More surprises for Tom and Yasmine

During the three hour drive, Tom and Yasmine found themselves talking rather openly about a lot of things, mostly about their lives and what they were doing. He found himself enjoying the conversation and she had a continuous habit of slapping him when she had something that she found exciting or happy to talk about, not too hard really, only to realize what she was doing and look absolutely mortified that she had hit him. By the fourth time she started to apologize for it, Tom just reached over and gave her hand a squeeze to let her know it was okay before he turned his attention back to the road. This had served to have her quiet immediately, though it was more for the fact she was looking at her hand and alternated between not washing it and taking the glove and placing it on her shrine to him back home (only half-joking that one existed.)

By the time they reached the conference hotel, the school bus was only 5 minutes ahead of them, Yasmine felt a bit reserved at the topic that had gone undiscussed during the trip and she was hesitant to broach it. It wasn't in her nature to disclose that she was trans, or rather that she had no problems telling people about it but the reactions were something that she had learned to be guarded on. She had gone on numerous dates since she started dating and the guys had all fallen in one of two camps: either they took it badly and she quickly noped out of there before she got hurt/they turned violent or she left because they were tranny-chasers with a fetish mark. Yasmine looked at Tom as he parked the car and started to unload the bags from the trunk, he had been ever the gentleman and she felt equally at ease talking to him and unsettled being next to him, only because she was sure she couldn't trust her heart and body to not react to him.

Tom helped her out of the SUV, making sure to have his hand turned palm-side up to allow her to choose when to take it and when to let go, something that he just genuinely did to any woman, but the act had not gone unnoticed by Yasmine, who started to glow despite her best efforts to keep her reactions down, her heart beating faster and faster besides herself. _He's your daughter's friend's father...calm yourself, girl, _she thought but failed as he turned and took her bag alongside his. "Come on, we'll be late for check-in."

"Our luck, we'll be in the same room."

****

"I'm sooo sorry!"

Tom and Yasmine looked at each other before looking back at Ms. Norman who was looking equally pissed at the hotel staff and apologetic to them. "When the school made arrangements, they thought there would be two men coming along. They didn't make the corrections in time and we can't get another room, it's all booked."

Tom looked over the list of names on his list and sighed. "I suppose staying with my daughter's out of the question?"

"No, sadly, they're going to be with the other girls in the competition. We had counted on 4 fathers and 3 mothers, then myself, which makes it even." She sighed and rubbed her hand on her head. "This is just great."

He sighed and patted her on the shoulder. "It's okay, I know you tried." He looked at Amorina who was standing with the other girls chatting away. "It's for the girls, right?"

Ms. Norman smiled for the first time since they had arrived. "Thank you, I hoped you'd understand."

Yasmine could barely trust to say anything but simply nodded as he took the room keys from Ms. Norman who apologized to the two of them again and with that, he handed her a key. "Did you want to go to the room first and freshen up? I'll check in with the girls, see that they're doing okay."

She nodded again, still not trying to say or do anything stupid, before he handed her the bag he was carrying for her and then turned in the direction of the girls. Yasmine just looked at his back (convincing herself that it was his fault he was walking away that she had nothing to look at but his ass) before she turned and scurried towards the elevator. Amorina having caught every moment of it, just looked at her father as he approached, going quiet with the other girls who smiled and winked at her before they looked at him. "Hi girls, do you mind if I snag Amorina for a bit?"

"No, that's okay, we'll go to the rooms. We'll see you in a bit, Rina!"

They watched the girls disappear before he looked at her again. "Sarah, wake up."

A few more moments after filling her in, Sarah just laughed and slapped Tom on the shoulder. "Oh my god, how fuckin' convenient!"

"No shit," he replied, before he looked at her. "Did you want me to do anything?"

Sarah looked at him. "Don't ask me, daddy-o. What do YOU want to do?"