The three girls sat around the dining room table together. No one had said anything for around 15 minutes and Sian's glass of wine had been polished off almost as quickly as it had been filled up. Sophie sat looking from her lap, to her girlfriend, to her sister before going back to staring down. She was so unsure of what to say, just a week ago she'd never thought about being in a relationship with a girl before and now she was having to explain to her sister why she'd had her hand down a girl's pants.
"So … let me get see if I've got this right." said Rosie. She pointed to Sian. "This is?"
"Sian. A girl I go to college with." finished Sophie.
"And you two are?" Sophie continued to stare down into her lap. She wasn't ashamed of what her and Sian had, it was just so new to her and she didn't know how to explain it to herself yet, never mind someone else.
"Come on Sophie, is she your girlfriend or a fuck buddy or were you two just having a little experi-"
"She's my girlfriend. And she is here Rosie, you don't have to talk about her like that."
"Well I'm sorry." She looked at Sian and managed a smile "It's nothing against you babe, you're lovely and dead pretty and everything it's just that last time I checked my sister wasn't a lesbian and this is all pretty shocking."
"I'm not a lesbian …" mumbled Sophie.
"Well you could have fooled me with that little manoeuvre on the couch there Soph." scoffed Rosie.
"I don't know what I am okay! I just know I met Sian and I really like her and this is what I want!" stated Sophie, a little louder than she had intended. She took a breath and felt herself calm down. "I wasn't ready for anyone to know yet, we're both still getting used to this and it's pretty scary."
Rosie reached her hand across the table and gently squeezed Sophie's. "You're my sister and I want you to be happy. It doesn't matter to me if it's with a boy or a girl, I want what's best for you. It was just a shock is all, I never thought I'd walk in on that!" The three girls relaxed for the first time in what felt like forever as they couldn't help but laugh.
"How do you think I feel? I was absolutely mortified when I saw you come through that door." giggled Sophie.
"Well I don't think that was exactly the best first impression for me to give off either." said Sian, blushing at the mere memory of it.
"Hey don't worry about it babe, lets just have another glass of wine and we'll get to know each other properly and I'll try to erase the image of you two on that couch!" said Rosie, standing up and going towards the fridge for another bottle.
"Don't you think mum will have something to say about you helping yourself to that bottle?" piped up Sophie, seeing what her sister was doing.
"Oh whatever Sophie, her and dad are such bores anyway, we'll have more fun with this one bottle than they'd have with twenty."
Sian laughed, relieved that the tension in the room had faded. "God, you are so lucky Soph. My dad would have burned me at the stake if he'd walked in on that."
"Well we can't all be as lucky as Sophie and be blessed with the perfect sister." Rosie flashed a dazzling smile from the kitchen as Sophie rolled her eyes.
"Errm … yeah well perfect is debatable." scoffed Sophie, earning her a slap on the arm from her sister before she sat back down at the table to join the two girls.
"Surely your dad can't be that bad can he?" asked Rosie as she started pouring the wine.
"He yells at the TV if a girl with short hair comes on so … yeah I think it might just be that bad." said Sian, trying to laugh it off
Sophie leant over the table and gently ran her thumb over Sian's hand. "It'll be okay you know."
"Yeah I mean most people's parents are shocked at first but they get over it. I actually think it's pretty cool." said Rosie, matter of factly as always. "Which brings us on to my next question. Are you going to tell mum and dad?"
Sophie took a sip of her wine, scrunching her forehead and thinking. "Not any time soon I'm not. I'm just not ready for them to know yet. I think me and Sian need to figure this out for ourselves before we involve other people ….. You're not going to tell them are you?"
"Course not sis, what do you take me for? Have I ever grassed you up before?"
"YES!" shouted Sophie and all three girls erupted in to laughter.
Several hours passed by and the three of them had been sat around the table chatting, giggling and drinking. They'd managed to get through yet another bottle of wine, much to Sophie's objection of her mum being mad but Rosie had insisted that they drink it.
"I still can't believe you two only met a week ago. I mean for one, you naughty girls have already slept together! And two, you act like you've been friends forever, finishing each other's sentences and knowing what the other is thinking. It's quite scary actually." said Rosie. "But I guess it's also kind of cute."
At that moment they heard the sound of the front door as Sophie's parents entered the house, quite shocked to see they had company.
"Well it appears we've walked in on a little party here Sal." said Sophie's dad, entering the kitchen and looking at the three girls in front of him.
"Oh leave it out Kevin, they're only having a bit of fun … with my wine mind!" added Sally as she noticed the empty bottles on the table. "Don't think for a second you won't be replacing them."
"Calm down mum, we'll buy you a couple of bottles of rosé, it's no big deal." sneered Rosie, getting up from the table. "I was just getting to know Sophie's little friend." she added, winking at Sophie who scowled back.
"Ahhh yes, is it Sian? It's nice to see you again love." Said Sally, giving Sian a warm smile.
"Thank you, its nice to see you again too. And it's nice to have met you Mr Webster but I have to get going now, it's getting a bit late."
"Oh don't leave on our account Sian, you're more than welcome, isn't she Kevin?" Sophie's dad gave a half hearted reply which earned him a disapproving look from his wife. Sian just laughed.
"Really it's okay, I best get back to my dad anyway before he sends out a search party." She picked up her jacket from the back of her chair as she made her way over to the door with Sophie.
"Well tonight wasn't exactly what I was expecting but it was certainly interesting." giggled Sian as they entered the porch. "Your sister is really cool, you're lucky to have her."
"Yeah she can be a bit of a pain in the bum but I'm glad she was okay with us." replied Sophie smiling, linking her finger with Sian's. "Can we do something tomorrow?"
"Definitely." said Sian, squeezing the brunettes hand encouragingly. "We'll do something really fun, maybe without your sister this time."
Giving Sophie a quick peck on the cheek and a hug, she turned and left the Webster household.