s*t*a*r*s 2 - pt 16

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I'm feeling....generous this weekend..... Very short, but VERY sweet

s*t*a*r*s

            "Are you okay?" asks Rylee.  She and Spencer are sitting on the beach, a small driftwood fire blazes before them.  The fire blazes blue and green as the salt from the ocean burns off. 

Supper had been a quiet affair.  Even Rylee had felt slightly uncomfortable, trying to start a conversation but none was to be had.  Spencer seems to be mulling things over.  She has a lot to process.   

            "Sure," says Spencer in a quiet pensive tone.

            "Liar," states Rylee.

            Spencer smiles slightly.  "I thought you saw visions and weren't a lie detector?"

            "I know bullshit when I hear it," snorts Rylee, wagging her finger at Spencer.  "What is bugging you?  I know you are quiet when you get to know people, but these are my parents...."

            "That's the problem," sighs Spencer, rubbing the back of her neck as she thinks about what to say.  "They are your 'rents.  You're mom unloaded a whole bunch of info on me and I'm not sure what to make of it."

            Rylee grimaces, the frown makes her eyes narrow and her cheeks flush.  "You are being evasive."  Rylee gives her an almost lustful look.

            Spencer's shoulders sag.  "You look at me like that, in front of them..."

            "Oh!"

            Spencer laughs softly, her blue eyes looking at the dark sand.  How can Rylee be so oblivious to certain things around her?  Spencer had seen all the sideways looks last semester, the stares when Rylee thought she wasn't looking.

            "I didn't mean too...," says Rylee, knowing that her unrelenting attraction to Spencer is showing through but she can't help herself.  "I just – I didn't – oh boy..."

            Spencer laughs again, this time the sound is deep and soulful.  "Lee, it's okay."  The laughter feels almost alien to her, but it also feels good.  "It's okay, I promise you that it's okay."

        

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