Chapter Four:
Later that evening Devi's car pulled up in front of the hotel where her sisters were staying. They got out, and so did Devi and Tenna. Nny stayed put. Devi looked at him.
"You want to come in? I'm just going to see them off, maybe make some plans for later," Devi said.
"No thanks," Nny said. Devi shut the car door and she and the other girl headed off.
"You and Johnny are a cute couple," Nakeema (AKA Keem to family members) said.
"'Keem! Me and Johnny aren't a couple!" Devi muttered, annoyed.
"Then how come you danced with him?" Deva asked, the first thing she'd said in a while, probably having been holed up in her mind searching for story ideas.
"Didn't you ever dance with male friends?" Devi asked.
"yeah," Deva admitted.
"see," Devi said triumphantly.
"Yeah, but still, you guys were getting pretty cozy back there," Tenna pointed out.
"We got pushed-"
"That's not what I meant. I meant...well Dev, you had 'that look' on your face," Tenna said.
"Tenna! I don't want to..do you know what with him!"
"Not THAT that look! The loveish type look!" Tenna said.
"ohhhhhhhh. I..I did?"
"Well duh. She did, huh guys?" Tenna said.
"Yeah," Nakeema said.
"What she said," Deva said absentmindedly.
"See?" Tenna said victoriously.
"But why would I have-"
"Maybe you're in love with him."
Devi just stared at Tenna for a second, and then burst into laugher.
"Hey, maybe you are!" Tenna said huffily.
"Yeah, and maybe a sheep will build an advanced civilization in my bedroom closet. Look Tenn, I don't-"
"Well you're all nice to him and stuff, and he likes you too!" Tenna muttered.
"No he-"
"Sure he does. Were you totally blind to the way he was looking at you all evening practically?" Nakeema asked.
"I didn't notice-"
"Well he was. He was looking at you in that one way, the way that someone does when they keep quiet, but there's really something they want to say," Nakeema said. Devi looked at her like she was crazy.
***Later that evening , Devi slumped down onto her couch beside Nny, they having just gotten back from dropping everybody off.
"So, are you glad you came or what?" Devi asked.
"Yeah. I suppose it was pretty fun," Nny said, grinning. Devi smiled.
"Well, I'm tired. I'm going to bed," Devi said.
"Kay," Nny said, lying back on the sofa.
"Hey Nny, you want to come with me?"
"Come with you?"
"Yeah. I can't help but notice it's kind of cold tonight. My bed's pretty big. There's enough room," Devi said.
"Er, OK sure," Nny muttered.
In Devi's room, Nny lay down on the bed. It was pretty big, big enough for two people to lay a comfortable distance apart. Devi curled up next to him, much closer than she needed to be in such large space. She slipped her hand tenderly around his, smiling at him across the small gap between them.
******My heart, your hands, gentle my friend. Break me neatly, numb me sweetly.
Chorus: Say you would, say you could. Say you'd come and stop the rain. Say you'd try and hold me tight and you just give me away. Make me high on lullabies, a melody for me to sway. Say you would, say you could, and you don't do anything.
Come down heavy, try and steady, precious ladies, love you, love me...
Chorus
Hold my head up to the lies that you feed me. I'll fall under the spell you cast as you let me down.
Say you would, say you could. Say you'd come and stop the rain. Say you'd try and hold me tight and you just give me away. Make high on lullabies, a melody for me to sway. Make me high on lullabies a melody for me to sway.
Chorus
Say you'd come and stop the rain....****
Later that evening Devi's car pulled up in front of the hotel where her sisters were staying. They got out, and so did Devi and Tenna. Nny stayed put. Devi looked at him.
"You want to come in? I'm just going to see them off, maybe make some plans for later," Devi said.
"No thanks," Nny said. Devi shut the car door and she and the other girl headed off.
"You and Johnny are a cute couple," Nakeema (AKA Keem to family members) said.
"'Keem! Me and Johnny aren't a couple!" Devi muttered, annoyed.
"Then how come you danced with him?" Deva asked, the first thing she'd said in a while, probably having been holed up in her mind searching for story ideas.
"Didn't you ever dance with male friends?" Devi asked.
"yeah," Deva admitted.
"see," Devi said triumphantly.
"Yeah, but still, you guys were getting pretty cozy back there," Tenna pointed out.
"We got pushed-"
"That's not what I meant. I meant...well Dev, you had 'that look' on your face," Tenna said.
"Tenna! I don't want to..do you know what with him!"
"Not THAT that look! The loveish type look!" Tenna said.
"ohhhhhhhh. I..I did?"
"Well duh. She did, huh guys?" Tenna said.
"Yeah," Nakeema said.
"What she said," Deva said absentmindedly.
"See?" Tenna said victoriously.
"But why would I have-"
"Maybe you're in love with him."
Devi just stared at Tenna for a second, and then burst into laugher.
"Hey, maybe you are!" Tenna said huffily.
"Yeah, and maybe a sheep will build an advanced civilization in my bedroom closet. Look Tenn, I don't-"
"Well you're all nice to him and stuff, and he likes you too!" Tenna muttered.
"No he-"
"Sure he does. Were you totally blind to the way he was looking at you all evening practically?" Nakeema asked.
"I didn't notice-"
"Well he was. He was looking at you in that one way, the way that someone does when they keep quiet, but there's really something they want to say," Nakeema said. Devi looked at her like she was crazy.
***Later that evening , Devi slumped down onto her couch beside Nny, they having just gotten back from dropping everybody off.
"So, are you glad you came or what?" Devi asked.
"Yeah. I suppose it was pretty fun," Nny said, grinning. Devi smiled.
"Well, I'm tired. I'm going to bed," Devi said.
"Kay," Nny said, lying back on the sofa.
"Hey Nny, you want to come with me?"
"Come with you?"
"Yeah. I can't help but notice it's kind of cold tonight. My bed's pretty big. There's enough room," Devi said.
"Er, OK sure," Nny muttered.
In Devi's room, Nny lay down on the bed. It was pretty big, big enough for two people to lay a comfortable distance apart. Devi curled up next to him, much closer than she needed to be in such large space. She slipped her hand tenderly around his, smiling at him across the small gap between them.
******My heart, your hands, gentle my friend. Break me neatly, numb me sweetly.
Chorus: Say you would, say you could. Say you'd come and stop the rain. Say you'd try and hold me tight and you just give me away. Make me high on lullabies, a melody for me to sway. Say you would, say you could, and you don't do anything.
Come down heavy, try and steady, precious ladies, love you, love me...
Chorus
Hold my head up to the lies that you feed me. I'll fall under the spell you cast as you let me down.
Say you would, say you could. Say you'd come and stop the rain. Say you'd try and hold me tight and you just give me away. Make high on lullabies, a melody for me to sway. Make me high on lullabies a melody for me to sway.
Chorus
Say you'd come and stop the rain....****
