Enchantments & Betrayal in Rosewood

Part 3

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Alison woke up first, one of Emily's arms still around her. Though her dreams had been troubling and somewhat scary, her friend's embrace immediately calmed her. Sun was spilling through the window in glorious amounts and in spite of everything that had happened, for a few moments, Ali was at peace. She placed a gentle, sweet kiss on Emily's exposed collar bone and lay back and looked at the ceiling. Somewhere outside a bird tweeted good morning. She found herself smiling.

A light knock at the door broke her concentration though and she was just able to slip out from under Emily's arm before the door opened. Mrs. Fields stood in the doorway, a bit of shock painted on her face.

"Hello Mrs. Fields," Alison said, and sat up, pushing the comforter down, still not waking Emily who was in deep-sleep. "I didn't mean to surprise you."

Emily's mother raised her eyebrows. "Alison. I didn't know you were sleeping over."

"I wasn't at first. But last night I heard someone trying to break into my house and I didn't know what else to do. So I called Emily and she came and got me. My dad's gone until Monday." She put on her best smile. "I'm so sorry I surprised you."

"Oh," Mrs. Fields shook her head. "No, no. I'm glad you're safe Alison. There's been a lot of activity going on lately and if you feel safer here then by all means, you're welcome." Her eyes passed over to her daughter, who was still very much unconscious. "I was just going to tell Emily that Spencer called and said she'd been trying to get ahold of her. It's almost 1:30 in the afternoon and Spencer said she'd made plans to meet you both at the Brew at 3?"

"Did she?" Alison didn't know anything about that, "I'll let her know."

Mrs. Fields smiled at her. "Alright hun. I'm going to head to the store and Emily's father is on a fishing trip. There are muffins downstairs."

The door closed again and Alison rolled over towards Emily. She stroked the other girl's jaw gently. Em, wake up. You can't sleep all day.

The brunette moaned, unhappily and buried her face in the pillow. On the nightstand, Emily's phone vibrated loudly and so Ali reached over her and scooped it up into her hand. She had six text messages- two from Spencer, one from Aria, one from Hanna, and two from Paige. Alison's eyes narrowed and she opened the ones from Spence first.

"Brew 3. Tell Ali." Then right after that, "Em, are you seriously still asleep? What gives?" Next she read the one from Aria. "Spencer said to text you and wake you up. Brew 3." The one from Hanna said the same thing. Then she read the two from Paige. "Emily, I really want to see you. Can we meet later tonight?" This one was followed by one more word- "Please." Alison's face scrunched up and she marked the six messages as unread and put the phone back on the nightstand. She would never ever admit that she was jealous of Paige, but maybe she was. Just a little bit.

The blonde looked down at Emily, whose back was rising and falling gently with every breath she inhaled and exhaled. Paige may have had a romantic past with Emily, but it was Alison who was currently in bed with the girl. And they were all alone. Plus, the strap of Emily's halter top had slid down and revealed the bare skin of her buttery brown shoulder. Alison's lips found that stretch of skin so easily, and then, before she could stop herself, so did the tip of her tongue.

"Mmm," Emily whimpered, her voice still drenches with sleep, "Ali…" She lifted her face and opened her eyes partially.

Alison sat up happily, and beamed at her friend. "Good afternoon Sleepyhead. It's like 1:30."

That didn't sound that bad to Emily who was still exhausted from staying up so late. But the fact that she'd woken up to Ali D's tongue sliding over her shoulder blade made her stomach twist. She was sort of at a loss for words. So instead she just blinked a couple of times and sat up, rubbing her eyes.

"Boss Hastings says we're supposed to meet her at the Brew at 3. And I still need to go home and shower and get dressed."

"Spencer..?"

"Your mom came in here. She called the house."

Emily's eyes widened. "Mom came in here. Ohmygod. Did she…?"

"I told her that someone tried to break into my house last night and you came and saved me like the gallant knight that you are. And she totally bought it. She's at the store now."

The brunette calmed. "Oh. Okay." Her mother knew she was a lesbian, and for that reason she hadn't let any of her past girlfriend's stay over in her bed. But Spence and Aria and Han were different. And Ali too, apparently. But that just because she had no idea what they had done the night before. Yeah, it had just been a few harmless kisses… But the way they'd made Emily feel was anything but innocent.

And then I told her that once we got into the bed we did more that just sleep.

Ali!

Just kidding.

Alison got out of the bed and stretched her arms above her head. When she did, the shirt rode up her back and exposed the same bare skin Emily had seen the night before when the girl had shamelessly changed into her pajamas. On top of that, the shorts hung low on the blonde's hips and exposed the top band of her thong. Emily bit her lip and looked away. Oh the things she wanted to do to that girl.

The former swimmer got her phone off the nightstand and read through her texts. When she came to Paige's messages she read them, frowned and put the phone back down. "Let me shower really quick and get dressed and then I'll drive you over to your house and you can get showered and we'll head to the Brew."

Ali shrugged. "No. That's okay. I'm going to head home and you can pick me up there okay? That way we'll be done at the same time."

"Are you sure? Do you need me to take you now and then come back? I don't like you walking alone." Em turned as Ali changed back into her own clothes and slid on her shoes.

"It's okay Killer," she laughed at Em's protectiveness and her modesty. "I'll be fine. It's midday." She crossed the room and put the fingertips on Emily's jaw. But you're cute. She turned around and headed for the door. "I'm staying again tonight. Your mom said so." She tossed up her hand and disappeared down the stairs.

Emily showered quickly, rubbing the shampoo and conditioner through her hair and rinsing it simultaneously. She lathered up her body and tried not to think too much about the feel of Alison's tongue rubbing her shoulder. But it was too hard and for a moment she entertained the memory and found herself sighing. Emily wasn't a virgin. She'd had sex with Maya a few times, and with Paige a few more times. But for some reason, the simple things that Alison did to her… The way she teased, the way she baited her… It was the hottest thing Emily had ever experienced.

Once she had forced herself out of the shower and back into composure, she dressed in a pair of short blue jean shorts and a button up blue and white plaid shirt with the sleeves rolled up. She brushed through her hair, added some EverSilky and cool-dried it. She put on some simple make-up and checked her appearance in the mirror. She was feeling way more self-conscious than normal and was glad she'd recently painted her toenails when she slid her tanned feet into her flip-flops. She was half way out of the house when the little voice came again in her head.

Hurry up. I'm bored.

Em smiled and locked the house behind her. Her stomach was empty and she was totally thirsty but too, she was all nerves and couldn't have ate yet if she wanted to. She drove her car to Ali's and parked and waited.

I'm here. You ready?

Come inside.

Ali it's after 2:30. We need to go.

You need to come in here. I need your help with something.

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