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Jane and Elena were cuddling in their bed, as they all usually did at the end of the day. Elena was almost asleep when she noticed something. "Hey, babe?"
"Yeah?"
"Where's Sabina?"
Jane lifted her head up and looked around. Sabina was nowhere to be found. She was usually in bed the second they were back in their room and Elena was always in between the two of them. Elena felt the empty space to the right of her. Jane didn't seem too worried though. "She's probably doing her 'Sabina' thing somewhere"
"Her 'Sabina' thing?"
"It means she's probably doing something weird" Elena stifled a laugh. Jane had a point. Sabina did have a tendency to be... well, Sabina. There really wasn't any other way to put it. However, Jane was still looking around. "Having said that, she's usually the first one in bed"
Elena started to grow concerned. "Do you think she's okay?"
"I think it's a bit of a leap to assume something terrible happened" She stopped turning her head. "And I was right. There she is"
Jane pointed to the window. Sabina was standing out on the terrace with her phone up to her ear. "So we just wait", asked Elena.
Jane shrugged. "I mean, it's not like there's much to wait for"
"What do you mean?"
"Babe, you can only open one eye right now and it's barely open in the first place. You're dead tired."
Elena scoffed. "Please. I can keep myself awa-" She started to yawn before she could finish. She was asleep a few minutes later.
When Elena awoke, it was still dark. She turned on her phone and she managed to turn down the brightness after being momentarily blinded, she saw it was only 2:30 in the morning. She closed her eyes and and tried to sleep. She put her arms across her girlfriends... or rather, girlfriend. From what she could feel out, only one other person was on the bed with her. When she finally managed to open her eyes, she saw that Jane was the only one there. She jolted up when she realized what happened. Sabina had never gotten into bed. She looked at the window and saw that she was still standing on the terrace. She opened the window and stepped out to join her. Sabina looked behind her and saw her girlfriend. She seemed hardly phased by this and extended her arm, joint in hand.
"Hit?"
"I don't smoke"
Sabina shrugged and took another hit. "I'll join you guys in a bit"
"Sabina, it's 2:30"
Sabina seemed a bit taken aback. "Have I really been standing here alone with my thoughts for the past couple hours?"
"I guess"
Again, Sabina didn't seem phased by this. "Huh. Oh well."
Elena hugged Sabina from behind. "Babe, please get into bed"
Sabina gripped one of Elena's hands "I'm sorry"
"What happened anyway?"
Sabina took a deep breath. "I got a call from my parents"
Elena held her girlfriend even harder. "Oh, baby, I'm so sorry."
Sabina cleared her throat. "It's fine"
"What even happened?"
"What do you mean?"
"What happened with you and your parents?"
Sabina let go of Elena's hand. "I don't wanna go into it"
"I mean, I know that you were well-to-do until you weren't"
"Elena, please" Sabina's tone began to sound desperate
"I mean, if Jane could say what her deal was, then-"
Sabina grabbed Elena's arm and threw them off of her. She turned around and stared her in the eye. "Jane told you because she felt like she was ready to say it. Do I seem ready to you?"
For the first time ever, Elena was scared around Sabina. She did not seem ready. She's seemed angry, if anything. "Sabina, I'm sorry. I just-"
Sabina threw her hands in the air. "No, I'll tell you since you're so adamant"
Elena tried to step back. "No, you're right. I crossed a line. I-"
But it was too late. Sabina had already began going off. "My parents kicked me out because I came out as gay. I wasn't even sixteen. I had to fend for myself against a world full of psychopaths and creeps. I-"She saw the look on Elena's face and went silent. She put her hands on her head. "Oh, god. Laney, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to get upset like that" Before either of them knew what was happening, Sabina was crying.
Elena wrapped her arms around her again. "I'm sorry, babe. I knew you wanted me to stop."
"No", Sabina protested. "You're okay. You're fine. It's just really hard for me"
Elena kissed her girlfriend on the forehead and started wiping her tears away. She turned her head to the window to see if Jane could hear them... only to see Jane standing right before them.
"I heard the whole thing", said Jane. She leaned down and kissed Sabina on the cheek. Then, she wrapped her arms around the both of them, with Sabina in the middle. "It's okay, babe. You don't have to have to think about it. You've got us now."
"I can never lose you guys", said Sabina, still crying. "I wouldn't be able to handle it. Promise nothing bad will happen?"
"Promise", said Jane.
"Promise", said Elena.
After a minute, Sabina had stopped crying, although she was still a bit choked up. "I'm sorry I woke you up. Just give me a few more minutes and I promise I'll be back in bed?"
Jane and Elena gave each other a knowing look. "Yeah, no", said Elena.
"You need us right now", said Jane. And without warning, she wrapped her arms around Sabina from behind and effortlessly lifted her off the ground. Sabina began to laugh and kick the air. "Elena, grab her legs." After avoiding Sabina's kicks, Elena grabbed her by the legs and the two proceeded to carry her inside.
"This isn't fair", Sabina protested, though she was clearly enjoying herself. Before she could say anything, they threw her onto the bed and hopped on it with her. They began to cuddle, with Jane on the left, Sabina on the right, and Elena in between, like always.
"Hey, Sabina", said Elena.
"Yeah?"
"No offense, but I thought it was weird when you made us promise that nothing bad will happen"
"It was?"
"Yeah", said Jane. "Because nothing bad happens when it's the three of us"
Sabina chuckled. "You guys sure nothing bad will happen with the mission tomorrow?"
"Again, nothing bad happens when it's the three of us", Jane reassured her.
"Exactly", said Elena. "With the three of us in charge, nothing can go wrong".
The next day, the mission went horribly wrong.