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"Hey boo!"
Max looked around her locker to see her home-girl standing there smiling at her. "Hey girl! How did your night go?"
"You know, you know. Hit Crash with the guys. Saw a honey there, that was as fine as silk. She and I did some serious connecting."
"Oh? So Original Cindy got some action last night?" Max smirked at her friend. Original Cindy was about to answer when Sketchy came up beside her.
"Not unless she found her later on in the night."
"Sketchy, if you know what's good for you, you'll stop talking right now."
Max's interest had been peaked. She looked back and forth between Sketchy and Original Cindy. "Well? What's the dealio with this chick?"
"The only connecting that our girl here did last night with this chick was with her eyes. They locked eyes for like a second. That's all."
"Yeah, well, it could the beginning of something great. Don't you have a run to do or something Sketchy? Me and my home-girl have some things to discuss."
"And what, I'm not allowed to hear?"
"No, so why don't you just go?"
"Why should I?"
Original Cindy turned her head to look Sketchy right in the eye. "Look, if you leave now, I'll buy you a drink tonight at Crash. Aiight?"
"Sounds good to me. See ya peeps later." With that Sketchy turned his attention to Herbal who was just walking in the door.
"So you think that this girl could turn out to be anything?"
"I don't know. I'm pretty sure that if anyone can get her to swing my way, it would be Original Cindy."
Max just smiled. Cindy would do anything to get a girl to swing her way, until there was no hope at all in it.
"So I saw you dealin' with the new guy. What happened?"
"Oh, that guy? He decided to grab the wrong person's butt. I don't think I'll be seein' him ever again. Who is that anyways?"
"Some new guy that Normal hired a couple days ago. He's one of those guys that think they're all that. I think his name is Devon, or something like that."
"Oh, well, he doesn't seem like he'll last too long. But then again, he does seem dumb enough to keep this job." Both Max and Original Cindy laughed at that. They had been working there themselves for what seemed like forever.
"So what's the dealio with this package that I seen you all careful with."
"It's my gift for Logan. For Valentine's Day."
"Can I see it?"
"Yeah, here." Max took the gift out of her locker and handed it to Original Cindy. Cindy turned it over and over, looking at every detail of it. She then read the letter.
"Girl, if he ain't givin' you what you want right now, after tonight, he'll be putty in your hands. Damn, you can write!"
"Do you think he'll like it?"
"Hell ya. If he doesn't, you can tell him that Original Cindy will teach him a lesson on sensitivity."
Max smiled. "Thanks. I spent hours trying to write this thing. I just couldn't write anything that sounded appropriate. Kendra made me tear up my first attempt."
"Well, I think it turned out aiight." She handed the package back to Max. "So what's your boy got planned for you?"
"I don't think anything. I haven't talked to him in awhile. I was just planning on stopping by his apartment after work and dropping this off, and then hang with you and the guys at Crash."
"Boo, you know, he's going to have something outrageous planned for you. He likes you way too much to forget about Valentine's Day."
Max turned her face away, and blushed slightly. "I don't know about that."
"Hey you two! This isn't a social convention! Get to work!"
"See you at Crash tonight?"
"Sure boo, but I don't think I'll see you there." Cindy gave Max a hug. "Good luck tonight."
"Thanks. See ya."
Cindy gave Max a quick hug and then headed off towards Normal. Max took one more look at her present for Logan, put it in her locker, made sure it was locked, and then headed off to get her first run from Normal.
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