A/N: here goes the second chapter. Sorry it took so long for this one to get up. I had originally posted this on femslash dot net but the servers went down and with it the only copy I had. I will try to get the next chapter up very soon. Please review (Oh and the phone number listed in this story is completely made up. So please don't try calling it and getting me in trouble.)

Discovery

I woke the next morning to a strange feeling at my side. As my mind began to gain it's bearings I felt a strange pressure wrapping around my midsection. I could feel hot breath on my neck and realized that the pressure was from someone's arm. In an instant I remembered the night before. Gen had slept over and I had offered to let her sleep in my bed instead of on the couch. Settling back into my pillow I realized that her touch felt comforting. I was still reeling from the night before and let myself lay there for a second.

After a few minutes I heard her laugh gently against my back as she moved her arm off my stomach and rubbed my arm gently.

'You gonna lay here all day or do you want to take advantage of our day off?' She said sweetly.

Not wanting to move I kept my eyes closed. 'What did you have in mind?'

'I thought we'd go into town and just hang out.' She said sitting up. 'We never get to do anything but skate so I planned out a completely skate free day.'

'Sounds nice.' I replied rubbing the sleep from my eyes. 'I'll grab the first shower.' I said as I sleepily got out of bed and headed into the bathroom. Ten minutes later I came out in my bathrobe with a towel wrapped around my hair. 'It's all yours.'

She smiled and ran into my bathroom with a change of cloths she always keeps at my house. It had taken her longer to get out because she had dried and prepped her hair. Not for the first time I noticed how attractive she made a printed tee and jeans look. I could never just naturally look that good and I told her so.

'That's nonsense Casey you look a lot prettier than you give yourself credit for.' I'm not sure why that made me blush but it did. She must have noticed because she admonished me for it.

'You've been my best friend Gen for awhile now but even you have to admit that I never looked pretty or attractive before we became friends.' She didn't meet my gaze but said something under her breath that sound like you shouldn't be so sure. Picking up her purse she told me that she would be waiting in her car.

I couldn't figure out why she had become distant all of a sudden. The attitude stuck the rest of the morning. As we sat down at Gen's favorite bistro in town she gave me her trademark smile and apologized. 'I'm sorry about the cold shoulder I've just had a lot on my plate lately.'

'I understand.' I said honestly. For about a month Tina had been trying to get her to go to Toronto with us to help me train. This of course didn't sit well with Brad Gen's boyfriend. He had been planning a romantic date for their one year anniversary for several weeks. Gen had come to me a few weeks ago and told me that Brad had started to get aggressive. He kept trying to take their relationship farther and every time Gen had said no.

She had said a week ago that he got so mad that he nearly slapped her. She used to say that his fits were just stress from not having an outlet like football. I didn't buy it though I kept telling her that she deserved better.

As our waitress took our order I couldn't help but stair at how her pants fit around her upper thigh and buttocks and the way her hips swayed as she walked. Gen's gaze leveled with mine and she laughed.

'There something you want to tell me?' She asked with mock surprise.

Realizing what she was referring to I shook my head emphatically. 'No I was just lost in thought.' She didn't seem to buy it though.

'Right... I think you're just afraid that you won't be able to get away with spooning me in my sleep anymore if I know you're gay.' I could tell that she was just being facetious but the thought stuck.

I remembered the way she had felt against my back and the sweet smell of her perfume. As my mind began to remember the touch a shiver shot up my spine and my arms broke out in goose bumps. Thinking back I could remember more than a few times that I had felt the same with my other best friend Lilly. I desperately tried to think of a time that I had felt the same about Teddy. I thought back to last month when I had watched him working on the Zamboni. He had taken his shirt off and his muscles gleamed with sweat. The mental image didn't do anything for me though. By all means Teddy would be considered hot and would have been fawned over by teenage girls. I didn't want to fawn over him though and my mind kept picturing the waitress's backside.

Why then had I dated Teddy? Why would I put myself in a romantic situation with a guy when I couldn't remember one time in my life when I had been attracted to one?

Dating guys was what I thought I was supposed to do. Even as feminist as my mother is she had spent many a maternal lecture telling me of how men and women were supposed to be together and that while being a lesbian wasn't really bad it wasn't the way we were meant to be physically. Maybe that's why I had been so nervous around guys. I was afraid of what my mother would think. Had I always known I was a lesbian and just not been able to admit it to myself?

The answer was a most definite yes.

Gen gave a slight cough and I realized that I had zoned out for several minutes. 'Sorry about that I was just thinking about Teddy.' I lied, I wasn't thinking about Teddy at all I was trying to remember what the waitresses name was. I was running about thirty different calculations in my head trying to decide the best way of finding out her sexuality. 'If I don't do something I'm going to lose him.' I said trying to cement the lie.

'You know what I'm going to say Casey.' She replied giving me a sad look.

'Yeah but I could say the same about your boyfriend too' I rebuked. She had been telling me for months that Teddy was never going to understand me or the world that I belonged to. The thought spawned another train of thought. Why had she let herself spoon me this morning? I looked up at her and wondered. Did she like me like that?

No it wasn't possible. No one would put themselves in the kind of situation she was in with Brad if they didn't really like him.

I finished eating my salad and kept up a fake front the rest of the afternoon. I tried to keep myself from looking at another girl the rest of the day. The problem though was the more I ignored the other girls in town the more my eyes kept wandering over to Gen. Eventually we went back to my house and had dinner with my mom. Gen left after dinner saying that she needed to help her mom pack.

There was no doubt in my mind now that I was gay. I walked into my mother's study watching as she pored over test papers. She looked up at me and called me over to her.

'Hey Case.' She said giving me a quick hug. 'Do you need anything?'

'I'm not sure mom.' I said sitting down on the edge of her desk. How was I going to tell her?

'What ever it is you can tell me.' She said giving me her best mom smile.

'I can't date Teddy anymore.' I simplified deciding that I would wait to tell her the whole story. Maybe a month in Toronto would help me clear my head.

'I'm so sorry Casey.' She took my hand in hers and grinned up at me. A tear streaked down her face. 'Tina called while you were out and said she would be here in the morning to pick you up.'

'But we aren't supposed to leave until Monday.' I said shocked by the change.

'Teddy left this morning to get a part for the Zamboni he won't be back until late tomorrow.' She said as another tear stained her cheek. 'Tina told me that she would rather the three of you leave before he gets back.'

'Three of us but Gen hasn't decided whether she was going to go or not?' I countered. I didn't want Gen to go with us. If she went I knew I wouldn't be able to sort things through properly.

'Tina says she doesn't want to leave her at home with Ted the way he is.' She was right. Regardless of whether I get things sorted out or not I couldn't let Gen stay home.

I nodded my head and went to my room to pack. An hour later I fell asleep thinking of Jessica the nice waitress from The Bean and the digits eight, six, zero, three, three, nine, four, nine, four, four.