Chapter 115

Nothing went wrong.

This wasn’t a date, so you acquiesced to the girls when they said they wouldn’t let you buy them their tickets - from now on, all outings as the three of you, you were going dutch. That was the new rule.

Inside the museum, it became obvious quickly that Gemma was enjoying herself the most, but Sabrina had the most art knowledge. It turned out that Sabrina’s twin sister was an Art History major who wanted to be a Gallery Director, or at least work to become one when she graduated school. All that time in high school with her twin had led to an osmosis of information between the two of them, so even though Sabrina didn’t have a fascination with art, she could at least give you and Gemma a half-decent, Coles Notes version on styles and mediums, and the bullshit art-splanations of why an empty, half open can of beans on a white pedestal was ‘art.’

Gemma, it turned out, loved to be a tourist. Watching her beam at every new room you entered, her eyes alight with the possibility of being surprised, was like walking through the museum with a kid. Her excitement was catching, and you found yourself not needing to be pulled along, but rather keeping up with her eagerly. Sure, you didn’t ‘Ooh’ and ‘Aah’ as much as she did, but you enjoyed watching her enjoy herself.

The three of you cycled through about half of the museum by the time you were all getting hungry, so you stepped outside and checked your apps to find nearby food trucks - it turned out the Taco Truck that you and Gemma had eaten at in the park for your first date was nearby. Teasing about eating Vegan tacos again sprung up, and then pivoted into dirtier jokes about how much you seemed to like eating tacos.

You ate outside, enjoying the Sunday afternoon as you found a little green space area next to the museum to have your mini taco picnic. Sabrina looked like she couldn’t wipe the smile off her face if she tried, and Gemma was getting into a teasing match with you that ended up with her trying to tickle you, failing, and you tickling her back. You ended up on top of her, and she threw her arms around your neck and started kissing you.

“Hey, no fair,” Sabrina said.

“What, you want some too?” Gemma asked.

“Um, duh,” Sabrina giggled.

You made sure to give Sabrina as many kisses as you did Gemma.

Another hour and a half in the museum had the three of you starting to burn out on energy. Even Gemma had lost most of that spark, and the three of you agreed to abandon the last area. Back outside again, on the steps of the Museum, Sabrina sighed and checked her phone.

“I think I need to call it a day here,” she said. “I should really get back to my place and do some editing of the stuff we filmed yesterday.”

“Alright,” you said, slipping your arm from hers and hugging her to you. “There probably isn’t anything I can do to help with that, is there?”

“Nope,” Sabrina said, shaking her head. “That’s definitely a one-woman job. Plus you already helped more than enough making the content.”

“Well, I just want to say I had a lot of fun today. All of today,” Gemma said. “I don’t get this whole thing between us, but after this morning and then this afternoon I feel like- This sounds weird in my head, but fuck it. I feel like you two are as close to me as family. We’re sharing these weird, super intimate experiences and then doing regular stuff and it’s all just so easy. John, I love you. Sabrina, I still can’t quite believe I’m saying this, but I’m happy to be in love with the same person as you.”