13 - Morning, Sunshine

"How was dinner, girls?" Jessica DiLaurentis asked them as soon as they walked into the DiLaurentis house. They found her in the living room, where she was looking into a decorative mirror and placing on her diamond earrings.

"It was fine," Emily answered respectfully and smiled in an affable manner, not elaborating on details.

"You know, I think it was a little more than just fine, Em," Alison said and winked to Emily, earning a shy smile from the brunette.

"That's great, sweetheart. Are you staying here tonight, Emily?" Mrs. DiLaurentis asked absentmindedly as she continued to place on her shiny jewelry.

"Uh, no, just thought I'd stop by on my way home," Emily answered back.

"You could stay here, if you want," Alison suggested in an innocent tone, but her growing devilish smirk and cocked eyebrow proved that her intentions were nothing close to pure.

"Okay," Emily said quietly and nodded, attracted to the mischievous glint in Alison's eyes. She wanted to know what intentions for tonight stood behind the blonde's saucy smirk and playful eyes, though she had an idea.

The two girls took off their shoes and Emily sent her parents a quick text, informing them she's staying at Alison's house tonight.

"Alright, girls," Jessica sighed, gathering some of her things, "there's food in the fridge if you get hungry." She turned to Alison, "Your father and I are going out to dinner with his boss, and Jason went to Philly with his friends. Are you two going to be okay by yourselves tonight?"

"We'll be fine, mom, we're not babies," Alison answered her mother with an eye roll and an attitude.

Jessica nodded distractedly just as her phone buzzed, "Oh, that's your father, he will be here soon."

Alison followed the movements of her mother's hands with her eyes, watching as the woman placed things in her purse and fixed her dress. The events that took place that night with Emily's parents made her look at her own in a new light. She couldn't quite put her finger on why, but she had a feeling her parents wouldn't really mind if she dated Emily. They seemed to like the girl very much, in fact, her mother had openly expressed how much she liked Emily more than her other friends in the past, but it was the dating a girl part of it all that stood as an obstacle.

The thing was, although her family liked to preserve an image, Alison knew that as long as she stayed out of trouble, remained queen bee in her school and didn't deteriorate to drugs the way Jason sometimes did, her mother would be pleased with her doing just about anything.

"Mom, Emily and I have something to tell you," Alison said with a new sense of motivation. She caught both girls' attention and Emily glanced at her wide-eyed, which she found to be absolutely adorable. But she couldn't do this without her dad's presence. "We won a raffle and we get to go to Paris with our friends for the last week of summer," Alison decided to say instead and Emily sighed in immense relief.

"Oh, That's very exciting, Alison. The city of love, is it?" Mrs. DiLaurentis joked, finally turning to pay them attention.

Alison took a deep breath and went for a bold choice of words. "Yes, and it's perfect for me and Emily." She hesitantly took the brunette's soft, tanned hand. Emily's eyes and mouth were wide open by this time and Alison wanted to laugh at her expression. Jessica looked at them with suspicious yet confused eyes as the blonde continued, ignoring Emily's silent protests. "Mom, Emily and I are-"

"Jessica, have you seen my checkbook?" Kenneth DiLaurentis called out as he entered the house, oblivious to the previous conversation. "Oh, there it is," he took a checkbook from the counter. "Hello, Emily," he greeted the brunette with his version of a warm smile.

"Hey, Mr. DiLaurentis," Emily replied, trying to sound as natural as she could, ignoring all the thoughts running in her head.

Alison was still holding onto the brunette's hand tightly as she spoke. "Dad, I have to tell you and mom something important."

Kenneth looked at her in confusion, but then walked over to stand next to Jessica and nodded, prompting her to continue.

"So, I don't know how you're going to take this, but Emily's parents already know and they're okay with it, which is what I hope you will be, too," Alison quickly explained.

"What is it, Alison?" Jessica asked, her curiosity peaked.

"Well," she sighed, knowing this was it, there was no turning back now. "Emily and I, we're," she bit her lip nervously and looked down at their joined hands. 'Just do it, Alison. This is Emily we're talking about, and they already love her. Her parents - will eventually - approve, your friends approve, even Jason approves,' she thought to herself. Emily, who could see the blonde's inner struggle, gave Alison's hand a squeeze and Alison smiled at her weakly. She turned to her parents confidently, "We're a couple. We're together."

Kenneth kept looking at them expectedly, as if he was waiting for them to say that they were joking. Jessica, on the other hand, was in a state of shock for several moments before she broke into a small smile as she walked over to them.

"I knew it! Alison I'm so proud of you! Emily, I want you to know that I couldn't have asked for a better person to love her than you," Jessica excitedly said as she parted away from the two confused girls. Emily just gave her a lighthearted smile and looked at her girlfriend who seemed more concered about her father's reaction.

"Dad?" Alison called out to him, attentive to any facial expression he made. She was a real daddy's girl at times, and she just needed him to be accepting of it the same way her mother was, or she wouldn't know what to do.

He looked at his daughter, then at Emily and back at Alison. He walked over so he could talk directly to Alison. "This isn't one of your games, is it, Alison?"

"Dad, this is anything but a game," Alison answered somberly.

Kenneth nodded lightly at her reassurance, looking at his wife who was already beaming at Emily, he assumed because she'd wanted Alison to find a quality partner, then his eyes traveled back to his daughter. He sighed, pulling her into the hug that he could tell she craved at that moment. "You know I'll always support you, Al," he finally said.

"Thanks, dad," she whispered against his chest, looking relieved.

Emily watched from the side, glad to see Alison's father stepping up that way. She knew Alison sought her dad's approval, so as the events of the night began adding up in her head, she couldn't help but grow happier by the minute.

Once Kenneth let go of his daughter, he gave Emily, again, his version of a warm smile, which she returned, before his phone buzzed in his pocket.

"Well, I hate to cut this short, but Jessica, we must leave," he ushered.

"Yes, of course," Jessica shook out of her thoughts with a glimmering smile at Emily, who turned shy under the older woman's obvious pleasure at the news. "Let's go, Kenneth."

The two parents soon said their goodbyes to the girls, leaving them by themselves. As soon as the door closed, Alison turned to Emily and hugged her tightly. The brunette didn't even care that her eyeballs were about to bulge out from the amount of pressure Alison was putting on her body in their hug, because she was just too contented to notice.

Alison parted away from her and cupped the brunette's cheeks. "I love you, Em," she said in all seriousness. Before Emily had a chance to respond, Alison was already tugging her into a kiss - brushing their lips gently at first, then bringing their lips together in a passionate liplock. Emily walked forward, forcing Alison to walk backwards, their lips never once breaking contact. Alison was pinned against a nearby wall, and she gasped in surprise at the gesture, noticing the bold side of her girlfriend coming out. Emily was even the one to deepen the kiss, getting Alison to groan against her mouth in pleasure. Emily eventually parted away from the kiss, leaning her forehead against the blonde's, only to whisper against her girlfriend's lips, "I love you too, Ali."

Alison couldn't help it anymore, she grabbed Emily tightly by the hips and spun them around, pinning the brunette against the same wall. She leaned in and kissed Emily with an eagerness that returned from their interrupted moment in the bathroom of the restaurant. Alison's hands held on to the brunette's hips as Emily's hands flew to her girlfriend's perfect blonde locks. Alison parted away ultimately, only to move her mouth down to the brunette's jaw and then her neck, biting occasionally and licking the same spot to soothe the pain. Emily moaned lowly in want, making Alison smirk against her skin.

Alison backed away and grabbed Emily's hand, leading her up the stairs, not wanting to waste a moment longer. They reached Alison's room in record time and before Emily could notice, the blonde was already pushing her onto her bed.

Emily plopped down on the satin sheets and looked up at Alison with a small smile, making the blonde grin as well. "What?" Alison asked playfully, with her smirk now taking over her whole face.

"Nothing, it's just... I can't believe this is true. It all feels like a dream," Emily explained shyly to her.

"I know what you mean," Alison said as she stood straight. "But I want you to know," she held the bottom of her dress pulled it over her head. She unclicked her bra and took it off. "That this," she took off the remaining of fabric covering her body and straddled Emily's torso on the bed, purring in the brunette's ear, "is not a dream."

Emily bit her lip unconsciously as she eyed her girlfriend's impressive physique. She had been attracted to this girl from day one, there was no denying it. Alison had the perfect body. Her hair was perfectly glowing, her waist was perfectly slim, and her stomach was perfectly flat. Everything was just flawless about the queen bee. But, of course, with time, Emily actually fell a lot deeper in love with the person that Alison was rather than her looks. Not the cold, vicious girl Alison forced herself to be as she strutted down the halls of Rosewood High, but the genuine, warm girl that Alison was only around her.

Thinking this, Emily crashed her lips into Alison's, making the blonde moan into her mouth as Emily gripped Alison's hips tightly. Emily grazed her nails absentmindedly up and down Alison's bare back slowly, making the girl's head spin.

Alison sat straight and held the tip of Emily's dress. "Take it off," she commanded breathlessly. Emily obeyed quickly, and pretty soon, they were both naked and tangled up with each other under the sheets.

They fell asleep only in the early hours of the morning, having their whole night pleasing each other and making one another come undone time and time again. They didn't even register the return of Alison's parents, not that the two adults paid them any mind, thinking they were already fast asleep. Alison ignored her girlfriend's protests that her parents would hear and they remained making love, their moans silent and captured in each other's mouths.

XXXXX

"OH, MY GOD!" was the only thing that escaped Hanna's mouth, her eyes wide enough for it to be comical.

Spencer had invited Hanna and Aria to sleep over at her house last night, since they had agreed to give Alison and Emily their space after the whole debacle with Emily's parents.

It was 9:30 AM the next day, when Hanna walked over to the window in Spencer's room, and looked into Alison's room. There they were; Emily spooning Alison on the bed with the blanket only nearly reaching their hips, both girls completely naked from top to bottom and in deep sleep.

"What? What did you see?" Aria asked curiously as she approached the window. Hanna just pointed out to Alison's room, making Aria's eyes widen twice their size.

"What are you two so astonished about? You look like that painting, 'The Scream'," Spencer joked as she walked over to them. She averted her sight to look at what they were looking at, and instantly dropped her jaw.

"We so need to barge in on them," Hanna stated as she walked over to the door.

"Han, don't, that's wrong. And gross," Aria grimaced and frowned at the thought.

"Aria's right. Isn't it enough that I have their naked bodies forever carved in my head?" Spencer asked sarcastically.

"Come on, you guys, it's better if they get caught by us and not Alison's parents," Hanna pointed out truthfully. Aria and Spencer shared a look before hesitantly giving in and making a beeline to the door, following in Hanna's wake. They went out of the Hastings household and walked over to Alison's house next door. Knocking on the door, they were greeted by a hungover Jason who simply swung the door open, not even bothering to look at who they were, before walking away.

They walked up to their friend's room and stopped at the doorway. "Aww, they're actually pretty cute," Aria said as she smiled genially at the cuddling pair who was facing away from them.

Hanna didn't waste a second and knocked powerfully on the wooden door, making both girls jump from their sleep. "Morning, sunshines!" the bubbly blonde practically shouted as Spencer involuntarily choked on a laugh, not expecting Hanna to actually do that.

Emily rubbed the sleep off her eyes as she felt a bare body moving next to her. She turned to see Alison and couldn't help but release a small smile, before realizing that the blonde was naked and looking down at her own body, discovering that she was, in fact, naked too. Her eyes switched in horror to her friends in the doorway who couldn't help stop themselves from laughing at her reaction, even Aria, who was the most opposed to the idea. The swimmer quickly grabbed the blanket and lifted it, covering her and her girlfriend's bodies completely.

Alison soon realized what was going on and couldn't help but let out a small laugh of her own at the awkward situation she was in. "Han, get those two out of here before they get a stroke."

"Call us, we'll go for breakfast!" Hanna proclaimed as Aria led her and Spencer out of the room. Aria was almost as embarrassed as Emily at the whole scenario.

As soon as they closed the door behind them, Emily sighed, "We have to start closing the curtains."

Alison laughed and turned to face her girlfriend. "Good morning, babe," she smiled at the brunette. Emily's heart fluttered at the pet name.

"Morning, sunshine," Emily referred to Hanna's previous comment as she leaned forward, kissing Alison the cheek. The blonde smiled in return, before standing and pulling Emily up with her. She wrapped the sheet around herself and walked over to the doorway.

"I see that my parents are out and Jason's locked in his room doing god-knows-what. I'm going to shower. Care to join?" Alison asked with a suggestive, raised eyebrow.

Emily thought about the idea for a second before shyly shaking her head. "I-If we shower together, we'll never leave the bathroom and we need to meet the girls soon."

Alison gave her a knowing look as she walked over to her in a torturously slow pace. She wrapped her arms around Emily's body, making the sheet drop to the floor, leaving both their bodies naked and flushed together. Alison leaned in, trailing kisses over Emily's collarbone and neck in a way that woke her up more than any shower could.

Before Emily could lose herself in the blonde just as she has last night, Alison parted from her, walking to the bathroom, not even bothering to cover herself with the sheet this time. "Tease," Emily boldly called out to her and pouted.

Alison reached the door and turned her head around. "You love it," she said and winked at Emily, before closing the door behind her.

XXXXX

After showering and putting on some clothes, the girls called Aria, since they knew she was the only one out of three who wouldn't tease or question them, and arranged to meet at The Brew with the girls for breakfast.

They walked to the meetup place, holding hands proudly, since, technically, as Alison smartly pointed out, everyone knew about them already; their friends, their families and pretty-much the entire school by now.

They met their friends at the table and ordered together, everything seeming strangely normal, although Alison could tell Hanna was about to start her taunting. As they waited for the food, the bubbly blonde turned to them.

"So, how was last night?" Hanna asked with a smug smirk plastered to her face. Emily blushed and rolled her eyes, trying to ignore the question.

Alison on the other hand, rested her chin on her palm, "Em totally rocked my world last night. I was right when I said 'shy on the streets, sexy in the sheets'."

Alison smirked as Emily choked on her orange juice and the whole table broke into laughter. She had merely said it to mess with the girls, but she would be lying if she said that the brunette hadn't pleasantly surprised her the previous night. It really was perfect.

"Can we please talk about anything else?" Emily croaked up, deep blush covering her cheeks.

"Sure, Em. So," Aria started. "Ezra asked me to be his girlfriend."

"What? When? Tell me everything," Alison stated excitedly, genuinely interested in the story.

"Toby asked me too."

"Me three," Hanna joked.

"When did they have time to do that?" Emily asked curiously.

"Last night," Aria admitted. She went on and told them, "After you guys left the restaurant, the guys tried to lift out spirits. They called some of their friends, who came in dressed as a mariachi band, with the guitars and all. They all went down on one knee and asked us to be their girlfriends. The whole restaurant clapped after we said yes, it was so funny," Aria laughed as she recounted last night's events. As much as it all sounded made up, now that she thought about it, it was the honest-to-god truth, which, somehow made her want to laugh even more. Alison and Emily commented excitedly, pleased that their friends' relationships just 'went up a level' last night.

Hanna wrapped her arms around Spencer and Aria's shoulders enthusiastically. "Guys, I can already tell Paris is totally going to rock! I'm so happy I'm going with you all."

They all responded in agreement and Alison wondered to herself what she had done to deserve everything in her life. Her friends, her girlfriend, the vacation in Paris... She looked over to Emily and found herself marveling in the beauty of the girl, wanting to give the brunette everything. She suddenly felt like the luckiest girl in the world.