A Girl's Night In

Sarah saw her father come in quickly. She saw the tears in his eyes and knew that something was wrong. The shower started to run, and that’s when Sarah decided to check in.

When she found him, he was sitting down in the shower naked. His makeup was smearing and dripping down the drain, and his manicured hands were grasping his face.

“Mom?” Sarah announced her presence, gingerly.

“I’m not your mom, Sarah. I’m your dad.” Aaron took a second from his crying to correct her.

“Your date didn’t go well?” Sarah came in, turning off the shower on the way.

“No.” Aaron snipped.

“What happened? Was he mean?” Sarah interrogated.

“I.. I don’t want to talk about it!” Aaron jumped up and ran out of the bathroom, tripping on the way out, landing on the carpet. Sarah was there to help him up.

“It’s ok. It’s me!” Sarah tossed her father a towel, and after he wrapped himself up, she gave him a hug.

“M.. Me and Ted... we.. well, I took these pills with me to work.. Turns out they were your mom’s pills.. I couldn’t help it” Aaron started sobbing again.

“You two?” Sarah looked surprised.

“We had sex, Sarah. And...” Aaron’s cries continued.

“And?” Sarah responded.

“I.. I made the advances... I fucked him...” Aaron started to sniffle.

“Dad, come with me.” Sarah figured now was a good time to give her father a win and calling him her father was a good kindness in this moment.

She took her father by the hand and brought him downstairs, plopping him on the couch.

“W..what are you doing?” Aaron asked while Sarah fiddled with the remote. She turned the TV on and started flipping through, trying to find something.

“Mom, you just had a bad date. Every girl has been there.” Sarah clicked and a movie began to play. She walked back to the kitchen, grabbed 2 tubs of mint chocolate chip ice cream and a couple spoons, and handed one to Aaron.

“So, you know what we do after a bad date?” Sarah continued.

“What?” Aaron responded, still confused.

“We watch romantic comedies, eat ice cream by the tub, and cry it out” Sarah sat down and clicked play.

Aaron didn’t want to admit it, but he was feeling a little better. At least the feeling of Ted’s cock inside of him wasn’t running on repeat through his mind anymore. The two “girls” barely even watched the movie, opting instead to talk it out. Both cried a lot, and both hugged even more. Was this what women did?

The movie reached its end and Aaron moved away from his daughter, “I.. I don’t know how to process the fact that... I’m straight. I only like girls. Why was it, when I was on top of Ted and letting him inside me, I... I kind of liked it...”

“It’s probably the pills, Mom. You’re the straightest girl I know” Sarah laughed a little.

“Hey, that’s not funny!” Aaron’s face turned red, but the tears were gone.

“Are you feeling ok?” Sarah asked.

“Better, but still not great.” Aaron looked down, “I think tomorrow, I’ll see if I can get all this girl stuff off and go back to being Dad.”

Sarah nodded. This was fun, but it was really taking a toll on her father.

Aaron and Sarah went to bed, sleeping in. Thank goodness it was the weekend. Sarah woke up first, and decided to go through some of the papers, creating a folder for “Erin”, where she put all the court documents, the employment stuff, and anything that featured the name of her dead mother, now being portrayed by her definitively alive father. Basically, she was getting all the paperwork ready to shred, but it just kept piling up. It was a lot more than she expected.

Aaron woke up and rolled out of bed. With no male clothes to speak of, he chose a pair of yoga pants and a t-shirt. That seemed like the least feminine outfit he could muster, but he still looked pretty damn girly. He sighed and walked downstairs to see Sarah with the folder.

“What you got there, Sarah?” Aaron asked.

“Hey, Mom. You sure signed a lot of papers as Erin with an E...” Sarah looked up.

“Well, yeah. I had to.” He responded.

“Mom, I did some digging. If anyone finds out that you aren’t Mom and are in fact regular old Aaron, you’ll get convicted of fraud...” Sarah tried to explain.

“What do you mean?” Aaron turned white.

“I don’t know how to say this, but... for your own sake, you need to stay as Erin with an E until we can sort all of this out.” Sarah looked concerned, but a slight smile peaked through.

“I... I understand... I just want to be dad again..” Aaron stammered.

“I know, but I don’t want to risk you going to jail... I don’t want to lose another parent.” A tear rolled down her cheek.

Aaron’s heart was racing. He was stuck between a rock and a hard place.

“Oh, and Ted.” Sarah added, “I know he’s not your favorite, but he is one of the only witnesses that can help us out. If shit hits the fan, he can testify that you were always Erin with an E. You need to stay in his good graces, at least for now.”

Aaron gulped at what that might mean, and the buzz of his phone made everything a lot more tangible.