Instant Family (SWSH Fanfic)

The Comfort of "Next Time"

The door shut behind Bea gently, her lips were pursed tightly.

Her fist clenched and un-clenched by her side as Gloria walked ahead and rummaged through her stuff, grabbing her bag and tossing it roughly onto the bed. Bea took a seat on the luxuriously padded chair by the door as the silence between the two hung awkwardly. Her fingers drummed on the armrest uneasily.

This is going to be not fun... I don't want to fight with her today...

Bea's gaze dropped to her lap as she anxiously bounced her leg. Gloria walked by the coffee table in front of the chair, Bea felt her shadow hover over her. She looked up nervously, Gloria's eyes watching her bounce her leg intently. Her expression softened considerably, a small smile starting to form on her face as she turned around silently. She let out a sigh.

Ugh this is so weird. I hate it.

But I'm still so upset...

Gloria walked into the en suite, bringing her hands to her hair as she gathered it into a ponytail. She held a hair tie between her teeth, pausing to look at herself in the mirror. She turned around, rolling the band onto her wrist and feeding her short hair through roughly. Her eyes met Bea's.

"So I—"

"I was o—"

"So sor—"

"No— I—"

The hair tie snapped in Gloria's hands, flinging its way to the coffee table, making Bea jump a bit.

The two stared at the broken hair tie for a second. Bea swallowed anxiously.

Bea stood up, walking over to her and offering her wrist sweetly to Gloria. They both let out an awkward laugh as Gloria's fingertips met Bea's outstretched hand, the tension between the two of them began to melt away as Gloria rolled Bea's hair tie off of her.

It feels good to touch her...

Bea gently grabbed onto Gloria's arm before she had the chance to turn away. She bravely pushed through the discomfort of being the first one to speak.

"Gloria..."

She stepped closer, following Bea's lead as she brought her own hands up to hold her toned arms. Bea shivered as Gloria's thumbs ran over her biceps.

I like when she does that...

"I'm sorry—" Gloria let out a disappointed sigh, squeezing her grip slightly, "Bea— I'm being a bitch. I need to not be a bitch right now..."

I... also like when she does that... that was easy...

Bea cocked her eyebrow, surprised at Gloria's apology.

"I mean—"

"I was. You're too nice to say I wasn't being one— Bea I won't say stuff like that around Allister again, I promise—" she continued to squeeze at Bea's arms harder, her voice raising a bit, "—it's just that—"

Hnnnghnn—

Bea refrained from wincing, wanting to push through to let her finish,

"—It's just—"

Oooooooowwww

"—I felt like we got so close last night and—"

Bea's eyes darted down to Gloria's hands inconspicuously, her nails starting to dig in a little.

Get to the point Gloria.....

"—and Sonia called me this morning and I got all insecure—"