You Saved Me (Emison Fanfic)

Ch. 5 - "And?"

"And?"

The realization of what was happening hit Alison full force and it felt like the air was knocked from her lungs.

He said Rm 13, Rm 13...that was Emily's room!

Alison sat up in the bed, her heart pounding so forcefully in her chest she winced from just taking a breath. She knew that she wouldn't have enough strength to stand, but her Emily was in trouble and she needed to go to her.

Ali managed to stand, placing most of her weight on her good foot, ignoring the pain from her casted one. She hobbled to her door and opened it wide, gripping with all her might to the door frame.

"Miss, DiLaurentis, what are you doing? You should be in the wheelchair, the doctor has orders-"

"Fuck the doctor's orders!" Alison pushed past the young nurse who was trying to get Alison back into her room and practically ran down the hall to her right, went through the double doors, banked a left and another and...

Firm arms wrapped around her waist before she could push the door open.

"LET ME GO! LET ME GO!"

There were grunts from behind her as Ali was lifted from the floor, her feet kicking at anything it could make contact with.

"Oh shit, she's strong."

Alison beat her hands down at the arms holding her a vice, trying desperately not to get dragged further from Emily than she already was.

Once she was in the open, back through the double doors, the arms loosened from behind her, as if she was about to be let go.

In her ear she could hear a voice, "calm down Ali. Calm down."

Ali? No one in this hospital except Emily knew her nickname.

Alison stopped cold and turned her head around to look at who had had their arms around her.

"Caleb?"

Caleb smiled weakly and set Alison down on the ground, careful not to let her press any weight on her bad leg. Once Ali was set down, she looked around and seen Toby pushing a wheelchair towards her and Ezra with his arms crossed, talking to a nurse at the desk, trying to calm her down.

Ali's eyes flooded and she grabbed Caleb's shoulders, bringing him into a hug. She pulled away quickly when all Caleb could say was "uuuh."

Ali nodded at Toby and let him help her into the chair. She fixed the messy strands from her face and looked up at the tanned boy, "I-I'm sorry, I just- it's good to see someone...you know, from home."

Caleb nodded and Ali wanted to look away from the now three men standing in front of her, but she couldn't. Neither one of them met her gaze, but Ali zeroed in on their faces, taking in the bags, the way their posture was, the wrinkled clothes, the mussed hair...they looked just as about tired as she felt.

Caleb ran his hands through his hair and finally looked at Ali, "yeah, no, I get it, I'm sorry, I know this is uh all hard-"

"No, please, don't say you're sorry, I should be the one apologizing, if I had never gotten the girls so involved in my life-"

"Alison, stop." It was the first time Ali heard Ezra speak in a long time and she found herself closing her mouth.

"Alison, no one is blaming you for what happened," he got choked up and both Toby and Caleb gripped his shoulders, "to the girls. No one is apologizing for that. It was a bad call made by the airlines and a freak storm."

He spoke very matter of factly and Ali had a hard time thinking of anything else to say.

After the initial shock of the three of them being there wore off, she had a difficult time concentrating on anything but Emily.