Love is Endless

A Night to Remember

ALL RIGHTS GO TO MARLENE KING

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies - Aristotle

Chapter 12: A Night to Remember

Alison's POV:

The girls stare at me in silence, mouth open wide.

"Wha- what do you mean?" Spencer says, eyeing me suspiciously.

"Cyrus," I pause to take a deep breath, "The night at the restaurant, he was in the bathroom with me."

Fresh tears start falling down and Emily pulls me into a tight hug.

"Ali, what did he do?" Emily whispers in my ear and I fight back more painful tears.

"He- he drugged me and then took me to this empty basement a- and-" I couldn't finish my sentence without bursting into tears. The girls stare at me in shock, covering their mouths with their hands in disbelief. Emily hugs me tighter and cradles me in her arms.

I let my tears freely fall for a good five minutes before I pull myself together and wipe away the remaining tears.

"He raped me and then knocked me out. When I woke up he was gone and I ran back to the hotel." I sob out and burry my head in the crock of Emily's neck.

The girls join in on our hug and we all stand there, holding each other for a couple of minutes.

"I'm so sorry Alison, I love you." Emily whispers into my hair.

"You have nothing to be sorry for." I whisper back.

"Yes I do, I thought you were just lying when honestly you were hurt, and I did nothing to protect you from it." I grip Emily's face and kiss her passionately. Every ounce of pain in my body disappeared as soon as my lips brushed against hers.

"Ali, we've got to go to the cops." Aria says, interrupting our moment.

"No, we can't, Cyrus warned me not to tell anyone!" I yell petrified. I will not let Cyrus hurt any of my best friends

"We have to do something, Ali." Emily says, rubbing small circles on my palm.

"I can't risk it, I won't let Cyrus hurt you guys!" I shout, new tears welling up in my eyes but I quickly brush them away with my sleeve.

"Ali, it'll be okay, we're here for you." Emily says soothingly.

"Emily's right, you shouldn't be going through with this all on your own. The police can find Cyrus and stop him." Spencer says, rubbing my arm.

"Well, granted the cops around here aren't exactly what you would call 'top notch', but I agree with Spencer." Hanna says.

"Okay, we'll tell the cops." I agree.

A familiar stomach twisting sound erupted from my phone and I look over at my screen flashing up.

"Ali, whats wrong?" Aria asks.

"It's from A." I whisper.

"What? What does it say?" Hanna says.

"Read it." Spencer says.

"I guess sweet parie isn't all what you expected huh? Tell the cops and I'll tell them where you really were for those two years. - A" I announce, starring at the little device in my hands. Who thought that a device could have such an impact in your life?

"We can't tell them." I say, completely defeated.

"How does A even know about that?" Hanna asks.