Aura POV
Tegan just stared into my eyes as her ringtone continued.
"Tegan…" I began. She groaned in response, shutting her eyes tightly. Rolling off of me, she sat up and reached to grab her phone off of the nightstand. Her face took on an annoyed appearance when she checked the name on the screen.
"Can I help you?" she immediately asked, avoiding pleasantries. I turned to my side and propped my head up on my arm. I watched her roll her eyes. "No, I was not planning on going out to eat at…6 in the morning," she continued, checking her watch for the time. Her hand went to her face, pressing her closed eyes with its thumb and index finger. "Maybe, but I'll have to call you back." Pause. "Okay. Bye," she said and hung up. "I'm so sorry," Tegan apologized, facing me again.
"Don't worry about it. You're busy. I understand," I tried to get up to look for my clothes.
"No!" Tegan stopped me by pouncing back on me. "I'm sorry for the interruption," she started, giving me a peck on the lips. "But that was my sister." Kiss. "And she wants to get breakfast." Kiss. "And I was wondering if you'd like to join us." Kiss. After the last kiss, she waited for an answer.
"Um. Sure?" I replied, taken aback by the request. I was already a bit overwhelmed by the events of the morning, and now Tegan wanted me to meet her sister. It wasn't just the concept of getting breakfast with Tegan and Sara, who happened to be one of my favorite bands. I had always been slightly nervous about meeting any family members of someone I was newly seeing.
"Great!" Tegan exclaimed happily. "I'll call her back and let her know." Tegan rose from the bed and quickly located our shirts and bras. She handed mine to me, as I sat up on the bed.
"So she doesn't know that I'll be joining you guys?" I half asked, half stated.
"Not yet, but she will when I tell her," Tegan flashed a playful smile. We both put on our missing clothing, and she faced me again. I must have had an apprehensive look, because she immediately appeared concerned. "You know, you don't have to go if you don't want to," Tegan's voice sounded mildly deflated.
"No, it's not that. I do want to go!" I said quickly to stop her. "I…I'm just…nervous about meeting your sister," I shyly revealed.
"Why? Is it the band thing?" Tegan teased. "I bet it's the band thing. Don't worry. I promise we're normal people," she finished, smirking so big that I could practically see the horns growing out of her head.
Well, if she wants to troll me, she can toll me. I hope she can take what she gives, I thought, gaining a similar grin of my own. I twirled my hair around one finger and pretended to loudly chew gum with my mouth open. Adopting my best high pitched 'Valley girl' tone, I responded, "Oh yeah! It's totally the fact that you two are, like, one of my favorite bands or some junk! I mean, like, do you know who you are? Oh my god, I can't believe it!" By the time I was done, Tegan had collapsed to her knees laughing.
"That…was…amazing," Tegan gasped between giggles. She wiped a few tears from her eyes as she attempted to calm herself. I grinned, proud that my joke had been received so well. "No, seriously though," Tegan spoke once she had slowed her laughter enough to make coherent sentences, "Why are you nervous?" She placed a hand on mine, rubbing with her thumb.
"Promise not to take this the wrong way?" I asked, regaining some shyness to my voice. Tegan nodded. "Well, I'm pretty sure we skipped past the 'just friends' part a bit ago. You said it wouldn't be a one night stand. We just met, so relationship is way too soon. I just…I'm nervous about meeting your sister as this random chick you happened to be making out with when she called," I rambled, unsure if I made any sense. I averted my eyes from Tegan's, but she caught my chin and moved it to let our eyes meet again.
"First off, you are not 'some random chick'. I really don't want you to think that that's what you are to me. Second, if you calm down and show my sister the same woman I've been hanging out with tonight," Tegan spoke sincerely, "then you might just sweep her off of her feet, too," ending with a shy smile of her own. I could feel the heat rise to my cheeks, where it seems to have made a permanent home. I opened and closed my mouth a couple times, but I couldn't come up with anything to say that would have been remotely near English. Tegan sweetly kissed my lips again, rising from the floor. She stood straight and pulled me up to her, encircling me with her arms. "So it's settled? You're going?" Tegan confirmed, her eyes remaining locked on mine.
"Yeah. I'm going," I replied.
"Alright! Let's go!" Tegan started to pull my hand eagerly to the door.
"Um, Tegan?" I stopped her.
"Yeah?" she turned to me, confused.
"Don't you need to call her back and let her know that anyone is coming, much less both of us?" I reminded.
"Oh yeah! Duh! Do you know of anywhere good?" Tegan smacked herself in the forehead lightly. She went back to the nightstand to pick up her phone and looked at me expectantly.
"Sure do. There's this place I love that serves the whole menu 24 hours a day. No matter what you want at what time, they've got you covered," I patted my stomach, now realizing that I hadn't eaten in over 12 hours.
"Perfect," Tegan smiled. She pressed a few buttons on the phone. "Hey Sara. Still down for grub?" Pause. "Cool. Oh! And my friend is joining us." Pause. Eye roll. "Well, she's a new friend." Pause. "Ready whenever you are. We'll be at the elevator." Pause. "Alright. Bye." Tegan hung up again. "Okay, now let's go," she said, grabbing my hand again. We put on our coats and walked out to the elevator at the end of the hallway. I turned around and leaned against the wall, then I saw a figure walk out of a room and come down the hallway.
This is it.
