For the next week and a half Emily avoided Alison; if she really was the reason behind Ali's strange behaviour then she didn't want to cause any more problems between Ali and Elliott. Since there was only a week and a half until the wedding she figured it couldn't be much harder to avoid her for that time. Well she was wrong.
"Emily?" A voice said behind her as she walked down the side walk. She turned around to find the blonde she was trying to stay away from.
"Ali, hi."
"How come I've not seen you in a while?" The blonde asked as she walked beside the brunette. Ali really missed the brunette's presence over the past week and a half; it sort of felt to her that she had something missing in her life.
"I've just been busy spending as much time as I can with my mom." Ali smiled. She loved Pam. She was like a second mom to her; whenever she needed advice or help she would always be there for her whether or not Emily was in Rosewood.
"Aw say hi for me, I haven't seen her in a while."
"I will." For a minute, awkward silence filled the air between them.
"Em?" Alison stopped walking and confusion filled Emily's face. Something had been bothering for a long, long time and over the past week not seeing Emily left her really think about it. And before Emily knew it, the blonde crashed their lips together. It took a few seconds for Emily to figure out what was happening and to kiss the blonde back. She was stunned, shocked, surprised and happy. Their lips moved in sync and fit perfectly together; like they were made for each other. But before Emily knew it the kiss was over.
"I'm sorry, this was a mistake." The blonde said as she began running away. Emily had no clue what had just happened; first she kissed her and now ran away. Does Alison have feeling for me? Was the main thought in her head but the feeling of kissing the blonde's soft lips also filled her mind.
"Mom, mom? Where are you?"
"In the kitchen, honey." Emily ran into the kitchen and began ranting; "Alison kissed me." Pam's filled with shock for a second but it was like she wasn't surprised at all. Emily told her mom the full story; her feelings, everything with Elliott, the wedding, Ali's behaviour and then the kiss. Pam listened carefully and after Emily finished she stayed silent.
"Mom? I need advice, please." Emily pleaded.
"Have you just noticed that Alison loves you?" Emily was shocked.
"What?"
"Sweetie, that girls loved you since the first day she met you but has never been brave enough to tell you. However, that didn't mean that people such as myself didn't notice. Now that she's getting married and you're back, those feelings are coming back and she doesn't want to make a mistake."
"She said herself that kissing me was a mistake." Pam smiled.
"Yes, because she is with Elliott and doesn't want to hurt him; she may not love him but she does care about him." Emily sighed.
"What do I do?"
"Nothing." Pam simply replied.
"What?" Emily was beyond confused.
"Alison needs to decided what she wants to do and you can't affect that decision in anyway; she needs to find the answer on her own and you'll need to respect it whatever it may be."
"Okay, I'll stay back. Thank you." Pam smiled and grabbed her daughters hand.
"It'll all work out, trust me." Emily smiled. All she could do now was wait. She prayed that Alison would choose her because her mom was right; Alison doesn't love Elliott, not in that way anyway.
As she lay on her bed deep in thought at half 3 in the morning her phone buzzed.
'We need to talk. Our spot at 4.'
Dread filled Emily, she got out of her bed and began walking to the kissing rock.
When she got there, there was no one to be found. But suddenly the bushes behind her rustled and out came the blonde she was waiting for. A look of guilt filler her face as she saw the brunette.
"Hi." Emily quietly said.
"I'm sorry."
"For what?"
"Kissing you, I shouldn't have done that." Emily sighed; it's not what she wanted to hear.
"Please, don't be sorry."
"I have to be because I'm engaged, I can't do this to Elliott." Tears began filling Ali's eyes; she hated this so much but she had to do the right thing even if it felt wrong.
"Ali-"
"No, please don't Emily; I know what you're going to say but I love Elliott."
"Do you? Because I don't believe that you do." By this point, Alison was crying and Emily had to hold back her tears.
"I don't know! I don't know, okay! But I'm not going to hurt him like this!"
"So, you prefer to marry him and be unhappy instead of being with me?"
"Please, please don't make me choose like this; I can't, I can't do it." And with that Alison left. Emily was furious; she was mad because of what Alison said but also because she didn't follow her mom's advice and she just made things worse. Devastated she sat down on the rock and looked at their initials; they brought back so many good memories. How did they let it come to this?