TITLE: Should've Been Easier By Three
AUTHOR: Faith Alana Alastair
DISCLAIMER: : I'm not Mike Judge, who had the original idea, or Glenn Eichler, or Susie Lewis Lynn either. I don't own any of these characters, (except Scott, Natasha, Caine, Jason, Dayton and Maggie.)
FANDOM: Daria
PAIRING: Daria/Jane, Daria/Lindy, Jane/Lindy, Daria/Jane/Lindy. Also Natasha/Jason(oc's) and Andrea/Scott
RATING: NC-17/M/FRAO
SUMMARY/PROMPT: It's College, Now. Daria decides it's time to live a little, now that she's in college.
SPOILERS: Everything through "Is It College, Yet?"
AUTHOR'S NOTES: I'm not sure where this came from, but after a Daria marathon, I decided to challenge myself a la NaNoWriMo, and managed it. I actually wrote the 50k+ words in this in 12 days.
FEEDBACK: God, please. I love this fic so much, tell me what you think.
DISTRIBUTION: Want...Ask...Have
WORD COUNT: 51,158
"There she is," Jane said, pointing down the platform. Daria and Lindy followed her as she walked toward Quinn.
"Hey Daria, Jane, Lindy." She smiled and waved. "How are you?"
"We're fine. Lots of stuff to tell you, though." Daria led the way back to the car.
"Oh yeah? You're not like, learning to play the guitar, are you?" Quinn got into the back seat, nose scrunched in disgust.
"What?"
"Well, I heard that lesbians, they do that. And then they wear plaid! And sensible shoes... God, Daria, I couldn't handle that, I just couldn't!"
Daria looked in the rearview mirror at Lindy, sitting next to Quinn. "This was your idea."
Lindy shook her head and laughed, turning to Quinn. "Quinn, those are stereotypes. They're like rumors people spread about a whole group of people at once."
"Ohhh… thank god…" She sat back in her seat and looked at Daria. "So what's your stuff?"
"Tell her about this morning, hon. That's the easier of the two."
Lindy nodded. "I, um… fell off the wagon." She looked at Quinn bravely.
"Oh." Quinn nodded solemnly. "Are you alright?"
"I'm okay now. Daria and Jane took care of me, and our friend Natasha. They took me to a meeting this morning, and I'm going to another one tonight."
Quinn nodded. "Okay." She smiled at Lindy softly. "Thank you for telling me."
Lindy beamed. "Thanks for understanding." She leaned over, hugging her tightly.
Quinn hugged her back and smiled. "Of course, silly."
Jane lay a hand on Daria's knee and smiled. "So how's school and junk? Is Kevin any smarter?"
"Ew, the Quarterback? He's one of the most unpopular people in school now, because everyone knows he was held back and Ms. Li put him with the special kids."
Jane's eyes widened. "No way! Poor Kevin…"
"I wonder how being a brain rates against that…" Daria smirked and pulled into the dorm parking lot. "We should tell her the other thing before we go eat."
Lindy nodded. "Let's go put your stuff upstairs." She picked up Quinn's bag and followed Daria and Jane into the building. Daria let them all into the room and dropped down onto the bed.
Quinn raised an eyebrow at the pushed-together beds, but only said, "Am I sleeping on the floor, or can we push the beds apart again?"
"We can push them apart. I didn't think about it."
Quinn nodded, putting her bag down and sitting on the bed. "So what's the big secret?"
Lindy sat down and took a breath. "Have you ever heard of people being in a relationship with more than one person?"
"Ew, like that guy on Sick, Sad World?"
Jane laughed and Daria smirked. "Not quite."
Lindy shook her head. "I mean like, hippies or something. Where everyone loves each other equally."
Quinn nodded. "Ohhh, yeah. I know what you mean."
"Okay, well, Daria and I and Jane are…"
Quinn held up a hand and interrupted her. "Okay, Lindy. Whatever you guys are doing, I just don't want to know."
Lindy sighed. "It's not about that."
Quinn nodded slightly. "It's fine. I just don't want to know."
Daria scoffed a laugh. "Well, that's settled."
Jane nodded. "You're shaping up to be a fine young woman, Ms. Morgendorffer," she said to Quinn.
Quinn rolled her eyes. "Whatever."
