PARADISE: a sequel to The Aftermath

~Max~

Knock Knock

Cindy opens the door.

I stand there with my hands behind my back.

"Hey sugar! Long time no see! What you been up to boo?? And why haven't you called me?? Logan came by a few days ago and got all your stuff. Sorry."

"Hey girl!" I give her a big hug. "Sorry I didn't call, but they don't let us make long distance calls at Manticore."

Cindy gasps. "You went back there?"

"No, my clone shot me in the heart so they felt bad and fixed my heart up. I was legally dead for 10 minutes. And while I was there, they figured they'd try to get me some action and paired me up with a breeding partner." I managed to say this with a straight face.

Cindy laughed. Then she looked at me with horror and said "for real?"

"Yep" I say. "For real. But I'm back now and I have a surprise for you." I take my hand from behind my back and show Original Cindy my hand. My ring finger to be exact.

Cindy gasps again. "Boo! You better stop that before I hyperventilate! Holy crap!! Look at the size of that rock on your finger!! Pause is that what I think it is?" she says hopefully.

"Yep!!" I say, my smile so big, the only thing showing on my face are my teeth. "Logan proposed last night. I said yes of course, it was really romantic, though. He said he bought me anew pair of gloves cuz my old ones are worn out. So I slip my hands into them and there's something in there. I pull it out and see this enormous rock on a gold band. I started bawling when Logan said, 'Will you marry me?' I managed to choke out a yes."

Cindy had started to cry. "I'm so happy for you!! She paused again. "Can I be maid of honor?"

"Of course!" I said. "Speaking of that, would you want to come dress shopping with me?"

Cindy looked at me, tears coming from her eyes. "I would love to."

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