Dangerous feelings

Chapter 2

"Em... Emily" Hanna called out yet again trying to get her friends attention.

Emily snapped out of her daze and looked over at Hanna apologetically. She'd been finding herself getting sucked into her own imagination several times over this past week and she put it down to two reasons, the first being the mysterious new blonde she had met. She hadn't seen Alison since that evening and had even gone to Spencer's for a "coffee and a chat" several times over the course of the week. Spencer obviously knew the exact reason for Emily's spontaneous visits, not that they didn't see each other without invitation but rather that Emily had been keeping to herself a lot more than usual recently. The amount of visits she had received in a short space of time would have been seen as rather random by the smart brunette had it not been for the new neighbour that had caught her friends attention at the start of the week.

The second reason being one that she tried her hardest not to think about but it was particularly hard at this time of year. Yes Paige had broken Emily's heart however Samara had completely destroyed it. She had done the one thing that could completely break any man or woman and there was absolutely no way of Emily ever getting over it. When it had happened it took both her mother's and all of her friends hardest efforts to get the brunette back to as close to herself as she could ever be. It had taken months of trying before they had seen any type of results, during those months Emily had walked through life like a zombie. She was completely unaware of her actions throughout the day and her emotions had been completely shut off.

Emily sighed whilst trying her hardest to focus on what Hanna had been trying to tell her for the past 10 minutes but found her mind drifting off yet again especially when a blonde haired girl walked into the coffee shop that they were sat in but to Emily's disappointment it hadn't been Alison. Hanna eventually gave up trying to converse with Emily, knowing full well what time of year was rapidly approaching and even after 3 years she knew Emily was still as raw about the event as she had been when it happened. Instead of talking she pulled her friend into a warm and tight embrace and just sat there enjoying her company.

There were two times of the year when all of her friends made sure Emily was never left alone for any longer than a few minutes. The anniversary of her dads death and the day that the event that would not be spoken about had happened. Hanna then quickly realised that although the event would soon be upon them that there may also be another reason for Emily's lack of focus. And after seeing Emily get slightly excited and agitated all at the same time at the sight of another blonde woman walking into the coffee shop, Hanna knew she was now on the right tracks.

Hanna had never seen Emily this worked up over a girl before and she wasn't sure if she should be worried or excited for the brunette. The fact that anyone was able to pull any sort of reaction from Emily especially at this time of year was something to be marvelled at and Hanna was eager to meet the new resident of Rosewood. Spencer had called both Hanna and Aria after seeing the interaction between and effect that Alison had on Emily. Even from the short moment that she had witnessed the two sharing Spencer saw a flicker of something in Emily's eyes, she saw hope and that was something she had doubted that she would ever witness Emily feel again. In fact the brown eyes had lightened by several shades until Spencer had mentioned Alison and at that point the flicker of hope faded and Emily's eyes darkened once again.

Spencer had been right when she had mentioned that Emily and Hanna were friends with benefits however that had never come in-between the friendship the two of them shared. There was no romantic feelings from either side, they knew what to expect and not expect from each other in and out of the arrangement. And it had been agreed that as soon as one of them felt the need to put an end to the agreement that it would happen instantly with no hard feelings and no ill effects on their friendship.