The One

Chapter 25: The Talk

Emily's POV

I was about to lay down and go to sleep when I felt the bed dip down on the other side of me. As soon as I turn around I see Alison.

"Emily, we need to talk. And this time there's no way you're getting out of this"

Hearing her say that literally scared me. Probably because I have a pretty good feeling of what this is going to be about.

"Okay. What's up?" I say kinda laid back.

"Don't 'what's up' me. You know exactly what this is about" Ali says back.

"Um, no not really" I say kinda lying.

She gives me a sad look. "I want to know what's going on with you. Why have you been acting so strange and distant with me lately?" She asks, putting the loose hair on my face behind my ear. "Is it because of me? Did I do something wrong to hurt or upset you?"

There it is.

The conversation I was dreading to have for the longest time now is finally going to happen. And even though I saw it coming, I honestly still didn't know how to respond so I just stayed silent for a while just thinking.

"Please talk to me Em. I want to fix this, us. But I can't, at least not on my own"

I continue to stay silent.

"Baby?" I hear Alison whisper as she put her hand on my lap.

"I'm so sorry Alison" I say with tears in my eyes. "Believe me babe. I never meant to hurt you. I-I just.. I've been going through something and I didn't want to dump my problems on you. So I ignored you"

"Baby we're in this together, you know that. So whatever problems you have are mine as well. Now please just tell me what's been bothering you and I'll do what I can to help you" Ali asks me with the saddest baby blue eyes I've ever seen.

"I-I'm scared and and m-mad at myself" was all I managed to say.

"What? Why? What happened baby?"

"Before our fight, my mom called me saying that my grandma was dying. I didn't want to listen to her because I didn't wanna accept it. So that's when she sent Jake to talk to me and make me go back home. But then that just made things way worse when he found out about you. He told my mom and then that made me so worried that I was going to mess things up between us, so I ended up ignoring you"

"Em, baby th-"

"But then my mom came and I thought everything was fixed when she was okay with us. It made me so happy that I forgot everything else. It wasn't until after she left that she called me and told me that my grandma d-died" I say cutting Ali off.

"Oh baby, why didn't you just tell me?" my girlfriend says wrapping me into a gentle hug.

"I was so mad at myself. I didn't listen to my mom when she asked me to go say goodbye to my grammy before she came here. And it was all because I was too busy being selfish I didn't want you thinking bad about me, so I didn't tell you" I say as tears continue to stream down my face.

At this point I'm just scared, Ali hasn't said anything since I told her. I just hope that she's not mad?

"Babe please say something. I hope you're not pissed at me. I just didn't know what to do, so I ran from our problems. I know it's stupid of me, but I didn't know what else to do"

Alison's POV

I knew something was up with my girl, I just never expected it to be this. Now I really do feel like a bitch for thinking the worst in her.

"It's alright love, I understand. I used to be like that back when I was a teen" I say trying to make her not feel as bad. Because I could honestly relate to what she did and how she felt. I just never expected her to do the exact same thing as me and run from her problems instead of facing them head on

"You did?" she asks surprised.

"Yeah believe it or not, I used to be your age once" I say with a chuckle. "And yes I did do the same thing with problems. Except that I wasn't a little rebel like you. I was just plain mean" I add trying to cheer her up.

"Hey! I'm not a rebel" she says with a fake sense of hurt.

"Quit playing, you know you are. I mean what kind of innocent girl likes to be disobedient on purpose and has body piercings like you?" I ask her with a smirk.

I then just see her blush slightly. She looks so adorable when she gets shy. "Shut up! You weren't complaining when you seen them"

"I sure wasn't. It was actually really sexy, if I'm being honest" I reply with a wink causing her to blush a deeper shade of red.

"But in all seriousness baby. Do you think you can do a favor for me?" I ask nervously unsure of how she'll react.

"Um okay?"

"Promise me that you'll never keep things like this from me again and that whenever something's bothering you, you'll come talk to me"

"But wh-"

"Promise me Emily" I stated again, cutting her off.

"Okay, okay. Fine I promise"

"Thank you baby. You know I don't mean to be demanding towards you. I just love you and want us to have complete honesty between us. I don't like seeing you dealing with things on your own when I can help you"

"I know. Thanks babe. I really am sorry though" she says looking down at her hands.

"Actions speak louder then words Emil-" I managed to say before she cuts me off mid sentence with a sweet passionate kiss.

"I love you so much Alison" she says giving me a kiss on the tip of my nose.

"I love you too sweetie" I reply with a smile.

"D-do you think it would be okay if I can hold you tonight this time babe?" my girlfriend then asks me causing me to smile widely.

"Of course baby. Anything you want" I answer.

As we got dressed for bed and under the covers I couldn't help but feel relieved because for once, I'm sleeping in my girlfriends arms.

Finally my heart and mind can be at ease, at least for the time being.

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