LESBIAN ROMANCE: Dr Tiger (LGBT Gay Paranormal Contemporary Short Story) by Helena Owen

Author:Helena Owen [Owen, Helena]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Love Books
Published: 2016-07-27T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

“Oh, come on, you’ve got to talk to her.” Beth dug into a plate of pancakes, and Sky gave her a look from behind the counter.

“First of all, no. I don’t.” She held up a finger when Beth opened her mouth to speak. “Ah! Don’t interrupt. Second of all—well, second of all, don’t talk with your mouth full.”

“You’re mean when you aren’t getting laid,” Beth muttered, and Sylvia bit back a laugh from the other end of the counter.

“I’m going in the back.”

“No, no, no! I’m sorry! Come back. What else were you going to say?”

“I was going to say that I know her first name and nothing else. Not her phone number, not anything.”

“You said she’s an archaeologist specializing in…what was it?”

“Western Chin urns.”

“How many women named Jess can possibly be studying that? Hell, she may be the only person in the whole damned world. Is she dull? She seems like she’d be dull.”

“Indiana Jones was an archaeologist,” Sky pointed out.

“He’s also not…what’s the word I’m looking for…real.”

“Yeah, yeah.” Sky shrugged. “And I’m a waitress. Not so exciting, either.” She devoted her time to scrubbing at a spot of dried maple syrup—or what passed for maple syrup around here—and tried to avoid Beth’s eyes.

Finally, though, Beth put down her fork and reached out to touch Sky’s hand.

“Listen to me,” she said quietly. “I’ve been giving you shit, but it’s not…I’m not trying to be a jerk about it. You want to know what I think?”

Her voice was soft, no hint of mockery. Sky looked up.

“What?”

“I think I’ve never seen you like this before,” Beth said bluntly. “All those other women, it’s not like you were ever a bad girlfriend, chica, but you never loved them.”

“I loved Sarah.”

“No,” Beth said quietly. “You didn’t. You went through the motions. Hell, you’ve had your share of people you like, but you haven’t ever seemed to be in love.”

“You’re right,” Sky said finally. And then, in dawning horror: “Oh, God, I have shitty luck.”

“How d’you mean?” Beth took another bite of pancakes.

“You’re kidding, right? First woman I actually fall for is straight, and engaged.”

“She’s bi, and yeah…she is. For now.”

“I’m not going to go break up a marriage.” Sky pointed the wet sponge menacingly at her friend. “I know they say fight for people, but that’s bullshit. She’s engaged. She didn’t even leave him.”

“Cut her some slack,” Beth argued. “It’s tough to leave someone, especially someone you’re engaged to, and she’s coming out to herself, probably, right now. She was already breaking things off with him when you first met her—so you’re not ruining any relationship. You were just there. You threw a curveball at her when she already had enough to deal with, and it wasn’t your fault; I know that, but…cut her some slack. And yeah, you know what? Fight for her.”

“Fight for her how?” Sky demanded.

“Track her down and tell her what she means to you.”

“What, pour out my heart so she can stomp on it?”

“That’s the one.” Beth took a sip of diner coffee and winced.

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