Hello,

So this chapter will follow immediately after the last scene of the previous chapter, Emison's renewal of their vows; Alison doesn't remember Emily but in this chapter, something will trigger her memory. Now, this chapter will mention some things of the past, especially from chapters: 'Show me Love' (Emison's talk about trust); Time of my life (Alison's bracelet with charms, Emily's gift); 'Dark was the night' (Alison finding out that Jason was the other hoodie in the fatal Christmas when Enzo died); 'All eyes on Me' (Liars giving Alison as the killer of Melissa to AD) and 'Killer' (Jason trying to save Alison from Rollins); 'We are one part II' (Alison's vows)

Hope you like it, PLL ended but here there will be more drama to see ^^, like always any review and comment it's welcome, thanks...


Chapter 61 – Here's to future days

(Alison's narrative) Future… I always tried to control it… to predict it… but the truth is that when something begins you generally have no idea how it is going to end. We've no idea what life will bring us; but even if we don't know, we toast to life, we call to a gathering of people to raise their glasses and we toast… we toast for happy days to come, for a new begging, for a new goal in life… we toast for family… for friends… for love… love… so much love...

(In the DiLaurentis-Fields' house)

All the girls were happy, celebrating with Alison and Emily the renewal of their vows, they were having a lovely night, dancing, laughing and smiling… it was just a perfect moment with friends and family. At the moment of the cake, the girls sat together in the same table, talking…

Alison was happily looking at her diamond ring that Emily just gave her and Emily noticed it…

Emily. – "Do you like it?"

Alison smiled. – "I love it!" (She kissed her and smiled) "Thank you…"

Emily chuckled and blushed

Hanna. – "I'm impressed Em, I didn't know that a school teacher could buy so beautiful ring… damn maybe I should have become a teacher if the salary was that good…"

(Chuckles)

Spencer mocked. – "Yeah… you like a teacher… providing wisdom… yeah…"

Hanna. – "Hey, I'm smart! The other day I solve a crossword all by myself…"

Aria. – "Hann… the crosswords of the cereal box doesn't count…"

Hanna rolled her eyes and all the girls chuckled

Blair. – "But serious Emily, it's a beautiful ring… where did you buy it?"

Spencer said with a bitter tone. – "Why are you asking?" (She squint her eyes) "Are you planning on proposing to someone?" (She looked by the corner of her eyes towards Sabrina that was talking with Yvonne and Toby and she just huffed)

Blair almost choked when she heard the word 'proposing'; Alison laughed and she just patted Blair's back, trying to help the girl to breathe…

Emily chuckled. – "Well, to be honest, I didn't buy it; it belonged to my grandma…" (She looked at the diamond ring that Alison gave her years ago and smiled) "But I think that it doesn't compare with the ring that Ali gave me…"

Alison saw the ring and asked. – "So tell me, how did I propose?"

Emily. – "Mmm… do you want me to tell you about the 1st time or the second?"

Alison raised an eye brow. – "What?! How many times I proposed to you?!"

Emily chuckled and blushed. – "Two... and both were beautiful…"

The brunette started relating her beautiful memories and Alison was just entranced looking at Emily and just picturing how beautiful it would be to remember all of that…

They continued talking and then the dancing part started… Emily and Alison were dancing, the blonde was hugging Emily's neck and they were with the eyes glued at each other… just feeling the love between them…

Emily. – "Are you happy?"

Alison smiled. – "Pretty much… and you…?"

Emily smiled. – "I'm in cloud 9 right now…"

(Chuckles and kisses)

As the couple was dancing, all the rest of the guest were dancing too, the Fields were dancing with their grandsons, Wayne was with two boys in his arms as Pam was holding one on her arms… they were so happy with them and the boys were too, really happy with their grandpas… Caleb and Hanna were dancing with their little baby girl, Haley, on their arms as Erza and Aria were dancing too…

Erza. – "So I guess that our wedding will be the next one right? I hope you're not having second thoughts about it…"

Aria chuckled. – "Me? Having second thought about marring you?! Impossible!" (She kissed him and smiled) "I can't wait to marry you…."

Erza smiled. – "Me too…"

Blair was dancing with Sabrina and she saw Spencer sitting alone, sighing and then she saw Toby in the floor dance, dancing with Yvonne…

Sabrina. – "You're plotting something…"

Blair chuckled. – "How do you know?!"

Sabrina. – "Because, when you're thinking something, you do that with your eye brow… it's too obvious…"

Blair chuckled…

Sabrina. – "So tell me, what is rolling all over your head…?"

Blair. – "Well…"

Spencer was playing with the olive of her martini when someone dragged her to the dance floor…

Spencer raised an eye brow. – "What are you doing?!"

Blair smirked. – "Isn't obvious?! I'm going to dance with you…"

Blair put her hand right up and gripped Spencer's hand with her right hand, she took the lead and she didn't noticed it, but Spencer blushed when she put her other hand on the back of Spencer… it was a slow ballad and Blair was distracted as she was guiding towards her target that she didn't notice how much blush was on Spencer's cheeks for the closeness…

Spencer blushed. – "You're a good dancer…"

Blair replied without looking at her. – "Oh thanks…"

They were dancing, little by little getting closer to Blair's target and Spencer had no idea of what the other brunette was complotting when she started talking

Spencer. – "Why did you ask where Emily bought the ring?"

Blair turned in her direction and she looked at Spencer into the eyes. – "What?!"

Spencer looked at her into the eyes with puppy eyes and said. – "You're not proposing to Sabrina, right?"

Blair was with the mouth open, confused of Spencer's question but more confused on the way that the girl was looking at her, she zoned out for a moment until she heard Sabrina talking from the microphone of the DJ as they planned it…

Sabrina. – "Ok guys, time to change of partner for the next dance…"

Sabrina winked at Blair, giving her the sign to do the change and then Blair looked at the couple that was at their side and smiled…

Spencer said ignoring what was happening. – "Hey! I made a question! I demand an answer!"

Blair chuckled and she just rolled her eyes, she continued with her plan and she said to the couple that was at her side…

Blair smirked. – "So you heard Sabrina, let's exchange…" (She took Yvonne's hand and smiled) "You're dancing with me now…"

Yvonne chuckled. – "Ok… I've never danced with a girl before but let's swing it…"

Blair chuckled. – "Well, that's the spirit…"

Blair took Yvonne far from Spencer and Toby that stood there in the middle of the dance floor, with a confused look on their faces…

Toby looked at Spencer and he just chuckled when he noticed that Spencer was as confused as him…

Toby said as he offered her a hand. – "So I guess you're stuck with me…"

Spencer. – "What…? Oh…" (Chuckles) "Well, I can swing it too…"

Toby chuckled and he said as both started dancing together. – "Yeah, you do…"

Spencer chuckled and blushed… they started dancing together and all the girls around them noticed them and they smiled seeing them together…

Alison said as she was dancing with Emily. – "Oh Blair and her Cupid's ideas…"

Emily chuckled and they were dancing together until someone else approached, asking to dance with the blonde…

Jason cleared his throat and said. – "Mmm… so, can I've a dance with my sister?"

Emily nodded. – "Sure…" (She kissed Alison's cheek and said to her wife) "I will go with my parents and the boys ok…"

Alison nodded and she just looked at her wife walking away as her brother grabbed her for a dance… they started dancing together in silence, Alison was avoiding eye-contact as they haven't talk in a long time…

Alison broke the silence when she said. – "I haven't thanked you…"

Jason. – "About what?"

Alison. – "About when you tried to save me… at Welby… you were looking for me so thanks…"

Jason smiled and said. – "Don't thank me…" (Sad sigh) "In the end I couldn't protect you… I fail… I always fail… I suck as a brother isn't it?"

Alison looked at him into the eyes and said. – "No, you don't!"

Jason looked at her and asked. – "Really?"

Alison gave him a small smile as she said. – "You're not that bad…" (Chuckles) "I'm not a great sis either…"

Jason chuckled. – "Yeah, tell me about it…"

Alison squint her eyes and playfully hit his arm…

Jason pouted. – "Hey! That hurt!"

Alison squint her eyes and smirked. – "Well you asked for it…"

(Chuckles)

They continued dancing in silence but for some reason, the atmosphere felt lighter than before…

Jason. – "I'm sorry Ali…"

Alison. – "It's not your fault Jason, what happened with Rollins it's not your fault…"

Jason. – "I'm not talking about that…" (Deep breath) "I'm sorry for what happened with Enzo… I shouldn't work for my mom Jessica neither for Cece… I… I'm really sorry…" (Watery-eyes) "I can't stop thinking that he would be doing a better job as your brother than me right now…" (Tears)

Alison cleared the tears of Jason and she hugged him very tight with a lot of affection. – "Don't say that… no one is perfect Jason and I love you as my brother…"

Jason smiled and hugged her back. – "I love you too Ali…"

As Alison was still with her brother, just catching up, talking; Emily was talking with the girls…

Aria teased. – "So how was the dancing Spence…? Are you gonna steal the groom?"

Spencer rolled her eyes. – "Shut up!"

(Chuckles)

Emily. – "Really Spence, why you don't fight for Toby, you belong together…"

Spencer rolled her eyes; she was going to say something when all their phones started to ring… they saw at each other with scared faces…

Hanna. – "Great! Can't we just have a happy day?! Geez…"

The girls looked at their phones and they read the new text of AD…

AD's text: 'Summer is already here and they say it's easy to forget your troubles when the weather's warm but all it takes is one fall breeze to blow reality right back in your faces… watch out ladies; he who sows the wind reaps the storm…'

Hanna. – "Ok I may not be the smartest of the group but that means that he's complotting something right?"

Spencer nodded. – "Yeah, something is coming… the question is what and when…"

Emily ran a hand through her hair and she was the most anxious and worried between them, Aria noticed it…

Aria said as she tried to calm her down. - "Hey Em… don't worry about it…"

Emily exclaimed. – "How you ask me to don't worry?! The last time that AD complotted something, I almost lost my wife!"

The girls hugged Emily in a group hug; the girls did their best on hiding their fear for the rest of the night but Alison did notice that something was off…

Alison. – "Is there something wrong?"

Spencer was going to talk but Emily didn't let her…

Emily. – "Nothing… don't worry…" (She hugged her with a lot of affection and said as she took a deep breath of Alison's aroma) "Everything will be ok… I promise…"

Alison just hugged her back, still confused of how Emily wasn't looking ok at all. The couple was hugging when Wayne asked to all the family and friends to rise their glasses and toast for the couple…

Wayne smiled. – "Here's to future happy days! For Emily and Alison! Cheers!"

Everybody. – "Cheers!"

(Alison's narrative) Like I said… we toast, we clink glasses wishing for the best… that's the kind of toasts that normal human beings do… but you know what? Evil toasts too…

(In AD's HQ)

*** Music background: House of Cards – Position Music ***

AD was standing up, in front of a game board, just looking at the black hoodies that were around it...

AD said with a devious grin. - "Please, raise your glasses and let's toast... let's toast for the future days to come! For the endgame that's to come!" (AD raised its glass and said with excitement) "here's to Us! And for the doom of those liars! Cheers!"

The black hoodies at unison said. - "Cheers!"

AD looked at two hoodies and said. - "You know what to do... wait for my sign and then don't rush it… wait for the best opportunity and then do your job ok…"

The hoodies nodded and left first... later all the rest of hoodies left too and AD stood alone with its game board, the board was a scale model of Rosewood... there were some tiny plastic figures that looking at them in detail... each one of them was the perfect image of each girl: Spencer, Aria, Emily, Hanna and Alison... AD gripped between its hands the plastic figure of Alison...

AD said with a devious smile, caressing the plastic figure of Alison. - "Oh Alison... you've no idea of what it's coming..." (Devious smile) "Everything that happened before, that's gonna feel like a picnic Ali…" (AD squeezed the figure very tight and said with a lethal look) "This time… I will win the game…"

Spotted, demons contemplating new chaos and destruction…

(In the DiLaurentis-Fields' house, in the bedroom)

Alison was trying to get intimated with the brunette, but she noticed that something was off on Emily…

Alison. – "Emily… what is wrong…?"

Emily. – "Huh?"

Alison. – "Your mind is in another place… what is coming on?"

Emily sighed. – "Nothing I just… can we just cuddle tonight? I just… I…"

Alison thought that the girl was tired when actually Emily was just so worried about the threats of AD; worrying about what was the next move of the new evil in her life…

Alison kissed Emily's cheek and said. – "I guess that you're tired… ok we will just sleep tonight… but you own me one night of wild sex ok…"

Emily chuckled and blushed, she just nodded and happily became the big spoon of the blonde; Emily hugged Alison tight into her arms, caressing her golden hair; in question of minutes, Alison fell asleep but Emily couldn't… she just stood almost all the night awake, just hugging her beautiful blonde, as if she was terrified to let her go from her arms…

(In Erza's apartment)

Aria was looking for wedding thing on the web when she received a video call; without recognizing the number, she took the call…

(Gasps of surprise when a hoodie showed her a file)

Aria. – "How did you get that?!"

The hoodie didn't talk; Aria just received a text from AD…

AD text: 'Wondering if Erza will say the 'I do' if he finds out about this report; but this could be our pretty little secret if you just follow my lead…"

The brunette gulped and she just stood in silence, zoning out… questioning herself of what was going to do next…

Aria said at the hoodie that she was watching by skype. – "What do you want?"

The hoodie wasn't showing its face but it was more than obvious that a huge evil grin was painted in its lips…

(In the DiLaurentis-Fields' house)

Emily. – "So Ali, Aria just called me, she wants to do her bachelor party tonight…"

Alison. – "What? Why all of the sudden, just like that? Why?!"

Emily. – "I don't know, she was a little nervous, maybe it's the bride's nerves before the big day…" (She kissed her and said) "I will see if my parents can take the boys for tonight… I will be back soon ok…"

Alison nodded and Emily left… the blonde decided to start to get ready, she took a shower, she put a nice dress but as she looked outside, there was a cold breeze so she opened her closet, looking for a jacket that could go good with her dress, she pulled off a red jacket that was inside a bag of dry cleaner, she took it and for her surprise, there was a note in it…

NOTE: 'Your friends gave me your dirty jacket; giving you as Melissa's killer… always being the sacrifice of those liars must hurt doesn't it?' AD

Alison looked confused; she read the note over and over but she couldn't understand the meaning neither know who wrote it…

Alison. – "I don't get this… I should ask Emily when she's back…"

The blonde didn't give it more importance and she continued to get dressed up for the bachelor party of Aria… she was looking for accessories when her eyes stuck glued at a particular bracelet; Alison's heart accelerated, her breathing became heavy and fast as her shaking hand was slowly approaching to take the bracelet… as soon as she grabbed it into her hands and caressed the charms of it, memories of the past, started to re-emerge on her head…

*** Flashback ***

Alison. – "Is that for me?"

Emily nodded and gave the box to Alison; the blonde opened it and smiled when she found a bracelet with meaningful charms. Emily sat beside her and took it from the box as she said...

Emily. – "Please, let me..."

The brunette put the bracelet on Alison's wrists; she approached very close to her beloved and hugged Alison with one arm, Alison leaned her head on Emily's shoulder and looked down to the bracelet as Emily started to explain her what was the meaning of each charm...

Emily. – "This is a flower; I just found it exquisite as you are..." (She blushed) "This is a musical note because I know that you like to play the piano... this is the Eiffel Tower..."

Alison smiled. – "You & me at sweet Paris..."

Emily blushed and continued explaining the charms. – "This is a frying pan because you're an amazing chef and you're the only one that I know that's able to do the 'flipping thing for the pancakes'... this is a mermaid, like that I will be always with you..." (She chuckled)

Alison grabbed the last charm and said. – "And this...?"

Emily chuckled and blushed. – "That's a heart... my heart..." (They looked into the eyes when Emily said) "It's yours... actually it has always been yours and it will always be..."

Alison grabbed Emily from the neck and kissed her in the lips.

Alison. – "I'm yours too..."

Emily chuckled and they resumed the kissing.

*** End of the Flashback ***

(Alison's narrative) Once upon a time… happily ever after… the stories that I read to my boys… the shoe fits Cinderella, the frog turns into a price, sleeping beauty is awakened with a kiss… yes… once upon a time and then they lived happily ever after… fairy tales… fairy tales that I found very hard to believe in because reality is much stormier… much murkier… much scarier… at least that has been the reality for me…

The blonde sat quietly on the edge of her bed, all the memories were coming back at unison and with the happy memories, the bitter sad memories came back too… memories of Rollins's torture… memories of how Emily just locked her up at Welby… memories of betrayal… yes, memories that in that moment Alison was actually questioning herself if she really wanted them back…

Emily came back with the boys, she couldn't leave her boys with her parents as one call of last minute from one of her uncles, pushed the couple to leave earlier from the house…

Emily said as she was back. – "Ali… we're back…"

The boys ran over the house, looking for Pepe to play and Emily just smiled looking at her boys. She noticed that there wasn't a reply from her wife and she got concerned so she decided to go upstairs and look for her; she found Alison sitting on the edge of their bed, just with the eyes red of so much crying in silence and with the look just glued at the bracelet that Emily gave her years ago…

Emily. – "Ali, what is wrong…?"

The blonde continued playing with the bracelet and she was with the eyes glued at it as she started talking, without looking at Emily into the eyes…

Alison. – "When I was a kid, I had this memory game… a bunch of cards face down, in rows… each card had a picture, you turned one over, looked at it then you turned it back over… then you had to try and remember where its matching card was… sometimes I had no idea and other times it showed me exactly what I needed to see…"

Emily looked confused. – "Ali… I don't…"

Alison interrupted her. – "You know Em, with that kind of games, the cards seem completely out of order and random but you keep turning them over and the more cards you see, you get a sense of how everything fits together… just like now…"

Emily looked confused. – "Wha…?" (She closed her eyes when Alison threw her something and she gulped hard when she noticed what it was) "Ali…" (Gulps as she caressed the red jacket that they gave a long time ago to AD) "Where did you get this jacket…?"

Alison said with a bitter tone. – "It was a gift… from AD…"

Emily. – "What?! Do… do you know about AD…? How?!"

Alison crossed her arms. – "You've been hiding something to me Emily! So you better talk now…"

Emily gulped. – "Ali… I…."

Alison yelled. – "Don't you dare to lie to me Emily! I mean it! Talk now!"

The brunette took a deep breath and she confessed everything that has been happening since the death of Melissa… about the texts… about the threats… about AD… she confessed everything and she gulped when she saw the angry face of the blonde…

Emily said with a shaky voice. – "Ali…"

Alison yelled. – "What the hell Emily! We're supposed to be a team! You and ME! How could you keep all this shit to yourself?"

Emily. – "Ali… I was just trying to protect you… to keep you safe…"

Alison mocked. – "Safe?! SAFE! Really?! Do you really believe that keeping me ignorant of the danger would keep me safe?! I've never been safe Emily! Not even when you locked me up at Welby!"

Emily was going to reply but then she noticed that Alison mentioned something that she couldn't say with her amnesia…

Emily. – "Welby…? OMG Ali… do you remember about…?"

Alison interrupted her and said with bitter tone. – "Yes Emily, I remember… I remember everything… I remember how you locked me up in that fucking place against my will; I remember how once again you betray me by not believing in my innocence! Really Emily! How could you just give me up as Melissa's killer?!"

Emily continued explaining how everything happen and how sorry she was, she didn't stop talking and feeling overwhelmed by the guilt and the regrets… even tears fell from her chocolate eyes…

After a long monologue of the brunette, an awkward silence appeared in the room and without a word from the blonde, Emily asked…

Emily. – "Ali… now would be good time to say how you feel…"

Alison said avoiding eye-contact. – "I can't…" (Deep breath, trying to control her anger) "Don't make me talk Emily, I'm gonna say things that are…" (Deep breath)

Emily said with tears and sobs. – "Ali… just say it…" (Sobs) "Whatever it's… I can deal with it… I can accept the consequences…"

Alison mocked. – "Consequences… yeah right…"

Emily. – "Ali…"

Alison shouts out with anger. – "Emily, you have never accepted a consequence in your life… since the moment you lie to me… giving the back on me, over and over, just don't trusting in my innocence… you keep doubting about ME! Lying to ME! And I'm the one who always gets hurt for your lies and misjudgments! You haven't suffered one bit…"

Emily. – "That's not true! I've suffer a lot!"

Alison mocked. – "Oh really?! Tell me Emily, it was you who got tortured by Rollins?! Huh?! It was you who got locked up in a mental institute against her will?!" (Higher voice) "It was you who got buried alive! NO! It wasn't you! You had never deal with the consequences of your actions! It's always me the one who does it for YOU!" (Sighs of frustration) "You do things without a thought, you just dive in and never give a damn how deep the water is or who you're gonna land on…"

Emily. – "Ali.. that's not…"

Alison snapped. – "What?! Are you seriously gonna tell me that's not true?! Well, sorry to point it out Emily, but everything that has happen recently, it shows it other ways!

Emily sealed her lips and she just looked down and said with tears. – "Ali… what do you need for me… to say I'm sorry…?"

Alison. – "I need you to be sorry…"

Emily. – "Off course I'm sorry!"

Alison said with pain in her voice. – "You did it again… you doubted about me… you're always doubting about me…" (She looked at her with pain and anger) "Do you remember our conversation after my mom's funeral? Do you remember what I told you if you dared to betray me again! To doubt about me!"

Emily nodded with a sad look. – "Yeah… I remember…" (Tears and a shaking voice) "You said that at the next betrayal, you were gone…" (A heartbroken voice) "Are you… are you gonna leave me?!"

Alison shook her head and sighed. – "No…"

Emily gulped. – "Really? Why? I mean… I'm happy that you will not but it's because of me that you got hurt again… It was me who put you in that hospital against your will, it was me who gave the jacket to the girls… so why? Why are you staying with me after all I put you through?"

Alison showed her hand with the wedding ring and she said as she was pointing out at her ring…

Alison. – "Because of this! Because I meant it! In our 1st wedding I promised I wouldn't run! I promised I would love you!"

Emily looked down and mumbled. – "Even when you hate me…"

Alison. – "Yeah, even when I hate you…" (She ran a hand through her hair and sighed with frustration) "Damn it Emily! I'm trying, I'm trying really hard on being a better person than when I was a teenage girl but you make it so damn hard…"

Emily continued looking down and said with a shaky voice. – "Ali… I don't want you to keep the promise, not if you don't want to… and not if you can't trust me…"

Alison sighed.- "Em, the problem here is that I always trust in you! Is it you who can't trust me and really, I don't know what the hell to do to change that!" (Sighs) "I trust you… I do… I trust you with our boys… and deep inside me, I know that you were just trying to protect me… you're always trying to protect me, Em and I know why you do all your actions but damn, it hurts… it hurts to remember how much I begged you to don't leave me there at Welby, how hard I tried to convince you that I had nothing to do with Melissa's murder and that Rollins was bad news…"

Emily sighed. – "I know… I should have listened to you…"

Alison. – "Yeah, you should…"

(Awkward silence)

Emily slowly looked up towards Alison, who was with the arms crossed and just with the look lost…

Emily gulped. – "So now what…?"

Alison sighed, not able to give a real answer because no matter how much she loved the brunette, right not, the pain of the betrayal, of the constant doubt of Emily towards her, it was just too much to just put aside…

Emily. – "Ali…"

Alison started undressing as she said. – "I'm not in the mood of seeing the girls, I'm staying with the boys and you should get dressed and leave for Aria's bachelor party…"

Emily. – "If you're not going, I'm staying too…"

Alison snapped. – "NO!"

Emily felt hurt by the negative of the blonde

Alison took a deep breath and trying to calm herself. – "Please go… I need a moment to process all this… so please leave me alone…"

Emily nodded with sobs and a pain in her chest; she knew that the blonde was hurt and the worst part is that the brunette didn't know how to fix it… yes, Alison's heart was hurt and sadly it was going to get hurt again that same night…

(At the Brew at night)

Hanna. – "So cool of Erza to close the place just for us… we will drink something stronger than coffee right?!"

Aria chuckled. – "Off course, there's wine, champagne and…" (She raised an eyebrow when she noticed the sad brunette that was arriving) "Em…? Wh-…? Where is Ali?!"

(Outside the DiLaurentis-Fields house)

A black hoodie. – "Only Emily left… the two were supposed to get out, right?" (Looking at its phone) "I'm gonna call AD…"

The other hoodie. – "No…" (He grinned with a devious smile) "Let's keep with the plan… the fact that Alison is there alone… it just makes it so… so much better…"

Sometimes, the future changes quickly, and completely we're left only with the choice what to do next… we can choose to be afraid of it, to stand there, trembling, not moving assuming the worst that can happen… or we step forward, into the unknown... yeah, sometimes it happens in an instant; we step up… we see a path and we take it even when we have no idea what will happen…

(In the DiLaurentis-Fields house at night)

Alison put her boys on their beds, passing time with her little boys, with her precious treasures, it did help her to calm her heart; she was still feeling uneasy about her discussion with Emily but most than that, she was still feeling her heart hurt for how easy it was for Emily and her friends to just always put her on the front line; not carrying about the consequence of their actions…

Alison sighed and she was zapping the channels of her tv; not really focusing on what she was watching… she was completely absent of reality, zoned out… until she heard the strong barking of Pepe…

Alison said as she was running towards the room of the boys. – "Pepe! Not barking on the room of the boys! No when they're asleep, Pepe! You're gonna…"

The blonde didn't end her sentence as she got speechless when she found two hoodies just trying to take her boys away… a hoodie tried to pick up one of the boys but Pepe bite off and the hoodie made two steps back…

The other hoodie laughed and said as he put out a gun. – "Ha, you pussy…" (He loaded the gun and said with a devious smile) "Good thing, I came prepare…"

Pepe didn't go intimidated by the gun, he continue barking and showing its teeth with a crazy look… with so much noise, the boys woke up and they looked scared when they noticed the hoodies inside the room. Alison looked at the scared looks of her boys and when her precious Ollie started crying, the blonde just lost it…

*** Music background: The world is unraveling by MILCK***

(Alison's narrative) Human beings need a lot of things to feel alive: family, love, sex… but we only need one thing to actually be alive: a beating heart. And when our heart is threatened, we respond in one of two ways; we either run or we attack… it's instinct… we can't control it… it's nature… it's life… So what do you do when you see your heart been threating? Do you run away? Do you hide? Or do you fight? Do you fight and defend your heart even if that can cost you your own life?

Pepe was barking with a rabid fury… the protective dog put itself between the boys and the hoodies; Alison was standing under the frame door and the hoodies were just between a furious dog and an angered blonde…

With a flushed face, throbbing veins in her neck, clenching her jaw as she lowered her eyebrows just baring her teeth.

Alison snapped with anger and clenched her fists. – "Over my dead body, you're gonna put a finger on my boys!"

The hoodie with the gun grinned with a devious smile. – "Oh bitch… you have no idea how long I'm being waiting for a face-to-face with you…" (He pointed out the gun towards Alison and smirked) "Are you scared?!" (Mocking laughs)

These two hoodies had no idea what they just awakened… a lethal mama bear…

Alison squint her eyes, she didn't show fear, in the contrary, she stood forwards and said with a lethal look…

Alison. – "Oh poor you…" (Mocking tone) "Me, scared of you?! Ha…" (Angry threatening tone) "You have no idea with who you're dealing with… you may see yourself as a 'monster' but I'm the thing that monsters have nightmares about…"

The big moments come into your life and it's what you do in moments like this, when you find out who you're… what's your real nature and what you're able to do for love…

Next: Chapter 62 – The things we do for love