Lessons in Lesbianism by Fern V. Bedek

Author:Fern V. Bedek
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: transgender, romance, lesbian, canadian, academia
Publisher: Fern V. Bedek
Published: 2023-08-27T00:00:00+00:00

Shatter

Despite having gone to bed early, Olivia found herself having a rather sleepless night. Her mind was awash with stress and uncertainty while her body was jet lagged. By the time she did properly fall asleep it was late enough she ended up sleeping through her alarm clock and stumbled out of bed at close to 10 am. Too make it worse, she’d ended up too tired to actually remember any conclusions she’d come to the night before.

Thankfully, her father had already headed off to go fishing with some friends, which meant she only had to deal with her mother’s mixture of judgement and concern. It seemed her mother couldn’t decide if she was being lazy or if it was a sign she was sick, and so had plans to produce both a lecture and chicken noodle soup at the drop of a hat.

“Is everything ok, dear?”

Olivia let out an unintelligible mumble.

“Maybe we should cancel your flight for tonight, if you’re feeling sick,” her mother said, sending a shiver of fear that woke her up better than any morning coffee.

“I should be fine by then! I just slept poorly!” Olivia blurted. “Stress about... stuff... um, flights and school and then jetlag and all that.”

“Still, if you’re not feeling well...”

“Mum, I need to get back to school to keep up with all my assignments,” Olivia said. “It’s just one night with bad sleep.”

Her mother gave a small nod, seeming mildly unconvinced. Still the desire not to lose out on the money spent on Olivia’s airline ticket probably made her not push the point too strongly.

“If you are going back to school, you should probably pack after you get some breakfast.”

“Mhm. It won’t take long,” Olivia replied, opening up the freezer to pull out some frozen waffles.

She plunked those into the toaster, then hunted for the maple syrup and everything else she might need for her meal.

-

As expected, ‘packing’ effectively consisted of putting a few basic toiletries, some school supplies, and her hormones into her carry-on suitcase. Most of her clothing had still been at home, so she hadn’t needed to bring any with her. Though she did decide to grab a sweater and a t-shirt she’d found herself missing in BC.

With that all done in twenty minutes, despite her mind having wandered at points, she headed back downstairs to spend time with Portia. Her baby sister was currently her favourite person in Stratford, and certainly deserved more quality time than their mother was offering. Not that Olivia could blame her mother that much for being tired, she was in her forties and hadn’t expected to have another child (even if Olivia’s father had been more optimistic). It was understandable that she didn’t have the energy she used to.

Of course, Carl arrived a short while after noon, all smiles and wanting to spend the bulk of Olivia’s remaining time in town together.

“I don’t know... this is an important age for Portia and I’d like to spend time with her so she doesn’t

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