LET US FIND OUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED BETWEEN ALISON, HANNA, AND EMILY! (Forgive me for my crackships) As always please review and let me know what you think! (I feel like people are going to be extremely opinionated about this chapter… haha!)
Emily yanked Alison's front door open and ran up the stairs and into Ali's room in record time. When she opened the door, Alison and Hanna were sitting on the bed with their heads in their hands and guilty looks plastered on their faces. Aria sat across from them with a disapproving look on her face.
Emily stayed silent as she crossed the room and sat in the big, fluffy armchair across from Alison's bed.
"Alison… Hanna? Is there anything you want to tell us?" Aria asked, glancing over at Emily.
"Should we tell them?" Hanna whispered to the other blonde who nodded reluctantly.
"Okay," Hanna exhaled a small breath, "Ali and I have decided to give things a second try."
Flashback:
"Okay… yeah… love you too Ali… don't worry I'll call later… bye." Hanna clicked end on her phone and flopped back onto Emily's bed, sighing happily.
"Wow Han, she's really got you whipped," the brunette chuckled. Hanna and Emily were continuing their tradition of Wednesday night homework sessions. No matter how hectic their lives got or how conflicting their schedules were, the best friends always made time for each other on Wednesday nights. They would never make plans on Wednesdays, they were pretty much sacred.
"I know and, surprisingly, I love it. Who knew I would actually end up falling for Alison DiLaurentis. I mean I always knew she had a girl crush on me but I never actually thought it would turn into this," she gestured to her phone whose lock screen showed off a picture of the blondes on their 6 month anniversary.
"I'm really happy for you Han," the swimmer said, reaching out and rubbing the blonde's shoulder.
"Em what did you get for problem 23?"
"Um I got thirty seve" the brunette was cut off by the sound of Hanna's phone ringing.
"Hang on, it's the old ball and chain," Hanna joked, "Hey, love, everything alright?"
Emily laughed at her best friend. She found it hilarious how Hanna's demeanor always changed when it came to Alison. Usually she was a sarcastic asshole who made extremely inappropriate jokes at extremely inappropriate times, but when Ali was around Hanna was a sweet pile of goo. Although she would never admit it out loud, Alison was definitely the princess in the relationship. Hanna was at Alison's beck and call 24/7 and loved every minute of it.
"Ali, I can't, it's Wednesday. You know that's when I do homework with Em," Hanna lowered her voice and turned her body away from Emily. "Ali I know you're horny, you're always horny, but I really have to finish this paper. I promise I'll be there ASAP. No! Don't 'take care of it' yourself, waiting makes it better. I'll be done here soon. Okay love you, bye."
Hanna glanced over at Emily, who was snickering uncontrollably, and the blonde simply blushed and returned to her homework.
"Wow, what happened to the exhibitionist Hanna Marin I used to know?" Emily teased and poked her friend in the side.
"I don't know… having sex with Ali is really special. Keeping it between us just makes it a lot more intimate, you know?"
"Yeah I totally get where you're coming from… I can't believe you've kept her tied down for almost a year." Not entirely true, but Emily would never tell Hanna that.
"She really loves you Han."
"I know she does," the blonde said smiling widely and staring at her lock screen picture.
10 minutes later there was a knock on Emily's front door. The girls opened it and a shock of blonde hair leaped in and latched onto Hanna with utmost urgency. Hanna laughed and wrapped her arms around her girlfriend, gently setting her feet back on the ground.
"Ali what are you doing here? I told you I would be done soon," Hanna giggled, planting a kiss on her girlfriend's lips.
"I just really missed you! It's no fair Em gets you all to herself every single Wednesday," Alison pouted and wrapped her arms around the taller blonde's waist, linking her fingers at the small of Hanna's back.
"Hi to you too, Ali," the swimmer said feigning annoyance. Truthfully Emily couldn't be happier that two of her best friends had found a soul mate in each other. She constantly joked with them that they had to get married so she would have to go shopping for one less wedding dress.
"Pardon me," she said, playfully rolling her eyes. Alison got down on one knee and clapped her hand over her heart, "Hello my dearest Emily, royal queen of all formal greetings. I've come to claim the territory that is Hanna Marin so she can be of the upmost assistance in pleasuring-"
"Ew god Alison tmi!" the brunette shrieked and put her hands over her ears.
"So Em, you mind if I steal your study buddy for the night?"
A disappointed look crossed Emily's face. She was beyond happy that her best friends were so in love, but she hardly got to have one on one time with either one of them anymore. Alison was a lot worse about being apart than Hanna, though. At least Hanna respected when she and Alison had plans and usually kept the interruptions to a minimum. She glanced at Hanna who gave her the 'what the princess wants the princess gets' look and the swimmer sighed in defeat.
"Yeah sure, go ahead," she made a vague gesture towards the door.
Alison squealed and pulled Hanna into a bone-crushing hug, "Thank you Emmyboo!"
"Hey maybe we can get lunch this weekend?" Hanna tried to make up for being dragged away by Alison by promising to make plans with the brunette. She felt bad that she and Emily rarely hung out alone anymore, she really was, but Alison was her girlfriend, and girlfriends were supposed to come before best friends… right? But what was supposed to happen when your girlfriend was one of your best friends? The whole thing was extremely jumbled but either way someone was going to end up getting disappointed.
"But Han I got us a reservation for that new French place on Saturday!" Alison pouted and Emily rolled her eyes.
"Sunday then, Em?"
"I wish I could but my mom is flying out to Texas to visit my dad and I have to drive her to the airport. Don't worry about it Han, we'll do something eventually," she added extra emphasis on the 'eventually' which didn't go unnoticed by Hanna.
"Come on Han! I can't wait to get you all to myself," Alison wiggled her eyebrows and tugged Hanna out the door.
"Bye Em! Text me later!" Hanna called, but the door had already slammed shut. Emily was furious and kicked the door.
"Shit!" she hissed and grabbed her throbbing foot, which only fueled her anger. Her mom was working the night shift at the precinct and wouldn't be home until 12 tomorrow. Emily stormed down the hall, into the kitchen, and right into her mom's liquor cabinet. She went straight for the hard stuff and gulped down gin straight from the bottle. It had always been her and Hanna. Ever since the ninth day of second grade the two had been inseparable, and now Alison thought that just because she held some official title she had the right to whisk Hanna away at any given moment? Well Emily had an official title too. The best friend. No one was going to take Emily Fields's place. She chugged more of then gin and pulled back from the bottle when she felt dizzy.
She stumbled to the counter and grabbed her car keys, too drunk to even acknowledge her inebriated state. She drove and drove until she reached her destination: Hanna's house. The goal wasn't to hurt Hanna; the goal was to take down Alison. Unfortunately, Emily hadn't realized she would hurt Hanna in the process. She got out of her car, slammed the door, and stumbled straight up Alison's front porch.
She reached out and pounded on the door- hard. When no one answered, she picked up the potted plant on the door and smashed it on the concrete, hastily grabbing the spare key from the rubble.
She yanked open the door and was met with Alison right on the other side. The blonde's hair was a wreck and she was in nothing more than panties and a t-shirt. Hanna's t-shirt. She sighed in relief and dropped the bat she was holding when she realized the intruder was only Emily.
"Damn Emily what the hell are you doing?" she screeched, smacking the brunette on the shoulder. Emily stumbled back slightly and soon rushed forward, poking a finger in Alison's face.
"I'm here to speak to you, you selfish bitch!"
"Emily what the fuck, are you drunk?" Alison yelled even louder, cringing at the overpowering smell of alcohol radiating off of Emily. By this time Hanna had gotten dressed and was standing at the top of the stairs watching the fight go down.
"Why do you always have to have her Alison? Don't you realize that I need my best friend? You KNOW Wednesday nights are our night but you just had to come over and get her didn't you? Well I wonder how much time she'll want to spend with you when she learns your pathetic secret!" Emily spat out the words like poison, leaving Alison stunned.
"What secret Alison?" Hanna slowly made her way down the stairs with her arms crossed over her chest defensively, "We agreed no more secrets."
"Should I tell her or do you want to?" the brunette slurred. Alison looked like she was about to cry and it gave Emily an overwhelmingly delicious sense of power.
"Emily you wouldn't dare!" she hissed, "Han, baby, it was nothing I promise," Alison pleaded with every fiber of her being, but she knew drunk Emily, and drunk Emily had no boundaries.
"She slept with Noel the day before your 6 month anniversary."
There it was, out in the open. Alison was stunned and Hanna looked like she was about to vomit. Emily flashed Alison a sick smile. Her work was done.
"How could you do that to me Alison?! You promised nothing was going on with you and that son of a bitch! Are you still hooking up with him? What does he give you that I don't?"
"Hanna it was one time and we were both drunk! Please baby I didn't do it to hurt you!"
"Oh yeah Han, it was great to walk in on. I think it went a little something like this," she stepped forward and grabbed Alison's head, kissing her sloppily. Alison pushed back and spit, wiping her mouth with the back of her hand.
"Emily what the fuck!" Hanna and Alison both shouted at the same time.
Alison reached out to grab Hanna's hand, but the other blonde slapped it away.
"Get out Alison. Now."
Emily laughed darkly to herself and sashayed down the steps as she heard the arguing behind her. It was good to be bad.
"All I have to say is that you better not hurt her again Ali," Aria said, "If you do, Em and I are going to go all whoop-ass on you. No exceptions."
"I won't Ar, believe me. It's been awful having to spend these last few months without her… I'll never do anything to jeopardize that ever again," she pressed a soft kiss to Hanna's temple, earning a blush in response.
"Before I condone anything we have to all promise to always make time for each other individually. We all have a different relationship with each other and I think that each of them are special and each deserve to be carried out in their own special way," Emily said, flashing Alison an apologetic smile.
"We promise Em, right Ali?" Hanna nudged her girlfriend who quickly nodded. She didn't know what would happen if there was a repeat of last time. Mistakes can only be fixed but so much.
"Well congratulations guys!" Aria said jumping up and pulling them into a group hug. Emily soon joined and then remembered that she had left Spencer behind. As if reading her thoughts, Hanna broke up the sentimental moment.
"So Em, Aria is a pretty efficient cockblock, eh?"
"Hanna," she groaned, blushing, "I'm glad Aria stopped us, though. I don't want our first time to be rushed and hasty, you know? I want to be romantic and take our time… you only get a first once."
"Good for you Em, but I have seen A LOT more of you and Spencer than I ever wanted to see," Aria laughed, patting her friend of the back.
"We have a date tonight, a legal one, of course," Emily chuckled, earning a stern look from Hanna and Alison. They were still s bit sore over the whole police station debacle.
"That's really great Em. I'm glad you've found someone you really like. What are you guys doing?"
"I'm not sure, all I know is that she's picking me up at 7. Honestly I don't care what I do as long as we do it together. She's so great… it's like when I'm with her I'm never bored and it's never awkward. I really think she's a keeper," she inwardly cringed at her cheesiness, but it was all true.
"Even though I still don't fully trust her, if you really like her I think we can give her a chance," Alison said. Hanna nodded in agreement but Emily thought that she still looked pretty skeptical.
"Well I was hoping you guys would say that because while I was over there she kind of asked me to be her girlfriend… and I said yes!"
The three girls broke out into shrieks as they all leaped up and went to hug Emily.
"Em this is huge, congrats!"
"Thanks," she looked down, blushing, "I was kind of hoping we could all have lunch together one day… I really want you guys to get to know her and vice versa."
"Consider it done, Em. She's welcome in our group."
"Thanks guys," Emily beamed and looked out the window into Spencer's room.
Life sure could be rewarding.