Down to A Science (I Heart Sapphfic Pride Collection Book 1) by Haley Cass

Author:Haley Cass [Cass, Haley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-05-31T16:00:00+00:00

Part 3:

The Uncertainty Principle

It is impossible to know two properties of the same particle

Seven.

Ellie hadn’t known what pride really meant, before.

As a concept, of course, the basic understanding of the noun. But not… the definition of pride as, like, gay pride? Ellie had very rarely felt entirely at ease with herself on every level. Academically, sure. But beyond that, it was – nothing ever felt like a perfect fit.

It was how Gianna and Riley had gotten her to go out to a pride party –

“Riley, I don’t want to go out to some rando’s pride party.”

“Helena isn’t a rando, she’s one of my biggest sponsors. Rude,” Gianna tossed one of the pillows on the couch at the back of Ellie’s head. “And she throws the coolest party the first weekend of June, every year.”

Ellie turned to glare. “Random to me.” She spun back to her sister. “It’s going to be full of people and places and glitter – do you know how hard it is to get glitter out of our hair?” Ellie stood in the middle of her living room, arms folded over her chest.

“Glitter! Who cares about the glitter, El?” Riley shook her head. “This isn’t some giant party where you have to feel like an outlier. This is somewhere that you can just – be you.” Riley came to stand right in front of her, hands landing on Ellie’s shoulders in the way she always loved to do. “Ellie, you are my sister. Do you think I’ve forgotten every struggle you’ve gone through? All of the times you tried to fit in, every time you didn’t feel quite like you belonged? But you figured yourself out this year! And you’ve been so much more… you, now.”

“I have?” Ellie couldn’t have sounded more doubtful if she tried.

“You have,” Gianna confirmed, crossing her arms and tossing her phone to the cushion next to her. She was dressed in only a black bralette and the shortest rainbow shorts ever made, with perfectly applied winged eyeliner – and tons of glitter.

Ellie frowned at it.

Gianna noticed and grinned. “The glitter is already in your home, so you might as well come.”

Riley shook her head and kicked at Gianna’s foot. “Ignore her. You don’t have to wear glitter. All I’m saying, is that you exist as you, now. It doesn’t feel like you’re hiding all of the time, anymore. So, I won’t force you to do this every year or anything, but – come, at least once.”

Ellie definitely didn’t know about every year! But… she bit her lip. “Okay.”

Because, well, it would be a lie to say she wasn’t interested in seeing what all of this was about.

And, as Ellie had suspected, it hadn’t changed her life. But it had been… okay. All right, as far as large parties went, Ellie had enjoyed it more than usual. She’d found herself dancing with women and she hadn’t minded the glitter, even, when she’d gone home.

It had been enough to talk her into going to the Boston Pride Parade the following weekend, anyway.

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