A/N: Let me just say that yes I do speak some Spanish but that's one of the languages I suck at the most so I am sorry if it didn't make sense.

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Alison had a meeting with the employees at the shop. Which was long overdue. Hanna was gonna meet her there too.

"I'll be back around 4ish, let me know if you need anything" they leaned in for a kiss.

"I love you" Alison said.

"I love you too" and Emily replied. She lingered over Emily's lips a little longer and left.

As soon as she got into her car it hit her as to how casual those words came out of their mouths. She could actually feel butterflies in her stomach. She had a big grin on her face the entire car ride.

Some may say it's too soon for those words, but they have been friends since high school and sure, Emily was the first one to fall in love with Alison, but it didn't take much for Alison to feel the same. Only difference was Emily was comfortable with her sexuality at the time and Alison wasn't. But now? If it was up to the blonde, she would write it in the sky that they were together.

Minutes later she arrived at the store and spotted Hanna waiting outside with a cup of coffee for her.

They greeted each other with a hug "Hey Ali"

Alison and Hanna's friendship was not always like this. Even though Hanna had forgiven her, Alison would always feel guilty for making her friend become bulimia, but look at them now. They run The Regina Industries.

"Hey, Han" she held her a little longer. She really missed the blonde, once she pulled away she spoke up again "How are you? Don't give me the 'I'm fine' bullshit, please"

The two blondes were always straight to the point, which is what they loved about each other.

Hanna took a deep breath and looked at Alison "It's hard. I do talk to Caleb about it but there are certain things I just can't talk about… I just end up crying myself into a panic attack and the last thing I wanna do is traumatize him even more" she took a sip of her coffee and heard her phone go off "We should get to this meeting"

"Fine, but this conversation is not over"

They walked into the store and were greeted by everyone. There were a lot of 'I'm so happy you're back' to 'are you ok' which drove Hanna insane. Alison picked up on her anxiety and gave her a squeeze on her bicep and didn't let go.

Everyone went into the back where the meeting would take place. Hanna went over what she wanted to add to the store. She said there would be security cameras added in the store, but in the same breath she mentioned that it had nothing to do with the employees but she simply wanted to add an extra layer of security.

Alison brought up the fact that the store is thriving. That they should be proud of themselves. She remembered one of the managers saying how the employees wanted uniforms and that she wanted to remodel the store a little bit, so she brought that up too which Hanna instantly approved.

The meeting lasted about an hour, after they finished, Alison told Hanna that she'll meet her at The Brew in fifteen minutes given she still had a little work to do in the store.

Everyone at the store loves but at the same time fear Alison. She went around and took pictures of the store so she could brainstorm later how she wanted to remodel it.

She could feel a pair of eyes staring at her, she knew exactly who it was and without turning she spoke up "You know you don't have to stare, you can just come up to me" she heard the girl screeched.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to stare" the small 18 year old said and walked over "Can I ask you a question? And I hope I'm not stepping over the line"

Please don't let it be about the girls, please. She nodded while still taking pictures.

"How are you still single?" That didn't surprise Alison at all. The girl was autistic, which meant she said whatever is on her mind. Which is one of the things everyone in the store loved about her "I mean...you're hot"

All Alison could do was smile and shake her head "Who said I'm single"

"Whoever they are, I will fight them"

Alison chuckled at the 18 year old.

"Wait for me…" she said dramatically walking away. All Alison could do was roll her eyes.

Some moments later she said her goodbyes and went over to The Brew to meet Hanna. She found her sitting in the corner. She ordered her coffee and went to the table.

"Where were we?" Alison asked "...right, what did you mean you didn't wanna traumatized Caleb"

Hanna looked up at the blonde sitting in front of her and she saw the determination in her eyes and gave in "How much did Emily tell you?"

"Besides that the room she was in was an exact replica of the one at her apartment, nothing much" the waiter came by and gave Alison her coffee.

"Well I can't tell you her side of things cause that's not my story to tell but what I can say is that this person thrived on seeing us in pain, physically and mentally," she took a deep breath and took a sip of her coffee before she continued.

"They made me believe that Caleb was actually dead, so for a whole month... I thought I lost him…- one of the things they did was use some sort of voice changer or whatever and they would play Caleb's voice..."Hanna shivered at the memory "...He would be screaming at the top of his lungs and making it sound like he was dying…-" Alison could see she was shaking, she reached out and stroked Hanna's hands.

"- for a whole ass month I thought they murdered him because I wouldn't play their stupid game" Hanna looked up at the blonde again "I probably shouldn't say this, but I'm gonna anyway... Emily took most of the physical stuff"

After that Alison felt a knot in her throat but she ignored it. A little over thirty minutes later they said goodbye and Alison went in her car and drove to her house to change clothing but before doing that, she cried for fifteen minutes in her bedroom.

While she was crying, across her house there was a black SUV that had been stalking and watching her. They followed her from the shop to the coffee shop to her house. This person was just waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike and it wouldn't be long before they got the chance.

Across town, Emily was in her office. She had her headphones on, waiting for everyone to join the call. While she was waiting she got started on responding to all of the unread emails. Which was a lot. She was the one who had to authorize every single thing about the game.

Before Emily and the girls got kidnapped, she was developing a game with her team. The brunette was in charge of the crew but it never felt that way with them. It always felt like they were a group of friends making a game together, which over time, that's what they became.

They were nowhere near done with the game. It was a zombie game with different ways to play it. There is a storyline, there is a horde mode and there's an open world where you can play with friends, which is everyone's favorite because you actually get to build your own base and everything that comes with it.

First one to join the call was Raymundo Pedro Capo, he is from Texas but originally from Colombia. Emily always had a special bond with the man, he reminded her of her dad.

"Hello Emily"

"Hey Pedro"

"Estoy tan feliz de escuchar tu voz, te extraño Emily" the Colombian man said.

"I miss you too man, how's the wife and kids?" Emily asked, since she spends a lot of time with Pedro, Emily slowly but surely started to understand Spanish.

"That woman drives me crazy y los niños tambien. Wouldn't change it for the world…actually, they all made you a 'Get Well' card. It should be arriving soon"

Emily couldn't help but smile. She couldn't wait to meet those kids.

They kept on talking until the rest joined. Isabella, Niko, Riley, Marcelo. All from different parts of the state.

Everyone had their own specialty. Niko was the coding master, he basically makes sure everything is working perfectly. Every door is opening and closing correctly etc. Isabella was the storyteller of the game. Riley and Marcelo were the designers, they were the ones that drew everything, from the leaf's to the buildings to all the characters and lastly Pedro was the one that did the playthrough of the game.

After all the catching up, which took around 30 minutes, they dived head in first into the game.

While she was missing, her team continued working on the game but there were certain things they couldn't do without Emily's approval. So the brunette had a lot to catch up on. She would also do a playthrough, it's not that she didn't trust Pedro but she always liked double checking and even though Niko was the best at what he does, everyone makes mistakes so every now and then Emily would double check his work too.

Working has always been an escape for Emily. She never knew how much passion she had for gaming until Caleb introduced her to it and she's been hooked since then. Caleb was also the one who taught her a lot about coding and everything you need to make a game. He was also the one who helped her set up her office.

Her office consists of four monitors, she had the latest playstation and Xbox, she usually used them for when she had to do a playthrough of the game. Her office was very well kept…almost none of the wires were visible. There are also soundproof wall panels…she put those in after getting one complaint from one certain Karen after she got riled up and Tito started barking out of excitement.

Emily was so deep into her work that she didn't hear her office door opening, but as soon as the door to her office opened, she knew exactly who it was.

Without turning she said, almost in a singing matter "Hi beautiful"

Alison walked towards her to lean down and give her a kiss "Hi yourself, how did you know it was me?" She kissed her one more time.

"Tito" they both looked at the Pitbull.

"You little snitch" Alison said, laughing.

Suddenly she heard whistles through Emily's headphones, she also heard someone say "Give her another kiss!"

"Niko! shut up" Alison could see Emily turning red. So she did what she does best, make her even more red by planting a kiss on her cheeks.

Emily turned to face Alison "You are not helping" she said in a serious tone but with a smile on her face.

"Let me introduce you to my colleagues, who I will fire if they don't behave" she gave Alison her headphones as she pointed at each of their faces "Pedro..Riley..Isa..Niko..Marcelo.."

After all the hellos and nice to meet you's, Emily turned off the camera and muted them. She pulled Alison on her lap and kissed her cheek "Hi"

"Hi again" the blonde said, smiling ear to ear "when do you finish working?"

"Uhh…-" she glanced at the clock "five minutes ago, let me just say goodbye"

"I'm making your favorite" She said, getting off Emily's lap.

"Alison DiLaurentis cooks?" the brunette asked shockingly.

"I have a lot of secrets" she winked before leaving the office.

Alison got a text from Pam, saying she was worried for Tito. He hasn't been eating or didn't wanna leave Emily's room. As hard as it would be to go in Emily's room, she felt some kind of responsibility for the dog.

She decided to swing by Emily's apartment and pick up some toys she knew he would like.

As soon as she opened the door, she could smell Emily's lotion. She could see all the little things that made that her apartment.

On the right wall, there were pictures of everyone. Alison was on Emily's right with Spencer, Hanna was on her left with Aria.

There was another picture of Emily and Hanna, the blonde definitely said some kind of sex joke because Emily had the biggest grin on her face.

There was one of Emily and Spencer. Thanks to Hanna, that photo exists. They were teenagers, they had books splatter across the floor.

The next one was with Aria. The little brunette was making Emily put on her fork earrings. She was not amused but still had a little smirk on her face.

She also had a photo with her parents when she was a baby. Her father had her in his right arm with Pam on his left.

The last one was Emily with Alison. It was a selfie of the two. They were at a park on a bench. They were celebrating Emily's job promotion and Alison's new job with Hanna.

She quickly got the toy and headed for Field's house.

"If you get him to eat and get out of the room I will teach you how to make my famous dish" Pam said.

"You got yourself a deal Mrs. Fields"

"Pam" She said, smiling at the blonde.

She went up to Emily's room and found Tito on her bed. She walked over to him and sat down next to him.

"I know you miss her buddy" she said while petting him "I miss her too" she heard him whimper.

"Oh you big guy" she hugged him and gave him the stuffed animal. He smelled her and started licking her face.

Ten minutes later Alison came down with Tito behind her. He went straight for his bowl of food.

"How did you do that?" Pam asked.

"I may or may not have promised loads of car rides and treats"

After that Alison went in the kitchen as Pam taught her her favorite dish Lumpia. A deep-fried spring roll, stuffed with a mixture of minced meat and chopped vegetables. With a side of fried rice.

Emily could smell the lumpia from her office. She walked out and saw what was the most beautiful thing in her mind.

Alison was in one of Emily's shirts, dancing her heart away.

The blonde could sense Emily staring at her, without turning she said "I don't think it'll taste like your mom's"

Emily walked behind her and wrapped her arm around Alison's abdomen and kissed her cheeks and rest her chin on the blonde's shoulder "I'm sure it taste fine"

As they were eating she heard Emily moaning as soon as she took a bite "Ali, this is amazing…- holy shit"

"I know it's not the same as your mom but…-"

"It's delicious, Ali" Emily reassured the blonde.

Alison smiled, feeling a little proud of herself.

The brunette felt her phone buzz and smiled while answering.

"Hey Toby" Emily said, while Alison got up gathering their plates and went into the kitchen to clean.

"Hey Em, how are you?" Toby asked.

"I'm fine, you?"

"You're such a shit liar Fields"

"Did you call to insult me or what?" She said jokingly.

"Can you drop by the station tomorrow?" Toby asked, trying to hide his shaky voice.

Emily didn't miss it "Yea, why? Is everything ok?"

"Uh yea, just come by"

"Toby…" was all she had to say to break him. In another life she would have made a good detective.

"We may have a suspect"

She could hear Toby talking but it was muffled. Suddenly she couldn't hear, see or smell anything. She was so out of it the brunette didn't even notice that she dropped her phone, which was what drew Alison back to the dining room.

Alison had caught Emily zoning out at least twice since being back. She was starting to get worried.

"Hey, everything ok?" she kneeled down in front of her and placed her hand on Emily's thighs.

No response, but she could hear Toby on the phone which was on the ground.

"Toby, what did you say?"

"I-I just told her we may have a suspect… is she ok?" Alison could hear the concern in Toby's voice. She put the phone down and returned her attention back to the brunette.

"Em?"

Nothing.

"Em, you're kinda scaring me" the blonde said nervously.

She cupped Emily's face with both her hands, which seemed to bring her back "Hi" she said, completely unaware that she zoned out for a couple of minutes.

"Are you ok ?" Emily could see the concerned look in the blonde's eyes.

"Yes of course, why wouldn't I be?"

"Sweetheart, I've been trying to talk to you for five minutes"

"I-I didn't even hear you"

Alison picked up the phone and told Toby that Emily responded and that she'll let him know how the brunette is doing later.

Alison made her go sit on the couch while she cleaned up the kitchen. Before she went into the kitchen, she called Tito for food, she made two cups of tea and settled next to the brunette.

They sat in silence for a couple of minutes. Alison knows Emily sometimes needs silence to get her thoughts in order. So she kept quiet and waited for the brunette to say something.

"How many times has this happened?" Emily asked.

"Maybe twice, I wasn't so sure the first time" Alison was fidgeting with her fingers "I'll make a doctor appointment... what if they missed something?"

Emily noticed her fidgeting with her fingers so she scooted closer and brought the blonde in the arms "I'll be okay, I don't need the doctor, you don't worry too much"

Alison pulled out of her embrace and looked at her very much annoyed and a little angry "don't worry too much? Emily…- what if next time you zone out like that, you're in the driver seat… -I…-I can't lose you again, Em. I…" She could feel tears burning in her eyes.

Emily could see her starting to panic "Okay, baby" she pulled her again into her arms "Okay" she placed a kiss on her forehead.

"Okay?"

"I'll make the appointment, as long as you come with me"

"I was gonna either way"

They've been sitting in the parking lot for about ten minutes. Neither saying anything. Emily has been chewing on the inside of her mouth, to the point she could feel blood in her mouth. Only thing keeping her center was the blonde who was gently rubbing her hands.

Alison was just giving Emily her time to process what's about to happen. She knew she was gonna have to be strong for the brunette.

"I'm ready" Emily finally spoke up.

"Yea?" She kissed her knuckles.

Emily nodded.

They walked in and were met by Hanna, Caleb, Spencer, Toby and Aria. A moment later they were led into a room where they could see the man sitting.

He looked like he was in his 50s, white beard and messy hair, dark blue eyes. He was skinny.

Alison was on Emily's left, Hanna was on her right with Caleb and Aria next to her and Spencer with Toby. All the girls looked at each other, it's almost as if they could read each other's minds. That's not him.

He was being questioned by detective Marco Furey and Lorenzo Calderon. The guy was answering all the questions in detail and getting it all right.

"Toby, that's not him" Spencer said.

"How do you know?"

"This man is skinny, there's no way in hell he could have carried us" which made Caleb, and Alison look at their partner.

They were carried? Alison thought to herself.

"Toby, make them ask about the scar on my right thigh" Emily said, making all the heads turn to her.

While Toby sent Lorenzo the text, Alison whispered to the brunette next to her and placed her hands on Emily's back "what scar?"

"I'll tell you later"

Moments later Marco asked about it. The guy went on and on about how he gave her the scar. He said how he had cut her with a blade and how he enjoyed the blood.

"That's not him" Emily said, certain of herself.

"How do you know?" Toby asked.

"Well, firstly I didn't get the scar like that and secondly it's on my left back thigh" Emily said.

"How did you get the scar?" Toby asked.

She shifted uncomfortably but tried to shrug it off, Alison noticed and stroked her back as a way to comfort her.

"It doesn't matter"

After that Toby got a message from Marco telling him that they could leave. They all decided to meet at The Brew.

Alison and Emily got into the car, most of the car ride was silent except for the soft melody playing. Their hands were interlocked the entire time.

They sat in the car for a few minutes in front of the coffee shop.

"Em, please talk to me" she said softly.

"We will, I promise. I'm just not ready to talk about it yet" she took Alison's hands and brought it to her lips "I promise" and she meant it.

The blonde looked at her seeing if she could spot a hint of lie, she didn't. Once she was satisfied, they went inside. They spotted the girls sitting in the lounge area and joined them.

They sat next to each other and held each other's hand under the table.

Alison felt a little bit out of place, Hanna, Aria, Spencer and Emily shared a trauma that Alison could never understand. She could see they wanted to talk about it, so she excused herself to the bathroom.

Once she left Emily spoke up "You guys need to work on your poker face"

Everyone looked at her confused.

"She could sense that you guys wanna talk but wouldn't because she's sitting here"

"Yea, you're right we're sorry…we just don't know how much you've told her" Aria said.

It was silence for a few seconds before Spencer spoke up "I have that scar too"

Aria and Hanna said at the same time "Me too"

They talked for about ten minutes, still no sign of Alison. She heard them talking about how they got their hopes up and was in desperate need of happy news. Emily knew exactly how to cheer them up but first had to go check on her girl.

"Ali…?"

"In here" she opened the door where the voice came from, finding Alison sitting on the toilet on her phone.

"Are you comfortable there?"

"This toilet seat is more comfortable than you think" she said, nodding her head.

Emily reached her hand out, which the blonde took instantly.

"I just wanted to give you guys some space" Alison said, while wrapping her arms around Emily.

The brunette gladly accepted the hug and kissed her forehead "I know, we appreciate it,"

"We should tell them" Emily added.

"Are you sure?"

"They need it…- and plus it would be nice to actually hold your hands on the table instead of under it" she said, stroking the blonde's cheek.

A couple of minutes later they walked hand in hand, Hanna didn't even give them a chance to say anything "Took you two long enough" Hanna saw their perplexed face "What? You two thought I didn't see how Alison had her hands on Emily's back or how you two were holding hands under the table?"

Aria added "Don't even get me started on the stares"

"We're not that oblivious" Spencer said and then pointed at Hanna and Aria "You two owe me 25 bucks"

They sat back down and couldn't help but laugh.

Even if it was just for a moment, Emily let herself feel happiness. She had the love of her life next to her and amazing friends.

How could they possibly know that there was a dark figure sitting in the corner looking at them? How could they possibly know that there was a plan in place. A plan that has been in the works for months even before they were rescued.

A/N: Okay so I chose the name Pedro Capo because, I might be gay but Pedro Pascal can do whatever he wants with me and Capo because at the time I was writing this Pedro Capo was playing… and Raymundo because well, one of my cousins is named that and he messaged me at the time. So yes I put a lot of thought into the name haha (that was sarcastic btw)

I made a reference to one of my favorite fics, which one of you caught it?

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