Emison: Home

Chapter 29: The Parents' Chat

Sorry it's been a while... Enjoy this chapter!

Alison's POV

Finally, the first week back at work had ended. The experience of work had changed with Emily and I now dating again. The stolen glances across the teachers' room, the schoolgirl smile and giggle I did whenever she caught me staring and winked at me, the secret kisses during breaks. The general giddiness of this renewed romance between Emily and I had me feeling 17 again. Hopefully, it lasts this time.

As I walk towards my car, I call out to the beautiful girl leaning on the hood "Well hello there Miss Fields, how may I help you?"

"Hey beautiful" she hugs me kissing my cheek "How was your day?"

"It was fine - I missed you at lunch though?"

"Yeah sorry about that - I had some organising to do for tonight" she nervously scratches the back of her neck

"Tonight?"

"Yeah - um- I thought we could go on our first date tonight, if that's ok with you?" she stammers

I giggle at her sudden shyness. It was weird to see this blend of the Emily from when we were young and the cocky sexy Emily she'd grown into. She was still trying to juggle both and it just made for some very adorable awkward Emily moments.

"It's perfectly fine with me" I smile at her

"Great! I'll pick you up at 6.30" she beams "I'll see you later" she turns to walk away

"Em! Wait!" I grab her arm and pull her in close to me and kiss her. I still felt so many butterflies when we kissed. It was like our first kiss again every time. It was amazing. I felt so electric as her tongue brushed against mine.

I pull away and wink as I open my car door "See you later cutie"

"Uh huh yeah um yes sure" she answers staring after me in shock as I drove away

I had never been the strong confident type when we dated before. But just like Emily had changed, so had I. Those months I took for myself over summer helped me find myself again. I regained my self-worth and self-love. It had been so long since I had needed to count on myself to feel happy and I had worked on that whilst I was away. I felt like 15 year old Ali again whilst treating people the same and it felt so empowering.

I was so happy with finally feeling like I was growing into my own. That was part of the reason I didn't want to go too fast with Em, despite all our past. I didn't want to lose this sense of independency I had gained since August.

Well some form of independency, I thought to myself as I pulled into my parents' driveway. Yes, I was still living with them. Elliot was still in the house we'd bought together and after him seeing me with Emily I couldn't bring myself to ask him what we were going to do about it and talk to him about us.

"I'm home!" I yelled across the house as I walked in

"Hey! I'm in the kitchen" my mum answers as I walk towards it "How was work?" she asks as I turn the kettle on

"It was good, first week back is always hard. Kids have enthusiasm for the first day and then immediately realise they don't want to be here anymore and are super slow at getting started." I explain sighing "By the way I won't be here for dinner tonight" I try nonchalantly as I make my tea.

"Oh how come?"

"I'm going out for dinner" I focus on the mug as I try to ignore the eyes of my mother knowing she wanted to know if it was with Emily.