Family

Together

"Em, what happened? Are you okay?"

"I'm scared" she sniffs as I sit down next to her

I forcefully stop her shaking by wrapping her tightly in my arms

"Of what?"

"It's going so fast. I'm scared to be disappointed. What if they don't accept us? What if they realise we are shitty parents?"

"We aren't shitty parents at all Emily. You are the best mom I know"

"We are shitty Alison. We fucking killed someone and then buried their body at the previous murder sight of your husband"

"Emily, we need to forget about that. No matter what we've previously done; you are a good mother. You love Lily and Grace, you would do absolutely anything for our gorgeous girls and I know that you will do anything for our boy"

Emily's sunken eyes look up to me and she wipes her snotty nose with her hoodie sleeve. I smirk at her remembering the day I talked to her about keeping our baby:

I sat on my floor; my mind was all over the place trying to decide on the biggest thing that had ever happened to me. I heard the door slam shut but continued to look blankly at the wall

"Ali?" I heard Emily shout

"Hey. What's wrong?" She nervously asked me, kneeling down beside me

She stared nervously at me and my eyes fell to the floor before I looked back up to the wall, my breathing deepened and my heart was bouncing out of my chest

"I've thought about it. About what it means. About what it could mean" I stuttered, looking at my feet which were stretched out in front of me, Emily's eyes dropped to the floor as she anticipated what I was going to say

Emily continued to look down at the floor as I stared into the distance too nervous to look at Emily as I spoke

"I'm going to have the baby" I paused before looking at Emily for the first time

Her eyes popped with fear and excitement while she said "Are you sure?"

"No" I admitted, shaking my head and looking down to the floor. Scared to disappoint Emily

There was a long silence and I took a deep breath

"But if you help me" I whispered, forcing myself to look at Emily

"I'll help you" She promised

My heart fluttered and my throat became dry with fear, I nodded at Emily processing what was happening

"Okay. Then it's settled" I paused "I'll do it"

"We'll do it" Emily told me as she grabbed onto my hand

My eyes looked back to Emily unaware of what would come out of this decision.

"Together"

"Thank you" Emily said, pulling me into a hug

"Thank you. For trusting me" my voice shook as I tightly hugged Emily

I continue to smile remembering how little we really knew when we agreed to help each other raise a child

"Then it's settled. We'll do it" I say, reciting our conversation from that day

"Together" she sniffs while smiling

"Thank you for trusting...us" I grin, kissing her

"Now come on. We've got an adoption agency to speak to" I smile, standing up and holding out my hand to Emily

Emily's pov

"Have a seat Alison and Emily"

I nervously hold onto Alison's hand as she sits in the chair next to me

"This reminds me of when Mona and I held hands at the fertility centre" I giggle

"You held hands with Mona?" Alison squeals

"Didn't I tell you that?"

"No" she screams, pissed off at me for not telling her

Ali's pov

"No" I calmly reply to Emily

"So. I hear you would like to adopt a baby. Do you have an preferences?"

"Yes. We would love a little boy" I smile, looking over to Emily

"That's not a problem. We will just need you to sign some paperwork to give us permission to look into your family and have a home visit. But don't worry, you girls seem lovely and I'm sure you will have no problem passing all the tests. We just need to look after the baby and make sure we know they will be looked after by a loving family"

"We totally understand" Emily squeezes my hand before grabbing onto a pen and beginning to sign the paperwork

'E. Fields-DiLaurentis' she signs

"You know, before you, I had a small name that could fit in those stupid boxes for a signature. Now. Now I'm luck if I fit half of your last name in it" she jokingly scoffs

"Tell me about it. I've had a long name my whole life" I laugh as I sign the line underneath Emily's name

'A. DiLaurentis-Fields'

"I see that you have twin girls already. Since your last names are different what way do they write their names?"

"DiLaurentis-Fields" Emily smiles

"So will your son have the same name or is he going to have the same last name as Emily?" She asks after she looks at her sheet to see what Emily's name is

"Ummm...He'll"

"He'll have the same name as his sisters" Emily interrupts me

Emily's pov

"We will contact you within the next few months to tell you how we are getting on. Next time I see you will hopefully be when I'm handing you your son. Goodbye Alison and Emily"

"Oh my fuck. Emily. This is actually happening. We are going to be moms again" Alison squeals, jumping into my arms at the same time repeatedly kissing me

"Yes we are" I smile against Alison's lips