Too Close For Comfort

More time together on the couch

Emy sat down the couch as Tegan put the movie in. They positioned themselves much the same as they had the night before. Throughout the movie Emy couldn't help but glance over at Tegan periodically. She caught herself once actually giving Tegan a once over and immediately looked straight ahead out of embarrassment for what she had done.

About halfway through the movie Sara got up, "I'm going to get some snacks, do you guys want anything?"

"I'm fine, thanks." Tegan smiled up at her.

"Emy?"

"I could go for some popcorn if we have it."

"Okay, I'll get some popcorn then." Sara walked ten feet to the kitchen, leaving Emy alone on the couch with Tegan.

Emy turned to her left and smiled nervously at Tegan, who looked at her with a somewhat puzzled expression.

"What's the smile for?" Tegan cocked her head to the side and sported a half grin.

"I just," Emy drew a blank for a solid seven seconds before continuing, "I want you to know that I'm perfectly okay with this situation. I don't hate you or anything, so I smiled. I'm sorry if it came across as weird or creepy." Emy started to withdraw into herself, embarrassed at her explanation.

"It's totally fine Emy." Tegan's grin turned into a genuine smile, "I'm glad you're putting in an effort to let me know it's okay."

Emy blushed slightly and hid her face by glancing toward the kitchen. By the time she turned back to Tegan she noticed that Tegan was at least a foot closer than she was before.

"Can I ask you something?" Tegan appeared to be reserved and nervous as she spoke.

"Of course." Emy gave her the warmest smile she could muster.

"Why are you so okay with it?"

They sat in silence for what seemed like a long time as Emy tried to think of the answer. All the reasons in her head disappeared when Tegan asked. The only one that she could think of now was because she liked them both: but she couldn't just say that to Tegan.

"I don't really know. I just am, I guess." Emy lied so as to not freak Tegan out.

"Yeah, that's the answer I expected," Tegan shrugged as she spoke, "I just wondered if there was anything else, really."

Emy smiled and shook her head, "Nope, no real reason."

After a few more seconds of silence Tegan scooted over and laid her head on Emy's shoulder. Emy froze and could feel her neck stiffen at the contact.

"You make a good pillow," Tegan chuckled, "You're soft and your shoulder is the perfect height when sitting down."

"Uh, thanks." Emy could feel her cheeks turning pink.

"Mhm." Tegan nestled into Emy's shoulder and her breathing began to slow down.

Sara returned with the popcorn a minute later and smiled wide when she saw her twin and her girlfriend cuddled on the couch.

"Well, Tegan's asleep." She spoke as she set the bowl of popcorn on the coffee table, "I'll just sit where she was earlier."

"She's asleep?" Emy relaxed, much less self-conscience about the situation with Tegan sleeping.

"Yep," Sara smiled over at her, "She's completely out of it. She looks very peaceful. Like a baby fawn."

"That's redundant," Emy grinned as she glanced over at Sara, "Fawns are babies."

"She's like, extra baby then." Sara retorted, "She's so cute and cuddly looking that the baby part was necessary."

"Fair enough," Emy smiled wide, "I can't believe she did this. She just scooted over and used me as her pillow."

"I don't blame her," Sara spoke as she started to chew on some popcorn, "You're very cuddly and you make a good pillow."

They sat and watched the rest of the movie in relative silence. A few comments here and there about the movie, but other than that it was a very quiet and peaceful time. And before she knew it, Emy was starting to fall asleep.

"Babe," Sara's voice brought her out of her light slumber, "I'm gonna go grab you a blanket. Tegan won't be waking up anytime soon, so just sleep out here with her, okay?"

"Mhm." Emy mumbled.

She was asleep before Sara came back with a blanket. She only knew that she had actually grabbed a blanket when she woke up in the middle of the night with a blanket spread across her and Tegan. Tegan's head had slid down from her shoulder to her upper arm because Emy had drifted to her right as she slept.

Emy slowly adjusted back to where she had been, careful not to wake Tegan. She then did her best to move Tegan's head back up to her shoulder so as to prevent her from waking up with a terrible kink in her neck. Emy couldn't tell if Tegan had woken up or not, but Tegan moved her head and pushed it further up, resting the top of it right against Emy's neck. Emy turned her head to see if Tegan's eyes were open. They weren't. But Tegan lifted her head at the movement and planted a tender kiss on the corner of Emy's mouth before resting her head on her shoulder once more.

Emy sat in shock for several minutes. Still unsure if Tegan was awake and that was, in fact, a conscious act on Tegan's part. If so, it made her own confession of feelings much easier. If not it was a subject she did not want to bring up with Tegan. She was unsure how she would go about it even if she did want to talk about it. 'Hey Tegan. You kissed me last night in your sleep.' She looked up at the clock. 4:43. Still too early for Sara to be awake. Emy closed her eyes and prayed that she could fall back asleep for the next hour at least.

She woke up and Tegan was gone from the couch. The clock said it was 7:20. She stretched and stood up from the couch, slowly making her way to the kitchen.

"Good morning beautiful." Sara smiled up at her from a cup of coffee. It was probably her second or third of the morning. Tegan stood beside her with what looked like a cup of coffee that had been barely touched.

"Morning." Emy smiled sleepily and opened the cupboard next to Tegan, pulling out a box of Lucky Charms, "Babe, can you hand me the milk." As Sara grabbed the milk from the fridge Emy got a bowl from the cupboard above Tegan, practically touching Tegan with every inch of her torso.

"Sorry," Tegan spoke quietly and started to move out of her way.

"It's fine, no worries," Emy smiled at her, "I can reach it with you there."

"Well, it's a bit close for comfort." Tegan was speaking timidly.

"You fell asleep on me last night Tegan," Emy set the bowl on the counter and looked at Tegan confusedly, "How was this too close for comfort?"

"I just," Tegan looked down at the coffee in her hands, "Last night I had a very…uncomfortable dream."

"Oh? I'm sorry." Emy definitely didn't want to make her uncomfortable.

"It's okay," Tegan gave her half a smile as she looked up, "It wasn't your fault. It was all mine. I was the one who used you as my pillow last night. It just, I had this dream, and now I feel a bit awkward about last night."

"Care to share?" Emy finished pouring the milk and handed it back to Sara, who was listening quietly so as to not interrupt what she saw as a potentially crucial conversation.

"Only if you promise not to think I'm gross or anything."

"I'm okay with you being in love with your sister. I don't think a dream you had will make me think you're gross Tee." Emy did her best to ease the tension by using a nickname.

"Well, last night," Tegan swallowed before looking at Emy, "I had this weird dream about you, about, um, being with you. We were on a date in my dream, and I at the end of it you cuddle up to me and I kissed you. And I don't know why I had a dream like that. Please don't hate me for it."

"First off," Emy smiled at her and placed a hand softly on her shoulder, "I don't hate you for it. I think it was a sweet dream. And second, you didn't just kiss me in the dream."

Tegan turned bright red.

"It's okay Tegan," Emy tried her best to comfort her, "It caught me off guard, but it's okay."

"No it's not," Tegan shook her head, "This is so damn embarrassing. The dream was bad enough, but I actually kissed you! That's even worse."

"You only caught the corner of my mouth, it wasn't a full on kiss." Emy hoped that would help Tegan not be so embarrassed.

"That's not as bad, but it's still worse than just having the dream." Tegan took a sip of her coffee in an effort to calm her nerves.

"It looks like I'll have to keep you two separated then." Sara grinned at them and winked.

"Good luck with that," Emy winked right back, "I'm bigger than you. No way you can keep me away from Tegan."

Tegan chuckled, "We're both bigger than you. If we want to have weird dream dates and kiss in our sleep, then that's what we'll do. There is nothing you can do about it."

"Fine then," Sara laughed, "Just so long as I can go on dream dates with you guys every once in a while. You'll need a chaperone."

Emy chuckled nervously as her thoughts wandered to all the reasons they might 'need a chaperone.'

"We're adults," Tegan stuck out her tongue in contradiction to what she was saying, "We don't need a chaperone."

Emy laughed again more nervous than before.

"Emy are you blushing?" Tegan's eyes went wide.

Emy hid her face and looked down.

"Why are you blushi…oh." Emy could hear the realization in Tegan's voice.

"Emy," Tegan had moved closer to her and was talking quieter, "Are you blushing because you're attracted to me? It's okay if you are. I won't be mad."

Emy looked up slowly and then nodded her head slightly.

"Oh." Tegan took a step back as she thought about what to do or say next.

"Do you guys want me to leave you alone?" Sara directed the question more toward Emy than Tegan.

Emy shook her head violently, "No, please."

"So, uh," Tegan was mulling over what she wanted to say, looking for the best words to use, "Is that why? Is that the reason why you're so okay with me and Sara being, well, you know?"

"It's one of the reasons, yes." Emy looked at Tegan, "But that was a realization I made after I was okay with it. Although I think it's been there, subconsciously, for a while now."

"Okay," Tegan smiled a half smile, half smirk, "So basically everyone in this kitchen has the same feelings, eh?"

"Wait, what?" Emy and Sara responded in shocked unison.

"Oh come on!" Tegan grinned, "Do you think just sleeping next to someone automatically makes me dream about dating them?"

"Well this is definitely a unique situation." Sara spoke matter-of-factly, regaining the composure she momentarily lost.

"You," Emy still spoke in shock, "You like me? You're attracted to me?"

Tegan just grinned and nodded.

"Oh." Emy's voice was small.

"Oh indeed," Sara smiled at the two of them, "Our bed is big enough for three though. Let's have a slumber party tonight. We can listen to music and just sit in bed together."

"That sounds like great idea!" Tegan agreed enthusiastically.

"Yeah, okay." Emy was, at this point, convinced she was dreaming. There was no way this was happening.

Next thing Emy knew she was lying on the couch. So it was a dream!

"Hey babe," Sara's sweet voice was soothing to her, "You passed out after our slumber party suggestion."

And with that Emy fainted for a second time.