I've Always Loved You. Always Have, Always Will - Emison

Chapter 6: New Years Eve

During Christmas, The DiLaurentis' and the Fields came together to spend Christmas with one another, as altogether there were only 5 of them - Emily and her mom with Jason, Alison and Eliza.

Eliza came home in the early morning, looking like she had done the walk of shame, wearing yesterday's clothes, except she hadn't drank any alcohol or had sex, but she still looked the part as she was wearing remnants of her old make up smudged on her face because she accidentally fell asleep at Madison's house. Luckily, she could sneak back into the house in the early hours of the morning before anyone noticed she was out of the house all night.

By being out of the house all night, Madison was also completely unaware of yesterday's events where Jason came to visit just at the right time and kicked Elliot out of the house, and Emily turning up to be Alison's saviour for the night.

For Emily and Alison, spending Christmas together has given them both a chance to reconnect with one another after all these years, feeling the same budding feelings they felt so many years ago. With quick, romantic glances from one another, immediately emits the familiar butterfly feelings in the pits of their stomach they felt so long ago.

It's now the week between Christmas and New Year and with all Eliza's new found free time, she's spending the majority of it in the company of Madison and the other girls if they are around. Madison and Eliza's relationship has got so strong as friends that they have almost become inseparable.

Eliza has also become more curious about getting to know her mom this past week, so much so, she's finally plucked up the courage to talk about her to her dad. Eliza thought the best time to talk to him about it would be when he's relaxing, watching the tv with a bottle of beer in his hand.

"Hey Dad". Eliza spoke as she walked into the living room and sat down next to her father.

"Hey Sweetheart". Jason responded as his eyes are still focusing on the tv.

"What are you watching?". Eliza asked simply, trying to act casual.

"Just an old baseball game. Just recapping the classics".

"Cool". Eliza said for the sake of it. She couldn't understand why people actually liked watching games that happened years ago. "Can I talk to you about something, Dad?". Eliza asked softly with nerves building up inside her.

"Of course, pumpkin. You know you can talk to me about anything". Jason reassured her, looking briefly at Eliza until turning his gaze back to the game waiting to hear what Eliza is going to say next.

"Can we talk about my Mom?". After hearing Eliza's question Jason immediately turned cold, wanting to shut down and push the topic away, but he didn't want to be a hypocrite as he literally just did say that they could talk about anything. So he took a swig from his drink to pluck up the courage to talk to her about the subject Eliza has waited so long to hear about.

"Want to know why I watch this game so much?". Eliza just nodded, not knowing where her father was going with this. "This baseball game is your mother and I's first date. You can't see us in the crowd but I like watching it because I like to relive the memories we shared there". Jason paused in a daydream like state thinking about his old flame, opening up memories he's suppressed for so long.

"What do you want to know about her?". Jason spoke calmly, turning his head towards Eliza.

"Everything. How did you two meet?". Eliza asked.

"We met at high school, she was a sophomore and I was a senior. I kind of knew her already because she was friends with Ali so we saw each other passing by. I was in a band at school and we wanted to find a lead singer, so we put up an ad round school and she replied a couple days later. We auditioned everyone, including your mom and she gave the best performance so she got the part and that's how we connected".