A Hawaiian Bedroom Farce - Part 1
Title: A Hawaiian Bedroom Farce
Paring: Kono/Jenna-main, Steve/Danny and Chin/Malia-secondary, Steve/Jenna-though not really
Genre: Comedy, romance, little angst around the edges.
Rating: Pg-13-for now
Keywords: Femslash, slash, het, ridiculousness
Spoilers: Through season 1, speculation for season 2 but no concrete spoilers.
Summary: Jenna's mother is coming to visit, and she just happens to think her daughter is dating a certain SEAL.
Author's Note: In response to a prompt at h50-bunny. I do plan to finish this. Everyone has permission to hound me if it seems like I won't. Actually it'd probably be a good idea to since I'm drowning in fics and have just started school. Basically, don't let me abandon this!
Kono pulled off her water shoes and stashed them with her surfboard in the back of her jeep. With her backpack slung over one shoulder she bound up the steps to her apartment and let herself in.
Her apartment was in its usual state of chaos, which she promptly added to by flinging her backpack onto the couch.
“Jenna!” she called out on her way to the bedroom, “I'm getting in the shower now, so I want you naked by the time I come out!”
The excitement of a good surf always tended to put her in the mood. She had a lot of fond memories of her and Ben coming together frantically after meets, and the thought of making more of those with Jenna almost made her knees shaky with desire.
Her girlfriend had qualms about to going ocean to bedroom though, and Kono found her rambling about sewage and industrial pollution, oddly enough, a turn off. For that reason Kono decided she'd head it off this time by washing first.
Kono laughed to herself as she stepped into the bedroom. She stopped, however, when she found the woman in question already in there.
She clearly was not waiting for her though. Jenna was sitting on the edge of the bed staring intently at a spot on the wall.
“Jenna?” Kono leaned over a placed a hand on her knee.
Jenna startled “Kono? Hey, you're back!”
She discretely slid the cellphone clutched in her hand underneath the comforter beside her, “How was surfing?”
“What happened?”
“Um...what do you mean?” she asked weakly.
Kono sat down next to her, “Seriously, what's going on?”
Jenna deflated, tears forming at the edges of her eyes, “I am so screwed!”
“Jen-”
“My mom's coming!” she went on, “She already booked the flight. She just sprung this on me. She's leaving tonight and her flight gets in tomorrow. Early tomorrow!”
“Oh,” Kono said, “And I take it she doesn't know about us?”
Jenna shook her head.
Kono squeezed her arm, “Babe, don't worry about it. You know it's an issue for some of my family too. I'm not going to be mad if you don't march me up to her and introduce me as your girlfriend. It's okay, really.”
If anything the reassurance seemed to upset the other woman even more, “Oh God. Kono, you are the best ever for being so understanding. However...that's not the problem.”
Kono waited for her to go on.
“You see she knows I'm seeing someone...but she thinks it's a guy-”
“Okay, so you and your mysterious boyfriend broke up, and you didn't tell her because it just happened a little while ago and you weren't that serious in the first place,” Kono suggested.
One look at Jenna's expression told her that wasn't going to fly though.
“Did you tell her you guys were serious?” Kono anticipated the next bit of news.
“No, but the problem is that I didn't just make up some guy...well, no actually I did but...ugh!” Jenna rose to her feet to pace around the room, “I screwed up! I told her about you! All of what I said was true: that I did meet someone amazing, someone I worked with I just...pronoun switched.”
Jenna looked a little ashamed. It was a sentiment Kono, unfortunately, knew all too well.
“Well she's been following the Star-Advertiser online since I moved here, and...” she sighed heavily, “Do you remember last month when they ran that shot of Steve and me coming out of the drug front shootout?”
Kono did recall the picture. Jenna had been hit by a stray piece of debris when one of the suspects used a backhoe to tip over an entire stack of shipping crates. She had a concussion and had started drifting out of it, so Steve spirited her through the crowd outside while she, Danny, and Chin secured the scene.
In the picture Steve had his arms around her, due to the fact that she could barely walk straight, but both his body language and expression were clearly protective.
Her memory of the night and it's reminders were very vivid, mainly because remembering how seriously Jenna had been hurt still made her shudder.
“Well, she saw that and misinterpreted what it was,” Jenna explained, “She said she understood why I'd been so secretive about my new relationship since I was sleeping with my boss.”
“I see,” Kono acknowledged letting this new information sink in. The logical part of her could definitely understand someone thinking that. The rest of her, the parts that knew how naturally protective Steve was, and had seen the look of complete terror that never failed to cross Steve's face when Danny was in danger, thought the idea THAT picture convinced Jenna's mother they were in a relationship was absurd!
“I didn't correct her about it. After a while it just became a convenient lie. I could tell her that Steve and I were doing just fine, and that we were taking things slow. She's back east, she doesn't know anyone here...now way she'd find out otherwise, right?” Jenna laughed mirthlessly.
She slid back onto the bed next to Kono and took her hands, “Honey, I'm so sorry.”
“I told you, I'm not mad. I could say that lying about dating the bossman was a bad idea, but I'd be a pretty big hypocrite since I'm just as guilty if you count lies of omission. Ask Chin how good I've gotten at dodging questions about my love life with the family lately,” Kono said with a touch of bitterness.
Jenna sighed, “She'll kill me but...I'll tell her Steve and I were never dating, and I just made it up to make her stop getting on my case about moving on.”
Kono looked doubtful, “Do you think she'll believe you?”
The other woman shrugged, “I don't know. I can totally see her thinking I'm lying about lying, then, of course, she'll find a way to bring it up to Steve...and then I'll probably die of embarrassment before he even has a chance of fire me.”
“Well I wouldn't worry about that,” Kono chuckled at how Jenna was still so intimidated by the head of their team, “As long as you give him some prior warning he isn't going to mind humoring-”
“What?” Jenna asked as the other woman trailed off.
“How long is your mom coming to visit for?”
“She said a few days, why?”
“Babe,” Kono put her arms around Jenna with a wide grin, “I think I know how we can get you out of this.”
Paring: Kono/Jenna-main, Steve/Danny and Chin/Malia-secondary, Steve/Jenna-though not really
Genre: Comedy, romance, little angst around the edges.
Rating: Pg-13-for now
Keywords: Femslash, slash, het, ridiculousness
Spoilers: Through season 1, speculation for season 2 but no concrete spoilers.
Summary: Jenna's mother is coming to visit, and she just happens to think her daughter is dating a certain SEAL.
Author's Note: In response to a prompt at h50-bunny. I do plan to finish this. Everyone has permission to hound me if it seems like I won't. Actually it'd probably be a good idea to since I'm drowning in fics and have just started school. Basically, don't let me abandon this!
Kono pulled off her water shoes and stashed them with her surfboard in the back of her jeep. With her backpack slung over one shoulder she bound up the steps to her apartment and let herself in.
Her apartment was in its usual state of chaos, which she promptly added to by flinging her backpack onto the couch.
“Jenna!” she called out on her way to the bedroom, “I'm getting in the shower now, so I want you naked by the time I come out!”
The excitement of a good surf always tended to put her in the mood. She had a lot of fond memories of her and Ben coming together frantically after meets, and the thought of making more of those with Jenna almost made her knees shaky with desire.
Her girlfriend had qualms about to going ocean to bedroom though, and Kono found her rambling about sewage and industrial pollution, oddly enough, a turn off. For that reason Kono decided she'd head it off this time by washing first.
Kono laughed to herself as she stepped into the bedroom. She stopped, however, when she found the woman in question already in there.
She clearly was not waiting for her though. Jenna was sitting on the edge of the bed staring intently at a spot on the wall.
“Jenna?” Kono leaned over a placed a hand on her knee.
Jenna startled “Kono? Hey, you're back!”
She discretely slid the cellphone clutched in her hand underneath the comforter beside her, “How was surfing?”
“What happened?”
“Um...what do you mean?” she asked weakly.
Kono sat down next to her, “Seriously, what's going on?”
Jenna deflated, tears forming at the edges of her eyes, “I am so screwed!”
“Jen-”
“My mom's coming!” she went on, “She already booked the flight. She just sprung this on me. She's leaving tonight and her flight gets in tomorrow. Early tomorrow!”
“Oh,” Kono said, “And I take it she doesn't know about us?”
Jenna shook her head.
Kono squeezed her arm, “Babe, don't worry about it. You know it's an issue for some of my family too. I'm not going to be mad if you don't march me up to her and introduce me as your girlfriend. It's okay, really.”
If anything the reassurance seemed to upset the other woman even more, “Oh God. Kono, you are the best ever for being so understanding. However...that's not the problem.”
Kono waited for her to go on.
“You see she knows I'm seeing someone...but she thinks it's a guy-”
“Okay, so you and your mysterious boyfriend broke up, and you didn't tell her because it just happened a little while ago and you weren't that serious in the first place,” Kono suggested.
One look at Jenna's expression told her that wasn't going to fly though.
“Did you tell her you guys were serious?” Kono anticipated the next bit of news.
“No, but the problem is that I didn't just make up some guy...well, no actually I did but...ugh!” Jenna rose to her feet to pace around the room, “I screwed up! I told her about you! All of what I said was true: that I did meet someone amazing, someone I worked with I just...pronoun switched.”
Jenna looked a little ashamed. It was a sentiment Kono, unfortunately, knew all too well.
“Well she's been following the Star-Advertiser online since I moved here, and...” she sighed heavily, “Do you remember last month when they ran that shot of Steve and me coming out of the drug front shootout?”
Kono did recall the picture. Jenna had been hit by a stray piece of debris when one of the suspects used a backhoe to tip over an entire stack of shipping crates. She had a concussion and had started drifting out of it, so Steve spirited her through the crowd outside while she, Danny, and Chin secured the scene.
In the picture Steve had his arms around her, due to the fact that she could barely walk straight, but both his body language and expression were clearly protective.
Her memory of the night and it's reminders were very vivid, mainly because remembering how seriously Jenna had been hurt still made her shudder.
“Well, she saw that and misinterpreted what it was,” Jenna explained, “She said she understood why I'd been so secretive about my new relationship since I was sleeping with my boss.”
“I see,” Kono acknowledged letting this new information sink in. The logical part of her could definitely understand someone thinking that. The rest of her, the parts that knew how naturally protective Steve was, and had seen the look of complete terror that never failed to cross Steve's face when Danny was in danger, thought the idea THAT picture convinced Jenna's mother they were in a relationship was absurd!
“I didn't correct her about it. After a while it just became a convenient lie. I could tell her that Steve and I were doing just fine, and that we were taking things slow. She's back east, she doesn't know anyone here...now way she'd find out otherwise, right?” Jenna laughed mirthlessly.
She slid back onto the bed next to Kono and took her hands, “Honey, I'm so sorry.”
“I told you, I'm not mad. I could say that lying about dating the bossman was a bad idea, but I'd be a pretty big hypocrite since I'm just as guilty if you count lies of omission. Ask Chin how good I've gotten at dodging questions about my love life with the family lately,” Kono said with a touch of bitterness.
Jenna sighed, “She'll kill me but...I'll tell her Steve and I were never dating, and I just made it up to make her stop getting on my case about moving on.”
Kono looked doubtful, “Do you think she'll believe you?”
The other woman shrugged, “I don't know. I can totally see her thinking I'm lying about lying, then, of course, she'll find a way to bring it up to Steve...and then I'll probably die of embarrassment before he even has a chance of fire me.”
“Well I wouldn't worry about that,” Kono chuckled at how Jenna was still so intimidated by the head of their team, “As long as you give him some prior warning he isn't going to mind humoring-”
“What?” Jenna asked as the other woman trailed off.
“How long is your mom coming to visit for?”
“She said a few days, why?”
“Babe,” Kono put her arms around Jenna with a wide grin, “I think I know how we can get you out of this.”