Emily woke up at her usual time of 6am; she got out of bed as quiet as possible so she didn't wake Alison up; as she was really not a morning person. Before she left the house she quickly made herself a coffee and checked her phone; she noticed that she had a text message from a blocked number; it read:
I hope you had sweet dreams last night Emily, because I'm going to make your life a living nightmare. –A
She quickly locked her phone before walking out of the house and locking it behind her. She was out running for about an hour and a half, and as per usual when she got home Alison was making breakfast. But this morning something was different, she only had two plates on the table and Olivia wasn't by her side watching her mommy cook.
"Morning" Emily said as she walked through the door.
"Morning babe, how was your run?" Alison greeted her wife with a quick peck on the lips.
"It was good, where's Liv?" Emily asked worried about her daughter, even more so now that there was a new A in town.
"She's sick, her temperature was really high and she keeps throwing up" Ali said.
"Is she still in bed?" Emily asked and Ali just nodded. "Okay I'm gonna go check on her" Emily walked upstairs to Olivia's bedroom to see her sleeping peacefully in her purple bed; she kissed her head and quietly left the room.
"Mommy" Olivia said in a quiet voice, Emily turned around and sat on her bed.
"How are you feeling sweetie?" Emily asked and Olivia crawled onto her lap.
"Not good mommy, can I have some food?" Olivia asked cuddling into Emily's chest. Emily just nodded and walked back downstairs to the kitchen where Ali was sat at the table waiting for Em.
"Hey Liv, are you feeling better?" Alison asked the little brunette who was sat in Emily's lap. Olivia stayed silent and she just shook her head.
"She wants something to eat" Emily said before taking a bite of her omelette. Alison nodded and made Olivia some toast, they all ate their breakfast in a comfortable silence. Once they all finished eating Olivia fell asleep again but this time on Alison's lap and Emily decided she needed to show Ali the text she received before she leaves for work.
"I got a text from the new A this morning" Emily said with worried eyes, she showed Ali the message and she was livid.
"I just don't understand why people wanna keep screwing with our lives Em, why is it always us?" Ali asked trying to be quiet so she didn't wake Liv up.
"I don't know but it did feel good having 6 years without any strange messages" Emily said and Ali nodded her head in agreement.
"True, and I better get going those kids aren't going to teach themselves" Ali smiled, she handed a sleeping Olivia to Emily and she gave them both a kiss goodbye.
"Charlotte asked me and Olive to lunch today but I don't think she's well enough to go out, shall I ask her to come here?" Emily asked Ali and Alison nodded her head. After everything Charlotte put Emily through she forgave her and is willing to build a relationship with her sister in-law and that put a smile on Ali's face.
"Yeah I think she'd like that" Ali smiled.
"Also should I bring up the new A or not?" Emily asked worried about saying to wrong thing to Charlotte.
"Probably not, I mean I know it's not her doing this but she's just been doing so well over the past couple of years and I don't want to ruin that" Ali said and Emily nodded her head with a smile, letting Ali know that she wouldn't bring it up.
"Okay I'll see you later, be careful and I love you" Emily smiled following Ali to the door.
"Yeah I will and I love you too" Ali said giving Emily one last kiss before leaving the house to go to work. When Alison left the house Emily put Olivia into her bed and had a quick shower, she quickly dried off and got ready for the day. Then her phone buzzed, she was a little anxious to look at it because she was scared it was going to be another text from A, but it wasn't it was from Charlotte.
'Hey Em, are we still on for coffee later?'
'Hey, would it be okay if you came over here instead of going out? It's just Olive woke up this morning not feeling too good.'
Charlotte was quick to reply.
'Awh poor baby, and yeah that's fine I'll be over in ten is that okay?'
'Yep that's great, Liv will be happy to see you!'
Emily went to check on Olivia who was laid wide awake in her bed.
"Auntie Charlotte's coming over" Emily told her daughter and her face just lit up with excitement.
"Mommy I have to get up I wanna see her" Olivia said excitedly, which made Emily smile because even when she's sick she still gets super excited. Emily helped get Olivia changed and just as she was about to do her hair they heard the door close.
"Emily?" Charlotte called and Olivia ran down the stairs and hugged Charlotte's waist; Charlotte had the biggest smile on her face.
"Hey Charlotte" Emily said with a smile once she reached the bottom step, they all walked into the living room. Olivia was sat on Charlotte's lap, ever since Olivia could walk whenever Charlotte was around Olivia was always either in her arms or following her around like a puppy.
"You're definitely her favourite auntie" Emily smiled looking at the two of them, once Emily said that Charlotte's face lit up and she was smiling from ear to ear.
"Well that's a good job because she's my favorite niece, well she's my only niece but if I had any more she would still be my favourite" Charlotte let out a little laugh; which was something that she never used to do. When Charlotte was admitted to Radley she thought that nobody would ever love her again, but that was the complete opposite of what happened. Alison visited her every day and Emily went with her when she could and so did Jason, this was the reason she put so much effort into getting better; because she knew she had a family who loved her and even after everything she put Emily and Ali through they still forgave her.
"I'm sure she will be happy about that" Em smiled at her daughter; who was now asleep in Charlotte's arms.
"Yeah, hey Em, um.." Charlotte paused and Emily was now concerned that something was wrong.
"Is everything okay Char? You know you can tell me anything right?" Emily reassured her, and Charlotte just nodded her head shifting in her seat but carefully so she didn't wake Olivia up.
"Have you seen Sara Harvey? She's back in town I saw her yesterday I saw her at the grocery store" Charlotte looked worried about it.
"Yeah I saw her yesterday as well, I was on a run and she was at the brew I didn't see what she was doing but she looked like she was waiting for somebody" Emily looked at Charlotte, who was still looking nervous.
"Em, I just want you to know that just because she's back I'm not going back to playing the game. That's not who I am anymore I hope you know that" Charlotte sounded sincere and she kept looking down at the little girl who was snuggled up on her lap.
"Charlotte of course I know you wouldn't do that again" Emily paused, thinking about whether she should tell her about the new A. But Charlotte spoke again bringing Emily out of her thoughts.
"Have you been getting texts again?" Charlotte asked Emily with a concerned look on her face. Emily nodded her head slowly wondering why she was asking.
"Yeah how did you know about this new A?" Emily asked and Charlotte's facial expression changed from concerned to sad.
"Before I came here I was at The Brew and I saw Aria there and she came over to me basically telling me to stop and I didn't know what she was talking about so I asked her to tell me and she did, she said that there was only Spencer who hadn't received a text" Charlotte said and now it was Emily's turn to be concerned.
"Did Aria yell at you? What did she say to you?" Emily asked and it was clearly too loud because Olivia started waking up.
"No she didn't yell at me she just told me to stop sending the messages and I asked her what she was talking about and she basically told me how you all got texts from A and she said that it's sick that I would threaten my own niece and getting other people to take pictures at her party, then she told me she's gonna turn me into the cops if she gets another one" Charlotte explained pausing for a second and tears started building up in her eyes. "Em you have to believe me it isn't me doing this I promise, I would never do anything to hurt Olivia and I would never threaten her" now she had tears streaming down her cheeks.
"Oh Charlotte, I know it's not you and I know you wouldn't put Liv in any danger and so does Ali" Emily said wrapping her arm around Charlotte pulling her into a hug to try and calm her down. Once she calmed down Olivia was now laid on the couch opposite them, after about five minutes of silence Charlotte spoke again.
"How can you be this supportive towards me after everything I put you through Em?" Charlotte asked looking down at her hands in her lap.
"Because I know that you're actually a really sweet and caring person, and I got to spend time getting to know you and you're living proof that people really can change and become better people" Emily gave her a supportive smile. "Plus you're my sister now and I never had one growing up so how could I stay mad at my only sister?" Emily added which made Charlotte smile from ear to ear.
"I love you sister" Charlotte smiled at Emily.
"I love you too sister" Emily pulled Charlotte into another hug. They spent the rest of the day just talking and taking care of Olivia, Charlotte went to get coffee for them both and Ali because she normally gets home about four o'clock. When Charlotte got home Ali was sat on Emily's lap just hugging her, Liv was still asleep on the couch in the same spot as she was when Charlotte left.
"Hey" Charlotte said placing the drinks on the coffee table.
"Hey" Emily and Ali said at the same time.
"So did you two have a good day?" Ali asked, looking between her wife and her sister.
"Yeah, we just spent the afternoon talking and stuff, but Liv kept waking up every so often her temperature hasn't changed but she hasn't thrown up anymore so that's good I guess" Emily informed her wife. "You haven't got another text from the new A have you?" Emily asked and Alison just glared at her as if to say shut up because Charlotte doesn't know.
"Are they calling themselves A?" Charlotte asked and Ali looked at her confused but nodded her head. "You'd think they'd be more original wouldn't you, like call themselves B or something" Charlotte joked.
"I know right" Emily laughed along with Charlotte and Ali sat there still confused at how Charlotte knows about it.
"Wait how do you know?" Ali asked once again glaring at Emily, because she told her not to bring it up around Charlotte.
"Aria told me and she thought it was me doing it again" Charlotte sighed and the sad look on her face returned.
"I swear to god I told her that it wasn't you and she just went behind my back and blamed you anyway" Ali said angrily and at that Emily put a hand on her thigh to try and calm her down.
"Ali calm down its okay" Charlotte smiled trying to reassure her sister, but Alison just shook her head.
"No its not okay Charlotte she is supposed to be my friend I told her to drop it and she still went behind my back and tried to blame you for something that you haven't done, she clearly can't see how much you love me, Em and Olive." Alison said almost yelling.
"Ali baby just breathe" Emily said softly rubbing her hand up and down her wife's back trying to calm her down. "How about I make us something to eat? Charlotte are you staying for dinner?" Emily asked standing up from the couch.
"Yeah if that's okay with you guys?" Charlotte replied and Emily just nodded her head and then went into the kitchen. Ali and Charlotte were sat in a comfortable silence until Olivia started to wake up, she was looking around the room with a confused look on her face; Ali picked her up and placed her on her lap.
"Mommy my belly hurts" Olivia said in a tiny voice which was almost a whisper; Alison felt Olivia's forehead.
"I'll get you some medicine sweetie and a drink of water yeah?" Alison asked her daughter and she just slowly nodded her head.
"You're such a good mom Ali" Charlotte smiles at her sister and her niece. "I still remember the day you told me you were pregnant" Charlotte says thinking back 4 years ago.
"Charlotte you have visitor" the nurse said opening the door as the nurse left Emily and Alison walked through the door hand in hand.
"Hey guys" Charlotte said as Emily pulled up two chairs one for herself and one for Ali.
"Hey, how are you?" Alison asked her sister, she kept shifting in her seat which made Charlotte a little curious at what's wrong with her little sister.
"I'm great the nurses have just been telling me that I could be getting released next month" Charlotte beamed.
"That's great; I bet you can't wait can you?" Emily asked, she noticed how much Ali was moving about in her seat.
"Okay Ali what's up with you, you can't seem to sit still" Charlotte stated a little worried about her sister.
"Sorry I'm just nervous, we have some news and I don't know how you're going to take it" Alison said taking Emily's hand in hers and intertwining their fingers.
"You're pregnant" Charlotte said and Emily and Alison's eyes just went wide and they looked at each other.
"How did you know?" Emily asked putting an arm round Ali.
"Well you're just being really gentle with her, not that you normally aren't, just more than usual and look at her she's practically glowing" Charlotte shrugged. "So how far along are you?"
"6 weeks" Alison smiled placing a hand on her still flat stomach.
Charlotte smiled at that memory and she was lost in her own little world.
"Charlotte are you okay?" Alison asked, and she just nodded.
"Uh, yeah sorry what were you saying?" Charlotte shook her head a little bit and looked up at Emily who was standing in the doorway with Olivia sleeping in her arms.
"Em burnt the food" Alison smiled at her wife, "as per usual" she whispered but Emily heard her.
"I heard that Ali and I got distracted" Emily rolled her eyes.
"Whatever, anyway were going to get a takeout what do you want?" Ali asked grabbing her phone from the table so she can order the food.
"Ummm, ill have whatever you guys are having" Charlotte said tucking her feet underneath her on the couch.
"Do you still want pizza Em?" Alison asked and Emily just nodded her head.
"Yeah are you ordering it?" Emily asked and Ali nodded her head. "Okay I'll give her some medicine and put her to bed" Emily said before walking up the stairs.
The pizza arrived at their house about half an hour later and they all stayed up way past midnight watching Netflix.
"You know you shouldn't really Netflix and chill when your sister is in the room and your daughter is upstairs" Charlotte laughed, Emily's cheeks turned pink and Ali just laughed.
"She literally just gave me a kiss right as you looked" Ali said Emily's cheeks still pink so she buried her face in the crook of Alison's neck.
"Okay maybe she did but just as the movie started I was worried you were going to swallow each other" Charlotte laughed quite loud and when she stopped the house was silent because the movie had stopped, there was a screaming noise coming from upstairs. Emily shot up and ran straight to Olivia's room, Charlotte and Alison right behind her.
"Liv, baby it's okay you're me, mommy and auntie Charlotte are here nobody's going to hurt you chick" Emily said running her hand gently up and down Livs back to try and calm her down.
"I had a bad dream again mommy" Liv said her voice barely above a whisper.
"Again that's like the fifth one this week, was it the same one?" Emily asked and Liv shook her head, Ali crouched down in front of Liv and Charlotte sat on the end of the bed.
"Do you want to tell us what it was about?" Alison asked and Liv started to cry.
"You and mommy left me at the park and… and I couldn't find you anywhere and then I went home and nobody was there everyone left me" Liv started to cry even more, Alison and Emily looked at each other clearly worried about their little girl thinking that they would leave her all alone.
"No sweetie it was just a bad dream, mommy and I would never ever leave you, you know that right? And if we did have to go somewhere Auntie Charlotte or Uncle Jason would take care of you. But we would never leave you all alone sweetie" Alison said clearly sad that their daughter would think that they would leave her.
"I know" was all Liv said before falling to sleep in Alison's lap, they tucked her back in bed and went back downstairs.
"I'm gonna go now it's almost 1am" Charlotte said before looking at her phone, just as she put it back in her pocket it buzzed. "It's from a blocked number" she said her eyes going wide as she read the text.
"Is it from A?" Emily asked and Charlotte nodded before reading it out loud.
"Now let's see how you like it –A" Charlotte said looking at Ali then Emily who looked really scared. "Hey do you guys mind if I stay here tonight?" Charlotte asked putting her keys on the side as Ali shook her head.
"Not at all come on let's sort the spare room out for you" Emily smiled before the three of them walked upstairs. They all changed into their pjs and headed to bed.
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