A/N- I've read a few stories which follow a similar story line about Emily coming back home for Ali's wedding so I wanted to give it a shot because I've always enjoyed those stories. I hope you guys enjoy this.

Emily never liked working at the bar. Since she was failing college she had to find a job but this was never what she pictured. Listening to drunken stories of relationships that didn't work out wasn't was she exactly pictured she'd be doing when she was younger. But this is how it seemed to work out and Emily had to accept it; yet she couldn't. Living on the other side of the country with no friends and no contact with anyone from Rosewood apart from Hanna and her mom was the hardest thing that had happened to her -apart from -A of course- in her not so long life.

Although work and her lack of contact with Rosewood weren't the only things that tormented her mind daily; another one was a specific blonde girl who had -from the very first day that they had met- stole her heart. Alison DiLaurentis. Emily briefly kept in touch with her when she first moved to California but they were both so busy with their lives that they drifted; quickly. It was a shame; Emily missed her so much and she still does. She just can't get the blonde out of her mind. Every day she wonders if Alison feels the same way. But from the lack of contact she thinks that the answer to that question is no. Emily tried her best to text and call but it just didn't work out and hurt Emily in a way she never knew was possible.

"You can go now." A voice suddenly said drawing Emily out of her thoughts.

"Thanks, I'll see you tomorrow." Emily said as she grabbed her bag and left work. As she walked outside she pulled out her phone and checked to see if she had any new messages. She turned on her phone to find the daily "I love you, have a great day." from her mom and a surprising message. She couldn't believe what she was seeing; it was a voice mail from Alison. Quickly she dialled and threw the phone to her ear.

'Hey, Em. It's Ali, I have something important to tell you so I was wondering if you could call me back. I hope you're doing well in California. I'll hopefully speak to you soon.'

Hearing the blondes voice for the first time in over a year was amazing; she truly missed it. However, she wondered what was so important that after such a long-time Alison had decided to call her. Emily dialled the blondes number as she walked along the beach. Quickly she noticed that her heart began to race and butterflies appeared in her stomach; she didn't know why she was so nervous since she had known the blonde her whole life yet she couldn't help it.

'Emily, I'm glad you called me back. How are you?' The familiar voice drew the brunette out of her thoughts.

"I'm okay, thanks. You?"

'I'm great actually. I was calling you earlier because I have some really exciting news to tell you.' The blonde paused for a minute.

'I'm getting married!' Emily couldn't believe what she had just heard. The words felt like hundreds of knifes repeatedly stabbing her in the heart.

"Wow, uh that's great." Emily said lying; as much as she wanted to be happy for Alison, she just couldn't because she was still in love with her.

'I know that you finish school soon, so I was wondering if you wanted to fly to Rosewood for the summer so that you could be at the engagement party and then the wedding which we're planning for closer to the end of summer?' How convenient, Emily couldn't just fly in for the wedding and then go home; she is going to have to stay there for the full summer. Dread began to fill the brunette.

"I- I'd love to." Emily replied trying to make it sound as believable as possible.

'Great, that really means a lot to me, Em. The girls are coming into Rosewood as well so it'll be great catching up with everyone.' The thought of seeing the rest of her friends made the thought of spending a full summer with the love of her life who is about to marry someone else a bit more bearable.

"Yeah, it'll be great. I have to go but I guess I'll see you soon." The brunette was now trying to end the conversation as quickly as possible so that she could go and drown her feelings in Vodka.

'Yeah, I'll see you soon.' The blonde said in an excited tone as she hung up.

Emily couldn't believe that Alison was engaged to someone. She couldn't believe that she had fallen in love with a man and never even thought about the brunette. A lot had changed since Emily left Rosewood after her father's funeral nearly two years ago; back then Alison wasn't even seeing anyone and now she's getting married! The pure thought of Alison being with someone else made Emily want to throw up. Walking back to the bar she tried to hold back tears. This seriously cannot be happening right now. She thought to herself.

She chucked her bag on to the stool beside her and ordered a full bottle of vodka.

"Emily, you okay?" Her manager asked her.

"Perfectly fine." She spat back as she took a swig of the strong alcohol. She could already feel the burning liquid flowing through her veins.

After drinking nearly, the full bottle Emily was most definitely drunk.

"I hate my life." She slurred. "I hate it so much. I'm failing my classes, I work at a bar and the love of my life is currently engaged to some stupid guy on the other side of the country." She could feel her head spinning yet she continued to drink.

"Emily, you've had enough. I'm going to take you home." Her boss said as he pulled the nearly empty bottle of vodka out her hand.

"No, that's the only thing helping me right now. I can't deal with the thought of her marrying some guy who I don't even know. I just love her so much and I want her to be with me, not him. Me!" She began to shout as tears streamed down her face. Even though her boss could barely understand what she was saying he could see how much she was hurting and in his whole career as a bartender -in which he listened to many story's like this- Emily was the only person to show pure and genuine love towards the person she was talking about.

Once Emily got to her apartment she had sobered up a bit. She couldn't believe that she had turned into one of the people that she people that she listens to on a daily basis. She walked in to her bedroom and threw herself on her bed. She turned her head towards her night stand on which there was a photo from high school; in it was Emily with her arms around Alison as they both laughed. A sad smile formed on Emily's face as she sighed.

"Why can things be like they were back then again?"