Second Dates and Helpful Friends

Sara is nervous about Tegan coming to visit her at work. Tegan decides to wear the tie again.

Sara's laid out all of her acceptable work clothes on the bed. She only knew that she had to wear the heels again, because judging from Tegan's many glances at her feet Lindsey was right about Tegan's 'fetish'. Sara shuttered when thinking of the word, but she had to admit to herself that she had one too, so she didn't actually hate the word too much. She decided to call an old friend to calm her nerves.

"Hello?" A confused and tired voice answered.

"Hey Shaun."

"Sara? Is that you?" The confusion was prominent.

"Yes Shaun." She let out a chuckle, "It's Sara."

"It's been a long time. How've you been?"

Sara felt guilty when she thought about how long it had been. She hadn't seen him in two years, they hadn't talked in over a year. He had once been like a brother to her. Teasing her when she was nervous, comforting her when she was sad, and he was always by her side while her family struggled with her coming out to them. She missed him, but leaving Montreal made it hard to stay in contact.

"I've been doing good."

"That's good." There was an awkward pause, "Why are you calling me Sara? Is something wrong? Do you need help?"

She smiled at how ready he was to defend her, "Everythings fine Shaun. I just wanted to let you know that I've met someone."

"Oh? What's she like?"

"You remember that singer? Tegan Quin?" Of course he did, he had been to a show before Sara had ever even heard of Tegan.

"Yeah. Of course." She could hear his smile as he spoke.

"Well, she's a lot like her." She decided to hold out a bit just to tease him.

"In what way?" She didn't answer the question, "Does she look like her? Does she write music? Is she covored in tattooes?"

"Yes."

"To which one?"

"All of them!"

"That's awesome..." He trailed off as he realized the truth, "You met her? You met Tegan?"

"She performs at the bar I work at. And we went on a date last night." She smiled smuggly to herself.

"Did it go well?" He had that interested/protective older brother tone of voice.

"We kissed." Sara tried to act nonchalent hoping he couldn't hear her hold back a giggle.

"That's great! Congratulations! I'm glad you finally found a new girlfriend."

"Me too. Although, it's only been one date, so she's not my girlfriend yet." He started to reply but she cut him off, "Listen, I need some help."

"What can I help with? I'm across the country."

"Should I go for tight fitting and sexy? Or casual but confident?"

"How should I know? Do you know which she'd prefer?"

"She liked what I wore last night."

"And what did you wear?"

"Tight pants and a loose shirt."

"If she liked it, where that combo again. So, casual and sexy or tight fitting and confident."

She laughed and then said, "Sounds good, I'm gonna get ready for work, I'll call you again soon. I miss you."

"I miss you too Sara. You should come visit sometime."

"Sounds good." She said, but inside she knew she wasn't ready to go back to her hometown.

"Good. I'll talk to you later then."

"Yeah, bye Shaun." She smiled and hung up.

She decided to go with black skinny jeans, white button up, and a black leather jacket. She studied herself in the mirror and decided she needed to add something to it, she grabbed a dark burgundy tie and slung it loosely under her collar. Maybe ties work the same for her. She smirked at the thought and then walked out the door.

Tegan hastily threw on her skinny jeans and a clean t-shirt. She rummaged through her dresser for a casual looking button up. After failing to find one, she settled for a faded-red long sleeved t-shirt. She put her tie on and grabbed her blazer. The combination worked, but she decided to put on her black fedora. She tilted it so it sat back on her head. Perfect. She decided as she looked in the mirror. She hastily put on a pair of converse and left her apartment.

"Hey Sara." Ted greeted as Sara stepped behind the counter.

"Hey Ted." She fidgeted with her tie as she put her bag with an extra shirt in it (in case of spills) under the counter. Then she remembered, "Um...Ted?"

"Yeah?" He stepped closer so he could hear over the hum of conversation in the already crowded bar.

"Thanks." She smiled at him.

"For what?" He looked puzzled.

"For telling Tegan to wear a tie." She blushed and looked at her feet.

"No problem." He smiled back at her, "I see it's inspired you as well."

"I just want to see if she likes ties." Sara shrugged and got ready to serve the girl that walked up to the bar.

"I'll let you find out on your own." Ted winked and got back to taking orders from all the people who kept pooring in. They were always busiest right after opening.

"Hey girl." Sara heard a familiar voice and looked up. The girl who had walked up was Lindsey.

"Hi Lindsey." Sara smiled at her, "What can a get you?"

"Details." She said matter of factly, "How did it go last night?"

"It went well." Sara bit her bottom lip, "I kissed her."

"Oh?" Lindsey was intrigued and raised an eyebrow, "And she liked it?"

"Well, she's coming to hang out tonight," Sara responded, "So I think she did."

"That's good. Nice tie by the way."

"Thanks! I felt 'inspired' by Tegan's outfit last night."

"She wore a tie?" Lindsey's jaw dropped to the floor, "You lucky girl. I wish I could see her in a tie. She would look hot."

Sara laughed nervously, "Oh, she did."

"Well, I'd just like a beer." Lindsey said looking behind her, "My girlfriend is getting impatient. I'll see you when we leave though."

"Okay." Sara flashed her a smile and handed her a beer.

"Wow..." Sara heard an out of breath voice from off to her right.

She turned, "Hey Tegan." She bit her lip to stop her whimper from coming out. Oh God! She's wearing it again. I might just die!

"You look...you look good." Tegan stammered out the compliment and discreetly looked at the tie. Sara smirked as she followed Tegan's eyes.

"As do you." She tried to sound calm, but she wanted to reach out and grab that tie again.

"After what happened last night, I knew I had to wear this again." Tegan said and tugged on her tie.

"Yeah, I liked it so much I wore one too." She smiled and gestured toward her tie.

"I noticed." Tegan said eyeing it again...well, either she was eyeing the tie or Sara's chest, the lighting wasn't good enough for Sara to tell which it was, "It looks really good, and it's a nice color."

"Yeah? You like it?" Sara smiled again and looked over at Ted who just smiled and gave a not so innocent shrug. He knew she'd like it! How does he know everyone's taste?

"Yeah I like it." Tegan put on a cocky grin and grabbed Sara's loose hanging tie and pulled her across the counter just inches from her face, "It's kinda hot actually." She whispered to Sara.

Sara was getting flustered and nervous again. "Yours is too." She mumbled while trying to gain her composure. Tegan let go of her tie and sat down at the bar.

"I'd like a long island please." She smiled at Sara. Long Island's weren't her favorite drink, but most of the ingredients were behing Sara in the cupbard system along the bottom of the wall. Every time Sara turned to grab an ingredient Tegan just stared at her perfectly formed bum. Then she heard a chuckle coming form Ted.

"What?" She snapped shooting him a glare.

"Oh nothing." He chuckled to himself and poured a shot of whiskey for the gentleman in front of him, "It's just, I can't help but notice you, well...noticing." He winked.

"Noticing what?" Sara joined the conversation, a little confused, but she was sure she knew what Tegan had noticed.

"Nothing." Tegan looked anywhere but at Sara, "I wasn't noticing anything."

"Oh?" Sara questioned raising an eyebrow, "Cause judging from Ted's comment it sounds like you were checking out my ass."

Tegan thought she would choke on her drink.

"It's okay. I don't mind." Sara winked and walked to another customer, adding an extra shake to her hips.

"Ted you bastard." Tegan whispered angrily, "You got me caught."

"I figured you needed to get caught." He shrugged, "All those times that all those other girls didn't notice it."

"But Sara's different." She shook her head at him, "She's not like them at all."

"I know." He smiled at Tegan, "I also knew she wouldn't mind. Some other chick checked her out on her first night, and she seemed flattered."

"Oh..." Tegan decided to let him off the hook, "I'm sorry I ever doubted your expertise Ted."

"It's okay." He chuckled, "Everybody does once...just once though."

"Yeah...nobody's been stupid enough to doubt you twice." She agreed, but then with a smirk added, "Yet."

He laughed and then got back to work. Tegan then felt no shame in watching Sara as she helped the other people around the bar.

"Enjoying the view?"

Tegan jumped at the sound of a voice, "Jesus! You scared me Emy!"

"Sorry."

"It's okay..." Tegan chuckled, "Are you here alone?"

"No." Emy gestured toward a corner booth, "I'm here with Linds."

"Oh, can you tell her thank you for me?"

"Thanks for what?" Emy raised an eyebrow.

"She helped Sara choose what to wear last night." She mumbled.

"Are you and Sara dating?" Emy's eyes lit up.

"We went out for dinner last night." Tegan corrected her, "One date doesn't count as dating."

"True." She smirked at Tegan, "But you're here on a non-performance day, so this is kinda a date to...right?"

"Yes." Tegan sighed out her answer.

"Well then," Emy started to back away, "I'll leave you to it."

"Thanks Emy. I'll see you around."

Tegan stayed until the bar closed. Unfortunately it was too busy to do much talking, so for the most of the night she wandered around, drank, danced, and she smiled whenever she saw Sara working. All in all, it wasn't a bad night, even though she didn't get to just sit and flirt shamelessly with Sara for hours.

Sara had a different take on the night though. She thought it was awful, she had invited Tegan to hang out while she worked, and they barely even had a conversation. It was not at all how it was supposed to go. They were supposed to talk and laugh together. Not be in the same place but have no interaction.

"Tonight was fun." Tegan smiled at Sara while Ted started the closing process.

"No it wasn't." Sara groaned, "It was awful. We didn't even have a chance to hold a full conversation!"

"Don't worry about it." Tegan brushed off Sara's concerns, "It was still good. Plus, I had a good view of...things." She ended with another confident smirk.

"Yeah." Sara eyed her, "I noticed."

Tegan shrugged, all embaressment about being caught by Ted earlier was gone.

"Not even a little embaressed?"

"Nah...I have nothing to fear." One corner of her mouth went up into a smile, "I'm too irresistible."

"I can't argue with that." Sara said as she grabbed Tegan's tie and pulled her close, "I'm glad you enjoyed yourself tonight. One of these days you'll need to get a closer view of...things." She teased and let go of the tie, mimicking Tegan's earlier actions.

"You fucking tease." Tegan smiled and pulled Sara into a kiss by her tie. "Such a fucking tease." She breathed as she pulled her lips away.

"Who's the tease now? You didn't even give me a chance to get involved." Sara pulled Tegan in for another kiss, "Now we're even." She smirked.

"I like being even."

"Ahem." Ted cleared his voice, "Can I have some cleanup help?"

Sara turned bright red, she had forgotten where she was momentarily, "Yeah...I can help."

She started going to the tables and clearing them off. Tegan followed her around with a towel.

"Tegan you don't work here." Ted eyed her from a few feet away. "So I wont be paying you."

"That's fine Ted. I just want to help."

"Thanks." Sara smiled back at Tegan, "Cause this place is a mess!"

Ted put on Death Cab and went back to work. They all had a good time cleaning and singing along with the music. The time ended up flying past, but it was still enough time together to satisfy the two girls.

"Do you want to get lunch tomorrow?" Tegan asked.

"Sure." Sara bit her lip, "Let me know when and where."

"I'll text you the details tomorrow." She flashed her a smile.

"Sounds good." She reached out for Tegan's tie again and pulled her in for a kiss. This time Tegan felt a lot more passion than she did last night. After several seconds of internal debate, she decided to pull away.

"I need to stop wearing this tie." She joked and playfully pushed Sara away.

"Please never stop wearing that tie." Sara yanked Tegan back to her, kissing her harder, "Because if you don't wear it, I'll stop doing this." She whispered and kissed Tegan again.

"I'll wear it everyday I'm with you then." Tegan chuckled, "But I need to get home. I'm exhausted."

"Okay." They hugged, "I'll see you tomorrow then." Tegan nodded and walked out the door, shaking her hips like Sara had. She heard a barely audible moan behind her and she laughed after the door closed. She couldn't wait till tomorrow, the tie was a must, so getting ready was going to be easier than it was last night.

Sara did a little dance as soon as the door closed. "She asked me out again Ted!" She practically screamed across the bar.

"That's awesome." He smiled his approval, "Going with the heels and tie again?"

"No tie..." Sara grinned mischievously, "I like being the one doing all the pulling."

"That's what she said." Ted chuckled at his own joke.

"I know Ted..." She couldn't help but laugh at Ted's immature comment, "I'll see you tomorrow.

"See you tomorrow Sara." He waved and she walked out the door.

She felt as light as air as she walked on the clouds all the way back to her apartment. She had the biggest smile plastered on her face. I am dating Tegan! I need to let Shaun know. As soon as she got home she called and left a message on his machine. Smiling the entire time.