Issues

Heart

Emily's POV

It's 6:55 pm and I'm feverishly cooking in the kitchen and cleaning up as best as I can. The table is all set, the wine is ready, the candles are lit, and everything is perfect. I went with dark washed jeans and a black, lacey top to keep it casual. I'm so excited for Ali to get her. That giddy feeling is building in me again. I hope she likes the dinner I made. It's a family recipe.

A familiar knock draws my attention to the door. I excitedly skip towards the door and open it to see Alison at the door dressed in black denim and a burgundy, scalloped top with her hair simply curled.

"Damn Ali" I say without thinking as I check her out from head to toe.

"Am I doing the famous Emily Fields poses correctly?" she says as she playfully spins and poses in the doorway for me.

"Get over here" I say laughing as I grab her waist and pull her in for a long kiss. God I love her lips. I can never get mine to be as soft as hers.

The timer on the oven breaks our moment so I take her hand and lead her inside.

"Oh my God Emily it smells amazing in here!" Alison says taking in all the smells coming from the kitchen. "You did all of this?" she continues gesturing to the food and the romantic kitchen table set up.

"Of course I did because I love y-yummy food and being romantic and stuff like that" I say smiling trying to cover up the fact that I almost said I love you and spoiled my speech I had planned for later.

Alison didn't seem to notice and said, "What did you make? I'm starving".

"Well I hope you like homemade mushroom ravioli with white truffle cream sauce. I also made a little salad with it. Oh and I hope you like tiramisu" I say hoping that she'd be okay with that.

Alison's mouth falls open and says," Holy crap that sounds amazing! I didn't know you could cook like that".

"Well I kinda wanted to make it a surprise for a special date night. Yes I do know how to cook. I love it actually. And I really hope you like this. It's an old family recipe" I say as I plate everything and sit down at the table with her.

Alison seemed to really enjoy everything I made for her. When we were all finished I picked up the plates, set them in the sink, and returned to sitting with her at the table sipping on wine.

"So. I have another surprise for you. It's a little more personal so I hope you're up for it" I say as I stand up from the table and offer her my hand.

Ali looks at my hand, then back up to me with a single raised eyebrow. I can tell she's intrigued but slightly unsure what to expect. Taking my hand, she says, "You've caught my interest so sure. What's the surprise?"

"Well. It kind of involves a blind fold at first. For surprise purposes of course. You game?" I say pulling the silky blindfold from my back pocket.

"Oh now I'm really intrigued. Sure. Have at it" she replies chuckling to herself as she closes her eyes.

I gently blindfold Alison and take her hand. "So you know that one door in my room that you thought was the air conditioning closet? Well. That's not exactly true. I want to show you what's behind the door".

I slowly take her to the door where I open it and guide her inside. Closing the door behind me, I stop and say, "So you remember how I told you the beach house was one of my sanctuary spots? Well this is the other one. I don't let anyone in here. Aria and Spencer have never been in here. Hanna has only been in here briefly because I only agreed to let her in while I was distracted with something. So my point is, this is kind of a big deal. But I want to share this part of me with you. I hope you love it just as much as I do".