Hello :) sorry for late update. School's been super busy but nonetheless here's another chapter! Enjoy!

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It had been three days now since the hangover incident and the girls went back to normal after it concluded.

Spencer talked to me the most out of them since we lived across from each other and then it was Aria, who spoke to me a little bit. Hanna and Emily on the other hand, hadn't said a single word to me since that morning. Not even a "How-Are-You-Holding-Up" text.

I was quite crestfallen over the whole thing so I tried busying myself by playing with Pepe and taking him out for walks but even though he was the most exciting and fun thing i've had in a while, i couldn't always be with him.

I needed some human interaction and since the girls wouldn't talk to me, Jason was who knew where and dad was always out of town i decided to head out to The Hungry Owl Tavern.

It was a secluded little place where no one would recognise me, which made it the perfect location, so i begun to get ready to leave.

I decided to go wearing a very casual and comfy winter outfit but avoided a scarf considering i'd almost been killed by one not too long ago. I left my hair out in its normal state of curls and wore my make-up in a simple but effective way.

The Hungry Owl Tavern was a good twenty minutes away so i left at 7:30, getting into my car and driving off quietly.

When i finally arrived at the Tavern, i could hear Christmas songs being sung from inside. Some good and some not so good.

Reaching the inside of the place i looked around noticing mostly middle aged men, with the exception of a few young girls scattered here and there.

I ordered a whiskey on the rocks and took a great gulp out of it as soon as it arrived. The burn slowly turning into a smooth fall in my throat.

"Easy there tiger."

Raising my eyebrows i turned to face the voice of whoever it was that dared speak to me. I was faced with a young male, in his early twenties with jet black hair and dark brown eyes. Almost looking very similar to a young Johnny Depp.

"Excuse me?"

"Just saying, a pretty girl like yourself shouldn't be getting drunk alone at a bar like this. Who knows what creeps are out there ready to steal you away for themselves."

"I'm fine thanks." I said facing back to my drink.

"Hey look sorry, i just came out of a 4 year relationship and i've got to admit i'm still a bit rusty in the flirtation department." The guy said making a puppy dog face.

I couldn't help but giggle."Thats okay."

"The names Arlo."

Alison hesitated as she debated whether or not to use her real name but thought otherwise since people would just forget about her after tonight.

"Alison." She said smiling a sweet smile.

"So Alison what brings you to this old dump?"

"Well..." Alison lingered as she thought about lying. "I dont know, i guess not a lot of things are great around me right now and my friends and family have lost all hope in me so what better way to forget about it all then to guzzle down some booze. Right?"

"Right." Arlo replied with a beautiful grin. "You know what you should do to forget about all that?"

Alison raised her eyebrows indicating him to go on.

"You should get up there and sing." Arlo said, looking over to a small stage set up with a microphone and stool.

"I couldn't. I cant even sing really."

"So what you cant sing? It's not about whether you're good or not, it's about letting go and just having fun. Plus i'm sure whatever your voice sounds like it'll be better than all of these old men around here."

Alison blushed and felt confused as to how a guy she's known only for about 5 minutes could so easily convince her to get up on a stage and sing.

"Mmmm okaaaay."

Arlo smiled up at her again. "Good! But it's Christmas songs so none of this knew boy-band business alright?"

"Aha trust me i would have no idea." Alison replied, walking up to the stage as she prepared herself to sing.

-X-

"Emily...Emily!"

"Mmhmm?" The brunette replied looking up at Paige.

"Heeeeeey, whats wrong? Ever since Noel's party you've seemed very distant. Is everything okay?" She asked concernedly, placing her hand on top of Emily's.

"I'm fine." She replied, smiling up at her, but the other girl didn't look to convinced. "Just a bit stressed i guess."

"About what?" Paige asked, sitting down next to the brunette.

"I dont know Paige...everything really. A, school, Mona's death, if i'm safe or not, if the girls are safe, college, my future…Alison."

Paige looked up at her girlfriend and gave her a sympathetic look, knowing how hard it must've been for her to go through so much crap at such a young age."How about we get your mind off things?"

"Yeh and hows that?" Emily replied, actually sounding interested. She would do anything right now to get her mind off of….things.

"How about we go back to The Hungry Owl Tavern? It's the first place i ever took you and you loved it there!" Paige said excitedly. "Plus we can even get up and sing more karaoke tonight. I here they're doing Christmas songs!" Paige said teasingly to Emily, knowing it was her favourite holiday.

"You know what Paige, lets do it!" Emily said.

Both the girls were shocked with the brunette's answer, thinking it would be harder to convince her.

They got themselves touched up quickly and headed out together to the tavern.

When they first arrived at the place, Paige held the door open for Emily and they were greeted by the strong stench of cigars, cigarettes and alcohol combined with the loud noise of booing from the crowd. They didn't mind it though as it was a different environment to their normal lives and it was quite relieving in a way.

As the pair took their seats at an empty table near the front stage where they'd both sung together a while ago and ordered their glasses of beer they heard someone yell out.

"BOOOOO! Get him off the stage! He can't even sing for shiiiiit!."

Paige and Emily looked over to the voice and saw an angry looking bald man. More men started to join in with the booing like the domino effect. They looked backed at the stage when another friendlier voice replied.

"Okaay everyone settle down. It's not about the voice it's about having fun and letting go." A young male said, trying to get everyone to calm down.

The girl's beer arrived and they each took a sip out if their glasses when the angry bald man spoke again.

"Bring Alison back on stage!"

To this Paige and Emily were both more alert now. Emily thought to herself.

Could it really be Alison? As in her Ali? Noooo. It couldn't. Ali wouldn't even think about stepping into a place like this let alone knowing where it would be.

More people once again joined in with the angry bald man, soon leading to the chanting of Alison's name.

The guy on stage looked a bit worried at first but then spoke into the microphone, looking down at someone near the bar.

"Alison, you wanna come up on stage again then? They love you." He said smiling brightly at this 'Alison' girl.

Emily tried to look over to where the young guy was looking and saw a flash of blonde. Her heart rate quickened and soon the girl stood up and got onto the stage.

Emily's eyes widened because it indeed was her Alison that stood before her now up on the stage. Her Alison that was about to sing for a crowd of semi-drunk men. Her Alison that would soon see her with Paige in this exact room.

However that didn't fail Emily's eye's from not watching Alison closely like a hawk. She watched as Alison brushed past the guy who spoke earlier and he whispered something to her as she giggled in response. The blonde flashed the guy a huge smile as she stood up on the stage and adjusted the mic.

"Hey Alison!" The young guy said. "Lets forget about scrappy old Christmas songs for a second. Give us something sexyyyy." He winked the last part at her and Alison blushed like crazy.

Although for some reason Emily felt annoyed she didn't stop watching Alison.

Alison looked like she was thinking very hard but that changed when she looked up from the ground and met Emily's eyes. Emily could've sworn that, even from this distance she could see Alison's eyes grow darker.

The blonde and brunette didn't break eye contact as Alison spoke.

"Okay Arlo, i'll give you sexy." She said finally breaking eye contact with Emily just to briefly look down at the young male-Arlo. She reconnected her gaze with Emily and her face looked determine as if she were going to prove something.

"This is Crazy In Love, but the Kadebostany, 50 Shades Of Grey version everyone."

So did you like it? Let me know by commenting and keep on reading! Thanks xoxo.

Also what do you think of Arlo? Will Alison and Arlo be together? Arlison? Lol let me know!

Another thing! If you know what song i'm talking about that Ali will sing then YAYYYY but if not. LISTEN TO IT RIGHT NOW!