The day of the wedding had come. Ever since the fight Emily and Alison didn't talk to each other once. They did see each other on the street once but all they did was walk by each other like they were complete strangers. It hurt both of them to do it; they hated this more than you could imagine but they were both angry and like you may know, both very stubborn.
As Emily looked into her bathroom mirror she herself could see the dread filling her face. Honestly, she even considered not going to the wedding but how could she do that to her best friend? She was going to have to suck it up and go but she was not planning on staying long.
Alison woke up and excitement, fear and sadness filled her all at the same time. She still didn't know if she was sure about getting married especially after suddenly kissing Emily.
"Ali, wake up! You need to start getting ready!" Hanna screamed as she ran into Ali's bedroom.
"Spencer, get the make-up. Aria, grab her some clothes. And where the hell is Emily? She's supposed to be helping! Ugh." Hanna passed Ali a glass of mimosa and proceeded to boss everyone around. For a minute, Ali sat and thought about whether she really wanted to go through with this but her thoughts were quickly interrupted by Hanna;
"Call Em for me and find out where she is please, we need her." Ali sighed; this as definitely something she was not wanting to be doing right now but since she knew Hanna very well, she went and done what she was told.
Emily looked at her phone which was buzzing on her table and sighed; she didn't want to pick up and so she didn't. She knew exactly where she was supposed to be right now. The blonde groaned as the phone went to voice mail. "Really, Emily?" The stubborn blonde continued to call the brunette until she picked up.
"I heard you call the first time and I ignored you; take a hint." Emily spat down the phone.
"Yes, but if you haven't forgot you're supposed to be here helping; Hanna is furious." Emily sighed.
"Well sorry but after everything that happened I figured you'd be happier without me." Alison couldn't believe what she had just heard.
"I am never happy without you, Em! And I'm sorry about what happened but you need to understand why I made that decision." The line went silent for a second; Emily began to feel guilty.
"I'm sorry; I get it, it's just taking me awhile to deal with it. I'll be over at yours soon."
"Thank you, Em." And with that Emily left her house; she knew today wouldn't be all smoothing sailing but she was going to have to deal with it.
"Emily, finally! Now move your ass and help, whatever her name is." The blonde shouted as Emily walked into the crowded room. Hanna pointed to a small blonde -who Emily didn't recognise- sorting Ali's jewellery for the day; of course, the brunette did as she was told.
"How bad as she been?" Emily asked with a sigh.
"Bad, she is the bossiest person I have ever worked with and I'm in the wedding industry." Emily laughed.
"I'm not surprised. I'm Emily, by the way."
"Ashley." The blonde replied with a shy smile. The two began chatting and seemed to sort of hit it off; Alison noticed and was most definitely jealous.
"Who is Emily talking to?" Ali asked without even taking her eyes off of the brunette.
"Hmm, I don't know; someone from the wedding team you hired." Aria replied as she helped with Ali's make up.
Hours seemed to fly by and eventually Alison was left by herself waiting to walk down the aisle. She was extremely nervous; she slowly breathed in and out repeatedly.
"Ali, you look beautiful." A man said behind her in awe.
"Jason, you made it!" The blonde ran into her brother's arms.
"Are you ready to do this?" Ali looked in the mirror once more and nodded.
Slowly and to the music Ali walked down the aisle with her brother. Elliott smiled; he couldn't believe how beautiful the blonde was. Ali looked up at him and wondered whether she was doing the right thing. She looked at her bridesmaids and her eyes quickly fell to a specific brunette; damn, she looked stunning the blonde thought to herself but before she could admire Emily anymore, she found herself at the altar.
Alison looked at Elliott and smiled, yet something didn't feel right. Looking into his eyes she didn't see a future there with him. Yes, she loved him but she questioned if it was in that way. Her thoughts began to torment her. As Emily watched her heart sank, this hurt her beyond words; the love of her life was marrying someone she would never be fully happy with. She hated this situation and wished she wasn't standing where she was.
"And so, Elliott Rollins, do you take this woman to be your beloved wife?" The priest said drawing both Emily and Alison out of their thoughts.
"I do." He replied straight away with a smile.
"And, Alison DiLaurentis, do you take this man to be your husband?" The blonde went silent. She looked at the priest and then at Elliott. She sighed; "No, I don't. I'm so sorry." She said before running out. Emily couldn't believe what had just happened; she felt sorry for Elliott yet she couldn't hide her smile. All three of the girls began looking at each other and finally Emily decided to go after the blonde.
The brunette found her best friend sitting in her room looking at herself in the mirror; Emily thought Ali hadn't noticed her but she had.
"I couldn't go through with it." She whispered softly. "I hate that I hurt him but I just couldn't; I don't love him in that way."
"I know." Emily said as she sat down beside the blonde. Ali looked into Emily's eyes and she could see everything she ever wanted. She leaned in and kissed the brunette; straight away Emily kissed back. The kiss became passionate very quickly until Ali pulled away; she had a few things she needed to say.
"Em, I love you." A grin grew on Emily's face. "I'm sorry that I couldn't admit that before this but I wanted to do the right thing and I didn't think about the consequences." Emily grabbed the blonde's hand.
"Don't be sorry, I get what you were trying to do." Ali smiled sadly; she wanted to hear three specific words from the brunette but they just didn't seem to be coming. "Ali, you need to sort everything with Elliott if we are to move on. He went to Ezra's apartment." Alison sighed; Emily was right she need to sort this.
The blonde got up and made her way to the bathroom to quickly get changed. Just before she closed the door Emily spoke up again.
"Oh and by the way I love you too if that wasn't already clear." She said with a smirk; a huger smile appeared on Alison's face.
"I knew it, I was right this whole time!" Emily shot up from her chair and Ali came out of the bathroom.
"Elliott-"
"No, Alison! How could you do this to me?"
"I never wanted to hurt you, you need to understand that."
"Yet you did and then you embarrassed me at the altar!"
"Elliott, she never meant for this to happen."
"She knew since the day you came back that she had some sort of feelings for you and she still went through with the wedding. Do not tell me that she didn't know what she was doing, Emily."
"I thought I loved you and I do but I realised it just wasn't in that way and I am so sorry; you do not understand how bad I feel about this."
"Whatever, Alison. I'll come by tomorrow to get my stuff and you'll never see me again." And with that Elliott left. Neither of the woman knew what to say; they never imagined everything to play out like this.
"I think I'll just go." The brunette turned around and began walking away but the blonde quickly grabbed her arm. "No, stay, please." Emily could see the hurt in Alison's eyes, they begged her to stay and Emily could never leave her. "Ok."
After the two got changed in silence, they went downstairs and put on a move to fill the silence that had filled the two as they sat on the couch. Suddenly the blonde out her head down on the brunette's shoulder.
"I'm sorry, Em."
"For what?"
"This mess, I should have left Elliott as soon as I realised I loved you again." Emily kissed the top of the blonde's head which formed a small smile on her face. "It's ok."
"Can you stay with me tonight? I don't want to be alone."
"Of course, I will." Emily said with a smile. The blonde kissed the brunette passionately. Tomorrow is going to be an interesting day the two thought as they pulled away.