Olive went up the stairs after Chuck's wake, not exactly sure what she was doing, but she felt it was right. She finally got to the roof, slightly winded, and spotted Chuck sitting on the edge of the roof, looking out at the city. Beehives dotted the rooftop, and the soft buzz of their occupants was somewhat soothing.
"Chuck?" she called out tentatively. "What?" Chuck said sniffling slightly. "Mind if I sit down?" she asked getting closer to her. "It's a public roof, I can't stop you."
Olive sat down besides Chuck and the two women sat in silence for a while. "Why are you upset?" Olive finally asked, the silence killing her.
"You were with that girl. Doing God knows what," Chuck said wiping her cheeks.
"First of all, we didn't do anything. She stopped me before I could go any further, like the lovely woman she is. And two, I don't know why you have the right to be mad. It's not like I belong to you in any way. And three, you were kissing Ned in the kitchen for everyone to see! Why are you allowed to be angry and storm off and I'm not?" Olive said pleadingly.
"You saw me and Ned?" Chuck asked. "Yes! Everyone in the Pie Hole saw you and him sucking plastic," Olive said.
"I didn't want to kiss him. He came in drunk and forcibly kissed me. I couldn't stop him. I swear, Olive. I don't love him. I lo-. I don't love him," Chuck said wiping away tears from her face, glad that she stopped herself from confessing her love to Olive.
"Oh. Well, that's why I got together with Zooey. I thought that…I thought that you two had gotten back together with him. I was kinda depressed I guess. I mean. I like you, Chuck. I really do. And I thought maybe you liked me," Olive said wringing her hands together. She was done with beating around the bush, she had just come out and said what she had wanted to say to Chuck for the past few days.
"Really?" Chuck said with a smile on her face.
"Yeah. I do."
"I like you too, Olive. A lot."
"Really?"
"Really."
"Really really?"
"Really really."
Olive giggled and Chuck wiped the last tear off her face, "So now what?" she asked still sniffling slightly. "Um, I don't know," Olive said scooting closer to Chuck on the ledge, "are we girlfriends now? Are we going steady? Or whatever the kids call it these days?"
"Do you want to be girlfriend and girlfriend?" Chuck asked. "I think it has a nice ring to it," Olive said swinging her legs. "Me too," Chuck said turning to face Olive. They stared at each other for a moment, and at the same time, they brought their faces in for a kiss, but accidentally knocked foreheads together instead.
"Ow," they said in unison. "Oh, god, Chuck. I'm sorry. That was embarrassing. Okay," Olive said quickly, awkwardly swinging her legs back over and standing on the rooftop. She began to walk away quietly but Chuck stopped her.
"Olive," she said standing on the rooftop with Olive. "Yeah?" she answered. Chuck walked over to Olive slowly, grabbed her waist and brought their body's close. Olive could feel the air leave her lungs, with their bodies flush with one another. Chuck's breath played on her ear as she whispered, "I love you." Before Olive could answer, Chuck had dipped her and brought her into a long kiss. The two women let all their emotions out with that kiss, tasting their tears of happiness as they mingled with one another upon their lips as the bees buzzed contently in the background.