Stef, inconceivably cheats on Lena who catches her, and now Stef must figure out what happened that night and find a way to explain it to Lena.
(A request by a guest with a lot of support, help and suggestions from maggie . tirado1. Takes place during the episode PLAY (203) right after Stef leaves Lena in the tub she heads to the bar instead of the fire-pit.)
Author's Note:
I've had a few requests and suggestion about doing one where Stef cheats on Lena but since I couldn't quite get that idea to settle well, maggie . tirado1 helped me figure out a way to get around it. I hope this meets your expectations - whoever requested it.
I'm pregnant, my mom broke her foot and my dad is about to have minor brain surgery so updates may not be as regular as they usually are but I'll try to update once every two or three days so bare with me.
Thanks for the support.
Love Junebug.
Stef had no idea what Lena was talking about. All she'd done was strike up a conversation with her masseuse so she had no idea what had upset Lena. But still, she knew she had to go in there and try to patch things up. She'd apologize and hopefully in the course of the conversation she'd figure out what really had Lena so upset.
"Mind if I join you?" Stef asked, entering the bathroom and finding Lena soaking in the tub already. She sat on the edge and reached out for Lena's hand when she didn't respond. "Listen, I thought about what you said and you're right, we should watch Breakfast on Tiffany." She said seriously before she herself laughed, hoping it would be enough to get Lena out of the mood she was in. But obviously it wasn't enough because instead of laughing with her Lena just gave her that look of disappointment that she hated so damn much.
"You know I think... um... we should just go home." Lena said, much to Stef's disappointment.
"Alright, what's wrong?" Stef asked directly.
"We need to connect." Lena explained.
"I am trying." Stef sighed.
"No, you're not." Lena said, trying to convey that Stef's attempts weren't even close to enough.
"What do you want me to do?" Stef asked in defeat. She would give Lena just about anything but she had no idea what it was that Lena wanted.
"I want you to talk to me about something other than money, or the kids." Lena explained.
"Why don't you talk to me?" Stef asked, wondering how she was supposed to talk about something she hadn't even thought about yet. If Lena had something in mind then it was up to her to bring it up.
"Because half the time I really don't think you're listening." Lena answered honestly.
That answer really upset Stef, because here she was, trying to figure out what was going on and Lena was accusing her of just the opposite. "So when I don't talk it's my fault and when you don't talk it's my fault too." She said in resignation. "I get it, it's all on me, I'm the one that's failing in this relationship."
"I didn't say that." Lena tried to amend.
But it was too late. "Well that's how it feels." Stef said as Lena looked away.
Both women realized that they needed time to just get their thoughts together before they got into a full blown fight. Stef walked away to get changed and go somewhere else, anywhere but here while Lena waited to hear the room door close, signaling Stef's departure, before she too padded out of the bathroom to change.
"They are a couple." Inca whispered in disgust to her friend Andrea who manned the bar.
"Are you sure?" Andrea asked curiously.
"She told me." Inca continued to whisper. She was sitting at the bar while Andrea was getting things ready for the night. It was still empty in the bar, being just after six and they had at least an hour before any customers arrived so they were chatting away. "And they have five kids." She continued.
"Five?" Andrea asked, suddenly imagining two rather old women.
Just then the door opened, distracting the women and the person that fumed in was none other than Stef.
"That's one of them." Inca quickly whispered before disappearing out of the bar, knowing that she wasn't supposed to be in there when customers were around.
Andrea stared at Stef in complete shock - this woman looked nothing like she had imagined. She was young. Not as young as Andrea herself but still not fifty or sixty like she'd imagined when she'd heard that they had five kids. Andrea watched her curiously as she filled Stef's drink, realizing that the woman was mad about something and was drowning her sorrows in the bar.
She'd never admitted it to anyone but she'd often wondered what it would be like to be with a woman. She wouldn't call herself gay exactly but she'd always been curious, just never bold enough to actually act on that curiosity.
But now, watching Stef, she wanted to know what it was like. To have another woman do things to her that no guy had ever managed to do successfully, to give back to that woman and watch as she had the power to completely control her. She wondered what this woman's lover was like - who she was and what she looked like. She decided to try and strike up a conversation with her.
But her attempts were fruitless for Stef had absolutely no inclination in doing anything other than drink. She'd barely been there fifteen minutes and was already sliding her class back for a refill. It was going to be a long night if this was how it was going to continue and she needed something to get her through.
As Andrea watched her she became more and more curious and she finally did something she never imagined she'd do in her entire life. She carefully crushed a little white pill that she had secretly kept a few weeks ago when a drunk man was searched for drugs, and put it into Stef's drink when the glass returned for a third fill. One way or another she was going to get the answers she wanted - she'd waited almost thirty years to learn about this and this just might be her only opportunity.
Twenty minutes later the bar was still empty. Andrea had managed to get Stef to open up and with strategic questioning she'd moved the conversation over from someone named Lena to the answers she was looking for. Stef was now describing all the different things she and Lena had tried over the years and what she herself liked and didn't like and without really knowing what was happening she offered to actually show Andrea what she was talking about.
Andrea moved over to the other side of the counter and soon clothes were being discarded and Andrea was having the time of her life. Neither woman heard the door open or the curly haired brunette walk in and stop dead in her tracks at the sight of two blonds, naked and completely tangled together.