Forever & Always

Maya

Emily's POV

"What. Where are you going?" I was a lot interested on what she was going to say.

"I'm going to California, Em. My mom moved there years ago. She, too thought I was dead, but after a few days of the accident, I immediately called her. She was so worried, so she said it would be better for her, us to move far from Rosewood. She said she would give me time and space to think about it, and to tell you. Here I am." Maya never changed, she still had that gorgeous smile on her face. It never went away, even if she's having trouble, she would always just smile it off. Which is the one thing I love the most about her.

"Em? Are you almost done?" Alison yelled from inside my house, in the living room.

I turned around and peeked my head in to check on her. I said I was going to be in a minute. But when I turned back, Maya was gone...

I looked around the court to see any signs of her, but no Maya. I went back inside to finish our movie, but I couldn't concentrate on it. All I could think of right now is Maya.

The next day, The girls invited me over to the brew. I had nothing planned, so I agreed to go. When i got there, Aria was blabbing about Ezra, and how he's fine, and he's back at his old apartment. Then, Toby. Spencer told us how he was in London, and how he saw Melissa there. And then Hanna,..Travis, travis, travis. They were all talking about their boyfriends.. I'm not sure about my love life though. Alison wasn't there so I figured it was a great time to tell them about Maya. When everyone was talking at the same time i mumbled, "Maya's alive." The girls stopped doing what they were doing and looked at. I was hoping they woudn't hear it, but they did. I just had to get it out of my system. "Wait, what?!?" Hanna crossed her eyebrows,and looked directly at me like she was a detective interviewing me. "Yeah, me and Ali were watching a movie at my house, and then someone knocked on the door, and when I opened it, it was..Maya,." I squinted my eyes.

"Yeah, that's not possible, Em, you're dreaming. We were there when she died." Hanna continued. There was a moment of silence. Then Aria gasped and said, "Yeah, but we never saw the body."

"Aria has a point." Spencer said. I told them that hat was her sister, and Nate(Lyndon James) killed her. That was a long day, because I had to explain what happened and what Maya told me. Pretty soon, I couldn't talk anymore, my mouth was very dry, so I went to get water from the counter. And when I came back, I told the girl to not tell Ali yet. "I'm not sure it's the best idea. Maybe we should wait until i'm ready to tell her." I said to the girls. They all agreed so..It was okay.

I was so happy to find out that Maya was alive, but she had to leave, and that kind of made me less happy than I should be. I know that this is what she wants and I respect that, i really do. But part of me says that I should convince her to stay. But why? That's what I don't get about myself. I want her to stay, but there isn't really anything for her here, except me. And her mom wanted her to go to California so she could be safe. I wanted her safe too, it's just that. I miss her. A lot. I was devastated when I found out that she was dead, but even more terrible when i find her knocking on my door, because that just means that she was still here all that time, and she never bothered to ring me up, and I was upset. She said that she knows that I've been dating Paige. But that's only because I felt lonely not having her around. I mean, I like Paige, she makes me feel good, but not like that. Not like the feeling I had when I was with Maya. I was in love with her.. I understand that she wants me to be happy, but I will never be without her..

Oh my god. Did I just say that? No.., No way. I loved Maya, I did. But that was before, Alison came back. Maya was dead, and it took me a long time to get that out of my head, to get over her. To get the feeling of having her around away, and I managed to. But now, she's back and I feel very weird. I know that she's leaving tomorrow morning, but something inside of me is saying that I should still love her. That's the point, I still do.