Time Is All We Need

Chapter 4

As soon as Alison arrived home from work, she changed into a pair of jeans and simple long sleeve shirt. She nitpicked her cleaning last night; she was cleaning her pieces in her buffet, something Emily probably wouldn't even be paying attention to.

Alison cleaned again, getting lost into making her home presentable to the brunette. She worried that she hadn't bought the right ice cream to satisfy the brunette or had something to drink for her. So Emily didn't like coffee or alcohol, odd for a cop, but nothing that was anything near repulsive thus far.

A knock on her door made Alison snap out of her cleaning haze. She hadn't even allowed herself to freak out, but now that Emily was here, she felt like her whole body was shaking. Alison threw the dirty dish rag in the laundry room and ran to the door. She rubbed her palms on her thighs, took a deep breath, and opened the door.

"Sorry I'm late, I got a little lost." Emily smiled. She was sporting a sweatshirt with a Nike winter hat on; a pair of jeans and Alison wouldn't be surprised if she was wearing a t-shirt underneath her sweatshirt.

"You're ten minutes early." Alison said after she closed the door and followed the girl into the kitchen. "Do you want something to drink or eat? I haven't had anything yet and I was going to put something going." Alison watched as Emily pulled the sweatshirt over her head and set it on the chair.

"Yeah, I can eat."

Alison had cooked a couple chicken breasts and some veggies for them. She wasn't all that surprised to see Emily finish twice the amount of food she had. They made small talk about food, and Alison's amazing cooking.

The pair settled in the living room, moving to the couch and ready to watch a film together. Alison chose Life as We Know It. Alison sat on the couch, wine in hand, and waiting for the opening title to come on the screen.

"So how was work today?" Emily broke the silence, playing with the bottom hem of her shirt while she turned to face the girl.

"It was really good. I got to scrub in on a bowel resection today. We had some complications but we pulled it off, so I learned a lot today."

The brunette hummed, nodding her head and turning her attention on the commercial that was playing. The blonde smiled at Emily's thoughtfulness to ask how her day was.

"How come you wanted to become a cop?" Alison asked, intently looking at the brunette who stared at the television screen.

"I want to help people and it was pretty much my destined career path since I was born." Alison could understand that, she felt that was one of the reasons she was going to be one of the greatest surgeons because she had that drive to help people. "Behind football..."

Emily trailed off, she started to rub her forehead like something was seriously bothering her. "How'd you get into football?" Alison wanted to know how she first got attached to the sport she was so good at.

"My dad and I," Emily leaned back into the couch with a smile on her face. Her head thrown back so she was looking at the ceiling, as Alison smiled at the girl's actions. "we would just go outside and play catch and I just fell in love."

"My junior year of high school we won a state championship."

"Did Sammy Titon catch the game winner?" Emily's head snapped so fast toward Ali, Alison thought it could have snapped off in the process.

"Yeah, how'd you know that?" Alison looks at the brunette with confusion. Did this girl have super powers too?

"I was on the team." Alison raised her eyebrows in shock, meaning that her and Emily went to the same school. Emily fell back into the couch, settling her gaze on the television with a small smile. "One of the best day's of my life." Alison smiled, loving that the girl was slowly opening up to her.