My Fair Ladies

Fire On Fire Part One

Shivian

Siobhan and Viv were in the living room curled up watching a movie when Viv decided to broach the subject of what happened at the pub. "Bon?" Siobhan looked at Viv with an anxious look on her face. "Yes Angel, what is it? What's wrong?" The blonde sat so she could look at Viv better. Viv turned so she could face the blonde. "About what happened in the pub the other night." As Siobhan sat herself up further her eyes widened. "Oh." Viv thought carefully on how she could ask Siobhan what was on her mind. "Bon, I noticed the way you and Marjorie..." she took a breath. "The way you and Marjorie, were so comfortable around each other." Siobhan hadn't thought about what had happened or what had happened in the bathroom. After all Marjorie was with Autumn and she was with Viv. Siobhan, like Viv, had to think carefully how she was going to respond. "Yeah, we grew close when..." as she lowered her head. "When you and I weren't talking." Viv could see the anxiety growing in Siobhan. "Bon I'm not mad." Viv cupped Siobhan's face placing a gentle kiss on her lips. "Everything is okay I promise. I'm not mad. You've done nothing wrong."

Viv decided to ease the tension a little. "Coffee Bon?" Siobhan nodded in response her mind was racing; Viv left the room heading for the kitchen her own mind racing. how do I ask her how she feels about Marjorie? how can I ask her if she would be interested in this after everything she's been through? How do I reassure her that even though I may have feelings for Autumn it's her that I love the most? The kettle clicked snapping her focus back to the task at hand. Coffees made. She headed back to the living room where Siobhan was sat in a world of her own. She placed the cups on the coffee table. Viv gently placed a hand on Siobhan's thigh not wanting to startle her. "Bon, you okay?" Siobhan's focus was drawn back to the present. "Yes, Angel, I'm okay." Viv sat beside Siobhan taking her hand in her own. "Bon, I have something to ask you." Siobhan looked at her confused as to where the conversation was going to go. Viv took a breath before speaking again "Bon how do you feel about Marjorie?" Siobhan looked at Viv shocked "What do you mean? I don't have feelings for Marjorie. Not in that way, Angel I love you and only you. Why would you ask me something like that?" Siobhan's mind started to race again. Why would she ask that? I do like Marjorie, but is it romantic? Viv squeezed Siobhan's hand. "Bon it's ok for you to have feelings for Marjorie. I saw how you two were together. I know you and Marjorie kissed in the bathroom. You know Autumn and I kissed" Siobhan interrupted viv before she could carry on. "Yeah, about that. You call her "babe"? How do you feel about Autumn?"

Vivian looked down at the hand she had on Siobhan's thigh. "Bon have you ever had feelings for more than one person? Is there some part of you that believes that is possible?" She followed Viv's eyes and looked at her hand on her thigh. She watched as Viv gently traced patterns on the worn jeans. Her eyes unfocused as her mind drifted to Marjorie. "Bon, you called her "princess."

Her eyes refocused and met Viv's brilliant grey gaze. "Viv I ... I believe that is possible, but I ... I don't want to cheat. I ... I know I slept with you when I was still with Roger, but..." Viv cut her off. "Bon, I am not talking about that. You were stuck and I know you loved him at some point. Maybe you were even in love with him, but by the time we met I think most of that had gone. I am talking about being in love with two people. Carrying on two loving relationships at once. Do you think that is possible?

Siobhan's gaze turned downward. "You're in love with Autumn?" Vivian removed her hand from the blonde's thigh and placed it on her chin pulling her gaze back to her. "I think I could allow myself to be. I think you could be in love with Marjorie as well. I also think if ... we decided ... we could both be happy with having a partner outside of this." She moved her hand back and forth between them signifying their relationship. Siobhan's eyes went wide again.

"Bon I am not talking about cheating. I am talking about agreeing to allow you to explore this thing with Marjorie... well with anyone you had feelings for." The blonde tried to cut her off, but Vivian placed a finger on her lips. "Hear me out. If we agreed, we could explore these things we are feeling and be open and honest about it, but we don't have to, and I would be okay with that too. I care about Autumn, and I know she is feeling the same way, but I would never put her or those feelings ahead of you or what you needed...what you wanted."

"We would still be ... us?" The blonde hesitated as she tried to wrap her head around such a foreign concept. "We will always be us, Bon. Always. Until you tell me you are leaving." She let a small smile cross her face. "And then I will pack my bags, so I can follow." The blonde burst into laughter looking up at the raven-haired woman. "I don't think that is how that works, angel."

They gazed at one another as they both settled their minds. "I can see the love you have for Autumn. I can also see myself loving Marjorie. I just don't want it to change what we have." The idea of loving Marjorie both thrilled and perplexed the blonde. They had spent so many years battling one and other, and now they were sharing passionate kisses in pub bathrooms. She chuckled and let her fingers drift to her lips. "So, now what?"

"We wait to see what they decide."