#1.) Lazy Beginnings

Hi again everyone! Here we have what will be my greatest literary feat. I propose to you all a series of one shots following Emison throughout college and into their adult lives. I already have so much love in my heart for this story and I can't wait to share it with you all ❤️

Emily stood in the student lounge on Thursday morning in her purple JMU Royal Dukes sweatpants pouring herself a cup of coffee from the breakfast bar. It was 6 a.m. and the sunlight was already shining through the gaping glass panels on all sides of the room. No one in her dorm had classes until the afternoon on Thursdays, but Emily still liked to get up early and go downstairs first. She enjoyed the alone time. No one was fighting over the couches, the tv, the bathrooms, or the last piece of bacon. Her little moment of peace was interrupted when she heard the elevator open on the far side of the room. Not that she minded. She had texted a certain someone to come downstairs and have breakfast with her anyways.

"Good morning love," Alison smiled and joined Emily on the couch. Emily placed her cup on the coffee table and smiled when Alison leaned in for a good morning kiss. She sighed in relief when the blonde laced her fingers in her hair.

"How'd you sleep?" Emily asked when they finally broke the kiss. She offered Alison's some of her coffee, which was gladly accepted.

Alison lifted the cup to her lips and took a long sip, closing her eyes in contentment.

"I slept pretty good, would've been better if I was with you though."

Emily chuckled and nodded her head. It was a shame that they hadn't been placed as roommates, but in a way Emily was glad. She thought the space was good for them, considering they spent the entire day together as it was. Living together right now would probably cause fighting, and mornings like this wouldn't be as special (though Emily was convinced every morning with Alison would always be magical).

Alison placed the coffee back on the table and scooted closer to her girlfriend on the couch. She buried her face in the crook of Emily's neck and inhaled. Her mermaid always smelled like fresh laundry and coffee, Alison's new favorite scent ever since the 8th grade. Emily wrapped her arm around Alison and drew her in closer, grabbing the tv remote with her other hand. She flipped on the tv and turned to the weather channel since some clouds had begun rolling in.

"Alright JMU students, looks like you're in for a surprise today," the weather man blared in his overly-cheery voice. Emily and Alison both perked up at this and listened.

"We are expecting up to 3 feet of snow on the JMU campus by 12:30 this afternoon. All classes have been cancelled and students are urged to stay in their dorms until this blizzard blows through."

Emily and Alison looked at each other excitedly and high five. Soon enough the snow started falling faster than either one of them had ever seen it before.

"So babe we have the whole day to ourselves now. What do you want to do? Emily said as she laced her fingers with the blonde's. Alison smiled at the gesture and laid her head on Emily's shoulder.

"I wish we didn't have roommates. I'd love to spend all day cuddling with you."

"I know love, me too. Maybe Ellie will go to her girlfriend's dorm tonight or something?" Ellie was Emily's roommate. She was a bit shorter than Emily and had medium length brown hair. Ellie and Emily had become really good friends shortly after school began and they really bonded when Ellie came out as bisexual. At first Alison was skeptical, but she knew her mermaid was hers and she didn't have anything to be jealous about. Ellie's girlfriend Camden had a pretty rough time with her anxiety ever since she came to college. Camden was from a very small town in Wyoming and her high school only had 60 people, 15 of which were seniors. Coming to such a large campus took a toll on her, so the school guidance staff opted to give her a private dorm where she could keep a service dog to help her adjust. Ellie's parents were very conservative and preferred that she stayed in her own dorm rather than with her girlfriend, but Ellie slept over there on the weekends and on days off.

"Yeah you're right. In the mean time do you want to go out and do some shopping? Maybe get some lunch?"

"Ali, you heard the weather man. They don't recommend going out in this storm," Emily said worriedly. The snow had picked up and there was already a solid inch on the ground.

"Aw come on Emmy, we're from Pennsylvania! A little snow never stopped us. Remember junior year when we had that massive ice storm and they sent us to school anyways? A little snow can't keep us in. Besides, if we do get snowed in we won't be able to go to Panera for an unholy amount of time," Alison batted her eyelashes and looked up at her girlfriend, who still seemed skeptical. She made the mistake of looking down into Alison's ocean blue eyes and all of her resolve was gone.

"Let me go put some real pants on," Emily grumbled, though her annoyance wasn't genuine.

"Em you're the best! Meet you down here in 30," Alison pressed a searing kiss to her lips that almost made Emily regret not staying in all day.

"I love you Mermaid.

"I love you too Hurricane," Emily said with a soft smile.

. Alison had earned that nickname from Emily years ago. The day that Emily first met Alison was when her family was on vacation the summer before the eighth grade in Cape May. Alison and her family just so happened to be staying next door to them that same week. Unfortunately, a hurricane hit halfway through their stay and trapped them all there an extra week.

Emily looked outside the large bay window at the water. The waves were angry, chopping and churning. The sand from the dunes blew wildly around, engraining themselves into everything they touched. The clouds were black as they raced overhead, dropping torrential rains as they went.

Suddenly, a shock of blonde hair on the beach caught her eye. It was whipping in the wind as a little girl, about her age, was outside watching the water. Every time one of the huge waves crashed onto the beach, the girl took a step closer. Emily was baffled that someone could be dumb enough to be out on the beach in a hurricane, so she ran to her parents to tell them what she saw. Of course once they looked outside, they knew exactly who is was. Emily's mom worked with Mrs. DiLaurentis and had met their little girl, Alison, on multiple occasions. Mr. Fields grabbed and umbrella and went outside to knock on the door of the DiLaurentis' beach house. Alison's older brother Jason, who was about 16 at the time, answered the door and explained that his parents had gone out to stock up on groceries earlier when the roads began to flash flood and they couldn't get back. He was babysitting Alison and had no idea she had gone outside. After they got her back in and dried off, Wayne offered for them to come spend the night with them so they wouldn't be alone. Jason gladly accepted the offer and Pam called Mrs. DiLaurentis to let her know that her kids were safe.

Mrs. Fields sent Alison down to Emily's room to meet her, and Emily was beyond scared. Alison was one of the most popular girls at Rosewood Middle School, and the brunette was sure she'd think she was a joke. Alison knocked on the door softly and Emily poked her head out from under the covers where she was hiding. Alison was wearing a flowy, white sundress that made her blonde hair and sun-kissed skin stand out perfectly. Emily glanced under the covers at her own black athletic shorts and long sleeve Rosewood Junior Sharks Swim Team t-shirt. Surely Alison would hate her just because of her clothes alone.

"Hiya," Alison said when she caught glimpse of Emily's eyes peering back at her. Emily blushed and suddenly lost all her words. Oh god, Alison was going to think she was an idiot.

"Hey," Emily managed to croak out. Her voice sounded like Lucas , the gross boy in her math class last year whose voice had started changing. He always sounded like he had a cold and his voice cracked with every other word he said.

Alison came into the room and sat down on the bed beside Emily. She grabbed the covers in her hand and the yanked them off.

"That's better," she said. When Emily looked at her she smiled and Emily managed a soft smile back. After all, her mom had taught her never to be rude.

"I saw you outside," Emily said in a surprisingly normal tone. Her confidence grew a bit when Alison didn't kill her (though why would she?) and she continued. "You're crazy."

Alison looked baffled but laughed at Emily's scared expression.

"Yeah I guess I am kinda crazy. I just really love storms."

"Well then, Hurricane, looks like you're stuck with me now," Emily said sheepishly.

"Hurricane, I like that," Alison said smiling.

And from then on out, the girls were inseparable.

4 hours and two, yes, two separate trips to Panera later, Alison and Emily finally stumbled back into their dorm building.

"Man, I don't think I've ever seen snow fall so quickly," Alison said once they were inside.

"Me either. I wouldn't be surprised if classes are cancelled for a week! That is way more than three feet out there," Emily rubbed her hands together to try and regain some feeling in them.

"So you wanna come up to my dorm and make some hot chocolate? Camden got Ellie a Keurig for her birthday last week, she said we can use it whenever," Emily said.

"Sure babe," Alison said. She grabbed Emily's hand and walked them over to the elevator. Once they'd reached the 6th floor, they got off and walked all the way down to the end of the hallway, the last door on the left. Everyone says it's the worst dorm available because it's off by itself on some obscure mini-hallway, but it's right by the maintenance room which has the wifi router, so it gets the best service. Emily pulled out her key and unlocked the door. Ellie was standing by the mirror putting some lip gloss on. She had a small duffle bag on the floor next to her.

"Hey Em, hey Ali!" She said cheerily when the couple walked in. At first Alison and Ellie weren't too fond of each other, but eventually they realized they were more alike than they thought. Now they frequently went shopping together and swapped everything from magazines to makeup.

"Hey Ellie," they both said.

"What's got you in such a good mood today, hmm?" Alison asked knowingly.

"Well Ali, I think you'd be in a fantastic mood too if you got an entire extra day off to spend with your fabulous girlfriend like I did," she beamed and winked.

"Oh yeah I bet that would put a person in a good mood. I wouldn't know the feeling though," she snickered, earning a sharp elbow from Emily. Ellie laughed and the brunette just shook her head.

"Why must you two always gang up on me?" Emily sighed in fake annoyance and flopped onto her bed. Both girls giggled and Alison crawled on top of her girlfriend.

"It's just because we love you Emmy," she said, peppering kisses all over the brunette's face.

"Yeah Emmy don't be mad at us," Ellie mocked jokingly. She knew Emily hated it when anyone except Alison and her parents called her Emmy. She went over to Emily and tried to kiss her on the cheek, but was swatted away by the brunette.

"Nope nope, those who are mean don't get kisses."

Both girls pouted and Ellie went to pick up her duffle bag.

"Well I guess I'll just have to go get kisses from my own girlfriend," Ellie said, "see ya Monday Emmy." And with that she closed the door, leaving Alison and Emily alone all weekend.

"So I really don't get any kisses?" Alison asked, cocking an eyebrow. She was still on top of Emily and the brunette shifted nervously at the predatory look in her girlfriend's eyes.

"Eh, I'll think about it," Emily tried to sound disinterested, but Alison knew her much too well to be fooled. Alison laced her figures with Emily's and pinned the brunette's hands above her head. Slowly, she started to leave hot, open-mouthed kisses along Emily's neck, which caused her to squirm around in her jeans even more.

"Geez baby your hands are freezing."

"Well there is 4 feet of snow on the ground," she said smartly. Alison nipped her neck at the sarcasm, causing the brunette to whimper.

"Maybe you could help warm them up?" She suggested, trying to sound casual.

Alison slipped her hands up the back of Emily's shirt and unclipped her bra.

"And how do you propose I do that?"

"I have a few ideas," Emily smirked.

And for the rest of the weekend, Alison did her very best to keep her girlfriend exceedingly warm and cozy.