Reliving life

I awoke in the morning and found myself alone. I knew I had fallen asleep in Alison's arms so where was she now? I called out to her but got no response and decided to get out of bed and see if she was downstairs out of earshot. To my disappointment she was no where to be found and I cursed myself for revealing everything to her the night prior. Had I scared her off or did she just not care?

The only good thing that had come about Alison staying last night is that I hadn't had a nightmare in the early hours of the morning for the first time in 11 months. I ran back upstairs and grabbed my phone off of the bedside unit. I had several messages and a missed call from Hanna but nothing from Alison.

Hanna: Why did the chicken cross the road?

Hanna: ??? Em you ok?

Hanna: Have you slept through tonight? :D

Hanna: Missed Call.

Hanna: Im going to take our silence as a yes and not come rushing to yours as I'm cosy in bed.

Hanna: If you don't reply by 10am I'm coming over!!

Hanna: Oh and I have no idea why the chicken crossed the road so don't ask me.

I quickly checked the time, my phone read 9:57am.

Emily: I'm ok. Slept through :S

Hanna: Oh thank god. I'm still in bed and I'm not ready to come save your ass.

Emily: Brew in a hour?

Hanna: Yeah sounds good

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An hour later I sat on one of the sofas inside of the Brew. It was Rosewoods local coffee shop and the place myself and my friends would meet regularly. I was drinking an americano whilst waiting for Hanna, she always seemed to be late. The Brew wasn't overly busy, probably due to it being a nice day and many people were probably sat in the park. A few people sat at tables with food and drinks and a couple of others sat in chairs reading books they had probably gotten from one of the several bookcases dotted around the room.

Hanna finally walked in, 15 minutes later than planned and she was followed in by Spencer and Aria. I reluctantly told them what had happened the previous night and they all looked at me in shock. Before any of them even had time to comment Alison walked into the Brew with Noel and Jenna. She looked around the room as Noel walked up to the counter to order and her eyes fell upon me. We stared intensely at each other for what felt like an eternity before she suddenly dropped her gaze to the floor and turned on her heels and walked back outside. Jenna and Noel looked at each other confused and after receiving their drinks turned and followed after Alison.

"Wow that was intense!" Hanna commented.

Spencer elbowed her in the ribs and received a glare in return. I just continued to stare at the door Alison had left through, jumbled thoughts running through my head. Aria put her hand on my knee to try and comfort me but it didn't help the feelings of confusion and anger subside.

"Movie night at my house?" Spencer suggested as her comment snapped me out of my daze.

"I'm not really in the mood" I replied sullenly.

"Come on we need a bit of team Sparia and team Hannily time!!" Hanna said whilst basically jumping up and down in her seat.

"Yeah Emily, you need a distraction" Aria piped in.

I didn't have much choice but to agree as I knew they wouldn't let the subject drop until I had. I suppose a distraction would be good right about now however Spencer lived next door to Alison and being that close to her meant I probably wouldn't be able to keep her off my mind for long.

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We had spent the night watching movies, eating pizza and reminiscing. I was quite surprised that I had managed to keep Alison off my mind for the majority of the night. Spencer and Aria had fallen asleep together on one couch, I was on the other and Hanna had voluntarily chosen to sleep on the floor. She apparently preferred it which none of us understood why seeing as it was hard and uncomfortable.

I was finally drifting off to sleep when my phone vibrated. I took it out of my pocket and tried to focus my eyes on the screen as the light contrasted against the darkness of the room.

Unknown: Are you awake?

Emily: Who is this?

Unknown: Alison. Come outside I need to talk to you.

Emily: Why?

Alison: Just do it.

I felt like I was making a mistake but against my own better judgement I quietly got off the sofa, trying not to wake any of the others. I grabbed my jacket and put it over my pyjama top before I walked out of the barn.

"Nice pyjamas" Alison said as she walked out from the bushes separating her and Spencer's gardens.

She was smirking at me but as our eyes connected her smirk faded and was replaced with a look of sadness. I felt angry but seeing the look on her face I couldn't form any words and express my anger towards her. Tears formed in her eyes as she stepped towards me she bowed her head towards the ground as she attempted to wipe the tears away with her hands.

"Alison..." I didn't know what else to say.

I stepped towards her until we were less than a foot away from each other and noticing that she was shivering I pulled off my jacket and put it over her shoulders. I went to speak again but instead I was cut off by her lips on mine. For a few seconds I didn't respond as my brain tried to catch up with what was happening but then I kissed her back. Our lips moving in perfect synchronisation with each other, we only separated for a quick breath of air before continuing. This time it got more heated and I felt her tongue against my lips asking for permission to enter my mouth, which I of course permitted. Our tongues battled for dominance as I placed my hand behind her head and tangled into her hair. Her hands were on my waist and pulling me as close as I could possibly get to her.

We broke apart, panting and our heartbeats racing. As suddenly as it started it seemed to be over and as I went to talk to her again she turned on her heels and walked away without saying a word. I stood there breathless and more confused than before. But wow was that some kiss.