Madame Williams ( teacherxstudent )

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DIANE'S POV

I snuck out of Lou's room after she had fallen into a deep sleep. I knew she'd hate me for leaving her alone and complain about how much she misses me the next morning over text, but I needed to clear my head.

I had tried not to let my worries ruin the mood for us today, but I was nervous and scared of what might or might not happen during my conversation with Nicole.

I knew Nicole cared about Lou, and I wanted to have no problems with her, knowing Lou loved her sister and it would break her if Nicole didn't support us.

I had washed the dishes and made sure everything looked just like when I first stepped into the house this evening. I kissed Lou's forehead as a goodbye and then exited through the back door.

Back home I was so eager to get in bed and finally rest from this long day. I had to come up with what I was gonna say for Saturday, and it was only Thursday.

"Sarah?" I was surprised to see her sitting on the edge of my bed, her phone was on the floor and she was looking down.

When I first moved here I gave Sarah a copy of my house's keys, knowing I could loose my set, that's probably how she got in here.

She looked up. Her cheeks were damp with smeared mascara and tears, and her eyes looked red from the crying.

"I'm sorry I came over here. I needed to get out of that damn dorm. I'm sorry." She said, sniffing, standing up quickly.

I shook my head and walked towards her, "It's fine. Are you- Did something happen? Are you okay?"

"I'm not so sure anymore." She sighed and started sobbing silently.

I wrapped my arms around her and let her cry on my shoulder for what felt like ages. I shushed her like you do when a baby gets fussy, and caressed her back. I hadn't seen Sarah break down like this since we broke up, and it was scaring me.

I managed for her to calm down, we sat down on my living room and I made her a chamomile tea while she worked on calming her breathing. Sarah had told me she liked someone that one time she got drunk, she had said something about someone else before she started talking about me, and how much she missed me.

"I don't know." She whimpered, taking the tea from my hands.

I sat down next to her, "What don't you know?"

"What I'm doing." She sighed and took a sip of the tea, "Thank you though, for the tea and letting me stay."

"You're always welcome, you know that." I said, making eye contact with those red puffy eyes of hers, "Is everything okay?"

"No. I... I messed up. I fell in love again when I knew I shouldn't have. It always happens to me, back when we first met and right now."

"Nicole?" I asked, my own eyes widening at the thought of my girlfriend's older sister becoming a lesbian.

"Mhmm," She nodded and then breathed in a shaky breath, "Every straight girl wants to experience a little lesbianism and I took it for granted, of course. I thought; she's just goofing around, she just wants to have a good time, you're trynna not think of him so you get naked in front of a woman and think maybe things will get easier. Spoiler alert: they don't."

Sarah sobbed some more, threads of her hair glueing to her damp cheeks and the redness of her eyes didn't improve as she kept crying, "I fell for her!" She sobbed even more hysterically now.

I sat closer and grabbed the tea cup from her, leaving it on the table in front of us, allowing her to relax and rest her head on my shoulder.

"She's so mad at me for trynna get her to her senses about you and Lou... so mad. She's been mad for so long at me, for ever showing her her true colors. She said she'd rather never hear from me again, that she can't wait until she moves out, because she doesn't want to see my face ever again." Sarah sniffled.