Sandy sat down at the kitchen table, Shumaut was right; she couldn't keep Mindy behind bars forever. Cindy sat down across from her, she pushed a mug of hot coco in her direction, and Sandy chuckled as she took the glass,
"Mom's solution to any problem, hot coco, you've learned well" Sandy said taking a sip,
"Remember when you were 13 and I was 12, and Mindy was 5, and we would take her to the creek by old Pandamona's place and we'd catch frogs?" Cindy said, Sandy smiled at the memory and said,
"Yeah"
"As remember that one time, Mindy let all the frogs go and they got all over you and knocked you into the river and got your favorite dress wet?"
"I said, I'd never forgive her" Sandy said smiling,
"But you did?"
"Yes I did"
"So Mindy ruined your favorite dress, but you still love here right?"
"Yeah, thanks Cindy," Sandy said sipping on her hot coco smiling.
Shumaut led his girlfriend to the club that everyone at the collage went to, if they were anybody they were there, Mindy looked over the crowd; Shard was sitting at a table with her friend, Sirenna, Ifrit's son Rex sat at the bar chatting with Diab, and everyone else had come to dance in a way that can only be described if you were standing in the room, Shumaut led Mindy over to the bar were Rex was.
"Can we get two beers here?" Shumaut said showing his id to prove his age, Mindy did the same. Rex came over to the two,
"Shumaut, wuz up? Welcome to the end of the summer vacation party!" he said offering props,
"What up dog?" Shumaut said accepting Rex's props,
"Dude, I told you, I hate that analogy man," Mindy giggled, everyone does that to him, Rex looks a lot like a dog, most of the time it's an accident, but some do it cause it gets to him.
"Sorry dude" Rex then turned to Mindy,
"Welcome back Mindy, man I thought Shard was shitting me she said you were grounded, but hey here you are huh?" Mindy faked a grin,
"Ya here I am" the bartender provided the beers and Shumaut and Mindy said goodbye to Rex and took a table near one side of the room.
"So how was your day?" Shumaut asked,
"Terrible" Mindy replied,
"Oh"
"Hey will you do something for me?"
"What is it?"
"Will you dance with me?" Mindy said, as the next song came on, (Real Emotion)
"Sure ok!" Shumaut said grabbing Mindy's hand and following her out on to the floor. The music played thus:
"What can I do for you?
What can I do for you?
What can I do for
you?
What can I do for you?
I can hear you
What can
I do for you?
What can I do for you?
What can I do for
you?
Far beyond the hazy borders of my heart
I can see a
place - it's something like this
Every now and then I don't know
what to do
'Cause I know that I can never go back
And the
things I've seen
In those hazy dreams
Can't compare to what I'm
seein' now
And it feels so different
That it brings me to my
knees
And though I know the world of real emotion has
surrounded me
I won't give into it
Now I know that forward is
the only way my heart can go
I hear your voice calling out to
me,
"You'll never be alone"
What can I do for
you?
What can I do for you?
What can I do for you?
What can
I do for you?
I can hear you
And if I find a world
without emotion has surrounded me
And I can't go on"
You are
there the moment that I close my eyes
And call to me
We are
connected through all I know
I'll never be...
And though I
know the world of real emotion has surrounded me
I won't give into
it
Now I know that forward is the only way my heart can go
I
hear your voice calling out to me
"You'll never be
alone"
What can I do for you?
What can I do for
you?
What can I do for you?
I can hear you
I can hear
you..."
After the song was over Mindy and Shumaut had a few more beers, and then decided to walk home.
"That was great" Mindy said, laughing as both of them walked up her street, they stopped in front of Mindy's house,
"Well here's my place," Mindy said,
"Yeah" Shumaut said quietly, taking Mindy's hands in his own,
"Well good night Mindy" Shumaut said, kissing Mindy lightly and innocently on the lips. He turned to walk away, but Mindy grabbed him arm and said,
"Wait" he stopped and turned around, Mindy wrapped her arms around Shumaut's neck and kissed him passionately, Shumaut was shocked at first but returned the kiss. To Mindy it was the sweetest thing to have ever tasted, but then she felt something, Shumaut was accidentally brushing her antenna, they were so intone to sense that they were hotspots on her head, and every time he stroked them a wave of pleasure washed over her, and every time it did she moaned. Shumaut stopped what he was doing on noticing Mindy's groans of pleasure.
"What's wrong?" he asked, Mindy was just adjusting to the feeling, and she appeared sleepy but was fully aware of her surroundings.
"No don't stop," she said pulling him in for an embrace,
"I've got to go home," Shumaut said,
"Stay here for the night" Mindy insisted, not letting him go,
"…Ok" he said and she let go.
Mindy opened the front door a crack, upon the noise of Cindy's snores she quietly let Shumaut in. They crept up the stairs and into Mindy's bedroom, which Mindy had a key to unlock. Once inside Mindy went and sat down on her bed, and Shumaut wandered the room,
"Come and sit with me," Mindy said patting the bed beside her, Shumaut did so, and Mindy laid her head in his lap.
"Shumaut, do you love me?" Mindy asked,
"Of course" he said patting her head, of course that meant making contact with her antenna again, she moaned in delight again, making Shumaut aware of what he was doing,
"What is it?" he asked,
"Hmm? Oh it's my antenna, their sensitive" she said, Shumaut smiled and said,
"Oh I see, so if I did this" Shumaut ran his fingers around the outside of Mindy's antenna, Mindy moaned heavily,
"Oh and if I do this?" Shumaut asked he lightly tugged on Mindy's left antennae, Mindy groaned even deeper she sat up and pulled Shumaut down on the bed.
"Mindy" Shumaut said stopping her,
"I don't want rush into this" he said, Mindy looked disappointed but laid down next to him,
"Just lie here with me," Mindy said, and Shumaut did, and Mindy snuggled into him,
"Goodnight Shumaut" Mindy chimed sleepily,
"Goodnight Mindy."
"Why is this door still locked?" Sandy called pounding on Mindy's door,
"Go away!" Mindy shouted,
"How much is a door?" Sandy asked Cindy,
"30, 40 bucks"
"I can swing that" Sandy said raising her arms and tossing a Razzia at the door which split into several pieces, Sandy burst into the room to find Mindy and Shumaut.
"Get out!" Sandy yelled at Shumaut, who didn't hesitate to bolt out of the door,
"Sandy"
"Mindy I can't believe you!"
"Sandy I swear we never…"
"Enough!" Sandy stormed out of the room,
"Cindy you believe me right?"
"I don't know what to believe any more Mindy" Cindy said leaving, Mindy sat in total disbelief. Cindy didn't believe she didn't sleep with him!
Sandy stormed down the stairs and picked up the phone. She dialed in Yojimbo's number and waited for the answer.
"Hello?" Yojimbo answered,
"Jim you keep your son away from my sister" Sandy yelled at the receiver,
"Whoa Sandy! What's wrong?" Yojimbo asked,
"I found you son asleep with my younger sister!" Sandy bellowed,
"Shumaut? Believe me he's no fool, he wouldn't…"
"No! I caught them! How can you not care?" Sandy yelled and slammed the receiver down. She then stormed out into the backyard and out.
Mindy shook her head; tears flew from her cheeks.
'I see when I'm not wanted, I see when I'm not loved, if Sandy is that mean she wont mind I'm missing' Mindy thought she walked over to her open window, and looked out at the tree.
'Where could I go? It's so easy to run away but to stay away? Where could I go' Mindy thought,
'Anywhere but here' Mindy then thought, and in a beating of insect wings Mindy was gone.
Cindy walked out on to the balcony to see Sandy staring into the water,
"Cindy, leave me alone"
"Sandy…"
"Cindy what did I just say?"
"Mindy's 18 Sandy, she wants to be independent"
"I know…"
"Listen, I'm not to sure that's what Mindy would do, she may be young but she's not dumb," Cindy said,
"Right now I'm not so sure, I thought she was smart, but not smart enough to hide the fact that she did it with that boy…" Sandy said, she then looked at Cindy. The pain glistened in her eyes.
"Cindy… I" Sandy said then she sighed and looked down,
"Your right… she is smarter than that… I'm going to go and apologize" Sandy said walking back into the house, Cindy sighed and sat on a patio chair,
'Great now I really feel like a Nanny' She thought.
The only place you can go when your running away is Shard's, she may be annoying sometimes, greedy and a bit bossy, but so was Mindy. Mindy landed in front of Shard's house and let herself in,
"Hello Mrs. Ice," Mindy called as she walked past the kitchen up the stairs,
"Mindy! Wa…" Shiva yelled after her but it was to late she had already walked along the short hallway into Shard's room. Everything stopped, Mindy stood frozen in the doorway staring at the scene as it played out in front of her. There was Shard, wearing no orange to contrast her blue skin, in fact she wasn't wearing anything, and underneath her was Shumaut, who much like Shard was like wise naked. Their position and lack of outer clothing was evidence enough. Mindy closed her eyes and cupped them in her hands and began to cry.
"Mindy… it's not what it looks like!" Shumaut tried to say,
"NO!" Mindy screamed and she took off and flew out the open hall window.
"Mindy!" Sandy yelled out of Mindy's open window snapped Cindy from a nap she didn't know she was taking,
"MINDY!" Sandy screamed,
"Sandy what's wrong?" Cindy yelled back,
"Cindy, come here quick!" Sandy yelled back. Cindy did what she was told and came running up the stairs as fast as her legs could carry her. When she reached the upstairs she found Sandy of Mindy's bed crying, and there was no Mindy in sight,
"Where is she?" Cindy asked,
"She's gone Cin and its all my fault" Sandy sobbed,
"What?" Cindy asked,
"Oh I'm going to be in big trouble, mom's gonna be so mad" Sandy sobbed,
Cindy's head sent itself back to when their parent's were alive.
Flashback
A young Sandy sat crying on a stump in the woods, a young Cindy stood there trying to comfort her younger sibling.
"Mom told me to watch her, how could I lose her?" Sandy sobbed,
"It's ok we'll find her"
"I'm gonna be in so much trouble" Sandy continued to cry,
"No your not" Cindy tried to say,
"Yes I am!" Sandy yelled,
"Sandee?" Mindy said pulling on Sandy's skirt, the two other's just looked at her as if she had just materialized,
"Why you crying?" she asked innocently,
"MINDY!" Sandy yelled grabbing up the little giggling bee and hugging it.
"Don't run off like that ok!" Sandy asked,
"Ok!" Mindy chirped.
End flashback
"Sandy…" Cindy said,
"All we can do is look for her"
"I know" Sandy replied, all Cindy could do was stare out the window,
"I'm gonna be in big trouble" Sandy sobbed.
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