Liar Liar GirlxGirl

Chapter 14

I looked at Melinda with wide eyes. I was pretty sure all color from my face was gone. I saw Aysha had closed her eyes. Melinda smirked. "So," she said. "I figured you two fags were into each other."

I just stared silently at her. Questions ran through my mind. Was she going to tell? Definitely. Was there something to keep her quiet? Maybe. The solo. Should I give it to her? For my & Aysha's sake.

Aysha had opened her eyes again but didn't turn towards Melinda. She was pale. I could see she was thinking. She was probably trying to find a way to get us out of this. What our mothers would do to us would be horrible. Disowning. Conversion. We were screwed.

"No way out of this," Melinda continued with the smirk. "However, you have something I want."

"The solo," I said barely above a whisper.

"That's right. Give it to me, and I can pretend I saw nothing."

"No," Aysha said suddenly. She turned to face Melinda. "She's not handing over the solo. No one will believe you."

"Aysha.." I started.

She glanced to me. "No."

Melinda shrugged. "So be it. Let's see how you like life after this."

Melinda turned on her heel and walked back inside. Jen walked to us at that moment. "What was Miss Bitch wanting?" she asked.

"She saw Riley and I," Aysha grumbled.

"What?"

"Yeah," I said defeatedly.

"No one will believe it," Jen said after a moment. "You're religious Riley."

"I hope. Let's meet up with Mrs. Polands. It's almost lunch."

We headed inside and met Mrs. Polands by the Chic-Fil-A. We sat down to eat. "Why do you seem so down Aysha?" Mrs. Polands asked.

Before Aysha could respond, Jen jumped in. "Someone who fell victim to one of the seven deadly sins accused her of being immoral outside."

"Which sin and what immoral behavior?"

"Envy, Mrs. Polands. Melinda Wincock was envious of Riley's achievements in band, and when Aysha tried to stand up for her, she was threatened. Melinda said she'd tell everyone that Aysha and Riley were, you know, deviates. I was with them. The were doing nothing of that sort."

"Oh dear. I'll talk to Father Luke about arranging some help for Miss Wincock.The deadly sins are just horrible. Oh, and don't you worry Riley. I'll make sure your mother knows what that girl is planning."

"Thank you Mrs. Polands," I said with a sigh of relief.

She smiled at me. I continued eating my chicken sandwich. The situation was taken care of. See? I asked myself. Nothing to worry about.

After we finished our sandwiches, we headed back home. When we got in, Aysha's mother called mine to inform her of the Wincock situation. My mother understood and would arrange a meeting with Melinda's mother. Once Aysha, Jen, and I were upstairs, we all let out a collective sigh of relief. Aysha and I hugged Jen. "Thank you so much," we said.

She smiled. "My bullshitting skills are free for you two. Besides, you're adorable together."

Aysha and I blushed. Jen left the room to give us some alone time. Aysha closed the door and put a movie in for us to watch. When she sat down next to me, I said, "See? It'll be fine."

"Yeah, it will be," she said slightly shakily.

"What is it?" I asked.

She cuddled close to me. "I'm just scared," she said quietly."

I held her close. I was scared too. As I held her, I thought of when I first came to Gates. She was big, bad, tough, and scary. Now, I got to see the real her. Even though it was a week, I couldn't have felt luckier to have her as mine.

We cuddled and watched movies for the rest of the day until dinner. After we ate, we watched some shows on Netflix.

At about 11, we got ready for bed. We laid down on our respective beds. Her on the matress and me on the blankets. I took her hand and kissed it. "Good night Aysha," I said.

"Good night Riley," she said sleepily.

"It'll all work out," I said.

She didn't say anything. I listened and heard her even breathing. She had fallen asleep.

"It'll all work out," I said to no one in particular. Maybe to myself. I knew our story would hold, but not for how long. 

I closed my eyes and fell asleep. I was just thankful I had Aysha.