in her office?"

Hanna. – "What?! You didn't dare!"

Hanna showed some tears in her cheeks and Mona gave her a tissue.

Mona said with mocking smiles. – "There, there, everything will be ok or not, that depends on you… You have 24hrs to decide and become one of my minions Hanna"

The bell rang and both girls went in separate ways. Alison took her phone and made a call.

(On the phone)

Blair. – "Hey Blondie, what's up?"

Alison. – "Hi Bair, do you have a moment?"

Blair smirked. – "For you always…"

(In the room of the student council)

It was after classes that the student council met in order to discuss the preparations for the ball.

The meeting ended and Mona who was in charge of the council, she was alone in the room when someone arrived. Mona was looking for her handbag when she noticed the presence of the other person and said:

Mona. – "Alison, whatever you got to do, you must know that my minions will be around here in any minute…"

Alison was leaning her head on the frame door with her arms behind her like she was hiding something.

Alison smirked. – "Don't worry little Mona, this is going to be a very short conversation…"

Mona. – "What are you doing here?"

Alison smirked. – "Someone has to give you the smack down that you so richly deserve, that it's me who gets to do it, well, it's just the cherry on top!"

Mona laughed. – "Bring it on! You can't touch me!"

Alison smirked. – "When are you going to get it? During all my years of absence, you tried to worm your way into the top but you will never be part of it no matter what you do… You might think that your manipulations, your disregard for authority, and your brilliance at playing dumb may help you to fool the cops and everybody around here but you have never had to face off against me Alison DiLaurentis in all her glory!"

Mona. – "So what, you want to have a one on one with me?! I will finish you Alison!"

Alison smirked. – "Mona, I do believe all your years of underdog and fraudulent schemes have finally paid off, truly I'm impressed… But you will be never at my level; you will never be as good as me…"

Mona said very upset. – "Not everybody wants to be you Alison!"

Alison smirked. – "Well not everybody can be! And if I were you, I better stop trying…"

Alison stopped leaning her body in the frame of the door; she approached to Mona and showed the handbag that was hidden behind her. She threw it to Mona.

Mona. – "Tell me that you took my handbag by mistake…"

Alison smirked. – "Hardly but it wasn't your handbag I was after" (she showed Mona's phone in her hand) "Don't you know to don't leave any valuable unattended?" (She extended her arm in order to give the phone to Mona) "Please take it…"

Mona grabbed her phone and started to check it as Alison said.

Alison. – "Oh… I took the liberty of increasing your storage space…"

Mona raised her eye brows. - "What did you do?!"

Alison. – "You look confused, should I walk you through it?"

Alison approached very close to Mona and adopted an intimating pose.

Alison. – "Hanna is my friend, you don't mess with her! Hanna and her mom have the right to live their lives in peace, now that you have nothing to blackmail them, you're done… whatever it's you're trying to pull, I put a stop on it now…"

Mona smirked. – "You sound like you care what happen to them…"

Alison was looking her in the eyes when she said. – "You're hurting people I love and that's enough!"

Mona said with angry. – "It's enough when I say is enough!"

Alison smirked. – "Poor Mona, did you really believe that incriminate Hanna's mom will be that easy? That you could force Hanna to be your friend again?" (Mocking smiles)

She tried to slap Alison but the blonde grabbed her arm in the air.

Alison. – "Caleb loves Hanna, Spencer loves Toby and Emily loves me but you Mona, no one loves you, except your mommy and after what you have been pulling these days, well, who knows if that's even true anymore..."

Mona's mom and Detective Tanner appeared behind Alison and Mona's eyes got bigger.

Alison smirked. – "Well, guess you'll find out now… I hope you don't mind but I brought some people who really, really want to talk with you …" (She whispered to Mona's ear) "The cops found already the murder weapon in your house…"

Mona gulped. – "You're the devil spawn of Satan!"

Alison smirked. – "Oh yeah! It's good to be Alison DiLaurentis!"

Alison grabbed Mona from her shirt collar and with an intimidating look she said:

Alison. - "Haven't you heart Mona, I'm back, I'm the crazy bitch around here, I'm the Queen Bee and you better get out of my kingdom, go and never come back because if you ever set anything against Emily or one of my friends I will know and I will destroy you!"

Detective Tanner cleared her throat. – "Mona, please come with us, we want to make you some questions…"

Mona started to walk towards her mom and the cops and Alison said.

Alison smirked. - "Good bye little Mona, looking forward to never seeing you again…"

(In the front door of the schools)

The girls were seeing how the cops took in Mona.

Hanna said with watery-eyes. –"What is happening?!"

She was very nervous and her friends could see it. Then from behind of them Alison approached and the girls only noticed her presence when she started to talk.

Alison. – "What happen is that Mona is being accused to be complicit of the murder of detective Wilden…"

Spencer. – "What?!"

Alison was beside Hanna and with a tissue; she cleaned the tears in Hanna's face.

Alison. – "Calm down Hanna, nothing will happen to you or your mom, I already took care of Mona and her treat…"

Hanna. – "How did you know?!"

Alison smirked. – "Well I'm me after all…"

Aria. – "Can someone explain here what is coming on?"

Alison. – "Well Mona tried to blackmail our dear Hanna and incriminate her mom in the murder of detective Wilden …"

Hanna. – "She said that she put evidence against my mom …"

Alison. – "The fake video doesn't exist anymore, you can thank Blair for that; I took care of the murder weapon that she put in your mom office and I put it in her house…"

Hanna. – "Thanks"

Alison. – "Don't thank me, just promise me that next time that someone mess with you, you will tell me and I will take care of it…"

Spenser smirked. – "Wow… you sound like a gangster"

Alison laughed.

Hanna smirked. – "No one mess with your bitches, is that it?!"

Alison smirked. – "That's damn right…"

(In the Brew)

The girls were celebrating that Mona was putting down so one treat less for them. They were eating hamburgers and Emily ended her frites first. Alison noticed it and decided to share with her mermaid her frites.

Alison grabbed a frite with some ketchup and she said to Emily.

Alison. – "Em, say 'ahh' "

Emily blushed but opened her mouth and left her girlfriend feed her.

They were having a good time; Hanna didn't stop to tease Emily and Alison with dirty comments and everybody laughed as Emily was becoming completely red for her blush.

Aria. – "So the ball will be next week, why don't we check dresses this week-end?"

Spencer. – "That's sound good for me…"

Hanna. – "Ok for me too!"

The girls turned her looks to Emily and Alison which were lost in themselves.

Spencer cleared her throat. – "Hey you two! This is a family restaurant, a little of decency for the public here please!"

Alison rolled her eyes and Emily blushed.

Emily. – "Sorry, it's just that since our parents know about our relationship, we haven't had so much time alone as before…"

Hanna teased. – "And that's killing you isn't you dirty horny mermaid!"

Emily blushed

Alison. – "Hanna! It's not just her…"

The girls gave the look to both of them and Emily blushed more.

After having a good time in the Brew, the girls said good bye to each other and fixed that the Saturday at noon they will go check dresses for the ball.

(In Emily's car)

Emily. – "Thank you Ali"

Alison. – "For what?"

Emily. – "For what you did for Hanna…"

Alison chucked. – "I know that she's your 2nd favorite blonde so, every time that she will need help and I can do something for her, I will do it, you don't need to thank me ok…"

Emily. – "Even then, I really want to thank you…"

Alison smirked. – "Well, if you are so grateful, you could show it to me and not just said it" (She said it as she put a hand in Emily's lap)

Emily gulped. – "Ali not now! I'm driving ok!"

Alison sighed, she pulls off her hand and said. – "I know! But I'm a little frustrated here you know…"

Emily blushed. – "I know…"

They arrived to Alison's house, they said good-bye to each other in the front porch and after some kisses, Alison got in the house.

(In the living room of Alison's house)

Alison. – "Dad, I'm home…"

Kenneth. – "Darling, we need to talk…"

Alison. – "About what Dad?"

Kenneth hesitated; he didn't know how to start the conversation. Suddenly behind Alison a shadow of a woman appeared and Alison turned back, she jumped of the shock when she saw the face of that woman.

Alison. – "Mom?! How?! … Dad call the cops!"

Kenneth. – "Darling please calm down, she's not Jessica…"

Alison confused.- "But…"

Mary Drake. – "Hello Alison, my name is Mary Drake, I'm the twin sister of Jessica"

Alison confused. – "What?!"