The next day after Alison and Emily's fall out, Emily made her way to Maya's place so they could walk to school together. When she arrived at Maya's place, she saw Alison standing at the doorway. She looked like she wasn't sure if she wanted to knock or not. Emily slowly approached.

"What the hell are you doing Ally?!" she asked.

Alison jumped and turned around to see Emily standing there, looking confused.

"You scared the shit out of me!" replied Alison, not answering Emily's question.

"You didn't answer my question...what are you doing here?"

"I was hoping you were here..."

"Ally, I told you! I don't want to see you anymore...at least not for a while".

"Please let me explain!"

Just as Emily was about to speak again, the front door to Maya's place opened and out popped Maya. She looked down at the two girls with a confused look on her face.

"What is she doing here?!" asked Maya.

"I was just asking her the same question" replied Emily without hesitation.

Alison paused for a minute before speaking.

"Look...I just came here to talk to you Emily. I need you to know a few things...things I never got to say last night because we argued too much and ended up leaving each other in the dust..."

"I said everything I wanted to say so don't expect much out of me".

"I just need you to know that I'm sorry for what I put you through. All these years, I knew you had a crush on me and I lead you on and have continued to lead you on the whole time. I didn't mean for it to cause tension in our friendship which would later lead to me being jealous the second you actually found someone who was also attracted to you as more than a friend".

"That's a really nice apology but I can't accept it".

"I'm not done! Please hear me out!"

Emily rolled her eyes while Maya seemed intrigued to hear the rest of the apology.

"Please go ahead!" said Maya sarcastically.

"You and I have always been close. Sometimes I feel closer to you than any of the other girls, and it's not because I'm in love with you but because I care about you. I don't want to see you getting hurt and when Maya came to town I automatically put up my guards. I'm the kind of person who doesn't trust people that easily and yes, when I first met her, I didn't trust her. I just thought that maybe she was interested in a little experimenting with girls and then she'd drop you when she was done having fun but I was wrong. And I'm really sorry for that as well. Maya, I should've never judged you from the little I knew about you. All I knew was that you were into smoking weed..."

Just as Alison said the word weed, Maya's mom came out and looked down at all the girls who were looking up at her with terrified faces.

"Mom!..."

"Is there a reason you're still outside my door step? Run along! You're gonna be late for school!" her mother shouted.

The girls all grabbed their bags and started walking towards school. There was an awkward silence before Maya spoke.

"So because I smoke weed I'm a shady person?" laughed Maya.

"No! It's not like that!"

"Then what does me smoking weed have anything to do with you not trusting me?"

"Forget it! I'll take the hint and get lost!" said Alison as she began to walk in a different direction from the girls.

"Come on Alison! I'm not trying to make you feel bad, I'm just curious to know what makes the weed smoking part of the reason you hate me?"

"I don't hate you! I just brought the smoking weed into the scenario because it's such a filthy habit. I didn't want my best friend to hang with someone who's smoking weed all the time".

"I don't smoke it all the time!"

"I guess what I'm trying to say to both of you, is that I'm really sorry. I didn't mean to come between your relationship, I didn't mean to burn bridges, pick fights or lose friends. I was just looking out for one but I was wrong about you Maya. From what I hear, you're a great person".

Maya looked at Alison and half smiled.

"Thank you" said Maya.

"Does that mean you forgive me?" replied Alison.

"...I forgive you! It doesn't mean I'm ready to be best friends but in time maybe a friendship can develop".

"Emily...you're really quiet" said Alison.

Emily turned to Alison and gave her a sarcastic smirk.

"You think you can just show up like this and apologize to us and expect everything to go back to the way it was? It's never going to be the same Ally! You almost tore apart the one thing that actually meant something to me. Being with Maya openly was a huge thing for me and you almost ruined it for both of us. I'm really sorry but I can't just accept your apology and run back into your arms. When you said maybe we should take some time apart and I agreed, I meant it. Let's lead up to having a friendship again but for now, I have to just say thank you and move on".

Alison stopped walking along side them and stood in the middle of the sidewalk in shock. She didn't move but Emily kept moving at the pace she was. Maya however, slowed down and looked back at Alison who looked really upset. She stopped for a minute and went to go back to see Alison but Emily stopped her.

"Are you coming or not?" said Emily.

"I'm coming!" replied Maya as she ran to catch up to Emily.

Maya took one last look back at Alison and then continued to walk with Emily.

"What was that?" said Maya.

"What was what?" replied Emily.

"You just left her in the dust back there..."

"Maya, she almost ruined everything between you and I. She lied to the both of us and tried her hardest to make us mad at each other. I can't just let a simple apology lay that to rest".

"It seemed sincere..."

"Yeah well you clearly don't know Ally, she's the queen of deception".

Maya took one last look back at Alison but she was gone. She probably went a different way to school.

"I just don't want you to lose a close friendship over me! Accepting the apology wouldn't of mattered to me".

"Well it matters to me! Just let it go please..."

"Fine!..."

Emily stopped and grabbed Maya's hands in hers.

"I don't want you to think I'm not a forgiving person because I am...I just can't forgive Alison, at least not now. I like you, in fact I like you a lot and she was jealous and almost ruined things for us. I want to spend time with you, get to know you better, see where this goes, and if Ally's in the picture then we won't get to doing that. She'll try everything she can to break us up and I don't want that...so you gotta trust me! Taking some time apart from her will not only do us good but it will do her good. She can move on to another jealousy and let our relationship grow".

Maya smiled and gave Emily a huge hug and kiss.

"And this is why I like you a lot too!"

"Why's that?"

"Because you always know what to say".

They both smiled and locked hands together to walk the rest of the way to school. Emily was happy to finally stand up for herself, to not give in so easily to Alison's crap. For the rest of the walk to school, Emily and Maya didn't say a word to each other. They walked hand in hand with a huge smile swiped across their faces.