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“What are you talking about?!” Kathrine yelled back. Kathrine laughed a little at Hailey’s choice of words. True, she was over two thousand years old but had anyone ever talked like that?
“Being gay is a sin,” Hailey announced as she put her hands over her eyes.
“Being gay isn’t a sin,” Kathrine scolded. “Where did you ever get that idea?” Honestly, for someone so old, Hailey had no idea what she was talking about.
“The bible,” Hailey responded.
Kathrine laughed loudly which caused Hailey to lift her hands from her eyes long enough to give Kathrine an angry look.
“Nowhere in the bible does it say that being gay is a sin. If you’re talking about Sodom and Gomora then you are misinterpreting it or you have a copy that has had its original text modified. God punished them for anal rape.” Kathrine walked over and sat beside Hailey.
“What?” Hailey asked after removing her hands from her eyes.
“Back then they used to use anal rape to belittle men and women. Sodomy used to mean anal rape but over the years its meaning has been changed by humans to mean anal sex. Some self-righteous people have even used the word to describe homosexuality but they are wrong. God didn’t punish them for being gay.” Kathrine put her hand on Hailey’s leg. “God made you this way. Do you think he did it to punish you? You think he made a mistake? God doesn’t make mistakes and he isn’t mean. You are the way you are supposed to be.”
“I thought maybe I was just wicked and maybe secretly wanted to be bad.” Hailey sounded like she was about to cry.
Kathrine laid down beside Hailey and took her in her arms to comfort her. Hailey’s apprehensions had left. She hugged Kathrine tightly, dug her face into her shoulder and cried. After a few minutes Hailey’s crying stopped and she just laid there hugging Kathrine.
“You know I’m straight, right?” Kathrine asked after Hailey seemed to calm down.
“I know, you love Paul.” Hailey sounded calm and sad now.
“Yes, that doesn’t mean I didn’t enjoy it. I just won’t be able to love you back. Not like you deserve.” Kathrine really didn’t want to hurt Hailey’s feelings. She was growing quite fond of her and even considered her a friend.
“I understand,” Hailey said snuggling up closer to Kathrine.
“Do you think my true love will be a woman?” Hailey asked.
“I’d say that’s a good bet.” Kathrine hugged Hailey tighter. She cared about Hailey it wouldn’t be fair to lead her along, even though Kathrine was still relishing the memory of her kiss. It had been different than all the kisses she’d ever had. Not that she had kissed many men, in fact only five, Paul included. There was just something different about how Hailey had kissed her. It was exciting and comforting at the same time. Despite this, there was someone waiting for Hailey. Kathrine wasn’t going to mess that up for her, she just hadn’t met her true love yet.
“So…you said I was a good kisser?” Hailey teased.
Kathrine wasn’t sure she wanted to talk about this yet. She was a little confused about how she felt about Hailey. However, the tone of Hailey’s voice sounded wounded and in need of encouragement so Kathrine decided she should give her a truthful answer.
“I’ve never had a kiss like that before. I’m not sure how to describe it. It felt comfortable.” Kathrine didn’t want to go into the rest. She was already confused, no need to confuse Hailey as well.
“Comfortable? You make it sound like kissing your grandmother,” Hailey laughed. There was a sadness hiding under the laugh, perhaps disappointment.
“No, not like a grandmother. There was excitement and attraction there as well. Believe me, it was good! I just don’t want to give you the wrong idea.” Kathrine felt she wasn’t doing a good job of explaining her feelings. She wasn’t sure she understood her feelings for Hailey. Kathrine liked men but in the back of her mind she remembered sitting in Sarah’s loft and secretly wanting to kiss some of Sarah’s girlfriends. Some of them she had wanted to do more than kiss but she was a teenager at the time. Everything was confusing when you were a teenager.
“That’s better.” Hailey sounded less sad. There was still a sadness but it seemed to have lessened. Kathrine sat up, still holding Hailey.
“I’m sorry, I’m really enjoying this but I heard something at that meeting and it’s driving me crazy,” Kathrine said. She was genuinely disappointed, she could have laid there with Hailey for hours. She felt something for Hailey, it wasn’t like with Paul but it was more than friendship. Kathrine was very confused, the break might give her time to think.
“What did you overhear?” Hailey asked. She sounded a little depressed still but her mood was much better now.
“One of them, not sure which one, said something was happening at one AM. It sounded serious and I only caught part of it but I think it’s happening outside of that restaurant.” Kathrine reluctantly released Hailey and stood up to find her jacket.
