Devious Minds
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“Excited to see me, Sinister?” I teased, running my hand over her tank top. I stopped when I felt something lumpy under her shirt. “What’s this?”
“Della sent it to me.” She pulled out a stone hanging from a chain around her neck. “It’s a moonstone. She said it’s for new beginnings and that everything—”
“Everything is a part of a cycle of change.” I finished her sentence, brushing my lips against hers. “She sent me one too. And it’s for happiness,” I added, grinning down at her.
“Yeah, and for easy childbirth,” Sydney said, exaggerating a shiver through her bones. “She could’ve left that description off the note.”
I nodded. Probably a bad time to tell her Mom’s already planning our wedding on Pinterest. “Yes, she needs a new hobby, but I also hear moonstones make girls agree to move in with their boyfriends for the summer.”
Sydney smiled and dramatically rolled her eyes. “I was going to say yes anyway. Now that Allison’s gone, it’s lonely, and Jack wants his own space. Apparently, he doesn’t need his big sister around anymore.”
Allison had moved into Kappa Delta. Under new leadership, of course. Somehow a scandalous sex recording was slipped under the dean’s office door with an anonymous note. The evil reign of Katharine DeSonna came to an abrupt end. She was kicked out of the Greek system. But she was still around, scheming in the shadows.
I had to admit, I was scared for Sydney after coming clean over the air, but the repercussions hadn’t been too bad. A couple of slashed tires (luckily, she had an extra set) and a few empty threats from the Panhellenic, but she managed to obtain something she refers to as their “emergency exits,” so they backed off.
Mainly, people congratulated her. They actually agreed with the things she said, with the exception of her claims against #24 Gray Peters, or so I’d like to think.
“Jack will always need his big sister, but when you have a girlfriend, especially as high maintenance as Allison, they seem to take over your life. You have to bring them coffee all the time. Buy them tampons from the st—”
“That happened once,” she whispered, narrowing her eyes playfully. “And you bought the wrong thing.”
She was right. Did happen once. I sat on the grocery store floor for a half hour, reading the labels on all the boxes. I was upset Sydney was at risk for something called toxic shock syndrome, so I followed an old lady down the aisle and she showed me female incontinence products. I thought they did the same job. Turns out I was dead wrong.
“The important part is I’d do it again, Sinister.” I brushed her hair behind her ear.
She laid her warm cheek against my chest. “I know.” Her soft voice was laced with emotion. Then she gave me a gentle squeeze. I knew that voice and I knew that touch, and I felt the same way.
Sydney was once my worst enemy but was now my best friend. She now was a regular at the middle school, teaching music to the kids while I taught art. She was my partner in crime and now in life… I know, cheesy.
“DJ Crazy Cruz isn’t half bad,” she said, reluctantly pulling away from me.
“That’s because he has a talented teacher.” I lowered her to the floor. “Who I happen to love. Think she’s cute. Has a nice rack. Enjoys horror movies and Pringles.”
“Always falls for dumb jocks,” she added, and I swatted her butt.
Fernando turned toward us and pointed to his headset, signaling the end to our seven minutes.
“Time to get back to the grind.” Sydney grabbed my hand, pulling me to the booth. “Gonna dance with me? You’re getting better. Maybe this time you won’t end up riding a cab all night.”
She laughed as I circled my arms around her waist. “I dunno, but I suppose it’s better than wearing an Iron Man costume all night.”
Wearing a fake frown, she poked me in the gut, but I saw that gorgeous smile tucked right underneath. I pulled her close and whispered in her ear, “But I love your devious mind.”
A full wicked grin erupted on her face, and she wrapped her arms around my neck, bringing me close for a gentle kiss. “And I love yours.”
The End.
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