The naturals - one shots

Mom and Dad are coming back together?

This is a fictional conversation Sterling would have with her daughter about her feelings about Briggs. Enjoy.

„Can I ask you a question?" I was in the chinese restaurant that I met Tjiara every week sine I was back. „Sure" I anwsered while taking another sip of my soup. „What is going on between you and Tanner?" This came unexpected. I was so surprised that I choked half of my soup. „What do you mean?" I asked and tried to hide my nervousness with drinking some water. „I mean your guys are seeing each other again" „We are working together" I anwsered  way too defensively. „In Las Vegas you had to share a room right and since then." Las Vegas was a mistake, something I didn't want to talk about but I knew Tanner good enough to know that he would never tell her what happened that one evening. „What is since then?" I could change the topic. I could try to bring our conversation in another direction but she grew up with us as her pare, she knew those psychological tricks. „V, he is different. Like really different and out of nowhere he started to tell me a lot about old days with you" He talked about me? Suddenly I had the feeling the room temperature changed. I was hot, nervous, didn't know what to say or to think. Shouldn't I hate him? I crossed my legs to calm down. „ So are you guys back together or did you just had casual sex?" „Excuse me?" Yes Tjiara was a teenager now nearly Sixteen but this was still something I wouldn't discuss with her. „So you did spent a night together and afterwards you never talked about it" How did she figure that out? „I don't think that something I should discuss with you" I said with a tone that should have showed her that this conversation was over. „Why not? I know you. You would just overthink until your hurt yourself and Tanner is too shy to take any action because he is afraid to scare you away or even hurt you" She had a point. I sighed. „Since when are you interested in psychology?" I asked more as a joke. „Its not my thing but when there is a real chance that two of my favourite people get back together I might  looked in one or two of your old diaries." Who was she? Since when did she do such things? „Don't look at me like this. Your hiding spot was really not creative and I could help you with getting him back"