"Becky, um, this isn't easy for me to say, so I'm just going to say it, I am curious about sex with women," Halima Abdisalam said softly, and the young Hijab-wearing Muslim woman sighed deeply as she awaited her best friend's answer. Becky Kleinfeld looked at the tall, well-dressed, stylish brown-skinned Muslim cutie who had been her best friend for ages, and smiled, not quite knowing how to respond to her statement.
"Nothing wrong with that," the short-haired, freckle-faced, ginger-headed Jewish tomboy replied, and a relieved smile appeared on Halima's lovely face. Born in the City of Ottawa, Ontario, to a Somali Muslim immigrant father, Ahmed Abdisalam, and a White Canadian mother, Hannah Coventry, Halima had been Becky's neighbor in the storied Vanier area of Ottawa since day one. The two of them had been close friends for many years. Halima has lesbian tendencies? Becky definitely didn't see that one coming...
Life has a way of bringing people together only to tear them apart, conventional wisdom states, but not Halima Abdisalam and Becky Kleinfeld. After graduating from the local high school, Halima went to the University of Ottawa to study business administration and Becky opted for Carleton University, where she went to study biomedical engineering. In spite of attending different schools, Becky and Halima kept in touch. They hung out frequently, and were common sights at each other's houses...
In fact, recently, difficult financial circumstances and personal issues brought the two friends even closer together. Becky's lived-in girlfriend Vanessa moved out, having decided that a lesbian lifestyle went against her Haitian Catholic upbringing. Desperately searching for a roommate to help cover costs, Becky couldn't find one. After trying different potential tenants, Becky finally asked her best friend Halima to move in.
With her parents having sold their Vanier townhouse and moved to Montreal, Halima Abdisalam felt the timing was perfect, and moved in with Becky. That's when everything started to get more complicated. Halima had always been quite tolerant about the gay lifestyle, and Becky was grateful for that. Of course, that was before Halima accidentally saw Becky naked, and feelings she'd buried her entire life came to the surface...
"Actually, Becky, when I think of sex with other girls, I think of you," Halima said sheepishly, and Becky beamed at her. The two of them sat inside Soleil Des Iles, a quaint little Haitian restaurant located at the heart of Vanier. They'd been coming there for years. Hell, Becky once brought her Haitian ex-girlfriend Vanessa Dupuis there for a quick bite, a while ago.
"Wow, Halima, I'm flattered," Becky replied, and the young redhead looked at the six-foot-tall, curvaceous, downright majestic young biracial Muslim woman who'd been her best pal from day one, stunned by this revelation. Becky was a self-styled gold star lesbian. Having known she was attracted to women from the get go, Becky never went out with guys, and mainly dealt with other "out" lesbians from her school. Not once did Becky ever suspect that Halima was anything other than straight...