I Hate the Way...

Part 53: "How Was It?"

There's a knock on the front door of the beach house a short while later, and Hope calls to the girls from the kitchen, "I'll get it."

She turns the temperature on the stove to low before making her way to the door and swinging it open, revealing MG on the other side, a wide and toothy grin on his face, bouquet of flowers in his hands, dressed to impress.

"Those are my favorite. How did you know?" Hope jokes with him, which MG appreciates as he immediately relaxes a bit.

"Good to see you, Hope," MG grins as he greets Hope with a friendly handshake.

"Come on in," Hope opens the door wider for him, "Lizzie's just finishing up getting ready."

MG nods as he follows Hope toward the kitchen. "Are you expecting company?" he looks around at the food Hope is preparing for dinner.

"No, just me and Jo tonight."

"This is a nice spread for just the two of you," MG notes, raising an eyebrow slightly at the Tribrid, who only chuckles with a nod.

"Happy wife, happy life, right?"

"So you two are getting along better?"

Hope nods, "Yeah, things have been great between us. It took some time, but I think we've worked out the kinks."

MG chuckles slightly, "Yeah, Lizzie said something along those lines..."

Hope furrows her eyebrows in confusion, "Wait. Lizzie knows Josie and I had sex?"

"You did?!"

Hope and MG suddenly turn their heads toward the entryway, seeing a shocked Lizzie looking at her sister inquisitively, waiting for confirmation, while Josie looks to Hope with wide eyes and mouth agape.

Judging by their expressions, Hope realizes her mistake quickly, "So, that's a no, then?"

"You had sex?!" Lizzie nearly screeches, now looking to Hope for confirmation.

The Tribrid's eyes look between the sisters, one looking positively ecstatic, while the other looks like she was caught with a hand in the cookie jar.

Hope hesitantly replies, attempting to avoid the question, "Like, recently, or ever?"

Josie pinches the bridge of her nose, while Lizzie turns to her, "You two totally fucked! Why didn't you tell me?!"

Josie looks up just in time to see MG giving Hope a high five not so discreetly, making her glare in the direction of the Tribrid before responding to her sister, "I didn't tell you because it was one time and a long time ago, the night we got married."

Lizzie is more than ready to dive into details as she asks, "How was it?! Was it good?"

Josie's eyes widen, cheeks flushing red to reveal her unspoken answer, "Lizzie!"

Lizzie feigns innocence, "What? It's just a question."

And Hope glances at MG with a grin and a subtle nod, making the brunette woman scoff under her breath at her, scoldingly hitting her arm, "Oh, would you stop that!"

She then turns toward the blonde again, "Don't you have a date to get to or something?" Josie attempts to change the subject, practically dragging Lizzie and MG toward the door.

"Oh, you want some alone time with your lover? Trying to go for another 'swim,' I see," Lizzie wriggles her eyebrows suggestively at her sister, making the brunette scoff.

"Very funny," Hope replies to the blonde twin sarcastically, shaking her head. "Have her back by dark, and no funny business," she tells MG before they are out the door.