"How'd it go?" The shop assistant sweetly asked
"Fine" I politely replied before turn away to leave the store
"Oh, wait" she called out to me
"Don't forget, the item you asked us to put on hold" she smiled, pulling out a blue striped gift bag
"For the donor" the woman continued, my eyes shot up to the woman bewildered by what she just asks
"What?" I paused with confusion "What did you say?" I asked her again
"You asked us to put this on hold for the egg donor" the woman told me, reaching into the bag
"We personalized it and everything" she smiled, holding up a necklace
I frantically pulled it out her hands, my eyes focused on the name and my heart dropped. My previous conversation with Emily ran through my head. In a confused panic I turned away from the woman and continued to stare at the necklace. With every second that I looked at Emily's name oxygen escaped my lungs. I had never been that scared in my life, boiling hot blood rushed to my head as breathe continued to escape my lungs
"Are you okay?" The woman asked, stretching out her arm as I swayed back and forth almost fainting "Do you need to sit down?" she continued to ask with concern
I took a deep breath before frantically turning back around to her
"Where is it?" I asked while searching through the bag which previously contained the necklace. The necklace that literally spelled out the terrifying truth.
"What, what are you looking for?" She asked with confusion
"The puzzle piece" I shouted with anger, looking up to the woman
"They must have told you to put it somewhere" I screamed
"I'm not sure..."
"I need it" I helplessly interrupted her
"Okay" she said with her hands defensively up at her chest
"I need that damn puzzle piece" I softly said in a panic
"I'm sorry, I don't know what piece you're talking about"
I felt completely violated. My mind was overwhelmed and my heart continued to rapidly beat as I dizzily ran out of the store; knocking things down as I ran out.
"Alison! Watch. Are you okay?" Emily asks, picking up the teddies I accidentally knocked off the shelf
"Are you okay?" Emily asks again
"Yeah. I'm fine. I was just thinking about the last time I was here" I tell her, peeling my eyes off the woman who gave me the necklace
"Do you know her?" Em asks me
"Kind of. She was the woman who told me about Lily and Grace"
"What about them?" Emily laughs
"That they aren't mine, they are yours. Well, I mean that the eggs weren't mine"
"That was a long time ago. Let's forget about that and buy everything we need for our baby boy" Emily smiles, kissing my cheek
"I would like light grey walls with one wallpapered wall, that we will put his light grey crib against"
"Grey? For a baby? I know it's light but I think the walls should be white because he's pure"
"White is boring. Our family is definitely not boring so why would the walls be?"
"Okay I'll make a deal with you. I will paint the walls grey...if you agree that his middle name will be after the best man I know"
"And who is that?"
"Your hero of course. I'll paint his walls grey if his name is...." I pause gesturing a jump with my hand; where his first name would be
"Wayne DiLaurentis-Fields" I continue while blushing
"Really? You mean it?" Emily smiles, caressing my face in her palms
"Yes. Your dad is the best man I ever met and I'd love if our son was named after him"
"I love you" she whispers before kissing me
"I love you too. Now let's go buy a light grey crib, and blue bedsheets"
"Just because he is a boy doesn't his room need to be blue. Alison it's the twenty-first century" Emily jokes
"Shut up" I snigger "I like blue. It's adorable and traditional"
"I like blue too" Emily smiles, waving a blue teddy bear in front of my face
"Her name is Alison" She laughs, burying the bear under her chin
"Where did you get that name from?" I joke
"Oh, I named her after this really cute girl from high school" Em blushes
Emily's pov
"How'd it go?" The woman behind the checkout politely asks
"Great. I think we got everything we need" I smile, looking over to Alison who has turned pale white
"Are you okay?" The woman ask, reaching out to Alison
"Do you need to sit down?" I ask Alison as I wrap my arms around her
"No. I'm fine" she gulps, picking up a bag full of our sons clothes
"Goodbye. Hope you girls have a nice day" the woman smiles, handing me another two bags
"That's a great store"
"What?" Alison asks
"The Darling Duck. It's a great baby store. Why didn't we ever go there for the girls? We always went to that crappy pop-up stand in the mall"
"I don't know. I like the crappy pop-us stand" Ali defensively says
"Ali. Alison wait" I shout, running in front of her
"Do you dislike that store because that's where you found out about the baby...about our babies?"
"Yes. Okay. I hate that store because that's where A.D. sent me to find out that the baby wasn't mine. I know it's just a stupid store but it reminds me that I am not the girls' mom" Ali says as she begins to choke up slowly becoming unable to speak
"You are" she sighs
I place the bags on the ground and take the other one out of Alison's hand leaning it against the other two bags at my feet
"Alison. You are their mom. Just like you will be our son's mom. Don't ever think that they are not your daughters. Do you hear me Alison? Don't ever think that they are not your daughters" I tell her while interweaving our hands
"You carried them for nine months and you have cared for them for eight years. You are their mother" I smile before letting go of her left hand and softly kissing her right hand
"Now come on my Queen, let's go home and decorate the nursery for our prince's arrival" I smirk, picking up the shopping bags while maintaining my grip of Ali's hand
Ali's pov
"Fuck this. Why couldn't it have been Spencer
-or even better Toby- who came instead of the two of you?" I scream, throwing away my screwdriver in anger
"It would've been easier if there was instructions" Hanna complains, trying to shove a screw into the wood
"Well we don't because we haven't used this in five years"
"So who's crib is it? Lily or Grace's?"
"I don't remember Aria" Emily laughs
"We all have children. One of us must know how to build a crib" Spencer laughs, letting herself into the house
"Are you looking at me because I'm gay?" Emily giggles
"No, you just happen to be the sporty one" Aria laughs
"What's so funny?" I ask as Aria, Spencer, Hanna and Emily who are all hysterically laugh
"Nothing. We've just had this conversation before, but with a punctured tyre" Spencer explains
"Well thank fuck you are here. We need you Spence. Alison almost had a breakdown"
"You are all garbage. Move. I'll build the crib" Spencer laughs
Within 10 minutes our genius friend has finished building the crib herself
"That's because her husband is a builder. She's been taking notes" Hanna defensively says
"No, I can build a crib because I've got a brain. You'd be lucky if the four of you have one brain cell between you" she mocks
"But at least you know how to paint" Spencer smiles, looking at the light grey walls
"Why've you missed this wall?" Hanna asks, knocking on the wall at the baby's crib
"We are going to wallpaper it" I explain
"This room is going to look adorable"
"I can't believe my otp are having another baby" Hanna squeals as she pulls us all into a group hug