Chapter 8: The hunt starts.

Emily POV

I woke up, feeling emptiness beside me. I turned to look at Ali's side and she wasn't there.

I stood up from the bed in a quick single motion and ran to the door. I was about to open it when I heard a click behind me. The bathroom door opened, and Alison walked out.

"Where are you going?" She asked confused while drying her hair with a towel.

"Nowhere" I said and chuckled "I thought you left"

"Don't worry, I won't leave" she said as she looked at herself on the mirror. I watched her from the door. The way she fixed her hair and how small water drops traveled down her neck. I bit my lip. I looked up and down her body, she was beautiful.

"Stop looking at me like that" she said, looking at my reflection on the mirror.

"How?" I raised an eyebrow.

"The way you look at girls so they will fall right for you" she smirked.

I chuckled.

"But you're not like the other girls. I doubt I may cause that effect on you, right?" I grinned.

"You're right" she smiled devilishly.

"but... I can prove you otherwise" I said, slowly walking towards her.

"Can you?" She turned around to face me "how?" She challenged with her gaze.

"I just have to look at you..." I said.

She raised an eyebrow.

"I know...you want... to kiss me" I whispered against her lips.

She looked down at my lips and leaned closer, our lips almost touched but I took a step back.

"Told you" I smirked.

She frowned and grabbed me by the collar of my shirt, kissing me hard.

"Wow, you really wanted to kiss me" I joked when she stepped back, she rolled her eyes.

"You didn't?" she bit her lip.

I smiled and pulled her closer connecting our lips again. We broke the kiss and smiled.

"Come with me" I said as I walked towards the door.

"Where are we going?" She asked.

"I'm going to teach you how to swim" I smiled.

"I just showered" she crossed her arms.

"You can shower again!" I pulled her hand "come on"

We walked out our room and headed to the big lake on the back of the motel.

I took my shirt off and my pants. I made my way to the cold water and turned to Alison.

"Are't you gonna join me?" I asked.

She smiled and started taking her clothes off. I watched as she slowly made her way towards me.

"It's so cold!" she shivered.

"Don't worry, you'll get used to it" I swam towards her.

I taught her basic movements so she could learn how to float and swim faster.

"That was nice" she said as we both enjoyed the water.

"Yeah" I said, and she swam towards me.

"Em?" she said.

"Yes?" I replied.

"I have to tell you something really important" she breathed.

"What is it?" I asked worried.

She took a deep breath.

"This is harder than I thought" she laughed nervously.

"Just say it Ali" I said smiling.

"Before you, my life was boring, empty and without any purpose. Then you came, with your mysterious personality and your charms. You were friendly and made me feel protected, like someone finally cared about me. I wanted you to check on me every day just so I could see your face. Now my world its upside down..." she closed her eyes and when she opened them there were tears rolling down her cheek "... because I fell in love with you, Emily."

I looked at her surprised, not able to talk. My mouth open and my eyes widened.

"Remember when CeCe and I were talking?" She said "you walked into the room, and we remained silent?

I nodded.

"She told me that she felt that you were attracted to me, that she saw the way you protected me and looked at me, that you treated me too good. I said you were just being nice. That nothing would happen because I was... your victim" she closed her eyes and opened them to look straight at mines "I just want to know if she was right ... Do you feel or felt something for me?"

I pulled her closer by the waist. Her legs around my hips and my hands holding her thighs.

"I'm madly in love with you, Alison" I said, and she smiled.

We connected our lips in a slow kiss. I felt her smile and I broke the kiss.

"We need to talk about something, let's go inside" I said, and she looked at me worried.

When we walked inside the motel, Mary received us with some hot breakfast, and we decided to enjoy a good meal before talking.

After eating we headed to our room and showered. We were getting ready when I heard a car engine. I looked out the window and saw two men getting out of a car. My eyes widened when I identified them.

"Alison! We need to get out of here now!" I ran and grabbed our stuffs. Alison looked out the window.

"What's going on?" She asked panicking "who are they?"

"I'll tell you when we get to the car!" I said and she nodded.

I opened my small backpack and looked for something that I knew I was gonna need.

"Found it" I said as a placed the cold metal on the waistband of my jeans.

"It's that a gun?" Asked Alison with wide eyes.

"Yeah, you don't know what this people are capable of" I said and grabbed her hand "don't be scared, I'm not gonna let anything happen to you"

She nodded and we walked to the door. I opened it slowly and walked out. Alison right behind me. I saw Mary and Greg talking to the guys, so I looked at Alison letting her know that we needed to run to the car. I noticed Greg saw me from the corner of his eye and he turned the guys to look to the other side of the motel. That was our signal.

"Shit" I said when I stepped on a piece of wood.

"Hey!" The two old guys turned to look at us.

"Alison, run!" I yelled.

We started running towards the car. Suddenly there was a gun shot.

"Oh my god" Alison cried.

"Come here" I pulled Alison around the car, and we covered ourselves.

"Emily! I have a message from Noel" yelled one of the guys "give us the girl and he'll let you live and go wherever the fuck you want"

"Stay back!" I yelled back.

"Let me go with them" said Alison looking into my eyes.

"What? Are you insane!" I looked at her with wide eyes "let's go"

"How are we gonna get out of here Em? They are shooting at us" she said.

"Alison, listen. I need you to get in the carand turn on the engine. I'll distract them, okay? That's the only way we can get out of here" I said.

"What if something happens?" She said worried.

"I promise nothing is going to happen" I said and kissed her softly "do you trust me?"

"Yes" she kissed me once again.

"Okay, ready?" I said and she nodded "tell Noel to go fuck himself you mother fuckers" I yelled as I stood up shooting back at them.

Alison opened the driver's door and turned on the engine, scooting over to the passenger seat.

"Agh" groaned one of the guys as a shoot his leg "you bitch!"

The other guy leaned down to help him and I got into the driver seat and took off.

"Are you okay?" I said to Alison.

"Yeah" answered Alison "oh my God, Em you're bleeding!" she yelled.

I looked down at my body and saw my shirt stained on the side where the ribs are.

"Fuck" I groaned.

"You need to stop" she said as she tried to lift my shirt.

"Not until we're far from here" I said forcefully.

"Emily please," said Alison.

"Alison, we need to get out of here first. Look, we are near a small town where I used to come fishing with Toby, we'll stop there okay?" I said.

"Fine" she said as she looked at me, worry on her eyes.

"I'm gonna be okay" I said to her and chuckled a little "ahh, it hurts" I over reacted.

"Emily!" she said "stop playing like that"

"Fine I'll stop" I said, and she rolled her eyes "can I have a kiss?" I looked at her.

"No" she replied looking out the window.

"Please" I poked her side.

"Emily stop moving, you're gonna hurt yourself" she said, and I laughed.

"I'm just joking Ali, it's just a small cut, the bulled didn't hit me" I said.

She frowned.

"So, if I stop playing around, can I get a kiss?" I grinned.

She rolled her eyes and turned to look out the window again.

"Maybe" she whispered, and I smiled.