Family

Emily Catherine Fields-DiLaurentis

"I love you guys" I blubber

"Ali, are you okay?" Emily asks, resting her hand on my leg, softly looking into my eyes

"Yeah, I'm fine. Just after everything we've been through I never thought we'd get a moment like this"

Emily smiles at me and slides her hand off my leg

"I'm glad you are okay, and don't worry about the school and CJ. We'll be back at our desks before you know it" she smiles again as she intertwines our hands; her warm touch makes me feel safe

"I hope so" I smile, giving her a quick kiss on the cheek

"PDA" we hear a voice shout "get a room guys"

"Aunt Aria"

"Hey girls" she says, hugging Lily and Grace

"This is my cafe, if you two try anything I'll get you kicked out" she laughs, sitting across from us

"What are you doing here Aria?" Emily asks

"I came to make sure everything was okay for the new tenant"

"New tenant?" Emily asks

"Well you know that we moved to a bigger house so we could have a garden and the kids could have their own rooms, but we've found it difficult to find someone to rent the room upstairs. We've finally found the perfect renter"

"Who?" I ask curiously

"Mike" Aria laughs

"Your brother Mike?"

"Yeah. He umm...broke up with his girlfriend and came back to Rosewood we're giving him the apartment and he'll work here until he finds something better"

"Well anyway I have to go. See you later" Aria continues, she hugs the girls again and then leaves

After another cup of coffee Emily suggests we go home and put the girls to bed. Emily walks out the brew, her hands are placed on each of our daughters backs.

"See anything you like?" she whispers into my ear as I walk out the door

"What?" I say, snapped out my stare

"See anything you like?" she repeats laughing, I can tell she caught me looking at her butt

"Emily, how rude"

"Of course I did" I continue, watching Lily and Grace race to the nearest lamppost

Emily's knuckles are still bruised and her face tightens with pain as I quickly grab her hand, my fingers touching her knuckles. I let go. Throwing her left arm over my shoulders, her hand strokes my breast as she searches for my left hand. I rest my head on her side, her lips kiss my head. I close my eyes taking in her smell, her touch, her voice. My eyes crawl up my bent arm stopping where our hands are slotted together, our wedding rings sit flush against each other. Emily slowly slips her hand out of mine when we reach the path to our house, she grabs the keys out her pocket and unlocks the front door.

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"Good night princesses" I whisper, closing Grace and Lily's bedroom door

Emily is lying on the sofa, her head is leaning on her hand and she is watching tv. I lift her smooth legs up, slip underneath them and place them back down over my legs. Her irresistible lips curl it's a smile

"You wanna know something my younger self would never admit?"

"Of course" she says, sitting up in excitement

"Whenever we kissed. When I went home I didn't eat or drink because I could still taste you on my lips" I blush

Emily's smile grows into a grin as she laughs at me. Her beautiful thin body leans over me, she pushes my bangs up out of my face and kisses me. My hand rests on her thigh, the other running through her silky hair

"I love you" Emily says

"I love you too"

"When did you first realise you love me?" Emily asks

"Well I didn't admit to myself until Paige asked me but I knew years before that" I stop, remembering the day I realised I loved her

"It was a normal day. You were sitting next to Ben at lunch and you were reading great expectations. I remember hearing you read a part aloud to Ben and he told you to be quiet because he was trying to text his friends. I was sitting at the table behind you and as I listened to you read I realised that I liked you"

"I remember that day" Emily sighs

"Do you remember what you read to Ben?"

"It was the same part you read to me in the library"

"I knew you had got to that part. When I read it to you, It was because I wanted to tell you that Pip and Estella weren't you and Ben they were us. I wanted to tell you that I appreciated and I loved you"

"I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be" Emily recites

"Alison"

"Yes Emily?"

"Pip got Estella"

It's official the perfectionists is a PLL spinoff and SASHA IS GONNA BE IN IT !!!! I really hope Shay becomes part of it as well. I need to see Emison again. I'm so excited, I can't wait !!!!xxx
(Published 25th September 2017)