(Tegan's POV)
I awoke to the sound of bare feet pattering quietly down the hall towards the back room of the bus. I grabbed my cell phone from under my covers and looked at the time.
6:34
Groaning slightly I waited a few more minutes before stumbling out of my bunk to see who was up at this ungodly hour.
As I looked into the room, I saw none other than Sara sitting at the table typing away at her laptop.
"Sara, what are you doing up so early, it's not even seven yet," I mumbled as I slid in next to her.
"FUCK!" she yelled, slamming her laptop shut while making an extra 2 feet of space between us, her eyes wide and scared.
I was confused by her reaction, and then I realized that she had her headphones in and she didn't hear me come in.
"Christ, Tegan don't sneak up on me like that!" she exclaimed.
"I didn't mean to, but seriously what are you doing?"
"Nothing"
"Oh really," I deadpanned.
"Yes really, now go back to bed."
Shrugging slightly, I flicked her ear, stood up and headed back to bed.
4 hours later
I stepped out of the bus and stretched my arms out and then swung them to the side.
We were still in our hometown of Calgary, Alberta and we were going to get breakfast. We being me, Ted (our guitarist), and Sara. The rest of the crew had already eaten, while Ted and I were fast asleep, and Sara… well Sara was being secretive and she had kept to herself and stayed in the backroom all morning.
"Hey Sara, are you feeling alright?" Ted asked, since Sara hadn't said a word since we stepped off the bus. A rarity since she usually would be chattering and cracking jokes by now.
She smiled tightly, nodded and sped up leaving us trailing a couple of feet behind her.
Ted looked at me, and I shrugged. We went inside Denny's after her and the waitress led us to a booth near the back of the restaurant.
We got our orders taken and while we waited for them, I noticed that Sara kept glancing at her phone, so I decided then to confront her about her mood. Plus Ted had just gotten up to go to the bathroom, so we had plenty of time.
"Sooooooo, Sara..."
She glanced up at me uninterestedly.
"Yeah?"
"Wanna tell me what's wrong?"
"Nothing's wrong."
"Are you sure about that?"
"…yeah."
"Then why do I feel that you're lying to me right now?"
"Tegan, I know how I feel, I'm fine," she muttered in an unconvincing tone.
"Christ woman, I've known you for 29 years and I know when something's wrong! So don't feed me bullshit, I'll know! Now what's going on, did something happen after I left the dressing room last night?"
She stared at me for a long moment then she sighed, nodded and began to speak.
Sara was still smiling from Tegan's praise about her performance. She wouldn't admit it to her but Tegan's approval meant the world to her…. Well when it came to performing songs.
Still smiling she grabbed the Heineken Tegan had left and took a long drink.
"Good show tonight, Sara," she heard a woman's raspy voice say from the doorway.
Sara froze, the now empty bottle falling to the couch with a muted thud.
She slowly lifted her gaze and was met with deep set hazel eyes.
"Sam?"
"The one and only"
"H- how-….. What are you doing here?" Sara managed to choke out.
Sam sauntered over until she was in front of Sara.
"I was around and I decided to drop by," she said smirking at the shocked brunette.
Sara quickly recovered and put a neutral expression on her face. But inside, she felt just healing wounds tearing open once more. This woman had played with her emotions, made her give up so much, then just up and left, leaving her to wonder what she did wrong. And now here was the one and only Sam. With her silky black hair, vintage tee, jeans, and awesome shoes… she always did have good taste in shoes…
Quickly snapping herself out of her reverie, she focused on Sam and asked," Really Sam, what do you want?"
Sam sighed, looked at her and simply said, "You".
"wh-w- what?"
Sam took a step closer to Sara who had a very confused look on her face.
"I want you, I made a huge mistake leaving you the way I did but I want to try us. I wanna make us work."
Sara was in disbelief. Sam wanted to be back in her life after not speaking to her in almost a year. It seemed impossible. No, it did seem possible, she still had strong feelings for the raven haired woman but the heartbreak had left her a bit wary.
"So what do you say, let's give us another go?" Sam said taking another step closer to Sara.
"So what happened Sara, did you take her back?" I asked, my body tensed forward waiting for her answer.
She opened her mouth to reply, but Ted rounded the corner and sat back down with us.
I mouthed to Sara later, and she sighed and nodded in confirmation.
Breakfast was mostly silent; both of us lost in thought and Ted too busy scarfing down food to say anything.
A/N
So this was a longer chapter, and a taste of that drama and heartbreak I told you about.
R&R, and maybe I'll update soon!