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amber sat down at the dinner table with her parents, who happened to actually be home. she picked at her lasagna. her mom looked over at her, a faint smile on her face. "so. any boyfriends we don't know about?"
"mom, i've told you and dad a million times. i'm lesbian. i like girls." she looked up at her mom, who rolled her eyes. her dad picked at his lasagna as well, not looking up. everyone stayed silent for a while. "fine. if you're lesbian and like girls, come home next week with a girlfriend. bring her home for dinner."
"actually, i already have a girlfriend." amber mentally cursed herself for saying that. she doesn't have a girlfriend. she's single as could be. "great. invite her to dinner next week, when we come back." her mom gave her a fake smile, not believing her daughter at all. amber pushed back from the table and walked upstairs. she went to her bed and flopped down face first. she pulled her phone out of her pocket and went to the groupchat that her friend mindy had made.
amber
code red guys
mindy
huh
tara
what's going on?
liv
babes r u good
amber
not rlly
wes
what
chad
huhh
amber
yall know how im out as lesbian to my parents right
mindy
yeah
amber
so my mom asked if i had a bf and i was like "im lesbian u know this" and she was like "fine if ur lesbian get a gf and bring her home for dinner next week" and i panicked and lied and said "actually i alrdy have one so" and she said "great bring her home next week"
tara
oh
mindy
babes...
liv
wait how r we supposed to help
wes
^
chad
^^
amber
can one of you (- wes and chad obviously) pretend to be my gf please
liv
sorry i have something to do next week
mindy
^
amber
ur going on a date together arent you
liv
;]
mindy
well tara, that leaves you
tara
no
amber
pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeee
tara
.
fine ig
amber
TYSM <3333
amber smiled, looking at the texts. she's had a crush on tara for a while, and she's really close to her, which she thinks would make it easier to pretend like they're dating. it was 9pm, so she turned off her phone and put it on the charger. picking up the remote on her nightstand, she turned on the tv and put on her favorite stab movie. she put on pajamas and lied down underneath her comforter. she fell asleep at least 30 minutes into the movie.
when she woke up the next morning, she checked her phone.
tara
hey i think we should set up some boundaries
amber raised an eyebrow as she replied.
amber
what is this, to all the boys ive loved before???
tara
ambs.
amber
jeez srry srry
what kind of boundaries
tara
it's too early to think - we can talk more about it at lunch
amber
okay ttyl <3
tara
<3
she looked at the time. it was 7:20, so she had time to get ready before going to school. she went to take a shower, and dried herself off. she put on a pair of black and white checkered overalls with a white shirt and black converse that she had doodled on. she looked at the time again. it was now 7:40, so she decided to get her stuff and start heading to school. amber hopped into her car, and as she buckled up her notifications went off.
tara
sam can't drive me today can you come by and pick me up?
amber
yeah ofc be there soon
tara
thanks
she put her phone down and made her way to the younger girls house. it wasn't too far away, so she got there in about five minutes. she honked the horn and watched as tara walked out the door, and headed towards the car. she opened the door and sat down. "hey ambs, thanks for picking me up." tara said as she buckled her seatbelt. amber smiled at her and pulled out of the driveway. "no problem. do you need a ride back home too?"
"if it's not a problem, then yeah." tara returned the smile. the rest of their drive was pretty quiet, and when they got there they immediately met up with the rest of the group.