A small cute-sy JaThea scene ahead!

Disclaimer: Back in Chapter 1, old chap.

Two pairs of passive eyes followed the Tanchingco heiress scurry out of the coffee shop, albeit with more grace than anyone can manage when they're in a hurry.

The moment Jade was out of their sight, Sally spun on her Doc Martens heels then stared at Batchi.

Hard.

"What?" The rich young woman demanded. What do you want, she had meant to ask but the butch lesbian got her unfinished question anyway.

Her counterpart just smirked. "You're still weirded out by them. By us." She shrugged casually, her tone not accusing but merely stating a fact.

"You don't know what you're talking about. I'm her best—"

"I know. Geez, take a chill pill and have a seat." Batchi interrupted her, gesturing once again at the available seat across from her.

Sally hesitated for a moment then sigh in defeat, tentatively accepting her fate.

"So," Batchi started, quickly finalizing her work before shutting her laptop down. "Are you still Oscar Tanchingco's pretty litttle spy?"

The question startled Sally, not expecting the earlier quiet woman to ask so bluntly.

Well that's Batchi Luna to you, Sally.

"Wha— No! Like I was say—"

"I know what you said." Batchi cut her off again, causing Sally to grumble under her breath. She was not used to people interrupting her when she's talking. "But I saw how uncomfortable you were earlier. And you know what? Since I'm the poster child of gayness in our group, I have a proposal— No, a challenge." The butch lesbian leaned back against her seat and made her smirk more pronounced; the type she knew would arouse her expected reaction from Sally.

And as usual when Batchi's magic were at work, Sally straightened her spine and looked at her with narrowed eyes. "And what's your challenge, Batchi?"

Grinning cockily, Batchi surged forward until their faces were inches away from each other.

"Talk to me." Seeing her falter, Batchi went in for the kill. "Come on, get to know me. I dare you."

"You did what?!" A few pieces fluttered away from Althea's hands, the look of shock prominent on her beautiful features.

"Look, I was in a hurry because of this meeting and Sally nodded so I thought it was all good." There was a hint of whine in Jade's tone when her voice crackled through the phone's speaker. "I heart you, lablab."

Althea knew the love of her life was just trying to talk her way out of the trouble she caused. Yes, a trouble. She knew her best friend. Batchi would most likely scare poor Sally out of her wits.

Nevertheless, her heart melted at Jade's words of love. It's always a losing battle when it came to those four words. And she loved it. "And I heart you too, lablab." She sighed softly and rested her hand against her forehead. "But I apologize in advance if Sally doesn't want to be your friend anymore come tomorrow."

"Love, give Batchi more credit. She's charming and when I talked to her about my coming out stuff, she helped me a lot."

"But that's about coming out, Jade. Sally is not gay." She paused. "Wait. She's not, right?"

"No!" Jade's melodic laughter pulled a big smile on Althea's lips. "She's straighter than your hair. I swear."

Oh.

That was the only thing Althea could think of before her palm met her face.

Despite Sally's initial doubts, Batchi was... fun to talk with.

Althea's best friend was engaging and held no words back. She had an opinion on basically every topic laid on the table and if she hadn't, the assistant coorinator listened. Just because.

They hadn't talked about sexuality, much to her surprise and relief. Though she had tried to research all about it, in an attempt to understand her best friend's change of preference but couldn't find it in her to continue.

"And then there's this one time Wila punched this guy because he was going on and on about the differences of whiskey and rum, she went completely balistic!" Batchi's thin frame shook as her mirth overtook her words. Sally, on the other hand, just grinned widely and tucked a curl behind her ear.

Batchi would forever deny that she was transfixed for a moment.

"So, this Wila girl.. Is she..?" Sally bit her ruby red lips, knowing she's entering a zone she's not sure she's ready for.

But wasn't it the point of this talk? For her to have an inkling of what world Jade was currently in?

"Yes." Batchi confirmed her unasked question. "She's a lesbian. Well, a bisexual if we're being specific here." Sally's eyebrow raised so she elaborated. "She's attracted to both women and men. The former, emotionally. The latter, physically. Or so she tells me."

"So does this mean that Jade is bisexual?" Sally eagerly asked. Maybe there's hope for her best friend yet, a small malicious voice whispered in the back of her head.

"Stop." Althea's self-proclaimed wingman said sharply. She didn't want Sally to get any ideas or concoct grand schemes that could possibly hurt her best friend. "I know what you're thinking and it's not gonna happen.

A pout formed on Sally's crimson lips.

"No."

Stay firm, Batchi. Her eyes. Just focus on her eyes.

Sally batted her long eyelashes. But this time, it's only intended to mock Batchi.

"No," the butch growled out; mainly out of jest but partially because the woman was being stubborn even if she was only joking.

"Fine. Just fine. Have it your way." Batchi crossed her arms, resisting the urge to pout back.

Batchi failed.

Sally giggled.

A/N: So my files were deleted at ngayon ito lang ang nasulat ko. Hindi ko papabayaan ang The Wedding Rehearsal, I swear. Ayoko lang madaliin.