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Tegan looks for a way to tell Sara the news

"Alright," Tegan spoke as she hugged Ted, "I'll find a way to tell Sara about it in the next day or two."

"Thanks," Ted smiled nervously, "I'll see you around."

"Later Ted." Tegan turned and walked to her car.

As Tegan walked away her phone started to ring.

"Hello?" Tegan spoke as she unlocked her car.

"Hi Tegan." It was Chris.

"Hey Chris, what's up?" Tegan could feel her nerves tensing in excitement.

"Just calling to let you know the only things left for the album are design related. So you'll have to press Emy for a complete booklet design." Chris sounded happy, almost like he was as excited for the album as Tegan was.

"That's awesome news!" Tegan was grinning, "I'll talk to Emy and Sara about it."

"Thanks Tegan."

"No, thank you." They said goodbye and Tegan hung up.

Tegan did a dance of excitement as she buckled her seatbelt. She couldn't wait to tell Sara.

"Sara! Sara!" Tegan rushed into their apartment shouting with glee.

"Stop yelling Tegan." Sara walked out of the bedroom toward her, hair wet.

"But I have awesome news!" Tegan's grin disappeared after looking at Sara a second time, "You showered without me?"

"I don't mind showering twice in a day Tee." Sara winked, "What's the news?"

"News?" Tegan's mind snapped back from the inappropriate thoughts, "Oh! Right. The only thing left to be done before the album is released is the booklet!"

"That's awesome! We're one step closer to fame and glory!"

"Yes, and the only thing in our way right now is Emy. We need to call her and have her finish the booklet artwork for Chris." Tegan could stop smiling as she spoke. The dream of being a professional musician was actually a reality.

"Call her then!" Sara giggled with happiness at the news Tegan had shared with her.

Tegan pulled her phone out of her pocket and hastily scrolled through her contacts until she came to Emy's name.

"Hello?" Emy picked up almost immediately.

"Hey Emy! I have some news for you!" Tegan couldn't contain her excitement anymore.

"What news?" Emy couldn't help but smile after hearing the excitement and joy in Tegan's voice.

"Our album is almost done! Chris said that all he needs is the finished booklet!"

"I'll email him and let him know he'll have it in a few days then."

"Thank you so much Emy!" Tegan felt like jumping with joy.

"No problem!" Tegan could hear the giant grin on Emy's face. Emy had always been able to cheer Tegan up in the past with one of her wide smiles.

"Awesome!" Tegan was beaming at this point, "Say hi to Lindsey for me."

"Will do." She heard a muffled voice through the phone, "Lindsey says hi back."

"Alright," Tegan grinned over at her girlfriend who was doing the same, "Later Emy."

"Later." Tegan hung up and immediately rapped Sara in a hug, lifting her slightly off the ground.

"Looks like someone is excited." Sonia's voice came from the doorway.

"Sonia!" They spoke in unison before rushing over to her to bring her into their hug.

"What's the excitement about?" Sonia laughed with them and hugged them back.

"Chris is almost done producing out album!" Tegan blurted out louder than she needed to.

"That's incredible!" Sonia gave each of them a tight squeeze.

Tegan remembered, while Sonia hugged her, that she had other news for Sara as well.

"Anyway," Tegan pulled away from the embrace and smiled, "I need to go and change my shirt. I don't like how this one looks with these jeans. Sara come help me find a better shirt."

"What are you talking about?" Sara rolled her eyes, "That shirt is fine."

"Please angel?" She heard a soft 'aw' come from Sonia.

"I can't refuse now; let's go find you a better shirt." Tegan grinned and lead Sara by her hand to their bedroom.

As soon as they were in the bedroom Tegan closed the door and pinned Sara to the door and kissed her gently, not lingering for more than a couple of seconds.

"Better shirt my ass." Sara smirked and went in for another kiss. She was stunned when she felt Tegan's hand on her chest, holding her back.

"I actually wanted to talk to you about something." Tegan shifted her weight nervously.

"Then what was with the kiss?" Sara looked sternly into Tegan's eyes.

"I was trying to butter you up with happiness so what I have to say wouldn't be a big deal to you." Tegan toyed with her labret, waiting for Sara to respond.

"Okay," Sara gave her a half smile, "What news?"

Tegan took a deep breath, "I talked to Ted earlier. And he told me something, and I don't know how you'll take it."

"Tell me what he told you and we'll see how I'll take it." Sara smiled reassuringly at Tegan.

"Okay, here it goes," Tegan took a breath to keep herself calm, "Ted told me that he…uh…he has feelings for Sonia."

"Really?" Tegan couldn't tell if it was shock or excitement that she heard in her girlfriend's voice.

"Um…yeah…he…uh…" Tegan felt as if she were the one confessing the feelings as the words jumbled in her mouth.

"That's cool," Sara smiled and Tegan was shocked, "I mean hey, she's my mom not my daughter. And besides, she's only been my mom for a few days; she can do what she wants."

"I'm gonna have to tell Ted that." Tegan felt the hint of a grin pulling at the corners of her mouth.

"Call him then," Sara smiled and rubbed her girlfriend's shoulder, "And then change your shirt."

"Why would I change my shirt? Oh!" Tegan had forgotten the lame reason she had given for needing to come back here in the first place.

"Don't take too long."

Tegan grabbed the first shirt she could find, a black t shirt, and pulled it on. She rolled the sleeves up to her shoulders before reaching for her phone.

"Hello?" Ted answered in a cheerful, if somewhat confused, voice.

"Hey Ted, I have good news." Tegan felt giddy.

"Yeah?" Ted's cheerful voice was at a new height.

"Sara is totally okay with you having feelings for Sonia. So you have our blessing Tedward." Ted chuckled at the name and thanked Tegan a dozen times before hanging up.

Tegan walked out of the bedroom to join Sara and Sonia in the small living room.

"It's not too early to go out celebrating is it?" Sara had the grin of a little kid who'd just gotten told they were going to Disney Land.

"Definitely not!" Tegan grinned, "I'll call Ted to see if he's willing to open up The Hap for us."

"Do you think he would?" Sonia's voice had a tone of 'don't make him go through all that trouble.'

"Of course he would!" Tegan's grin stayed in its place, "We did let him play guitar on our record, after all."

Tegan pulled her phone from her pocket and called Ted.

"What now Tegan?" Ted sounded exasperated.

"I, we, have a favor to ask of you." Even though she was confident before, she was now afraid Ted wouldn't do it.

"Anything for you Tee." Ted reassured her.

"We were wondering if you could let us party a bit at The Hap this afternoon." Tegan bit her lip as she expected a 'no' from Ted.

"What party?"

Tegan was dumbstruck.

"Tegan?" Ted sounded concerned.

"Oh my god! I forgot to tell you!" Tegan was shocked that she had forgotten about Ted.

"Tell me what?"

"Chris is done with the album. All he needs is Emy's complete artwork."

"That's awesome! Of course you can party here!" Ted sounded almost as excited as Tegan felt.

"Here? You're at The Hap?"

"Yeah, just doing some inventory. Come on by whenever! Alcohol will be waiting for you."

"Thanks Ted! We'll see you in a bit." Tegan hung up after a quick goodbye from Ted.

"Now you need to tell Emy about this party." Sara reminded her.

Tegan called Emy and told her and Lindsey to meet them there.

Roughly a half an hour later they were all at the bar and toasting to the success of their album.

"To 'The Con.'" Emy toasted enthusiastically before downing an entire glass of champagne.

"Pace yourself Emy," Tegan laughed, "No need to be drunk this early."

"I can do whatever I want!" Emy stuck her tongue out at her friend, "And what I want to do is Lindsey."

"Oh god Emy! Gross!" Sara gave Emy and Lindsey a thoroughly disgusted face.

"You're gross." Emy retorted.

"Real mature guys." Lindsey shook her head and laughed at her girlfriend's silliness.

"I thought so too." Emy beamed at her.

"Calm down guys!" Ted raised his glass after the laughter stopped, "I just want to say thank you. Thank you guys so much for giving me the opportunity to live out my dream. And also congratulations on completing the album, even if it wasn't you who put the finishing touches on it."

"Thank you Ted, for driving down to Seattle to record with us; it wouldn't have been the same without you." Tegan gave Ted a quick hug before pulling away and raising her own glass, "To Sara, for being my rock and being a fabulous singer and songwriter. To Ted, for being there for all those years when I had nothing and for being willing to join our band. Emy, for all the support as a fan, and now the artwork. It means the world. To Lindsey, for being my fan and for putting up with Emy all the time." A chorus of chuckles went up at Emy's expense, "And Sonia, thank you for getting back into Sara's life. It's been great getting to know you and now getting to share this with you. To all of us, we did it!"

They all took a drink from their champagne glasses. Tegan could feel the tears leaving her eyes, but she didn't care. They were tears of joy. She smiled at Sara and the smile was returned along with a tender kiss.

"You're right bella," Sara smiled wide, "We did do it."