Never the Same by Michele L. Rivera

Author:Michele L. Rivera [Rivera, Michele L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Music, Lesbian
ISBN: 9780991266678
Google: 4BwCrgEACAAJ
Amazon: B00TMI287O
Goodreads: 24936609
Publisher: Michele L. Rivera
Published: 2015-02-13T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

Lennox and Paige idled by the entryway of Steep while Lennox sluggishly put on her raincoat.

“You and your shoddy fleece are going to get drenched,” Lennox said to Paige.

“Hey. Leave my jacket alone. Besides, it’s only sprinkling.”

“Oh. What are you, a meteorologist now?”

Paige chuckled. “No. I can see out the window from here.”

Lennox smirked. “Alright, let’s ditch this place.”

Paige reached for the door, but it opened from the other side before she could get to it. Paige suddenly became stiff, her nerves twisted.

Nina glared at Paige. “Well look who it is,” she said to Sidney and Gwen, standing to the left of her.

“Nina, hi,” Paige said. “If you’ll excuse us, we were just on our way.” Paige grabbed the strap of Lennox’s satchel.

“Nah.” Nina shook her head. “I think we should all stay for a minute.” Nina pushed Paige further inside. Paige stumbled back, but Lennox caught her by the arm. Then Nina and her two cohorts stepped through the doorway of Steep.

Gwen laughed. “Careful there, Galner,” she said to Paige.

Paige straightened herself and held her head up. “What can I do for you, ladies?”

“You wanna do something for us? Never set foot in this café again,” Nina said.

“What?” Paige asked.

“This is a lesbian dive, Paige,” Nina said.

“Huh? That’s not on the sign anywhere,” Paige said.

“It’s implicit, shithead,” Sidney said to Paige.

Lennox turned to Sidney. “You needn’t name call,” Lennox said.

“Needn’t I?” Sidney asked Lennox.

“It’s unbecoming,” Lennox said to Sidney.

“You’re unbecoming, bitch,” Sidney yelled at Lennox.

“Whoa! You!” Paige pointed to Sidney. “Watch your mouth!”

“Then you watch your woman,” Nina said to Paige.

“Her name is Lennox and she’s not my woman,” Paige said.

Nina put her hands on her hips. “Whatever. She’s also not a lesbian.”

“Why do you care? She’s a person. Just like you and me and everyone else in here who came for a fucking cup of tea,” Paige said.

“Hell no. She is nothing like me. I’m a lesbian and I thought you were, too,” Nina said.

“Nina, I am a lesbian. And I’m still going to blog about lesbian things. But I won’t write about stuff that engenders a division in the queer community, because that’ll undermine what a community even is or what it entails to be in one. I didn’t delete that post to anger people. I deleted it to bring people together.”

Nina began to clap. “Brava, Priestess Paige. And will global peace be your next accomplishment?”

Paige shook her head. “Never mind.”

Nina shrugged. “I never did.”

Lennox fleetingly touched Paige’s upper arm. “Paige,” she said quietly, “it’s time to go.”

Paige looked at Lennox and nodded. “Okay.”

“Yeah. Vamoose, you two lepers,” Nina said and giggled along with Gwen and Sidney.

Paige and Lennox made their way to the exit.

“By the way, Paige,” Nina said.

Paige glimpsed over her shoulder at Nina. “What?”

“I started my own blog, Nina’s Notes. For lesbians, by a lesbian.”

“Catchy. I’ll make sure I don’t subscribe,” Paige said.

“Ah. So wry. But in only forty-eight hours, seems I’ve converted some of your bygone followers.”

“I don’t see that as a loss.

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