The Story of Us

Heartache

ALISON DILAURENTIS

This night was the best. Except for one thing, Cyrus, he's back. But never mind that, we took care of it. Jason was sitting on the couch sleeping and he jolts awake as I called his name.

"Why are you sleeping here Jason? You have a bedroom." I said.

"I... Just fell asleep while watching TV. So, how was it?" Jason said.

"Oh, the date? It was amazing! How about you? How was your evening." I said.

"Well I had a date with potato chips and sodas. Oh and the TV. It was fun." Jason said.

I laughed a little.

"Well i'm gonna go to sleep. We have school tomorrow." I said.

"Okay, sleep tight." Jason said.

I walked upstairs , got my pajamas on, and laid in bed. I was so surprised how Jason is acting today. That was unexpected.

I was just laying on my bed then I felt a sharp pain in my chest. I think this is it. The attack. Shit I forgot to take my medicines.

"Jason!" I screamed but it was too low for him to hear.

I keep a hand at my chest while my other hand finds my inhaler. Every second wasted, I keep taking heavy breaths. I can't control this. I felt the pain again, this time in my heart. I screamed so loud it made me passed out. Everything was black.

I woke up at my bed, Jason sitting at the side facing me. He gave me a glass of water. I quickly drank it.

"Ali you're awake! What happened?" He asked.

"I don't know. I think it was more than an attack. I felt something in my heart. " I said.

"We should go and tell--" He said but I cut him off.

"No! Don't tell them. Please?" I said.

"Even Em? She must know that this is happening to you." He said.

"No. Just don't. You're the only one who must know about this okay?" I begged.

"Okay I won't. I'm at my bedroom if you need me." He said.

"I'm gonna go to sleep." I said.

Let's just pretend this attack never happened.

The next day, we all waited for Em at Spencer's locker. We were all worried because she was never late at anything, what took her so long?

"Ali do you know what's taking her so long to go to school?" Aria said.

"No. We had our date last night and she left happy. I don't know what happened." I said.

"God where is she? Have you texted her?" Hanna said.

"No." I said.

"C'mon guys, we're gonna be late for our first class! Maybe she's just absent." Spencer said.

"You have a point. C'mon" Aria said.

"Okay you guys go, I'll wait here." I said.

"You don't have to do that." Em said, walking towards us.

"Baby!" I said as I hugged her tightly.

"What took you so long?" I asked.

"I have to tell you something. " She said.

"Are we included?" Hanna asked.

"Yeah, c'mon," Em said.

We all moved closer and I can feel Em's skin, it's turning me on.

"What is it?" Aria asked.

"So after Ali and I had our date, I was surprised that Dad was there. He asked me to come closer because he was gonna say something to me. Mom was there too. Their looks are very serious than usual, I was nervous, I knew that i'm in trouble." Em said.

"What did they say?" I immediately asked.

"They want me to move to Texas." Em said sadly.

I was so speechless, I don't know what to do. If Em's gonna move away, I don't think I can survive this life. She is what I need, she is like my drug. This can't be true. There must be a way to stop this. I can't handle this.

I took a peek at the girls reactions, Hanna was shocked too, Aria crying, Spencer was speechless. But I've got the most blank face.

"After Graduation, so I get to spend more time with you guys!" Em cheered us up.

The others smiled their tears away while I smiled a little bit, just to show her that i'm happy, but i'm not. She's still gonna move. What if she finds another girl there? What if she forgets me? Now paranoia is killing me.

Ali, breathe. I say to myself because i'm lacking air again.

"C'mon guys let's go to our classes." Spencer said.

"Okay!" We all said.

We have different classes so I quickly went to the comfort room and rested my hands on the edge of the sink.

"What's happening to me?" I ask myself.

I'm still lacking air. Now my heart starts to ache again. My head was spinning now. I don't know what to do. I collapsed there reaching for my inhaler. Then someone bursted out of the stalls. A blonde girl that looks just like me. She took out something big on her bag connected to a thing and put the thing in my mouth. I guess this is a nebulizer.

"Just. Breathe." She said.

My breathing kinda went to stable. I can breathe nicely again.

"Are you feeling better?" She asked and I nodded.

She removed the thing in my mouth and put the nebulizer back into her bag. She was about to go but I stopped her.

"Hey, who are you?" I said.

She just smiled at me and went out.

"Thank you!" I shouted.

Who is she?