Before Happily Ever After 3

I still think tricking Demi, Andrea and Eric’s grandma was hilarious. Plus it was even my idea so it makes it even more AWESOME!! Heehee. I suddenly feel my cell buzz in my pocket. Who could be bothering me? I get it out of my phone as Devon continues to look through the photo album.
Hey I was wondering if I could come over tomorrow to help you open gifts. - Lily
As if I'm going to say no to that. Who doesn't like opening gifts?
DUH!! Come early and be prepared to open LOTS - Cori
Coolio!! But do you mind if I can bring some other guests too? - Lily
I have a feeling I know exactly who the 'other' guests are. Lily is soooo obvious. I roll my eyes as I text her back.
Sophi, Janey, and Mariah want to come too - Cori
Yeah. And don't give me that look. Sophi overheard me talking to you about it and wants to come over to. She also told Janey and Mariah about it. It's not my fault - Lily
It never her fault. When a plan goes wrong, it's all MY fault. When we get caught, she automatically points her finger at me! When she gets a bad grade on a test, guess who's fault it is? ME! Well okay, maybe I do influence her I tiny bit like going to the movies or shopping instead of studying but that is beside the point.
Remember what happened last time Sophi, Janey, and Mariah got involved? - Cori
Don't remind me. The only good thing that happened was Jarod spanking all of us - Lily
Yes, you read right. Jarod did indeed spank us. Your probably thinking no way Jose but it's true. Heck, if I hadn't been there that night I wouldn't believe it either. Actually it was pretty damn funny. Probably one of the most memorable nights of my life. I can't tell you why though. You'll find out eventually. But it was all Sophi, Janey, and Mariah's fault. They thought it would be fun to have a girl’s night out. Sure, I like girls night outs but not in a freaking dorm room. There's a long story to it that I'm sure you want to here. Don't you just love story time? I know I do. As if you didn't know that already..............................
"Cori, where did you put the color samples?" Lily asks looking around our dorm room. Who knows? This place is a huge mess. My closest is even cleaner and that is a really scary thought.
"I put them down by the wedding magazines over there" I say pointing in a direction. I'm not really sure if the samples are that way but I don't really care at the moment. I'm laying on my bed that currently has wedding brochures, photographer and dj papers, and who knows what else. I'm too lazy to move them. I might break another nail. I've already broken four. Ugh!
"Found them!! So what did you and Eric decide are the wedding colors?" Lily asks me eagerly. I roll my eyes. As if you couldn't tell, Lily really, really wants to know what the wedding theme is. She's been bugging me about it like crazy. Even more than nerds.
"We decided to go with-" I start to tell Lily (who looked like a little girl who is about to get her first designer purse) when there is a knock on our door. Lily glares at the door before getting up to open it to reveal our neighbors Janey, Mariah, and Sophi.
"Hey guys, what's up?" Lily asks with a smile. Wait, what happened to miss grumpy face? Hmmmmm, maybe I was just imagining things. See, I'm so stressed that I'm going crazy. Hey, that would be a good excuse in case a plan messes up. I have to remember to use it sometime. What? It could work. Eric may have sympathy for a stressed out crazy bride to be who isn't thinking straight. You don't think it will work, do you? Hmph! Well, it never hurts to try.
"Well, we came to propose an offer to you two" Janey tells Lily and me.
"And we're not taking no as an answer" Sophi adds. Then why did you call it an offer? It's clearly an order. Sheesh and they think I'm slow.
"We’re listening" I tell them while folding my arms and giving them a serious card face. Lily does the same.
"We want to help you with wedding planning ideas........in a girl’s night out kind of way. It'll be fun" Janey tells us. I raise my eyebrows.
"And what does that involve?" I asks them. Janey rolls her eyes.
"Wedding planning. Duh!" she says as if I'm stupid. Did I ask a stupid question? Wait, of course you didn't Cori. Geeze, now I wish I didn't teach Janey how to be awesome (like me). She can really be annoying sometimes.
"How is it going to be fun?" Lily asks clearly not sure about this girl’s night out. I'm right there with you, Lily.
"Well we want to make it a surprise" Sophi say with a gleam in her eye. Ugh! I HATE surprises. They always end up badly for me; especially for my poor butt. Like you didn't already know that. And I bet you that's how this surprise is going to end too. Not because of a feeling or whatever Lily seems to have but just because that's how it always is. Let's hope I can prove my theory wrong.
 "Eric!!! I can't do this anymore. Let's just go to some weird wedding chapel and let a guy with a scraggly beard marry us. What's it called again? A looping or something like that?" I shout out to him. Who knew a wedding could be so stressful. I thought it would be easy since I'm such a fashionista and all. So I thought I could handle it. Boy was I WRONG!!! All these little details and everybody like to add their two coins in. Sheesh, no wonder brides turn into bridezilla's. In fact, my dinosaur is about to be unleashed.
"Babe, it's called eloping" Eric shouts to me from the kitchen. Ah, that's the word. Well, I was close anyway.
"Yeah, that" I shouted back at him. Too many demands from too many people at once. Not that I'm going to actually do half of them. Yodeling as I walk down the aisle is NOT going to happen. I turned that one down real fast. Ugh! Dumb Jared.
"Cori, stop being such a diva" Eric says right behind me. How the hell did he do it so quietly?
"Geeze, you scared the shit out of me" I tell Eric while turning around to him. He grins down at me before leaning down to kiss my nose sweetly. (Sigh) I love it when he does that.
"Sorry baby" Eric says and then takes my hand in his and helps me up out of the chair I was sitting in and pulled me into his strong embrace.
"I'm not being a diva" I say while snuggling into him. Me? A diva? Why would he even think of such a statement? Heehee.
"Mhmm. Whatever you say baby. Come on, let's go make some popcorn and watch a movie" Eric says walking me backwards out of the room since I'm still in his arms and into the kitchen. He sits me up on the counter before heading to the pantry.
"It’s true, Eric!" I tell him again as he prepares the popcorn. I'm actually being serious about a looping. It's like my motto: choose the easy way out in life. Well okay, I have a lot of mottoes. This one just happens to be one of them.
"Angel, you just need to take a moment and relax. You do realize that the wedding isn't for another nine months and you've already done five months worth of planning in a total of two and a half?" Eric says. No I didn't realize that. Um, wake up Eric. I hate math!!!!!
"I just want to be ahead of the game" I say with a shrug.
"Your way ahead of the game. Slow done a little before you have a panic attack or something" he says pouring the popped popcorn into a bowl.
"Well lucky for me that I have a doctor to save me if I do" I say to Eric with a grin. He grins back.
"Well this doctor hopes he doesn't have to save you from anything that's worse than a panic attack" Eric says. I roll my eyes. Does he really think I can get something worse than a panic attack? Never mind, don't answer that.
I jump down from the counter and take the bowl of popcorn with me into the living room to sit on the couch with Eric. I love Eric's apartment.
"Okay, I'll slow down only because I'm getting extra help" I say munching away. I'm still not sure about this G.N.O thing. I mean can Janey, Sophi, and Mariah think of fun stuff to do? I think not!
"Who?" Eric asks me putting his arm around me and pulling me close to him.
"Sophi, Janey, and Mariah" I say grabbing the remote. He snorts and rolls his eyes.
"What?" I ask him turning the TV on.
"I don't think that's gonna turn out well at all" Eric tells me. Same here. They're my friends but they're a little bland. Like an unbedazzled shoe.
"You never know. They might be a lot of help" I tell him while flipping channels for movie. I think I'll just keep the G.N.O on the down low for now. I might tell him about it later..........or not.
The night before the Party:
"Lily, what are you doing outside of Janey's room?" I ask walking up behind her. Since when does Lily spy on people? OMG! Have I finally rubbed off on her? Yay! I'm so proud.
"Shhhhh, listen" she whispers to me. I lean closer to the door and overhear Janey talking.
"I can't wait to try these drinks" Janey says cheerfully.
"Me too. I've never heard of using skittles in drinks" Mariah says.
"Yeah, I tried it at a party once. I wasn’t supposed to be drinking so I only had one sip but it was really good. Totally worth it even though Enrique totally flipped when he found out what I did. It was only one sip. Well okay maybe three or four but still. I wasn't drunk or anything" Sophi tells them. Drunk?!?!? I hear cups clanging on glass. What are they doing,
"ouch? Sucked for you but the guys won't be here so no worries. I can't wait to try all the flavors. I bet Cori and Lily will love this" Janey says next. I don't get to hear more of their conversation because I was pulled away by Lily to our room.
"Cori, do you realize what they are planning on serving?" Lily asks me. I open my mouth to answer but I was cut off by Lily.
"Alcohol!!!" she tells me with a wide eyed expression.
 Well no duh! I was standing next to you Lily when I came to this realization also. “Do you know that this means?” Lily asks me next.

“That Janey, Sophi, and Mariah are planning to serve us alcohol tomorrow?” I ask her with a shrug. I mean it was pretty obvious. Lily rolls her eyes.

 “There’s also another problem too” she tells me placing her hands on my shoulders and looks me straight in the face. Okay, have you ever heard of personal space Lily? You may want to try it once and a while.

“Which is what???” I ask, playing along with her dramatic act. Psshh, and people tell me I’m dramatic. Yeah right!

“That I’m not old enough to drink yet” she says and then sits down on her bed with a pout. Oh yeah! I completely forgot that little detail. This reminds me, I have to start looking for Lily’s birthday present. It’s only a few weeks away.

“Awww come on Lils, don’t be sad. Maybe they weren’t making  drinks for tomorrow. They could’ve been making….. Um… rum balls” I say brightly as I lay down on my bed also. Rum balls are the best. Hmmmm, maybe there should be some at the wedding. Note to self, talk to Eric about rum balls.

“Rum balls?!? Get real Cori. You can’t get drunk from rum balls. They were clearly talking about alcoholic beverages, not food. Nice try though” Lily says with a sigh while she lays back on her bed and stares up at the ceiling. Wow, this really does suck. Think fast, Cori.

“Lily, you’re not the only one who can’t drink yet. Janey cant either” I tell her. See, she won’t feel left out now. Although, I’m surprised that Janey is even thinking about drinking illegally. She’s not one who usually breaks rules. Unlike me. Heehee. I break all the rules. I live life to its fullest almost every chance I get. Remind me not to say those words out loud to Eric please.

“Obviously they don’t have protective boyfriends who will get really mad if they get caught” Lily says with another sigh. I see her point also. Eric would be pissed also if he knew I would be drinking without him knowing. You see, that’s the deal we made when I turned 21 a couple months ago. I can drink if I let Eric know beforehand and where I’m at, but I CANNOT get wasted. Lily just gave me an awesome idea for a new plan and I won’t even have to lift a manicured finger.

“What are you thinking about right now, Cori?” Lily asks me warily after she looking at me. After all these years, she is still always gets afraid when she see me forming a new plan. You’d think she’d be used to it by now.

“Listen Lily, Felipe will only be IF he finds out about it. Same with Eric. So we got to make sure that they DON’T find out. You get what I’m saying?” I ask her hoping she gets it because I don’t want to repeat myself.

“Yeah, I see what you’re saying. But what I’m worried about is the ‘if Felipe does find out part’” Lily tells me.  I roll my eyes. She is such a worried wart.

 “Look Janey, Mariah, and Sophi are obviously not planning on getting caught right?” I ask her. She nods her head.

“All you gotta do is make sure that Felipe doesn’t hear about the drinking going on and all I have to do is be surprised that they are serving drinks and tell Eric that I didn’t know if he asks. Piece of cake Lily” I tell her with a proud grin. Damn, I really out did myself this time and I didn’t even do anything. Lily thinks about what I just said and then a small smile appears on her face.

“I love it! I think your plan will actually work this time” Lily says excitedly. Hey, I have made some really awesome plans that have actually worked or have come very close to.

“Okay, Felipe isn’t going to suspect anything unless you make him suspicious. He already knows about the G.N.O thing tomorrow night so just make sure he knows nothing about the alcohol” I tell her. Let’s just hope she won’t make him suspicious because knowing Lily, she will somehow.

“What about Eric?” Lily asks me worried again.

“He’s working at the hospital tomorrow night so I’m in the clear” I say happily. Told you this would be easy. Actually it’s a little too easy. Why can’t every plan be like this?

“Sooooo we don’t even have to do anything” Lily says realizing this. Jeez, she’s slow.

“Exactly” I tell her while rolling my eyes. No finger lifting happening here.

“I hate to say this, but you’re a genius Cori” Lily says happy now. Tell me something I don’t know, Lily.

Party Time!!!:

“I’m starting to get a little nervous, Cori. What if something doesn’t go according to plan, as usual, and we get caught?” Lily asks me as we are heading down the hall to Janey’s and Mariah’s dorm room. I stop walking and turn to face her.

“Lils, relax. Nothing is going to go wrong. My plan will definitely work this time…. hopefully. You didn’t make Felipe suspicious right?” I ask her because if she didn’t, then its all-smooth sailing from here. Jeez, why cant it always be this easy?

“Well, I didn’t mention anything about it to him over the phone. He didn’t seem suspicious or anything” she tells me. Lets put up the pink sails and cast off. I put my arm around Lily’s shoulder.

“Lily, this will probably be one of the few rare times that I can actually say this with total honesty and actually mean it. Trust me, we got this!” I say while giving her a side hug.

“Cori, this is and will be the ONLY time I can say this with total honesty. I have trust in you” Lily tells me.

“Yay!! See, I told you this plan would work. Plus, you totally didn’t even say the last part sarcastically. This will be a moment that will go down in fabulous plan making history forever” I say proudly as I continue on to the dorm room. I can’t wait to see how much of a party it really is going to be. No offense to Janey, Mariah, or Sophi, but I’m not having any high expectations for this wedding planning “party”. I mean, I’m really happy that they are doing this, but I don’t know…. It’s just that they aren’t exactly on the same floor of the shopping mall as I am, if you get what I’m saying. They all have these different, unfashionable ideas that I definitely don’t agree with. Here’s an example if you don’t believe me; Janey agreed with Jarod’s idea of him yodeling as I walk down the isle. Do I need to say more?

“Perhaps this plan will work and not go next to the unsuccessful plans history” Lily says, this time sarcastically. Ugh!

“You know what? I was going to give you a high five but after that last comment, you can just forget it. Hmph!” I say

"I'm sorry to have ruined the once in a life time moment" Lily says with fake sorrow. I roll my eyes.

"Moment killer!" I tell her with a playful glare. She sticks her tongue out at me in return. We reach Janey and Mariah's dorm room and I knock on their door with my sparkly baby blue manicured hand. Well, let the night begin.

Well, I have to say that I am pleasantly surprised. Janey, Mariah and Sophi really outdid themselves with this planning party. They decorated the room with zebra print decorations and pink fluffy boas. (Sigh) They all know me too well. Oh and my favorite accessory of the night is my pink and silver bedazzled crown that they gave me to wear. I LOVE it!!! Right now, each of us is looking at different wedding magazines. Wouldn’t a chocolate fountain be such an amazing thing to have? Right next to the candy buffet, of course. What? I have a gigantic sweet tooth. Eric says that he doesn’t think I could survive life without shopping or sweets. I think he’s right. Heehee.  

“Hey Cori, where are you guys having the wedding at again?” Mariah asks me while looking up from her laptop. She keeps checking her phone to see if she has a new message. Is she texting who I think she’s texting?

“Where having it at that hotel in the city” I answer as I chew my gum. And not just any hotel either. A super duper fancy one. The ballroom where we’re having our reception has huge windows that look out onto the city. It’s beautiful!

“Oh that’s right. So I guess you didn’t take Eric’s mom offer to have you and Eric’s wedding at their house?” Mariah says trying not to smile. I give her a are-you-for-real look. Ummm, definitely NOT.

“Are you kidding? The day Cori has an outdoor wedding will be the day that I decide to bald,” Sophi says with a laugh.

“What did you tell her when she asked that?” Janey asks me next. Eric and me were visiting his parents one Saturday afternoon about a month ago when his mom popped that question. Lets just say that she could have knocked my purple and black heels off.

“I just told her that I wouldn’t want her to overwork herself on the wedding day. And Eric was like ‘yeah, like last time’ and his dad agreed. I also told her that we had already found a place, so no worry” I tell them. I still can’t believe that Demi had asked such a question. I mean, I’m sooo not an outdoorsy kind of person. I’m more of an inside, air conditioned kind of girl.

“You are a totally different person around Eric’s parents” Janey tells me shaking head with a grin.

(Gasp) How could she say such a thing? Definitely not true! Well, okay; maybe just a little bit.

“No, I’m not THAT different. I’m just showing my more nicer side,” I say as I rip a page from a magazine that shows all these different flower arrangements. My way, way, way nicer side that somehow only makes an appearance around his family. Weird, isn’t?

“Yeah you’re showing them everything that isn’t you” Mariah says while rolling her eyes.

“I keep warning you that you might slip one of these days,” Lily tells as I hand her the flower page that I ripped out so she can see. Ugh! Don’t remind me. Even though Eric gave me that my family will love you no matter what speech, I’m still a little...held back? You get what I’m saying? I have a gate up around me or whatever that saying is. I’m about to defend myself, but Sophi stands up and goes over to the mini fridge in their dorm room.

“Listen, we wanted to do something special for you two tonight so we decided to make something for you guys” Sophi says while opening the fridge and bringing out five glasses that are all different colors. Dun dun dun!!!! The alcoholic drinks!!

“Sooo, what is it?” I ask nonchalantly. It takes everything for me to not glance at Lily. Act casual.

“Skittle vodka. It’s really good. I think you guys would really enjoy it” Sophi tells Lily and me excitedly. Skittle vodka?? Hmmm, sounds interesting. I can’t help thinking back at the last time I was involved with vodka. It didn’t well for me at all; especially for my poor booty. Lets hope this time will be a lot better. Wait, it will be a lot better because my plan will actually work this time. I look over at Lily as she looks at me. We both shrug our shoulders to say lets go ahead and do it.

“Sure, why not? It wont hurt us,” I tell Sophi. Who doesn’t love to live dangerously? Heehee.

"Sooo, how are you and Chris doing?” I ask Mariah while sipping my orange skittle alcoholic drink and smirking at her. Yeah, you read right. Chris, as in Eric’s brother, is dating Mariah. Oh and by the way, the drinks are AMAZING!! But that’s totally beside the point. Anyways, Mariah and Chris seemed to hit it off at Eric and Chris’s family Labor Day barbeque and kept in touch. They kept in touch so much that they ended up starting to date each other. Awwwww, isn’t that cute?!?! Let me tell you it soooo ISNT. Mariah is so, so annoying now. She constantly is in gushy mushy state whenever she talks to Chris or gets a text message from him. And she talks about him all the time. I'm happy for her but I have more important stuff to thing about. Like a wedding details and making everybody happy. Do you know how stressful when people want to help with our wedding and giving me ideas that are totally not cool. Talk about people having no sense of fashion whatsoever. Ugh! My poor brain has never had to handle so much stress before. Mariah gets a dreamy smile on her face from my question. See, I told you so!!!

"Amazing!!! He is totally so amazing” Mariah says with a happy sigh. Everyone pretty much shakes their heads and rolls their eyes. Well everyone minus Janey. She’s kinda acting funny. She keeps swaying on her seat on the bed and humming a weird song about yellow dandelions and white flamingos. Maybe she learned a new song in that singing club that Janey is always inviting me to. Thank God I keep making up excuses not to go because if that’s what they are learning then, count me out please. I have better things to do with my time. Like shopping, shopping, and more shopping. Heehee!

 “What? Why are you guys rolling your eyes at me?” Mariah asks with her hands on her hips.

“Its just that you always are like this whenever you get a new boyfriend” Lily tells her as she sips her drink. I can tell Lily totally loves it! Good job, Cori!! Your plan rocks!!!

“What! That is definitely not true!!” Mariah practically shouts as she stands up.

“It totally is. Remember your last three boyfriends? You always said ‘Oh my gosh, I’m’ soooo in love’ every single time. It’s nothing unusual for you. No offence or anything” I say with a shrug. She also doesn’t make it past three months with a guy. But that’s because Mariah gets bored easily. Kind of like how I get bored of my nail polish at the end of every week. I get so tired of seeing the same color on my nails every single day. Ugh! I have to change it up a little, you know?

“ Okay, so I used to do that, but not this time. Chris is different. I promise you” Mariah says with a happy smile. Hmmmm, maybe this time really is different. I mean, Chris IS Eric’s brother so I would;n’t be surprised if he is different like Eric. (Happy sigh). What? I can’t help it when it comes to Eric. Heehee.

“Well, I hope it is too because you deserve to be happy with a guy for once” Lily tells her. I nod my head in agreement; most definitely. She always picks the wrong guys. Remember Derek? Exactly what were talking about. He still gives me the shivers. Good thing he doesn’t go to this university anymore.

“Yo Janey, could you pass me that blue magazine over next to you?” I ask her as I put down the one I was currently reading. It was all about table decorations. There are soooo any awesome blossom ideas that I don’t know which ones to choose. That’s why I’m saving the ones I really, really LOVE and then have Eric pick out the ones he likes and we’ll decide from there. I didn’t know that planning a wedding was so much work. In the movies, it looks easy. Ugh!! What liars. Hmph.

“S-sure. Just a-a sec. I gotta f-find it first”, Janey answers while looking around her for the magazine. What the? It’s right next to her. She continues to place her hands all over the bed until her hands grab what I wanted. I glance at Lily to see if she is looking at this madness. She is and we give each other confused looks.   

“Here ya go!” Janey says tripping over herself as she makes her way over to where I sit.

“…Thanks…” I say slowly. Janey starts to sway back in forth as if she is dancing with herself with the music that is currently playing.

“You okay, Janey?” Sophi asks as confused as well. Seriously. Janey was okay one second and then the next second she is doing some crazy voodoo dance; which is happening at the moment.

“I-I’m fine! Is it hot in here or is that j-just me?” Janey asks while dancing. None of us know how to respond to that so we just shake are heads no. A bell chime goes off signaling that Mariah has a text message. I wonder who it could be. She’s all excited until she see’s who it is and shrugs her shoulders in disappointment.

“Is it, Chris?” Lily asks as she tears out a page in a magazine. Mariah sighs sadly and shakes her head no.

“No, its Jarod” she replies. Well, no wonder she is so disappointed. Not only is it not Chris, but Jarod instead. What a let down!

“What did he want?” I ask her with a slight glare.  Even when he’s not here physically, he is some how still present. Why me??

“he wants to know where Janey is because he has texted her three times and she has yet to respond to him. He asked her if she has stayed away from the foods that she is allergic to” Mariah tells us. All of us instantly look to see where Janey is but notice that she is no longer in the room. The door is wide open. I don’t get these kinds of feelings too often since that is Lily’s forte but I suddenly have a bad feeling right now.

“Ummmm guys, I don’t know if you noticed it or not but I think Janey was a little drunk” Lily says with worry laced through her voice. Ohhhh, that makes total sense now. Wait… UH OH!!!

“Oh. My. God!!! She’s totally drunk and now wondering through the dormitory and could possibly make her way outside where its freezing cold since its November and she has on no warm protection and since she is drunk, she could possibly get lost or worse like get into danger. Oh no, what are we going to do?!?!” Sophi exclaims in one breath. Wow! How did she do that? That was so freaking’ cool. I need to lear - stop Cori. Think about that later and more about the current matter right now.

“How about we go and freaking save her!!” Mariah tells us and stands up to get her shoes on.

“Wait, lets split up and bring our cell phones. We will find her faster that way” I tell them as I get my boots on as well. Trust me. I have personal experience with that method and let me tell you, it works.  Well, maybe it doesn’t work perfectly since Eric always seems to find me when I run away. However, it is Eric I’m talking about; so no surprise there. Go figure.

“Good idea. Lets go” Sophi says while putting on her jacket and grabbing her phone. We all head toward the door in a hurry but are suddenly stopped when the way out is blocked.

“Whoa, where’s the fire? Hey, where are you guys going in such a hurry?”

We all collide into the back of each other as we halt in front of the door. Jarod is standing in the doorway as he blocks our only way out. Ugh! If he sees that we’re in such a hurry, then why is he standing there like a dumb brick wall preventing us on continuing our rescue mission?

“Jarod, what are you doing here? You know that’s it’s a girls only night” Sophi tells him worriedly since she is at the front of the line. He shrugs his shoulders kind of sheepishly.

“I know and I‘m sorry. I’ll leave as soon as I check on Janey. It’s just that…I’m a little worried that she is eating something that is against her eating restrictions. You know how she how she loves to eat food that she isn’t supposed to have; Like chocolate, for example. She can only eat a certain kind or else she gets an allergic reaction and-“ Jarod rambles on as if we asked him for details before I cut him off impatiently.

“Okay, okay, okay, we get the point! Jarod, we all know that Janey can only eat certain and everything she can eat is at this party. So leave. Now!!” I tell him with a huff and put my hands flat on his chest as and try to push him out of the room. Yet he still doesn’t even move from his spot in the doorway. Wait, a thought just popped into my head. Has Jarod been working out? He actually looks a little buff. I mean, he’s nothing compared to Eric or Felipe but he is surprisingly looks a little tough. All I can say is gee golly, what a shocker!! Hmmm, I’ll have to ask Janey about it later…if we ever find Janey. Eek! Pray that we do before someone else does.

“Wait a minute, guys. I just want to talk to Janey for a second and then ill be out of here faster than a witch on a broomstick” Jarod says as he makes his way back into our room. Lily and me give each other WTF looks. Where does he come up with this stuff?? Mariah slaps her hand across her face and says to Jarod

“Jarod, I’m embarrassed for you.” He just shrugs since he is used to our usual reactions by now. He looks around the room before turning around to face us.

“Where’s Janey?” Jarod asks us after seeing that his girlfriend is MIA. Crap! How are we supposed to answer that? Oh, Janey is possibly running around the university naked and drunk off her ass. Yeah, I don’t think so! Lily jabs me sharply in my stomach with her elbow. I look at her and she gives me a do-something-quick-or else-we’re-doomed face. Why is she so worried? Its not like we’re actually going to be in trouble or anything. Who are we going to be in trouble with? Jarod??? Ha! Yeah right. He’s so intimidating and I’m shaking in fear in my fuzzy zebra slippers. NOT!! Jarod spanking someone; especially someone like me? Okay, I don’t know about you but that would be freaking hilarious. Heehee. I try to cover up my smile and prevent myself from laughing out laud by coughing. Mariah looks at me out the corner of her eyes and glares at me before pinching me on the side. Geeze, what is with the abuse suddenly? So not cool.  Mariah mouths ‘shut up’ to me. I roll my eyes. ! If they knew what I was laughing at then they would be laughing too. Hmph!

“Jarod, we were all playing an intense game of hide and seek, university edition. You know, the game where some one has to go off and hide somewhere on the university grounds and we have to count to 200, spin around in a circle 50 times, and then rush out and go find that person. As you can see, Janey is the person who is hiding and we WERE in the process of going out and finding her before you so rudely stopped us. Hmph!” I say while folding my arms. Wasn’t that a good excuse? It actually seems pretty legit. Why doesn’t this happen more when I’m in front of Eric? It would save my ass a whole lot more.

“Yeah, thanks a lot Jarod. Poor Janey. She’s probably wondering where we’re at right now,” Lily says following my lead. We’re such a good team.

“So, since you know where Janey is at….well, why she isn’t here anyway, you can go ahead and leave and let us continue our game” Sophi tells him while going behind Jarod and pushing him out of the room. Mariah and Lily grab a hold of Jarod’s arms and pull him out as well. I’m the first one out the door and hold it open for them to go through.

“Okay, I’ll just join you guys then. We’ll find her faster that way and once we do, I can check on Janey and then I’ll leave you all alone,” Jarod says as he walks through the door. Sophi, Mariah, and Lily instantly stop their pulling and give him annoyed looks. He sure is persistent and not the good kind either. Ugh! Think fast, Cori.

“Sorry, you can’t. Girls only” I tell him and stand in the doorway to stop him.

“That’s okay. I always get called as a sissy anyway. So its all good” Jarod says with a shrug. OMG!!!

“Good God, Jarod. You’re seriously starting to piss me off right now” I practically yell at him while putting my hands on my temples to calm my aching head. Hmm, I wonder if this is how Eric feels sometimes with me? Nah. I’m soooo much easier.

“Okay, lets settle this before it gets way out of hand. Jarod, when we find Janey we’ll make sure she goes and talks to you; we promise. So go and she’ll call you or go to your dorm” Lily says intervening and puts her hands on my shoulders to chill me out.

“Yeah, but we don’t know when that will be because it could take forever to find her” Mariah adds. We all nod our heads in agreement. Janey could be now dancing with a faculty member while drunk off her ass. We have to find her ASAP!!! Jarod looks down at the ground and doesn’t say anything for a minute.

“I’ll just wait in your room until you find her. Just to make sure I’ll get to talk to her,” Jarod tells us suddenly backing up into our dorm room. Really?
“Okay, we’ll be back soon; hopefully anyway” Lily says quickly while starting to pull me down the hallway. We’re just going to leave him there? I don’t think so. I was about tell her this but Lily starts talking in a hushed quick tone.
“Don’t start. Listen when we find Janey, we’ll bring her to our dorm room instead of theirs and make sure she’s okay. I also don’t think Jarod should find out that she had a little too much to drink. I have a feeling that he won’t be pleased,” Lily says to us as we’re walking toward the exit. That is such an awesome plan. Why didn’t I think of that?

“Brilliant! Also when did Jarod become so protective? God, he was like a statue that you couldn’t move” Sophi says. Ain’t that the truth?

“All I know is that we need to find Janey first before we start thinking about Jarod. Come on, lets go” Mariah tells us and we split up on different paths to find the crazy missing drunk girl in our game of “intense hide and seek: university edition.” Won’t this be fun?

"Weeeeeeeeee!!! It still feels like I'm Swinging on that tree with the monkeys" an intoxicated Janey says as she sways back and forth in me and Lily's room. And by swinging, she really does mean actual swinging. She was hanging up side down on a thick tree beach by her knees bent. Don't ask me how Janey had achieved that because I have no freaking idea how.

"What are we going to do?" Lily asks worriedly as she watches Janey prance around our room.

"I don't know but all I do know is that I'm FREEZING! I can't believe it took us almost thirty minutes to find her,” Mariah complains as she runs her hands together to get warm. None of us had the proper winter worn except our jackets, so all of is are a bit cold. Good thing it hasn't started snowing yet or else we all would be icicles. Thank god Eric didn't see me or else I'd have a warm butt to help me defrost.

"And of all the trees she could climb on, she just had to be on the tree right by the administration building" Sophi says, remembering the incident. Talk about embarrassing. I'm just glad that the dean of students or another head person walked out.

"I'm going back outside to swing on the trees like I'm a monkey" Janey slurs as she starts for the door. We all bolt toward like the speed of lightening.

"NO!!" me and Mariah shout as we pull her away from the door.

"The last thing we need is for her to run into Jarod as well,” Lily says as she tries to sit Janey down in our purple plush desk chair.

"Seriously, what are we going to do about her? What are some ways to help a drunk person not be drunk?" Sophi asks worriedly.

"Let’s Google it. Google pretty much answers everything,” I say as I rush to my laptop. The one thing I wish it would answer is if my plans would work or not. That would be so awesome! It would save my ass so much trouble.

"Good idea" Lily tells me as she sits down next to me on my bed. Well, duh! Of course it is. Heehee. As I'm typing in the words, what-to-do-when-someone-is-drunk, into the Google search, Janey starts to cough.

"Are you okay Janes?" Sophi asks as she rubs her back to ease her coughs. It doesn't help.

"Oh my god, I think she's having an allergic reaction. Look at her face" Mariah exclaims. And she's right. Janey's face is starting to get red splotchy spots on her neck and her coughing doesn't stop. I quickly delete what I had already typed and started to type something new: What-to-do-when-someone-is-drunk-and-is-having-an-allergic- reaction. Google better have some answers and FAST!

"Oh my gosh!! We need to get help. What does she usually do when she has a reaction?" Lily says jumping up and turns to Mariah. Mariah puts her hands on her head in panic.

"Umm she umm she does...oh! She takes something from her emergency pack in her purse. It's like a shot and some pills,” Mariah tells us in a rushed panic.

"That’s what some sites are saying on

Google. We need to get it. Where's it at?" I ask as I close my laptop and stand up.

"It’s in our room in her purse, I think" Mariah says. Great, let's go and get it. Wait...

"Isn’t that where Jarod is still?" Sophi asks. Hopefully not.

"Probably. Look, I think we just need to let him see her. We can't hide her anymore. We obviously don't know how to help her and he does. So someone go and get him" Lily tells us and sits down on my bed again. She has that we're so doomed look on her face. I wonder what for? I mean it's not like Eric or Felipe will be storming in here. So what's be problem? Mariah and Sophi rush out of the room to make their way down to where Jarod is still waiting. I go over to Janey to see if she needs anything. She is still coughing. I can tell that she is in a bit of a daze due to the alcohol. I pretty much leave the first aid emergency stuff to Eric. This is one of those times that I wish Eric was here because he would know what to do in times like this. (Sigh) Its such a drag that I don't get to see him as often but lucky for me I get to see him this weekend. Yay!! *Happy dance time*. My thoughts are interrupted as Jarod bangs open our door and rushes to Janey. Sheesh.  I'm surprised the door didn't fall off.

Jarod had her emergency bag and is taking out a shot like contraption for Janey. That seems to the trick. She stops coughing and the redness splotches is fading. Janey starts to cry. Jarod pulls her into his arms.

"She’s probably overwhelmed,” Lily whispers to me. I would be too if I almost died. Okay, so maybe she wasn't dying but I'm all for dramatics. Heehee.

"Shhh shhh it's okay shhhhh I'm here and your okay shhh I'm here for you pumpkin face shhh. Lets go get you ready for bed"" Jarod tells her comfortingly. He helps her stand up and puts his arm around her. They start for our door but he stood suddenly and turns back around toward the rest of us.  

"And you girls better stay right in this room until I come back. We need to have a very important discussion,” Jarod tells us coldly (well, cold for Jarod anyway. More like an ice chest instead of Antarctica) before walking out of the room and slamming the door. What does he mean by that? Lily and Sophi both have worried looks on their faces. Me and Mariah just shrug at each other. I thought our night was over but it looks like it’s nowhere close to even being done.

"Do you girls have any idea what could have happened?" Jarod practically yells at us. He is currently standing in front of us with his hands on his hips. This is a totally new Jarod. He's in totally control now.

"We’re really, really sorry Jarod. We didn't mean for any of this to happen. We promise you" Mariah tells him. Sophi nods her head in agreement.

"Me, Mariah, and Janey just wanted to help Cori with her wedding planning" Sophi adds. Lily and me nod our heads in agreement with the both of them.

"Well, I don't think that it had to involve alcohol. I saw the drinks that you made. What were you thinking? I mean seriously. Janey isn't even old enough to drink yet. Show a little brain knowledge, Mariah and Sophi. How could you make and serve drinks? And did either of you two look at the ingredients? Obviously it had something Janey couldn't have " Jarod says irritated chewing them out. Geeze, it's not like they were planning on doing that to her. Calm down, bro before you know off your Star Wars socks. And yes, he really does have those socks on. I'm not even kidding. A total fashion no-no.

"Hey!! Now wait a minute, Jarod. It's not like they were planning to kill Janey on purpose. They just forgot to look up the ingredients. And it's not like it's totally their faults either. Janey was there when they were making the drinks the night before. She could have, and should have, checked what was in them-" I tell Pissy pants Jarod but was interrupted by Mariah.  

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! How did you know when we made the drinks?" Mariah asks folding her arms together and raising her eyebrows expectantly. Sophi matches her position. SHIT! They weren't supposed to find out that I already knew about the drinks ahead of time. Look what your big mouth did this time, Cori. It always leads you into trouble. What do I do now? Mariah and Sophi were still waiting for my answer. There's only one thing I can do.

"Lily was spying on you guys first. I tried to stop her, I swear. But she-" I tell them but Lily pushes me.

"That’s totally not true. Okay so we BOTH we're listening in on you the night before. We knew that you were making something and could tell that it was alcohol by your conversation. We're sorry" Lily says with regret.

"Yeah, we didn't mean too. But we promise that we didn't know what you were making. And we were both surprised by what you guys came up with. We loved it,” I add hoping to please Mariah and Sophi. They looked at each other and shrugged. Then they both smiled.

"Okay, we forgive you. We're glad that you enjoyed the drinks,” Sophi says happily. Phew! That was a close on. I don't need mad friends added to my list of problems at the moment.

"I don't think you should be glad. Those drinks caused a lot of problems tonight. I know that Janey was as fault as well. But all of you could have stepped in and stopped it. I realize that some alcohol is okay every once in awhile but when someone passes into a state of intoxication then that is completely not okay. Ever" Jarod tells us. All of us girls are putting are heads down in shame. Damn. Since when does Jarod become like this? This isn't his forte.

"We’re sorry. It won't happen again" Lily tells him. The rest of us nod our heads in agreement. Jarod folds his arms and nods.

"No it won't. And to ensure that it won't happen ever again, I'm giving all of you two choices. The first one is that I call all of your guys and inform them of what happened tonight. Or..." he pauses. Ugh! This better be better because I so don't want Eric to know about this. Jarod continues,

"Or I can spank all of you and let this all be behind us"  

"Wait, wait, wait. YOU spank US?" I ask Jarod shocked. How could he even think about doing such a thing? I mean its Jarod that I'm talking about here. Apparently I'm not the only one surprised. The other three are just as shocked as I am.

"Does it look like I'm joking? Don't you guys act so surprised.  I know the kind of relationships you guys are in and what happens if you get into trouble,” Jarod tells us with a smug look on his face. I raise an eyebrow. Oh really.  And how does he know that? Did he talk to the guys or something? Lily and me look at each other before we both look over at Mariah.

"Well not all of us are in those relationships Jarod. So don't think you can-" I say to him before I'm interrupts AGAIN. Sheesh! How about you wait your turn?

"Oh yes, all of you are. Janey tells me everything, especially since we are together. Plus, Jans and me are in that type of relationship as well. Although we are still new to it, but I do know the signs of a spanker and a spankee,” he tells us. What? So Jarod's some kind of expert on the subject now. Yeah right. I roll my eyes. I look over at Mariah to see if Jarod is right and it seems like he is. Mariah is looking down at the floor with a I'm-so-doomed face. Holy crap! Chris spanks Mariah?!?!

"so you girls better decide on a choice or I will for you" Jarod says. Those are dumb choices. Hmph!

"okay we'll choose, but give us a few minutes to decide. Alone" Sophi tells him while pointing to the door with a glare. Jarod looks a little nervous by her burning look.

"fine. I'll be waiting outside so none of you try to sneak off" he says as he leaves. Aw man! Why didn't I think of that? As soon as Jarod's gone, we all a relax a little.

"so I guess we should watch what we say around Janey now" Lily says with a sigh.

"no kidding" I say with agreement. I tell Eric a lot but I never say what's supposed to be kept secret with my friends or just something boys shouldn't know. I don't even want to think about all the stuff Jarod knows. And how does Janey know that we all get spanked? None of us has said anything to her about it. I obviously know about Lily. I know that Sophi does because she mentioned it to Lily about it a while ago; especially since Felipe and Enrique are brothers and that's whom they're dating. And I had no idea about Mariah. She's so head strong sometimes. Your probably thinking it runs in the family, huh? Trust me, she's so much worse than me. What? She is!! But Chris is Eric's brother, so I shouldn't be all that surprised. Hmmm...

"so...what are we going to do?" Mariah asks nervously. Well, this is a first. She's never nervous.

"I don't know, but I do don't want him calling Felipe" Lily says.

"me too. Enrique would be so pissed. But I don't want Jarod to spank me either" Sophi adds. I start to laugh as I'm watching them on my bed.

"you guys, this is Jarod that where talking about. Why are you so scared? We should consider ourselves lucky" I ask them. If this was Eric I was dealing with, I'd totally wouldn't be laughing right now. More like crying over his lap as he spanks my butt hard. Oh and Eric wouldn't have given me a choice either. Pshh! So much for a spanker, Jarod. I laugh even more but I get three glares thrown at me. Okay,  I'll try to control myself. Sort of. I'm not doing a very good job.

"all I know is,  is that I don't want him calling Chris. So I'll let him spank me" Mariah tells us with a defeated sigh.

"I had no idea, Mariah. Why didn't you tell us?" Sophi asks her. She shrugs.

"it's not something you want to talk about. It's sort of embarrassing. Plus, how would I even bring it up in conversation? It's not like there is a support group or something" Mariah tells us. Wouldn't that be a conversation starter?

"well, we sort of are since we all go through the same thing. Don't worry, you'll always live" Lily tells her. Me and Sophi nod heads. I can tell that Mariah feels better about the whole spanking thing. Yay! Go us!

"so is Jarod is out choice?" Sophi asks.

"yeah, I guess even though I'll probably tell Felipe about what happened anyway" Lily says standing up. I'm doing that too but with a few minor detail changes. Heehee.

"same here. Chris know when I lie" Mariah adds. Do guys have lie detectors in their brain or something?

"wait! You guys have to have a plan" I say. Especially with Jarod.

"your last plan failed" Lily reminds me.

"only because Janey got drunk" I remind her.

"this whole thing wouldn't be happening if Janey didn't get drunk" Mariah says with a sigh. I know right!

"we all know that but she did so we have to face up to it now. What were you gonna say, Cori" Sophi says facing me. I stand up from laying down on my bed.

"listen, Jarod thinks he's so tough now. He isn't. Jarod always has and always will crack under pressure. What we gotta do is break his resolve. He'll still spank us because he won’t go back on his word after his little speech. However, he won't be into it as he first was" I tell them. They seem to like it. Although Lily doesn't seem one hundred  percent into it. I'm not surprised.

"good plan. How is that going to happen?" Sophi asks.

"just follow my lead and then take it from there" I say. Trust me on this one you guys. I know Jarod like Mr. Evil wooden spoon of doom knows my butt. It'll work.

"did you girls all make a decision?" Jarod asks after we let him back in our room. We all glance at each other before nodding our heads.

"well?" he asks next. Jarod seems so sure of himself. Not for long.

"we'll let you spank us" Sophi tells him. Jarod seems surprised but quickly acts like its no big deal. Oh, so he wasn't planning on us choosing him to spank us.

"are you sure? Because you won't like it" Jarod warns us. I snort but try to cover it up with a cough. Well, no duh Jarod!! We nod again in confirmation.

"alright, who's going first?" he asks while looking at us. No one says anything or a second until I volunteer.

"I guess I'll go first. But you guys face the wall. Jarod doesn't need any more to worry about at the moment. And your looking would probably mess him up an we don't want that, right Jarod?" I ask him as I make my way towards my bed. I turn back towards Jarod and wave him over impatiently since he is still standing in the same spot. He snaps out of it and walks over to me.

"okay so I guess I'll-" Jarod starts to say before I cut him off.

"you guess? Why do you guess? Aren't you supposed to be sure of yourself right now? How long have you been spanking Janey, anyway?" I ask with one hand on my hip. He coughs in a lame attempt to buy him more thinking time.

"not very long, but I know what I'm doing. So I want you to-" he starts with a little more directness this time before I cut him off AGAIN.

"okay so here's how's it's going to go. I'll bend over the bed and you start. Got it?" I ask. Jarod doesn't seem to like that I'm the one in control. But what's he gonna do about it?

"um well I um actually wanted you to go over my lap" Jarod says not as strongly as he has been.

"WHAT!! Jarod, how could you even think of doing such a thing? And you wanted to?!?" I exclaim loudly. I can tell the others are trying not to laugh against the wall.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean it like that. I just thought that's how it's supposed to be done" He tells me while running his hands through his hair.

"Is there a guidebook? Plus, did you forget that you had a creepy and unhealthy crush on me freshman year? It would be totally inappropriate in if were to go over your lap. I'm also getting married and they have boyfriends. If any of them walked in here with one of us over your lap, it would look terribly bad. Jarod don't you think about stuff like that? I thought you were smarter" I tell him a bit dramatically. I could sooooo be an actress with these skills. Heehee.

"Okay! I'm sorry, I'm sorry. You can bend over the bed" Jarod says. I fold my arms together. I'm still not happy.

"also, don't even think about pulling my pants down because that ain't happening. Don't worry, I'm wearing thin pajama pants. I'll still be able to feel it. I don't know about the others but you and I are not going down that path" I say pointing at him. Jarod steps back a little and nods his head in understanding.

"the same goes for us too" Sophi says from the wall. They all seem to enjoy listening to the show even if they can't see it. I grab a pillow off my bed and flop onto my bed.

"oh and you better not hurt me besides my butt because Eric is a doctor. He'll be able to know if anything is wrong" I remind him but I almost blow it by barely containing my laughter at the end. I'm not used to being I control like this. It's so much fun to mess with Jarod. I can hear snickers from the laughter wall over there.

"I won't" Jarod says quietly. He's lost his nerve now. Jarod hasn't moved closer to since I have moved onto the bed. Well, let's get this show on the road. I hate being in this position. Thank god, I'm usually over Eric's lap instead this.

"tick tock, Jarod" I say to hurry him along. I still don't hear any movement behind me. Ugh! Come on , Jarod. Move it! Just when I'm about to say something else, I hear sudden steps behind me. A handprint is on my ass with a SMACK!

Smack smack smack smack

Jarod continues to spank my butt. It doesn't really hurt at all. Its just stings.

Smack smack smack smack

I can't believe Jarod is spanking me right now. Can you imagine Jarod spanking me? I sure can't and he's actually doing it to me.

Smack smack smack smack

I still haven't made a sound since I Jarod isn't spanking hard. Maybe it's just a warm up. I'm looking up at my bulletin board that's hanging on the side of my bed. Hmmmm, I think I need to take off some of my stuff on it. A few of the things are so old! An crap! I think I spot an expired coupon for one of my favorites stores. How could I have missed that??? Grrrr!

Smack smack smack smack

Smack smack smack smack

He starts to speed his tempo and is a tad bit harder. My backside has a warmness to it now.

Snack smack smack smack

Maybe I should start saying ow or something like that. I've never had to think about it before. With Eric, I don't have to think about it. He spanks me so hard that I don't have to think about it. Usually by now, I'm a crying, pleading heap over his lap.

Smack smack smack smack

"ow Jarod" I tell him half-heartedly. Its really awkward saying ow when you really aren't hurting. You don't believe me? You try it sometime.

" ow SMACK geese SMACK SMACK SMACK stop Jarod SMACK" I pretend to plead with him. I because of it now. Use your amazing acting skills, Cori. I start to "cry" in my hands. It's mostly me just laughing in my hands. Let's hope Jarod falls for it. (fingers crossed).

Smack smack smack smack

Smack smack smack smack

Smack smack smack smack

"have you learned your lesson?" Jarod asks stopping the spanking.

I nod my head because I didn't want to risk LOLing.

SMACK SMACK SMACK SMACK  

"You can stand up now and head to the wall. Who's next?" He asks turning to the wall girls. The last four spanks actually stung a whole lot but overall, it wasn't too bad. I'm still laughing/fake crying in my hands as I hurry next to Lily. I hide my face in her shoulder as I  laugh. It looks as if I need a friends support at the moment. She's laughing along with me and so I Mariah. I guess Sophi decided to go next. Man, who would have thought? At least my butt isn't screaming at me right now like it always is after Eric spanks me. I've had many spankings in my life but this one was a total first. Now all I gotta do is find a way to tell Eric about tonight without him getting mad. I'll figure that out later but for now it's victory dance time. Heehee.

The next morning:

Me and Lily sit down at a table in the dining hall. I'm not awake yet. Especially since we didn't got to bed until after three this morning. An its 10:30 right now! I want more sleep. Hmph! I take a sip of my hot vanilla coffee. Mmmmm, my favorite morning drink for the last two and a half years since I've been attending college. Sophi join us at our table.

"what a night last night, huh?" Sophi says as she shakes her orange juice before opening it. I yawn.

"Yeah it was pretty eventful, that's for sure. Thanks again for planning it. The party was super fun!" I tell her with a smile. So I guess it was a lot better than I thought it was going to be... Except for the Jarod part.

"Your welcome. I just hope we could help you out some. Although, I think we could have all done without Jarod" she tells us. Girl, I can always do without Jarod.

"true, but I'm just glad it didn't hurt too much since Jarod doesn't know how to really spank" Lily says with a shrug. Me and Sophi nod in agreement on that.

Mariah drops her plate of food on the table and sits down with us.

"morning, guys" she says cheerfully.

"why are you in such a good mood?" I ask her with a scowl at her mood. See, Mariah is like me when it comes to mornings. We aren't morning people. So it's weird seeing her so jolly. Plus, she's never like this anyway.

"because I get to see Chris today...and tomorrow" she answers happily with a sigh. Now I wonder if I acted like that at the beginning of my relationship with Eric? Hmmm...nah!

"aren't we all seeing out guys today?" Sophi asks looking around the table. We all nod are heads yes. I'm super excited to see Eric. I need a lot of cuddle time to refill my cuddle meter. Heehee.

"so are you going to mention about what happened last night?" Mariah asks with a pinch of nervousness.

"yeah but I'm just going to brake it to him nice and slow" Sophi says. Good idea. I'll use that.

"I don't care what I do, I just don't want him to be mad" Lily says a little worried now too. I hope Eric's in a really, really, really good mood today so it'll be easy to break the ice. I can hope cant I?

Later that afternoon:

I walk into Eric's apartment and close the door.

"Eric?" I call out as I slip my boots off. The only downside to cold, wet weather is that I can't wear my heels as often. It totally sucks!

"in here, baby" he answers back from the front room. I make my way towards him and meet him at the door. Eric smiles down at me and pulls me into his warm strong embrace. I snuggle into him.

"I've missed you angel" he tells me. (happy sigh)

"I've missed you too" I tell him back and lean on my tippy toes to give him a kiss on the lips. Eric takes my hand and leads me into the kitchen.

"so how was last night?" he asks. Easy now, Cori. Don't blow it.

"it was really fun and I found a lot of cool things that I want to show you. Towards the end though, it didn't go so well" I say the last part like it was no big deal.

"oh really?" Eric asks as he opens the fridge. Damn! What do I say now? He didn't ask a direct question but if I don't elaborate sort of then he will question what I said and ask me to elaborate directly. What do I do?!? Deep breathe, Cori. Just go slow. Eric’s is facing away from me so he can't see my conflict on my face.

"Well, long story short, Jarod ended up spanking all of us; except Janey" I blurt out to him. I quickly cover my mouth with my hands.

"wait, what did you just say?" Eric asks with a look of disbelief. Uh oh, a direct question. I have a feeling that I just blew it. Big time!!

"um...Jarod spanked me?" I say with dread. Eric seems shocked still.

"you let Jarod spank you?" he asks me as if he couldn't believe it. Hey, I couldn't believe it either. I nod my head not wanting blurt something else out.

"why?" Eric asks me next. Anything but that question.

"because Janey had gotten drunk and then had an allergic reaction" I told him quietly and trying not to meet his gaze on me.

"were you drinking?" Eric asks me next with his arms folded. And I thought the last question was bad.

"yes, sir" I tell him as I look down at my toes. I really like the sparkly red color on my nails.

"Cori, come here" Eric tells me. Uh oh. I slowly walk towards him and then he grabs my arm when I am in reach and pulls me the rest of the way toward him. Eric then pulls me into the living room and sits down on the couch. Eek! He's pulling my over his lap. That's a really bad sign!

"tell me baby, Jarod spanked you because Janey had gotten drunk?" he asks me as he rubs my butt.  Be careful, Cori.  

"yeah, because he told Mariah and Sophi that they should have looked at the ingredients when they were making the drinks, which was skittle vodka, and told all of us that we bad friend for allowing Janey to become drunk and then wondering around the campus because she walked out of the room when we were having a deep conversation. But we found and brought her to my room and then she started having a reaction and Jarod had to save her" I say catching my breathe as I finish my tale.

"so how hard did Jarod spank you?" Eric asks me next. His hand is still on my butt.

"hard!" I tell him hoping that he'll believe me. I hear Eric laugh slightly. I don't think he believes me.

"This hard?" Eric asks me as he raises his hand and brings it down hard on my left cheek.

"ow! No, not that hard" I tell him as rubs the spot he just spanked easing the sting a little.

"did he spank you bare?" he asks me next and then spanks me twice with hard stinging smacks. Not Jarod smacks but REAL smacks. It hurts.

"owww no, I made sure that he did it over clothes and I didn't go over his lap either. But he wanted me to at first but I stopped him. Because one: it's Jarod and two: because I only let you do that" I tell Eric as he continues to rub and squeeze my warn bottom. I love it when he does that except minus the hard smacks. I don't like that.

"thank you, angel. I would have been kind of pissed if he had because I don't like the thought of other guys spanking you in that way" Eric tells me. He's so overprotective sometimes, but I love it. Heehee.

"since I don't think you really learned your lesson with the spanking you got last night, I think I should get Jarod's point across to you now" he says and starts to pull down my pink sweatpants and panties to my knees. Noooooo!

"no, I did Eric. Please don't spank me!!" I plead but of course Eric ignores me as my warm butt feels the cool air. Eric wraps his arm around my waist with a firm grasp and rubs my bottom with his other hand.

"I think I better just make sure" Eric tells me with one last pat to my bum. I close my eyes because I know what's coming. Poor me!

Smack smack smack smack

"ah owwie Eric I really am ow sorry " I cry out to him as he continues to spank my cheeks. See Jarod, this is what a spanking feels like.

Smack smack smack smack

My ass is burning! I wiggle around but Eric's tight hold of me keeps me in place, unfortunately.

"what smack are smack you smack sorry smack for smack?" Eric asks me between spanks. He expects me to think right now?

"ah that we allowed to Janey owwie to get drunk ahh and have a reaction ow! But it's all her fault ah" I cry out. It's hurting so bad right now. I blame Janey right now.

"Smack why smack is smack it smack her smack fault?" he asks me, never stopping his hand.

"because she owww made the drinks with ahh Mariah and Sophi the night before ow" I tell him. I'm not enjoying his questioning.

"How smack do smack you smack know smack?" Eric asks. My legs are kicking now since he has moved down to my sit spots.

"because me and Lily listened in on them as they were making the drinks" I tell him, fed up with all the questions.

Eric's hand still. Wait, did I just say that out loud? Ugh! Good job, Cori. Look what you did? Dumb big mouth. Eric doesn't say anything as he continues with my spanking. But only harder now. I start to really cry with tears running down my face.

SMACK SMACK SMACK SMACK

"when you turned twenty-one, we made a deal. Because of what happened your freshman year, right? " Eric asks me finally stopping. Just remembering what happened freaks me out still and that was a big reason for our deal. Also to make sure I don't go crazy on alcohol.  

"yes sir. (sniff) but we didn't know for sure if they were really gonna serve it to us"I say between sniffles. My one last save attempt. I'll try anything.

"No, but you were pretty sure that they were going to. You could have at least given me a heads up that they may have been serving alcohol baby. Just to make me feel better. I wouldn't have gotten mad" Eric tells me. I feel stupid. I should have thought of that. And I feel really, really bad now. Lily is going to be so screwed! Felipe will tear her ass apart; like Eric's doing right now.

"and i bet you weren't even going to tell about the drinking if Janey hadn't had too much, huh?" he asks. I cringe. That was my plan.

"yes sir" I tell him. Eric pats my butt before saying.

"I think we're going to have to discuss our deal that we made. It seems that we need to clear a few things up and revisit some things; like lying. But we'll talk about that later"

SMACK SMACK SMACK SMACK

Gulp. I have a feeling that that discussion is going to involve ms. Unfriendly brush or mr. Evil wooden spoon of doom. I start to really cry hard now.

"I know that it wasn't your fault that you didn't know that Janey was allergic to the drinks. However, all of you girls could have prevented her from getting to the point of being drunk; especially since she shouldn't be drinking in the first place. Along with Lily" Eric tells me as be spanks my ass away.

"I know, I knowww. I'm sorryyy" I cry. I start to sob now and don't even move around anymore. Eric lands a few more hard smacks on my thighs, that really, really hurt, before finishing the spanking. He rubs my butt as I lay over his lap.

"you can get up now, babygirl" Eric tells me as he gives my left cheek a gentle squeeze. I pull myself up with Eric's help and quickly sit on his lap and wrap my arms around his neck tightly.

"shhhh baby love its okay shhhhh I've got you and I always will shhhh I love you babygirl shhhhh I love you" Eric whispers to me as he holds me in both of his strong arms protectively. I'm snug in his embrace as my sobs and cries quiet down. When my sniffles are left, I lean back and look into Eric's loving gaze. He smiles and kisses my forehead and then my nose.

"(sniff) Eric, I'm really sorry that I didn't tell you about the drinks. And I know that your gonna spank me again later and I'm really sorry.I deserve it. (sniff) I know that we should have been paying closer attention to Janey. I'm sorry" I tell him. Eric wipes a loose tear that ran down my cheek.

"I know angel. It's okay" he tells me kissing my cheek. I smile and lean onto him again against his shoulder.

"you'll apologize to Janey on Monday?" Eric asks me while kissing my head. I nod my head yes.

"I'm sure she's going to apologize too. You'll also apologize to Jarod" Eric adds. Hold up. I lean back again and look at Eric like he is crazy.

"Jarod! What does he need one of my apologizes?" I ask him.

"because you probably scared him when Janey was having a reaction. It'll make him feel better baby" Eric tells me.

"no, I don't want to" I say crossing my arms. Eric raises his eyebrows as if daring me to continue. I pout and lean back into my happy place.

"yes sir, i'll do it. But I'm not going to be happy about it" I warn him. Eric laughs and shakes his head as he starts to tickle my sides.

"oh really?" he asks as he traps me from getting away from him.

"yes, really. Eric, stop it!" I cry out in laughter from his ticklish torture. I practically had tears running down my face by the time Eric finally stopped tickling me. I stood up fast just in case he decided to start again.

I pull up my pants and panties over my very sore butt as Eric stands up.

He pulls me into a hug with one hand on my butt.

"I love you baby" Eric tells me with a kiss to my head. I wrap my arms tight around his torso.

"I love you too, Eric" I say happily with a sigh. I can't wait to be married to him.