Dangerous feelings

Chapter 15

"Finally a moment alone" Alison sighed out happily as she was carried romantically up the stairs by her brunette girlfriend.

After three weeks of having Noah living with them Emily had finally felt happy enough with letting him stay over at Pam's for the entire evening. The young boy had settled in very quickly with them and they had a routine set within days. His confidence had grown in leaps and bounds but he still felt safest when he was around Emily, the shared DNA had connected them on a separate level to anyone else.

It wasn't that Emily had not trusted her mother to look after Noah before now, it was just that she was enjoying having her son around after three years of worrying about him and not seeing him. She had made sure to tend to his every need and that they always put him first but that had meant that her relationship with Alison had been put on the back burner for now. Not that the blonde minded in anyway, she felt complete with Emily and Noah living with her. They had become her home.

Noah had been accepted into the closest preschool that was only a five minute drive down the road from Alison's house and he was allowed to start the following day. Emily had arranged to start slightly later at work that day so that she could take him in herself and it was lucky that she had because Alison had been called in to an emergency meeting at her office first thing that same day.

Noah was apprehensive about starting which showed evidently through his posture and attitude that morning and with that playing a big part his first day hadn't exactly gone to plan.

"Come on Noah, you can't sit in the car all day" Emily pleaded as she stood outside of the car holding the door open ready for Noah to hop out.

The young boy didn't budge, his arms crossed in defiance and his mouth set in a hard line. Considering he wasn't related to Alison at all he sure could pull of her infamous look she made when she was annoyed with someone. They'd been like this for the past ten minutes and Emily's pre planning of getting there early so that they could get through all the introductions swiftly with the new teachers was now going out the window.

"Noah don't make me get angry. It will be fun I promise, you trust me don't you?" Emily asked as she tried to keep her voice calm and not make her annoyance evident.

Noah reluctantly nodded before waiting several long seconds before sliding out of the carseat and into Emily's awaiting open arms. She needed Noah to like pre school as him attending there was the only way she could continue to work at the accountants and provide for him. Even with Alison earning what she did whilst being the owner of the Philadelphia branch of DiLaurentis ltd. Emily refused to let the blonde pay for everything.

Emily didn't like to rely on anyone for anything, she had been raised by both her parents to be able to do things for herself, one of life's lessons that gets taught early on when you're an only child. She was stubborn and still accustomed to being independent although the more time she spent in the company of Alison the more she ended up slightly relinquishing control.

Emily refused to carry Noah inside the building and put him gently on the ground before taking his small hand in hers. She proceeded to take a step towards the school but was halted when she realised Noah wasn't moving, he had his heels dug into the ground and was refusing to take another step.

"Noah!" Emilys voice was slightly raised and this made Noah shrink back in surprise, Emily hadn't had the need to get angry with him previously but he was really pushing her buttons at this point.

She couldn't let the three year old always get his own way, at some point she needed to act like the adult, she just wished it hadn't been on such an important day. She had wanted today to run as smoothly as possible, for Noah to feel at ease and be happy about starting preschool. After a previous conversation with the young boy Emily had found out that he hadn't attended one before, he'd spent all his time in the care of Samara and her acquaintances.