"What do you mean, baby?" Red said clutching Nicky in her embrace.

"You know..." Nicky sighed. "I don't like any boy."

"Are you trying to tell me that you're a lesbian?" Red asked sympathetically.

"I don't know... maybe?" Nicky replied uncertainly. "It's confusing Ma"

"Aww my baby, what's the problem with that?"

"You don't mind if I'm a lesbian?" Nicky asked in embarrassment.

"Nicky, of course not!" Red chuckled gently. "You're my daughter, my baby, I love you so much, and now you can finally be who you really are... and that makes me very happy. "

Nicky smiled with tears in her eyes and hugged her mother. "I love you Ma, thank you."

Red hugged her tightly and began to fill her with kisses.

Nicky laughed. "Ok, ok, that's enough, enough of kisses." She said as she tried to pull away from her mother's wave of affection. She adored it, but the rebel teenager soul she had would never admit it.

"That's the smile I want to see inyour face from now on, understood?" Red smiled, looking passionately at her daughter.

Nicky nodded. "But Lorna is still straight, she would never want to be with me."

"Never say never honey, and if she doesn't want you, believe me, there will be others who will." Red left a wet kiss on Nicky's cheek and stood up. "Because you're beautiful... Like your mother." Red said as she left the room.

Nicky laughed and sighed. "Yeah... But I want her." She murmured to herself.

Xoxoxoxo

Nicky wanted to talk to Lorna. Apologize for her little attack on the library. But Lorna didn't reply to her messages and didn't answer her calls.

Nicky thought the brunette should be upset with her. When Nicky was about to call Lorna's house, Red called her to dinner.

She went down to the kitchen and sat next to Red and Tricia. Tricia was complaining about her mother's salad.

"I hate broccoli, I won't eat it," said Tricia staring at the broccoli in disgust.

Red ignored her, "Nicky, no cellphone on the table, please." Nicky, who didn't take her eyes off the cellphone. "How are you? Do you feel better?"

"I'm fine," Nicky replied, putting her cellphone aside. "I'm waiting for Lorna to answer me, I want to apologize."

"Did you argue with her?" Tricia asked innocently.

"Kind of..." Nicky replied as she played with her food.

Red noticed that none of her daughters were eating. Tricia still had to eat the broccoli and Nicky hadn't even touched her food.

"Nicky, youdidn't eat anything," Red pointed to her daughter's food.

"I'm not hungry," the girl murmured

"Oh of course you are. You didn't eat the sandwich I had prepared and I don't remember seeing you eating anything during the day," Red scolded. "Come on Nicky, eat a little."

Red turned her gaze to Tricia. "And you young lady, you'll not leave the table until you eat those broccoli."

"But Mommy, I don't like this," Tricia grumbled.

"But you need it!" Red said firmly, "you've only eaten junk food lately, come on, eat it."

After a few minutes, Nicky had eaten a little bit, not everything, but enough. But Tricia still refused to eat the broccoli.

"Stop with this nonsense Tricia," Nicky rolled her eyes and went to wash her dish.

"Tricia, I will not let you leave here until you eat these broccoli," Red cast a stern look at her youngest daughter. Taking the broccoli with the fork, Red pointed to Tricia's mouth. "Open it,"

"No Ma, I'm not a baby," Tricia complained. Taking her fork, Tricia began to eat the broccoli.

Red shuckled and went to help Nicky with the dishes. "Tomorrow I don't want to see you skipping any meal" Red told her eldest daughter.

"Fine," Nicky murmured, putting the dishes into the dishwasher.

Tricia had finished eating and handed the plate to her mother with a disgusted face. "See? You're not dead," Red said.

After finishing, Nicky picked up her cell phone and went back to her room.

After a few more failed attempts to call Lorna, Nicky decided to call her friend's house.

"Hey Franny, is Lorna home? I'm trying to call her but she'snot answering me." Nicky said to Lorna's older sister on the phone.

"Oh hello Nicky, Lorna went to the movies with our new neighbor, she must be coming back anyway, do you want me to ask her to call you?" Franny replied.

Those words came like a shot to Nicky. That damn neighbor.

"Uh ... No, just let it go... I... I'll talk to her tomorrow, thank you." Nicky quickly said goodbye and hung up the phone.

I should know better than to fall in love with my best friend, Nicky thought. She was confused, frustrated and doing her best not to start crying again.

Xoxoxoxo

Red was in the middle of her dream when she felt someone shake her. "Ma," she listened as she slowly woke up. When she opens her eyes she could see her wild-haired daughter with a crying face in front of her.

"Oh my angel," Red pulled Nicky into her arms. "What happened? You were crying."

"I can't sleep," Nicky whined. "It's like... my mind doesn't shut up."

"Have you talked to Lorna?" Red said rubbing Nicky's back.

"No, she went out with that fucking neighbor," Nicky replied angrily. "I think she's ignoring me."

"She wouldn't do that, baby," Red tried to comfort her daughter. "Why don't you go talk to her tomorrow?"

"I don't know... I might go." Nicky scratched her eyes and yawned.

"Okay baby, now do you think you can try to get some sleep?" Red said kissing the top of Nicky's head.

"Can I sleep with you?" Nicky asked sweetly.

"Of course you can, honey." Red threw the blanket over Nicky and pulled her closer.

Nicky hugged her mother and enjoyed the affection. "Goodnight," Nicky said sleepily.

"Goodnight baby," Red kissed Nicky on the forehead.

Since Nicky became a teenager, moments like this were rare. Nicky always pretended to dislike the affection her mother offered, but Red knew that her girl lived for these moments. Just like her. Her two babies were growing up so fast, and she couldn't
run away from it. Nicky is having her first love affair and soon will be Tricia's turn. Nightmare. But for now, Red just decided to take advantage of the moment of need that her daughter was having, until she could go back to sleep.

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I hope you like this chapter, I'm a little insecure with this. And again, thank you so much for all the support! Tell me if you want to see anything elae in this story. xx