Summary- Emily has liked Mona for a while. But with -A lurking around and Alison dead what could possibly happen? Will they end up together? Or will -A ruin any chances they have of ever getting together.
Disclaimer- I do not own Pretty Little Liars or any of the characters.
Chapter Seven- A Helping Hand.
A/N- Hey everyone! I'm back! So sorry I haven't been around for a while. My computer was broken and then when I finally fixed it I didn't have the motivation to write. So here is the next chapter!
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Emily groans as she stands in her room trying to pick out an outfit, she knew it wasn't a big deal since her friends are coming over as well not just Mona. Lifting up another shirt she sighs as she holds it against her chest to see how it would look with her dark blue skinny jeans.
"I think you should go with the red one." A soft voice says from the doorway causing Emily to spin around.
"Aria!" The Filipino girl says her voice a mix between a squeak and a gasp. "You're early!"
The shorter brunette can't help laughing at the taller girl, "Em, it's just now five. I'm actually shocked that Spence wasn't here yet." She says before walking over to Emily's bed and picking up the light red blouse that Emily had held up.
"How long have you been standing there?" Emily asks as she takes the shirt and puts it on smoothing it down, looking in the mirror she smiled at the way it hugged her curves but wasn't too tight.
"Since the first shirt you held up." The artistic girl responds teasingly.
Emily nods her head and moves over to the vanity she has in her room before beginning to do a slightly smoky style with her make up.
"Whoa. Em, who are you trying to impress? It's just dinner and plus afterwards we are going to be doing homework." Hanna says as she enters the room without knocking.
Jumping Emily turns once more and looks over to see Hanna, "Why don't you two ever knock?"
"Yeah; Han, Ar, you should knock." Spencer says from the doorway where she stands slightly dressed up.
Hanna rolls her eyes before turning and looking at Spencer, "Getting all dressed up for Toby?" she asks teasingly.
The genius blushes and looks away, "What, no. Really Hanna. Shut up."
Aria and Emily laugh just as Mona and Toby walk into the room, the Hawaiian immediately moving over to Emily.
"So when is dinner?" Mona asks wrapping an arm around Emily while leaning up and whispering in her ear. "You look gorgeous by the way."
Blushing Emily turns to look at the other girl, "Dinner is being made now, my mom will call for us when it's done. Which gives us a little bit of time to work on assignments."
The other's nod and take different places in Emily's room, the brunette herself sitting on her window seat with Mona as they work on her assignment.
It was almost twenty minutes later while Mona worked with Emily, Spencer worked with Hanna, and Toby worked with Aria.
"Ugh, this is so hard." Emily mumbles as she tries to write things down.
Mona touches her arm and smiles softly, "You are almost done with it, just keep writing and then I'll read over it."
Hanna groans as she tries to finish the last sentence of her paper, "Spence this doesn't sound right to me."
Leaning over the blonde's shoulder Spencer reads what she has, "Han, it's perfect. I think you are done now." She says before going back to working on her own paper.
Aria smiles at Toby as she puts her own paper away, "Thanks for helping me." She says before getting up and stretching.
"It wasn't a problem." Toby says after putting his paper back in his bag.
"Emmy dinner time!" Wayne calls up the stairs to his daughter.
Emily puts her paper away before standing up, "We're coming dad!" she calls down before taking Mona's hand.
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"So, what have you all been up to? How is school going?" Wayne asks looking around at all of his daughter's friends.
Spencer is the first one to speak, "It's going very well sir, and we were just upstairs working on an English assignment."
Wayne nods his head before noticing the way his daughter keeps looking at Mona, "Emmy anything you want to tell your mother and I?" he asks teasingly.
The swimmer blushes and looks at her father, "I um, well Mona and I are kind of dating." She says while looking at the fashionista.
Pam looks between both girls shocked before smiling widely, "I'm so happy for you Emily." She says before looking at Mona, "Be good to my daughter."
"I will Mrs. Fields." Mona says immediately reaching over and grabbing Emily's hand.
Toby sits quietly not knowing what Emily's parents think of him, since half of the town thinks he was behind the disappearance of Alison Dilaurentis.
Clearing his throat Wayne looks at Toby, "How are you?" he asks sensing the boy's nervousness.
"I'm doing alright sir." The architect responds with a slight smile.
Pam smiles as she looks at Toby, "How is school going? It must be hard going back into the same grade."
"Mom!" Emily interrupts not wanting Toby to get upset or feel uncomfortable.
Toby smiles across the table at Emily, "Its fine Mermaid." He says reassuringly before looking back at Pam. "Everything is going pretty good, I'm keeping my grades up and everything." Thinking for a minute he answers the last question. "And it actually isn't as hard as I thought it would be to go back to the same grade."
"I heard you were looking for a job, but many people won't higher you." Wayne says standing up and continuing as he walks over to a cabinet, getting a few papers out he walks over to Toby. "I managed to get you a job working as an architect at the brew. Emmy was telling me how much you love building things."
Shock couldn't even describe how Toby was feeling, "Wow, Mr. Fields, this is amazing. You didn't have to do this, but thank you so much." He says as he looks through the papers reading every word before standing up and taking Wayne's hand. "When can I start?"
"Whenever you want son." Wayne says smiling at Toby before moving back over and sitting beside his wife.
The rest of dinner went smoothly, everyone joining in on the conversation. When it was time for everyone to leave Emily stops Mona by grabbing her hand.
"Hey, so um tomorrow is Wednesday which means only two more days until our date. Anyways Spencer is planning a get together at her lake house starting Saturday going until next Friday. I was wondering if you wanted to go with me?" The swimmer asks nervously as she stares into Mona's eyes.
Mona grins and steps closer to Emily. "I would love too." She says softly before leaning in and kissing Emily.
Emily quickly kisses back before they pull away both smiling. After a few minutes of staring into each other's eyes they say goodbye, neither one seeing the figure dressed in all black watching them from a few houses down.
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Across town
Melissa looks over at Maya St. Germain after hanging up the phone, "That was Ian, apparently Emily," she says the swimmer's name with disgust, "and that Mona girl have a date planned for Friday."
The brunette teen tenses up angrily, "What the hell, I haven't even been 'dead' for more than a month!" she growls out.
"It seemed like Emily had a crush on Mona for a while before you came to the school though." Lucas cuts in looking at the other girl, "Maybe we can get Paige to ruin their date or something." He suggests thinking about one of the other members of the A team.
"That is actually a great idea for once Hermie." CeCe says coldly as she sits on the couch in their lair.
Rolling his eyes Caleb stands up and walks over to the computers, "I think I can give Emily and idea of where to go on her date." He says confidently, knowing if he didn't seem ruthless that they would catch on to him.
"That sounds good, when are you going to start going back to the school?" Melissa asks looking at him proudly, thinking he was really on their side.
Caleb just shrugs, "I can go back tomorrow." He says before going back to typing on the computer.
A few minutes of silence passes through the group before someone decides to speak up.
"When are we going to meet the Big A." Maya asks as she sits down on the couch, still upset that she couldn't be the one to sabotage Emily and Mona's date.
Lucas shrugs as he walks over and joins Caleb at the computer, "I have no clue."
Just then the door opens and Noel Kahn walks in, "Well Melissa your husband is an idiot." He says as Ian walks in behind him.
"What did you do now?" Melissa asks staring at the ex-field hockey coach who is supposed to be 'dead'.
Groaning Ian walks over and sits down on the couch, "I almost got us pulled over by Wilden." He responds.
Walking over to him CeCe smacks him in the back of the head, "You idiot."
"I'm going to call Paige and get her in on the plan." Maya says standing up and walking to the back door.
Melissa is quick to follow her, grabbing her arm. "Don't get caught."
With a nod, Maya walks to the back porch and dials Paige's number.
"Hey, I think I found something." Lucas says from the computers where him and Caleb were monitoring each of the liars.
Everyone that wasn't doing something quickly walk over and look at the screens, in one screen Aria was talking on the phone.
'Ezra, the girls were wondering if you would join us at Spencer's lake house this weekend.' She says quietly.
A few seconds go by before she responds, 'Great! I'll text you the details later. I love you. Bye." She hung up with a smile on her face.
"I can't believe I am going to say this." CeCe mumbles to herself, "Great job now what should we do about this?"
The entire group quietly starts discussing ideas for what to do about Aria's secret.
"Paige says she is in, just give her the details before Friday." Maya says coming back into the building.