Alison looks back to Emily, "You can go after her if you want." She moved into the bathroom letting the door slam. The air became thick and the silence grew awkward. "Do you want to go after her," Alison pried. Emily moved both her hands behind her and tucked them into her pockets and cleared her throat, "I don't know what I want." Alison moved closer to her and rested her hand on Emily's arm, "Yes you do. You're just afraid to admit it." Emily looked at her scornfully, "Of course I am! You won't stop lying! There's absolutely nothing that comes out of your mouth I don't have to think twice about. There's never one thing you say or do that I'm not consistently picking apart trying to figure out what's in it for you. How would it help you?" "Emily, I never," Alison's sullen voice pushed her over the edge. "You never what, you never held my secrets against me? You never made me feel bad for feeling the way I do? You never barged into town and ruined my once happy relationship," she broke her stride and huffed, "You never tried to use my feelings for you against me to get me to do what you want?" Alison began to realize she was losing Emily as she ranted, "I did not lie to you. I do have feelings for you and I always have." Emily shook her head, "Fine. Then, walk out there and tell our friends you have feelings for me. I want you to go out there look Spencer, Hanna, and Aria in the face and tell them we slept together." "Emily, I don't know if this is the right time. We just," Emily shook her head at the dismissal and cut her off, "There's always an excuse with you. It's always what you want, what you need but never EVER an ounce of consideration for someone else's needs. How do you think that makes me feel? To have you here, to hold you, to kiss you, then you throw it back in my face the moment I want you to validate it to someone else." Alison moved Emily's hair behind her ear slowly running her hand down her cheek, "Emily, I can't." "But, I can." Emily declared as she side stepped around Alison heading for the door. "You can what?" Alison's eyebrows shot up and she reached for Emily's arm but she shook it off. Emily ripped open the bathroom door startling the remainder of the group still standing together. Hanna, Aria, and Spencer all gave her a questioning look.
"I have something I need to say," Emily announced as she moved in closer to the group and stopped walking. Alison tried to hurry to her side to intervene and lowly whispered her name repeatedly but none of her tactics worked. "Allison and I have a thing," Emily blurted out. "Like a school project," Hanna asked. Emily shook her head annoyed, "No, like a "we" thing, like we have feelings" Emily started to punk out and the words stop flowing. "We slept together," Allison said in a low voice. Emily looked over to her shocked. Spencer shook her head, "What?!" Hanna and Aria both were stunned and their mouths hung open for a brief moment. "What about Paige," Hanna questioned, "you two where hanging out again." "I don't. I don't know." Emily shook her head. "It's good to know I'm not the only one with bad decision making skills," Aria announced. Emily formed the question in her head for Aria but the warning bell chimed out. "This isn't over," Spencer announced as the group started departing.
Emily and Alison trailed off alone, "Is that what you needed?" "I don't know Alison," Emily glanced over at her as they turned the corner heading to class, "I didn't expect you to tell them." "Well, I did because you said you needed it and now we will be answering more questions on top of the police integration and nosy neighbors." Emily grew annoyed quick with Alison's tone, "So what if we answer questions. They're our friends. I'm sure they're not gonna wanna know the details details just the details." "But, they are our details we shouldn't be defending ourselves," Alison stopped in front of her classroom. Emily look disappointed, "You think we're defending ourselves?" "No," Allison shook her head. "You think there's something wrong with us being together don't you? Why, because we are two girls?" Emily couldn't give her time to form an opinion she was becoming livid, "Are you even gay or bi or whatever?" Allison stared at Emily for a while after she asked. "See, I knew it." Emily shook her head and stormed off, "I knew it." Alison tried to call for her but Emily ignored her.
Emily tore around the corner still fuming and slammed into Paige knocking her books into her chest. "I'm sorry." Emily looked up to Paige's rosy red cheeks and puffy eyes. She knew insistently what was wrong that she had heard the announcement, "Paige." Paige shook one hand trying to hold back the tears and warn off any disturbing details Emily might offer up. "I'm done," She hurried past her escaping Emily's many attempts to her in her grasp. Emily called to her but Paige was racing away. "Ugh!" Emily exclaimed light handily punching the cinderblock wall.