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Nicky was studying in the school library next to Lorna and Alex. Actually, she was trying. Alex spent all her time on cellphone with her girl crush, Piper, and Lorna kept talking about her new neighbor. All this conversation was driving her crazy.

"Lorna, no offense, but you've talked too much about this guy, I'm sick of it" Nicky complained.

She would never assume that. But she was completely in love with Lorna. The idea of seeing the girl with another person terrified her.

Nicky didn't quite understand her feelings. She had already kissed a boy, but it never seemed right to her. She never felt comfortable with it. She had never been attracted to any boy. She had already considered being a lesbian, but that was still
very confusing. Maybe she just loved Lorna.

"Nicky, don't be rude. I just think he's cute, what can I do?" Lorna answered defensively.

"You can start by keeping that to yourself," Nicky said as she put away her books. Rolling her eyes, she left the library.

"What the fuck? What just happened?" Lorna asked Alex. Nicky had never treated her like this.

"Don't act like you don't know Lorn," Alex laughed derisively.

"Don't know what?"

"Isn't that clear? She likes you, you idiot." Alex answered as she distracted hersel with her cellphone.

"No she doesn't. She's my best friend, that doesn't make sense." Lorna had never stopped to think about it. If it's true, it's going to be weird.

"Believe in whatever you want." Alex laughed. "Come on, let's get out of here," Alex said as she got up from the table and backed away from the library. Lorna was right behind her.

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"May I ask why you're upset?" Red asked her older daughter who had just come in the market.

Nicky was clearly disappointed with something, she came to the market, sat at one of the tables and didn't speak or do anything.

"I'm not upset," Nicky replied by laying her head on the table.

"Nicky," Red looked sympathetically at her daughter. "Have you ever been able to lie to me?"

Nicky glanced at his mother and snorted. "It's just... Lorna."

Red sat down at the table next to her daughter and wrapped her arms around her. "Ok, what happened? What about Lorna?"

"She has this new crush, her new neighbor, and she won't stop talking about him." Nicky complained. "It's driving me crazy."

"Honey, it's normal for girls your age to start liking other boys," Red laughed stroking Nicky's hair out of her face.

"Not for all of us, I don't like any boy..."

"Well, that's a matter of time." Red smiled at her daughter. "And don't be rude to Lorna, just let her get excited about something."

Nicky rolled her eyes.

"I'll make you a sandwich, okay?" Red said as she headed toward the back of the market toward the kitchen.

"I'm not hungry," Nicky shouted as her mother disappeared.

"Shit," Nicky said to herself. The girl took her backpack and went to Gloria. "Tell Ma I'm going back to school, ok?"

Before Gloria could answer Nicky was already running out of the establishment back to school.

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After a long, busy day at school, Nicky was finally home. She didn't talk much to her mother and sister though. She just went straight to her room and locked the door. She wanted to be alone.

In the kitchen Red helped Tricia with her homework. Red was worried about Nicky, the girl had been acting strangely since lunch when she told her mother about the little disagreement with Lorna.

Red knew that her girl felt something for Lorna, something beyond friendship. But she never dared to ask. If she were to know, she preferred her daughter to tell her.

"Mama, I'm tired," Tricia whimpered. "Can we finish tomorrow morning?"

"Ok honey, we'll finish it tomorrow then," Red smiled at her younger daughter. "Are you hungry?"

"Not really, but it's going to start a movie that I really want to see," Tricia replied as she walked into the room. "Can you make popcorn?"

"Sure" Red replied as she put the popcorn in the microwave.

It wasn't long before the popcorn was ready. Red quickly picked up the package and took it to her daughter who was already lying on the couch waiting for the movie to begin. Red sat next to Tricia and watched a little of the movie, but her thoughts
were all on Nicky.

Getting out of the couch, Red decided she was going to talk to Nicky. Red headed for her daughter's room and was surprised to realize that the door was locked.

"Nicky?" Red yelled, knocking on the door. "Nicky what did I say about locked doors?"

"I want to be alone," Nicky murmured.

"Baby, open the door, I want to talk to you." Red said quietly.

Snorting, Nicky opened the door for her mother and lay back down in her bed.

"Nicky what's going on?" Red asked in a tone of concern. She sat down next to her daughter and began to caress her.

"I don't want to talk about it," Nicky replied, holding her cry that Red knew was coming.

"Is it about Lorna?" Red continued to comfort her daughter. "Baby, you know you can talk to me right?"

After a few minutes in silence Nicky began to cry. "I'm just confused."

"Aw, my baby," Red hugged her tight and left a kiss on the top of her head. "You can cry, I've got you."

"I don't know what's going on with me, Mommy." Nicky said between sobs.

Tricia could hear Nicky's cry from the living room and ran to her sister's room. Seeing Nicky crying on her mother's lap, Tricia approached.

"Why is she crying?" Tricia asked sadly for Red.

"She's having a hard time, honey." Red tried to calm Tricia's concern. "Nothing you need to worry about, now go back to your movie and let me talk to your sister, okay?"

Tricia just nodded and gave her sister a hug. "Don't be sad, please, it doesn't suit you."

Nicky smiled even though she hadn't stopped crying. Her sister was a pain in her ass sometimes, but she couldn't help but love her, she was lovely.

Red kept trying to comfort her daughter, who was still crying. Nicky was hugging Red tightly, as if she was afraid of being alone.

"Baby, look at me," Red said, holding Nicky by the face. "I love you okay? I'll always love you, no matter what. You can tell me what's hurting you so much."

"I love you too," Nicky replied. She was calming down but the tears kept falling.

Nicky took a deep breath and lay on her mother's lap. Red just waited until the girl was ready to talk.

"This thing about Lorna just got me so confused," Nicky said quietly. "I really don't know what I'm feeling, Mommy... I just..."

"What is, baby?" Red asked as she stroked her daughter's hair.

"I guess I'm not like the other girls," Nicky said uncertainly.

I just want to thank you all for the support. Johanna-002, you've been very helpful to me, so thank you so much! I hope everyone has enjoyed this chapter, tell me what do you think! xx