Page 33 of Tormented Kings

We’ve been here for an hour, and none of us have found the right costume, but we’ve been having fun messing around. This is exactly what I needed. A day out with my best friends.

With everything going on, some normalcy is nice.

“About the party. It’s at Grayson’s, right?” I ask as I search through a rack.

“Yeah. But that shouldn’t be an issue, right?” Emma asks. “He’s your boyfriend now.”

“He’s not my boyfriend.” I give her a look.

“No? Then what are you?”

“Dating? I don’t know. No one has brought labels into this yet, and I’m not until they have.”

“You do have a label with him already, though.” Mia grins. “Stepbro.”

Alice bends over to grab something off the ground. “Oh, stepbro, help me. I’m stuck in the washing machine.”

“Oh my god!” I laugh, a blush creeping onto my face as my friends burst out laughing. “Stop!”

“Has it been like a cheesy porno yet?” Mia asks. “Has he called you sis?”

I roll my lips together and refuse to answer as I continue to look. But it’s all the confirmation she needed.

“Damn, Dee. You keep getting freakier and freakier.”

“I’m done telling you about my sex life.” I glare at them. “It’s one thing with the Host Club, but if I’m going to be in a relationship with these guys, I can’t be telling you about every time we have sex.”

“Why not?” Emma pouts. “It’s fun.”

I shake my head.

“Fine. But you have to tell us if anything funny happens,” Mia adds.

“Or something that blows your mind,” Alice tacks on.

“But they blow my mind every time.” I grin.

“Lucky bitch,” Emma sighs.

“You have a man!” I laugh.

“I know, but I could be like you and have four.”

“Three,” I correct.

“For now,” she says coyly before continuing to browse.

Another hour later, we leave with our costumes. I’m still not sure how I feel about mine.

I decided to go as a sexy dark angel. It’s pretty much just lingerie with badass wings, but I felt sexy in it. And the girls were obsessed.

Emma is going as a naughty nurse. With Brent going pre-med next year, she thinks it will get him all hot and bothered.

Alice is going as Alice, as inAlice in Wonderland. We all laughed, but she did look good in the dress.

And Mia is going as Catwoman. She didn’t see how Alice was eyeing her up in that bodysuit, but I did.

Those two need to get in a room and talk shit out. It kills me to see Mia so in love with someone she thinks doesn’t want her back when, in reality, Alice does. I’m not sure why Alice is so in denial about her feelings. But I think a big part of it has to do with her parents.

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