Hi guys, sorry for the long delay, it's hard to update everything at the same time. Anyway, hope you like it, a little of drama is approaching ^^. Thank you in advance if you've the time to leave a review ^^. It's late to say this, but, any way, happy thanksgiving!


Chapter 80 - Because I love you

It was already her 1st month of her pregnancy when Emily woke up, giggling because someone was kissing the tiny belly that was popping up in Emily's flat abdomen…

Emily giggles. - "It tickles, Ali…"

Her dear wife replies, roaming her nose over Emily's naked skin and, filling Emily's belly with kisses…

Alison. - "I can't help it…"

The brunette looks down at her, and she's amazed at how much the blonde loves her. The brunette didn't get pregnant at the 1st try and, at the 3rd time that it didn't work too, she was very depressed, she wanted to throw the towel, but, Alison didn't let her, she supported her all along the in vitro process. Over and over they tried till Emily finally got pregnant and, the brunette couldn't be more grateful for always having Alison as her rock.

Emily softly strokes Alison hair and, mumbles. - "I love you…"

The blonde raises her chin, blue sapphires meet with chocolate eyes, and it was like the world stopped, like if they could freeze time and, live in this moment forever…

Alison leans over Emily's lips when she says. - "I love you too, so much…"

Their lips connect like magnets which can't be apart. Feeling the soft lips was the most beautiful thing Alison ever had.

Alison says during the kiss. - "I love you…"

A big smile appears in Emily's face and, when Alison's tongue rubs against Emily's lips, asking permission to get in, Emily happily opens her mouth, granting Alison all the access to savour her sweet mouth. And, their tongues dance together a waltz filled with love.

Emily moans. - "Ali, I need you…"

Alison mumbles. "You need what my love?"

The blonde teases Emily, massaging her breast, Alison bites her lips, Emily's boobs are getting bigger while the pregnancy progress, and, even if Alison loves Emily's breast just as it's, she doesn't mind to have them a little bigger than usual...

Emily moans. - "Ali, fuck me!"

The brunette didn't need to say it twice before Alison introduces two fingers inside her. A smile of satisfaction appears on Emiliy's lips, followed by whimpers and all kinds of naughty noises while the blonde is sliding her fingers around Emily's chenched internal walls.

Alison moans. - "You feel ultra sensitive, Em..."

And, the blonde wasn't wrong, Emily's orgasm arrives faster than usual, and, her legs tremble while a wave of pure pleasure spreads over her entire body.

Alison kisses Emily's cheek. - "Did I make you feel good...?"

Emily nods with a goofy smile, and, Alison smiles too, really happy that she rocked Emily's world. Everything was just perfect till Alison looks at her fingers...

Alison frowns. - "It's that blood...?"

Emily jumps in bed, worried for the worse, she asks Alison to bring her to the hospital. The blonde is worried too, she just keeps it calm, because one of them needs to keep it together. Thankfully, once the doctor looks at Emily, all their worries dissipate when the doctor says that there's nothing to get worried. The doctor explains them that some Pregnant women can have some light irregular bleeding during pregnancy during the 1st month of pregnancy, but it should not be like a "normal"period.

They hear the doctor, and, they understand his explanation, but, even if the doctor said that everything was okay. In the back of Emily's mind, there was this little scary feeling that they could hurt the baby if they had sex, so, because of that, the sex was off the table for now...

*** Alison's narrative (voice-over) ***

Even good marriages face turmoils at some point. One minute you're standing on solid ground, the next minute- you're not...

(In the Brew, some weeks later)

Alison arrives to the Brew, like each Thursday, she arrives to have lunch with her friends at noon, just this time, she's not coming with her wife...

Hanna - "Em, is not coming...?"

Alison sighs while she sits. - "No, she wasn't feeling like going out today..."

The girls nod, they feel like something is off with Alison, but, for now, they decide not to ask about it...

Aria drinks her coffee and, says while she stares at Spencer. - "You're glowing with happiness, Spence, it's because of the pregnancy...?"

Spencer was going to reply, but, someone replies on her behalf...

Alison says with a grumpy voice. - "She's happy, because she's getting laid more than 4 times by day..."

Spencer blushes. - "Hey!"

Blair. - "How do you know that we do it all the time...?"

Spencer blushes. - "Blair!"

Blair giggles. - "Ooops... did I overshare?"

Aria nods. - "Pretty much... yeah..."

Hanna shrugs. - "I'm ok with it..."

Alison. - "Well, I'm not! You're too noisy! Geez! Spence, I don't know what Blair does to you in the bedroom, but, could you please don't make so many sounds?!"

Spencer drinks her tea and, says. - "Someone is grumpy, today..."

Blair nods. - "Yeah, you've been in a bad mood the past few days... something wrong, Ali...?"

All the girls look at the blonde, waiting for a reply, the Queen Bee rolls her eyes, she's not sure of what to say, at this moment, she's struggling with so many things but, since Emily is not here today, maybe talking about one of her problems, it might help her to release some of her stress...

Alison. - "I kinda haven't... you know... in a while..."

Blair raises an eyebrow. - "Really? You & Emily... nothing of... ooh..."

Spencer. - "How long it has been since...?"

Alison sighs. - "40 days, 3 hours and 8 minutes..."

Hanna says in shock. - "Wow, you really keep a very precise track record about it..."

Alison pouts. - "It's not funny, Hann!"

Aria frowns. - "I'm a little lost here, what are we talking about...?"

Hanna smirks. - "C'mon, Ar, it's obvious that we're talking about Alison & Emily's sex life... or to be more precise, the lack of it..."

Aria blushes and Alison rolls her eyes while she huffs with frustration.

Alison. - "God! I shouldn't have told you about this, let's change the subject..."

Hanna teases. - "Why? Seeing you, sexually frustrated, it's very fun..."

Alison groans, she and Hanna start a fight of gazes till...

Spencer. - "The two of you! Stop acting like little kids!"

Hanna & Alison rolls their eyes, Blair holds Spencer's hand and kisses her hand while she says...

Blair. - "God! You look so beautiful, giving orders..."

Spencer smiles with a blush on her cheeks, she shakes her head, trying to stop any lustly thought to take over her, and then, she changes the subject when she says...

Spencer. - "Changing the subject of conversation like, you know, this year, thanksgiving will be at my place..."

Hanna looks at Alison and says with deer's eyes. - "But, you'll cook, right...?"

Alison chuckles and shakes her head...

Blair. - "I'm cooking..." (She looks at Spencer and interlaces their hands when she says with a big smile) "We're cooking..."

Spencer smiles, she loves to hear the 'we' in Blair' sentence...

Hanna. - "Well, I have tasted Blair's food, and, it's not as good as Ali's, but, it's good enough, so I'm in..."

Blair smirks. - "Well, thanks Hann..."

Spencer. - "Well, so I know that Emison's family are 5, Blair and me, Haleb's family 3..." (She looks at her tiny friend and asks) "And, Aria are you coming with someone? I mean..." (She looks at their friends and says) "We haven't touched the subject of you break up with Erza, but..."

Aria takes a deep breath and says. - "I know that you have been giving me my space and I really appreciate it, really thank you girls..."

They girls smiles

Alison. - "Are you okay? About calling off the wedding and everything...?"

Aria nods. - "Actually, yes, I... I mean, it was a hard call to make, but, I don't regret it. I don't think that Era or I regret it. He's in love with Nicole and..."

Hanna teases. - "And, you're banging Noel..."

Alison & Spencer say at the unison. - "WHAT?!"

Aria blushes. - "How do you know about me and Noel...?"

Hanna smirks. - "I didn't know, it was just a hint... but, you just admit it right now..."

Aria rolls her eyes, she can't believe that Hanna has played her to reveal her thing with Noel...

Alison. - "So, you and Noel...? Now, I get why he's staying in Rosewood, and, why Jason went back to Africa so soon..."

Aria sighs. - "I didn't want to hurt Jason, but, when he tried to start something with me, I didn't feel like saying 'yes' to him because..."

Hanna teases. - "Because you're banging Noel..."

Spencer scolds. - "Hanna! Stop saying that!"

Aria blushes and says while she buries her red head on her coffee. - "Anyway... if that's okay with you guys, I might come to Thanksgiving dinner with Noel..."

Alison smiles. - "Fine for me..."

Hanna smirks. - "Okay for me too..."

Spencer smiles. - "You can bring whoever you want Ar..."

Aria smiles, she takes a deep breath of relief, it's nice to have the support of her friends with this and, somehow she feels silly for hiding it from them...

Blair. - "Ok, so now that we know how many people will come, I can calculate how much food I need to do..."

Spencer smirks. - "Count Hanna x 3..."

Blair raises an eyebrow. - "What...?"

Hanna nods. - "Yeah, I eat a lot..."

Alison smirks. - "Tell me about it, you eat more than my pregnant wife..."

Everybody chuckle and, they keep talking...

Spencer. - "Anyway, you better be on-time, I'm planning what will be the best Thanksgiving dinner ever..."

The girls nod

Spencer smiles. - "Ok, so Thanksgiving at 6:00 at my place..." (She looks at Blair and says) "We should go now and start with the shopping for the dinner..."

Blair nods, she takes their bags and, says while she helps Spencer to stand up...

Blair. - "And, just so you know, we are not gonna make a turkey for Thanksgiving..."

Aria and Alison nod, they don't make a big deal about it, but, the other friend doesn't nod; she shakes her head in disagreement...

Hanna snaps. - "What?!" (She shakes her head) "Oh, hell no!"

Spencer. - "Hann, I don't eat turkey..."

Hanna frowns in shock. - "WHAT?! Since when?!"

Spencer. - "Since I saw this documentary about poultry. Turkeys are intelligent animals, I can't eat an intelligent animal..."

Hanna. - "Of course you can! Because they're delicious!"

Blair. - "Hanna, it's not just Spence, Ali & I, we're on a diet..."

Alison nods

Blair continues. - "And, Emily has this poultry aversion because of her pregnancy..."

Hanna looks at Alison and, frowns. - "She's...?"

Alison nods. - "Yeah, haven't you noticed that I haven't cooked chicken since Emily got pregnant...? Just the smell of any bird, it gives her nausea..."

Hanna. - "Well, in that case, we don't put the Turkey close to Emily..."

Spencer. - "Hann, it's not worth it to make a whole turkey if not everyone will eat it. It's a lot of work..."

Hanna pouts. - "But, you gotta have turkey if you wanna be the host of the best Thanksgiving dinner of all the times!"

The blonde starts well her argument, when she touches Spencer's ego...

Hanna. - "You want to host the best Thanksgiving dinner ever, right?"

Spencer nods

Hanna. - "So, you need the turkey for that! I mean, Thanksgiving without a turkey is like the 4th of July without apple pie! Or Friday's without two pizzas!"

Spencer. - "Fine, if it's meant that much to you, there will be turkey on the table..."

Hanna smiles

Blair looks at Spencer and, says. - "There's gonna be tons of left over..."

Spencer nods

Hanna. - "Don't worry about it! I promise that I will finish that turkey..."

Blair raises an eyebrow. - "Hann, you can't eat an entire turkey by yourself..."

Hanna. - "Of course I can!"

Aria asks. - "Are you really saying that you can eat almost an entire turkey in one sitting...?"

Hanna nods. - "That's right..."

Spencer shakes her head. - "No way..."

Alison shakes her head. - "It's not humanly possible..."

Hanna looks at all her friends and, says with determination. - "I'm Hanna Marin!"

Aria corrects her. - "Hanna Rivers..."

Hanna rolls her eyes. - "Potato, patato... Anyway! I'm Hanna! And, this is what I do! I might not be a great thinker or world leader or read a lot or run fast, but, damn it! I can eat!"

Everybody chuckles with Hanna's argument. And, they just nod and wait to see her eat at Thanksgiving dinner...

(Thanksgiving at Spencer's place)

Blair was checking on the turkey when her pregnant girlfriend says...

Spencer rubs her belly and says - "Isn't it weird how next year there will be a little baby at the table...?"

The young doctor smiles picturing a little Spencer at their table. She closes the oven and cleans her hands before softly caressing Spencer's belly and putting kisses over it...

Spencer giggles. - "It tickles..."

Blair stands up beside the brunette, she wraps her arms around Spencer, and says while she rubs her nose against Spencer's nose...

Blair. - "I don't think it's weird, I think it's amazing..."

Spencer smiles. - "Really...?"

Blair nods, they stare at each other in the eyes and, Spencer softly caresses Blair's cheek when she says...

Spencer. - "We're doing this together, right...?"

Blair nods. - "Of course..."

Spencer. - "Are you sure...? I mean, this is a huge responsibility and, if you don't feel up to the challenge, you need to tell me now, before the baby is here and..."

Blair stops Spencer's rambling when she kneels on one knee and takes out a little box from her pocket...

Spencer blushes. - "What are you doing...?"

Blair holds Spencer's hand and says. - "I'm so grateful to have fallen in love with you..."

Spencer blushes. - "Blair..."

Blair. - "Each time I see you, I fall in love with you all over again... and, I'm 100% sure that no one and nothing will ever change that..."

The young doctor opens the little box, revealing a beautiful diamond ring. Spencer gasps, surprised, she brings her hands over her open mouth while she stares at the ring...

Blair. - "I'm thankful for so many things, but, I'm mostly thankful for having you in my life, and on my deathbed, I want to be thankful that I married the only woman I ever really loved, so..." (She takes the ring out of the box and, says while she lines it up to Spencer's finger) "Spencer Hastings..."

Spencer mumbles. - "OMG! You're really doing this..."

Blair chuckles. - "Well, I'm trying so, don't interrupt me, okay...?"

Spencer nods

Blair smiles and says. - "So, like I was saying. Because I love you Spence, really love you, I want to ask you: Will you marry me...?"

For the 1st time in her life, Spencer didn't need to think about it, to know the answer...

Spencer smiles. - "Yes! I will!"

Both girls smile, Blair slips the ring over Spencer's finger and, they hug each other with lots of love. Now, they have one more thing to be thankful today...

(In the DiLaurentis-Fields house)

Alison. - "The boys are ready, are you ready, Em...?" (She sees her wife pouting, so, she raises an eyebrow) "Em, something wrong...?"

Emily pouts. - "Do you love me...?"

Alison. - "What? Of course I do! I love you, Emily. You know that..."

Emily pouts. - "Wouldn't hurt you to say it more often..."

The blonde rolls her eyes, Emily's pregnancy has made the brunette ultra sensitive, and, Alison is not the best person to deal with sensitive people, but, she's trying her best for her wife...

Alison tries to hug her wife, but, Emily steps back with a little jump...

Emily. - "No! The baby..."

Alison sighs. - "Em, the baby is fine, he will not get hurt just for a hug..."

Deep down, Emily knows that Alison is right, but, it took them lots of tries to impregnate her, that Emily is terrified to do anything that could put in danger the baby. Looking at the panic in Emly's eyes, Alison doesn't push farther, she just stretches her hand and says...

Alison asks. - "Can I hold your hand at least...?"

Emily nods and, Alison holds Emily's hand, bringing it to her lips. With tenderness, Alison softly kisses Emily's hand. The soft touch of Alison's lips, it brings a happy smile on Emily's face...

Alison looks at her wife in the eyes and says. - "I love you, Emily, I love you a lot..." (Sighs) "But, it really hurts me that you think I could do something that could hurt our baby... it hurts that each time that I try to touch you, you just push me away..."

Emily sighs deeply and looks down. - "I know... but..."

Alison. - "But...?"

The brunette takes back her hand and increase the distance between them when she says...

Emily. - "I know you would never do anything to liberally hurt me or the baby, but I need you to keep your distance with me... at least for now..."

Alison closes her fists, she hates not being able to even hug her wife. This is insane, that's what Alison thinks, but, she doesn't want to get in an argument with Emily, so, she just takes a deep breath and says while she walks away...

Alison. - "Fine. Because I love you, I'll stay as far as possible from you. If that's what you want..."

It's not what Emily really wants, but, in the end, the brunette doesn't find her voice to say the opposite...

*** Emily's narrative (voice-over) ***

The human instinct is to recoil when we're scared. But it's really the best thing to do? Because very often, it's when you recoil that you open the door to what you fear the most...

(At Spencer's place)

Everyone has arrived, the boys were playing outside with Noel, Caleb and little Hayley while the girls were admiring Spencer's engagement ring...

Aria. - "OMG! It's huge!"

Hanna. - "Do doctors make so much money...?"

Blair. - "I didn't buy the ring, my father gave it to me, it has been in the family for generations..."

Emily. - "Are you rich or something like that...?"

Blair was going to reply, but, her fiancée speaks on her behalf...

Spencer. - "Her Dad is the n° 1 plastic surgeon in the entire country, the Sloans own more than a half of the hospitals on the East Coast, they are filled with cash!"

Blair smirks and kisses Spencer's cheek when she says. - "Please tell me that you're not marrying me because of my money..."

Spencer chuckles, she cups Blair's cheeks and says while she kisses her on the lips

Spencer smirks. - "It might shock you, but, money is not your only charm, and despite your long history of chasing girls... I do love you and, I do want to marry you..."

Blair chuckles; she hugs Spencer and kisses Spencer's head while the other girls look shocked by the revelation of how wealthy, Blair's...

Alison. - "I'm your BFF! How is that I never knew that you were so rich...?"

Blair shrugs. - "You never asked and, you know that I drive a Porsche 911. With the salary of the hospital in Rosewood, I could never afford to have a car like that..."

Alison drops her jaw open, she's shocked to find out that her BFF is so wealthy...

Hanna teases. - "Hey, Ali. I guess that now you regret turning her down, am I right...?"

Alison chuckles and shakes her head...

Spencer clings to Blair and says with a pout. - "Too late! She's mine now!"

Blair & Alison chuckle when they see how Spencer is looking jealous, the other girls also chuckle... except for Emily...

Emily looks at Alison and pouts sad. - "You don't regret choosing me, right?"

Alison. - "What?! Of course not! I love you, Emily..."

It was probably the hormones of the pregnancy, but, Emily is supersentive these days. The brunette wants to believe on Alison's words, but, she just pouts sad and walks away...

Alison sighs. - "Em... wait!"

Hanna opens a bag of chips, she starts eating chips while she stares at Alison chasing Emily and she says...

Hanna. - "Someone is sensitive..."

Aria playfully hits Hanna's arm and says. - "And, you're zero senstive at all! Really Hann! You need to be more careful with your words!"

Spencer. - "It will pass, I know for what Emily is going through, the hormones play hard with your emotions, but, that's the swing mood that comes with the pregnancy..."

Blair mumbles. - "Tell me about it..."

Spencer glances at Blair and before the young doctor could say something that could make her sleep on the couch. Blair decides to change the subject, so, she looks at Hanna eating chips and says...

Blair. - "Hann, what are you doing? You need to save room in your stomach, you've got almost an entire turkey to eat today..."

Hanna. - "Let me explain to you how the human body works..."

Blair smirks. - "I'm a doctor Hann, I know how the human body works..."

Hanna. - "Well, I don't think you know that I need to warm up my stomach first..." (She eats a chip and says while she chews the chip) "Eating chips it's like stretching..."

Blair chuckles. - "Okay, if you say so..."

Hanna. - "Don't worry, I never get full..."

Spencer smirks. - "Really? Huh..." (She prods Blair with her elbow when she says) "Show her the turkey..."

Blair nods and she puts in front of Hanna the big turkey they made for today's dinner. Hanna drops the bag of chips and her jaw stays open when she stares at the huge turkey...

Hanna. - "Oh... ahmmm... how big is that...?"

Blair. - "About 19 pounds..."

Hanna looks at Aria who's at her side and mutters to her. - "It's like me when I was born..."

Spencer teases. - "Too big for you, Hann...?"

Hanna tries to play cool and replies. - "What? Nooo... It's fine, I can eat that, no problem. Please, that big, big turkey is not a challenge for me..."

Spencer smirks. - "If you say so. Anyway, lets all sit and start this dinner!"

(During the dinner)

Alison tries to hold Emily's hand when she asks with concern. - "Are you okay...? Does the smell of the turkey make you feel bad...?"

The brunette pulls back her hand, not allowing Alison to hold it while she says...

Emily. - "I'm fine, just keep the turkey very far from me and, let's just eat..."

Alison sighs. - "I love you, Em, Hanna was just messing around, I would never choose Blair or anyone over you, you know that, right?"

Emily snaps. - "Ali, please! Let's just eat, okay?"

Alison sighs and nods. It's the hormones of the pregnancy, that's what the blonde mentally says to herself. In any case, she's pretty sure that tonight, she will definitely sleep on the couch, that's what she thinks while she eats in silence. It was a nice dinner, everyone ate very well, and everyone was already on the dessert while Hanna was still trying to finish the entire turkey...

Hanna points out towards the turkey and says. - "You're my Everest!"

Everybody chuckles

Spencer. - "Hanna, you don't have to finish it..."

Hanna. - "No! I do. Otherwise, what's next? Today I'm just the girl who can't finish a turkey, but tomorrow I'm the girl who eat half of a power bar, wrap it up and put the rest in the fridge?! Hell no!" (She looks at her jeans and says) "What was I thinking? Jeans have no give..."

The blonde excuses herself for a moment, she asks Spencer to loan her something from her closet. The brunette just nods, ignoring what is the clothing item that the blonde asked for, but, when the blonde gets back, it's very obvious what she took from Spencer's closet. With a super hero pose, Hanna says...

Hanna. - "Okay, where is that turkey!"

Caleb. - "You changed your pants...?"

Spencer raises an eyebrow. - "Hann, those are my maternity pants!"

Hanna says while she sits in front of the turkey. - "No! These are Thanksgiving pants!"

And, after saying that, the blonde starts eating the half of the turkey that was left and doesn't stop till she finishes it...

Hanna drops the cutlery and sighs. - "Okay, that's it. I finished it..." (She rubs her front-head and says) "Ufff... here come the meat sweats..."

Caleb chuckles and says while he clears Hanna's face from any meat sweat. - "Oh, honey, we're all very proud of you..."

Hanna smiles. - "Really...?"

Spencer smirks. - "Yeah, I believe we can expect a call from the president any moment now..."

Everybody chuckle and Hanna just squint her eyes towards her pregnant friend...

Aria pats Hanna's back and says. - "Is there anything we can do for you, Hann...?"

Hanna chuckles. - "Just nobody press on my stomach..."

Everybody nods...

Spencer. - "You can keep those pants, by the way..."

Hanna smiles. - "Thanks, they're very comfy..."

Spencer chuckles

Aria puts her hand on her stomach and says. - "This was really good, I'm full..."

Noel nods. - "Yeah, I couldn't possibly eat another bite..."

Blair sees that everyone is full, so, she stands up and she was going to start cleaning the table, starting by bringing back to the kitchen the left overs of the dessert when...

Hanna licks her lips and says. - "I need something sweet..."

Caleb. - "Are you serious? You just ate more than a half of the turkey!"

Hanna rolls her eyes and she sees at the plates that Blair has on her hands...

Hanna. - "What you got there? Is it pie?"

Blair nods. - "Yeah, you want some...?"

Hanna. - "Just cut me a little sliver..."

Blair raises an eyebrow, she doesn't think that it will be wise to give her more food, but, Spencer asks her to do what Hanna says so, she takes the knife to cut a little sliver of pie, but, she stops when the blonde says...

Hanna. - "A little bigger..."

Blair slightly moves, but, according to Hanna, it wasn't enough...

Hanna. - "A little bigger..."

Once again, Blair slightly moves, but, once again, it wasn't enough...

Hanna dramatically, says. - "C'mon! Cut me a real piece of pie!"

Thanks to Hanna, Thanksgiving was filled with laughs, but, despite all that joy, not everyone was laughing all the time that night...

*** Alison's narrative (voice-over) ***

Do you have what it takes? If your marriage is in trouble, can you weather the storm? When the ground gives way and your world collapses, maybe you just need to have faith. And trust that you can survive this together. Maybe you just need to hold on tight. And no matter what, don't let go...

(On Spencer's porch)

Alison was sitting alone on the porch, thinking in silence, she jumps when someone touches her shoulder...

Alison. - "Geez! You scared me!"

Blair. - "Sorry for that, can I sit?"

Alison nods and Blair sits at her side...

Blair. - "Are you okay...?"

Alison mumbles. - "Yeah, sure..."

Blair chuckles and says. - "Okay, let me reformulate that... tell me what is wrong...?"

Alison sighs deeply and passes a hand through her hair. So many things are coming on her life that she has no idea with what she should start talking. But, her friend Blair is patient enough to wait and listen to everything that Alison has to say. The blonde talks and talks and, after hearing everything, the young doctor says...

Blair. - "1st of all, Emily loves you, it's the hormones of the pregnancy and, you, my friend, you need to suck it up because she dealt with your crazy hormones too when you were pregnant..." (She smirks) "And, you weren't either easy to handle..."

Alison rolls her eyes

Blair. - "And, concerning the other subject. Why you haven't said anything about the economic problems of your company...?"

Alison sighs. - "Because I can't! Okay?!" (Deep breath) "Emily wanted so much another baby, her whole face glowed each time that she talked about it. How I was supposed to tell her that it wasn't the best time for me, for my company?!" (She rubs her front-head and says) "Each trial to impregnate her, it cost us a fortune! In the company, the sales are going down, my concurrency is winning over important clients that I had and, I..." (Sighs) "I'm so stressed at home and at my office that I really don't know how to handle all of this..."

Blair hugs Alison by the shoulders and says. - "Hey, cheer up! It's always dark before the sun comes out..."

Alison chuckles. - "You suck as a motivational speaker..."

Both girl chuckle

Blair. - "If you need money, you know that you can ask me and..."

Alison breaks the hug and says. - "I know... thanks, but, I don't want to borrow your money..."

Blair. - "There's nothing wrong with asking for help, you know?"

Alison nods. - "I know, but..." (She sighs while she looks at her hands and says) "I want to think that I can ensure my family's well being without the help of anyone..."

Blair takes a deep breath, she knows that if she pushes harder, she might hurt Alison's ego...

Blair. - "Fine, I'm sure you will get out of this economic downturn, but, just promise me that before doing something drastic or asking a loan to the bank, you'll come to me 1st... okay...?"

Alison nods. - "Yeah, I promise..."

They hear the girls calling them and they stand up and moves to get inside, but, before returning with the others, Alison grabs Blair by the arm and says...

Alison. - "I don't want to worry Emily with this, can you...?"

Blair cuts her off. - "I'll not say a thing..."

Alison sighs in relief. - "Thanks..."

Blair. - "But, if I see you in a distressed situation, I'll speak out and help you... even if you oppose to it..."

Alison chuckles and nods. The blonde is thankful to have Blair as her friend, and, right now, just talking about it, it clears her head, just enough to make a move that might be more risky of what she imagines...

**** Alison's narrative (voice-over) ****

Neurons fire when we talk to someone, think about someone, and, they go haywire when whe hold someone's hand...

(Another day, in Alison's office)

Alison was in her office when her assistant announced the arrival of her appointment. The blonde takes deep breath, she's nervous about what she's going to do, but, deep down, she knows that she needs to risk something to improve her financial situation. Looking at the picture of her family that she has on her desk, Alison smiles while she stares at the happy faces of her boys and the big smile of Emily. God! She loves Emily so much, she loves Emily, and, because she loves her and wants the best for Emily and her boys. She's under the point to finally accept the invitation of her closest competitor to work together in a big project...

The Queen Bee has eyes just for Emily, she has never felt enticed by anyone else, she...

(Someone enters)

Alison looks up and blushes. - "Wwwwhat...?"

With high heels, wearing a gorgeous fitted black dress, a raven-head woman gets inside the office. With her singular walking, the future business partner of Alison, leave quite an impression on Alison. The woman stands up in front of Alison's desk, a smirk appears on her red lips when she sees how Alison is looking at her. Alison is speechless and she holds her breath when the woman takes off her sunglasses and reveals the beautiful emeralds she has as eyes...

The woman stretches her hand and says. - "It's nice to finally meet you in person, Alison. I can't wait to work with you, side by side..."

The blonde shakes her head, trying to focus, and then, she stands up and shakes the hand of this woman while she says...

Alison. - "Yeah, it's... it's very nice to meet you... Miss Luthor..."

Lena smiles. - "Please, call me Lena..."

*** Alison's narrative (voice-over) ***

Yeah, neurons fire when whe hold someone's hand. And, there's a portion of our brain where desire stars... it's called the insula. The insula lights up when we're compelled to something... someone. And, that's when the real problem start. Because you can't shut down your insula... no matter how much you try it...

People say that the Devil always comes good looking and they weren't wrong. Our Queen Bee has resisted so many things, she has survived so many dangerous situations, but, will she able to persevere in the face of the greatest temptation of them all? Treason is something that no one really forgets and lets see if our dear blonde is able to look at the temptation in the eyes and defeat it, like she has done it with everything else...

Next: Chapter 81 - Temptations