Chapter 13: Going downhill.
Emily's POV
"Noooo" I yelled as I ran crawled towards the body in front of me "Toby, talk to me please!" I knelled next to him.
"Emily…" he barely let out.
"We need to take him to the hospital" said Alison looking around "where's the car?"
"You guys can't go to the city. Your face is all over the news, people may recognize you and call the police" exclaimed Caleb kneeling next to me.
"I can't just leave him here!" I yelled desperate.
"Don't worry about me…" whispered Toby spiting blood out of his mouth.
"Don't say that" I yelled "you are my brother; I can't leave you here" I cried.
"I'll take him to the hospital, but you guys need to get out of here" said Caleb standing up "come on, help me get him to the car"
The three of us managed to get Toby to the car. We laid him on the back seat, I pressed on his wound as he groaned. Caleb got on the driver's seat and Alison on the passenger's seat.
"Can you go faster?" I pressured Caleb.
"I'll leave you guys here" he stopped at a gas station "I'll call you as soon as I get him to the hospital" he handed me a phone.
I looked back at Toby and then back at Caleb.
"I'm trusting you with my life" I said, and he nodded.
"Come on Em, let him make it to the hospital in time" said Alison getting off the car.
"Be strong Toby, you can't leave me" I whispered to Toby and kissed his forehead.
Caleb drove away and me and Alison walked to the front of the gas station. She sat on the concrete and looked up at me.
"Sit down" she said holding a hand up for me to grab. I grabbed it and sat next to her "He's going to be okay"
I grabbed my head in my hands.
"I can't lose him Ali…" I sniffed "he's all I have"
"Hey, he's gonna be okay" she hugged me "look at me" I stared into her eyes. "I'm here, he's going to be okay and… Noel can't hurt us anymore" she said.
"That son of a bitch ruined my life! And now he's gone but still left me with this shitty life!" I stood up angrily.
"Em, calm down" said Alison grabbing my arms.
"I need to be alone Alison" I snapped.
She stayed silent and frowned a little.
"I'm going to get a room" she stood up and started walking towards the motel next to the gas station.
"Fuck!" I groaned under my breath and looked down at my fist. I entered the gas station and bought a couple beers and walked outside to sit on my previous spot. I opened the beer can and stared at the floor.
"Room number 8" said Alison behind me tossing a key next to me before walking away.
I drank the beer on my hand. After I finished it, I opened another one and then another, until I ended drinking the whole six pack. It was getting dark when I decided to check on Alison.
I stood up, my feet shaking and the world moving fast around me. I felt dizzy every step I took. I looked at the number on the door a little too long just to make sure it was the right room. I opened it to find Alison sleeping. I walked to the bed and laid down behind her. I moved her hair to the side and started kissing her neck.
"Emily? What are you doing?" she said sleepy, turning her body so it was facing up.
I ignored her and leaned down to kiss her mouth. I moved so I was right on top of her and pulled her arms on top of her head.
"Emily, stop you're drunk" she said trying to move her hands. I held her wrist tighter.
"Mmmmm, I need to touch you" I whispered on her ear.
I pressed my lips to hers and bit her lower lip. I kissed down her jaw line and down her neck, biting slightly on her collar.
"Emily you are hurting me" she said, and I let go of her hands. I grabbed her hips and pressed myself harder into her. I kissed her hard again and she pushed me by the shoulders.
I leaned down, kissing her once again. I grabbed her legs and wrapped them around my waist.
"Emily stop…" she snapped.
I looked at her and realized what I was doing. I stood up from the bed and ran towards the bathroom. I locked the door and placed my hands on the sink. I closed my eyes and tried to breathe normally. I looked up and saw my reflection. I stayed there for a couple more minutes, the panic I felt for almost hurting Alison sobered me up.
I washed my face with cold water and opened the door slowly. Alison was sitting on the bed, facing away from me. I walked and sat next to her.
"Ali" I touched her shoulder.
"Don't touch me" she said angrily making me pull away. I lowered to the ground and kneeled, I looked up at her.
"Ali, I'm sorry I…" I touched her knee.
"I can't believe you were about to…." She looked away.
"No, no, no, I just…"
"You what Emily?" she snapped. She stood up from the bed and entered the bathroom, closing it behind her. I let out a sigh and stood up from the floor. I walked to the restroom.
"I don't know what got into me" I said leaning my head on the door outside the restroom "you know I would never hurt you"
"Well, you did. You scared me and you hurt me Emily" she replied "I didn't deserve that; I didn't deserve any of this"
I stayed quiet. She was right. Suddenly I started remembering all the bad things I had done in the past. All the innocent people I'd hurt.
"Please forgive me Ali" I stared at the door, a tear rolled down my cheek "I'm sorry I scared you, I'm sorry I'm a fucking mess, I'm sorry for putting your life in danger all the time. I'm sorry for putting you though all of this. No body deserves this. If I could do things again I would, I want to fix all my mistakes, I want to be with you Ali"
"You really scared me" she said in a low voice from the other side of the door.
"I know, please forgive me. The last thing I want to do is scare you away from me" I grabbed the door knob and tried to open the door "please open the door"
After a couple seconds, the door slowly opened.
"Can you forgive me, please?"
She stared at me and then nodded slowly.
"Come here" I said and hugged her tightly.
We walked to the bed and laid down. She placed her head on my chest and I played with her head.
"I'm really sorry Ali" I kissed her head.
"Let's not talk about it anymore" she said.
"You aren't wearing your ring" I told her as I played with her fingers.
"Noel took it from me" she replied. We stayed silent.
"You were right, you don't deserve any of this, Ali. My whole life, I've been making mistakes, I'm dangerous, I don't deserve you" I let out.
"Em… it's my decision to be here with you" she sat down to look at me "I can see how much you regret doing what you did, you have showed me a different side of you, the real Emily, the kind one, the good one, that is who you really are" she kissed me softly on the lips. I smiled.
"I can't stop thinking about Toby…"
"You need to be strong right now, have faith, he's going to be ok" she said.
I nodded and she rested her head back on my chest, after a few minutes, we fell asleep.
At about 5 am I heard a voice, it sounded far away.
"Em, wake up," said Alison.
"What? What's going on?" I said confused rubbing my eyes.
"Caleb's calling you" she passed me the cellphone.
"Caleb?" I picked the phone.
"Emily, Toby just woke up, Fortunately, the bullet didn't damage any organs or nerves so he's good. He's out of danger. But the doctor said he could be released till midnight"
"Oh, thank God. I need to find a way to go see him" I said standing up from the bed.
"I have a friend, she said she can help us get you in his room in like thirty minutes, I'm on my way to pick you girls up" he said.
"Great, we'll be waiting" I hung up.
"What happened?" asked Alison looking confused at me.
"Toby's out of danger, we are going to the hospital to see him" I smiled.
"Do you think that's a good idea? What if someone recognizes you?" she walked to me.
"He's my ride or die. I need to see him Ali, he saved our lives" I looked at her "some friend of Caleb its going to help us get inside"
We walked out the room and we entered the gas station to grab something to eat.
"I got you something else" I told her pulling something out of my pocket. I held out the 25¢ ring that I got from the machine inside the store "I know it's not as expensive as the other, but I want you to know my promise is still standing"
She smiled and hugged me.
"I love you Alison" I said kissing her softly.
"I love you too" she smiled.
We waited for Caleb outside the gas station. After he arrived, we made our way to the hospital. He parked the car on a building right around the corner of the hospital.
"Hanna, this are my friends" said Caleb introducing us to a blonde, blue eyes nurse when we walked inside the building.
"You don't look like a criminal…" she joked.
"She's not" interrupted Alison.
"I mean she basically kidnapped you so…"
Alison glared at her.
"I'm joking" she laughed.
"Can you just take me to Toby's room please?" I said breaking the tension.
"Sure, this way"
We followed her inside the hospital. We walked a long corridor that I believed it was like a restricted area. After a while she managed to take us to Toby's room. As soon as I opened the door, I ran towards him. He was awake.
"Toby" I whispered next to him "how are you?"
"Emily! Alison! What are you doing here, you're gonna get caught!" he said trying to stand up.
"Hey its ok. Hanna got us all covered up" I said, and Hanna smiled "now answer the question, how are you feeling?"
"I'm fine I guess" he said forcing a smile.
"We'll leave the two of you alone" said Alison walking out the door along with Caleb and Hanna.
"Thank you. Oh, and Hanna, thank you for doing this" I said before they walked out.
"Of course," she said.
"What's going on?" said Toby after they left.
"What do you mean? You're in a freaking hospital because of me, I thought I was gonna lose you" I said sitting on a chair next to him.
"It wasn't your fault, Emily; remember I'll always take care of you. I know you could have done the same thing for me" He said holding my hand "I can see that something is bothering you, what happened?"
I let out a long sigh and looked at him.
"Besides of all this mess… I did something really stupid" I said "I almost… forced Alison to have sex with me"
He looked at me confused.
"And when I said forced, I mean…" I stared at him when he gasped.
"Emily what the fuck!" he said frowning "how could you do this?"
"I know it was stupid, but I guess I was a little drunk and..."
"How is she?" he said crossing his arms "how is she still here with you"
"We talked, I apologized and… you know I'll never hurt her" I said sincerely.
"I know. Well, what are the plans now? Noel is dead, if they find his body we are going to be the first suspects. We need to figure out something quick" he said.
"We'll have to wait for you to get out of this bed and we can finally leave, the doctor wants you to wait 24 hours so he can release you" I said with a smile.
"Finally leave…" he smiled.
There was a knock on the door followed by Alison entering the room.
"Hey Toby, how are you feeling?" she asked.
"Hi Alison, I'm good thank you. How about you?" he said looking between the two of us.
"Everything's alright, I guess" she said biting her lip "but we need to talk"
Hanna and Caleb entered the room.
"So, its time for you guys to know the truth" said Caleb, me and Toby looked at him confused "Hanna is not a nurse, she's actually an actress and we have about 10 minutes to leave this hospital before we all go to prison"
Me and Toby looked at them surprised.
"Stop looking and start moving," said Hanna as she started taking off her uniform revealing just regular clothes.
Me and Caleb helped Toby stand up from the bed and sat him on a wheelchair Hanna provided us.
"Come on" said Alison as she opened the door for us.
We walked out of the room and made our way through the long hallway.
We passed the big doors that led us to a room right before leading us to another set of doors to exit the back of the building.
"Hey, you're not allowed in this area. Do you all have your passes?" said a security guard walking towards us.
"Shit" I looked at everyone.
"Hello sir" said Alison "Sorry, we didn't know we needed any kind of passes we're looking for the pediatrics area, my friend here was in a crash with his wife, and he was desperate to see her"
"Pediatrics is on the other side of the building" he replied.
"We apologize, we didn't want to cause any trouble," said Caleb.
"Get out of here" he said as he walked past us.
"Wait a minute" he turned around "I know who you are, you're Emily Fields! Police are looking for you!"
Ali looked at me with wide eyes.
"Put your hands above your head!" he said pulling out his gun "Nurse, call the police"
Two more security guards approached me.
"Get out of here before the police show up" I told Caleb "I need you outside".
Caleb rushed outside, taking Toby and Hanna.
Alison stepped close to me, and I raised my hands above my head.
"Ali, listen to me. Police will think you're still a victim and that I'm keeping you hostage so play along please"
"No, I'm going down with you"
"Please trust me. I need you outside too" I looked at her.
"Stop talking!" yelled the old man.
"Trust me please" I whispered to Alison.
A tear rolled down her cheek and she nodded.
"I love you" she said.
"I love you too"
Police sirens were heard outside the hospital. Red and blue lights glowed inside the large room. There was a loud noise as police officers entered.
"Move away from the girl and get on the ground" yelled an officer walking towards me.
"Keep your arms stretched out and your face down" directed another officer.
I got on my knees and then lowered my body down to the floor. They handcuffed me on and pulled me up.
Alison walked towards them. They pulled her behind them and another officer spoke.
"Emily Fields, you're under arrest for the kidnapping of Alison Dilaurentis"