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“Still busy,” Nikki said to the air above her.
“Okay” Romeo said, brushing her hand away. “Time for you to go.”
Nikki didn’t like that. Not one bit. “Fine. But you have no idea what you just turned down.”
“Whatever,” he said, heading back to his onions.
“Oh and P.S., Tyler is gonna kick your ass for crashing the party.”
Romeo waved as he walked. The back of his hand to her. “Bye now. Thanks for coming.”
“I’ll make sure of it,” she added, under her breath.
Then Nikki grabbed her purse, spun around and banged right into Benny. He had walked up behind her. Summoning the courage to make a move.
He grinned awkwardly, but before he could utter a word she pushed him aside and walked on. “Oh please.”
He did finally manage to get a word out, but only after Nikki was well on her way. He looked down at the ground, shuffled his feet nervously, and mumbled a heartfelt hi. Benny was a good guy, but he was never conventionally smooth with the ladies.
Which was a shame. Because she never heard him. And he never saw her look back. At him. For just a split second.
17
Ant sat in her room at her childhood desk and applied her makeup. She was dressed in low slung jeans and her favorite black lace bra. The shirt she had planned to wear, a tasteful black tank top sexy enough to hold any guy’s interest yet demure enough to keep her dad calm, was laid out on the bed near her.
She applied the last of the little blush she wore. Brushed out upon her high cheekbones, accentuating the medium tan she managed to work up so far this summer, and reached for her favorite lipstick.
Rose Crush by Shiseido had been her go to for the last couple of years, perfect for date night. It was a low key, not too dark, rosy plum color that she got enough compliments on to know it looked great on her. She gave her face the once over in the mirror, then hammed it up a little. Blowing herself a big sexy kiss before she got up and grabbed her shirt.
“Whoa… Don’t you look hot,” said Nikki. She was leaning in Ant’s doorway, checking her out. She had on a ratty pair of pjs and her hair was still wet from the shower. “Oh… That’s right. You’ve got the big secret date tonight don’t you?”
“Yup.”
Nikki cocked her head curiously. “What’s his name again?”
“Romeo. ”
“Right, Romeo, that’s it. And are you guys still meeting at Brix?”
“Yes. We. Are.” Ant said, accentuating every word, happy as can be. She was excited. More excited than she’d been about any guy in a very long time.
Nikki felt a twinge of jealousy. Little miss perfect gets everything she wants doesn’t she…?
Ant pulled on her shirt then adjusted it here and there, tucking and pulling till every inch of her was right where she wanted it to be. She moved Nikki into the room and out of the doorway so she could check herself out in the full length mirror on the back of the door.
“How do I look?”
“Good.”
“Yeah I do,” Ant said smiling. This was gonna be a good night.
“Wait just one second,” Nikki said, turning Ant around. “You’ve got something on your back.”
No she didn’t.
Nikki rubbed and scratched at the back of Ant’s shirt.
“Did you get it?”
