The word is 'magic'," he whispered in my ear. I looked at him nonchalantly with a sigh. Who is this guy who is always trying to impress me, I asked in silence.
"Excuse me?" I said.
"Magic, love, magic."
In my gentle femininity, which I have been told and taught, I wanted to scream 'what the fuck do you want?', but I held my tongue back with my perfect teeth.
"Magic?" I sneered instead.
"Yes." In a blink of an eye he swiped my hand up and kissed it with the vigor of a young man controlled by his burning desire. He licked his lips when he finished and smile as charmingly as he could, saying one last time, "Magic..." and left.
I have never liked him, but this time I wasn't so sure.
I was back at my college room I shared with Tori. She was forever out with some guy and I was always trying to make the grades to impress the world. I was alone, and lonely thinking about the guy, whose name escaped me, while reading a few lines of the book in front of me. I can't even remember what I was reading.
I left everything at the table and plopped into the bed to take myself away from the madness of cramming my head with names and formulas. I hate studying for all the wrong reasons but I didn't know what to do with my life.
The door cracked opened and I jumped. Tori sauntered in lazily.
"Hi," she said.
"Hey."
She dragged herself in, yawned and fell into bed.
"I'm so fucking tired," she continued slurring.
"Where've you been?"
"Where else?" she looked at me. "Out with some guy. Doing stuff. If you know what I mean." She laughed.
"Hey, do you know this guy with straight black hair who wears a leather tie all the time?"
She gazed curiously at me for a long time and finally replied. "You're in love?"
"No way!" I cried immediately. "With that creep? Please ... I've got better taste than that! I'd rather date a baboon."
"Girl, chill. I was just askin'." She went back to sleep. "Yeah I know that guy. Name's Russell."
I thought about Russell Crowe, Russell Peters and Kurt Russell. But this Russell was no where near anyone of them. "So what do you want with him?"
"Nothing ... he was just creeping me out this afternoon."
"What did he do?"
"He whispered something in my ear."
"What? That he wants to sleep with you."
"Gross," I gagged. "Not on his life."
"Come on, what did he say? Tell me before I fall asleep." Tori turned around to look at me again.
"He said," I tilted my head feeling embarrassed it wasn't cheeky or dirty or even suggestive. "He said ... magic."
She gazed at me like I was some kind of a moron. When she finally opened her mouth it came out accusingly. "You're such a hard up virgin!" And she laughed so hard she choked herself to sleep.
TBC
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