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They each moved through the line, and Bea took plenty of enchiladas, pico de gallo, and cilantro lime rice.She covered the latter in black beans and returned to the table.“I got you all your own taco maracas,” she said, turning to the desk to get the party favors.
She passed them out, each woman who got theirs immediately shaking it to the beat of the music still blasting through the house.Bea grinned as she grabbed one of the last remaining plastic margarita glasses and poured herself a drink, and she lifted her cup and said, “To taco night!”
“To taco night!”everyone yelled.
Sage hurried to pour herself a drink, and she lifted her cup a little late, giggling all the while.
Bea set her cup down and took a heaping handful of the lime-flavored chips and put them on a second, smaller plate.She had just reached for the salsa when Sage said, “To Bea’s love list!”
“To Bea’s love list!”everyone cried.
Sage hadn’t sat yet, and she twisted to get the remote control.The music muted in the next moment, and she held the blue paper with Bea’s list on it.“I think,” she said while Bea’s heartbeat ricocheted through her whole body.“We should get to pick the next thing Bea does.”When she looked up, her dark brown eyes sparkled with mischief, and Bea started shaking her head.
“Great idea,” Bessie said, snatching the list in such a way that the paper crunched more than Bea liked.“Let’s pass it around during dinner, and then we’ll vote.”
“You guys,” Bea said.
“Oh, come on, Bea,” Sage said, hitting a button on the remote again.The music blared back to life.“Lighten up.It’s a fiesta!”
She couldn’t hold them back now, and after she stress-ate her way through a plate of chips and salsa while Lauren and Joy consulted over her list, she decided she didn’t care.Every single thing she’d put on that list was something that would bring joy and yes, love, to her life.
So let them pick, she thought, her mood lightening.It might evenbe fun.
