"The New Girl"
Geez, you don't need to get your panties all in a twist. Calm down.
So why is Alison in Rosewood?
Rated T for Teen.
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We pull away slowly, my eyes open before hers and I feel like she's memorizing this moment with her heart. She opens her eyes. She looks at me like she's never looked at me before.
"I love you Emily."
She renders me speechless...
I love you? The words I've said to her in my head a thousand times! She's saying them to me! Don't just sit there Emily! Say them back! This is the moment you've been waiting for!
I take a breath, smiling excitedly; I think my eyes say it before I do!
"Maya…"
The curtain whips open surprising us both. My eyes can't believe what they see.
"Alison!"
Chapter 24: Where are the pictures!
Emily POV
"Nooooooo!" I scream in my head. "No, no, no! I have to say it back!"
"Yep, it's me, surprise! Now, get out of there and give me a hug!"
Maya gets up first, "Alison, she's all yours." She leaves. Nooooo!
"Wait!" but I'm too late! I stumble into Alison falling against the photo booth. "The pictures, where are the pictures!" I reach into where they're supposed to fall out but there's nothing there!
"Emily, are you okay? You're white as a ghost."
"What are you doing here?" I'm smiling but I'm not. Maya's gone! The pictures are gone! And Alison's here!
"I had some time off from private school and..."
"Alison, I'm sorry, but did you see anyone take the pictures that came out from here?" I'm panicking!
"Why?"
"It's just they were of me and Maya, Spencer's new neighbor. She lives in your old house." It's me and Maya kissing! Fuck!
I look around and there she stands with a huge nasty grin on her face.
"Paige." I'm seething!
"Paige! Where?"
"Over there. I know she has them." I feel my color coming back to my face.
"The pictures?"
"I have to find Maya but I know Paige took them. Alison, please, I have to go."
"I'll get the pictures Em, don't worry about Paige."
"Thank you!" I hug her, "It's great to have you back but, she's my friend and I need to find her."
"Go Emily, its fine, we'll catch up later."
I rush out of the gym! Where could she have gone? Is she somewhere in the school? Is she home?
I'm guessing home!
I hurry as fast as my heels can carry me running straight into Noel Kahn.
"Whoa! Where's the fire?"
"Noel, please, I have to go."
"And we have to talk." He's keeping me from her!
"We have to wait, did you see Maya, please, it's important."
"So is my mother."
"Noel please!" He hears the nervous panic in my voice.
"Alright, alright. She walked passed me and kind of just looked at me and kept going."
"Where?"
"That way," he points, "I'm guessing towards her house. I offered her a ride but she just kept walking."
I start to go after her but Noel won't let me.
"Noel, please, let me go!" I beg him with my eyes and my body language.
"I will, but hold on a second," he takes off his suit jacket and puts it on me. "It's kinda chilly out."
I smile, thanking him with a nod. And run as fast as I can in these damn heels!
I follow the way to her house and I see someone. It has to be her!
"Maya! Wait!"
She doesn't hear me so I keep after her but a car beats me to her, stopping, the window rolls down most likely offering her a ride.
"Nooo! Maya! Wait!"
I'm too late! She gets in the car and it pulls away. But I keep running.
"Maya!"
But I can't run anymore! I stop, leaning my back against a tree. I'm winded. And my feet are fucking killing me. This can't be happening! Of all the moments in my life I've waited for, why did this have to happen! I hug myself tightly, trying to fight back my tears, but they overtake me, flowing on their own.
I chose the damn pictures! Why did I care so much about those damn pictures! She's gone and I never got the chance to say…
I love you.
Rosewood High
Alison POV
"Paige McCullers, so we meet again. What, no dress?" I snark.
"I thought we finally got rid of you. Aren't you supposed to be in California at your private prep school?"
"Wow, Paige, one might think you're into girls the way you know so much about me," I wink.
"Shut up Alison. And go back where you came from, isn't that hell?"
"Not funny, hand over those pictures."
"And if I don't?" She gives me Paige crazy eyes!
"I'll make sure everyone knows you only bully the girls you want to fuck!"
"You're crazy!"
"And you're still in the closet I see. I wonder what your pastor daddy would think, about his Christian daughter being gayer than Jesus' sandals. Hand over the pictures," I demand with my eyes and my tone.
"You know nothing Alison. I'm handing over nothing."
"Oh really, I seem to remember a love letter you wrote to me in middle school," I cross my arms in front of me. "You know right after you shoved me down on the soccer field. I mean, its' the only way a girl would ever let you touch her, isn't it Paigey?"
"Shut up Alison! And besides, no one will believe you."
"They will if I show them the letter."
Her mouth drops, "You're bluffing. You never would've kept that note."
"You're right. I tore it up and threw it out. But luckily I took a picture with my cell phone just in case you tried anything."
"You're a liar."
"Am I? Are you sure you want to take that chance?"
I hold out my hand and she puts the pictures in it. I look at them and they're all rather innocent. So what was Emily so afraid of?
"Alison!" Hanna shouts!
And when I turn around, Paige disappears…
"Hey!"
"Is that really you?"
"Yep!"
"Alison? What are you doing here all dressed up like the Cinderella you wish you were?" Spencer jokes coming up behind us.
"It's me! And haha Spencer. I had some time off from school so I thought, homecoming weekend, I have to go and see my girls."
"Oh my god, does Emily even know you're here?" she says hugging me.
"Yeah, we barely said hello so I didn't get a chance to tell her anything. She ran off after some girl named Maya or something?"
"Maya! Oh shit!" Hanna freaks.
"Who's Maya and why is that an 'oh shit'?"
"Never mind. What were you doing with Paige? I thought you couldn't stand her."
"I can't. But she stole these from the photo booth while they were in it."
Hanna grabs them out of my hand, "It's Emily and Maya and they're just goofin' around. What's the big deal about that?"
"I was wondering the same thing."
Hanna and Spencer give each other a look and I know I'm out of the loop about something and I'm pretty sure I can guess what it is…
Emily POV
"Emily?"
Huh? What? I wipe away my tears.
"Emily."
I look up and it is her! She's here! But, but how!
"As we were driving away, I saw you in the side mirror of the car; at least, I hoped I saw you."
I throw my arms around her resting my head on her shoulder, "I can't believe that just happened. I can't believe Alison showed up out of the blue right when you said those words to me. I've wanted to say them to you for such a long time."
"You have?" she says in my ear.
"Maya, I've said those words a thousand times in my head and when you said them to me, you flooded me with so much emotion I couldn't find the words I wanted to say back. I needed a second to convince myself it wasn't a dream. And then Alison! It was like I was stunned into silence."
"Emily."
"Maya," I hold open Noel's suit jacket inviting her into the warmth of my arms.
"But Emily, we're outside, people could see," she looks worried for me.
"It doesn't matter Maya. It doesn't matter anymore," I wrap my arms around her keeping us protected from the cool October air.
"It doesn't? Are you sure?" She seems so happy. I'm so happy!
I kiss her! I kiss her out in the open! I kiss her on the sidewalk under the moonlight! I kiss her for anyone to see! And I don't care! I don't care! Look at me I'm kissing a girl! I'm kissing a girl for everyone to see! I'm smiling while I kiss her! I'm smiling and I'm kissing a girl! I'm smiling and I'm kissing a girl and I'm out in the open!
Maya pulls away, "Baby, come with me," she takes my hand, walking me towards an unknown destination.
"Where are you taking me?"
"There," she brings me towards the woods. "We can get to that watering hole from there, right?"
"Yeah but it's a little cold for a swim dontcha think?"
"Yes, but it's the only place I can think of for us to be alone and I'd really like some alone time with you if that's okay?" she winks. I melt. Happy happy face!
Narrator POV
Paige slips into the girls' bathroom and closes one of the stall doors behind her locking it. She takes the last photo strip out of her trouser pocket and looks at it in the light making sure she saw what she saw.
"I knew it!" she clenches her fists in a sign of victory. "I knew you were gay! I could smell it a mile away. And now everyone is going to know that you, Emily Fields, like the ladies! Your mom and dad are going to freak! You'll never walk these halls the same way again! You're done here Emily, you're done!"
But, little does she know, Emily isn't hiding who she is anymore…
Emily POV
We make it to the watering hole in our heels and dresses. Maya leads me to the flat rock by its edge. I lay Noel's jacket over it so we can have something to buffer us from the cold and we sit down next to each other.
"Em, I thought we could do it right this time."
"What do you mean?"
Maya puts her hand against my cheek and pulls me gently towards her just like in the photo booth. Oh! She's recreating our moment!
I love you!
We look into each other's eyes. Her hand reaches to the back of my head. She brings my lips closer to hers. We're lost, once again, in the reflection of the green flecks in our brown eyes. She gently presses her lips against mine. And I feel like I'm one amongst the clouds. The image of our first kiss in the rain and the images of her tender touches, and all the images of being alone together flood my mind. I don't want the kiss to end, ever! It's just as sweet and gentle and everything and more to me! But this time you can see our breath. This time there's a chill in the air. This time I know it's real…
We pull away slowly, my eyes open before hers and I feel like she's memorizing this moment deeper than with her heart, more so with her soul. She opens her eyes. She looks at me like she looked at me in the photo booth…
"I love you Emily."
I can't believe she did this for me! And this time there's no hesitation!
"I love you too Maya."
The leaves rustle in the background blown by a gentle breeze while the moon lights up the night sky with stars sparkling all around us. Her soft smooth skin touches mine, forehead to forehead, and nose to nose, nuzzling each other. Our lips brush tenderly at first with her bottom lip fitting between both of mine. We hold that kiss for a long moment, imprinting it into our hearts. And we kiss again just as gently.
She pulls away slightly so she can scoot closer to me, and she brings my lips to rest against hers more firmly. She's intoxicating! The scent of her vanilla perfume fills my breathing passages and her taste of cherry lip gloss heightens my desire to taste even more of her.
Maya controls the kiss, widening her mouth, guiding my lips to open with hers. She sneaks her tongue so gently into my mouth I barely notice but I can feel its warmth and I play with it with mine. She seals our lips tight, exploring inside while my tongue explores with her. We break for a breath and then she holds me against her mouth for a longer, more passionate exchange…
I can hear the church bells faintly, bong, bong, bong from across town and I quickly pull away jumping up!
"Shit Maya, I have to be home by midnight, we have to hurry!"
"Emily, relax, you're already home. We just need to walk up the path. You'll make it."
"Well, I just don't want to give my mother an excuse to keep me at home and away from you."
"I get it. We can go."
"Maya?"
"Yeah?"
I stop us just before the path ends, "I've wanted this for a while now. I've wanted to tell you and for you to tell me. But I also want to be with you, to really be with you."
The palm of her hand touches my cheek and I rest against it, "We waited this long to say those words so being with you, all of you, can wait a little while longer too. Days? Hours?" she smiles.
By lightening the mood she makes everything feel so much easier. But I'm still feeling nervous about making love because I've never done it before. My heart knows Maya's the one; Maya's the one I choose to teach me how to be loved…
We continue walking through my yard to the backdoor where we enter my house. We hear talking. Who's here at this hour? Natalie?
"Hello?" I say as we walk into the foyer.
The front door opens.
"What's Alison doing here?" Maya whispers gripping my hand in a protective way.
"Oh Emily, I thought you would've come home with Alison. Maya?" She says kind of coldly which I half expected.
"Hello Mrs. Fields, Alison," Maya politely acknowledges them.
"Alison will be staying for the weekend and we have some news for you," my mom moves passed us to show Maya to the door. "And there's your ride." She waves to Hanna and Caleb to wait a minute. "Goodnight Maya," she holds the door open for her.
"Okay," Maya says in a way like 'that was kind of weird' and I totally agree with her.
"Maya, wait!" I walk her outside. "That was the most incredible night I've ever had."
"Me too."
"And Maya…"
"Yeah."
"I don't care who knows."
I kiss her in front of everyone.
"Good night."
"Good night Em," she smiles a grateful and supportive smile.
Alison's smiling but my mother isn't.
But then her attention turns to Alison and her frown seems to change instantly into a smile as she says, "So Emily, I have some great news!"
Alison begins to look uncomfortable.
"Really? What is it?" I have no idea what she's about to tell me.
"Alison is taking you back with her."
"What?"
Alison mouths, "I thought you knew."
"It's all set. You're going to private school in California. You leave with Alison the day after tomorrow."
This can't be happening! California?! The day after tomorrow?! This can't be happening!
Noooooo!
Maya!
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To Be Continued…
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Does Emily go to California? Do Emily and Maya make love?
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