Pretty Little Liars One Shot

"Maybe we could go out on a date?" You offered.

"I don't know," Emily sighed.

You and Emily had been friends for years and you liked her more than you should have liked a friend. However, you were pretty certain that she felt the same, but neither of you had ever taken the step to move the relationship from anything but platonic. It took all of your courage to ask her on a date, to try and see if something romantic could work between you, and to hear anything but a yes made your heart sink. Of course, you wouldn't hate her for saying no, you wanted her to be happy and if that meant not with you, then you would live with that, but you couldn't deny that you wanted her to say yes and to live happily ever after.

"What do you mean?" You asked.

You didn't know how to take her answer. If she asked for time to think, that'd make sense, but simply saying she didn't know frankly left you confused.

"I don't want to put you in danger with A," she said honestly. "As friends, you are less of a target but if they knew what you meant to me, then they might do something drastic."

A smile crept upon your face at her saying that you meant a lot to her. Nevertheless, you didn't care about the danger, all you wanted was her.

"Don't let A get in the way of your happiness. Anyway, wouldn't we be stronger as a pair?" You said playfully.

She shook her head. "Why should we date? We might not even work out well together, it might just put you in danger for no reason."

"Because we're attracted to each other, Em. We both feel something here, it would suck if we never got to see if it was something," you offered as a response.

"I'm attracted to pie, but I do not feel the need to date pie," she said quizzically, not certain what she had said or what it meant fully as she rambled her point.

You rolled your eyes at her, gently taking her hand so that she could pull away if she wanted to- she didn't.

"I really like you Emily, one date won't hurt. And even if A got involved, they'd likely get involved just because we are friends," you said softly. "Just one date. That is all I ask."

Emily paused for a moment, letting herself think. She sighed with a fond smile on her face.

"One date, I'd like that."

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