Follow the Sun by Sophia Rhodes

Author:Sophia Rhodes [Rhodes, Sophia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Gay & Lesbian
Publisher: Incognito Press
Published: 2011-12-27T00:00:00+00:00

Luis’ tale had my head spinning. If Carmen had been the one who broke things off with Rosario, why did she touch her arm so possessively? Why did she give me that fierce look of contempt? She couldn’t possibly see me as competition, could she?

I sat back and sipped my soda pop with a straw, trying not to laugh as Luis approached half a dozen girls and incurred stern glances from suspicious fathers. Rosario returned after an hour. When I saw her walking back from the hills, alone this time, I jumped from the table and raced back toward the tents to block her path just as she was about to go inside. “Hi,” I said cheerily.

She looked at me as if I was mad. “Yes, Diana,” she said as she pushed aside the flap and went inside.

I followed her into the tent, blinking to adjust to the low light. “Where were you all this time? I was looking for you.”

“Just having a chat with an old friend,” she said abruptly, bending over her bag to search for something. “Give me a minute, will ya?”

I sat back on my heels and crossed my arms. “Is Carmen your girlfriend?” I asked bluntly.

My question made her pause in mid-track. She straightened and turned around slowly. “How do you know about Carmen?”

I cocked my head. ”I asked around.”

“You asked around…” she repeated, her voice trailing off. Then she frowned. “What do you mean by that? Who did you ask?”

I hadn’t expected her to confront me like this. My brashness evaporated in an instant.“ Luis told me,” I said sheepishly.

“Diana, with all due respect, this is none of your business,” she snapped.

Bristling, I defended myself. “I thought you said you didn’t have a girlfriend…”

Her eyes flashed in anger. “What? Whether I’m with somebody or not doesn’t concern you. But since you’re so keen on knowing – no, she’s not my girlfriend. Not even close. We had some matters to settle between us today, not that I should have to justify to you why I’d talk to Carmen or anybody else.”

“But I thought –”

She shook her head angrily. “Basta! Enough already. Frankly, I’ve dealt with more than my fair share of straight girls who play childish games because they find the idea of spending a night with a queer exciting.”

I gasped, my cheeks turning tomato-red. Had I really been so transparent? “How can you say that? Where do you get the idea that –”

She stood in front of me now, crossing her arms. “You don’t think I can tell how you feel about me? Do you think I’m completely stupid?”

Tears welled up in my eyes. She saw me as some little dilettante who wanted to bed her so I could run back to my friends and giggle about how I’d once experimented with a lesbian. “You think I’m like that, don’t you? Some silly white girl with a crush on you, whom you can barely tolerate?”

“You tell me.”

I caught my breath sharply. Not being able to control the tears any longer, I pushed past her and ran out of the tent.

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