"I told you, you weren't . . . I'm okay. I'm just . . . scared about tonight."
Mindy went to tussle Jane's hair, but those magical braids temporarily moved away. Then Jane relaxed and Mindy was able to play with it a bit.
"So," Mindy said slyly, “why don't you tell me about you and Red?"
Jane almost choked on her sandwich, and she was blushing furiously.
"TD... uh. . . uhm. . . what?"
"Please," Mindy started, "I heard all about the kiss, and apparently you've been ‘sleeping’ in her room. No one's really crashed with Red in a year since... ."
"Natasha," Jane said wistfully.
"So she told you about Nat?" asked Anya as the tall beauty sauntered over and sat down with the other two girls.
"Good."
“Why ‘good' " Jane asked.
"It means Red likes you enough and trusts you enough to open up to, and she trusts you not to freak," said Talia, joining the group.
Mindy scooted over until she was sitting behind Jane, moving her hair out of the way and rubbing the young woman's shoulders.
“I'm assuming that . . . certain things went on in Red's room?"
Jane blushed even more than anyone thought humanly possible.
"Yes," she whispered, barely audible even to those closest to her.
Talia and Anya each took one of her hands and both were smiling Like Cheshire cats.
"So," said Talia, “how was it?"
As the minutes ticked away, the girls got Jane to open up a bit about her foray into sexual activity. They were courteous enough not to demand the gory details, but got her to talk about her fears and insecurities, while also getting details about how good it had made Jane feel. The young woman had been intimate with another woman and, for the first time in her life, she had felt special and cared for.
When Red finally wandered over, all the girls were chuckling and Jane's blushing face was buried in her hands.
“Oh, don't tell me you've started in on her already?!?" Red said exasperatedly.
The group of girls stood up.
“Hey, you started in on her first,"
Mindy pointed out, raising her eyebrows.
"Oh God," said the very embarrassed Jane.