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Dani stood, frozen in place, hanging on Brittany’s arm, staring at her mother in the doorway. Her mother. Her own mother, who she hadn’t seen in months, who’d kicked her out on the street, left her with nothing, treated her like nothing, had ALWAYS treated her like nothing. Dani wanted to scream at her, tell her how much she hurt her daughter, tell her how FUCKED up this whole thing was, but she couldn’t.
She couldn’t do it. She couldn’t do this.
It was the moment that Dani felt a tear leave her eye that she also felt her girlfriend’s arm tense in her hands, and was shocked to see the blonde acting so mature, so…brave. She loosened the grip on Brittany’s arm, watching as the girl grabbed the duffle from the floor and began walking toward the door. Dani, after another moment of silence, finally found the courage to start moving, walking slowly toward the pile of bags on her bed, grabbing two of them before falling into place behind Brittany, looking down at her feet.
Something bad was going to happen. She knew it.
Brittany could feel the way the woman was staring at her with daggers. If looks could kill, the blonde would definitely be on the floor by now, but she wasn't backing down that easily. Dani was her girlfriend. Dani had saved her from a life of being alone and a loner. For the first time in her life, Brittany felt normal, and it was all because of Dani and she would do anything she could to protect her, even if it were usually the other way around.
"I said.. I said move. Dani lives with me and my family now and you can't stop her." Brittany said blankly, before watching the woman move silently to step to the side. Walking cooly past her, with Dani in toe, Brittany turned around to address her one last time, hopefully making her intentions very clear.
"I d-don't think you should contact her again."
With that, Brittany led Dani down the stars, lugging the weight of the huge duffle bag with her. For once, the testosterone was a good thing, as she left it resonate in the pit of her stomach with the anger she felt towards Dani's mother. She had better stay away now.. She never wanted to see that look on Dani's face ever again. Not her Dani.

















