When they arrived at the island, Noel threw an anchor down into the water from the bow of the boat. They were about ten feet away from the shore, Alison was surprised that the boat hadn't hit the sand.
"You may want to take your shoes off." Noel said, kicking off his own shoes and rolling up his pants to his knees. After doing so, he stood up and jumped over the side of the sailboat. Alison, shocked at what Noel did, ran to the edge and looked down. Noel was standing with the water up to his thighs, getting his pants wet.
"There's no way that I'm getting wet, I'll stay up here." Alison said, looking down at Noel.
"Jump! I'll carry you to shore!" Noel said, holding out his arms.
"Are you crazy?" Alison asked, she honestly did think Noel was insane.
"I'll catch you! Don't worry! Just jump!" Noel said, smiling.
"Fine. But get ready." Alison said. She sat back down on the boat and kicked off her shoes, thinking if she could try to distract herself from Emily by being with Noel. Once her shoes were off, she leaned back over the railing to see Noel dip the top of his head in the water. He looked back up at Alison, his wet hair getting in his eyes and the droplets ran down his face.
"Ready?" he asked, running a hand through his hair. It sat on top of his head, shiny and curly from the water. Alison nodded and Noel prepared himself by placing one foot firmly behind him and held out his arms. Alison jumped from the rail and fell down to Noel who caught her just like he said.
Alison was being held bridal style in Noel's arms and he was laughing, staring at Alison with his blue eyes. "That wasn't that bad was it?" he asked as he carried her towards the shore of the island.
Noel didn't say anything as he carried her, the only thing that could be heard was seagulls and the sound of moving water as Noel trekked through it. On the beach of the island, Noel set Alison down with her feet on the squishy sand. Alison looked around the island, it was fairly empty. There were few trees and one giant rock in the center. It was simple, and she couldn't see how this had any significance to Noel. She went along with what Noel was doing as he led her towards the large rock.
Noel climbed to the top of the rock and helped Alison sit down next to him. Curious at what Noel was up to, she looked out at the sailboat and then at the direction that Rosewood was.
"Ravenswood is right over there." Noel said, pointing to the left. Alison leaned forward and could see the tiny speck of Ravenswood. She had been there a few times before, once for Noel's birthday and another time because her father promised the King of Ravenswood that he would attend The Raven's Ball. Alison hated The Raven's Ball, she was almost forced to wear a purple dress instead of the yellow one she loved. Her mother had told her that it was "too revealing" but Alison even at twelve, always got her way. She held her breath until her mom gave in and let Alison wear the yellow one. That was when every Prince at the party asked her to dance, and every Princess glared at her in jealously. Of course she was forced to dance with Noel.
"Alison?" Noel asked, waving his hand in front of her face.
"W-what?" Alison said, blinking quickly and shaking her head.
"I said, 'Do you remember Ravenswood?'" Noel asked.
"How could I forget." Alison said, staring at the kingdom.
"So there's a reason why I brought you here." Noel said, looking at Alison.
"Oh?" Alison asked, not knowing what else to say.
Noel nodded, "This is where my parents had their first kiss when they were engaged. That's why the people of Ravenswood call it the Kissing Rock-"
"I'm not going to kiss you Noel, if that's the whole reason why you brought me out here." Alison said, rolling her eyes. Did all guys just want to kiss her?
"No! Well, I was hoping for that. But this is also the spot that he gave my mother her engagement ring." Noel said.
Alison looked confused as Noel pulled something from his pocket. He opened a box and pulled out a ring, and a beautiful one at that, Alison had to admit.
"It was hand crafted in Ravenswood. I thought it would fit you..." Noel said, holding it up.
The band was gold and twisted, and on the top was a single red diamond. Blood red. "How does this fit me?" Alison asked, taking the ring form Noel.
"Well, you are The Killer Queen...doesn't killer mean...you kill people?" Noel asked.
"Well you aren't wrong." Alison smirked. The ring matched her red lipstick and she surprisingly liked it. She liked it a lot.
"Do you like it?" Noel asked.
"Yeah. I do." Alison said, slipping it onto her ring finger.
Where was Emily? She usually arrived shortly in Alison's room after Alison. But Emily had been sitting there for ten minutes, twisting the ring around her finger. She was growing more and more annoyed of Emily's no show, and the more time she spent thinking about Emily didn't seem to want to talk about that kiss. She was wondering what to do, and she decided to do the only thing she knew how, make Emily jealous of her, and she had just the thing to make Emily jealous.
Finally, Emily knocked on the door and entered silently. Alison looked over at her door, just as Emily was closing it behind her.
"Why were you not up here earlier?" Alison asked, with the same sternness she used in her voice for everyone.
"I, uh, didn't realize you were back." Emily said, quietly.
Something was oddly suspicious about Emily, Alison could sense it. As Emily approached, Alison inspected her, looking for anything that would've given away that she was doing what she wasn't supposed to. Everything seemed alright, so Alison decided to get on with her plan once she found the silver lining.
"What did you do while I was gone?" Alison asked, motioning for Emily to sit at the edge of her bed.
Emily obeyed and kept her hands in her lap, "Nothing, I cleaned a few things, helped out around the castle. And you, my queen?" Emily asked.
Alison almost corrected Emily to call her Ali but forgot that she was agitated with her. "Noel took me to an island." Alison said, smirking as Emily's eyes widened.
"Oh?" Emily asked, not knowing what to say.
"He gave me this." Alison said, holding up her hand and showing Emily her ring as it shined in the light.
"It's beautiful." Emily said simply.
Alison, annoyed by Emily's reaction decided to step it up. "And then we kissed." she lied, waiting for Emily's reaction.
Emily's eyebrows raised and she looked at Alison. "I thought you didn't like him that way."
"Well it seems that he's the only one who appreciates me around here." Alison said.
"Alison, what is this ab-?" Emily began.
"You know well what this is about." Alison said, her voice rising. "I kissed you and you don't even say anything. And I know you kissed back so don't say you didn't. Then I came in the middle night and we slept in the same bed and you didn't make me leave, so don't deny any of this."
"Honestly Alison, I thought you regretted all of it."
"What makes you think that?"
"Well, you're the Queen of Rosewood, and I'm lower class. Plus I am a girl, we're both girls. I thought we're supposed to like men." Emily said.
"Do you deny your feelings for me?" Alison asked.
Emily was quiet for a few moments, making Alison anxious for her response. "No." Emily said, quietly.
"In the case we can keep this a secret. Our little secret." Alison said, a smirk playing on her ruby red lips. She scooted over to Emily, her leg pressed against Emily's.
"Did you really kiss Noel?" Emily asked, looking at Alison.
"Nope. These lips are only for you." Alison said, leaning towards Emily. She pressed a sweet kiss to Emily's lips, but something didn't seem right. Alison pulled away and took a deep breath.
"You smell like...bread." Alison said, looking into Emily's eyes. It was the same familiar scent that Alison smelt yesterday in the bakery, and she if she was at the bakery, then that must mean that a certain someone was there as well. "Did you go into town to make out with Ben?" Alison was slightly offended, but then again, she was leading Emily to believe that she had spent the day making out with Noel. She didn't think Emily liked Ben that way either, it was becoming overwhelming.
"No, that's not why I went. I just didn't have anything else to do so I thought I would help my mom since she's struggling." Emily said.
"But you did run into Ben." Alison said.
"Yes..." Emily said tentatively.
"And you made out." Alison sighed.
"I couldn't stop it. I'm not the Queen of Rosewood. Women don't have the same rights as you." Emily shrugged. Alison bit her lower lip, trying to rid the images of Ben and Emily. She looked at Emily, who was looking at her hands, absolutely stunning even when Alison couldn't read her emotions.
Alison, longing to kiss Emily again, reached over and pushed Emily's chin up with her finger before moving her hand to cup Emily's face as their lips collided. Alison, even though she wanted to, wasn't looking to move things any farther than the sweet kisses she was initiating. But, one thing led to another and two minutes later, Alison found herself straddling Emily as they feverishly kissed. Alison's hands were buried in Emily's hair, letting her keep herself propped up as she hovered over Emily. When the lack of air began itching her lungs, she pulled away from Emily, opening her eyes to see her gorgeous assistant under her. Alison laughed at what she saw, there was smeared red lipstick on Emily's lips from Alison herself.
"You look just as stupid. You've got smeared lipstick all over your face as well." Emily said, smirking.
"How awkward would it be if we walked around the rest of the day like this?" Alison teased, rolling off of Emily and laid next to her.
"Oh God, I don't even want to think about that." Emily said, covering her face.
Alison laughed and turned to Emily, holding her head up by leaning on her hand which was propped up. She couldn't tear her eyes off of Emily, even with smeared lipstick on her face. Alison scooted closer to Emily and wrapped an arm around her waist and rested her head on the top of Emily's. "I could lay like this all day." Alison sighed.
"Too bad you have to start planning your wedding with Noel after dinner." Emily said, casually.
"Why can't I get married to you?" Alison asked, snuggling more into Emily.
"Because you have to marry royalty." Emily said.
"If you were royalty, I would so marry you in a heartbeat." Alison said.
"Good to know."
"We should run away." Alison said, voicing the first thought that came into her mind.
"We can't." Emily said.
"Why not? We could escape to a faraway kingdom, I could pretend to be Vivian Darkbloom, we could be happy." Alison said, imagining what it would be like.
"We could if you weren't the Queen of a kingdom. You have a responsibility, your people are counting on you." Emily reminded her.
Alison groaned, "Sometimes I wish that I wasn't queen. That my parents stayed alive for a little while longer so that I could actually enjoy my life. Being Princess Alison was wonderful, no pressure of having to take the throne. That is until my misfit of a brother thought that he could try to kill me because he was jealous." Alison spat.
"Well, things just happen. People do unpredictable things." Emily said, snuggling into Alison.
They were silent for a few minutes, both focused on each other's breathing. At once point, Alison thought Emily had fallen asleep until she spoke up. "You have to be down for dinner soon." Emily said, removing herself from Emily's arms. "We need to reapply your lipstick."
Alison sat up as Emily walked over to get her signature red lipstick, but Alison wasn't looking at Emily's back...far lower than that. She couldn't help but stare, she hadn't noticed it until just now, but now that she knew, she couldn't look away. Emily returned with her lipstick and a washcloth to get the smeared lipstick off her face. She helped Alison as the new lipstick was re-applied perfectly, bringing out Alison's powerful looks.
"I think you're all ready." Emily said, as she began wiping off the smeared lipstick on her own face.
Alison stood up, ready to go down to dinner and see Noel. She didn't want to plan this wedding, but she didn't have much of a choice. She made her way to the door, Emily followed close behind. Before she reached for the doorknob, Alison turned around and placed one final kiss on Emily's lips.
"Ali why-?" Emily began, her hand flying to her lips to touch where Alison's just were.
"Just in case something bad happens to us. Just wanted to have a last kiss...that and I just like kissing you." Alison shrugged, opening the door.
"Let's just get you down to Noel."