That Kiss - Emison

My Escape

Alison's POV:

That was so weird. I think back to Ben speeding off in his car, leaving Emily in the road like a neglected puppy. I've never seen Ben angry, but I'm assuming he was this morning. To be honest, I don't really see much of Ben at all. I see his brief interactions with Emily in the corridor, the quick kisses that they share by the lockers before they each head off on their separate ways to class, but apart from that, I don't really know the boy. I know him well enough to know that I don't like him. Maybe my opinion is tainted by jealousy, or maybe I just have a sixth sense that he's not a great guy. Either way, I'm selfishly happy at the thought of them fighting.

It is the break between second and third period, which is only 20 minutes. I walk out of my English class, my mind feeling overloaded with information that I know I'll never give a second thought to again. I walk over to my locker to drop off my books, groups of friends crowded in the halls. Noel Khan and some of his friends are stood by my locker, which is next to Noel's.

"Hey, Ali" Noel flirts, turning and leaning his arm against the side of my locker as he speaks to me.

"Hey" I reply, neatly piling my books up in the bottom of my locker.

"How's Emily?" 

Immediately my heart drops. Does he know? How does he know? Oh shit, someone must've seen us last night, outside of the restaurant. SHIT! I knew we shouldn't have gotten so close in public...

"What?" I ask, remaining confident as I talk, ensuring not to give anything away.

"You haven't heard? Emily called it quits with Ben this morning."

"Oh" I reply in a softer voice. Why hasn't she told me yet? This is big. I feel a wave of relief come over me, not only because Emily and Ben are no longer a thing, but because Noel doesn't know about Em and I. 

"I guess you girls don't tell each other everything" Noel shrugs. "You should check in on her" He adds, before slowly spinning back around to face his group. 

I stand by my open locker, staring at the books inside, in a daydream. A smug look creeps onto my face as I realise that I won. Ben lost and I won. I don't even know where I want things to go with Emily. Well, I know where I want them to go, but it's whether I'll let myself go there. But even still, I feel like my power has just surged back into my body, reassured that no one is my competition. With the sudden life that has been released inside of me, I slam my locker shut, the sound causing Mona, who is to my right, to jump.

"Scare you?" I ask in a fake-sweet tone, her chin tucking into her neck as she turns back towards her locker in silence.

Intimidated stares to follow me as I walk away, my dominance in these halls so obvious. I never lost my power, did I? 

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Emily's POV:

This whole day I felt riddled with anxiety, distracted from everything going on around me. I know I did the right thing, I couldn't have kept on living a lie like I had been for the past few months, convincing myself that everything was fine. But I cant help but replay mine and Ben's conversation over and over in my head, wondering if I handled it right, wondering if I gave too much away on the phone, thinking about where my life is going to go from here. I thought that letting Ben down was going to be the hardest part, but the next step seems even scarier to me. I guess the next step is admitting to myself, and to other people, who I really am. And if she's in on the idea, admitting what me and Alison are. But the thing is, what are we? Even I don't know the answer. So maybe the next step is figuring that out. I don't know. I'm, yet again, confused...