Dangerous feelings

Chapter 6

The afternoon that Emily and Alison had spent at The Brew together had passed by too fast in both of their opinions. They'd spent the best part of three hours together talking and getting to know one another. They started with the basic facts from each other's birthdays, favourite colours, favourite movies etc and then moved on to more complex questions that took time to answer such as where they saw theirselves in five years or past memories that had shaped them into the person they were today.

"Let's do it then" Alison stated somewhat out of the blue.

Emily snapped out of the daze she had been in whilst staring into her coffee cup and looked at Alison questioningly. She had no idea what the blonde was suggesting.

"I'll start, when's your birthday?" Alison continued as if she hadn't seen the look of bemusement on Emilys face.

Emily smiled and decided to push her luck slightly. She figured that Alison was somewhat used to her humour by now but there was only one way to really figure it out.

"Did you not memorise my bio on Facebook?"

Alison chuckled and shook her head in slight disbelief before picking up her drink and taking a long sip from it. Honestly Emily was a breath of fresh air and it excited her. The brunette spoke exactly what she was thinking and Alison was a little jealous that she didn't hold back.

"I'll take it that you memorised mine as well so let's skip that question and move on to a topic that isn't posted on the internet. I'll still keep it simple for now though. Favourite colour?" Alison asked hoping to this time receive a straight answer.

She loved the banter between them but honestly just wanted to get to know Emily a little bit more. Emily took a sip of her drink before shuffling slightly closer to the blonde and looking her straight in the eye and answering.

"Blue, I've always loved the ocean and water itself. I used to swim at high school. How about yours?" She added in a bit of personal information to try and convince Alison to do the same.

"Yellow, like the sand at the beach. I'd spend a lot of time there when I needed to just get away and think. I guess our favourite colours go perfectly together" Alison said in reminiscence as the memories of California flooded her head.

Emily sensed the change in mood from the blonde and so decided to quickly change the subject. The thought alone of Alison being unhappy triggered something in Emily to do whatever she could to help to fix the situation. Emily placed her hand gently on Alison's leg and received a slight smile in return.

"Favourite book?" Emily questioned as Alison gingerly placed her own hand on top of Emilys, both of them relaxing at the contact and unable to keep their smiles to themselves. Upon catching on another's eye a blush spread throughout their cheeks.

"That's easy, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens" Alison replied with a smile returning to her face.

"Why?" Emily asked before Alison could turn the question around on her.

"Simple. Pip gets Estella in the end. I bet you're big on happy endings aren't you Em?" The answer and nickname both falling easily from her lips.

Em? That sounded nice coming from Alison Emily thought before realising that she had in fact been asked a question.

"Due to my previous history with the subject I would say no. But I guess deep down inside I'm still the same little girl who wants everything to turn out like it does in the books. Great expectations is my favourite too by the way" Emily responded as she faced the floor, her emotions were evident in her eyes and she didn't want the blonde being able to read her.