The four of us were hanging out by the amusement park. Marko had bought a book about astrology and was a little more into it then he should have been.
"Hey guys, I'm not making this up, it's really cool. Star's a Cancer, right? So she's sensitive, sensual, and moody. Pretty accurate, huh?"
Star had taken Laddie for a walk around the park. I looked at my watch. Where the hell were they?
"Hey Dwayne, when were you born?"
"Christmas."
"Okay, that makes you a Capricorn. You get along with Star because you're both cardinal signs. Paul and me, we're both Leos, so we're loud, fierce, and dramatic, and Cancer's aren't crazy about us. David, I think you're a Scorpio, so you and Star have a lot of chemistry, but you're a little too intense for her."
"Marko?" David said.
"Yeah?"
"Shut up."
I could see them now. Star was flirting with some curly-haired 'tough guy', and Laddie was trailing along behind. I cursed her under my breath.
"She can't even watch a kid for five minutes without getting picked up."
"Cheap little tramp", Paul spat.
David was looking at Star's new boyfriend. I recognized the look on his face. It was the same one he'd had that night when he kidnaped me. Ten years later, and that look still hadn't changed, any more then he had.
"He's not bad looking, for a human."
He grinned at us.
"Let's go, boys. We'll have some fun with our young lovers."
Laddie had noticed us. I'm not good at reading faces, so I couldn't tell if he was happy to see me or not. I helped him up on the back of my bike. I realized that tonight would be his first initiation- not counting his own.
"Come on, little man. We're going for a ride."
The End.