Finally: - Chapter 2

It had been a while since Paige had been seen in Rosewood after her and Emily loudly broke up at The Brew in front of Alison. The break up really took a toll on her and she suddenly disappeared, when Emily went back to their apartment after she left Ali's, all her stuff was gone and she didn't even leave a letter. Emily didn't want them to end up like this, even though she did not love Paige she did care for; she knew her for a long time, they were friends and she wanted them to at least be civil. It bothered her that they end in such a horrible way all the time.

"Earth to Emily." Ali said as she moved closer to her on the couch.

"Sorry, I uh-"

"You're thinking about Paige and the way you left things."

"I just hate leaving things in such a horrible way."

"I know, I know but that's why I love you; you're big on happy endings." Emily smiled as she remembered when she first heard that line. Ali smiled back at her girlfriend as she rubbed her thumb on her cheek.

"It'll be okay, she'll come back and you'll work it out." Emily was surprised at how supportive Ali was being since her and Paige don't exactly have the greatest history.

"Come on let's go on a walk." Ali said as she stood up.

"Ali, no come on." Ali shook her head and laughed as she grabbed Emily's hands and pulled her up which resulted in a very loud grunting noise from the brunette.

"We need to take your mind off of this, a walk will be good for you." Ali said with her big puppy eyes.

"Ugh fine."

Emily had to admit -to herself of course; she couldn't let Ali be right- the walk did take her mind off everything. They decided to walk down to the kissing rock, neither of them had been there in years. It used to be their spot; when they needed to meet I private it was always there.

Ali let go of Emily's hand and walked over to the part of the rock which had their initials spray painted inside a heart. She touched it and by the look on her face she was surprised that after all these years it was still there.

"I used to love it here, always so quiet and peaceful." Ali said as she sat up on the rock and patted the spot next to her. So many memories of her and Ali flashed back to Emily as she sat down, she couldn't believe how long it had been since all of that happened.

"I had a dream about us being here. I've wanted to come back here for quite a while now with you." A smiled appeared on her face and she leaned in to kiss the blonde who closed the gap. After a few minutes of making out they were rudely interrupted.

"Emily? Alison?!" A familiar voice shouted.

As they both turned around they recognised the face straight away. It was Paige. Oh shit both Ali and Emily thought to themselves.

"Paige uh I-"

"What the fuck Emily?! Two weeks after we break up you already move onto this manipulative bitch!" Paige shouted in a way Emily had never ever heard.

"Hey!" Both Emily and Ali shouted in sync.

"She's not a manipulative bitch! Don't you dare say that!" Emily spat sharply at Paige.

"How could you do this to me Em, I thought you loved me." A tear jerked at Paige's eye.

"I…I uh I did but I realised I only loved you as a friend." Emily said looking down at her feet with a painful expression which Ali knew all too well.

"What? Only as a friend? After all of these years and after everything we've went through? You fucking used me so that you could try and get over her- "Paige said pointing at Ali.

"- but when that didn't work you went back to her. I cannot believe you right now! I really though you loved me, I'm so fucking stupid! You know what go enjoy your new manipulative, lying bitch of a girlfriend but just know you'll pay for this. I will not let you get away with turning out to be just like Alison." And with that Paige stormed away without even letting Emily say another word.

Stunned Emily just stood still until Ali stood up and the touch of her hand on Emily's arm woke her from the shock.

"You okay, babe? I know this is even worse than what happened a few weeks ago, but Paige has just shown her true colours and I don't think it's a good idea to fix things with her because she obviously doesn't know how to be happy for you." Ali said trying to comfort Emily.

"You're right. I think we should go." Ali nodded and they left.

The whole way home was silent, neither them could stop thinking about what happened at the kissing rock. Emily was worried about Paige getting revenge and hurting Ali in the process and Ali was worried about how this situation would affect Emily mentally; she knew this would bother so much that eventually she wouldn't sleep and would just push everyone away.

As they arrived home Emily noticed something weird; the lights in Ali's house were on but when they left they were definitely switched off.

"Were you expecting anyone, Ali?" Emily said turning to face her girlfriend as she let go of her hand.

"No." Ali replayed with a terrified look on her face.

They slowly approached the house and noticed that the door was left slightly open, Emily motioned for Ali to get behind her and she slowly walked into the house. Quietly she searched the house until she found something horrifying.

"Babe come here now!" Emily shouted from upstairs. Worried that something had happened Ali ran upstairs as fast as she could to find Emily in her childhood bedroom staring at the wall. As she walked further in she noticed the red writing.

"Is it-"

"Yeah, it's Paige's."

'Told you, you'd pay for his bitches. Get ready for what's about to come!'

"How the hell did she get in?!" Alison rushed out the room and downstairs to take a second look at the door. She kneeled down and rubbed her thumb over the lock, she felt fine scratches beside the key hole as though someone tried to pick the lock and eventually succeeded. She closed and locked the door and walked into the living room to find the brunette sitting on the couch with a blank expression. When Ali sat down she seemed to startle her girlfriend.

"You okay?" Ali asked putting her hand over Emily's in an attempt to comfort her.

"No and I'm so sorry Ali." Emily said whilst looking at her feet.

"For what?"

"All of this, it's my fault Paige threatened you and broke into your house."

"No, don't be. It's Paige's fault, she can't seem to be happy for you even though she was the one that left you." Emily's only response to that was a half-smile. Ali was right, Paige left Emily yet the fact that she had moved on bothered her. Ali couldn't disagree with the fact that it was quick but there was no need for Paige to be acting like this.

"Come on let's go to bed." Ali said dragging Emily up from the couch and upstairs.

It was a long night for Emily, she was scared for Ali's life. She knew that if Paige went as far as breaking into Ali's house she would not be scared to do something even worse. The whole night the brunette stayed up all night watching Ali and listening out carefully for anything in the house. Ali slept peacefully with her head tucked into the crook of Emily's neck and her arm on her stomach. Emily couldn't believe how clam she was after everything that happened with Paige, but on the other hand the blonde had been through so much she must have learned how to deal with it all. Through the night, Emily heard nothing but her own thoughts and a small grunt from Ali every so often when Emily moved which made her smile. The blonde wanted to be as close as possible to her girlfriend even when she was asleep.

Eventually the sun shun through the blinds in the bedroom and Ali began to wake. The blue eyes opened to find the brunette still under her head looking up at the celling.

"Morning." Ali said placing a light kiss on Emily's neck which caused a smile to appear on the brunettes face for the first time in a while.

"Morning."

"You didn't sleep, did you?" Ali asked with a concerned tone.

"I did sleep." Emily said quickly in her defense.

"Em don't lie to me; your eyes are bloodshot and you have bags under your eyes. You can't keep going like this, you're going to drain yourself. It's not good for you, I'm getting really worried."

"I was just worried about you, that's what kept me up."

"I'm fine and I will be fine, I promise. Now please get some rest?" Emily nodded and Ali placed a quick peck on the brunette's lips and left their bed. Within 10 minutes Emily was asleep and Ali was making coffee and breakfast for when Emily woke up. Whilst Emily was asleep the blonde decided to clean the writing off the wall in her childhood bedroom. It proved more difficult than she thought it would have but after an hour and a half it was all gone and all the was left behind was the horrendous memory of it.

After finishing Emily still wasn't up and so Ali decided to watch TV downstairs and wait for her girlfriend to wake up. After another 3 hours Emily finally woke up and sleepily walked down stairs.

"Morning." She said running her hand through her hair.

"More like afternoon but hey." Ali said with a smile. Emily sat down beside the blonde and pressed a quick kiss on her cheek.

"Well you're feeling better." Ali said with a smile.

"Yeah, I really am, so what have you been up to for the past few hours?" Just as Ali was about to answer the door bell rang and Emily got up to open the door. To her surprise, she found no one. She looked around but saw nothing until she looked down at her feet. A mysterious package was lying on the porch. Emily picked it up and found in surprisingly heavy for its size. She gave it a shake as she brought it inside but felt nothing move.

"Only this was on the porch." Emily said putting the package down on the coffee table in front of them. Ali grabbed a knife from the kitchen a proceeded to open the box, as soon as she slightly opened it a foul smell emerged. Once the box was fully open and Ali pulled the knife out a red liquid was left on it. Ali looked at Emily who was already looking at her and was thinking the same thing; it was blood. She opened the box and found a heart which looked too big to be human and a note. Without touching it the note she read what was on it;

"Liked my last gift? Well here's another one, watch out Ali or it'll be your heart in the box next. Kisses."

Emily stood up and began pacing about the room, Ali couldn't believe what she has read. Someone or more like Paige basically just threatened to kill her. Emily couldn't believe it, she did not know how someone who was so friendly and kind could do and say such things but then again she did try to drown Emily once; that made Emily think that she missed the hints all along.

"Are we going to contact the police?" Emily asked Ali, she believed it was her choice since it was her life being threatened.

"No, I… um we've been threatened with worse things before, we'll be alright. I'll be alright." Ali said to reassure Emily that it will be alright. Emily nodded but continued to pace.

"Now please sit down, your pacing it making me stressed and really worried."

"I'm going to get rid of this." Ali said picking up the box and disappearing into the back garden.

Emily's mind was racing at a hundred miles, the thought of losing Ali was making her heart ache. She wanted to contact the police because she couldn't bare seeing Ali hurt or even worse dead. Half an hour later Ali returned and Emily had to ask again. She walked into the kitchen where Ali was washing her hands.

"Are you sure you don't want to go to the police? Alison, I can't see you getting hurt or even worse dying, it would break my heart and I would not be able to live without you." The brunette's eyes filled with tears as she clenched her fist to stop herself from bursting with emotions.

After Ali finished washing her hands she turned around to Emily and cupped her cheek; Emily leaned into the touch.

"I'm sure, we dealt with A who was much, much worse and we survived. It'll be okay. If anything, worse happens then we can consider calling the police, deal?" Ali said lightly rubbing her thumb on the he brunette's cheek.

"Deal." Emily said with a slight nod. Ali leaned in and kissed Emily who returned the gesture.

"I love you." Ali said with a slight smile.

"I love you too." The brunette mirrored the smile.

The blonde grabbed Emily's hand and dragged her into the living room, she sat her down on the couch and sat beside her. She leaned on her the brunette's shoulder and switched on the TV.

"Please promise me you'll stop being so worried." Ali said looking up at Emily.

"I promise." Emily said kissing the blonde's forehead.

"Thank you."