the first time i saw you ↬ emison

; twenty seven

alison's pov

+ hanna's pov +

i rock back in forth, my head stuck in my lap. i look down at my toes, with tears of fear, just waiting for paige to tell everyone.

i sniffle and wipe my tears with my knees.

"ali, it's okay. no one's gonna believe her.. i think," emily says.

i start bawling even more. "come on, so paige is going to tell everyone that you and em are dating! so what?" hanna says. she can't be serious.

"so what? hanna, i can't just let that happen! i can't date emily, do you have any idea, how much that'll ruin my reputation?!" hanna puts her hands up in the air, and said, "fine."

a hurt look crosses Emily's face. i suddenly feel bad for what i just said. "i'm sorry, em. i didn't mean it." i say and inch closer to her.

her expression doesn't change. "em, you know how it looks.."
emily nods her head.

"it's just..i'm not ready..to tell people about us or about me," i say.

"it's okay, alison." she mumbles. u don't feel any better.

"maybe, we can-"

"there's nothing we can do!" i interrupt, crying.

"wanna cookie?" hanna asks, trying to change the mood.

"no, hanna!" i say harsher than i intended.

"whatever," she says, annoyed. "i'll eat my own cookie."

"ugh, i'm just so..tired." i say, going under the sheets.

"we'll leave you alone," hanna says getting up, as em does too.

"okay,'' i whisper.

em walks toward me and kisses me on the cheek. "goodnight, alison," she says. "i'm sorry about paige." she looks guilty, even though it wasn't her fault.

"it's okay, emily. we'll just have to see what happens tomorrow," i slightly smile.

she leaves with hanna and they go downstairs, probably watching a movie or something.

  + the nxt morning +

i wake up to a drooling hanna, who is on top of me and emily who has her arm around my waist. for, a second, i thought that everything was perfect. but, memories of what happened yesterday, came rushing down on me.

i grab my phone and turn it on. once, i do, buzzes and notification sounds start to turn on, and my phone kept on vibrating.

i got a million texts from like a million people. i first check the most recent, the group chat with aria, spencer and mona.

m: who's paige?

a: y is she saying that u & em r 2gether??

s: is it tru?

a: ali, answer

M: ali , what's going on?

s: ali, i found out that paige was emily's gf , she's spreading rumors that u and em were dating

a: what is paige talking abt?

i sigh so loudly and open other messages.

r u even gay?

dyke!

emily is ur best friend  & she had a gf

r u experimenting or sumthing?

did u evr even like noel?

the whole school knows ur secret

i throw my phone across the wall and sob into tears.