Pretty Little Liars One Shot

After Alison DiLaurentis had disappeared her friend group had completely shattered leading to you befriending Emily Fields due to her detachment from her friend group. The group of girls had always intimidated you but alone Emily was the best friend you had always desired- maybe one day something more.

Although you had been fast friends it had fallen to the side recently. Yes there were other things getting in the way recently, exams coming up, Emily's swimming and the drama coming with phone calls and text messages that had pushed her back into her old friend group; none of that explained why she avoided you like the plague now.

At most you would receive an offhand hello in the hallways but she had ignored your text messages, rejected your phone calls and made every excuse in the book to avoid talking to you. For all you knew nothing had warranted this, you had been good friends and you were pretty certain that you were going to continue doing so. Nothing had happened that would suggest your friendship should have ended but for whatever reason.

It concerned and perplexed you. Had you lost your friend? The one person you had thought that you got along with. The one person that you wished there could be something more than friendship with.

Soon it had become too much and you just wanted answers. Knowing what time swim practice finished you waited outside the changing rooms to ambush her into speaking to you finally. Every time the door swung open you were ready to pounce but it was a false alarm every time until you finally saw the woman you wanted to speak to.

"Emily," you called out.

Her eyes widened at the sound of your voice, freezing in her spot. She attempted to keep a smile on her face but it was clearly fake.

"H-hi Y/N," she whispered attempting to seem welcoming but the nerves were evident.

"What's wrong?" You asked not wanting to bat around the bush.

"Nothing, why would you ask?" She said softly.

Your eyebrows knitted together at the concept of her lying to you currently.

"Well you haven't spoken to me. You've avoided me for nearly a month. If there is anything I did to upset you, please tell me. I thought we were friends Emily, but friends don't abandon friends," you frowned.

She hesitated, a lump catching in her throat. Whatever had driven her away clearly upset her and you wished it could all be clearer as you could never wish pain upon her.

"I'm sorry," she whispered, her words broken in her voice.

"Just tell me why," you sighed. "Just tell me why you have been avoiding me. I won't be angry or upset."

Emily raised her eyes from looking at her feet for a moment to look you in the eyes before they fell instantly.

"I thought that it would help," she sighed. "I thought..."

Her words trailed off, not making the situation any clearer to you.

"Help what?"

With a sigh everything became clear.

"I thought if I didn't spend time with you then the feelings would go. I knew it was wrong to like my best friend, my straight best friend. How was I supposed to handle that? I thought that if I spent some time away from you, you would learn to hate me and I wouldn't like you anymore," she sighed, her expression pained.

"Did it work?" You asked, the only questioned you cared for the answer at the moment.

"Did what work?"

"Did you stop liking me?" You pried.

Her eyes quickly became wide once more at such a question.

"No," she whispered.

"Good."

"What?"

You couldn't help but smile. She liked you too and that was more than you could ever ask for in life, she had been the woman you had loved since you had met so you were glad that your feelings were requited.

Too caught up in emotions, you stepped onto your tiptoes, placing a gentle hand to her cheek to steady yourself as you leaned in to press your lips to hers. 

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Written by Charlotte.

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