Chapter 21 – Florida Yule

"Jake turn the car around, we need to go shopping"

Diana announced as we watched Cassie get friendly with the third circle for a few minutes

"Shopping, why?"

I whined. Luke chuckled knowing my deep hate for shopping

"Because we need to blend in. we look like a biker gang right now"

Diana finished sounding like a parent. I pouted and gave her my best puppy dog expression. She didn't budge an inch. I sighed in defeat.

"I promise I'll take you to a midnight swim"

Luke whispered in my ear. I smirked and placed a kiss on his cheek

"Deal. But forget it and I'll gut you!"

I threatened and he laughed. Honesty I needed some alone time with him. Since that game day we hadn't had a single moment to ourselves with the whole circle deal.

However Diana was right. We all wore a tank top or a t-shirt, with jeans holding a leather jacket. The only thing that was missing were the sunglasses and the bikes.

So Jake drove us to a rather large shopping avenue. agreeing to return in one hour we broke in to smaller groups. The girls headed to the shops while the boys went straight to a fast food joint.

Inside the clothing store, the color trend broke us into different sections once again . Ariel went straight to the blues, Melissa to the greens, Diana and Angela to the soft white's and striking yellows while Faye paid attention only to red. I wanted to head to the whites too but three brunettes wearing white bathing suits? We'd look like a summer catalogue!

Instead I joined Faye in the reds thinking I could just browse.

"What do you think of that?"

Faye was holding a tiny red handkerchief. Upon closer inspection I realized it was a bikini and shook my head.

"Far too revealing. You need to keep them guessing"

I fake scolded her and in a teasing tone pointed to a orangish red one-piece. She glowered at me and went back to look at bikinis leaving me alone. If I didn't know she's a softie underneath, that glare would have sent me running! Faye chuckled under her breath and took the tiny excuse of a bikini and went to try it on. I saw a bathing suit that left me open mouthed. It was a bikini, large enough to cover me, in a soft silver color that seemed to change color depending on how the light hit it. Smiling I went to try it.

"what do you think?"

I asked Melissa who had on a lime green bikini and was currently browsing shorts. she smiled

"Perfect!"

I smiled and joined her in the cover-up section. Soon we were all done and checked each other out.

Angela had gotten a white knitted tanking with a pair of beige shorts on, Diana had a white one-piece with gold straps under her breasts and matching sarong and Faye had a sparkly red bikini that left little to imagination with a tight black pair of what would be better described as booty-shorts. It was actually sexy! As for me I had my new bikini on paired with a cargo, mini skirt in a soft sugary white color.

Paying for our purchases we headed back outside where the boys were under the impression they were five years old and were in the middle of a heated watertight.

"Can't even leave them alone for a second!"

Melissa sighed and whistled loudly. like a pack of well trained dogs, they stopped immediately turning to look at us.

Adam, who had on a pair of military styled Bermuda shorts, hugged her close the moment he picked his jaw off the floor. Jake rolled his eyes at Faye but stood next to her like a bodyguard, looking the part great in a pair of tomato red swim shorts. Tom made a whip motion at his twin who ignored him properly and hugged Ariel showing everyone she was taken. the twins had identical mossy green swim trunks. I stepped next to Luke and his dark red Baywatch style swim shorts holding Diana's hand realizing she was stag.

"back to the beach?"

Melissa asked.

"No. food first"

Adam replied.

"Didn't you guys just eat?"

Ariel asked twirling one pink curl around her nimble fingers.

"still hungry"

the twins said with one voice. Rolling our eyes we headed to a cafe to get ice-cream.

"wait here"

Luke said handing me his mint cone and ran to a beach store. he returned within moments holding an oversized beach ball in one hand and an equally oversized sun block lotion in the other. laughing we all lathered each other with the coconut flavored cream and finished our creamy slices of heaven before piling in the car again.

Arriving at the small beach, we were relieved to see that the group was still there only this time they were playing volleyball.

Tom smiled and kicked the beach ball hard enough to send it straight in the middle of their game. The guy in green glowered at us and without a word Diana and I went to fetch our ball.

"sorry guys"

Diana apologized with an alluring smile. one of the twins, the one with the wavy hair, waved her apology and handed her our ball.

"Cassie, what are you doing here?"

I asked in my best surprised tone. My half-sister looked as if she had seen a ghost.

"how do you know each other?"

the guy in the red asked. Well, more like demanded. I smiled sweetly

"we're sisters"

a thunder crackled in the clear blue sky.

"she didn't tell you?"

I asked in my most surprised tone. I saw Diana hiding a smirk from the corner of my eye.

"No, she didn't"

one of the blond girls spit. I saw Cassie gulping, clearly having bitten far more than she can chew. the guy in the red sent her a scathing glare and I sent Cassie a wide innocent smile silently wondering if my horns were visible through my halo.

"Do you guys have names?"

Diana said in a friendly tone that was borderline with flirt. I bit my lip trying to quench the sudden laughter that rose inside me. the wavy haired twin sent Diana a bright, happy go lucky smile.

"I'm Chris, the guys that looks like me and wishes he's me is Doug"

I rolled my eyes mentally as Diana all but swooned.

"the long face in the green shorts is Lewis, the devil-may-care dude in the red is Shawn"

he went on and finally he pointed to the girls

"the one with the long straight hair is Lana and the one that looks ready to commit murder is Donna"

"I'm Diana and this is Bella"

Shawn and I shook hands and he burned me. I yelped and took my hand back. In his palm shone the same symbol on my medallion and on Cassie's palm. I touched lightly the medallion that hang right between my breasts and turning it to reveal the symbol.

"Guess we're related too"