"A lesbian? Oh…uh ok."
"So you don't mind?"
"No." I backed up against the headboard.
She laughed in a low voice and shot me a glare. "Then why are you writhing away from me?"
"The girls I used to live with, they…" I stopped. Should I be telling her this?
"Were lesbians?" her head leaned forward.
"They loved each other. One was Tori, she was pretty straight laced. And Paulie… she was wild. Tori slept where you did, Paulie was in the far bed. Though they almost always ended up in Tori's bed together."
Her smile warmed the chilled parts of me. "What happened to them? Are they still in school here?"
"Tori's at another school and…" Tears welled up. "And Paulie jumped off the building by the soccer field after Tori broke up with her." The tears flooded out and I felt Kat's hand against my arm.
"God, I'm sorry." She pulled me a little and I collapsed forward into her chest. Her arms around me felt warm and secure. My body racked with sobs.
She leaned me back onto the pillow and wrapped her arms around me from the side. She just kept kissing my forehead, hugging me tighter