Go back to Kiera's

You say goodbye to Liz as you walk out the door, with Emily following close behind you. You're on the bus in only a few minutes.

"What're you going to say to them?" Emily says under her breath when you get seated.

"I dunno," you admit. "What do you say to people you've had a threesome with?" You grimace when you notice an old man sitting nearby shoot you a dirty look. "I mean, it's not exactly a normal situation, especially given who it was with," you say more quietly.

You arrive at Kiera's apartment for the second time in two days, ringing the doorbell. This time it takes your sister a little longer to come to the door. She opens it slowly, looking at you through the latch. "Oh shit, Hayley," she says. She looks just as stressed as you felt this morning. "Come in, come in." She scrambles with the door and the latch until she finally gets it open. "Come in. It's good to see you, Emily," she says absentmindedly.

She leads you into the small kitchen and offers the both of you a seat at the kitchen table. Just seeing it brings the memories rushing back, the thought of drinking with Kiera and Jordan and then... everything that had happened in the next few hours. Still, you take the seat and you don't mention that this is where the action happened to Emily.

"Uh, how are you, Emily?" your sister asks politely.

"It's okay, Kiera," Emily says. "Hayley told me about everything that happened last night."

An awkward silence. Hardly a surprise. You realize slowly that Kiera probably isn't too happy about you spreading the facts of your drunken encounter to everyone that's willing to listen, but then again, Emily is basically family.

And after last night, how you treat family is very different.

"Where's Jordan?" you ask, breaking the silence.

"She's just taking a shower," your sister says. "We were both a little freaked out when you were gone in the morning. We were worried something had happened to you. Not that that isn't a perfectly reasonable reaction!"

Emily looks a little out-of-place at her seat next to you, like she's interfering in something she has no place in. You can't help but pity her. But then again, this is some prime drama.

"It's okay," you say. "I was pretty freaked out, but after I talked to Emily, she helped me feel a little better about what happened."

"So..." Kiera begins. "You're feeling alright?"

"More than alright," you say with a smile. "She convinced me that it was a good thing."

"Oh," she says. Her pale face blushes, and her long brown hair falls out from where she'd tucked it behind her ear, covering her face. "That's good," she says, getting redder with every word. "I liked it too. So did Jordan."

Emily squeals, but muffles the sound with her hands as casually as she can. That is to say, not very casually at all.

"Are you okay, Emily?" your sister asks.

"Yeah," she says in an uncharacteristically high voice. She's fanning her own face, looking just as red as your sister despite Emily's olive complexion. "This is just kind of a dream come true," she babbles.

"Really?" Kiera says.

"Really?" you say.

"Yeah," Emily admits.

It's at that moment that Jordan emerges from the bathroom, wearing only a towel. Her long hair is plastered to her face, making her look like she just emerged from the rain. "Hey, Hayley," she says hesitantly. "And it's... Emily, right? Do I have that right?"

Emily nods.

"What're you guys up to?" she asks. She hasn't moved from the doorway out of the bathroom, keeping a tight hold on her towel.

"Emily was just telling us that me and Hayley hooking up was a 'dream come true,'" Kiera says.

Jordan presses her lips together, looking more than pleased. "Uh- oh," she says. "I have to admit, it kind of is."

You and your sister look at each other. "So," you say.

"You want to make Emily's dream come true?" Kiera says cautiously.