Dangerous feelings

Chapter 12

"So that's the last box" Spencer huffed out as she placed it on the floor of the living room and collapsed in the sofa behind her.

"You're so dramatic Spence, no wonder you make such a good lawyer" Aria replied with an exaggerated eye roll.

"That one was the heaviest!" Spence tried to argue back but all the others just shook their heads at her, even if it was true that she had ended up with the heaviest.

Emily and Alison were snuggled up closely together on the sofa, their bodies almost becoming one, adjacent to the sofa Spencer shared with Aria. Spencer had collapsed on top of Aria and the shorter brunette held her tightly as they got settled in for the night. Hanna sat on the floor with her back resting on the bottom of the sofa below Aria's folded legs, she actually chose to sit down there quoting that 'she didn't want to interrupt team Emison or Team Sparia's me time'. Hanna and Emily had finished packing a whole 5 hours after they had started and Emily was absolutely exhausted, she was almost falling asleep as she led in Alison's arms.

Emily and Hanna had managed to get all of Emilys clothes that she was allowed to bring into two boxes, with only a few minor arguments, and had pencilled in a shopping date so that Emily could freshen up her wardrobe and replace some of the clothes that Hanna had refused to let her keep. Although the shopping trip sounded like it might end up being more painful than the packing experience, especially with Hanna being involved yet again. They had dropped off several large boxes of unwanted clothes to one of the charity shops in town before picking up Alison, Aria and Spencer from The Brew and heading back to Alison's as a group.

In total Emily had 5 boxes of belongings, three of them were filled with ornaments, photos and academic awards (mostly swimming trophies and medals) etc. They'd all carried one box each into the house and left them stacked at the bottom of the stairs, unpacking could wait until the next day. Spencer had drawn the short straw and ended up having to carry the box that contained all of Emilys books that she had collected over the years. That was including a very extensive array of Charles Dickens novels, mostly hardbacks.

Alison had called up the local pizza place as soon as she had entered the house and ordered several large pizzas for them all to eat. Whilst they awaited the delivery they had sunk into their seats and turned on the tv, it still played on the same channel as it had been left on as none of them could decide on what to watch. As they sat talking amongst each other the news played in the background, a major incident had taken place in Philadelphia. A multiple car pileup leaving several passengers trapped in their cars, two people had been confirmed dead so far and many more were suffering different levels of injuries.

Emily kept losing focus on the conversations between her friends as her attention was caught by the news. She gasped loudly as the news helicopter zoomed into the scene from above, showing the total chaos that was ensuing right at that moment. Alison pulled Emily in closer to her body and ran her hands through the brunettes hair in an attempt to soothe her.

"I can turn it over, if you want me to?" Alison whispered in Emilys ear as she noticed the brunettes obvious discomfort.

Emily shook her head but didn't say a word, she was too focused on what was being displayed on the screen, she couldn't tear her eyes away. It felt like she was being drawn to it for some unknown reason, her thoughts turned instantly to her mother and she had an incessant need to phone and check up on her. The accident felt way to close to home and it was unsettling, she felt a feeling of total unease rise within her. Emily pulled out her phone and dialled her mother's number, her leg was shaking uncontrollably as she listened to the dial tones ring.

"Hey Emmy, you settling in at Alison's?" Pam said as she answered the phone.

Emily let out a loud sigh of relief and felt her heart rate slowly return to normal as she held a small conversation with her mother before hanging up and refocusing on her friends. Alison had changed the channel over from the news during Emilys phone call with her mother and they were now all watching a random film. Emily wasn't interested in the slightest though and was just waiting on the pizza delivery, she put the feeling of unease down to actually being a feeling of hunger. All the people she cared about in the world were either in the room with her or confirmed to be safe.