Back To Work, Back To Normal, A Check-in is Due

The morning after was another bit of pleasant chaos. Three ladies all trying to get ready for the work day, plus you and Tasha, made for a busy little apartment. Tash didn’t have a shift at the bookstore until noon, so you and her partnered up to make breakfast burritos for everyone. Becks had brought an outfit in her big purse, having planned to stay over after last night, and Tasha borrowed a pair of sweatpants from Sabrina and wore her simple white blouse on top which was nice enough to get home in.

Riding the bus downtown for work was a bit of a panic for Becks because the traffic felt extra slow, but she made it in on time; though that meant you, Gemma and Sabrina were early as hell. Rather than going to hit the coffee shop or anything since Eric was supposed to do the coffee run that morning, the three of you decided to just get to work right away. By the time Eric showed up you were already deep into it and he wasn’t exactly running late either.

Unlike the previous day you were getting a bunch of interruptions other than the occasional associate coming in to drop off some files - the big news of your win was old news a day later, but then, there was no stopping the grind of the legal process whether you won or lost. There were always more cases that needed attention.

Eric begged off eating lunch with the three of you, saying he needed to make a call; he was planning to head back down to Florida that weekend and was trying to schedule more podcast appearances or something. That gave you, Sabrina and Gemma the chance to head down to the sub place and actually grab a seat, deciding to take a bit of extra time at lunch since you’d gotten in so early.

You unfortunately hit the line right during the busy period so you ended up just chatting about the amount of work left to do in the queue while you waited, but thankfully most people were in and out of the place so there were plenty of places to sit with at least moderate privacy. Once you had your subs you piled into a booth, Sabrina sliding in next to you and Gemma intermingling her legs with yours as she sat across from you and grinned.

“So,” Sabrina said. “Do one of you guys have something you want to talk about, or should we discuss Becks’ point from yesterday?”

“You mean the one about Tash?” you asked.

“Yeah,” Sabrina nodded and looked across at Gemma. “I know you’re going to say it’s more about our opinion because it’s our business and all that, but it's a general boundary factor that could affect all of us so I want to know what you think, baby.”

Gemma took a bite of her sub pointedly and thought as she chewed, then swallowed and took a sip of her drink. “So… I mean, Becks’ main point was really that Tasha would be hurt if she found out and we hadn’t already told her. That doesn’t change our initial reasons for not telling her, or you guys suggesting doing content with her or something like that. If the question is whether it’s worth it to tell her because she might find out and might feel hurt, then it’s the same as anyone else we feel close to. Like, should you guys tell your families just in case?”

“I would… rather not,” you said. “The less my parents know about it, the better. And zero is the preferred number.”

“That’s fair, and I’m pretty much the same,” Sabrina said. “I think my Mom would, like, maybe get on board with accepting it, but not actively supporting it. I don’t even want to think about the look on my Dad’s face if he found out.”

“What about your friends from school?” Gemma added on. “Maybe not the guys, but you didn’t tell Olivia either and I assume you guys are going to keep being close friends, and Sabrina you’ll get closer to her too. Would you want to tell her?”

“I mean, I’d bang her with John’s dick,” Sabrina smirked, “But she’s full lesbian so she doesn’t match up with our standards anyways. No playing with just me or John, right?”

“Right,” you said.

“So obviously the line isn’t being set by just being good friends and feeling like someone is trustworthy,” Gemma said. “The other side of the coin is… do you want to do content with Tasha? If she was open to it?”

“I mean… it makes sense to me,” Sabrina said. “Super high sexual chemistry, a couple different kinks to do shoots for, not to mention she’s stupid pretty and has those - ahem.” Someone had sat down closer to you and Sabrina switched to making veiled comments. “Tasha would make a lucrative business partner, I think. But there’s also the way she said ‘I love you’ last night that makes me a little worried.”

Gemma made a face. “I got that too, a little.”

“Guys,” you said. “I took that more in the way that Becks meant it, just hitting harder.”

“Yeah, but Becks acknowledged the line and Tasha didn’t,” Sabrina said. “And I’m not saying she’s in love with you, but more like… she wants to be in love with us I think, because she only gets us sometimes and honestly, she doesn’t seem to be getting emotional support from the other friends around her. I mean, her roommates know Joy somehow so I can’t see them being very deep and caring, and her comedy friends are kind of a toxic space for her considering the Mosche thing.”

“I don’t think either of us would have said anything if we weren’t also talking about letting her into the secret, love,” Gemma said, reaching across the table to rub your arm.

You sighed and shook your head. “I just… don’t know,” you said. “So I guess that means my input is just siding with whatever you two agree.”

“Are you sure?” Sabrina asked.

“Well, we’re not saying to cut Tasha out of our lives,” you said. “And at the end of the day, it’s your secret first. So if you don’t want to tell her, we don’t. And I totally think not telling Olivia makes sense even if she is a good and trusted friend. The point of doing it anonymously is to be anonymous.”

“Actually, now that I think of it,” Gemma said. “That kind of also brings up Amanda. Baby, you said you recognized her from other content, so it’s kind of like… do we bring it up? If things go well tonight and everything.”

“I don’t know,” Sabrina said with a frown, shaking her head. “I mean, John bringing it up with me has turned into all good things, right? And if she has skin in the game it makes more sense to suss it out with her than with Tasha necessarily.”

You let out a long breath and checked the time on your phone. “I think we’re going to need to circle back on this one,” you said. “Which doesn’t feel great, but maybe we need more information or something.”

The three of you had barely touched your subs, so you ate quickly and headed back to the office with unresolved questions.

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