"Auntie Tori, what does 'lesbian' mean?"

"What?"

"Well, there's this friend of mine, Stevie, and everyday her mom comes pick her up at school. She comes with a friend, another woman, and they're always holding hands and smiling at each other. They are really cute!" She giggled. "But I thought it was a little different, since other moms are always with dads and everything. So I asked Stevie where her dad was, and she told me she doesn't have a dad. She has two moms. I was confused, so I asked her how was that possible, and she said something about her moms being lesbians, but I'm not sure what that means. What is a lesbian?"

I blinked, trying to understand all she had just throw on me at once. "See, baby, being a lesbian means-"

"Does it means getting married? Cause Stevie's moms just got. Oh! Is my mom a lesbian? She's married with my dad, Beck!"

"What? No, no, Trina's not a-"

"I think I wanna be a lesbian someday! Though I have no idea who would I marry with."

"Jenny, no. I mean, you could if you wanted to, but.. that's not what it means."

"Then what is it?"

I sigh. How was I going to explain that to her? "Well.. you, for example. You like boys, right?"

She nodded, smiling. "I do! There's this boy in my class, Josh, he's really cute! I like hugging him. I think he likes me too, I mean, I am pretty." She said.

I laughed. She was so her mother. "Maybe I can marry him someday! They we would both be lesbians."

I rolled my eyes. "Yeah, let's talk about Josh later. But see, you like him. He's a boy."

"Right."

"A lesbian is nothing but a girl exactly like you, but instead of liking boys, she likes other girls."

She frowned. "You mean, like kissing other girls? And holding their hands and stuff?"

"Yes."

"Hm. And what about boys? Can boys be lesbians?"

"Well, no. They can like other boys, but then they are gays, not lesbians."

"Oh, I've heard this word before! But I thought it was some kind of music or something. People are always talking about 'gay songs', 'gay movies'."

I laughed.

She thinks for a moment. "Well, can they get married?"

I smiled. "Well, in some places they can."

"Some places?"

I sighed. "Yeah. Not everywhere. There's places where people find it.. weird, so they can't."

"Oh. Well, that's silly."

"You think so?"

"I do. Everyone should get married!"

I laughed. "You really stuck in that married thing."

She giggled. "Kinda. But I think I understand what lesbian mean, then."

"Yeah?"

"Being a lesbian means you can marry anyone you love, right? Even if it is another woman?"

I nodded. "Exactly."

She smiled. "Well, then you and auntie Jade should get married. I think she likes you."