Just A Little Bit

Part Two

Cam and Teagan sat together awkwardly at the booth, watching as Taren went up to the bar to get them drinks with her fake ID. On the dance floor was Josslyn, body moving rhythimically with an attractive looking surfer type of guy. The light's lit up her face, showing off her bright smile. Her loose blonde curls shimmered as they moved fluidly about her tanned shoulders. Teagan swallowed hard and watched a model-esque girl with an auburn pixie cut and grey eyes saunter up to Josslyn. The young woman put to slender, pale hands on Josslyn's hips easily, confidently.

The blonde whirled around hair falling over one shoulder as she gave the other girl a smirk. Her arms slid up to wrap around the girl's neck, staring into her eyes.

"Does...she usually do this?" Teagan wondered quietly, turning her head to look at Cam.

He nodded. "Yeah. She loves to dance. Doesn't matter who with."

The girl shook her head negatively. "No. I mean, does she usually look ready to makeout with them?" She blushed as she said the words

"Oh." He murmured in realization. "Well, yeah. She's a huge flirt. She's even flirted with me and we're basically like platonic soulmates." He answered with a shrug. "Why do you ask?"

Teagan shrugged. "I was just wondering." She stated softly as Josslyn ran over to the table, wide grin that showed off her gleaming white teeth upon her lips.

"Why aren't you two dancing?" The blonde pouted, hands on her hips.

Cam gave her a fond smile, "Come on Joss. You know that I don't like to dance like that." He told her gently.

Taren snorted as she came up to the group, handing everyone their drinks. "Don't ask Teagan. She doesn't like to dance, either."

Josslyn smirked impishly, "Oh, Cam can dance." She announced. "He's danced the tango with another friend of her's, Emma. Back when he used to have a crush on her when we were kids."

Cam's cheeks flushed pink and he whined, "Josslyn."

She rolled her eyes, falling lightly into the chair next to him and wrapping her arms around him. "There's no reason to be embarrassed."

"You're kidding me!" Cam said incredulously, eyes wide. "What if I told everyone about how Emma convinced you to help her piss off her mom and you were caught with your tongues down one another's throats?"

Josslyn had the good graces to redden at that and she ducked her head shyly. "Well it worked, didn't it?" She defended. "Besides, Ems and I are still friends. It didn't ruin anything."

"Hold up!" Yelped Taren, green eyes on fire. "Is this Emma's mom homophobic or something? Is that why you two thought she'd be pissed about her kid making out with another girl?" She looked to her sister, trying to ensure the girl was okay.

Cam and Josslyn both shake their heads.

"No! Not at all!" The blonde said urgently, blue eyes wide. "She and my mother just...they don't get along, lets put it that way. And considering her mother had abandoned her for years, Emma wasn't feeling very friendly or excited when the woman just dropped into town again. So Ems came up with that plan. It worked out rather well. Emma needed a way to tell her mother how much what she'd done had hurt her. I helped provide that."

Taren's eyes narrow at how Josslyn stated it as if it were nothing. "So you decided to pretend to like girls to piss someone off?" A frown set on her lips and she glanced at her twin out of the corner of her eye.

At that, Josslyn giggled and shook her head. "Nope. I like girls and I like guys. There was no pretending, except for my acting like I liked Ems that way."

"H-how long have you known you were bisexual?" Teagan wonderer, eyes wide in wonder.

Josslyn shrugged, sipping her cherry coke. "I've been out since I was thirteen. My uncle Lucas is gay and he and his husband had been married about two or three years when I decided to come out. I knew my family would be supportive since they were with him." She answered softly.

Teagan stares down at her hands that she's twisting in her lap. Josslyn's experience was so different from her own and she was kind of jealous. The blonde had had a support system. A big one. She hadn't been scared to come out. All Teagan had had was her sister. And while Taren was great and she was grateful for her acceptance, it had hurt a lot when their parents hadn't been accepting. When she'd lost friends because of it and when her grandmother acted as if something was wrong with her.

"Come on, pretty boy." Taren said, throwing a smirk at Cam, knowing her sister needed to talk to Joss privately. "We're going to dance." She ignored his protests as she jumped to her feet and dragged him onto the dance floor, laughing as he awkwardly placed his hands on her hips.

"What's wrong?" Josslyn questioned, lips turning down into a frown as she noticed Teagan's sad demeanor. She scooted closer, wrapping her free arm around the dark haired girl.

Teagan shook her head. "It's nothing. I just...I can't help but wish that my family and friends had been like yours when I'd come out." At Josslyn's shocked expression, she continued on. "I'm a lesbian and when I came out two years ago, my mom and dad freaked. Especially my mom. She wondered what she'd done wrong to not have a "normal" daughter. And my grandmother basically began to act like I didn't exist. I lost friends. The only person I had to count on was Taren. And don't get me wrong. She was great and I was thankful to have her on my side. But I needed my parents and my friends and I didn't have either."

The next thing she knows, arms wrap around her, embracing her tightly, warmly and blonde hair is brushing against her cheeks.

"I am so sorry." The blonde said, voice soft and comforting. "That really sucks." She pulled away and looked at Teagan, reaching out to squeeze the other girl's hands. "Have things gotten better, at least?"