My Fair Ladies

I'll Be There Part Four

TW: insinuations of DV/DA

Week four: Autumn and Vivian

Autumn woke up still entangled in Marjorie's arms with the memory of last night fresh in her mind. Another movie night had turned into another night of passion. She smiled at the thought of the brunette between her legs. "What are you smiling about?" She nearly jumped out of her skin. She hadn't realized she was awake. "Oh umm..." She blushed. "You. I was thinking about you. Your mouth. Your fingers. The strap."

Marjorie pulled the brunette into a passionate kiss. "Watch it sunshine! Don't start something you can't finish." Marjorie teased her a little more. "Oh, I can finish it. I just don't have time." She padded off to the shower, and Autumn rolled onto her stomach and practically growled into the pillow.

As Marjorie returned, Aut could see she was worried about something. Her brow was furrowed, and she was deep in thought. "Sunshine, what is going through your mind?" She didn't use to ask these sorts of questions, but between Marj and Vi she was a lot more comfortable than she used to be. "Autumn, has Vivian said anything to you? Anything about Siobhan?"

Autumn took a deep breath not wanting to betray a trust. "Yeah, we've talked about her a few times. Why?" Marjorie sat on the edge of the bed still wrapped in her towel. "Well, I think we should try and stop Siobhan marrying your father." Autumn's eyes went wide. "I am not sure how you think we can do that, but I agree she shouldn't be marrying him."

They both felt satisfied that they hadn't betrayed the trust of their new friends, but they still had to come up with a plan. Autumn jumped from the bed and started to dress. She quickly brushed a kiss to the brunette's lips, "I love you, don't say anything to Siobhan. I've got to go. I will call you later."

She ran down the stairs fumbling to put her flats on just as she got to the front door. She pulled on her coat and nearly slammed the door behind her. She got to the end of the drive before she pulled her phone out. "Vi, I know it is early, but I am coming over. We need to talk."

Autumn checked herself over before she got out of the car. Her hair was down, and she used her fingers to tame it and part it to one side. She had Marjorie's jumper on. The same one Marjorie put on her the night Winter left. The memory caused her to wrap her arms around herself. The jumper and a pair of black leggings were her comforting home clothes, but she never came out in them. It would have to do.

She knocked at the door shivering a little against the wind and rain. "Come on babe, get in here. What is the emergency? I don't even have Jamie up yet." Autumn was bold but she never asked personal questions, but she was about to throw caution to the wind. "Are you in love with Siobhan?"

"Autumn it is half six in the morning. Are you telling me you came all the way over here to ask if I am in love with the woman your father is going to marry in less than a week?" Autumn followed her through the house as she paced around. "Vi just answer the question. Are you in love with Siobhan?"

"Yes, Autumn. Yes, I am in love with Siobhan. I am so in love with her that every time I am alone, I nearly drown in my sorrow. But she's not in love with me."

"What if she is, Vi? What if she is and like you, she believes you aren't? What if my tyrannical father has threatened her or blackmailed her? What if she is just scared to leave and doesn't know if she will have support. It took you three years to leave Jamie's father under similar circumstances. What if you could change that ... for her?"

Vivian slumped down on the sofa, her head leaned against the back, arms crossed over her face. "I can't do this Aut. If I put myself out there and she marries him anyway, it will destroy me."