Tegan POV
I waited for Aura to respond, hoping that it would be to my question.
"Tegan…" she said with a tone that I knew meant she was talking about my phone. I let out a frustrated groan and closed my eyes. Whoever is called had better be dying, I thought to myself as I moved to a sitting position next to Aura. I picked up my phone and looked at the caller ID. Sara, of course she would have such wonderful timing.
"Can I help you?" I said, trying to convey my annoyance.
"Well good morning to you, too, Cranky-ass. I was wondering if you had plans for breakfast?" I heard Sara's voice over the line. I rolled my eyes at the question.
"No, I was not planning on going out to eat at…6 in the morning," I said, emphasizing the time.
"Too bad. I'm going to find a place to get food, because I'm starving. Assuming you can get your lazy ass out of bed in the next 10 minutes, do you want to come with me?" Sara asked. I squeezed my eyes with my hand.
Believe me, laziness isn't what just had me in bed, my thoughts wanted to say. "Maybe, but I'll have to call you back," was my actual response.
"Alright, but remember: 10 minutes," Sara warned.
"Okay. Bye," I pressed 'end' and looked at Aura. "I'm so sorry," I tried to say.
"Don't worry about it. You're busy. I understand," Sara interjected with a lack of emotion. She started to move from her spot on the bed, but I jumped on top of her again.
"No! I'm sorry for the interruption," I kissed her to try to show my continued interest in her company. "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. I looked into her eyes. Please say yes, please say yes…
"Um. Sure?" Aura agreed, tentatively.
"Great!" I smiled. "I'll call her back and let her know." I got up and grabbed our previously discarded clothes. I gave Aura's to her, and she sat up.
Looking at me with unsure eyes, Aura asked, "So she doesn't know that I'll be joining you guys?"
"Not yet, but she will when I tell her," I grinned. We dressed ourselves, and she turned to me. Her expression was barely readable, but I could tell she wasn't thrilled by the idea of going out with Sara and I. "You know, you don't have to go if you don't want to," I offered, accidentally letting my disappointment show in my voice.
"No, it's not that. I do want to go!" she reassured me. "I…I'm just…nervous about meeting your sister." I remember that she knows about our band but didn't think she seemed the type to be star struck. She was only a little caught off guard meeting me and then loosened up quickly. Then I decided that humor would help her feel calmed again.
"Why? Is it the band thing?" I said. "I bet it's the band thing. Don't worry. I promise we're normal people," I grinned again, proud of my own joke. It seemed to work, because Aura returned the smirk and began to make chewing noises while twirling her hair.
"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!" she teased right back. The entire sight was too much. I fell to the floor with laughter, barely able to breathe.
"That…was…amazing," I slowly commended her. Wiping tears of laughter, I slowed my breathing and made it to a small chuckle before continuing. "No, seriously though," I took her hand in mine and used my thumb to stroke her palm. "Why are you nervous?"
"Promise not to take this the wrong way?" she asked.
Oh no. That can't be good. I simply nodded to promise.
"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," Aura spoke quickly. She looked away again.
How could I take that the wrong way? I took her chin and made her meet my eyes. "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," I said, hoping she would understand how serious I was, "then you might just sweep her off of her feet, too." I tried to charm her with my honesty. Her cheeks went rosy, and her mouth hung open and closed repeatedly, as though she wasn't sure how to respond. Score another for the Tegan charm! I mentally patted myself on the back. I pressed my lips to hers tenderly. I stood and pulled Aura into a loose hug. "So it's settled? You're going?" I asked.
"Yeah. I'm going," Aura finally found words.
"Alright! Let's go!" I tugged her hand toward the exit.
"Um, Tegan?" she said, not moving.
"Yeah?" I turned to her.
"Don't you need to call her back and let her know that anyone is coming, much less both of us?" she reminded me. I face-palmed.
"Oh yeah! Duh! Do you know of anywhere good?" I grabbed my phone again and waited for her.
"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," she promoted, patting her stomach.
"Perfect," I smiled. I called Sara back, seeing that it had been less than 10 minutes. "Hey Sara. Still down for grub?"
"Yup. I just have to get my shoes on," Sara replied.
"Cool. Oh! And my friend is joining us," I tried to say nonchalantly.
"Friend? Who the hell do you know that lives here?" Sara questioned me.
I rolled my eyes again and answered, "Well, she's a new friend."
"Oh 'she'? I see. Sure. When will you two be ready?" I could tell she was going to happily give me hell for hooking up with someone just a day after we had gotten to this city.
"Ready whenever you are. We'll be at the elevator," I chose to ignore her tone.
"Like I said, just putting on my shoes. I'll see you two there. Bye," she tried to irk me again.
"Alright. Bye," I said, hanging up. "Okay, now let's go," I took Aura's hand and guided her to the chair with our coats. We went to the elevator and waited for Sara. Aura leaned her back to the wall next to the elevator doors. I heard a door click and turned to see Sara walking towards us. I hope one last time that this goes well.
