After Emily read the letter, she is a little relieved she will not have to face Paige again. She says "It's probably better like that.". She gives the letter to the girls so as they can read it. One by one, they read Paige's letter, while Emily is still thinking about what happened. A silence appears.
Aria breaks the silence "At least, she did a last intelligent thing by quitting our lives.". The other girls nod. Emily gets out of the bed with difficulty and gets dressed. They are on their way to leave the bedroom when they see two cops entering the bedroom. Emily lets out "Damn it!". The girls are a little worried.
One of the cops breaks the tensions "Hi girls. We need to talk to the five of you. I think you already know why we are here.", the girls acquiesce. During almost one hour, the girls answer the cops's answers. They explain everything, they say the truth. Alison explains what happened to her, without lying. She also explains why she asked the girls to tell anyone she were alive. They explain what happened with -A and show them the picture of Paige, how shim threatened them for years, until the beginning. They explain what happened on the rooftop. And Emily shows them Paige's letter, thinking it can help. They also show the cops some of -A's texts they still have on their phones, to prove them how -A scared them. By hearing all the story, the cops are a little surprised. They finally let them some respite.
One cop concludes "Okay, so, we will not proceed you for this time. Apparently, you received several threats, going up to death. Hanna, your act can be considered as defense. You obviously were in danger, and and -A would have hurt you. Apparently, you kept a lot of things secret in order to protect yourself. But next time something like that happen, you have to tell the police. It's our job to protect the inhabitants. You shouldn't have been scared for years.". The girls acquiesce.
The cop continues, looking at Alison "Alison, we have to warn you that we received a picture of you and the girls during Halloween. And we also received a letter telling us you were alive. A lot of people now know you are alive. We told you parents.". Alison nods.
The cop finally says to the other girls "Your parents are all searching for you. You have to tell them everything is okay and you have to come back to Rosewood. You can't be on the running like that. And for Paige, we are looking for her. The police is currently searching for her. According to the letter, she left for good. We don't know if it is a suicide or a disappearance, we will do everything we can to find her, hoping she is still alive, somewhere.". The girls thanks them and the cops leaves the hospital. The girls are reassured. The girls are on their way to leave the hospital when Alison grabs Emily's hand. Emily looks at Alison.
Alison says "Can I talk to you a second?".
Emily nods "Sure.".
Hanna proposes to the girls "We will wait for you in my car. Don't be too long." with a little laugh.
Alison answers "It will not be too long, I promise.". The girls agree. Hanna, Spencer and Aria leave the bedroom. Emily and Alison wait to be alone to speak.
Alison breaks the silence, still holding Emily's hand "I want to fix things with you before we come back. I'm sorry for not telling you about Paige. I just wanted to protect you.".
Emily smiles, gazing Alison "Ali, I was mad at you. But I had some time to think. I know you didn't want to lie to me. Thank you for letting me a day of respite.".
Alison has the biggest smile "Em...I promise I will not lie to you again.".
Emily answers "I want us to be honest with each other.".
Alison smiles "It's what I want too, Em. We have a second chance. We have the chance to start over again. I don't want to screw up. I already screwed up too much with you.". By hearing this, Emily has the biggest smile.
Emily says "I'm happy you can come back. I missed you so much. I don't want you to leave our lives again.".
Alison answers with a smile "I really missed you too. And don't worry Em, I don't have the intention to leave again. I did that only because of -A.".
Emily smiles and says alleviated "I'm relieved all this -A thing is finally over and behind us. I will just need some time to accept Paige's treason.".
Alison answers guilty "I'm so sorry, Em. I have the sensation it's all my fault. If I hadn't hurt her, she would not have done that to us.". Alison begins to cry.
Emily reassures her, she takes Alison's face in her hands and gazes her "I don't consider it's your fault, Ali. You wouldn't have known. No one would have known. SHE had a big problem in her head for doing this to us and at the same time going out with me.".
Seeing that Alison still cries and feels still guilty, Emily suddenly puts Alison into a passionate kiss. During the kiss, Alison puts her hands around Emily's waist, and Emily puts her hands around Alison's neck. When they break the kiss, they give each other a tight long hug.
Emily says "Come on, Ali. We need to rejoin the others.". Alison smiles and grabs Emily's hand. They go hand in hand to Hanna's car.
When the girls sees Alison and Emily come hand in hand, they smile and start teasing the two girls.
Aria says "You too are just so cute together. You are such a nice couple.". All the girls laugh.
Emily says "Guys, I know I was mad at you for not telling me about Paige. But I finally respect the fact that you wanted to let me some time of respite and don't add me more problems. I am not mad at you anymore.". The other girls smile.
Aria answers "We are sorry for what she did to you. We are concerned about you. We hope you will be okay with what happened someday.".
Emily smiles "Don't worry about that. It will be fine, I just need some time to accept this betrayal.". The other girls are reassured to hear that. They were a little worried about Emily. They get into Hanna's car in order to come back to Rosewood.
During hours, they drive back to Rosewood. Emily is in Alison's arms, she has her head on Alison's shoulder. Alison plays with Emily's hair while Emily plays with Alison's arm and fingers. They can't stop smiling, gazing and teasing each other. During the trip, all the girls call their parents to tell them they are fine. They ask them to meet the girls at the Brew. They want to explain everything to their parents, now it's finally over they can say the truth. And they also want to show Alison in the flesh. Alison is a little worried to call her mum after what she did to her. When she calls her, her mum is shocked and surprised to hear her girl, even if she knew she is alive. When she realizes she is really talking to her daughter, for good, she apologize to Alison for everything. She tells her they will talk about that later. Alison asks her to meet her at the Brew with the other girls and their parents. Her mum accepts immediately. Alison is reassured but she is still mad at her mother and wants an explanation.
When the girls arrive at the Brew, everyone is here, waiting for them. They are already talking. When the parents finally see the girls in the flesh, they are all happy but surprised to see Alison. All the girls embrace her own parents. Alison embraces everyone, her mother hugs her for five minutes. Everyone sit down at a large table. During hours, the girls explain everything. They finally say all the truth to their parents. They apologize for lying to them during all this time. Emily shows the scar of the bullet, her parents are a little angry at her for having taken so much risks. Alison is obviously at the center of the conversation. By hearing the true story, all the parents are shocked and surprised. They didn't expect that. They didn't think Paige capable of doing something like that. After this long conversation full of emotion and revelations, the girls go back to their respective house, tired after everything that happened.
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Many people asked me to do the chapters longer, I tried! :) I hope it's enough long.
And again : sorry for the probable mistakes! English isn't my mother tongue. I hope it is still comprehensible :)
Guys, I'm sure you will love next chapter! Here is a clue : The kissing rock :)