Triple Date

Tegan and Sara go to the bar with their friends as a "Triple Date"

Tegan stepped out of the shower holding Sara's hand in her own. She loved the feeling of having her fingers intertwined with her girlfriends. It sent love and warmth through her body. It made her feel like she wasn't alone anymore. And she wasn't. Life was getting better, but she still had her obstacles to climb and fog to find her way through. Tegan looked over her shoulder at her girlfriend. Sara's body was perfect. It was dripping from the shower and she looked flawless.

Sara looked up as she reached for a towel, "What are you thinking about?"

Tegan swallowed licked her lips, "Us. Mostly you." She smiled and Sara blushed.

"I love you." Sara spoke as she kissed Tegan on the cheek.

"I love you too." Tegan grinned widely, revealing her gums.

"You look so beautiful when you're happy," Sara released her hold on Tegan's hand so she could dry herself off with the towel, "I'm the luckiest woman on earth."

Tegan watched as Sara dried herself off, "That's not true. You're an Angel. That makes me the luckiest woman. There's nothing better than dating an Angel."

Sara looked up at her girlfriend and saw the moisture in her eyes, "Even Angel's need someone as strong as you to support them."

Tegan didn't know how long she spent crying from happiness and relief in Sara's arms. Her only way to gauge the length of time was by how dry her skin was from being in the open air. All she knew was that it wasn't going to take much towel work to dry off completely.

"Come on," Sara rubbed her back softly, "Let's get dressed and say good morning."

Tegan nodded and dried off quickly and put on her clothes. She followed Sara out of the bathroom and down the short hallway.

"Good morning girls." Sonia smiled from the kitchen as she buttered a piece of toast.

"Hi mum." Sara smiled and pulled Tegan with her to the kitchen to get a cup of coffee.

"You guys were in there for a while." Tegan turned toward the couch and saw Emy with a giant grin on her face.

"Emy!" Tegan released Sara's hand and ran to hug her friend, "What are you doing here?"

"Lindsey works until five," Emy shrugged and continued to smile, "This place is better than home alone."

"I'm glad you're here." Tegan smiled, her happiness back to what it was.

"And it was nice to talk to Sonia and Amanda for a while." She smiled at the afore mentioned women.

"It was nice talking to you too." Amanda returned her smile.

"Of course it was!" Emy had her usual natural confidence and cheer about her.

"Your ego is too big." Tegan joked with her friend with ease.

"It comes with being this smart," Emy grinned ear to ear, "And hot."

"I can't argue that." Tegan flirted as she scanned Emy from head to toe.

"I'm taken Tegan." Emy pretended to scold her.

"Too bad." Tegan shrugged and then laughed, Emy joining her seconds later.

"You guys are strange." Sara shook her head as she stood in the kitchen holding onto her coffee mug for dear life.

"We're okay with that." Emy chuckled.

"Do you want to do anything today?" Tegan asked after getting her composure back, "Or did you want to be stuck in here with the four of us until Lindsey gets off."

"I was unaware that that's what she was doing," Emy winked and Tegan rolled her eyes, "I was thinking I'd just hang out. Maybe we could all go to Mia's for lunch?"

"Sounds good to me," Tegan smiled and turned to the two women in the kitchen, "Mia's for lunch?"

"Definitely." Sara smiled and winked at Tegan.

Sonia just nodded and took a bite of her toast.

"What's Mia's?" Tegan was surprised, usually Stacy told everybody about the café.

"It's a little café that we all love." Tegan left Stacy out of it. It would be better as a surprise.

"Sounds good then." Amanda agreed with the rest of the room.

"You'll love it," Emy smiled and Tegan hoped she wouldn't mention Stacy, "We mostly go for the cute waitress. She's really cool." Tegan shot her a look telling her not to continue.

"That's cool." Amanda gave Emy a small smile.

"Yeah, S-" Sonia never finished her thought.

"Oh my god!" Sara screamed as she sent her coffee all over the counter, "I'm so sorry."

"It's okay," Sonia smiled and waved off her concern, "You didn't get any on me, honey. I'll grab some paper towels."

Tegan could see Sara say something to Sonia in a hushed tone as they grabbed the paper towels, and a slight nod from Sonia told Tegan that Sara had explained the unspoken plan. She was glad that Sara had somehow read her mind.

"I was thinking we'd go there at like eleven-thirty," Emy brought Tegan back to the living room, "It's usually not very busy then and the cute waitress start at eleven."

"Sounds great." Tegan smiled at her friend and gave her a look of gratitude.

They passed the next hour by making small talk.

Emy took Amanda in her car and the other three piled into Sara's sedan.

Sara pulled out of the parking lot just before Emy. They all unloaded from the cars and walked to the door.

"Man I'm glad we're here," Emy patted her stomach as she walked up, "I'm starving."

"Then we came to the right place," Tegan smiled at her, "They have food here."

Emy smiled and shook her head, "You're such a dork."

"She's my dork though." Sara hugged Tegan and smiled at her.

"Hey guys, it's good to see you again." Stacy greeted them as they all made their way inside.

"Stacy?" Amanda was the last to walk inside.

"Hey Amanda," Stacy smiled and her cheeks filled with a slight red coloring, "It's nice to see you."

"Likewise." Amanda grinned cockily as Stacy lead them to and empty table.

"Here's your menus," Stacy spoke as they all took their spots at the table just big enough for the five of them, "Any drinks today?"

"Coffee please." Sara smiled and Tegan shook her head.

"I'd like an iced tea." Sonia, who was sitting to Sara's left, was the next to speak.

"I'll take a root beer." Emy grinned as she ordered.

"Just water." Amanda took a break from studying Stacy intricately to order her drink.

"I guess I'm the odd one out," Tegan smiled and then turned to Stacy, "I'd like whiskey and coke."

"You always want that." Stacy rolled her eyes as she finished writing down their drink orders.

Stacy walked back to the kitchen to collect their drinks.

"She didn't tell me she was a waitress." Amanda smiled as her eyes lingered on the now closed door between her and Stacy.

"She's worked here for years," Amanda turned her focus to Tegan as she spoke, "The owner of this place was my mom's godfather. He named it after her when she was a kid. Anyway, I met Stacy at a coffee shop while she was at college and looking for a job. I told her to apply here and then I called my Nonno and asked him to contact his friend for me."

"That's awesome," Amanda smiled, not knowing any of the pain Tegan had as she spoke about her mom, "It's nice that you helped out a stranger."

"It's even nicer that she's my friend now." Tegan smiled back and then sat up straight as Stacy walked up with a tray of drinks.

"Here you are," Stacy quickly handed out the drinks, "Just flag me down when you're ready to order."

"Thank you Stacy." Tegan smiled up at her. Stacy smiled back before walking away to help on of the few other customers.

"This place was named after your mom?" Sara's own emotions were hurting and she didn't even know Tegan's mom.

"Yeah," Tegan smiled weakly, "We used to come here every time we were in Vancouver. Luckily Gabriel never did. It's one of the few places that was left sacred."

"I'm glad of that." Sara rubbed Tegan's back gently as Tegan struggled to hold back her tears.

"It's okay to cry," Sonia spoke in a low, gentle tone, "Sometimes it's exactly what you need. So if you feel like you need to, go ahead."

Tegan didn't think about it again, she just let the tears fall down her cheeks.

"Just let it out Tegan." Sara spoke soothingly into her ear while continuing to rub her back.

After Tegan finished crying she sat up straight again and wiped her eyes, "Sorry guys."

"No need to apologize," Emy gave her a warm smile, "Everyone cries."

"Thanks Emy." Tegan returned the smile as best she could.

"Is everyone ready to order?" Stacy asked as she walked up to their table.

They ate their lunches and talked for close to an hour before deciding to leave.

"We should go to The Hap tonight." Tegan suggested as they stood up from the table.

"Yeah!" Emy smiled and nodded, "Last time was fun."

"You'll love it Amanda," Sara smiled at their new friend, "Ted's the owner."

"Okay," Amanda jumped on board with it, "Sounds good then."

"Stacy!" Tegan called out to Stacy who was across the small restaurant, "We're going out tonight! Wanna come?"

"Sure!" Stacy responded before waving goodbye.

"See you there!" Tegan shouted back as she waved, walking out the door.

"What do you guys want to do now?" Emy spoke up as soon as the door closed behind them.

"We could always go shopping or walk around downtown." Sara shrugged through her own suggestion.

"Yeah!" Sara was surprised at Tegan's enthusiasm, "Let's go to Casual Classics. I haven't seen Johnny in a while."

"I love Johnny!" Emy smiled and added, "What's he been up to?"

"He's the manager of a clothing store." Tegan smiled, she knew Johnny enjoyed his job, but it wasn't what he wanted to be doing for his life.

"Did he give up his dreams of being a famous drummer?" Emy's smile faded slightly as she asked the question.

"He's a drummer?" Sara perked up and turned her whole focus to the conversation.

"Yeah," Tegan nodded, "Why?"

"We don't have a drummer for tour Tegan." Sara spoke as if the correlation should have been made already.

"Oh my god!" Emy's smile returned, "You should have him be your drummer Tegan!"

"I'll talk to him about it," Tegan agreed with the idea, "But I do want to buy some clothes."

They all got back into the two vehicles and Tegan gave Sara directions to the small clothing shop. Emy pulled into a spot right next to them and cut the engine.

"Do you shop here too Emy?" Sara raised an eyebrow, it didn't seem like somewhere Emy would shop.

"I buy things for Lindsey here," Emy shrugged, "She likes wearing plaid and button ups and shit like that."

"Okay," Sara chuckled, "I couldn't really picture you buying your clothes here."

The group walked into the store and Johnny immediately stood up from behind the counter and came to say hi.

"Hey Tegan," He pulled her in for a hug, "It's been a while."

"Yeah," Tegan smiled as he released her from his hug, "We were in Seattle recording for the last couple months."

"I thought you recorded most of your stuff at home?" Johnny had obviously not been in the loop and Tegan felt a pang of guilt.

"I joined forces with Sara," She motioned to her girlfriend who was standing close behind her, "And we got signed by Chris Walla."

"What?" Johnny was shocked, Chris Walla was a bit of a hero in their small circle of friends, "The Chris Walla? From Death Cab?"

Tegan bit her lip and nodded.

"That's awesome!" Johnny pulled her in for another, bigger hug.

"And that brings me to a proposal I have for you." Tegan spoke again after he pulled away from the hug.

"Okay, what is it?" Johnny smiled through the whole thing. He was so happy for his friend that he didn't see her question coming.

"Do you still play drums? Because we don't have a drummer for tour." Tegan tried to hide her own excitement that she got from helping her friend continue his dream.

"I still play," His smile was gone and replaced with a look of shock, "And I'd love to play with you guys."

"We have a band now!" Sara clapped her hands gleefully.

"Yeah," Tegan smiled in agreement, "Now let's get to shopping and leave Johnny with his thoughts."

"Everything's half off for you Tegan." Johnny smiled widely, the excitement of what he agreed to finally hitting him.

"You don't have to, Johnny." Tegan shook her head at him.

"I want to." Johnny shook his head right back at her, "It's not an obligation. It's a thank you."

"Thanks." Tegan smiled at him and then turned to start her shopping.

"What are you looking for?" Sara asked as she followed her girlfriend closely.

"A tie," Sara's eyes lit up, "I need more than just the black one."

They walked up to the small section of ties and Tegan looked at each of them in turn, trying to decide which one was best.

"What do you think?" She held up a dark blue tie and bright red tie.

"The red one," Sara pointed at as she spoke, "It will look good with any of your dark button ups."

"That's what I was thinking too," Tegan quickly walked up to the counter while the other three with them looked around the small store, "I'm ready to make my purchase."

Johnny smiled and grabbed the tie, quickly scanning it, "This is all?"

"Yeah."

They made the exchange of money for tie and Tegan turned to the others in the shop.

"You guys gonna buy anything?"

"I'm good." Emy smiled and shook her head.

Amanda walked up to the counter holding a cute pink plaid button up.

"That's a cute shirt." Sara smiled warmly at her.

"Thanks," Amanda smiled her appreciation, "That's why I'm buying it."

They finished in the store and drove back to the apartment.

Tegan wasted no time, as soon as they were inside she turned to Amanda, "Are you gonna wear your new shirt tonight?"

Amanda nodded shyly.

"Awesome," Tegan smiled warmly, "Stacy will love it."

"Hopefully." Amanda smiled brilliantly as she blushed a pinkish hue.

"You're wearing your tie right?" Sara eyed Tegan as she questioned her.

"Of course," Tegan flashed her a gummy smile, "But only if you wear heels."

"You guys make me sick." Emy mocked puking, "I don't want to know what kind of weird pleasure you take from wearing ties and heels."

"Would it be better if I dressed as a maid?" Tegan quipped at her.

Emy blushed deep red, "I don't know where you heard that."

"On the fucking phone Emy!" Tegan rolled her eyes, "You talk too loud."

"Don't let Lindsey know that you know," Emy begged her, "She'll kill me."

"Deal." Tegan grinned in victory.

Tegan and Sara went back to their bedroom to get dressed for the evening. Tegan wore dark skinnies, a black button up and her red tie.

Sara kept it simple with black skinny jeans and a tight fitting t shirt.

"God I love you in heels." Tegan grinned as Sara looked at herself in the mirror.

"It's not as good as you in a tie," Sara smiled at her through the mirror, "You look like such a gentleman in a tie. A hot one."

Tegan blushed and looked at her feet, "How do you manage to make me feel like this every day?"

"Because we love each other." Sara spoke softly with a twinkle in her eye.

"That's true," Tegan smiled at her again, "I do love you angel."

"Te amo bella." Sara's response made Tegan smile wider.

After hanging out for a while longer Emy went to go meet Lindsey at work so they could go home and get ready for that night.

"You guys ready to go and party?" Sonia asked after Tegan said that the bar opened in ten minutes.

"Always." Tegan laughed as she answered.

"Yup," Sara nodded in agreement, "We're totally party animals."

Sonia chuckled, "You'll have to be to fit in with all the other rock stars out there."

"We're far from being rock stars." Tegan laughed it off, "We're just a couple of singers. That's all."

"A couple of good singers." Sonia countered.

"Enough chit chat," Sara shook her head at her mom's compliment, "Let's go get drunk."

They quickly exited the apartment and made the short drive to The Hap. They arrived less then fifteen minutes after opening and the place was already pretty busy.

"Hey Ted!" Tegan called out as she walked through the door.

"Hey," Ted smiled and waved, "Stacy's already here and saved you a booth. Same one as last time."

"Thanks Ted." Tegan spoke as she began to lead the small group to Stacy's booth.

"Hey guys!" Stacy called out as they approached.

"Hey Stace." Tegan walked up and gave her a hug.

"I figured we could pull up a chair for Sonia," Tegan hadn't really thought about how small the booth really was, "Or Amanda, and then sit three to a side."

"Sounds good to me," Sonia smiled, "I can take the chair if you want, Amanda."

"I'm fine with whatever." Amanda smiled cheerily without taking her eyes off of Stacy.

"I'll go order us some drink, you guys get cozy." Stacy walked away from the booth and up to the bar.

Tegan scooted in to the wall on one side of the booth and Sara followed suit. Amanda sat on the other side, on the end, so that when Emy and Lindsey arrived they could sit on the inside and she could still be across from Stacy.

"Oh look," Sara pointed to the door, "Emy!"

Emy turned as she heard her name called out. When she saw her friends she smiled and waved before leading Lindsey over to the booth. Amanda stood up and they scooted in towards the wall.

"Hey guys." Lindsey greeted the part of the group that was at the table, "Emy told me you guys all went out for lunch and went shopping."

"Yeah," Tegan smiled at her and she noticed a faint blush in Lindsey's cheeks, she obviously wasn't over her crush, "We talked to Johnny and he agreed to be our tour drummer."

"That's awesome!" Lindsey smiled wide, happy for their friend, "I forgot he used to talk about his drums all the time."

"He brought his sticks everywhere!" Tegan laughed, "He used to drum on my counter whenever I had him over."

"He used to drum on the bar whenever we went out for drinks!" Emy added with a laugh, "Now he finally gets to play on a drum set professionally."

"That's a step up from drums in the basement and counters." Lindsey chuckled, "It always took him so long to answer his door because he would never hear the bell, a knock, or even his phone ring."

Stacy walked up just as Lindsey finished talking, "I saw you guys walk in and ordered your usual's." Stacy handed them all their drinks just like she had at lunch.

"Thanks Stace!" Emy grinned widely and grabbed for her drink.

"No problem." Stacy smiled and sat down next to Sara.

"Do we have to tip you like we did at lunch?" Emy joked from her spot in the corner.

"You can if you want." Stacy joked right back, drawing a few chuckles from around their table.

"Fine then," Emy smiled at her, a joke obviously brewing inside her, "Always look both ways before crossing the street."

"God Emy," Tegan groaned, "That was horrible. You shouldn't tell jokes."

"You know you love it." Emy grinned at all the groaning people and shaking heads.

"Let's get drunk fast," Amanda spoke up, "Or this is going to be one painful night."

"By the way I'm Lindsey." Lindsey turned her attention to the girl next to her that she had already forgotten was there until he had spoken up.

"Amanda." Amanda smiled at her, "It's nice to meet you."

"Pleasure's all mine." Lindsey smiled pleasantly.

"Stop flirting in front of me." Emy teased her girlfriend.

"Fine." Lindsey spoke in mock exasperation.

"So," Stacy jumped back into the conversation, "How was work today?"

Lindsey turned her attention to her, "It was fine. Not too many irritating customers. You?"

"It was all good until this loud group of four lesbians and a mom came in." Emy and Tegan laughed and Sara just shook her head.

"They're the worst aren't they?" Lindsey winked at her.

"Totally," Stacy rolled her eyes as if she were irritated, "They were pretty cute though. So them being loud wasn't too bad."

"Yeah," Emy smirked, "I am pretty cute."

"Not you Emy." Stacy sent her a mock glare, "I was referring mostly to Sonia."

Sonia smiled, "Thank you."

Sara groaned, "That's my mom."

"She's a cute mom though." Stacy shrugged and Sara buried her head in Tegan's shoulder.

"It's true." Lindsey gave Sonia a smile and a wink.

"So much love tonight." Sonia grinned at the affection being shown her, "You guys are too nice."

"It's our biggest downfall really." Emy nodded her head solemnly.

"Not yours." Tegan teased her friend, "Yours is your terrible jokes and dirty comments."

"I can't argue that." Emy let out a chuckle.

Right as the conversation died down Arctic Monkeys came over the speakers.

"Let's dance." Sara smiled at Tegan.

"Definitely," Tegan nodded, "Stace we need to go dance, can you get up real quick."

"Sure." Stacy stood up and they scooted out, their actions mirrored by Emy and Lidnsey.

Tegan danced close to Sara. Her were hands roaming and her mouth was occasionally finding the skin of her partner. She was lost in her girlfriend. In her mind they were alone at the bar, just dancing to the music that was pounding through.

"Do I wanna know?" Tegan sang softly, her mouth centimeters from Sara's right ear.

"If this feeling goes both ways." Sara joined her in singing before turning to plant a kiss on the corner of Tegan's mouth.

They continued to dance through the whole song, bodies brushing against each other as hands and eyes roamed. When the song finished they shared a kiss before turning to walk back to their table, hand in hand.

They stopped a few feet short. Amanda and Stacy were alone in the booth. Amanda had moved over to Stacy's side and they were currently in a battle of tongues. Tegan craned her neck in a search for Sonia. She was at the bar ordering another drink. Emy and Lindsey were just leaving the small dance area.

"Holy shit!" Emy's jaw dropped as she stopped next to Tegan, "Are they doing what it looks like they're doing?"

"Obviously," Tegan rolled her eyes at her friends question, "Should we intrude on their private time?"

"Most definitely." Emy nodded and grinned wide.

The four of them approached the booth and stood a foot away, waiting for on the girls to notice them. After over a minute of that, Sara finally spoke up.

"You're in my spot." She spoke in a perfectly normal tone, as if someone had just sat down in her spot without realizing it was hers.

"Fuck." Stacy spoke as they broke from the kiss, "Sorry guys."

"It's all good." Emy just continued to grin.

"Yeah," Tegan smiled as well, "Don't worry about it."

"Congratulations." Lindsey couldn't contain her excitement.

"Shut up Linds." Stacy hid her face, embarrassed that her friends had seen her heatedly kissing a person who was practically a stranger.

"Do you guys want your own booth?" Tegan raised an eyebrow at her friend.

"No," Amanda spoke with much less bashfulness than normal, "If we want to be alone we'll just go to her place."

Stacy and Amanda looked at each other for a few seconds, "Yeah?"

"Yeah." And before they knew it Stacy and Amanda were jumping out of the booth and rushing to the front door.

"What the fuck just happened?" Tegan was in complete shock.