Love is Endless

Pouring your heart out

ALL RIGHTS GO TO MARLENE KING

You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they're not. - Jodi Picoult

Chapter 4: Tear stained shirts

Alison's POV:

After out morning classes we went to the cafeteria, Hanna and Spencer were already sitting down at our table. I sat down in front of Emily.

Emily. The brown hired girl that after every shitty thing I've done she still manages to care about me, to.. Love me?

Does she still love me? I can tell that she has some feelings for me, but I know that she just broke up with Paige and that was clearly a serious relationship. Plus, I've been the biggest bitch to her for years.

Aria starts talking about some girl in Radley, Rhonda is it? But I'm not really paying attention, my mind is over flowing with the events that happened a few days ago. The events meaning our kiss

That's what's making me more nervous than anything, we haven't mentioned it. At all. I do have feelings for her but it's not that easy, I'm scared, no I'm terrified.

What if I acted on these, feelings. My dad and brother would probably never look at me the same way again and what will everyone else think? I may not be the same girl I was when I was 15 but I still care what people think about me, and society hasn't been to keen on the gay agenda lately.

Gay? That word didn't feel right in my mouth. It didn't fit me.

"Ali?" Emily's waving hand brought me back to reality.

"Sorry, I just have a lot on my mind." I stabbed a piece of lettuce with my fork, popping it into my mouth.

"Care to fill us in?" Spencer asked, clearly annoyed.

"Just thinking about my mom." I lied smoothly. My mind flashed back to the video of A burying my mother, it made my stomach drop.

Spence looked down at her salad awkwardly and Emily squeezed my hand underneath the table. It made me feel better immediately.

"Guys, if the police know that we weren't in Philly that day, then we're the number 1 suspects." Spencer stated, trying to change the subject.

"I'm going back to Radley tomorrow, I'm going to try to pry anything out of Rhonda." Aria said, drinking out of her water bottle.

My phone went off and everyone silenced down. I unlocked my phone with shaky fingers and clicked on the new text message alert.

You may not kiss and tell, but I do. - A

There was a file attached to it, it was a picture of Emily and I kissing in my bed. It looks like someone had taken the picture from my yard.

My whole body went numb. A knew. I felt a wave of nausea flow over me and I started hyperventilating. The room was spinning quickly and my heart was pounding furiously against my chest. I gripped the side of the table, my knuckles turning white from the pressure.

My vision was blurred out but I managed to see Emily's mouth move but my brain couldn't make out her words. An excruciatingly loud ringing sound blasted through my head and I stood up, gripping the table tightly. My head was aching and my palms were sweaty.

I took a step towards the door, big mistake. My knees gave up and I fell down on the tile floor, slipping into darkness the minute I heard a loud crack in my head.