Irretrievably Broken?

Shattered Heart

Alison's pov

"Ali, you aren't wearing your ring?" Mona asks, with a puzzled looked on her face

"I thought you were going to try sort things out with Emily?"

"I was, but as I said she just can't get past the past"

"Is there really nothing else you can do? Is this really the end?"

"I don't want to talk about it Mona. Can you just tell me what you have learned about Taylor Hotchkiss?"

Emily's pov

"Do you like my drawing Mommy?" Grace asks as she holds up a piece of paper with four stick figures, 'Mommy, Mommy, Lily and Me'

"I love it Grace" I smile, taking the drawing from her small hands before putting it onto the fridge with a magnet

As I return from the kitchen I hear a violent thud on the door. Walking towards the door the knocks get louder and more rapid, my palms begin to sweat when my hand wraps around the door handle. I pull the front door open and almost get punched in the face by Spencer

"Sorry" she gasps

"What is it Spencer? Are you okay?"

"No not really"

"What's wrong?" I ask with worry

Spencer grabs onto my wrist and drags me past Lily and Grace, into the kitchen

"You and Ali are getting a divorce?" She shouts in a whisper

"How did you..."

"A friend from the family lawyers told me. Why didn't you talk to us about it? What happened? I though you were in love?"

"They had no right to tell you"

"I know they didn't Em but that's not the point I'm trying to make. Why didn't you or Alison tell us?"

"I...I didn't know what to say to you. I barely even know what to say to Alison anymore"

"Do you still love her?"

I stop breathing for a second as I register Spencer's question, swallowing the lump in my throat I begin breathing again

"Yes, more than anything" I sigh, breaking down into tears

Spencer runs over to me and pulls me into a hug, my whole body rests against her as my legs begin to crumble

"Spence, I made a mistake and now I don't know how to fix it" I cry

"What do you mean Em?"

"I though Alison was going to go back to her bitchy high school self and I didn't want that around the girls. I was scared that she didn't love me anymore, so I decided to leave before I got left. But she does love me Spencer and I love her. It's all ruined, I can't fix it" I begin to lose my breath as I stutter all the words out at the same time, scared that if I stop for talking for even one second I will not be able to control my emotions

"Emily calm down. Why can't you fix it? Just tell Alison how you feel. I know she loves you, she will understand"

"I can't fix it because we have both already signed the papers"

"Has Alison sent them back to the law firm yet?"

"I don't know" I sniff, as Spencer continues to hold me

"Then phone her and ask"

Alison's pov

I look down at my phone, half way through a lecture, to see that I have missed a series of calls and texts from Emily