The blonde woke up in the warm embrace of the brunette on her couch. For the first time in a long-time Alison felt safe; somehow with Emily's arms around her she felt like nothing bad could happen. But that was until she remembered Elliott is supposed to come over to get his stuff. A groan suddenly escaped her mouth which woke up Emily.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to wake you; go back to sleep because I'm really enjoying this." Emily smiled and let out a light giggle.
"I don't need to be asleep to cuddle with you, it's actually much better when I'm awake." The blonde couldn't help but smile.
"We're going to need to get up soon."
"I know, are you ready for this?"
"No, but I'll manage with you." A smile formed on the brunette's face; the circumstances weren't how she wanted them to be when they got together but she was just glad that they were finally together.
"Come on, let's get ready." Emily said as she began getting up.
"Do we have to?" Alison began to moan. "Yes, yes we do." Emily pressed a quick kiss on Alison's lips which left her wanting more. The brunette stood up and the blonde quickly followed. Before Emily could walk upstairs the blonde grabbed her arm and pressed a kiss on her lips. Quickly it became heated and made them want more but they were rudely interrupted by the doorbell. The two looked at each other, a look of horror filled the blondes face; she really wasn't ready for this.
"Come in." The blonde said as she opened the door for Elliott. As he walked in he did not at all seem surprised by the fact that Emily was sitting on the couch in Alison's pyjamas.
"Emily."
"Elliott, hi." Awkward silence filled the room; no one knew what to say.
"I'm going to go pack my stuff." Elliott eventually said. As he went upstairs the two women felt as though they could finally breathe again. Alison stood alone in the door way and still couldn't quite get over the fact of how fast her life suddenly change.
"Ali, you okay?" The words drew the blonde out of her thoughts.
"Yeah, yeah I'm fine." Emily stood up and walked over to the blonde.
"You know you can talk to me? I'm here whenever you need me." A smile formed on Alison's face.
"I know, thank you." The blonde gave the brunette a peck on the lips. Luckily, they pulled away just before Elliott came down to put away his first bag in his car.
Over the next two hours Elliot walked up and down the stairs with bags as Emily and Alison quietly sat and watched TV in the living room.
"I'm done." Alison got up off the couch at the words. She looked at Elliott and saw the pain in his eyes. She had been feeling so guilty and this just made it worse. She hated making people upset; after high school, she swore she would try her best to never hurt anyone but she had failed. Seeing someone she deeply cares about this hurt because of her hurt her more than she could ever imagine.
"I'm really sorry, Elliott. I honestly never meant for any of this to happen."
"Yeah, I know. I'll see you around Alison." And with that he left. Suddenly a strong arm wrapped around her waist.
"Are you sure you're okay?"
"Yeah, I will be anyway." After a moment of silence a thought came to Alison's mind and she couldn't ignore it. "But we need to talk." The brunette nodded ad they sat back down on the couch.
"Em, you know that I love you-" A smile formed on the brunette's face. "But I have just broken off an engagement and even though I didn't love him like I thought I did this is still though. I don't know how fast I can move on with whatever this is."
"This is whatever you want it to be and we will go at whatever speed you feel comfortable at." The blonde leaned in and passionately kissed the brunette.
"I want us to be together and I want to take it slow for now."
"Then that's what we will be and what we will do." The brunette said with a smile which the blonde could only mirror.
"I love you."
"I love you too."