Guise, I am seriously so sorry on such a long hiatus between chapters. It's just been a busy chaotic month. And the next few weeks are going to be just as insane. Thank god, it's almost spring break. So anyways, It's not the longest chapter ever. But, I hope it makes up for the big break. Seriously so sorry, I'll try and update quicker next time.
Chapter Nine:
"Emily Fields, if you don't get the fuck out of my house…"
"Alison DiLaurentis, you cannot kick me out of OUR house."
"I wouldn't if you wouldn't accuse me of lying to you. I wouldn't if you would consider for one possible second that I've changed. I wouldn't if for one goddamn second you would believe me when I tell you I don't know."
"I'm not saying you haven't changed… I'm just saying for more than three-fourths your life, you hid stuff. You can't expect me to believe that that changed just because you are with me," Emily stated agitatedly. They had been having this argument since CeCe Drake, or Charlotte DiLaurentis formally Charles DiLaurentis, got released from her mental health center.
CeCe had randomly showed up at their college without telling either one of them. Now Alison wouldn't even talk about it with her. She completely shut down any and every time Emily brought it up. It was driving Emily crazy who just recently began accusing Alison of prior knowledge and that she just didn't tell either one of them.
Emily didn't understand how Alison was just pretending nothing had happened, because Emily was going crazy. Cece had tortured her and her very best friends for the better part of three years, and here Alison was pretending that she didn't even exist.
"Emily Catherine Field, DID YOU JUST… Did you really? AFTER EVERYTHING WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH… Did you seriously just accuse… ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR GODDAMN MIND?! ARE YOU REALLY THIS CLUELESS?!" Alison sputtered out.
Emily took a few steps away from Alison as Alison's eyes flashed a very dangerous cool blue color. Emily had a lot of self-preservation when it came to being lashed out at it against Alison. It had happened a few more times than Emily would like to admit. Emily would accidentally accuse Alison of never changing, not caring, and Alison lashed out in her own hurt way.
Emily raised her hands and lowered her voice, trying to convey to Alison that she didn't mean to make her upset, "Alison, baby… listen, I'm not trying to upset you… Or accuse you of not caring… But, you've got to see this from my view point. You went from being happy and in love to watching your sister walk across our college's courtyard angrily. You went from carefree to angry. Then you refused to talk about it with me. To me, that seems like you are hiding stuff. Like you knew more than what you had previously said."
Alison stared at Emily like she had just grown three heads. Alison couldn't believe that the love of her life had just seriously accused her of knowing her sister – who had tormented them for the better part of their teenage years – was going to randomly show up at the place. As if she wouldn't have told Emily. As if.
Alison felt like Emily had just stabbed her in the chest. She felt betrayed. She felt alone. She felt forgotten. So with her every single hurtful feeling inside her, Alison crumbled. Her knees became wobbly, her eyes teared up, and her fingers began to tremble. Alison began to become lightheaded. She was forcing herself to remain strong, to not let Emily see how much she was affecting her. She was doing okay until she met beautiful, concerned brown eyes.
Alison felt tears cascade down her cheeks, she felt her legs give up, and before she knew it, she was on the ground. Emily was beside her as soon as she fell. Her strong arms wrapped around Alison and she pulled her onto her.
With Emily's back pressed against their kitchen cabinet, Alison laid between Emily's legs, sobbing quietly into her chest. Emily softly ran her fingers up and down Alison's back and placed soft kisses to her forehead as well.
They sat like that for what felt like hours. Alison finally calmed herself down, but was still seething at how much Emily didn't believe her. But, she had lost the will to keep fighting. So she laid given up on Emily's chest. Trying her best not to succumb to sleep that was threatening to take over.
Emily slowly whispered in her ear, "I know you're exhausted, love. I know you don't want to do this, but, baby… We have got to talk…"
Alison just nodded and pulled herself off Emily.
They sat on opposite ends of the floor. Their knees barely brushing against each other's as they discussed the whole Cece thing. The discussion led to a blow up at the end. This blow up was where every single one of Emily's fears became voice. She accidently called Alison a whore in her young days, and Alison said something back which was completely true and offensive.
They exchanged barbs and barbs and barbs. This lead to Emily fuming out the and not answering her back for days. Then led to Hanna texting Alison that she needed to stop calling and move on, because Emily had. In Hanna's text there was two pictures. One was a picture of Emily dancing drunkenly with several other females. The second one was a photo of Emily making out with one of them.
Hanna's text led to Alison meeting Elliott at a bar and drunkenly hooking up with him. This led to her becoming pregnant, and long story short, now here she was with two three year olds.
Emily couldn't believe just how much had changed in the four years since she had last seen Alison. She had transferred from Hollis to Pepperdine, where she got a better pre-professional degree program for med school. She then got accepted into UCLA medical school following her senior year from Pepperdine.
Since that night that Emily had given up on Alison, Emily had dated anyone. She had her occasional one night stand to get Alison's taunting voice and lilting laugh out of her head, but it had never worked.
When she has a break from school, she, sometimes, ponders if the reason she threw herself so heavily into school after their breakup was to forget about Alison. She also ponders if it ever worked.
When she had saw Alison at that coffee shop the day that they had drunkenly hooked up, it was like she had been haunted by a ghost. She had immediately called Hanna to search for a party. She knew she needed to drink herself into a stupor and hook up with anyone she could. Hanna didn't fail. What had failed about the party was that Alison wasn't there.
Emily doesn't know how she made it to Alison's, or even how she made it into bed beside her. All Emily remembers is finally sleeping peacefully with the love of her life.
Just like she did when she had the twins' warmth surrounding her. She hadn't slept that good since that night as Alison's. When Emily woke up a little before five, Emily was surprised to see that neither kid was beside her. She lightly groaned as she stretched.
She sat up off the bed as she began searching for her phone. She found it on top of a note that had Alison's handwriting beneath it. The note said, "If you happen to wake up before we do, I'm sorry I didn't wake you up last night. You looked so peaceful, it would have been a crime to wake you. Thank you for watching the rascals for me. I owe you a dinner, so let me know when you want to collect. I'll make breakfast if you wait. If not, thank you again."
Emily smiled softly as she slowly put on her shoes and walked out the door. She had to get to work. As much as it pained her to leave them, if she didn't leave now, she wouldn't get a run in and get a chance to get yelled at by her best friend before work.
It was around 8;30 when Alison woke up. Her two rascals actually looked like they had slept last night so she was in no hurry to wake them. She walked into the living room only to see a disappointing sight. Emily wasn't sleeping. In fact, it looked like she had left completely.
Alison sighed softly as she checked her phone for messages. She was sort of hoping Emily had texted her saying something about why she ran out so early this morning, but she had received nothing from her.
Alison began to get breakfast ready for her and the twins when there was a sharp knock on the door. She quickly moved to open the door before whoever it was woke up the sleeping children. Alison pulled open the door only to see a beautiful, sweating Emily at her door. Alison's face immediately shown with a bright smile as she stepped aside for her more than welcome guest to come in.
Alison's eyes darkened with desire as she took in Emily's sweaty appearance. Emily was wearing these this tiiiiight blue tank-top that showed just how much of a woman she had become. She was wearing these grey leggings that should have been illegal because of how tight they were.
Alison was checking out Emily's rear-end when Emily turned around to face her. Alison slowly shut the door and smiled sheepishly since she knew she had been caught. Emily's answering smile took her breath away.
They stood there for a few minutes, just taking in each other's appearances until Alison coughed loudly. Alison then, awkwardly, said, "Not that I don't love you being here, Em… But, I'm just wondering why you are here? You know… All sweaty… In workout clothes…"
Emily blushed, "So I know this is going to sound completely weird and kind of crazy, but when me and Audrey were talking yesterday, I sort of promised myself I wouldn't just up and abandon them… So, when I woke up this morning and left for my daily jog around the block, and my promise to Audy rang in my head, so I realized I needed to come and see her before I go to work, so she doesn't think I just up and abandoned her…"
Alison felt a pull to this gorgeous woman at that moment. Never had anyone ever shown that they cared about her twins that way… Not even the dad... Alison lost her ability to speak.
Emily mistook her silence as though Alison thought she was weird and blushed furiously and continued, "So… I thought we could have breakfast. I know this really good restaurant just down the road that makes killer breakfast food… Uh… I just thought it would be nice… We don't have to… It's completely cool… Uh…"
Alison lunged forward at this moment. Her arms wrapping around Emily's neck and her head burying into her solider. Emily's arms instantly wrapped around her waist and pulled her closer.
Alison wanted in that moment so desperately to do more. She wanted to kiss this beautiful woman breathless. She wanted have this woman under her. To make her scream her name that even the patients in the hospital across the street across from them could hear. To worship and care for her. But mostly, she wanted to hold onto her for the rest of their lives.
Emily whispered after holding Alison for a few, "Ali, you do realize I was sweaty from my run, right?"
Alison just nodded. Emily whispered again, "You just didn't care…?"
Alison nodded again. Emily softly whined into her ear, "You're not answering me…"
Alison sighed and replied, "Yes, I am."
Emily just shook her head. Alison sighed again, "Yes, Emily, baby, what is it you want me to answer…?"
Emily's mouth dropped as she stared at Alison. Alison eyes' widened in surprise as she realized what she had just said. Alison stammered out, "Uh… I didn't mean to… To say that… It's just I have kids… and I use nicknames… uh… I'm sorry… It was an accident I swear…"
Emily smirked as she saw Alison stammer. Emily jokingly replied, "Uh-huh, that's the excuse…"
Alison blushed furiously as she turned around and let go of Emily. She pulled back out of her warm embrace and asked, "Do I… uh… need to wake the children… Or can we do dinner tonight… I'd prefer dinner, so they actually can sleep in…"
Emily nodded and remarked, "Only if you promise to cook… Last I remembered, you were a pretty great cook."
At this moment, the sound of pitter-patter exploded from the bedroom as Audrey ran to her apparently new-favorite-person and hugged her. Alison looked as Emily reached and picked up her daughter. She silently sighed wishing for a reality where she had gotten the girl.
Emily absentmindedly kissed Audrey's head before saying, "Good-morning, Audy. How'd you sleep?"
Audrey reached out for her mommy as she replied, "Mommy's bed is comfortable."
Emily slyly replies, "Yeah, that's because mommy is soft, squishy, and has lots of breastal areas…"
Alison chokes on her own laugh as she grabs Audrey from Emily. Once Audrey is resting on her hip, with her hand that's not underneath Audrey, she smacks Emily's arm lightly, "Inappropriate, Em. My babies have some innocent ears."
Emily laughed a hearty laugh and replied, "Your babies are anything but innocent."
Alison smacked Emily again, "Don't be rude. Your ovaries are just jealous, because you don't have two cute, innocent babies."
Emily still chuckling, "Yeah, that's what it is." Emily glanced down at her phone and saw the time. She realized if she wanted to finish homework, she had to do it now, so she quickly said, "I hate to leave good company, but I have homework that has got to be finished before work now. So plans for 6:30 tonight?"
Alison smiled as she said, "It's a date."
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