Finding my angel, facing my demon

Hanna being a good friend to Emily

"Since you are with pets and that bag looks too small to be for you, I assume you aren't going to ask me to stay here." Hanna smiled and motioned for me sit on the couch opposite her. "But seriously what happened?"

"Those texts were from an old friend of mine who is now in real estate. I bought Alison some property for Christmas, in a town a few hours from here, but since it is in another city I figured I could use some help. Then Alison saw the texts and all hell broke loose. Alison was packing up my stuff when I tried to explain that but she slapped me..."

"Hold on. It looks like she hit you with a fucking brick. Have you looked at your lip?" Hanna laughed a bit as she pointed to my face.

"She tried to backhand me but you know Alison. She missed my cheek and hit me straight on the mouth. The fact that I was talking and had my mouth wide open trying to explain didn't exactly help matters. But after she hit me, I showed her the title to the lake house and some letters from Jessica's office at her." I watched the look on Hanna's face go from amused to empathetic.

"I'm sorry about how I acted yesterday. You understand that Alison is always my first priority. She's like my sister." Hanna talked quickly and her voiced dripped with embarrassment.

"You are the least of my problems, Hanna, don't worry about it. Now I get to spend a week off of work with a busted lip and the woman who gave it to me. To make matters worse I let her convince me to go to the lake house..."

"You let her convince you last night after she hit you? If I were you I would've beat the hell out of her. If anyone hit me like that..."

"I know what you would do ,Hanna. I have been that anyone. Broken hand and cracked ribs remember?" I watched a bright blush creep over Hanna's face. "But you'll understand eventually. When you love someone, it isn't about getting even. It's about moving on. Alison needs the lake house to move on so that's what we're doing."

"Maybe I will know about that sooner rather than later." Hanna flashed me a wicked smile. "I've kind of been seeing someone for a while. Her name is Crystal..."

"Crystal?" I repeated skeptically. I had known a few Crystal's in my time and none were... goods news, so to speak.

"She's not like that. She's really nice and I think you guys would like her. I was going to tell Alison but then everything happened on Friday and I didn't have a chance. Don't tell her, please." Hanna's last line came out with an exceptional child-like flare. I rolled my eyes and laughed.

"I have enough on my plate to deal with, thank you very much. I wouldn't do it anyway. Your secrets are yours. Tell Alison whenever you want." I stood, grabbed my purse and headed for the door. "You don't mind taking the dogs, do you? I mean, Crystal isn't afraid of dogs or anything right?" I couldn't help but tease Hanna as I walked out the door. Hanna laughed and tossed a pillow at me and I heard it hit the door as soon as I shut it. I drove back home and my good mood dissipated on the trip.

When I opened the gate and pulled into the drive way I noticed Alison closing the trunk of my car. She was dressed in a cute little summer outfit and I rolled my eyes. She wanted to make me want to fuck her and her choice of outfit was right on the money. She was wearing a pair of white shorts and I could barely make out the line of her red thong underneath. Her shirt was red but it wasn't really a shirt any longer. It had once been a tight fitting tee but she had cut it the front and tied the two pieces together in a knot under her breasts. She had decided to forgo the bra in this equation. I parked the SUV out of the way and then got out.

"You might want to put a bra on." I said as I walked over to her. She turned and kissed me swiftly before I could dodge her. "We have to buy groceries as soon as we get into town."

"I don't really care. Besides, I have a sweater in the car." Alison good mood was almost untouchable. I shrugged and hopped into the driver's seat of my car. Alison had already put the top down and was lounging comfortably in the passenger's seat by the time I walked to my side of the car. As soon as I sat, she hopped over and placed another lightning fast kiss on me, this time on my cheek.

"Thank you for doing this for me, baby. I know you didn't want to but I swear we will have fun." She smiled her million dollar smile and settled back into her seat.

We both put our seatbelts on then I began the drive. Alison made idle conversation in the beginning. The weather, my car, gas prices, her car needing new spark-plugs, she needed a new mechanic... blah blah blah. But I gave her the answers she wanted from me. 'Yes Alison, the weather is beautiful... my car was a great choice for the trip... gas prices are insane... I can change your spark-plugs when we get back... fire your mechanic I know a good one... blah blah blah' I wasn't on the trip to be mean to her so I did the right thing in answering her. What would've been the point of going on the trip if I would've ignored her on the 5-hour drive. About half way there, Alison placed her hand on my knee and looked at me with tears in her eyes.

"What's wrong?" I asked with genuine concern. The vacation had been her idea.

"It's just... You're being so nice to me and I know you're mad. You shouldn't be so nice to me after what I did... I'm just so sorry..." her silent tears turned into loud sobs so I pulled over. We were on a small state-road, two lanes, and I pulled over onto the grass.

"I know you're sorry and I'm not going to be mean to you. You know I love you, Alison. This is just going to take a little time to get over." I sighed and rested my head back against my headrest.

"I know. Thank you." Alison sniffled. She wiped her eyes then kissed me again. I wasn't going to stop her, even if it did hurt.