Disclaimer - Don't own anything about the show (don't even watch it) or the characters, just fumbling with an idea.
What Happens Now?
Sophie closed her bedroom door behind her girlfriend and watched her fall backwards onto her bed. She stood there at the door just watching the blonde girl. Things were going to get hard soon and she was terrified Sian wouldn't be able to go through with it. She remembered the way her friends dad had kicked off when he'd found out Sian had slept with Ryan. Now Ryan had the power to take Sian away from her for good.
Sighing she stepped away from the door and over to her bed. "You okay?" She asked quietly.
Sian huffed out a breath in frustration. "Yeah Soph, everything's great!" She bit out sarcastically and shifted to sit up with her back against the wall. Sophie took that as an invitation to sit down and did just that but she left some space between them. Sian studied the other girl who was biting her bottom lip. "I can't do this." She whispered painfully looking away from her friend and down at her hands.
Sophie blinked and stopped breathing.
Sian couldn't take the silence for long and leapt up from her bed. "Are you really ready for everyone to know? Because I'm not."
Sophie shifted around on the bed and brought her knees up to hug them to her chest. "I already said we didn't have to say anything if you don't want to." She repeated from the conversation they'd had while they helped her mum with dinner.
"I know. It's not just that though, Ryan could blab to the whole street, then what am I supposed to do?" Sian asked.
Sophie shrugged, not having the answers either. She was a little upset that Sian was talking about herself and not about the both of them but she didn't want to get into a proper argument with her girlfriend. If they did start it'd soon turn into a fight that would probably leave her sitting here without a girlfriend.
Sian's shoulders dropped as she stared at her best friend. If she had only listened to Sophie in the first place and not gone to lunch none of this would have been happening.
"Maybe I should just go stay at my dad's?" She offered as her girlfriend remained silent.
Sophie's head snapped up. "Please don't." She begged, her voice catching in her throat. The last thing she wanted was to be alone right now. Her eyes watered but she didn't care. Everything was such a mess.
Sian's eyes softened at the heartbroken look she was receiving. She stepped forward and knelt down on the floor in front of Sophie. She gave her an understanding smile and reached for her hands to hold causing Sophie to move her feet off the bed. "Okay, sorry...come here." She said pulling the now crying girl into her arms.
Trying her best not to make too much noise in case her parents heard her and came up, Sophie buried her head into the blonde's shoulder as she wept.
"I'm sorry Soph, I shouldn't have said that." Sian said rubbing Sophie's back. "I'm not going anywhere."
Sophie pulled her head back and wiped at her eyes. A smile appeared when Sian helped too.
"No more tears?" Sian asked softly as they shared a smile.
Swallowing back her fears for the moment, Sophie gave her girlfriend a nod.
"Good." Sian sighed and then leant in to rest her forehead against Sophie's. "I hate seeing you cry."
Sniffing and wiping her face one final time just to make sure all traces of her tears were gone, Sophie shifted back up onto the bed again and tugged Sian's hand to get her on the bed beside her.
They settled on their sides facing each other, their hands reaching out to entangle together.
After a moment Sophie spoke up asking quietly, "How bad do you think it'll get?"
Sian sighed. "Bad." Was the only answer she could give. There was no way her dad was going to be okay with it. Her mum might take it a bit better, but she was sure that'd only be after she'd shouted and cried over the situation.
She eyed Sophie as she screwed up her face. "Maybe we should run away now, save everyone the trouble of running us outta town, eh?"
Sophie laughed a little and pulled her hand away from Sian's long enough to slap her on the shoulder. "Don't be daft. Talk about looking on the bright side!"
Sian's eyes sparkled as she snuggled into her girlfriend, wrapping her arms tightly around the brunette and rubbing noses. "Maybe I could just kidnap you and take you to Southport with me for the rest of the summer, I'm sure my mum wouldn't mind."
Sophie felt the excitement race through her at the thought of getting away from the street, and more importantly Ryan, for a few weeks. "Are you serious?"
It had been a bit of a joke to start with but Sian's mum had already told her Sophie could come with her if she wanted when she'd explained she was staying with the Webster's once she was released from the hospital.
She shrugged as much as was possible given her position. "Yeah, why not?"
Sophie squealed and closed the short distance to capture Sian's lips with her own in a heated kiss.
Sian giggled as they eventually broke apart. "Down girl, that's how this whole thing started remember."
Sophie pouted and lifted her eyebrows slowly.
Rolling her eyes, Sian glanced at the closed door before brushing her lips against Sophie's again. She gasped as she felt the other girls hand drift softly over her breast.
Sophie took advantage of Sian's reaction to deepen the kiss. Her hand moved lower to grip at Sian's waist and eased her own body closer to the blonde's. After a few minutes of kissing Sian broke away saying, "We should get changed."
They both got up and rummaged around their things for something to sleep in. Shy of exposing themselves to each other and perhaps not ready for more, they turned their backs to change before slipping under the covers this time.
They snuggled together, grateful that it wouldn't seem too odd if anyone popped their head in the door to check on them given they were sharing such a small bed.
Unable to sleep both of them just lay there holding each other. Eventually footsteps were heard from out in the hallway. Rosie just getting in as they listened to her bedroom door open and close.
"What do you think Rosie would say if you told her about us?" Sian asked quietly. As an only child she only had her parents to worry about. And as often as they disagreed Sian knew the sisters had gotten much closer recently given their mother's illness.
Sophie could just picture the disgusted look on her sisters face as learned the news. It made her laugh. "She wouldn't get it. How could anyone not want a guy to sleep with?" She added thinking that sex would be the first thing Rosie mentioned.
Sian sighed tightening her hold on her girlfriend. "Why can't they get that it isn't about sex?" She asked.
Sophie shrugged. Unlike Sian she was still a virgin, this had nothing to do with sex for her, well not completely. She loved Sian, so much so that she'd risked losing her as a friend in order to let the other girl know how she felt. She'd been devastated by Sian initial reaction to her kiss, but things had worked out and now they were together.
But the sex issue worried her. She'd vowed not to have sex until she married. And she'd been thinking that marriage would have been to a man. Now she was confused about her relationship with Sian and what it meant to her beliefs. She did her best not to think about it too much but she knew how strongly she felt for Sian, she hadn't been joking when she'd whispered she loved her at the hospital, and now that Sian had told her the same thing she'd have to give it some more serious thought.
She wasn't naive enough to think it wouldn't be brought up by her parents once they discovered she was in a relationship with Sian.
She closed her eyes and tried not to think anymore.
"You okay?" Sian asked, lifting herself off her girlfriend to study her face. Sophie looked upset again.
Sophie swallowed and opened her eyes to stare up at Sian. "Yeah." She whispered unconvincingly.
Worried now Sian asked, "You believed me earlier right? When I said I loved you, because I meant it." Ryan's words came back to her as he'd accused her of leading him on. She hadn't, she'd genuinely cared for him at the time which was why she'd felt comfortable enough to sleep with him that first time.
And she wasn't playing with Sophie's feelings for her. The younger girl might have come to terms with what they were to each other first but that didn't mean Sian didn't love her. It had just taken a little bit longer for her to understand the emotions she felt when they were around each other.
"I can tell you again if you want." She said shifting over her girlfriend who smiled up at her. "I love you Sophie Webster!" She declared playfully before ducking her head down and kissing Sophie.
Sophie giggled at first but as the kiss progressed she let herself just react, her arms coming around Sian's body to hold her in place before her hands sought out the blonde's head to work their way into golden locks.
"That was nice." Sian whispered as they broke apart. She stayed on top of Sophie who seemed reluctant to let her go.
Sophie nodded. "Let's get some sleep." She said wanting to save the thinking for later.
They kissed on the lips one more time before both relaxing against each other.
It had been a tough day for them and tomorrow didn't look to be any easier.
"I love you too." Sophie mumbled just as she was drifting off. She never saw the grin that grew on Sian's face at her words, but she did feel lips press against the skin of her shoulder.
Should have another chapter up by the end of the week.