One of the Guys. [ON HOLD]

Making Promises

|Making Promises.|

 

Olivia.

                  "Morgana..."  Olivia started.

                  The other girl continued to take steps back from Olivia as she ran her hands through her tousled hair over and over again.  "You're a girl!"  She said disbelievingly.  "I mean I've kissed a girl before, but never a—a transgendered one.  Wow!"  She rambled.

                  Olivia shook her head as she took a step toward Morgana.  "You don't understand..."  She started.

                  In fact, not even Olivia understood what was going on.  She didn't know what came over her when she thought it was a good idea to kiss Morgana back.  How was she supposed to explain all of this away?  Did she tell Morgana it was all in her head or did she tell her the truth?

                  Olivia looked up at Morgana again only to find that the other girl was sitting on the floor, clutching her head.  She kept muttering how Olivia was a girl.  Olivia was confused about her reaction.  If she had kissed a girl before, why was she behaving like it was the weirdest thing in the world?  Then Morgana's words fully hit her.  She thought that Olivia was transgendered.

                  There wasn't anything wrong being transgendered, Olivia thought.  It's just that she, well, wasn't.  Sure she was gender bending, but she identified with being a girl.  She debated whether or not she should just go along with the assumption or tell the truth.  Her mind was whirring with all the possibilities, all the outcomes if she chose one or the other.

                  "I didn't even know Bradford accepted transgender students.  Oh man, my brain hurts from so much thinking!"

                  Olivia tried not to laugh at that.  She didn't want to assume things about Morgana since she didn't know her very well, but Morgana struck her as the type who didn't think in large amounts very often.

                  Olivia licked her lips nervously.  She needed to tell the truth.  She really didn't want more people knowing about her, but it would nice to have a girl on her side...  That is if Morgana was nice enough to understand in the first place.

                  She sucked in a deep breath and unclenched her fists.  She took a few steps forward to reach Morgana and sat in front of the other girl, criss-cross applesauce.  "Morgana..."  She tried again.

                  The brunette's head snapped up in her direction, a startled expression on her face.  Olivia licked her lips and reached forward to place her hands onto Morgana's shoulders.  Morgana instinctively leaned forward.  They were so close that Olivia could smell the booze on her breath.  She cringed and moved her head back slightly.

                  She sucked in a deep breath and said, "Okay, I have something to tell you, but you have to promise you won't tell a soul."

                  Morgana sucked in a deep breath as she sat up straight, mirroring Olivia's sitting position.  "Okay, let me get this straight,"  She took a sip of water from the water bottle Olivia had kept tucked away in a pocket.  "You're real name is actually Olivia Brookstone, not Oliver Brookstone."

                  "Right."

                  "And you don't really have a twin, but an older sister named Tabitha."