A month later, at 8 in the morning Lulabell came into the room I now shared with Darwin.
"What you doing up so early?" She asked.
"Darwin gets scared if I don't wake up before him." I replied, adjusting the sheets that covered both of our naked bodies.
"Well get up. You're going to get a tattoo." My face dropped but she left the room before I could say anything. I was afraid of needled, well, mostly just the idea of getting a tattoo was scary but still.
We made it to the tattoo parlor and I was a little scared when Lulabell pushed me down into the chair. She told me to tell them what I wanted.
"Stars." I said without even thinking about it. I lifted my shirt to just under my breast. "All along here." My finger ran from the top of my rib cage to my hip.
"Anything else?" Lulabell asked.
"A ring around my upper thigh," I drew an imaginary line on my leg. Then they all went to work on me.
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We made it back to the house four hours later. It stung something fierce. And Lulabell warned me it was going to start itching soon too.
"Here," She gave me a Vicadin. I looked up at her and frowned. "Do you want to sleep with Darwin tonight?" I popped the pill and she unlocked the door. On the floor there were mismatched flower petals. I was escorted to the kitchen/dinning room and Darwin jumped out at us. I jumped in surprise, and Lulabell smacked him upside the head.
"Be nice to her," She said. "She just got some ink."
Darwin looked me up and down.
"Really, Sicilly?" He asked in a perverted manner. I nodded. "Guess I'll be seeing it later then." A large grin spread across his face and we sat down to eat.