Glen was walking down the hall with Aiden.

“So…Spence and Ash…together…” Glen said tentatively.

“Yup”

“Well, I can’t say I’m surprised.  But it’s just so unnatural.  I mean, don’t get me wrong, I love girl on girl, but this is my sister.”

“If she’s your sister, then don’t you just want what’s best for her, what makes her happy?”

“Of course, but Ashley is not what’s gonna make her happy.  Spence is probably just confused or something.  She just needs to find some nice, normal guy to settle down with.”

“What makes you Ash isn’t right for her?”

“Because, two girls…. or two guys, they can’t be in love.  That’s just not how it works.”

“And what is ‘it’ exactly?”

“You know what I mean.”

“No, I don’t.”

“Man, just shut up.  The only reason you’re okay with this is because your two best friends are lesbian and you just wanna watch them make out.”

“Hey! That’s not true!  Entirely.”

“Whatever man…” Glen said, irritated, as he walked away.

            Aiden continued walking down the hall, alone now, when he bumped into the couple of the hour.

“Hey Spence, hey Ash.  What’s up?”

“Not too much,” Ashley said cheerfully.  “Just getting back from a huge lesbian orgy.”

“What?  Why wasn’t I invited?” Aiden asked, mocking hurt.

“Um, hello, lesbian,“ Ashley pointed out.

“Okay, so, change of subject,” Spencer interjected, not as comfortable talking about sex as the other two were.

“But what else is there to talk about besides lesbian orgies?” Aiden inquired.

“A lot.  Actually, Ash and I were discussing our after school plans.  We were thinking of going to the beach.  Wanna come?”

“Sure, sounds great.”

“Coolness,” said Ashley, feeling awkward having gone a whole sixty seconds without talking.

“Totally.  But y’know Spence, I was just talking to your brother, and he’s not nearly as happy as I am about you and Ash being together.”

“Well if he’s upset about it, it’s his own fault.  He shouldn’t have been spying on us from his window.”

“Yeah,” Ashley agreed. “I don’t understand what he’s getting so worked up about anyway.  Clay’s being cool about it.”

“Yeah well I guess for every nice brother, there has to be the jackass one,” Aiden said insightfully.

“I guess so.  I just hope he gets over it soon.  I’m always worried he’s gonna tell my parents.  I mean, I know Dad won’t care, but Mom, she’d go ballistic.”