Caitlyn walked into the party with
her twin Noah. They had been part of different circles for years until they
graduated from high school and decided that their two worlds could collide. She
only knew of Rachel, Noah's other best friend, the reason she was at the party
tonight. Noah had decided that it was finally time that they met. Caitlyn
was that out of the loop that she realized that she didn't even know who's
party they were at. Noah had picked her up and driven here. An incredibly
attractive girl came over and hugged Noah, kissing his cheek. "Hey
Noah" she said, her voice sounding like...Caitlyn couldn't describe it but
it sounded incredible seductive, but beautiful at the same time. "Hey
Rach" Noah said. Caitlyn caught her breath. This was Rachel? her
brother's best friend..."I want you to meet Caitlyn" he said,
gesturing towards his sister. Caitlyn glanced shyly up at the shorter girl
noting that her smile just made her that much more beautiful. "It's great
to finally meet you" she said finally finding the words to say. Rachel
smiled just as shyly back. "Likewise" Rachel turned towards the kitchen. "I gotta go get another few
bottles of Coke out" she said apologetically. "I'll catch you
later" she said before leaving.
It was a few hours later before the party was calmer, so Rachel could go
and hang out with her friends. She plonked herself down next to Noah and on his
other side was Caitlyn, who wished that the blonde was sitting next to her.
Leaning across her brother to have a meaningless conversation with the girl,
she took the opportunity to fully check her out. She had blonde, wavy hair that
stopped just past her chest. Her eyes were a deep blue that made it look like
you could see straight into her soul. She was wearing a hand made flower blue
dress that went just to above her knee that on anyone else would look childish
and immature but on her looked sexy as hell. Caitlyn wished for an opportunity
to touch the girl. She wanted to feel her hair, if it felt as smooth as it
looked.
Caitlyn was bisexual. She had known
since she was a young girl that she was also attracted to girls. But this was
an attraction she had never felt before; with a guy or girl. It felt like she
was already falling in love with Rachel. But she was hesitant. Rachel was
Noah's best friend, so there was the issue of hurting their friendship. She
also knew from Noah that Rachel had been in love with him for nearly two years,
she didn't want to hurt herself. But Caitlyn knew that she wanted to test these
waters, she felt something deep.
Caitlyn wasn't paying attention as a
random girl sat in a chair with a glass bottle on the floor. "SPIN THE
BOTTLE!" she shouted loudly. Rachel laughed. "Go get a second bottle
and we'll play
that way" she said. Another guy brought back a bottle and Caitlyn went
bright red as both bottles were pointed at her. "One, Two, Three,
SPIN!" the bottles spun for what seemed like an eternity before landing on
a guy and a girl at different ends of the room. Caitlyn took a deep breath. 'relax'
she said to herself 'it's not going to point at you two' and for a few
turns it seemed like it wasn't. Caitlyn was just relaxing when the first bottle
pointed at her. She laughed, hiding her nervousness as she normally did. She
didn't notice the second bottle slowing, slowing, stopping at Rachel. The girls
blue eyes turned to her nervous. Caitlyn wanted to kiss her, badly, but she was
scared. Caitlyn bent over to the other girl her hair falling in front of their
faces. "Do you want to?" she whispered softly to her. Rachel took a
deep shaky breath "I can't" she whispered. Caitlyn nodded and sat
back before shaking her head and the bottles spun again.
Caitlyn let Noah say goodbye to
Rachel. She couldn't face the beautiful girl. She knew that the best thing for
them both would be pretend they'd never met. She hid her face in the car. Noah
came in and instead of starting the car he turned and stared at her. "Why
didn't you say goodbye?" he asked her. Caitlyn looked away. "Caitlyn,
she's been looking forward to meeting you for ages and you snub her like that!
Why? Did you hate her that much?" Noah said running his hand through his
hair. Caitlyn took a deep shuddering breath before looking up at him with tears
in her eyes. "I love her. I've fallen in love with her" she said
simply. Noah looked at her. "Oh Caitlyn" he said. "Look, I don't
even know if she's bi, straight or what. All I know is that she's possibly
still in love with me" He said gently hugging his sister tightly.
"But, if it's any consolation" he continued, a teasing smile on his
face "She was bright red after you asked her if she wanted to kiss you,
and she wouldn't be bright red if she was offended or humiliated by the
idea" Noah said, giving Caitlyn some hope to grasp onto. "Can I ask
you a favor?" Caitlyn asked wiping the tears away and making her voice
sound more confident that she felt. "Anything love" Noah said kissing
his sister's head. Caitlyn pushed her jet black hair out of her face. "Can
you talk to her? Can you ask her what she is? If I have a chance? If I should
just go away?" She looked at her brother. Noah looked at his sister for a
long moment before nodding then turning and starting the car to go home.
Caitlyn got home and went to bed. She
needed some thinking space. She changed into her nightie and slid under the
covers. Almost immediately after she closed her eyes Rachel's face appeared in
her mind. She smiled, blushed bright red before closing her eyes and drifting
off into a dream full of Rachel
Noah rung Rachel as soon as he got
home from dropping off his twin. Partly because he wanted to make sure she was
okay after the party and party because he too was curious about whether or not
she liked Caitlyn. He flopped on his bed as her phone rung. "Hey"
Rachel's voice said tiredly. He could hear noises as she moved around.
"What'cha doing?" he asked his friend, confused. She sounded as tired
as he felt, so why wasn't she laying down? "Even though I had permission
for the party, and even though there was no alcohol, Tom decided that at 2am
he's coming over to make sure that everyone's gone and that the house is
spotless and that there's no evidence of alcohol on my breath" Rachel
sighed. Noah felt his heart sink. Tom was Rachel's older brother and ever since
Rachel's dad had left Tom had made himself the father figure in their house and
acted like Rachel was his daughter now. It drove her crazy. "Oh love"
he said now. "You should have told us, Cait and I would have gladly stayed
to help clean up and even stay over". He could practically hear Rachel
shaking her head over the phone line. "He would have told you to leave,
and besides, everyone was pretty cool about cleaning up their own mess seeing
as nobody was drunk. It's just staying awake that's hard" She said sounding
relieved. "And besides" she continued, sounding a little bit
tentative. She took a deep sigh "I don't think she liked me".
Noah was confused. "We're talking
about Caitlyn right? My sister?" he asked her. If only Rachel knew how
untrue that was. "Yeah...After I said no to kissing her, she just started
ignoring me". Rachel said sounding hurt. Noah sighed. "Can I come
over tomorrow?" He asked suddenly. If he was going to talk to about this
to her it had to be in person. Rachel was surprised. "Sure" she responded.
"Is ten okay?" she asked. They finished their conversation before
Rachel's doorbell rung and she promised to see him the next day.
The next day Noah walked in the back door of Rachel's house like he normally
did. She was in the kitchen making something but her face had flour on it.
"What mess are you making?" he teased as he shut the glass door
behind him. She jumped nearly dropping the tin. "thought we could use a
cake" she said laughing before putting the tin in the oven and closing the
door. he grabbed a kitchen cloth and wiped the flour of her nose. "How was
Tom last night?" he asked, warming up to the topic he came to discuss.
Rachel sighed and shook her head. "Told me that next time he'd be
coming to make sure it was all appropriate" she said before flopping onto
the couch. Noah sat next to her before sliding his arm around her shoulder,
"So, What'd you think of Caitlyn?" he asked her. Rachel (Noah noted
with pleasure) blushed bright red.
"She was...interesting"
Rachel said softly. Noah wanted to laugh at her but he didn't. He smiled softly
down at his friend. "Hey? can I ask you something?" he asked. Rachel
laughed and nodded. "Would you have kissed Caitlyn?" he asked
softly. Rachel snuggled into him, hiding her face so that he couldn't see her
blush more. ".....I wanted to" she whispered. "I thought she was
beautiful, seeing her was the confirmation I needed to know that..." she
sighed. "That I'm bisexual" she whispered before her shoulders shook
softly. Noah held her fiercely. "There is nothing wrong with
that" he said to her. Rachel turned to him with tears in her eyes.
"There's nothing wrong with wanting to kiss her? with wanting to hold her,
to be held by her? In my family there is everything wrong with that" she
snapped. "Tom would seriously try and kill me if he knew" She
whispered before breaking down. Noah held her and smoothed back her hair.
Sometimes he wondered if this was the best thing to do for her knowing how she
had felt about him for the past two years. But on the other hand he knew that
he was the only person in her life who did that for her. Everyone deserved to
be held and seeing as their was nobody to do that for her he felt he had a
obligation to do it. When she calmed down he pulled her up to face him.
"Hey, screw them okay? You do what you feel is right..." he paused
for a second. "Did you want to kiss Caitlyn?" he asked again. Rachel
nodded. "Then do it the next chance you get" he said simply.
"But...She didn't like me" Rachel said sounding like the little kid
she sometimes could be. Noah laughed and kissed her head. "Oh love,
Caitlyn..she's...shy around people she doesn't know" Noah said quickly
deciding that Caitlyn could be the one to tell her that she felt things for the
girl. "Take a chance love" he said softly.
He dropped by to see Caitlyn after he
left Rachel. He knew if he didn't he'd get a call as soon as the next day to
find out if he'd talked to Rachel. He flopped on her bed as she was cleaning up
her room ready so she could find her books for Uni. "What brings you over
here?" she asked excitedly, knowing why he was there. "Can't I see my
twin?" he teased.
Caitlyn shook her head. "Nope,
gotta have a reason, so spill" she said flopping next to him. Noah took a
sigh, rolled onto his side and supported himself with his elbow. He poked her
nose. "She's scared Caitlyn, Her family is Homophobic, her brother would
literally harm her if he found out she was even approached by 'one of
them'...But, she knows she's bisexual, you showed her that the second she saw
you. She likes you, alot. She's just cautious" Noah said to Caitlyn who
was nodding seriously throughout his talk. She took a deep breath. "I feel
like I should not feel anything for her just so she doesn't get
hurt" Caitlyn whispered. Noah shook his head. "Nope, I told her she
should take a chance" he said. "she should do something for herself,
give herself a chance...I also told her" he said in a teasing tone
"That she should do something about her feelings for you, give you a
little shock..can't say when, or where, but she will" he teased as his
sister went bright red. He got up, "I'm going to the bathroom" he
said walking away as his sister walked to the window, smiling happily.
Noah was distracted by his sisters
happiness as he walked into the bathroom. He forgot (which was unusual, but not
unusual given the circumstances) to take his phone out of his pocket and as he
pulled down his pants, his phone slid into the toilet before he could catch it.
"Oh shit" he said as he realized it was covered in more than just
toilet water. He had no choice but to flush so he could get his phone. He
walked into his sisters room, "Can I borrow your phone? I kinda dropped
mine and I need to tell Rach that I'll be getting a new one" he said.
Caitlyn looked at him, a slow smile spreading across her face. "But then
I'll have Rachel's number" she said. Noah laughed at her. "Well
there's the silver lining hey?" he said, "Now you both have an excuse
to make plans with each other" he said as he grabbed his twin's phone.
Marissa was hot and she knew it.
Walking into her work, the local phone store she arranged her hair so that it
made a cover over her large amount of cleavage showing. Her co-worker Travis
stared at her. "Hey, Marissa, how's it going?" He said flirtatiously.
Marissa laughed before blowing him a kiss and dropping her bag in her locker
and walking back out to the counter. For the first hour of the shift she
flirted with Travis just because there were no customers in the store. Then as
she glanced out she saw a guy entering the store. He was hot. Jet black
hair that looked like he hadn't even brushed it, greeny-blue eyes that just
looked like they could stare into you forever, and his body looked sexy. She
glanced over at Travis who was about to speak to the boy. "Travis!"
she said loudly, "Break time". Travis looked at her before leaving
reluctantly. She walked up to the guy deliberately pushing her hair away from
her chest. "Hey, I'm Marissa, what can I help you with?" She asked,
making the innuendo obvious in her voice. "Noah. I need a new phone...I
kinda dropped mine in the toilet" he said embarrassed. She laughed.
"No big deal, let's see what we can get for you" She said leading him
towards the phone wall.
Marissa spent over half an hour
helping Noah choose a phone. As she ran through the purchase she had a thought.
While Noah was distracted looking at some covers, she grabbed the phone and
quickly logged in her phone number. She then set him a alarm in the phone
telling him to go to the local sizzlers. She knew he wouldn't resist her. She
walked over, handing him the bag with the box, softly touching his arm. He
looked at her smiling before saying goodbye and walking out of the store.
Seconds later she got a text. "See you Saturday night" it said.
Marissa laughed to herself before going on her break.
Rachel
was surprised when she got a text from Caitlyn. She didn't remember giving the
taller girl her number. It turned out that Noah had broken his phone and that
he wanted Caitlyn to tell her that he'd talk to her as soon as he got a new
phone. Then a second text came through a second later. 'Rach, wondering if
you wanted to come over Saturday night, got the latest Harry Potter movie and I
wanted some company watching it? You can stay over if you want' Rachel
didn't hesitate. She knew she didn't have to ask permission off her parents. 'sure,
see you around six' she said before switching off her phone.
Rachel didn't talk to either of them until Saturday, so she had no idea that it
was really Noah that had invited her over. She didn't realize that Caitlyn had
no idea that she was even coming over. As she rung the door at the dot of six,
she also heard Caitlyn's landline ring. "Bye Noah" she heard the girl
say as the door unlatched. As she saw Caitlyn's face she couldn't help but have
a massive smile on hers, and as soon as Caitlyn glanced up, she smiled back and
her eyes shone.
"Sorry about the mess" the girl said as she tucked her hair behind
her ear. "I had to go out earlier and didn't have time to clean" She
apologized.
Rachel laughed. "Cait, this house doesn't look messy at all. It looks
perfect." She said smiling. Caitlyn blushed bright red. "You
hungry?" she said putting a pizza into the oven. Rachel nodded.
"Awesome" she said, leading Rachel into the loungeroom before
sprawling out on the couch. "You said you had the last Harry Potter
movie?" Rachel asked curiously. Caitlyn nodded. "Yeah, have you seen
it?" she asked. Rachel shook her head. Caitlyn got off the couch and
bounced over to the DVD player. "Time to change that" she said.
It was about ten thirty before the movie ended and the two girls went upstairs.
"Do you wanna have a shower?" Caitlyn asked the blonde. She shook her
head. "I showered before I came here, do you want to take one?" she
asked, hiding her head as she blushed at the suggestiveness of her sentence.
Caitlyn shook her head. "I'll have one in the morning." She said as
Rachel grabbed her pj's. "Where do you want me to go?" she asked.
Caitlyn shrugged. "Change here if you want" she said somehow managing
to make her sentence sound so casual and mean nothing. Rachel stared at her back
for a second, before slowly beginning to change. As she was taking off her
shirt it got caught on her earring. "ahh" she mumbled. Caitlyn
turned, before seeing the girl and laughing uncontrollably. Then as she
stepped forwards to help her, she accidently brushed her arm against the girls
breast. Both girls stopped breathing. Caitlyn hastily freed the girl before
turning back to the wall and changing silently.
Rachel shivered as they slid under the covers in Caitlyn's bed. It had suddenly
gotten freezing. Caitlyn stared at her before moving closer and wrapping her
arms around her. Five minutes later she sat up before reaching for a remote and
turning on a heater. "Is that better love?" she softly asked. Rachel
nodded in the darkness. "yes" she whispered, pushing a strand of jet
black hair out of the girls face before brushing her lips with her fingertips.
Caitlyn opened her mouth a centimeter before sucking the finger gently. Rachel
leaned closer to the girl before removing her finger and replacing it with her
lips. She kissed the girl gently biting down on her lower lip, moving the hair
from her face. Caitlyn opened her mouth a little wider, pushing her tongue into
the kiss. They pulled apart a few moments later and Rachel closed her eyes,
wrapping her arm around the other girl and her legs tangled inbetween Caitlyns.
"Goodnight" she whispered.
Caitlyn returned the hold. "Night..." she said kissing her lips
softly.
The next morning the girls awoke to smells of bacon and sounds of the TV
turning on. "Caitlyn! Rachel!" Noah was calling. They looked at each
other sleepily, untangled themselves and properly woke up. Caitlyn couldn't
look at Rachel, she didn't know what the other girl was thinking. She was
scared that Rachel would regret their kiss from the night before. Rachel knew
that she wanted more of a chance with Caitlyn. She wanted to date the girl.
They got up together and as they walked towards the door their hands brushed
accidentally. That set Rachel on fire. She looked at Caitlyn's amazing green
eyes before pushing her against the bedroom wall kissing her with passion. They
kissed for about five minutes before Rachel pulled back, mussed her hair up
sexily before walking downstairs smiling at Caitlyn sweetly. Caitlyn shook her
head, feeling incredible as she followed...as she followed her
girlfriend.
TIME PASSES...IT HAS BEEN A MONTH
SINCE RACHLYN AND NOSSIA (cute co-names no?) STARTED DATING...WHAT HAPPENS NEXT????????????
I need something Evil for Marissa to do to get Rachel out of
everyone's picture, at this point I'm considering having a party where Marissa
says to Caitlyn that she thinks that Rachel likes Noah leading Caitie to dump
Rachel, then Noah chooses Caitlyn (obviously duh) over Rachel and leaves her,
also choosing Marissa over her, then Marissa hooks up with Tom telling Tom
"accidentally" about Caitlyn and Rachel, then calling a friend about
it, having Caitlyn overhear, Caitlyn overhears, tells Noah, who breaks up with
Marissa before Noah takes Rachel to Caitlyn's for them to talk, and Tom appears
right as they kiss, makes them break up and takes her home banning her from
Caitlyn...what do you guys think though?
Marissa
walked in the door of Noah's house, not sure what to expect. He had invited her
over to meet his sister and his best friend. He had told her that he had been
best friends with Rachel since High School, and that his sister Caitlyn, was
his other best friend. He had also told her that Caitlyn and Rachel were
together, just to avoid awkwardness he said. Marissa walked into Noah's room to
find a blonde girl laying with her head on Noah's shoulder as he smoothed back
her hair and a second girl with jet black hair spoke softly to her. Marissa
cleared her throat as all three of them turned to her. The blonde sat up and
looked away as Noah got up and kissed Marissa hello. "This is my sister
Caitlyn, and this is our best friend Rachel" he said introducing the
girls. The blonde nodded as the other girl smiled "Hey, we've heard alot
about you" she said as Rachel sat there not saying anything. The wheels in
Marissa's head started turning. "What are we doing tonight?" she
asked, turning to Noah as the girls glanced at each other. "I thought we'd
just stay in. It's Tuesday so there's nothing much to do out anyway" he
said. Marissa shrugged and plonked herself purposely in between the twins
leaving Rachel on the outer edge, who then sat up and folded her legs up to her
chest and sat there silent. "So" said Marissa, "what were you
guys talking about?" she asked. They all went silent. Nobody was willing
to offer up the topic of conversation. Rachel cleared her throat; "That
apparently some idiot wants to make a remake of Grease with Justin Beiber and
Miley Cyrus in it" she said shaking her head. Marissa glared at the
blonde. "That'd be awesome, Justin and Miley are amazing" she said.
The blonde glanced down again, before glancing back
up
and looking at Noah, not letting her eyes turn away. He looked up and saw her,
his expression softened and Marissa realized that Rachel must be in love with
Noah.
It
was later that night when Marissa got Caitlyn alone as they poured drinks for
the others, she looked at the other girl pretending she knew nothing about her
and Rachel. "What's their story?" she asked, nodding towards Noah and
Rachel who were sitting on the couch talking, Rachel's eyes conveying some message that Marissa couldn't
quite figure out. "They've been best friends since we were in year 12, we
know her almost as well as we know each other" Caitlyn said guardedly.
Marissa looked at her, "Really? cause it seems like she has feelings for
him doesn't it?" she asked looking at them again. Caitlyn shook her head
"No way, she's with me" she laughed smiling at Marissa. Marissa
glanced puzzled at her before turning to the girl and whispering softly to her.
Caitlyn stared at them for a few seconds before her expression closed over.
"Excuse me" she said before walking away. A second later the blonde
was pulled to her feet and dragged away. Marissa sauntered over and plonked
herself next to Noah before kissing him. They were interrupted a few minutes
later by a door slamming and Rachel appeared in the doorway.
"I
have to go" Rachel said, tears streaming down her face. Noah jumped up and
went to her as Rachel shook her head and stepped backwards away from him before
turning and running out Noah's house and slamming the door. Noah heard her
house door slam a few seconds later.. Noah glanced at Marissa. "Can...you,
give me a second?" he asked turning to the door his sister was locked
behind. Marissa shrugged and settled herself on the couch; grabbing her phone.
Noah stepped into his room.
"Caitie? What's wrong?" he said as his sister was laying on the bed.
Caitlyn looked up. "You know what that bitch told Marissa?" she said
with tearstained eyes. Noah shook his head before sitting next to his sister.
"That she never wanted to be with me, that she was getting with me to
spend more time with you but pretending that being with me was close to being
with you". Noah wanted to not believe Caitlyn. He wanted to believe that
Rachel would never say such a thing. But what was the alternative? Believing
that his girlfriend would deliberately try and sabotage his friendship with his
best friend, that she would try and sabotage his sisters relationship. He shook
his head. "I don't want to believe this" he said softly. Caitlyn
shook her head. "She didn't deny it....Maybe that's what she was crying
about earlier" Caitlyn said. "Knowing that Marissa knew and that it
was only a short space of time before her secret was out".
Noah
nodded slowly. "But Marissa just met Rachel, how the hell could Rachel
have told her that?" he questioned slowly. Marissa opened the door and
came in holding her phone. "She texted me saying that she was going to
break up with Caitlyn tonight....That she had had enough" she said showing
them the text. Her Iphone had Rachel's name and the conversation, which was
intended, it seemed for someone else. Suddenly Noah's phone started buzzing. It
was Rachel's home number. "I didn't...You need to believe that I didn't do
that". Noah knew then, that because she said "I didn't do that"
not, "I didn't say that" that she was lying and she had sent those
texts. "It's over Rachel" he said into the phone. "You've hurt
Caitlyn, You've hurt me, and we're done..." he said. He could hear Rachel
crying into the phone. "Your...Your choosing Marissa over me?" she
whispered. "You promised you'd never do that". Noah sighed.
"Technically I'm choosing Caitlyn over you; and you promised you'd never hurt
Caitlyn so all our promises are kinda void right now." He said angrily.
Rachel took a deep breath. "Okay, fine, I'll go...It doesn't matter
anyway" she said..."Thanks for keeping me sane the past three years,
both of you" she said before hanging up the phone.
Noah
turned back to his sister and his girlfriend. He turned to Marissa. "I
don't wanna sound harsh, but I think Cait and I need some alone time"
Marissa smiled before kissing Noah gently and then letting herself out of the
house. Noah pulled his sisters head onto his chest and whispered softly over
and over that it would be okay until she fell asleep.
Marissa
had one more stop to make before she went home. Stopping her car six houses
down at Rachel's she walked up to the door and rung the doorbell..An older,
cute guy opened the door. "Yes?" he said looking at her, smiling
slightly. "Hey, I'm Rachel's friend Marissa, she left her phone at Noah's
and I thought I'd drop it off." she said as Rachel came into sight, she
handed it to the blonde. "Careful love, You wouldn't want that to drop
into the wrong hands" she said as Tom glared at her and she scurried away.
"So, wanna have coffee?" Tom asked. Marissa smiled. "Tomorrow?
Noon, there's a Starbucks about two streets away?" she said. Tom nodded
and Marissa walked away. She really liked Noah and had no intentions of going
out with Tom. She just wanted to make it so that Rachel would never be allowed
near Caitlyn and Noah again.
Tom
left the house thinking he was going on a date. He picked up a single rose,
dressed nicely and got to the coffee shop a little early and waited for
Marissa. When she got there, she plonked down next to him, wearing a short
little dress. They talked about random things; nothing special. Then Marissa
leaned forward so that Tom could see down her shirt. "I wanted to talk to
you about Rachel". Tom looked at her puzzled. "I just wanted to say I
think it's amazing how supportive you are of her and Caitlyn" she said
smiling sweetly. Tom leaned back. "Her and Caitlyn? I thought she was with
Noah?" He asked. Marissa shook her head. "Nah, I'm with Noah, She's
been dating Caitlyn for the same amount of..."Marissa trailed off, a
surprised look on her face "You didn't know?" she said, looking away,
"I'm sorry, I always put my foot in it" she apologized. Tom looked at
her. "Rachel's a lesbian?" he asked sounding...well..angry. Marissa
paused, "I'm pretty sure they're both bisexual" she said, Tom glared
at her.
"And that makes it better? In my opinion that makes it worse, I mean come
on pick one or the other" he said standing. He put some money on the
table. "Where are you going?" she asked sounding concerned. "I
need some time to think; then I need to talk to my sister" He said
leaving. Marissa hung her head for a few seconds until he was out of sight.
Then she whipped her phone out.
"Naya,
Hey it's Rissa, So. Tom just left, and he is pissed. Stage two complete, Next
stage, waiting for Tom to lock her in her house or something crazy like that,
he is a total homophobe" She laughed and clicked her phone shut and left
the shop unaware that Caitlyn was working at the cafe; taking the money off the
table and had heard every word spoken.
Caitlyn
scurried out back after sticking her tip into her wallet. She grabbed the phone
off the hook, luckily the manager was out, but she knew he wouldn't care
anyway. He had the hots for her even though she had rejected him several times
during the eight months she had worked there. "Noah, Hey, it's me"
Caitlyn said when her brother answered his phone.
"Caitlyn,
aren't you meant to be working?" Noah asked puzzled. He knew his sister
had a shift at the cafe. He also knew that Marissa had been busy that morning.
So far Rachel hadn't texted him, since Marissa had uncovered her secret.
"I need to tell you something" Caitlyn said hurridly. Noah sat up.
"shoot" he said, wondering what in the world was that important that
Caitlyn would need to tell him at work. "Tom was just in
here..." Caitlyn began. Noah felt himself freeze.
"Is..Is
Rachel okay?" he asked hesitatingly afraid of the answer. Caitlyn spoke to
someone next to her for a few seconds. "Right now yes, cause I happen to
know that she's at Tafe till 4...Noah, Rachel never said that to Marissa about
using me, I'm pretty sure that Marissa stole her phone or something,
because...because she told Tom about me and Rachel. That's who Tom was
with" Noah sat there shocked for a few moments. "Rachel and I"
he said automatically. Caitlyn ignored his grammar correction cause she knew
there wasn't enough time. "Noah, Marissa called her friend as soon as Tom
left and told her that her plan to keep her away from us was working, and that
she knew Tom would lock her up or something. I'm scared for Rachel, but...I'm
here till 6, I can't do anything. If you decide to stay with Marissa-"
Caitlyn rambled until Noah cut her off. "Her Journalism course today
right?" He asked abruptly. Caitlyn paused. "Yes" she said,
"You remember where it is?" she asked her brother whose memory would
fail him at the worst of times. "I've been there how many times?
I'll take her to your place. Her brother doesn't know where that is....I'll
deal with Marissa on the way" he said before hanging up.
Noah
jumped into his car, which Rachel had helped him research and buy. She really
was the best friend any person could have. He slipped his phone into the
bluetooth holder and started the engine. He arranged the GPS to direct him to
Rachel's Tafe so that it'd be easier to drive. "Dial Marissa" he
spoke loudly. He was angry. He was angry at Marissa for sabotaging his
relationship with Rachel, for attempting to sabotage his relationship with
Caitlyn, and for ruining Caitlyn and Marissa. But more; he was angry at Tom;
how stupid he was for not accepting his sister, for hurting Rachel. For
everything. "Hey Baby" she said into the phone. Noah decided
to ease into the topic. "Hey, so how was your morning? what'd you get up
to?" He asked casually while following the GPS instructions. "I uh,
went and hung out with a friend, we did facials" she said quickly, too
quickly, proving to Noah that she was lying. "Oh, yeah? anyone I
know?" He pressed. Marissa sighed, "Is something wrong? you sound
like your accusing me of something" Marissa said sounding hurt. Noah
laughed bitterly as he parked his car in the carpark near the journalism
department. "Well, maybe the fact that I know your lying to me"
he said angrily. "Wha....what do you mean?" Marissa faltered. Noah
shook his head. "Well, next time you try and out my best friend to her
abusive brother, make sure her girlfriend isn't standing behind you waiting to
get your tip" he said loudly. Marissa stumbled for a few moments.
"But she does still like you...Caitlyn's face said it all" She
blabbered. Noah didn't say anything. "I'm breaking up with you. I don't
know why you chose me, but...I don't want to talk to you - ever again...Oh, and
if anything happens to Rachel, don't be surprised if Caitlyn tries to hit
you...cause I'm not gonna stop her". He hung up the phone just in time to
see Rachel walking across the path.
"Rach!"
He called out. Rachel turned, tucking her hair behind her ear. Looking at him,
she ran quickly across the lot to him. "I didn't..." she said quickly
before being cut off by the tightest hug possible. "I promise it doesn't
matter, and I promise it will never happen again". He said. He grabbed her
bag and shoved it in the back. "We're going to Caitlyn's" He said
abruptly. "Your brother knows" he said as he shut her door for her.
When he sat down Rachel was staring at him. "Relax, he doesn't know where
Caitlyn lives. I'm dropping you off, I'm gonna go and pack some stuff for you
and your moving in with Caitlyn" he said starting the car. Rachel placed
her hand over Noah's. "Thankyou" she whispered before starting to
cry.
Noah pulled up to Caitlyn's and handed Rachel a key. "Make
yourself at home, have a shower, have a sleep, whatever you need love...I'll be
back" He said reversing back out of the driveway once Rachel was out of
the car. He drove along the three blocks to Rachel's house, where, thankfully,
Tom's car wasn't in the driveway. He knocked on Rachel's door where her mum
answered. "Hi Noah how are you?" Mrs. Hamilton asked smiling.
"I'm okay Mrs. Hamilton, but I need to talk to you about Rachel...and Tom"
Noah said looking directly at her. Mrs. Hamilton's face faltered as she
held open the door; shutting and locking it behind Noah. "How long have
you known?" she asked as she led him into the kitchen and handed him a
glass of water. "She came to school one day back in year twelve with
bruises on her arms, and she just broke down...I promised her we'd make it
okay" he said sipping his water. "How long has it been going
on?" he asked looking back up. Mrs. Hamilton closed her eyes for a moment.
"Since she was born. He didn't like that he wasn't the only child
anymore....It got worse though when she was four and he caught her holding
hands with her best friend...who was also a girl...then he got insane with how
'protective' he was, and seemed to be happier when she was alone...with no
friends...I was so glad when she met you...Tom seemed happy cause she loved
you...happy because he thought that was confirmation that she was
straight..." Mrs. Hamilton shook her head. "I don't understand why an
eight year old would be that homophobic..."
Noah shrugged. "That bit doesn't matter now...Rachel is Bi, and
she's...well, she's in love with my sister." Noah said. "It honestly
isn't my concern if you don't support your daughters sexuality, but I want to
take her stuff and take her to Caitlyn's to live...it's not safe
anymore...my...my ex told Tom about her and Caitlyn, and apparently he's ready
to kill her." Noah said. Mrs. Hamilton put her drink down with a force.
"I support and love my daughter, and I regret that I couldn't help her and
save her from the pain she's gone through". She paused. "I don't want
her to leave. But, I want to help her." she left and started walking up
the stairs beckoning Noah to follow.
It was a few hours later with a few boxes that Noah finally left
to go back to Caitlyn's. As Mrs. Hamilton shut the boot, Tom's car pulled up
next to Noah's. "What are you guys doing?" He asked sounding annoyed.
Mrs. Hamilton beckoned her son inside. "Rachel's not living here
anymore" she said. "I didn't say she could leave" Tom said
angrily. He tried to open Noah's boot but he locked the doors. "She's
leaving. She will be happier and safer. If you ever try and come near her
again, I will call the police. Stay away from Rachel" he said walking towards
his car and unlocking it again. He managed to open the door, "Oh, who
cares if she's gay or bi...she's your little sister, you were meant to protect
her, but in a loving way. You broke her". He said. Smiling at Mrs.
Hamilton, Noah got into his car and drove away.
Caitlyn got home from work and heard the shower running.
Confused, she walked into the bathroom. "Hello?". The taps turned
off. "It's me Caitie" Rachel's voice rung out. Caitlyn wandered in
and grabbed a towel, "You okay hun?" she asked wrapping the towel around
her girlfriend and kissing her head. "I will be" she said softly
before kissing her lips softly. "Are you okay with me living with
you?" she whispered. Caitlyn was surprised, but recovered quickly.
"Happy about it...I was gonna talk to you about it before...." she
trailed off. Rachel lowered her eyes. "I'm sorry Rachel, I shouldn't have
believed her" she said hugging her tightly. Rachel shrugged.
"it's...it's gonna be fine Caitlyn" she whispered as Noah's car
pulled up.
