The girls have just left New York and are now on a bus back to Rosewood. They are shaken up from the events that have occurred tonight. They are all seated in separate seats, but are near each other. Spencer is in the seat across from Aria, Hanna is In front of Spencer and Emily is in the back across from Alison. All of the girls are fast asleep except for Emily. She just can't sleep. It's been about an hour on the bus so far. They are the only people on the bus and her friends are sleeping so she's just left with her thoughts. She doesn't know what to think about tonight. She couldn't be happier that they are bringing Alison back home, but she has a feeling this isn't quite over, even though Shana is de-. Before Emily can finish her thoughts, she hears a loud gasp. She looks to her right to see Alison now awake and sweating, she looks terrified. The others did not wake. She quickly gets off her seat to go sit next to Alison. She wraps her arms around her shoulders and just holds her. "Ali it's okay I'm here! You're safe! It's okay!" Alison is now softly crying on Emily's shoulder. "It was just a nightmare Ali, you're with me you're okay." Emily kissed the top of her head. After a few moments of silence, Alison was not crying anymore.

Alison: "Em?"

Emily: "Yeah?"

Alison: "Thank you." She says softly.

Emily: she furrows her eyebrows. "For what?"

Alison: softly sighing. "For not ignoring me or being a bitch to me even after how I treated you."

Emily: "Alison, I care about you too much to hurt you. You've told us what you've gone through and that's horrible. I know you weren't the nicest of people to me, but I forgave you a long time ago. So don't worry about it okay? I'm not leaving you alone and I'm not letting you leave again either."

Alison's POV

She really never stopped caring about me. I love her for that.

Alison: "You know I wasn't lying when I told you, you were my favorite, right? Because it's the truth, you were and still are my favorite Em."

I looked up into her brown eyes and saw nothing but love. She had a wide grin on her face and she laid her head back down on mine as I laid my head in the crook if her neck. The way she looked at me, wasn't with pity or anger. I never should have let her go. I should have ignored -A and told her how I really felt. I don't want to hide it anymore. I want to tell her how I actually feel. I just hope she doesn't think I'm lying. What reputation is there to keep anymore? Once people find out I faked my death, they are going to hate me even more and think I did it for attention. I sigh softly and try to get some sleep. Before I'm fully asleep, I hear Emily.

Emily: "Ali?"

Alison: "Hmm?"

Emily: "Do you want to stay at my house for tonight? Or for however long you'd like. Until you're ready to stay at your house and tell people. I mean I understand if you'd rather ju-"

Alison: I interrupt her and let out a small giggle. "Slow down Killer. I would love to stay at your house. I'm not sure how long, but what about your mom?"

Emily: "She's in Texas with my dad. So we'll have the house to ourselves. If that's okay with you? We could always have the others stay the night with us."

Alison: "No. I don't mind. Besides, I want to talk to you about something... Alone."

Emily: "Oh, okay. Is everything alright?"

I can feel her heart start to race and I can tell she's nervous about what it could be. I'm sure glad she can't feel mine, if she only new how nervous I am.

Alison: "I don't want to talk about it here, okay? Let's wait till we get to your house."

Emily: "Okay. You can go to sleep, I'll let you know when we get home. I can't really sleep right now anyways."

I smile at how sweet she is. I'm glad that hasn't changed.

Alison: "Thanks but I can't really go back to sleep now either. We can talk if you want."

She nods her head and we talk about random things that happened when I was gone for the last hour and a half. It's nice to have a normal conversation for once. I haven't had a normal conversation with anyone in a long time.

We finally arrive at a bus stop in Rosewood. I take a deep breath and take Emily's hand as we walk out of the bus, the others following suit. It is night time, so there is nobody around.

Spencer: "Ali, do you want me to take you home? Since you're right next door?"

Alison: "No. Um I'm actually gonna stay at Em's for a while."

Spencer nods her head and hugs me goodbye, along with Aria and Hanna.

Hanna: "Bye Ali. Please call if you need anything, okay? Em make sure she stays safe."

I give her a soft smile and nod my head.

Emily: "Don't worry Han, I want her safe as much as you guys do. I won't let her go anywhere without me by her side."

Emily replied with a serious face. I have to admit, protective Emily is pretty damn hot.

Aria: "Alright well we'd better get going. We should get some sleep. It's looking like we're going to have a pretty big day tomorrow."

Alison: "Yeah I agree. Let's go Em."