The next morning, Emily woke up to the blaring sound of her alarm belting out a unfamiliar tune. Groaning, she flipped over and slammed the snooze button, before attempting to fall asleep. Just as she drifted off, she was awoken once more to the loud ding of her phone. Still annoyed, but noticeably less so, she turned it on and opened the message, seeing it was from Ali. Smiling, she read the message, deciding that she could get used to this.

Ali: Hey! meet me outside the school at 8, ill show you around? xx -Ali

Em: Morning! sure, that would be great! see you then x -Em

She sent the message with a wide smile, and leaped out of bed, glancing at the clock. she shouted in alarm when she saw that it was already seven thirty. She rushed over to her door, pulling it open and slamming it shut in a hurry, as she ran full speed to her bathroom.

She brushed her teeth at record speed and applied mascara and foundation, and a little eyeliner; she found herself wanting to impress Ali, which scared her. She had come out and admitted to herself that there was a small chance that she maybe, maybe liked… girls. Oh who was she kidding? She was gay. Lesbian. She had admitted it to herself a week before she found out she was moving, but hadn't fully accepted it until she met Ali on that summers day, while working. It had been then, that she had realised that she could be just as happy with a girl as she would be with a guy, if not more so, and that nothing was going to change her sexuality. Despite knowing this, it still took her by shock when she felt a instant connection to the blonde bombshell, and quite frankly she was scared.

But that didn't matter, it wasn't like Ali was ever going to like her that way, anyway. Beauty's like her were always straight, with boys lined up wanting to date her, and girls wanting to be her; there was no way Alison would want to tarnish the reputation she was sure to have, by being with her. Sighing and pushing her thoughts to the back of her head, she concentrated on choosing an outfit, having unconsciously moved back to her room. Eventually deciding on her usual garb, she shoved the leather jacket over her shirt and ran downstairs, grabbing her bag and keys. She yelled goodbye to her mother, and ran out to her car, cursing herself for not waking up early enough to grab a coffee, and deciding that she would stop at the brew, or she wouldn't be able to learn anything at all.

She pulled into a parking space and ran inside the cosy cafe, sprinting to the counter, unable to fathom why there wasn't a line. As she reached the counter, she watched as several randoms walked into the brew, striding over to join the line she had inadvertently started. She turned back to the counter and quickly ordered a coffee, before moving off to the side to wait for it.

Eventually, her coffee came and she ran back to her car, and drove away towards her new school. Rosewood high. She was nervous, but happy that she wouldn't be alone. If the other girls Ali had mentioned were nearly as nice as her, she thought, she might have found some friends for life. She glanced down at the time on her phone, accelerating quickly when she saw that she had 2 minutes left.

Finally, she made it to her new school, and she hurriedly found a parking space. She was in such a rush that she nearly made it to the first building when she realised that she didn't have her bag. She had left it in her car. Blushing in embarrassment, and internally thanking God that Ali wasn't there yet, she ran back to her car and grabbed her bag, before slowing down and walking up to the school.

She walked up the first few steps when she heard a shout behind her.

"Em! Wait up!" she turned around to see Ali walk over to her, a smile on her face. Before she new what was happening, Ali had linked her arm with Em's, and was marching them over to a small group of girls. As they neared the girls, Emily assessed each girl, and tried to put a name to each face.

The first girl was a small brunette, and held a book in her arms that Emily recognised as the one they were reading in english. She instantly recognised her as the girl Ali had met up with at the brew: Aria. She turned to the girl on Aria's right, who looked to be as tall as her, which had her excited immediately; she rarely met a girl who was as tall as her. She had defined features and long brown hair, and warm, intelligent brown eyes. She glanced at the bag hanging at the girls side, filled to the brim with books, and immediately decided that it was Spencer. That left the last girl as being hanna. Hanna had medium length blonde locks, and baby blue eyes. She smiled as she caught Emily's eye and gestured for the two to come over. Ali led Em over to the others, and quickly introduced them. Em smiled at the other girls, as Aria spoke.

"Hi! i didn't realise the Emily that Ali has been talking about for ages was you! Remember, we met at the brew!" Em smiled and said

"Yeah, I remember you! I met Ali right after I met you… Ali talks about me?" At this she turned to Ali, who grinned cheekily at her, before turning and opening the locker behind her. Spencer stepped forward,

"Hello, I'm Spencer Hastings. Its great to finally meet you! Say, do you happen to do any sports? you look like that kind of person." She smiled at Em, before holding her hand out. Laughing at Spencer's formality, she pulled her over for a quick hug, before pulling back

"Yeah, I swim, What about you? you look like you're smart." The other girls laughed at Emily's comment, before Hanna spoke up

"Smart? more like genius. She's the next Bob Gates, I swear. I'm Hanna by the way!"

"Nice to meet you, though don't you mean Bill Gates?" Emily replied, and watched with a smile as Aria laughed and Spencer pouted, before turning to her.

"I was gonna say that! Hey wanna go for a run sometime? I need to keep my fitness up, I do field hockey, see. Hanna, stop trying to cry!" She turned to Hanna, who was trying to make herself cry. Hanna laughed and nodded, before turning to Ali.

"I gotta go, see you all later! nice meeting you Em, we will have to grab coffee sometime." Em agreed, and watched as Hanna walked away.

I gotta go too! Em, Ask Ali for my number, call me this afternoon, we can go for a run!" Spencer smiled and waved goodbye, before running after Hanna, yelling "Hanna! wait up you banana!" Emily listened to their laughter as they turned the corner.

"Got a boyfriend, Em?" Ali asked sweetly, turning her full attention to Emily.

"No, I'm not really interested." She said awkwardly, praying that they didn't get her meaning. "What about all of you?" She added quickly, desperate to take the attention off of her. Aria was looking suspicious. She spoke up.

"We are all single. Ali just got out of a relationship with someone, What was the name? Sam? Riley? Its hard to remember, she has had so many." Emily nodded, watching as Ali glanced at Aria, who nodded with a reassuring smile. She smiled and said "Well its been great to meet you, but I have to go sign in." Ali volunteered to help her, and they split up from Aria, heading to the office to collect her schedule.

Emily went through her morning with ease, having already learnt most of the material at her old school before moving. The bell rang, and Emily quickly jumped out of her chair, before walking down the hall to her next class: English. Swiftly walking in, she took careful note of the seating, not wanting to accidentally take someone's spot.

"Emily! over here!" She turned and felt a relieved smile form on her face as she spotted Spencer sitting to the side, patting the table next to her with a inviting smile. She walked calmly over to her, and sat down, turning to the front.

"Hello class, My name is Mrs Montgomery, and i'll be filling in for Mr fitz, who will be starting at the start of next week. Now:" She zoned out after the first few seconds of Mrs M talking, and before long the class had ended, and Spencer was waiting at the door for her.

"So, Em, i was thinking, since we both do sport, we should totally go for a run this afternoon, you know, get to know each other better!" Spencer started, turning to throw her a hopeful look as they navigated through the halls.

Emily's first inclination was to say yes immediately. As she was about to speak, she remembered that she haddnt talked to the swim coach yet, about joining the team. well aware that the sooner she asked the better, she regretfully turned Spencer down.

"Sorry spencer, i gotta join the swim team as soon as possible, before they stop accepting." She murmured as they walked into the cafeteria.

Spencer pouted. "Em! i have a bunch of connections, i can get you in. Pleaseee?" She begged playfully, turning and stopping their walk.

Emily saw Ali walking towards them, and hurriedly accepted Spencer's offer.

"Ok Spencer, ill come over at 4?" she told her, before turning to Ali, who had just arrived next to the pair.

"Spence convinced you to run yet? she's quite adamant about it. I can never get a break! 'Ali, you don't exercise enough!' 'Ali, please come run with me, you'll like it, i promise!' Yeah right, i didn't like it in 7th grade, I don't like it now." Ali's mini rant had Em in stitches, and she bent over, trying to get her breath back desperately. She nodded, and watched as a beautiful smile lit up Ali's face, and was once again taken by her beauty. Grinning playfully, Ali looped arms with her, and they skipped over to the rest of the group, before sitting down and eating lunch.

Hi again! thank you so so so so sooooo much for the awesome response i got to this story so far! its such an inspiration to see so much feedback! ill have the next chapter up in a few days :) -Click