Good Freaking out

"It was so weird at first." Emily admits. "Mom just started touching me and smiling at me a couple of days ago in a way that was different."

"Maybe you are imagining it?" You suggest.

"No, this was like rubbing my back in a way that lingered." She says. "The sort of rub I'd expect from Jack when he is being affectionate."

"Huh, anything else?" You can't help but get turned on by the thought.

"Yeah, she leaned in at one point while I was listening to Spotify on my headphones, and kind of, brushed my hair back to pull out an earphone." Emily says.

"That all-

"Let me finish." She admonishes."Then she stayed really close to me as she spoke to me, and she told me how cute I looked and how she could see that I was irressistable."

She pauses.

"I genuinely thought she was going to kiss me."

You imagine the two Fowler women lip locked, tongues exploring each other. Emily would have been listening to some kind of dreampop-

That then becomes the soundtrack to the fantasy.

"Hayley, the scary thing." Your best friend gets your attention. "I wouldn't have stopped her."