Pretty Little Lovers Untamed

Author's Note: Yeahhh. I'm trying SO hard to get the rest of this posted. But I gotta type it up first. Ahahaha. Please review. And thank you so much to those of you that have reviewed! I reeeeeallllyyy appreciate it!

Chapter 24

Once Aria left to look for Spencer, Hanna and Emily were alone together. At first Hanna just stood there. She wanted to sit down, but she knew if she sat in chair it would be totally awkward. So she sat down on the couch, leaving some space between them, but not enough for an entire person to sit there.

Emily could feel Hanna sitting close to her and she desperately wanted to reach out and take her hand. But everytime she almost did, she remembered Alison's note. It had been so stern and demanding. Emily knew that she had to make a decision, so she asked, "How is Caleb? Have you spoken to him?"

Hanna turned and looked at her friend, but Emily didn't meet her eyes. "He texted me right after you guys got here. He's been texting me all night actually. He says he regrets taking a break." Hanna licked her lips. She wanted Emily to look at her, but she wasn't about to reach out and turn her face to hers. She was much too scared to touch her. Things were so strange between them now, right after they'd gotten so close. Hanna had practically given herself to Emily and now she was being held at arm's length.

Emily nodded even though she wasn't happy about the news. She should have been, she knew that. But she wasn't. Even though she was aware that if Caleb and Hanna got back together, all her problems wouldve been solved, she didn't like that possibility at all. Thinking about Caleb kissing Hanna and taking Hanna and holding Hanna after what they'd done.. Made Emily sick.

"Have you heard from Alison?" Hanna asked, not really wanting to know the truth, but working hard to keep up her side of the conversation.

She wanted to tell Hanna the truth, and just come clean with her problem. But she couldn't. Alison had said not to. She told her not to say anything to any of the others. And so she lied. "No, I haven't."

Hanna wondered to herself what that meant. Did Alison not talking to Emily present good news or bad news? No new was good news right? But then, she really wanted Emily to have closure so that the brunette could make up her mind about Hanna, and Hanna could, in turn, be inspired to make up her mind about Caleb.

They sat in silence for a while and then Hanna got up to put in the next movie. But when she sat back down, she didn't leave a space between her and Emily. She sat directly up beside her, and let her head lay on her best friend's shoulder. "No matter what," she said, "We're best friends, right?"

Emily looked down at Hanna, her eyes fogging with tears. "Of course," she said. "Always."

Hanna closed her eyes as Emily's arm slid around her shoulder, and willed herself believe that it was that simple.

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