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September 15, 2020
Regan's tagged in a video on Suddengram, but she doesn't get to look at it until she's taking the city bus from the school towards the countryside. Even then, she doesn't know why, because at first it's just a wild video of the sidewalk and a cluster of backs and heads. Then the frame settles on two people, two women, looking like they're having an argument. Regan still doesn't know why she was tagged.
Until the camera zooms in, and she sees Greta. She frowns, sitting up in her seat to curl over her screen. She can't hear anything, and the captioning on the video suggests that the phone being used is too far away to catch anything important, anyway.
And then the other woman, who Regan recognizes now as Anne, the lady who's been hanging around Greta a lot, lunges in for a kiss. Regan's eyes go wide. She expects Greta to rear back and slap her, but instead she just, just leans back in for another kiss.
What the hell.
Regan watches the video until the end, when the onlooker decides nothing else interesting is going to happen because Greta and Anne are walking away, now, hand in hand. She stares at the video as it cycles back around to the beginning, but she's not really registering it, this time.
The bus rolls to a stop, and someone taps Regan's shoulder. She looks up, turns off her phone screen, and grabs her things to hurry off the bus.
Okay, so... Greta's... gay now? Which is... fine. Regan's long since given up on the idea that someone who looks like her dad will appear and sweep Greta off her feet. In fact, that would probably be worse, at this point. But for some reason, seeing her guardian, her aunt, pretty much, kissing a woman — a woman like Anne, who's as much wild animal as she is person — is sitting weirdly with her. Regan can't help but think that Greta deserves better. Anne's a literal pirate, hard and angry and mistrustful. Greta deserves someone kind and warm, who will take care of her so she doesn't have to work so hard. Is that Anne? Does Greta see something that Regan just hasn't, this whole time?
There's a lot to unpack. Regan has a lot of questions — including 'Am I jealous?' and 'Am I surprised?' — and she's not sure of most of the answers. As she nears the cottage, she debates turning right around and going to Richie's, instead. She's not sure she's ready to actually talk to Greta about this stuff, and also, what if Anne's still there? That'll be... so awkward.
But at this point, she can see the cottage, which means that if anyone's looking out the window, they've already seen her. Turning around would make it really, really obvious that something is bothering her, and putting it off would just be rude to everyone involved. Right?
Wincing, Regan braces herself and finishes her walk home.
Regan's tagged in a video on Suddengram, but she doesn't get to look at it until she's taking the city bus from the school towards the countryside. Even then, she doesn't know why, because at first it's just a wild video of the sidewalk and a cluster of backs and heads. Then the frame settles on two people, two women, looking like they're having an argument. Regan still doesn't know why she was tagged.
Until the camera zooms in, and she sees Greta. She frowns, sitting up in her seat to curl over her screen. She can't hear anything, and the captioning on the video suggests that the phone being used is too far away to catch anything important, anyway.
And then the other woman, who Regan recognizes now as Anne, the lady who's been hanging around Greta a lot, lunges in for a kiss. Regan's eyes go wide. She expects Greta to rear back and slap her, but instead she just, just leans back in for another kiss.
What the hell.
Regan watches the video until the end, when the onlooker decides nothing else interesting is going to happen because Greta and Anne are walking away, now, hand in hand. She stares at the video as it cycles back around to the beginning, but she's not really registering it, this time.
The bus rolls to a stop, and someone taps Regan's shoulder. She looks up, turns off her phone screen, and grabs her things to hurry off the bus.
Okay, so... Greta's... gay now? Which is... fine. Regan's long since given up on the idea that someone who looks like her dad will appear and sweep Greta off her feet. In fact, that would probably be worse, at this point. But for some reason, seeing her guardian, her aunt, pretty much, kissing a woman — a woman like Anne, who's as much wild animal as she is person — is sitting weirdly with her. Regan can't help but think that Greta deserves better. Anne's a literal pirate, hard and angry and mistrustful. Greta deserves someone kind and warm, who will take care of her so she doesn't have to work so hard. Is that Anne? Does Greta see something that Regan just hasn't, this whole time?
There's a lot to unpack. Regan has a lot of questions — including 'Am I jealous?' and 'Am I surprised?' — and she's not sure of most of the answers. As she nears the cottage, she debates turning right around and going to Richie's, instead. She's not sure she's ready to actually talk to Greta about this stuff, and also, what if Anne's still there? That'll be... so awkward.
But at this point, she can see the cottage, which means that if anyone's looking out the window, they've already seen her. Turning around would make it really, really obvious that something is bothering her, and putting it off would just be rude to everyone involved. Right?
Wincing, Regan braces herself and finishes her walk home.