Amen looked around, fixing up her room. She was nervous, with having planned a sleepover with Clare. Biting her lip, Amen shook her head and blew out the candles she'd lit. What the fuck was she thinking? It was a sleepover, not a date night. Putting the candles away, Amen spread out her purple and black zebra print comforter before smiling to herself. She tied her hair in a loose fishnet braid before walking downstairs and making sure she had lots of snacks and moving for the night. "Papa!" She called out. No answer. "Daddy?" That finally spurred an answer and Amen asked him to go get ice cream for them, looking up when she heard the door ring. Amen smiled brightly and walked to the door, pulling it open. "Hey there, Edwards."
Truth be told, she was nervous. Clare had been to plenty of sleepovers with her friends, but part of her felt like this was different. Although, she wasn't really sure why; so she tried to shrug it off.
She smiled brightly when Amen opened the door, greeting her by her last name. "Hey!" Clare hugged the girl softly, trying to reassure herself that this was just another sleepover, and that Amen was just a friend. "I brought some movies like you asked."
Amen smiled brightly and hugged Clare back for a second before pulling away. "Hey! Thanks, Clare. I have movies too, but I figured a little variety's always good." She pulled away and walked inside, taking Clare's hand and tugging her inside. "My parents aren't home. Well, my dad is but that's it. He won't bother us though."
Amen smiled brightly and bit her lip, leading Clare upstairs and flopping on the chair in the corner of her room. "You know, I haven't really had a lot of slumber parties or anything. I mean, I had friends at my other school but none of them really.. felt comfortable sleeping over, I guess."
"Oh?" She questioned, setting her clothes down near Amen's bed. She wondered why people wouldn't want to stay the night. Amen was nice, why would they feel uncomfortable? Clare shrugged, and plopped herself on the bed.
"Well, we'll have to make sure tonight is extra fun for you." She laughed slightly, observing the room she was in. It was pretty much like any other girl's room: makeup, clothes, accessories, various band posters, things like that. It put her at ease a little to see what kind of things she was into. "So what should we watch first?" Clare pulled the movies from her bag, and handed them to Amen so she could choose.
She smiled faintly, nodding. "Yeah, they uh.. I'm a lesbian. And, even though I didn't like any of them, most weren't really open enough to it to stay with me." Amen shrugged, not really minding before looking to Clare. She wasn't sure how Clare would take her sexuality.
The brunette grabbed the movies, looking through them before gasping. "You like A Walk to Remember? I adore this movie." She smiled brightly, looking down at the case, then at Clare. "Could we watch this?"
Clare wasn't really one to judge anybody for their sexuality. As far as she was concerned, that was like judging people for their hair color. She smiled reassuringly, as if telling Amen that she didn't mind. After Amen chose the movie, Clare practically squealed, "Yes!" It was one of her favorite movies after all.
Amen smiled happily and got up to put the movie in. Clare moved over a bit on the bed, giving her room to lay down too, if she wanted. She was trying to be nonchalant in her efforts to make Amen feel like she was okay with it- but she was sure that it all came off very obvious.
There was a small knock on Amen's door, and her dad walked in with a few things he had picked up for them as the store. "Here you go girls." He seemed very friendly, and Clare smiled up at him with her friendly smile. "Thank you so much! I'm Clare, it's nice to meet you." She held her hand out awkwardly as a greeting, and a slight blush formed on her cheeks.
Amen smiled brightly, nodding towards her dad. "That's my dad, Jamie." Jamie nodded and reached out, shaking her hands. "Hello, Clare! Aren't you cute? It's nice to meet you too, sweetheart. Well, I'll leave you two alone. If you need anything, I'm just down the hall!" Jamie just raised a brow before walking out. (i feel like that's a total Mean Girls moment.)
Amen smiled lightly and moved to sit on the bed, looking at Clare. "I figure I should warn you too, I have gay dads." She nodded to the door. "I call him dad, the other one, I call papa. Cliche gay family," Amen laughed and looked over at her with a smile. "I'm glad you don't mind. About my being a lesbian, I mean. Not many people take it as well as you."
It was a relief that her dad was so friendly, or..one of them. Clare was pretty accepting, even if she was religious. She thought that God loved everyone equally, and she never judged anyone who didn't deserve it. "He's nice." She said softly upon him leaving.
Amen had changed the subject quickly, to something that Clare wasn't sure she wanted to talk about. She was already feeling weird about this sleep over; and the fact that Amen liked girls only made it worse. Only because, well, she found herself starting to wonder if she liked Amen as more than a friend. But before she started blushing again, Clare scolded herself for over thinking, and nodded at Amen. "I don't see why it would be a problem. You're my friend."
Amen couldn't help but smile brightly, nodding. "You're sweet." She bit her lip, staring up at Clare for a second before finally clearing her throat. When she managed to avert her eyes, she realized the screen was black. When had the movie even ended?
Amen thought for a second before smiling. "Hey, idea.. what if we played truth or dare?" She raised a brow and looked at the younger girl with a big smile, biting her lip. "I have an app on my phone, we wouldn't even need to make ones up!"
Clare thought for a second, then shrugged, "Sure, why not?" Amen smiled brightly at her, and put their names into the phone. It was Clare's turn first. "Okay Clare, truth or dare?" She flashed a smile at her, and Clare looked away. Maybe she was being a chicken, but she was a little scared to choose dare yet. Who knew what the app would say?
"Truth." She answered shyly, eliciting a laugh from Amen. The phone flashed for a second, and the screen read 'What did you want to be when you were little?' "So?" Amen asked, inspecting the girl innocently. "I wanted to be a doctor." Clare laughed, "I don't remember why, now that I think about it." The two girls giggled a bit for a second, then Clare took the phone from Amen playfully. "So, truth or dare?"
Amen smiled brightly to herself, watching him for a second before tipping her head. "I bet you did because you like helping people.. I could tell that." She nodded, chuckling and biting her lip. "I used to want to be a prosecuter, just because I like to argue."
Amen laughed loudly before biting her lip. "But, dare!" She waited, looking at Clare. Clare hit the dare button before laughing loudly at the dare, showing Amen. The screen said 'Bark like a dog.' Amen slapped her forehead, laughing hysterically before calming herself. "Okay; okay." She took a deep breath before yapping like a chihuaha, laughing once more.
The two went back and forth playing truth or dare for a while, laughing hysterically at the random funny things the app had them do. Amen had just been dared to sing a song, while playing the air guitar, which left the two almost out of breath from laughing so hard. "Where do they come up with these things?" Clare said with a laugh, as Amen joined her on the bed again.
"I guess I'll choose dare." She said, sure that she'd only have to do something funny, like she had to do the last time she chose dare. Amen smiled, and gestured for Clare to press dare. Her face went almost white when the screen showed text. 'Kiss the cutest person in the room.'
Amen's laugh cut short quickly and she cleared her throat. "We can choose another!" She smiled gently, pursing her lips. She hit the dare button once more, grinning. The screen read 'tell a kiddy joke from childhood.' Amen smirked curiously, looking up at her.
"Well?" Amen giggled softly, biting her lip. "Hit me with your best shot!" She smiled, laying back on the bed and looking up at Clare. She was curious for what Clare had up her sleeve.
Clare's cheeks were a bright shade of red, even after Amen changed the dare to another one. It took her a minute to regain her composure, and even then she seemed flustered. "Uhh, h-how do you make a tissue dance?" She said softly, keeping her eyes off of Amen. "You put a boogie in it."
She feigned a laugh, but it was obvious that she was still uncomfortable. Clare looked at Amen's phone again, and immediately sighed with relief. It was almost 2 AM; she could suggest they sleep soon. "Would you mind if we got ready for bed?" She asked timidly, finally making eye contact with the girl again.
Amen nodded and smiled gently, just wanting to put Clare at ease. She wanted to keep her around for a long time, even if it just meant by being friends. "Of course. I'll go change in the bathroom. You can change in here. Just close the door, then when it's open, I'll know it's safe." Amen nodded and smiled, grabbing a pair of her pajamas out of her dresser before walking to the bathroom.
Amen took a deep breath as she got to the bathroom. She looked in the mirror and untied her braid, shaking her hair out before getting changed. The door was still closed by the time Amen came back and she sat in the hallway, humming softly as she waited.
Clare got dressed quickly, but took a minute to calm her nerves before opening the door. "Oh, sorry." She didn't mean to keep Amen waiting. For the most part, she seemed to be back to her normal self. But Clare was good at putting on a calm facade; she did live with two parents who were constantly fighting, after all.
Amen let Clare get into her bed first, so she could shut off the light. There was silence for a while. Clare was sure Amen had fallen asleep, but she figured she'd try anyways. "Uhh, Amen?" Her voice was barely above a whisper. She wasn't even sure if she wanted to see if she was awake. The only reason why she did, was because she knew it would keep her mind quiet.
Amen yawned lightly but rolled on her side to look at the faint silhouette of Clare's head and she propped her own up on her hand. "Yeah?" Amen bit her lip, whisperng back to her gently.
Amen liked her, a lot. And this was typical gay love story. Gay girl or boy falls for straight friend. But, movies weren't like real life. Straight people didn't just randomly fall for the same sex. Amen took a deep breath and waited for her to answer.
Clare wasn't sure if she was happy that Amen was awake, or if she was upset about it; but she didn't allow herself to think too much. If she did, she'd back out. Clare propped herself up, too, and turned to Amen. She opened her mouth as if she was going to say something, but didn't. Instead, she leaned forward quickly, and pressed her lips to Amen's.
Amen's eyes widened at first before fluttering shut, lifting one hand to push her away but she put it on Clare's cheek instead. Holding her face gently, Amen leaned into her and kissed her slowly. She wasn't about to pressure Clare, so she just kept the kiss light and short before pulling away slowly.
Amen didn't question it, figuring Clare was probably freaking out on the inside. Biting her lip, she leaned close and kissed the corners of her lips gently once more before laying her head back down. "Goodnight, Clare."