TNN: A Collection Of Short Stories

telling (mialotte)

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Prompt: charlotte tells Marjorie about her relationship with Mia.

Charlotte's POV:
"Charlotte, can I talk to you for a minute" Marjorie asks me walking into the baby room. It's about 5 o'clock at this point. There's enough staff in here for them to still be in ratio while I'm gone.
"Yeah sure" I say headed with her to her office.

"Now I know you've been going through some trouble since your divorce, I just wanted to have a check in, see how your doing?" She tells me.
"Oh I've been okay, my friends and the people here have been really supportive" I say honestly, missing out on one detail.

Marjorie still absolutely hates Mia. Me and Reece decided that it's best to keep me and Mia seperate in Marjorie's mind.

I see that Marjorie's staring at me quite intensely.

"Charlotte, it looks like you've got some dirt on your neck there" she says going to wipe it off, "oh that's not dirt" she says realising what it is.

"I didn't realise you were seeing anyone Charlotte" she says. My heart rate increases and I'm feeling a bit nervous about the whole thing.
"Yeah its been going on for a while" I admit.
"Charlotte, is there something your not telling me?" She says getting a little bit angry.

It's now or never.

"Yeah so um" I say clearing the phlegm in my throat "I've actually been seeing someone for a few months"

"Oh my god" she gasps "it's Mia isn't it? How could you do this to yourself? How could you be with that horrible cow? After she was a bitch to Carly and to Reece" she stops to breathe. I'm getting a little bit scared now. We've only just really made up.

"Marjorie it's complicated-" I start to explain "she was there for me through my separation and she helped me take the next step she makes me-"
"Yeah she helped you take the step into her bed" she quips. This infuriates me.

"She makes me feel seen" I finish "and heard, she makes me feel incredible and like I'm the only person in the world" I think about her snide comment "and don't even mention her in bed" I start feeling a little bit snappy "oh my god she is incredible in bed, she takes good care of me Marjorie" I smirk.
"I-" she starts
"and I'm not going to end things with her because of your silly grudge." I continue "Reece has forgiven her, autumn has forgiven her, the only person who hasn't forgiven her is you Marjorie." I list.
"Why is that Marjorie?" I start "is it because she was a huge part of Reece's life for 20 years" shit, think I might've gone to far. She looks stunned. I feel tears sting my eyes

Mia knocks the door
"Hey Marjorie" she says quickly glances between me and Marjorie "you'll be glad to hear that I've finished Carly's assessment and she passed with flying colours. I'll be headed off now to send it to her examiner" she explains.
"You both need to leave, Charlotte I can't even look at you right now you should go home"

"Fine" I finish before leaving her office to grab my stuff and leave.

Mia's pov:

"Charlotte wait" I say catching up to her in the car park. I grab her arm gently so she's forced to look at me. She's got tears falling down her face.
"Oh sweetheart" I say pulling her into a hug. She starts to sob on my shoulder. I start stroking her back.
"Shh let it out my love"

A few minutes pass and shes calmed down a little bit.
"How about I get you home sweetheart" I say, wiping the tears from her eyes. She nods.

I take her hand and walk her to my car. She still hasn't said a word. She's distraught. I hold her hand, driving us back to mine.

We get back to mine and we head inside.
"Tea or something a little stronger" I smirk.
"Do you have any wine?" She whispers. I pour us both a large glass of wine and bring it to my dishevelled girlfriend on the couch.

"Do we want talk about it?" I offer handing her the wine. She takes a long sip and sighs.

"We just made up" she starts "and I don't want to lie about my feelings for you" she continues. "But I think I went a bit-"

"Far?" I finish "char I heard it all" I start. She looks embarrassed. "I'm flattered you would go through those lengths to defend me, and Marjorie probably feels a bit hurt" I stroke her hair "but to tell the truth, I'm so proud of you for standing up for yourself, and you should be too." She takes my hand in hers and kisses my palm.

"I love you so much Mia," she starts "but what do you think she's going to do? She might make me work at your nursery indefinitely"
"I love you too Sweetheart, I'm sure Reece will talk some sense into her" me and Reece are at the point where we're really good friends again, autumn too. I notice her glass is empty, so I take the last sip of mine

"refil?" I ask, she nods. I refil our glasses and join her on the sofa. She nestles between my legs, back against my front. I run my fingers along her shoulders. She seems really tense.

"Sweetheart you seem stressed, let me help you?" I ask. She gives me a funny look. There have been times where we've both been stressed from work and we alleviate it with sex.
"Not like that" I smirk, using my hands to usher her forward. I placed my hands between her shoulder blades, kneading the space with my thumbs. She sighs blissfully as I start focusing on her shoulders.
"Have I ever mentioned how good you are with your hands?" She breathes.
"I think it's come up a few times"I whisper into her ear. I continue massaging her back, listening to her idyllic breathing and gentle moans.

"Any better sweetheart?" I ask her.
"Can't we stay here forever, exactly on this sofa?" She replies snuggling back into me.
"Trust me darling, I would if I could" I reply, she yawns.
"I feel so safe with you Mia, like nothing else matters" she says sleepily.
"Nothing else matters when we're here Charlotte" I say "and when your upset, I want to help you feel better, it will all be okay, I'll get it sorted" Marjorie still really grates my nerves, especially when she still speaks to Charlotte like that.

I drape a blanket over us on the sofa. Charlotte falls asleep quickly, as do I not long after that with my arms still around her.

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