Dangerous feelings

Chapter 11

Emily and Hanna spent most of Saturday packing up Emilys clothes and belongings into boxes with the help of Emily's mother who brought them lunch and snacks occasionally to help them through the monumental task. Emilys idea of packing was to put everything she owned into boxes and deal with it later. Hanna however wanted Emily to try on each individual item of clothing to see if 1. It still fits and 2. It looked good on her, this method is the one they went with much to Emilys disappointment and they'd spent almost 3 hours going through the wardrobe.

"I should have just bought an entire new wardrobe, it would have taken half the time" Emily whined as she took off what felt like the hundredth top.

Ever since Alison had asked her to move in with her Emily had been on a high, she'd taken to whistling happy tunes and skipping everywhere she went instead of walking. She'd powered through work that week and was all caught up with her paperwork so that she could spend the weekend without being distracted or brought down. However the daunting task of packing up all her belongings that she had collected over the past 23 years had dampened her mood once Saturday had arrived.

The thought of spending the entire morning and quite possibly well into the afternoon with Hanna brought along a load of negative thoughts and swear words to her mind. She loved her best friend but when it came to fashion and what clothes she could and couldn't take she knew the blonde would become overbearing and over involved in the task.

However she was surprised by how emotionally attached she had felt to some of her clothes and had even taken to sneaking a couple of items back into the 'to keep' boxes whilst Hanna wasn't paying attention. They'd decided to start with the clothes and leave all the other items such as her decorations and many photo frames until after they had sorted through the clothes, yet at this rate it was going to take them all week to pack just the clothes let alone the rest of her room.

She could just imagine Alison's voice in her head - I told you to start packing gradually throughout the week, you didn't leave enough time. She loved the blonde to bits but that didn't mean she wanted to prove her right. So with that Emily grabbed several more items of clothes and changed into them with a slightly larger sense of urgency.

"Quit moaning, we've still got your chest of drawers to go through and the stash of clothes that you've shoved under your bed. I need your full commitment Fields!" Hanna said as she snapped Emily out of her thoughts.

"Sir, yes sir" Emily replied with a sarcastic salute in Hanna's direction. "Want me to get down and give you twenty press ups as well?"

Emily still couldn't believe Aria, Spencer and even Alison had managed to get out of this. As soon as Hanna had suggested that they should all get together and help Emily pack up her things they all of a sudden had plans that they couldn't rearrange. She knew that they would help if she really needed it and they were avoiding Hanna more so than her but she still couldn't help but be slightly disappointed. That feeling grew with each minute that passed and she was stuck in a room with Hanna. She sighed loudly as Hanna threw her yet another top from the wardrobe that the blonde was completely hidden inside of and she pulled it quickly over her head and stood in front of the blonde over exaggerating a pose.

The brunette had tried to pull the rules card on the other three but they all promised they would be over in the early evening or as soon as Emily texted them to say she was all packed she couldn't help but think that this wasn't a good idea to involve Hanna. She loved spending time with Hanna but when it came to anything involving fashion the blonde would always seem to go overboard. This time was no exception and with only half a box filled with clothes she was taking to Alison's and three overflowing with clothes she was giving to charity she couldn't help but feel as if she would have been better off doing this alone.