The sun shone down through the curtains. It was a sunny morning without a cloud in the sky. Emily fluttered open her eyes. At first she had absolutely no clue where she was...but then she remembered.

She had stayed over at Alison's house.

In Alison's Bed

With Alison.

Emily glanced over at the blonde beauty sleeping in between her arms in front of her. God she was just so perfect, Emily thought. She knew that after all these years, she shouldn't be saying that or even thinking it. Alison had been such a bitch to her when they were young teens-leading her on, kissing her every now and then, flirting with her, only to let her down and break her heart. Then she had disappeared and despite the fact that Alison had broken her only a few weeks before, she was still shook. She would cry for hours and hours every night whispering to herself 'Please come back, Ali' 'Please don't be dead' 'I miss you' 'I love you'.

Then they had found her body and oh what a terrible day that was. Emily still remembered that feeling she had gotten when Maya had told her.

'Emily!' She called 'They found your friend'

Emily's heart had raced. She had gotten go excited Alison was alive. Maybe she had changed-maybe she would love her and be with her and they'd live happily ever after.

'I knew she was alive!' she had said 'Is she inside?'

'Emily, they found Alison's body'

Body

Her heart had dropped right then and there- Alison was gone. God, she felt as if she was going to be sick and just collapse right there and they'd have to put her in Radley. But she kept it together because she didn't want to embarrass herself in front of Maya, the new girl, who she had taken a particular liking to.

Body

They hadn't found Alison, they had found her body.

Her lifeless, motionless, body.

She would never be able to steal innocent kisses from Emily, or run her fingers through her hair, or feel her skin ever again because she was dead.

Dead

Then there was Alison's funeral and memorial service. She had tried so hard not to completely blurt out that she had been madly in love with her, but instead said a few nice things and got on with it.

'Alison was playing me' she would tell herself 'She never really loved me, and I have to move on because she's dead'

Time had passed. Not much, but time. She had finally come out the closest (or rather, was shoved out by Wilden) and had started seeing Maya.

'I love you Emily' Maya had whispered. Emily smiled and a tear nearly fell down her face

'I love you too Maya'

As much as she did love Maya, some part of her wished that it had been Alison right there. Alison confessing her feelings and telling her she loved her, before they shared a romantic day together.

But Alison was dead, and Emily had accepted nothing would change that.

But then, Maya died.

That had completely shattered Emily from head to toe because it reminded her so much of Alison. She hadn't wanted to see anybody for a while, as she thought that maybe everyone she fell in love with was meant to die. 'Maybe I'm not meant to love' she would think 'Maybe I'm cursed, and will die alone' 'Who is going to love a cursed girl?'

But then someone did. Someone came along and decided to fall in love with her.

Paige.

Paige was nice, she made Emily feel safe. She loved Emily when she needed to be loved and was almost like a shoulder to cry on. Emily couldn't explain it, but Paige was never really 'the one'. She felt as if she would always be the one big romance on her journey to finding the love of her life. Paige hated Alison, and Alison would hate her for liking her.

But then Alison was alive.

Alive.

Well and truly alive.

That first night, when she came to visit her in her room, Emily puffed up her chest. She decided she was not going to be played, and was going to be straight up.

'You destroyed me, okay! I thought you were dead'

'But I'm not. Aren't you glad that I'm not?'

'Yes I am glad' she had wanted to say 'I am glad with all my heart and I want nothing more than for you to be in my life again' but she had to control herself.

And then she had come back, and confessed her feelings. Confessed that all those little kisses weren't just for practice, and she was really flirting with her.

And look where they were now.

Spooning in Alison's bed. Alison had gotten cold in the middle of the night, sleeping with no clothes on. So Emily had grabbed a long sleeved shirt from her overnight bag and given it to her.

Lost in her thoughts, she didn't see Alison turn around and face her.

"Hi" she whispered, pulling the sleeves of the shirt over her hands

"Hi" Emily whispered back.

"You know, that was the best sleep I've had in 3 years" the blonde confessed, her golden locks falling down her face.

'She's so perfect' Emily thought 'After all these years, I am still totally a fool for her...'

'Me too' Emily gulped, not quite knowing what to say. Was it true? She didn't know. She hadn't slept great at all since Alison disappeared, and the whole 'A' madness started. A look of red came across Emily's face as she remembered last night. Rolling around all hot and bothered in between the sheets, with her first love.

"Are you alright?" Alison asked "You don't regret anything, do you?"

"No" Emily answered, a little too quickly "I don't regret anything. Last night was, perfect" She cupped Alison's chin gently with her hand and rubbed her cheek with her thumb. She slowly leaned in and was just about to kiss her when..

Ring ring ring

"Shit that's my phone" Emily sighed, sitting up "I should probably get that"
"It's okay" Alison smiled. "I'll get in the shower" She slipped out of bed and headed towards the shower, still wearing Emily's t shirt.

"Hello" Emily said over the phone

"Hey Em" Spencer replied "So listen. I've been thinking about the whole New York thing and how Mona knew. Maybe she had people spying on us when we were there. We know Jason was in New York, and them two were close at one point"

"That's possible" Emily replied "But I thought we decided Jason was meeting Mrs D?"
"That was so 3 theories ago" Spencer huffed "We now know Mrs D was 6 feet under my yard, so we still don't know why Jason was in New York"
"So, you've just been up all night?" Emily asked "Where were Aria and Hanna?"

"Aria was at Ezra's and Hanna was at Lucas's party. Aaaaaaaand what makes you think Ali wouldn't have been with me?"

Emily paused and tried to have a good excuse, but couldn't think of one.

"Because you were with Ali last night" Spencer figured, after a while "Wait Em, did you stay over her house?"
Emily let out a slight noise that meant 'yes'

"In her room?"

Yes
"In her bed?"
Yes

"With her?"

Yes

"Interesting" Spencer slightly giggled "So did anything...happen?

"No" Emily replied "Why would you think that?"
"Because you would have just told me you were with Ali if it hadn't have" Spencer answered "Plus, I can see you from my bedroom window"
Emily quickly turned around and saw Spencer next door, standing by the window with a smug look on her face.

"Is that Ali's night top?" She laughed. Emily blushed.

"Hey Em I'm gonna make some breakfast before I shower" Alison came in the room, not seeing Spencer.

"Ok sure"
"Is that your shirt?" Spencer whispered.

"Em" Alison said, once she reached the door, before turning around, walking back towards Emily and kissing her hard on the lips. Once she had walked away, Emily glanced over at Spencer in shame, who had her mouth wide open and was laughing like an idiot.

"That was a bit gay" she said. Emily let out a fake laugh "She's so totally into you"
"She is not" Emily argued "She's just a little bit needy"
"Oh trust me, she's into you" Spencer grinned "And your into her by the way, Emily Fields. I can see how wet you are from here"

"Shut up!" Emily spat, covering her legs "You'd better not tell Hanna about this, ok?"
"Why not?" Spencer asked. Emily rolled her eyes

"Because Hanna hates Ali at the moment" she answered "She'd have a go at me if she knew we...you know..."
"Oh so you DID?" Spencer cooed.

"Yes we DID for your information and it was absolutely AMAZING"

"Just ask her out already" she sighed "I don't wanna watch you two drool any more"
"Em! Breakfast is ready!" Alison called. Emily smiled.

"Coming!" She shouted back.

"I bet you are" Spencer snarkily commented. Emily stiffed a laugh.

"Talk to you later, Spence" She sighed

"Yeah. Go and eat Ali's breakfast" Spencer told her.

"If that was a euphemism, I am so going to kill you"

"Hey I made pancakes" Alison smiled "Sit"

Emily happily sat down in front of a huge pile of pancakes, drizzled with syrup with blueberries on top.

"You remembered my favorite!" Emily exclaimed. Alison sat down next to her.

"Of course I did" She smirked "I could never forget my favorite's favorite" Emily smirked. She caught a small shot of Ali staring at her, but decided to ignore it.

"Want some?" She offered, cutting off a bit.

"No thanks" Alison answered "I'm not really hungry"
"Yes you are" Emily laughed, pushing the fork towards Alison's mouth "Come on have a bit"
"Em" Alison laughed "I really don't..."

"Have some!"
The fork slipped into Alison's mouth and was pulled back out again.

"They're so good" she munched

"You made them" Emily laughed, Alison swallowing. Then, Emily slipped the fork into her own mouth, licking off the remains Alison had left. This made Alison bite her lip just a little too hard.

"Hey, you got a little something" Emily pointed to the corner of Alison's mouth "Syrup"
"Oh" Alison blushed, lost in Emily's eyes "I'll just get a c-"
"It's okay" Emily whispered "I'll get it" She cupped Alison's smirking chin with her mouth and took Alison's bottom lip in between hers, which soon turned into a kiss. And another...and another..

"All gone?" Alison asked, giggling.

"All gone"