Chapter 1: Vacation

A/N: This is a three shot of Pam from True Blood and Trina from Swingtown… But, I may make it longer….it's up to you guys though. Please leave reviews and help me improve. Thanks! :*

It was the Summer of 1977, Trina Decker sat on the beach staring out at the lake, the water sending beams of the setting sunlight into her brown eyes. She looked down at her stomach, glad that the baby fat was almost one hundred percent gone and she was getting her slim figure back. The moon had started poking its way through the evening clouds and she took in a deep breath, trying her hardest not to feel lonesome in this moment. She'd remembered the time she and Janet had spoken of Susan's Great Aunt Sally growing old without ever having a husband. Trina had begun to think that Sally had the right idea, especially after her marriage, as well as Susan's and Janet's, have all fallen apart. Susan and Roger had finally gotten together, leaving Janet on her own with Ricky and Bruce had sometimes seen the kids when Susan and Roger needed alone time. Trina felt the rush of sadness for Bruce as she had actually liked him and never wanted him to get hurt, but she knew how Susan and Roger had felt about each other. They're both happy now...but unfortunately, poor Janet and Bruce cannot say the same thing.

The Decker marriage fell apart for different reasons. She knew that for her and Tom to have a child would be a mistake, so she did what she thought best for the both of them. Tom had a difficult time agreeing towards the end, but eventually he respected her wishes...which soon led to his cheating. Again. This time with another flight attendant and one that Trina was positive she didn't trust. Turns out, she was right and Tom did it yet again...left his current relationship to run off with some tramp, leaving Trina, pregnant and alone during the last month of the pregnancy.

She leaned back on her forearms in the sand, crossing her legs out in front of her, thinking that if she hadn't decided to put the baby up for adoption, that Tom would be here right now with her, holding her in his arms as she held their baby girl. Did she have regrets? Of course, but after Tom left...she realized she truly had no chances of raising this baby alone.

It sure had been a crazy year, full of changes and heartbreaks and she knew it was all her fault. If I hadn't have brought Susan and Bruce into the swinger life, none of this would've even happened. She felt the small tear leave her eye and she wiped it away quickly as if hoping no one would see, even if she was the only one on the beach at the moment.

"There you are!" She heard someone calling from behind her, causing her to jump a little.

"Oh, hey Susan." She turned to see her new friend walking toward her.

The woman had light brown hair with a tint of red in it and she wore a simple sundress as she approached Trina, sitting beside her in the sand. "Roger and I went over to your house looking for you. Seeing that you weren't home, I decided there was only one other place you could be." Trina sent her a weak smile and Susan sent back the same sympathetic grin. "How are you doing?" She asked softly, not wanting to upset the newly divorced woman.

"Hanging in there." Trina answered honestly. "Tom finished moving his stuff out last week. It's officially just me." She faked a smile and put her chin to her own shoulder as she looked at Susan.

Susan took a while to respond as she was hoping Trina wouldn't get mad at her for saying this. "Perhaps you should've kept the baby."

"Me? No."

"Yes, like I said, you would be a great mother and…" Trina looked away, returning her gaze to the beautiful sight of the sea. "...you wouldn't be so lonely." Susan tried to say as gently as possible.

"Yeah, well. I couldn't raise a baby. Not on my own." Susan looked at her with sadness in her eyes before looking out at the horizon herself. "How are you and Janet?" Trina finally asked.

"Better." Trina heard the crack in Susan's voice as she answered. "I think it's gonna take some time before we get back to the way things were before, but we talked and we're alright."

Trina looked to her as she put her head down, staring at her fidgeting hands in her own lap. "Susan, I'm really sorry. I never meant for any of this to happen."

Susan shook her head. "What are you apologizing for? This wasn't because of you."

"But it was. If Tom and I hadn't have forced you and Bruce into experimenting then-"

"You didn't force us into doing anything. We made our own decision and some truth came out of it...that's all. If anything, I should be thanking you. Yu stopped us from living a lie." Trina now looked down into her own lap and let out a small chuckle. "What?" Susan wondered.

"I just remember how innocent you were when you first moved here. It's hard to believe it was just a year ago."

"Huh. It was, wasn't it?" Susan thought about it and sighed. "Do you miss Tom?"

"Of course." Trina couldn't lie to herself. "Do you miss Janet?" Trina knew how close they were before she ruined their friendship with pot brownies, Twister, and skinny dipping. Janet didn't answer, but Trina knew that she did just by looking at her. "You should talk to her."

"Mmm, I don't know about that."

"No, you should. It could be good for you both. Remember what I said, honesty is always the best thing to have between two people. Especially two friends like you and Janet." Susan didn't respond, but she smiled weakly and brushed a stray hair out of her face as the wind blew it. "I have an idea." Trina sat up off of her forearms. "What if Janet, you, and I go on a little trip. Just the three of us. We can get away, try to get back into the, uh, swing of things." She giggled. "No, but seriously...I still get some good plane ticket discounts after being a stewardess. Why don't we all go to the airport, pick a random place to go and just explore."

"I'm not sure she'd be up to that at the moment."

"I can convince her. Really, we should do it." The woman with dark black hair nudged the other with her shoulder, hoping she'd agree.

"Alright, well you can try to persuade her, but I doubt she'll wanna come if I go."

"But even is she says no, will you still come with me? I do need to get away for a bit." Trina hoped that a change of environment might get her mind off Tom and the baby.

Susan thought about it for a moment with a wide grin on her face. She shrugged, tilting her head to the side. "Mmm, why not?"

*One Week Later*

"I still can't believe you were able to convince her. How'd you do it?" Susan asked as she and Trina waited outside the airport for their friend to arrive.

"Well, we had a chat and she also wanted things to get better between the two of you. Also, she felt lonely herself, considering Ricky and Roger are going on a father/son fishing trip this weekend."

"Really?" Susan said, looking out to the dozens of taxis driving up to the entrance of the airport, dropping off travelers and business men and women. "Roger didn't tell me that."

"It was a last minute idea after he learned about our girls only vacation." Trina smiled. "Oh, there she is." She waved to Janet as she stepped out of her cab with both of her suitcases.

Susan sighed and took a deep breath. "Let's hope this trip is not awkward." She whispers so only Trina can hear.

"We can make it work." The former Mrs. Decker whispers back before walking over to Janet to help with her heavier suitcase.

"That's what you said to Tom a number of times." Susan mumbled to herself and she took one more deep breath before smiling and walking over to her best friend, entering the airport with the both of them.

"What about Bora Bora? That flight leaves at 11:30." Susan suggested as the three women stood, staring at the flight boards, trying to choose a destination.

"Or how about Hawaii?" Janet added. "Oooo!" She startled Susan as she got over excited seeing another option. "What about Fiji? I've always wanted to go to Fiji!" She turned to Trina, squeezing her bicep and bouncing up and down a couple times.

"I've been to both of those places. It's not everything they're cracked up to be." The former flight attendant stated.

"What do you mean?" Janet whined. "Beautiful beaches, luxurious hotels, margaritas." The brunette did a small dance as if shaking maracas while talking about the margaritas and she smiled at Susan who giggled at her silliness.

"No, we should go somewhere REALLY spontaneous." Trina said, stepping a bit closer to the board. "We have a beach at home and I make margaritas all the time. I want some place different. Some place new."

"Oooo, what if we went somewhere without a beach? Like Paris?" Susan said the famous city's name in a French accent before pursing her lips.

"Too predictable." Trina added, putting a hand on her chin as she looked at each flight number. The other two looked at each other, discouraged at her protests and decided to just wait and hear her opinion. "Ah!" Trina turned to face the others. "What about Louisiana?"

"Louisiana?" Both Susan and Janet said at the same time.

"I thought you wanted to go somewhere, uh, different?" Janet said, Susan slightly nodding.

"Louisiana IS different. AND it's one of the only states I've never been to yet."

"Um…" Susan looked at Janet and cleared her throat before looking back to Trina. "I'm not sure that sounds like much of a vacation."

"Come on, what do you mean?" Trina understands where she's coming from, but she needs to hear their exact thoughts before she uses her great persuasion skills to eventually convince them.

"Well, for one it's Louisiana...There's nothing really to do there." Janet answered for Susan.

"That's not true. There are many great places to visit there." Trina moved in closer to Janet. "Including the Alexandria Museum of Art, the R.W. Norton Art Gallery, and the New Orleans Museum of Art. I know how much you love art and stuff like that. We could visit one of those." Janet looked as if she were pondering the thought and Susan jumped in.

"But, Trina...No, offense but that doesn't sound like it'll be much fun."

"We make our own fun, Susan. And...I hear there are some great wildlife refuges in Louisiana. I know how much you enjoy learning about animals and nature, or whatever. PLUS...There once was a Paris, Louisiana." Trina winked at Susan and she shrugged, looking to Janet for a yes or no.

"What about luxurious hotels?" Janet wondered.

"Oh, please. Everywhere has great hotels. I'm positive we can find one that all three of us will enjoy. I heard there's a couple great resort hotels and spas there as well." They stood for a moment in silence, Trina smiling away and waiting for an answer. "Plus, it's a pretty historical place….Believe it or not, I love history and I think we'd have a great time. AND it'd be more spontaneous than just going to some Caribbean island or whatever." Still, silence. "What do you say, girls?"

"Well," Janet began, still looking at Susan. "...I do love art museums."

"And I do love some history myself." Susan added.

"And...spontaneity IS quite fun when it's with you." Janet confessed to Trina.

"Well?" The dark haired woman shrugged her shoulders. "Are we going to Louisiana?"

Janet and Susan exchanged one last look before shrugging their own shoulders as well. "I guess we're going to Louisiana." Susan said and Trina was overjoyed as they all walked over to a counter to purchase their tickets.

It was a long, tiring flight, but Trina kept it interesting as she explained all the things she learned as a flight attendant as well as sharing steamy stories of seeing passengers flirt for hours before finally getting up to go to the "bathroom" together. Also, the three discussed which hotel they could stay in once they arrived. They laughed along once they spotted a flirting couple finally brave enough to make a trip to the bathroom themselves and they took naps as well.

When they finally landed, Janet kept her sunglasses on as if she were hungover from a couple of those tiny tequila bottles on the flight and Trina carried her heavy bag, as well as her own...again. Susan's sunglasses were worn on top of her head and hers were simply because she refused to sleep on the plane without them on. Trina was the only one who seemed like she was fine and the other two assumed it was due to her being used to flying.

Janet and Susan were surprised at how easy it was for Trina to get a cab to take them to the hotel. It usually takes others about ten minutes to get a taxi at an airport, but Trina has had plenty of practice and soon, they were all on their way to the hotel they unanimously chose in Shreveport, Louisiana.

A/N: Okay, obviously there is more to come. I hope you like it so far. I know it's mostly Swingtown right now...but the True Blood is soon to come! ;P