Dangerous feelings

Chapter 17

Christmas was slowly approaching and Emily was determined to make it the best one Noah had ever had. She loved the holiday anyway but now she had an actual reason to get in the Christmas spirit. She had visited her mothers as soon as Alison had left the house and raided the garage to find all their old Christmas decorations they used to decorate the outside of their house with. After her father had passed away Emily had refused to look at them yet alone put them up. Pam was overjoyed that Emily was finally getting back to her old self and knew it was all thanks to Alison and Noah.

As Emily emptied all of the boxes of decorations onto the lawn outside of Alison's house she couldn't help but smile. She had missed celebrating Christmas fully and this year she was going to go overboard. It was for her as much as it was for Noah, she was steadily moving forward from the past and regaining control of her life. Wrapped up in warm clothes including a woolly hat, gloves and a scarf Emily made a start on decorating the house, Pam was stood next to her having insisted she helped as she knew how everything went together. Emily was more than happy to have her mother there and was grateful that she wanted to be involved.

As they passed strings of lights between each other and roped them around the porch Emily and Pam had started singing Christmas carols and it was a lovely sight to see. It was the first of December and luckily it was a Saturday which meant Emily had the day off of work to focus all her efforts into making the house look nice. Alison had taken Noah to pick out a real Christmas tree and even though she had offered to wait for Emily so that they could all go together the brunette wanted Alison and Noah to return to the house fully decorated.

Hanna had joined Noah and Alison on the hunt for the perfect Christmas tree and was in charge of keeping them occupied until Emily told her it was safe for them to return. Hanna's job included persuading Alison to let them get lunch out before returning home which would give Emily and the others an extra hour at least. Spencer and Aria were just making a coffee stop and would then be at the DiLaurentis/Fields house ready to get stuck in with the decorations.

"Ok so Snowy is finally up, where are we putting Pingy and Wingy?" Emily shouted from the roof, having found a large enough ladder and struggled to carry the giant snowman ornament up it.

"Pingy and Wingy?" Spencer questioned as she stopped rummaging through the box in front of her and looked up at Emily, she and Aria had arrived half an hour earlier with hot beverages that Emily demanded they drank whilst working.

"Yeah the penguins next to Aria" Emily replied as she steadied herself once more, the roof was rather slippy when it was covered in snow and falling off the roof was definitely not on her list of things to do.

Spencer turned to her right and found the penguins Emily was on about but couldn't see where Aria was. That was until the small brunette stood up from behind one of the penguins and Spencer had to suppress a giggle. Aria glared at her, having fully heard the conversation and knowing exactly what Spencer was laughing at.

"I'm not that small Spence" Aria said with a slight whine, her arms now crossed and a pout on her face. 

"You're small but you're mighty" Spencer replied with a shrug as she made her way over to Aria and together they picked up a penguin each.

Pam decided it would be safer for everyone if Pingy and Wingy stayed on the ground rather than being hoisted onto the roof with Snowy. With that being said Aria and Spencer placed the penguins next to one another in the centre of the lawn before heading back to the boxes to find more decorations. Emily waited on the roof for her mother to find the right set of lights that would be placed along it. It didn't take Pam long however she refused to step foot on the ladder and called to Spencer and Aria so that one of them could climb up.