"Do you want me to come with you?" Cynthia asked.
Katie looked at the floor, her lank, brown hair hung in her face. "No."
"I can help you, Katie-bear," Cynthia told her.
"I have to do this myself."
Cynthia sighed in resignation. "You're amazing. You're a fucking warrior. Like one of those Roman goddesses. Like Aphrodite or something."
"She was Greek," Katie mumbled.
"What?"
"She was Greek. The goddess of love and beauty. A powerful Roman goddess would be someone like Juno, queen of the gods."
"Whatever. The point is that you're super strong."
"I don't feel very strong."
"You are! You're, like, the strongest person I know! How long did you keep your secret love for 'moi' locked away inside? And you still acted like everything was fine?" Cynthia explained. "How much strength did that take? You're like Super Girl!"
"Yeah...," Katie said.
"Come here!" Cynthia grabbed Katie is a big bear hug. And despite her dread, a tiny smile formed on Katie's lips as she took some comfort in being nestled against Cynthia's enormous bosom. To Katie, it felt like Cynthia was somehow transferring some of her own strength into Katie.
"You sure you don't want me to come with you?"
Katie took a deep breath and mumbled into Cynthia's right breast, "No. I'm fine."
"You're always fine," Cynthia said sarcastically. "I can wait outside with the engine running. I could be your getaway car...?"
"No. But I probably will need you to pick me up when they kick me out of the house."
"They're not going to kick you out of the house, honey!" Cynthia reassured her. "I've known them my entire life. They're cool." Then, after a little thought, "Well, maybe not 'cool,' but they won't throw you out of the house. They love you. They'll understand."
Katie said nothing.
"Now, go home, my little lesbian lover, and tell your parents you're a homo!"
A sad chuckle came out of Katie.
"There's my Katie-bear! Now, let's go get 'em." And Cynthia slapped Katie's ass.
Sitting in the driveway, Cynthia once again asked Katie, "Do you want me to come in with you? You know, for moral support?"
"No."
"Okay," Cynthia said. They sat there for another minute before Cynthia continued, "Well, I guess I'm going to be the meanie, here, Katie. Get the fuck out of my car and go tell your parents."
Katie took one last shuddering breath and opened the passenger door.
"No kiss?"
"No," Katie said as she got out of the car.
Although she was worried about her friend and wanted nothing more than to whisk her away to live a life of happiness and joy, Cynthia understood and simply said, "I love you, Katie."
Katie gave her a weak smile and closed the car door.
Cynthia watched her trudge up the walkway, open the front door, and go inside. Katie's eyes never left the ground immediately in front of her sneakers. After a moment, Cynthia reluctantly drove away.
Katie walked into the living room and her mom looked up from her knitting.
"Katie, what's wrong?" she asked.
"Mom and dad... Can we talk?"
"Of course, honey," her mom told her. "What's wrong?"
Katie sat on the footstool facing her mom and dad and burst into tears. Katie's mom reached out and took one of her hands, but Katie just pulled it away.
Her parents had known their only child for over eighteen years and knew enough to just let her cry.
After a few minutes, the crying had subsided to just a few, intermittent trembles.
"What's wrong, Katie?" her father asked.
Katie looked up at her parents and with a quivering voice said, "I'm gay," and immediately burst into fresh tears.
Her parents looked at each other for a moment and then her father spoke, again. "We know. And it's alright. We love you."
Looking at them through her tears, Katie asked, "You knew?"
"Well, we didn't know, honey, but we figured as much," her mom said and took her hand, again. This time Katie didn't pull away.
"And...," Katie tried to force the words out. "And... You don't hate me?"
"No!" both parents immediately told her.
"Of course not! We love you," her father said while her mother got up and hugged their daughter and Katie hugged her back.
"So, how did it go?" Cynthia asked when Katie called her a little while later.
"A lot better than expected."
"Are you homeless?"
"No. They knew."
"Katie-bear, as much as you thought you were keeping it a secret, we all knew you were a lezzie." Then Cynthia added, "Well, everyone except Frey. For a smart girl, sometimes she can be so clueless."
Katie laughed and it was a sound that they both needed to hear.
"Hey, I'll pick you up in twenty," Cynthia said.
"See you then. I'm going to go tell my parents about us."
"Oooh!" Cynthia said. "Should I show up in work boots and an oversized flannel shirt?"
Katie laughed again.
"So, how are we going to do this?" Katie asked Cynthia. Her best friend, Cynthia. Her brand new girlfriend, Cynthia. It still seemed so unreal to her. "I mean, we've been best friends forever. It's not like we need to get to know each other."
Cynthia thought for a moment. "But don't we?"
"Yeah... Yeah... I guess you're right."
"Besides," Cynthia added, "What kind of girl do you think I am? Before you bed me, you'll need to wine and dine me."
Katie blushed and looked down quickly.
"You are so fucking cute, Katie-bear. You know that?"
"No."
Frowning, Cynthia replied, "Of course you don't. And that makes you even cuter."
Cynthia took Katie's delicately slim hand in her own and asked, "So, where are you taking me for our first date, honey?"
"I was thinking 'La Fille Rondelette.' I know how much you love that place."
"Ohh...," Cynthia moaned and closed her eyes. "I do love French food!" She smiled. "Mmm... But it's so rich and fattening... Not that I care that much, obviously." And she patted her little belly.
"You're not fat." Then Katie got a little glint in her eyes that, over the years, Cynthia would grow to adore, and added, "You're pleasantly plump."
"Hey!" Cynthia playfully punched Katie's arm. "Is that how you talk to your new girlfriend?"
Now, it was Katie's turn to close her eyes and moan. "Ohh... That sounds so wonderful. 'Girlfriend.' Wow!"
"Well, get used to it." And she hugged her friend harder than usual. No longer a "best friend hug," but a "girlfriend hug," now. Katie loved the feeling of Cynthia's huge boobs pressed against her much smaller ones. She could feel her nipples harden and vagina start to tingle as she melted into her friend's embrace.
"I know how much you love my tits."
"Oh, I do!" Katie snuggled her head deeper into her friend's ample cleavage. Just then Cynthia's stomach rumbled.
"Well, there's the dinner bell!" Cynthia exclaimed. "Take me out, darling!"
As usual, dinner at "La Fille Rondelette" was incredible. After a lifetime of friendship, the girls surprised themselves with how easily they fell into their girlfriend roles. They had both been a little apprehensive with how their relationship was changing, but being actual girlfriends just seemed natural for them.
At the end of dinner, Cynthia leaned back, stretched, and stifled a small burp with the back of her hand. "Oh, excuse me. Wow. That was great. I am stuffed."
"So, no dessert?" Katie asked.