Jay chewed her pizza slowly, eyeing the teens that sat on the couch across from her. Her suspicion rose with each interaction the teens had with one another. 

Georgia was practically the same. Unfazed, uncaring, and with her famous resting witch face, but Theodora was a different story. 

When she had called them down stairs, they both came down fairly quick. Georgia popped out first, and then followed Theo, a fumbling, red-faced mess. She looked like she belonged straight out of a comic book. 

Jay couldn't control her expression when Georgia had asked Theo to pass the ranch, and when Theo had nearly dropped the bottle when their fingers grazed.

Jay had been parenting Georgia long enough to have developed a sense of motherly instincts. Something was up, and Jay wanted to know what. 

"So..." Jay began. "Do you guys wanna watch a movie?" 

She smiled when both of them agreed to watching something as long as they got to pick. Quickly, Jay hopped up and switched the lights off and handed the remote to Georgia. 

She had an inkling of an idea of what was going on, but she needed to be sure. After all, she had never questioned Georgia sexuality, or even wondered for that matter, it was all unknown to her. Unknown... just like what most of Georgia was to her.

Georgia had picked an action movie after carefully avoiding the rom-coms and quickly got comfortable, resting her head on Theo's thighs. 

Jay paused, watching closely. It wasn't unusual for Georgia to be touchy. She was very physical despite her lack of expression. There had been countless times when Annalise had come over and Georgia took Anna's thighs as a chair or head rest. 

She furrowed her brows when Georgia took hold of Theo's hand and guided it to her chest, gently resting Theo's hand right beneath her collar bone. Jay sighed when Georgia had began to trace circles on Theo's hand. 

They were definitely dating.

"Okay, stop flirting in front my pizza." Jay grumbled, slouching on the couch and pulling her knees up to her chest. She bit into her pizza as Theo began to panic. 

"No, ma'am I would never-" 

"You would never?" Georgia asked, raising one eyebrow. She smiled as Theo became a flustering mess. 

"I'm gonna barf." Jay complained. 

Theo smiled sadly. "I actually am recovering from a breakup, and I don't feel ready to commit to anything yet. So, yeah, no dating for me." 

Suddenly, the room was silent, the only thing filling the awkwardness was a gun fight on the tv. 

Georgia finished her pizza and dusted her hands clean. "More like you're scared you're gonna scare them away again." She craned her neck to look at Theo. "But I already told you I wouldn't mind, so just pick me." 

"Just..." Theo began. "Just give me a little bit of time, okay?"

"Hey, if you don't mind me asking, Theodora..." Jay started. "How long did your previous relationship last?" Jay ignored Georgia's glare and waited for Theo's answer. 

"Six years." Theo chuckled dryly. "We broke up barely a week ago. At a party. The same party I met Georgia at, actually." 

Jay raised a brow and looked to her niece who had turned away, crossing her arms. 

"You didn't tell me this...?" Jay muttered. "I even asked you how the party went, and you didn't say anything." 

Georgia rolled her eyes. "I didn't think it was important." Her eyes flickered to Theo who had turned her attention back to the blazing war on the tv. "I didn't think she'd be so important." 

Jay furrowed her brows as she watched Theo's attention drift from the screen to Georgia who was still staring at her. Jay's blue eyes widened as a sliver of the past slid into her mind. She grit her teeth, having believed that memory was long gone. 

She sighed as she stood off the couch. "I'm going to sleep. Don't stay up too late." Jay rubbed her temple, groaning as she reached the kitchen. She poured her too big a glass of wine and stalked off to her room. 

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Jay relaxed into her mattress, having stripped to her night shorts and bra. Her mind absent, she repeatedly flicked the glass in her hand, ignoring how close the wine came to spilling out. 

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