Sydnificant Other

Syd was nervous. They needed to ask Elena something important. Well, maybe it didn't seem important to other people, but it was important to them. They wondered if they would work up the courage to ask Elena.

They were going out that day, to the cinema, and Syd felt butterflies fluttering in her stomach at the thought of seeing Elena. They always felt like that, but today the butterflies felt more like elephants.

Elena smiled at Syd, who was standing at the door, fiddling with her hands. "Ready to go girlfriend?" She asked them.

Syd smiled ever so slightly nervously. "Yeah. But can I talk to you about something?" They said, hands wrung together.

Elena blinked. "Of course! Did I mess it up? I'm terrible at this." She trailed off.

"No! No no you haven't done anything, it's just… could you stop calling me your girlfriend?" They asked hesitantly.

Elena smiled. "Of course. Why didn't you tell me sooner?"

"I was just worried I guess."

Elena smiled warmly, "Well, you can tell me anything, ok?"

Syd nodded. "And the same with you." Elena smiled again. She seemed to do an awful lot of that with Syd. "Oh!" She was snapped out her musings quickly. "Do you mind being called my girlfriend?" They asked.

"No! I love hearing it."

"And I love saying it."

"What do you want me to call you?" Elena asked.

"Hmmmm. Can we think it over together?" Syd asked. Elena positively beamed.

"We can ask my family to help us!" She suggested excitedly.

"We can't ask Schneider though." "Nope."

"You can't ask Schneider what?" Came a familiar voice behind them.

They groaned. Looks like they were getting his help, whether they liked it or not…

They ended up telling him in the end, and he ran back to his apartment, saying something about making a list.

Elena rolled her eyes and took Syd's hand, squeezing it lightly. The two of them smiled and Syd kissed Elena's cheek."Thank you." They said."Anytime." Elena whispered back.

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