Swimming! tags Callie

[Calliope Gallo]

"What can I say? I like to keep people on their toes." Callie replied, grinning to herself even as water was being splashed in her face. For her, it was just a way of life - the attitude of her brothers' rubbed off on her.

"So," She drawled over the word slowly, treading water on her back as she glanced up at the sky, "We're pretty good friends, right? How come you never told me you liked someone."

[Sammy Wilder]

"That you do." Sammy smiled lightly.

When the inevitable question came, Sammy panicked a little before clearing her throat and shrugging. "Um...Well..." she scrunched her face up and tried to come up with a legit answer.

"I just...started liking...him." She lied finally, hating the taste in her mouth. Why was she so scared of telling Callie the truth? Ah...right...Lucah.

"I'm sorry, Cal. I just...I wasn't sure how to tell you. Forgive me?" Sammy asked, feeling even worst than before. Lying to Callie was a horrible thing to do and Sammy was going to regret it some day.

[Calliope Gallo]

It almost felt weird asking, and that was strange for Callie. Usually she didn't struggle with the potential awkwardness that came from such personal questions. They were friends, right? This was the kind of thing friends talked about.

But she felt a sliver of regret overcome her when Sammy got awkward again. She should have learned not to ask the first time.

"Forgive you?" She asked, acting as hurt as the terrible liar possibly could. "For keeping such a massive secret from me? How can I?" But moments later she boiled away into a laugh. Sustaining negativity - fake or not - was too difficult at the best of times. "Seriously though, does he have any idea? I'm guessing he doesn't."

[Sammy Wilder]

Sammy always felt bad lying, it was worst when it was done to Callie. But she couldn't ruin the friendship she had with the fellow blonde. It was far too precious for her to mess up just because she wanted to pursue something more physical. She really should just be grateful that Callie was even spending time with her.

Gulping when Callie's face showed hurt, Sammy was so ready to swim away in shame but Callie started laughing and Sammy's heart almost gave way. She sighed with relief and splashed the girl a little. The other girl's question made Sammy cringe.

"He doesn't. It doesn't help that he's pretty into the girl he's seeing right now." It felt weird that the lie was becoming a little easier to tell. Then again, she was just changing pronouns. That wasn't lying...was it?

"But it's okay. He's pretty happy so I'll just...be happy for him." She nodded before shaking her head. "Race you to the other side!" She grinned and started swimming away from the other blonde.

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