Lana Loves Melanie

Seeking Advice

Several hours later, it's time for gym, specifically gym for Lola. You see, while the twins have gym during the same period, they don't have it on the same day. Instead, they alternate between days. When Lola's in gym, Lana has a free period where she's able to do her own thing. Today Melanie was joining Lola's gym class, so Lana decides to talk to someone about what she thinks about Melanie.

Lana has a friend named Kristen, who is usually referred to as Kris, who happens to be attracted to girls. Kris is the perfect person to talk to about this situation that Lana is in. Lana walks to a mud pile behind the school to look for Kristen. Sure enough, there she is. Kristen is an African-American girl with dark brown dreadlocks. She is wearing a red short sleeved shirt with dirty blue jeans and gray shoes.

"Hi, Kris," Lana greeted.

Kris looked up at Lana and grinned, "Lans! How's it going?" Kris greets.

"I'm fine, but I need to talk to you about something," Lana explains.

Kris' smile instantly fades and gets up from the ground. After dusting the mud off herself, she looks at Lana.

"What's the matter?" Kris asks.

"Nothing's the matter. I just wanna talk," Lana says.

"Alright then, what's up?" Kris replies.

"You know that new girl Melanie?" Lana wonders.

"That cute little redhead? Yeah I know her," Kris answers.

Lana gives a nervous little frown and she starts to nervously twiddle her index fingers together.

"Well...I sort of...I think I...like her," Lana stutters.

Kris places her thumb and index finger on her chin and looks at Lana with a raised eyebrow.

"That way?" Kris says simply.

Lana bites her bottom lip, "Yes," Lana squeaks.

Kris smiles and puts her hand on Lana's shoulder, "I'm proud of you. You should totally tell Lola about this," Kris suggests.

"Sorry Kris but I can't do that," Lana protested.

"Why not?" Kris wonders.

Lana sighs in defeat as she removes Kris' hand from her shoulder, "None of my family knows I'm gay. That is the biggest secret I've ever kept from my family. I can't just spring this on them, it'll be too much for them to take," Lana confessed sadly.

Kris gives a look of understanding, "You do have a good point. I mean, if none of your family knows you're gay, then this news will be a pretty big shock for them. And I gotta give you credit that you put your family's needs first," Kris says.

Lana remains silent as she starts to look down in sadness. Kris has never seen her friend so vulnerable so she looks at her in pity.

Kris gets an idea, "You want my advice? I think you should spend time getting to know her better. Then maybe as time goes on you can decide whether you're ready to confess your feelings for her," Kris explains.

Lana looks up at Kris, "That...actually makes a lot of sense. Thanks Kris," Lana says while smiling at Kris.

Lola and Melanie, dressed in red gym uniforms, walk out of the building and towards Lana and Kris.

"Hi, Lana," Lola greets.

Lola's smile fades as soon as she sees Kris, "Hello Kristen," Lola says in a slightly disdainful tone.

"Why don't you like me?" Kris asks.

Lola does not answer Kris' question. Instead, she turns to Lana, "We did the climbing net in gym today," Lola says.

"Oh yeah? How'd that go?" Lana wonders.

"Melanie climbed three feet," Lola squeals.

"Coach says that if I had climbed six more feet, then I would have reached the ceiling," Melanie comments.

"Oh wow, that's impressive," Lana compliments.

The bell rings, which signifies that it's time to go back to class, which is exactly what the twins, Melanie, and Kris do.

At exactly 3:00 on the dot, it was time to go home. The twins agreed to wait with Melanie for her to get picked up.

"So, how did you like it here?" Lana asks Melanie.

"Well it's a little too soon to tell, but for the most part, it was pretty good," Melanie says while smiling.

"Darn it, her smile is so cute! Why does she have to be so cute?!" Lana thought to herself.

Suddenly, a white car pulls up. "Oh look, my mom's here," Melanie comments. She opens the back door and gets inside. "Goodbye, see you tomorrow," Melanie bids farewell.

After the twins wave goodbye and watch Melanie's car drive off in the distance, they start walking home.

"Melanie is so much fun. You should have seen how excited she was when she saw the climbing net in gym. She was also really friendly," Lola complimented.

Lana realized that listening to Lola go on and on about Melanie was not helping the situation she's in.

"So, what did you think of her?" Lola asks, bringing her twin out of her thoughts.

Lana did not want to tell her twin that she's fond of Melanie; at least not yet. Instead she says the first thing that pops in her head.

"She's nice I guess," Lana answers simply.

Lola is confused by Lana's nonchalant response, so she asks her, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing's wrong," Lana says.

"You sure? You seem kinda sluggish."

"I'm just tired that's all."

"Alright then," Lola shrugs as the two of them walk home in silence.