Saturday, November 17, 2012

Before Happily Ever After 2


"y-you a-and E-Eric look r-really happy" Devon tells me while looking at the picture of us. In case you’re wondering who took the picture, a waitress at the restaurant snapped the picture of us. Talk about nosy. And people (Eric and Lily for example) think I'm nosy. Puh-leeze!! I don't go around taking pictures of random people I don't know. Except this one time when I took a picture of a girl's bedazzled high heel. It was bedazzled into pink and silver zebra stripes. Isn't that adorable or what? I thought so too. But that’s the only time I've done that. Well maybe a few other times, but that's a totally NOT the same as that nosy waitress. The photo underneath was a picture of my beautiful ring. It's spectacular!!! Big but simple at the same time. I love it. That night, I couldn't stop staring at it. I was in a daze of diamond beauty. I still stop and admire my ring sometimes. I get weird looks from the people though; especially nerds. It's as if they haven't seen someone look at a brilliant piece of art. Seriously they need to go to a jewelry store because it's not that uncommon. Anyway, Devon turns the next page to a photo of me and Demi, Eric's mom. She's squeezing the shit out of me in a really, really super duper almost choking me to death hug.
"Mommy w-was really h-happy" Devon says with a smile. Tell me about it. My neck was sore for two days from all of her happiness. The next pictures were of Andrea hugging me, their grandparents hugging me and Eric, then Demi hugging us again, and Eric's dad, Greg hugging me. It was an endless cycle of hugs.
"Your family is an extremely huggy family" I tell Devon looking at the pictures.
"y-you m-mean our f-family now" Devon says correcting me. That's right! I'm not used to saying it yet.
"Our family" I say and she nods her head once before looking down at the album again. Something in one of the pictures catches my eye. I lean in for a closer look. In the background of a photo is.......... Ugh! Nelly O'Donnell. I'm sure most of you don't know who this is. I didn’t either until I met her at Eric's parent’s house the day these pictures were taken. I hate her blonde guts. Don’t get me wrong; I have nothing against blondes. I know a lot of blondes. Demi, Andrea, and Devon for example. If I actually did hate blondes, I'd be in trouble. Talk about family tension or what. What I do have against blondes is when they try to steal my boyfriend.....or fiancé......or Eric. Let's just say Eric. I'm sure your thinking 'Cori, remember what happened the last time you thought someone was taking Eric away from you?’ Yes I remember what happened last time but this time was different. She seriously was trying to steal Eric. I’m for sure this time. You don’t believe me do you? Fine, be that way. And another reason why I hate her is because I got my butt spanked because of her too. Hmph! Unbelievable isn't it? Well the spanking part may be believable but that's beside the point. This chick was the only downfall to a day of happiness; well for me anyway..................

"Cori!! Its soooo good to see you" Demi says practically tackling me in a hug when she spots me. I’m not a huggy kind of person but I like the she cares.
"you too" I say hugging her back. She let's go for a moment to take a look at me.
"you always look so cute in your outfits. You really need to help me go through my closet sometime. I'm in desperate need of some help" she tells me. I already know I always look cute in my outfits. Well except one time when a nerd tripped and his food went flying everywhere and MOSTLY on my clothes. If Lily wasn't there to hold me back, I so would have strangled him and Jared with my pink manicured nails. Why Jared, do you ask? I always want to strangle him. Why not. I did manage to grab some food and throw it in the nerds face. Let's just say, a food fight may have started.
"anytime" I tell her. She smiles happily at me before giving me another tight hug. Okay, maybe she cares a little too much. I'm not sure if I can still breathe. She really has a strong grip.
"god mom! let Cori breathe" Eric tells her as he grabs my hips and gently pulls me away from his mother. Demi draws back.
"oh Eric, I'm just happy to see her. I haven’t seen her in such a long time; especially since you two didn't come on the family camping trip during the summer" she say. And thank God for that. Can you imagine ME going CAMPING??? I sure couldn't. No wait, actually I can but I won't since I know it would have turned into a living nightmare.
"we're sorry we missed it" Eric says not sounding that sorry at all. I don't think he wanted to go camping either, but since he had to work shifts at the hospital he just started working at he didn't have a choice in the matter.
"there is always next time" Demi tells us. Ugh!! Lucky us. NOT. Maybe I'll fake sick or something. What? It might work this time.

"well, you two go off and talk to everyone. Many people have been looking forward to seeing you again. Oh and Eric, someone special wants to see you again" His mom tells him with a secret grin. Me and Eric just arrived at his family's annual Labor Day barbecue. It's a big deal so all of his family comes (which is a billion people) and a lot of family friends come too.
"who?" Eric asks taking my hand in his. The hand with my engagement ring on it which I have to make sure I don't let anyone see it yet because it's a surprise. We're planning on telling everyone tonight. Heehee.
"you'll find out soon enough. Now go outside and see everyone" Demi tells us already heading back into the busy kitchen. Hmmmm, I wonder who it is?
"who do you think it is?" I ask Eric as we walk to the side doors. He shrugs.
"I have no idea. It could be anybody. My mom tends to make things a bigger deal than it really is. Kind of like someone else I know" he says with a grin looking down at me. I stop walking and fold my arms while looking up at Eric unamused. what does that supposed to mean?
"I don't know what you’re talking about, Eric. I don't make things bigger than they really are, they really are that big" I tell him. He just grins at me before grabbing my hips and pulling me close to him so our bodies are touching. Eric gives me a light kiss on the lips then says
"whatever you want to say, Angel. By the way, my mom was right. You do always look so cute in your outfits; especially today" I smile up at him. I couldn't agree more with him.
"although I'm surprised you’re not wearing any heels today. I didn't realize you were so short" he teases me. I glare at him briefly. It's not my fault I'm short okay. Hmph!! Short people have more fun anyway.
"I couldn't wear heels to a barbecue. They probably would get stuck in the grass and get ruined. And I’m not that short" I tell him. I’m wearing flip flops this time. Eric laughs slightly while pulling me into him more for a gentle hug. See, these kinds of hugs I like. He gives me one last squeeze before kissing my head and pulling away from me to take my hand again.
"I'm just messing with you baby. Come on, let's head outside" he says leading the rest of the way to the side door and slides it open. Everyone is out in the huge backyard that they have so we have to walk around the house to get there. But we didn't walk very far because this blonde girl comes running up and then jumps and launches herself onto Eric. She wraps her arms around her neck like the way Demi was doing to me. In the process, she practically pushes me out of the way making me almost fall over. In fact, I bet she did that on purpose.
"oh my gosh, Eric!!!! I haven't seen you in FOREVER! it's been years. OH MY GOSH!!!" the blonde chick squeals. I regain my composure as she hugs Eric as if he is her long lost love or something. Eric seems to be really shocked to see her but he knows who she is.
"wow! It has been a really long time" he says still surprised. I take note that she is still clinging to him. An alert goes off in my head which isn't good. Two things happen next. First, I see a lady walk towered us and I suddenly realize with horror that it's Ms. Snooze; AKA: Ms. O’Donnell, my old high school principal. Secondly, I realize that the blonde girl is no other than Nelly O'Donnell. Ugh. Eric's ex girlfriend.
"I haven't seen you in years!! Every time I came home during breaks, which weren’t often, me and my mom would visit your family but you'd NEVER be here. I'm glad I've finally caught you" Nelly gushes to Eric as if she just caught the world’s best fish. Oh yeah, I forgot; She went to college in London.
After Eric recovers from the shock of seeing his ex girlfriend again and probably thinking, man what did I ever see in this chick? Well okay, that's what I'm hoping he is thinking. Anyways, finally Eric manages to untangle Nelly's tight grip around him and takes a step back before she tackles him again. While this is all happening, Ms. Snooze comes to stand next to me.
"Cori" she says greeting me with a familiar glare. Well she is the same old Ms. Snooze, that's for sure.
"Ms. O’Donnell" I greet her back coldly with a smirk. (Sigh) this reminds me of good times. If Lily was here, it would be complete.
"I see that you and Eric are still together" Ms. Snooze says clearly not happy about it. In her mind, Nelly and Eric should be together. Sucks for her, doesn't it?
"I wouldn't be here if we weren't" I say, my smirk growing bigger. Ms. Snooze's eyes narrow.
"Hmph!" she grunts, sticking her nose in the air. Hmmmm, what’s stuck up her a-
"so you and Cori are still together?" Nelly's voice asks bringing me back to their conversation. Are these two really that dumb? Sheesh, the term like mother like daughter really works here. Of course, I'm still with Eric. I wouldn't be here with him if I wasn't. Is that so hard to understand?
"Yeah, still going strong" Eric tells the O'Donnell's while taking my hand. Ha! In your face, Nelly and Ms. Snooze.
"You know Eric, if you two hadn't broken up you'd probably be married by now" Ms. Snooze tells Eric. What!!!! Oh so she's a psychic now? Last time I checked, she couldn't predict the future. Although she could always know that me and Lily would be in her office again. Hmmmm. Nah, she's just a lucky guesser.
"Whatever, mom. You don't know that. Lighten up" Nelly tells her mom while rolling her eyes before giving Eric a radiant smile.
"Come on, a lot of our old friends from school are here and want to see you" she says and starts to pull his arm. Eric is hesitant to go with her (not surprising, who would want to go with her). I push him toward her.
"Well go on. I'll meet up with you later. I gotta go back inside and get something from my purse" I tell him and kiss his cheek. Eric looks down at me and into my eyes to make sure that I'm really okay with him hanging out with his ex. I look back into his eyes to say that I'm fine with it........sort of. As long as she keeps her slimy hands off of him and stay at a distance. So far she has failed both. Who am I kidding? I am totally NOT okay with this. But what Eric doesn't know won't hurt him, right? Since Eric can read me like a book, he looks at me suspiciously before I push him again to go with Nelly.
"Go! I'll be fine" I tell him and give him a smile. I don't think Eric is so sure but goes with Ms. Soon to be boyfriend stealer; but only if I let her. I smile again. The smile that Lily says always leads to trouble. I've got a phone call to make. Heehee.

 
"Unbelievable, I tell you. You should see this Lily. She is sitting right next to him. She could practically sit on his lap if she wanted to. Ugh! Make me want to barf. Talk about desperate" I tell Lily with disgust over the phone. I can hardly stand to look at her but yet I can’t look away. It’s like the times I am flipping channels on TV and come across a scary movie that’s terrifying but I can't make myself turn the channel.
"What’s Eric doing?" Lily asks me. I look at them again. Ugh! Seriously what did he see in her?
"Nothing. He isn't reacting to any of her arm touches, flirty giggles, or her knee touching his as they talk to their old high school friends. I wonder if he even notices" I tell her. Knowing boys, probably not. In case you’re wondering how I'm watching them, I'm upstairs looking out a window to the backyard. The window is covered by the roof so they can't see me but I can see them. Like a pink ninja. What? Black ninja is so BORING. I like to spice things up a little. Heehee.
"Come on, Cori. You know Eric isn't going to hook up with Nelly. He loves you. He gave you a ring, remember" Lily tells me. Of course, I know. I'm wearing the ring, dummy.
"I trust Eric. I just don't trust Nelly Smelly" I say glaring at her through the window.
"Just don't jump to any conclusions and don't do any of your plans either" Lily says. Oops; too late. Heehee.
"Please, your one to talk Ms. Dumpee" I say trying not to laugh. Everybody loves to tease Lily about how she broke up with Felipe.
"God, that happened two years ago. Will everybody just give it a rest? I'm practically reminded of it every day!!!" Lily tells me mega annoyed. I think it's hilarious.
"Calm down, Lils" I snort, trying to keep my laughter to myself. I'm not doing a very good job of it.
Lily's POV:
"just go ahead and laugh Cori. No point in trying to hide it" I tell her slightly ticked off. EVERYBODY just loves to remind me of what I did to Felipe; in a good natured way but still. It gets so annoying.
"No I'm sorry, I'll stop. Anyway, there are more important things happening at the moment. Ugh! Just look at her" Cori tells me. Hmmmm, it's kinda hard for me to see since I'm NOT EVEN THERE. I'm about to mention this little fact to Cori until I hear Felipe's voice calling me from the next room.
"Lily, who are you talking to?" he asks.
"Be right back" I tell her and put down my phone and make my way over to Felipe's room.
"I'm talking to Cori" I tell Felipe as I lean against the door frame. He's lying on his bed with his laptop. I really do like Felipe and Orlando's new apartment. It's close to the campus so I can still see Felipe on the weekends.
"Why? You see her everyday at school. What could you possibly be talking about now?" he asks me in disbelief.
"We’re girls, Felipe! We ALWAYS have something to talk about. We like to stay on top of things" I tell him. Good gossip happens fast.
"Are you talking about wedding things?" Felipe asks me. My eyes light up. I totally forgot about that.
"No, we weren't. So ha! But since you'd reminded me, I definitely am going to tell Cori about a wedding theme. So I'll need to borrow you laptop for a sec" I say as I grab his laptop that he was using and give him a kiss on the cheek.
"Your welcome!" Felipe calls out as I quickly leave his room and head back to my phone.
Cori's POV:
"I found this really cool wedding website that has all kinds of different themes. Since your going to have a summer wedding, you should go for the earth tone colors" Lily tells me. She is taking her maid of honor job very seriously.
"No greens or yellows. Too bright for me. What about purple theme color?" I ask turning away from my window spying and lean against the window sill. I like to have my full attention on wedding details. Eric told me not to get all caught up in the wedding just yet since we just got engaged less than two weeks ago. The way I see it is that it never hurts to start looking.
"Hmmm, purple with a warm chocolate brown?" Lily asks.
"A possibility but I would have to see the shades of the color. I don't want my wedding to be focused on two colors. Find more please" I say turning to look out the window again. Shit!!! Where did they go?
"How about gold?" I ask Lily.
"Gold? Tacky!!" She tells me. My mouth drops.
"No it isn't. Just add more colors and it would look fabulous for a wedding. Do you know how many things it could work with, accessory wise?" I say defending my color.
"Just let keep looking for something better" Lily says clearly not impresses with my theme choice. Hmph! Fine be that way.
"Okay what's this website called? I'm going to check it out on my phone" I tell her. Let's just see what kind of themes this website comes up with. As Lily tells me how to get on it, I peer closer to the window hoping to catch of Eric or Nelly. As I'm looking, I suddenly feel a tap on my shoulder.

"Ahhhhhh" I shriek loudly. I look behind me to find Devon looking up at me with her wide green eyes. Was this child trying to give me a heart attack? I put my hand over my beating heart.
"God, you scared the shi-iz out of me" I say stopping myself from cussing.
"Nice save" Lily tells me sarcastically. Well I had to impromptu myself. I'd like to see what she'd come up with. Nothing as good as mine, of course.
"W-wedding?" Devon asks me curiously. Uh oh....... Think fast Cori; pink ninja style.
"Devon, can you keep a secret?" I ask her in a whisper to make it seem like a big top secret mission. It's more fun that way. Heehee. She nods her head. I twirl my engagement ring around my finger so that the diamond shows.
"Me and Eric are getting married but you can't tell anybody that you know because we're gonna tell everybody tonight. Okay?" I ask her. She looks at my ring first and then up at me with a big grin on her face.
"o-okay" Devon tells me happily. Phew, good thing I got that taken care of. Not that I'm surprised she'd keep it a secret. Devon's my little secret keeper. Man, I'm a bad influence on her. I wonder what would happen if she decided to tell Eric some of my "secrets". My butt would be toast. Well actually, Eric usually ends up finding them out anyway. Go figure.
"You pinky swear?" I ask her, holding out my pinky toward her. Just to make it official.
"P-pinky s-swear" she says clasping her pinky in mine and we twist them together. From the huge grin on her face still, I can tell that she approves of our engagement.
"THERE you are, Cori! I have been looking all over for you. I need help" Andrea says walking up to us.
"With what?" I ask her looking out the window again. I still don't see them, but I do see Ms. Snooze talking to Eric's group of old friends. Ha-ha! Lucky them.
"Cori, how about blue and purple?" Lily asks me. Um, no. My gold idea was a lot better than that.
"Those are winter colors, Lily" I say to her. I forgot I was holding my phone to my ear.
"Okay, which heels go better with this outfit? And why aren't you wearing heels tonight? I wanted to be high buddies" Andrea says to me holding up a pair of green heels and aqua heels. I take one glance at them and decide that the aqua heels would go better with her short denim skirt and flowery tank top.
"The aqua ones and it's a barbecue. I'd get my heels stuck in the grass and then they'd be ruined. And we can be high buddies all year at school!!" I tell her excitedly. Andrea is going to be a freshman this year since she finished high school early and I'm going to be the best junior sister ever. I'll take her under my wing for sure since we're going to be high heel buddies (the heel part is silent).
"Okay how about orange, brown, and a Crème color?" Lily asks me next. Eeeeew! Gag me.
"Hell no!! Orange is so not my color. Do you have any blue flip flops? We can beeeee the um the something I'll come up with later buddies" I tell Andrea. Devon laughs. Andrea sighs dramatically.
"Okay but you have to help me pick them out. And who are you talking to about Colors?" she asks me.
"Colors about what?" a new voice joins the conversation. Janey and ugh! Jarod walk to the group.
"Hey, I didn't know that there was another party going on upstairs How come I didn't get an invite?" Jarod asks. I glare at him. Jeeze, I wonder why?
"Because you weren't invited" I tell him.
"Is that Jarod I hear?" Lily asks me.
"Yes, unfortunately. Did you find anymore colors?" I ask her.
"Colors for what?!?" Andrea asks again.
"Oh I know. Have you told anyone yet?" Mariah asks. What the? When and why is she here?
"No I haven't. So do ruin the surprise, smart one" I tell her. It’s getting a little too crowded up her in this hallway.
"Janey invited me here, in case you’re wondering" Mariah says to me.
"I didn't ask, but thanks for the information" I sat giving her a fake smile. Our relationship has come down to friendly banter which I'm okay with.
"What is going on here??" Andrea asks clearly seeing a bigger picture. Devon is finding this while big conversation amusing.
"Will everyone keep their pants on? I just came up here to make a phone call. I didn't know that I would be put on a missing persons list" I tell them.
"You’re the one who is freaking out" Jarod tells me. I glare at him.
"Well everybody downstairs is asking Eric where you are. So of course, you’re on the wanted list" Mariah tells me with smirk. I
"I got to go Lily. I'm on the wanted list" I tell her.
"Well we all knew that it would happen eventually Cori" Lily tells me, not Surprised. That actually was a good one.
"Shut up! I'm hanging up know" I tell her and start to walk toward the stairs.
"Wait, come into my rooms and help me find some shoes" Andrea says pulling me back and toward her room.
"Wait, I have a list full of themes I was about to tell you" Lily tells me in my ear.
"Just put on a pair of flip flops on, Andrea. Come on, I know where Eric is" Janey says pulling my other arm.
"Wow, I just noticed that you’re not wearing heels. That's a first. I should mark this in my Cori Calendar" Jarod says. All this is happening at once. Everyone is talking at once and I'm being pulled in two directions while I'm still on the phone. The first thought that goes through my head is 'I wonder if my arms will be pulled off or my head will explode and which one will happen first" and the second thought that ran through my mind is 'why does Jarod have a Cori calendar and what the HELL is that????" I don't think I would have had a third thought since my head would have exploded from all this confusion if it wasn't for someone shouting
"what the hell is going on??"
Everyone stops what they are doing and freeze to see that Chris was the person who shouted.
"You didn't have to shout Chris" Andrea tells him while giving him a dirty look also. Chris rolls his eyes.
"How else was I supposed to get your attention? I'm amazed that Cori is still in one piece with the way you all were pulling at her. A shame that would be" He says shaking his head. That would be a shame. What would happen to all my shoes, clothes, and purses? They would get lonely!!
"What do you want, Chris?" I snap at him. Why is everybody coming up here? I just came to make a simple phone call and suddenly it turned into a mini party.
"I came up here to see what all the noise was about. Oh and to tell you that Eric was looking for you" Chris adds. That's not surprising; a lot of people have been looking for me. Remind me to never go missing again.
"So I've been told" I say. By this time, Andrea and Janey have released their hold of me so I'm able to start walking down the hallway toward the stairs.
"But what shoes do I wear?" Andrea asks me at the same time as Janey says
"don't you want me to show you wear Eric is?" I stop and turn toward them. Geeze, being wanted sucks sometimes. Talk about exhausting!! I haven't even been down to the real party yet.
"Andrea, wear your red flip flops. I'm sure I'll be able to find them, Janey. But thanks anyway. Bye Lily, remember to text me the colors" I tell everyone and continue down the hall.
When I get downstairs, I head for the backyard where I'm sure Eric is. Before I head out, I remember to twirl the diamond on my engagement ring around to hide it. Don't want to ruin the surprise. I see Eric talking to his grandma on the patio. Thankfully, Ms. smelly Nelly isn't around.
"There you are, Cori!! I was beginning to think you disappeared. I was going to send Eric to find you" His grandma tells me standing up from her chair to give me a big hug. I return her hug before sitting down next to Eric who gives me a kiss on my cheek.
"Trust me, I could never disappear even if I tried" I tell her. And don't ask me how, but I have tried; desperately. Especially when Eric is about to kill me. But try as I might, I can never disappear. He always ends up finding me. I take it that you’re not very surprised by that little bit of information. I wonder why.
"Well good. When I didn't see you, I was beginning to think that Eric and Nelly had gotten back together" his Grandma tells me. I know exactly what she mean thanks to my spying- I mean ninja skills. Heehee.
"Grandma, you know for a fact that I don't like Nelly in that way. She and I are just friends. I love Cori. You know that" Eric tells her putting his arm around me and pulling me close to him. I smile. Ha! If Nelly could see me now.
"I do know that and I trust you. It’s her that I'm not so sure about. And just what are Nelly and her mom doing here anyway?" she asks. Okay, this is scary. She just read my mind. Maybe Eric's grandma is a retired psychic or something like that. I'll have to ask Eric about that later. Eric shrugs.
"Their old family friends. Ms. O'Donnell is like best friends with mom so they've always been invited to parties and stuff" he says. I never would have guessed that Demi and Ms. Snooze were BFF's. Demi is fun. Ms. Snooze is boring. Demi has a good fashion sense. Ms. Snooze is totally fashion less. Demi is pretty. Ms. Snooze is......well not exactly the prettiest pearl necklace if you get what I mean. I don't know how they could be friends or even BFF's. Suddenly Eric's brother and his wife, Sarah, are pulling Demi out of the house to sit by Greg at a picnic table.
"Listen for a second for what we have to tell you. Then you can go back into the kitchen" Zach says to Demi who probably didn't want to leave the food. She looks at him expectantly.
"Well we wanted to wait and tell the good news with everybody here. We're expecting a baby!!!!" Zach and Sarah say at the same time. Awwww, how nice for them. Well sort of anyway. Everybody claps for them. His parents hug them. Demi's crying. You know the usual stuff baby announcement reactions. As this is all going on, a strange thought runs through my mind. I don't know how this came to my mind but I know the perfect plan to get back at Nelly's flirty ways. I smile THAT smile. Oh this is definitely going to be too good.
I walk inside toward where the drinks were a little later after everyone had settled down from the baby news. Unfortunately, Nelly decided it was time to come back and sit with Eric. Ugh!! I can’t stand her stupid nasally laugh. Heeheeheeheehee. Just shut all ready. If I heard her laugh one more time, I would have thrown my flip flop at her. Damn! Too bad I didn't wear heels tonight. Hmph! First I make a pit stop in the kitchen.
"Congratulations!!!" I say to Demi while hugging her. By this time, all her tears have dried up but I can tell she is still really happy.
"Oh thank you, Cori. I'm so excited" she tells me. I let go of her and grab a plastic cup.
"Of course. You’re going to be a grandma for the first time" I tell her as I pour water into the cup. I see a fresh batch of lemonade about to be made. Perfect! I won't even have to leave the kitchen for the plan.
"Well as long as they don't overdo on the Eco friendly stuff on the baby, I'll stay happy; especially Sarah" Demi says in a loud whisper. You see, Zach's wife is a very big green save the planet person. Don't get me wrong; I like to recycle and stuff like that but she takes it waaaaaayyy over the top with EVERYTHING which drives Demi NUTS. I've been told that's one the main reasons why I'm Demi's favorite (a.k.a Demi likes me better than Sarah).
"I'm sure the baby will be just fine" I say as I watch Demi continue to prepare the lemonade. I just got to wait for the perfect moment.
"What really needs to happen is getting you and Eric married so then YOU can start having babies" Eric's Aunt Tia says to me. The plan is already in effect, sweetie. Except for the babies part. That is not in any of my future plans that is for sure. Can you imagine me having kids???? Mini Eric and Cori's running all over the place while I'LL have to catch them. What a total nightmare.
"Yeah hurry up and get married already. You guys have been dating FOREVER!!" a cousin whose name I don't know says to me. I'll just call her Dory. She looks like a Dory.
"Well it will happen when it happens" I tell them slyly trying not to smile. Do you know how hard it is to keep secret? Torturous, I tell you.
"Hopefully soon. I want mini Cori and Eric's running all over the place" Demi says with a smile. Well apparently me and Demi have totally opposite views of what my future is gonna be like. I wonder how I'm going to break the news to her that she is so WRONG!
"That would be so cute. You two will have the cutest kids ever!! What should their names be?" Cousin Dory asks. Uh oh......... This conversation is turning for the worse. Get out of here, Cori. Abort! Abort!! ABORT!!!!
"Think of some names for me and let me know later. I gotta go to........well, bye" I tell them and head out fast. Not that they noticed. They were too busy talking about how Rachel and Andrew were the perfect kid’s names. Whatever. I head back outside pouting. I didn't even get to do my plan. Stupid future. You see, I was gonna give Nelly a cup of Demi's homemade lemonade: but without the sugar. She puts so many lemons in there that you'll mouth will ache if you drink it without sugar. Get it? Then smelly Nelly would shut her annoying mouth and my ears would have peace and quiet. But not now. Just great. I sit down next to Eric. His grandma, Chris, Andrea, Janey, Mariah, and Nelly were all in a heated conversation about who knows what. They didn't notice me come back.
"What’s wrong, baby?" Eric whispers to me as he puts his arm around me and pulls me close to him. I sigh heavily.
"Nothing, Eric" I say with my arms folded. I can hear a high pitched heeheeheeheehee. My poor ears.
"Nothing, huh? Then why are you pouting?" Eric asks me while giving my temple a kiss.
"I'm not pouting Eric" I tell him while looking away. Who am I kidding? I'm in total pout mode and he knows it.
"Oh really? Then why are you slumped with your arms folded and giving me one of your over dramatic sighs? Hmmmm, looks to me like you’re in total pout mode" Eric says with a small smile. See! Nothing gets past him.
"Eric, I'm fine. Really" I say pulling his arm around my waist tighter around me. Just to show Nelly who he belongs to in case she is looking which I know she probably is out the corner of her eye. Let's hope she gets the message.
"Cori, tell me what's wrong? What's bothering you, baby?" he asks me quietly as he rubs his thumb over my hand in his. I can't tell him what's wrong. I don't want to be that jealous annoying girlfriend. Even though I kinda am, but that's totally besides the point.
"I'm fine Eric. Really, really, really. I'm fine" I tell him again. I doubt he believes me. Just don't look him in the eye, Cori. I look over across his parent’s huge backyard to see his dad taking drink orders from people. Drink orders as in alcohol. A pink light bulb goes off in my head. I wonder what Nelly is like drunk. Hmmmm.........
"What a wonderful surprise to see you here. I didn't think I'd get to see your pretty face tonight" Greg, Eric's dad, says to me from behind the bar. I smile. Eric may get his eyes from his mom, but gets his black hair and pretty much everything else from his dad.
"Well there are a lot of people here. I have to make my way around fair and square. But you know I wouldn't have forgotten to come see you" I tell him sitting down on a bar stool. Okay so I haven't really been making my way around. More like hiding out, but he doesn't have to know that.
"So you here to get your drink on?" Greg asks me. I laugh slightly.
"I wish!! I can't drink yet. I'm turning twenty-one later this month. I just brought the drink orders here for some people" I say getting the piece of paper from my pocket. Just the first part of my plan. It was hard to convince Eric to let me go get the drinks. He thought I would secretly booze it up somewhere. As if! Eric doesn't he even like to think about my twenty first birthday coming up. He doesn't want me to drink. EVER! Not that I blame him because of what happened last time I drank alcohol. I still have nightmares sometimes. I’m sure Eric does too. I wonder if he'll ever let me drink again. I wouldn’t be surprised if the answer was a no. A big fat NO.
"Your still a baby. I'll have these drinks coming right up" Greg says teasing me before starting on the drinks.
"I'll be right back to get them" I tell him as I head for the kitchen, but not before looking to see him pour orange juice in a cup. Ha! I know that is Nelly's screwdriver. I had to look up what a screwdriver was on my phone on the way to the bar. Orange juice and vodka. Nelly ordered a small glass. She didn't want to 'drink too much.' Hmmm, we'll see about that. Heehee. I don't really head to the kitchen. I just stand outside the hall for a minute or two before going back to Greg.
"Hey, I think I see some boys messing with your new grill" I say hurrying back into the room. At least they were a half hour ago so technically I'm not lying. Greg drops what he's doing.
"What! I told them not to mess with that. Will you watch the drinks for me?" he says heading outside. You know, I have to say that my plan is working perfectly so far. I bet your surprised. I hurry behind the bar and find Nelly's drink. I sniff it. Yup, it has vodka in it already. I find the shot glass and the vodka which was close by. I pour some in and add it to her drink. I pour in one more shot before closing the vodka bottle and mixing her drink up. I head back around the bar and sit down in a chair. Phew, all done!! Now it's time to sit back and enjoy the show. Greg comes back in a few seconds later.
"Kids, these days. They have no respect. Need to be taught some manners" I hear him muttering to himself. I guess it worked. I could be a movie star with all the skills that I got. Greg finishes the drinks and hands them to me.
"Now don't drink any of that. If you show up drunk, I'd never hear the end of it from my son" he says and winks at me. We both know Eric too well.
"You have nothing to worry about" I tell him and head outside. I sit next to Eric and hand out everyone their drinks; the last being Nelly. Janey, Jarod, Andrea, and his grandma were the only ones left. Mariah and Chris went off somewhere. Do I see a romance starting? Only time will tell. I try to hide my smirk as Nelly begins to drink her screwdriver.             I’m already laughing on the inside. I can't WAIT to see the results of my plans.
"L-let’s get this party STARTED!!!! Yeah!!" an intoxicated Nelly shouts loudly. She can barely put her drink down on the table since her hand is shaking so badly. It's like a train wreck waiting to happen. Nelly gets up and swerves and stumbles over to the loud speaker where she proceeds to change the music on the iPod to a techno dance song. She turns the loud speakers up all the way so the music is blasting. I'm biting my tongue to keep from laughing. I can't make myself obvious. Not that anyone would notice since everyone is pretty much focused on Miss Techno over there.
Lily, guess what I did?!?!? Heehee - Cori
Uh oh.....sounds like trouble - Lily
I got Nelly totally DRUNK - Cori
CORI!!!! ARE YOU CRAZY!!!! - Lily
Calm down, Lily. No need to yell - Cori
Cori, you do realize that Eric is gonna beat your ass when he finds out what you did and what if something happens to Nelly. Wasted people do crazy things - Lily
I glance up at Nelly to see that she is doing a slow dance with this elderly guy. She's slow dancing to techno music. I feel bad for the old guy since he looks totally freaked out. Haha! His face is priceless.
Crazy things such as slow dancing to techno? Watch out for Nelly. Something bad is 'totally' going to happen to her - Cori
I'm not really loving your sarcasm at the moment - Lily
When does Lily ever love my sarcasm?
"I have a fun idea. Let's all get naked and run across the yard together!!!!" Nelly says excitedly. A ton of people are horrified at what she just announced. Some of the moms quickly cover their little kid’s eyes. I'm choking back my laughter. Not that I have to. Many of the older cousins are laughing hysterically. The horrified ones convince Nelly that isn't such a good idea so she moves on to the dessert table. She starts grabbing pudding, yogurt, candy, and ice creaming with her hands and stuffing it in her mouth at a surprisingly fast speed. It's like she's in a food eating contest. By this time, Ms. Snooze and Demi have made their way over to her.
"Come inside Nelly. You’re not doing so great out here" her mother tells her while trying to pull her arm. Nelly shakes her way loose from the grip.
"I'm fine mom. I don't know what's wrong with meeeee" Nelly half cries then laughs her slurred words.
"You had a little too much to drink, Sweetie" Demi tells her sympathetically, then glares at Greg. Nelly backs away from them still laughing and crying. Everyone at the barbecue has their eyes glued on Nelly waiting for what she will do next.
"No, I'm fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine" she says backing away from them. She continues to back away from them until Ms. Snooze says
"Nelly stop!!" But it was too late. Nelly has backed herself all the way into the pool. The deep area of the pool, might I add. She starts splashing around and gasping for breath in the water. Almost everyone jumped out of their seat and rushed to the sides of the pool; Well everyone except me anyway. I wouldn't be able to see anything since I'm so short and plus, I didn't wear heels. The next thing I hear makes my body run cold in dread.
"Someone help her please!!! She doesn't know how to swim"
 Oh shit! Oh shit!! OH SHIT!!! I sit up in my chair hoping to get a look of what's happening.
"Oh my gosh Nelly!! Don't panic. Oh help please someone before she drowns. Please!!!" Ms. Snooze frantically shouts while throwing her arms around. If it wasn't in the current situation, id totally be laughing. Instead, my eyes are wide in fear. What if she dies?? I’m a killer! I didn't meant to. Please, don't send me to jail. I wouldn’t do good in jail. Well okay, so I have been to jail before but not killer jail. Killer jail is worse, I tell you. They have no shopping malls. Terrible!!
I see a glimpse of a guy taking off his shirt and diving into the water for Nelly. A guy that looks like Eric. I glare slightly. Well I don't want her to drown BUT I don't want Eric saving her. I mean it kinda defeats the purpose of me getting her drunk. To get her flirty hands off of him. And if Eric is saving her then my plan was totally USELESS. I sit back in my chair with my arms folded in a pout. Why does this screwy stuff always happen to me? Stupid plan. Stupid Nelly. Stupid Ms. Snooze. Stupid Jarod. Stupid nerds. Stup- My pouting fit in my head is interrupted when a strong hand grips my arm lifting me out of my seat and turning me around to face a pair of green eyes. Oh thank god, it's Eric. He wasn't saving Nelly. Yes!!! Yes!! Yes!!! I mean I don't want Nelly to drown or anything but I just don't want her saved by Eric. And she wasn't. Yay! Happy dance time. My victory party quickly comes to an end when I notice just how angry Eric looks. (Gulp) uh oh.
"Tell me straight up, did you spike Nelly's drink?" he asks me in a low dangerous voice. Um, do you think I could get away with it if I said no?
"Cori, don't you DARE lie to me right now" Eric tell me. Okay the answer to my previous question would be a big fat HELL NO.
"Well I um I-I-I did spike her drink just a little" I tell him shrinking at his gaze. Does Eric have to glare at me like that? I feel like his eyes are shooting lasers through my head.
"Just a little?" he asks me with raised eyebrows. Does ANYTHING get passed Eric? I mean really, you'd think just once I’d be able to do it. I’d think it would take a miracle for that to happen.
"Okay more like a lot" I confess looking down at my feet. Hmmm, I really need to get a pedicure. My toes are looking out of shape. I wonder what color I should get. Eric must be satisfied with my confession because he pulls my arm that he still has a hold toward the house. I practically have to run to keep up with his long strides. I wished he would just carry me so I wouldn't keep tripping over my feet but I don't want to risk anybody seeing and wondering where were going. Heck, I don't even know where were going so there guess would be as good as mine. Not that anyone is noticing us since their main concern is about Nelly at the moment; who, by the way, is out of the pool and is gasping and puking her guts out on the grass. I bet this will be one barbecue that everyone will remember, that's for sure. Once inside the house, Eric leads me up the stairs and to his bedroom. He finally let's go of my arm and opens the door for me to go in. Ugh, do I have to?
"You’re in SO much trouble, Cori" Eric tells me as I gloomily walk into the room. If I had a hundred bucks for every time he says that, I'd be a multimillionaire who would be able to buy all the designer purses and shoes I'd want. Heehee.
"Really? I couldn't tell" I say sarcastically. My eyes widen and both of my hands fly over my mouth. Why did I just say that??? Brain, are you trying to get my butt killed? Lily was right. Eric is totally going to beat my ass. Starting now. Eric just rolls his eyes and shakes his head as pulls me over to the bed then onto his lap in one quick motion.
"If I didn't know any better Cori, id think you were purposely trying to make it harder for yourself" he says lifting his hand and bringing it down hard over my left thigh.

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Eric is giving all his attention to my thighs. It's stinging so bad right now.
"Eric please owwww I'm sorry!! Ah owww Eric!" I cry out wiggling my butt trying to escape the hard smacks coming down. Ugh! Damn short shorts. No protection whatsoever for my poor defenseless thighs or sit spots.
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Eric stops spanking me and lets me up. Finally!! I'd thought he'd never stop. Okay, so maybe he probably spanked me fifteen or twenty times. It still hurt like hell. Hmph! Eric sits me down on the bed next to him.
"I'm sorry Eric. I didn't mean to say that. Really" I tell him. Brain, my butt wants to say that you suck!! Eric kisses my nose and forehead to show that its alright and it's done and over with.
"Ready to move on now?" he asks me. I nod my head resisting the urge to rub my warm butt.
"So do you want to tell me exactly why you did what you did to Nelly?" Eric asks next. Think of a strategy, Cori. Everybody likes a good story, don’t you think?
"Well I'll tell you but there is a story to it, okay?" I tell Eric. He probably can't wait to hear this.
"I'm listening" he says expectantly. Alright Cori, work your magic.
"So there was this innocent girl with an outstanding taste in fashion at a party with her fiancé. She didn't know that his ex girlfriend was going to be there or else she would have come better dressed. Anyway, this ex of his was evil and was trying to steal her ex boyfriend back for herself. The innocent girl tried everything she could but she was no match for the ex. She was powerless and left to suffer with no hope. That is until a certain green eyed monster girl who looked exactly like the innocent girl came to her and said that she could help her defeat the evil ex. The innocent girl agreed but thought it was only fun and games. Little did she know that the green eyed monster had others plans. The innocent girl was locked away in a dungeon and had to wear last season's clothes. Totally tragic, I know. Poor innocent girl. Well, the green eyed monster girl took over and got carried away with defeating the evil ex with the ear splitting annoying laugh. The green eyed monster girl thought that spiking evil ex's drink would be funny. And it was; at first. But then she got scared because she thought that she killed evil ex and that the innocent girl's fiancé was going to save her and rekindle his feelings for her. But is turned out that the green eyed monster girl and the innocent girl were wrong and that her fiancé loved her and not the evil ex. So the innocent girl and the green eyed monster girl are really, really, really, really sorry about what they did and hope that the fiancé will take that into consideration for when he is about to give them the spanking of their life. The end?" I finish hoping that the ending message really inspired Eric into going lighter on the said 'spanking of their life' in the story. Well I can hope, can't I? I can tell Eric is trying not to smile.
"Into consideration, huh? Why should he? You didn't say much about him" Eric tells me. If that will get the 'fiancé' to considerate, then I'll give a long list. In fact I'll even write a book about him if he wants me to.
"Well the fiancé is charming, a gentle men, and protective over his girl, in love with his adorable, totally sorry fiancé, and a total hottie. Do you want me to keep going?" I ask him. Eric laughs slightly and grins. At least he is in a good mood right now. No more Mr. angry pants.
"I got the picture, baby. So the moral of your story would be........" he says prompting me to finish.
"To not make deals with the green eyed monster" I say. At least in my story anyway. They'll end up getting you spanked way worse.
"So in other words, don't let jealousy get the best of you" Eric tells me. I nod my head.
"why were you jealous of Nelly, angel?" he asks me. I cross my arms and turn away. Geeze, boys are totally clueless.
"because" I say quietly. Eric pulls me back to him and turns me back around.
"because why?" he ask again. I sigh.
"because she was all over you. That's why" I huff turning away AGAIN.
"I know. That's why I told her to stop" Eric tells me. Wait, what??
"you did?" I ask turning to face him again.
"Mhmm. I told her that she can't act like that. We're friends so she has to act like friends and not like we're dating" he says. Ha! In your face, Nelly. So I didn't even have to spike her stupid drink. Thanks a lot Eric.
"Did you know that I was jealous?" I ask him. Now that he mentions is, Nelly did back off later in the evening. She wasn't touching him and everything. I just didn't notice it because of the green eyed monster in me. It's all her fault.
"Pretty much. I just didn't know for sure until you got Nelly drunk" he says. I wince. Don't remind me, even if it was awesome at first.
"How’d you know I did it?" I ask him.
"Cori, I know when your planning something a mile away. Plus, you didn't look very surprised when Nelly was wasted and you had that smirk on your face so I figured it out" he tells me. Grrrr. That smirk always gives me away every time. I need to work on a new planning look.
"Why are friends with Nelly anyway?" I ask him. That's kinda weird to me.
"Cori, if you and I broke up I'm pretty
positive we'd still be friends" Eric says.
"What! Is there something you want to talk about?" I demand. Eric groans.
"Angel, I was just making a point. It didn't mean anything. Besides, we've come this far together. Why would we give it all up now?" He asks holding up my hand with the engagement ring on it and then kissing my hand. Gosh, why does Eric always have to sound so smart?
"Your right. I'm sorry. It’s just, I trust you but I don't trust Nelly" I tell him. Eric wraps his arm around me and pulls me in close.
"I know baby and I don't expect you too. But just because you don't trust her doesn’t mean you can go out and do mean things to her. Like spike her drink" he says. I feel totally bad now. It was such a good plan though. Why did she have to fall into the pool?
"I know. It was wrong and I'm really sorry" I say sadly hoping to catch some sympathetic points from Eric. I'll take anything I can get.
"Well your gonna be even sorrier in a minute" he tells me. In a minute? But that would mean.......
"Wait, your gonna spank me here? At your parent’s house?" I ask him getting worried. Please say it isn't so. Eric stands me up and moves me between his legs.
"Why put it off?" he asks me pulling me closer so he can unbutton my shorts. I grab the top of my shorts to stop him from doing so.
"But what if somebody hears?" I shriek. I'm not exactly quiet during my spankings. Okay, so I'm not quiet at all.
And he's gonna spank me upstairs with all the people DOWNSTAIRS?
"Everybody’s outside and we're upstairs on the other side of the house, so don’t worry. Besides if you don’t want anyone to hear you, you should have thought of that before went off and did something completely stupid" Eric says and moves my hands to continue to unbutton my shorts. WHY ME!!!

 
"Eric please!! Not here. Anywhere but here. Spank me back at my dorm or your place or behind a dumpster for all I care but PLEASE not here" I beg Eric giving him big puppy dog eyes backing away from who was busy working my shorts down. Please work, please work, please work. He sighs.
"Cori, the more time you waste the bigger the chances are of someone hearing. So keep stalling if you want to but we're not leaving this room until you've been spanked" Eric tells me firmly. Geeze, will my puppy dog eyes EVER work? I wonder what would happen if I made a run for it. Hmmmm. Cori, don't even go there. You know Eric would catch you in a heartbeat which would make matters worse for your sorry behind. Thanks brain; your actually helping me for once. I pout and stomp my foot.
"It’s not fair" I say crossing my arms together. Wow, I guess I have my emotion machine turned on to pouting in my head today.
"Life isn’t fair, baby. It's just the way it is. Now come here and let’s get this spanking over and done with please" he says. Ugh. No thanks.
"Please Eric. Not here. Please!!!" I beg one more time as I head back to Eric. It never hurts to keep trying. Except when it falls on deaf ears which Eric apparently has right now. I'm pulled over his lap with my shorts and panties down.
"Tell me what you did wrong, Cori" Eric says adjusting me over his lap. Oh, so now he decides to talk. Let's hope my story had put a change of heart on Eric to go easy on me. Well I can hope can't I?
"I let jealousy take over my feelings. And I spiked Nelly's drink" I tell him.
"(Smack) and (smack) what (smack) did (smack) and (smack) could (smack) have (smack) happened (smack) to (smack) her (smack)?" Eric asks me while starting to spank my sit spots damn HARD.
"Owwww she got really drunk owwie and fell into ah the pool ow and she ahh could have died ow ow owwww" I tell him trying not to cry out to loudly. I for sure don't want anyone to hear me. Talk about embarrassing. I think that'd be a punishment all by itself. Obviously satisfied with my answer, Eric just concentrates on spanking me now. I wished he'd lose some concentration. Not that it would help my butt any. It's already burning like it’s on fire. Hmph! I guess my little story didn't move him any. Meanie.
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Eric continues to spank me only on my sit spots which make the spanking feel ten times worse than normal.
"owww Eric ah please owwwwie I'm sorry!!!! Oww" I cry out to him with tears streaming down my face. I want to smack the person whoever came up with spankings in the first place. They deserve a good spanking.
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I start to sob now. God, my butt is killing me. How can Eric's hand be made of steel? How is that even possible?
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"Eric please oww ahh Stop I've learned ow my lesson owwie" I sob to him. I'm trying to keep my sobbing down. Can't chance anyone hearing.
I can't stand it anymore. I reach back and cover my burning cheeks. Cori, why do you always make things harder for yourself? WHY!! Eric just grabs my hand and pins it in his on the small of my back. Well on the plus side, at least it stopped my spanking.
"Looks like you want to get spanked harder" he ask me rubbing my flaming butt. Okay, I don't know about you guys but I don't think I look like I want to get spanked harder. Eric needs to get his vision checked, that's for sure. Oh and how exactly is he going to be spanking me harder? There is nothing here for him to use. No Mr. Meanie belt. No Ms. Unfriendly brush. No evil wooden spoon of doom. I'd like to see what Eric comes up with now. Oh wait, he has nothing. Ha! Eric takes off one of my flip flops from my feet. DAMN IT!!! I thought I won this time. I'm never wearing flips flops while doing a plan again. Hmph!!
"I guess today was the wrong day for you to wear flip flops, huh baby?" he says laughing slightly. DUH, captain obvious. As if I didn't realize that myself. Stupid flip flops.
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Thanks for giving me some warning, Eric. He doesn't wasted anytime with the my shoes. My spanking is continued as if it was never interrupted.
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My butt is killing me right now. I put bottom of the bedspread in my mouth to muffle out my loud sobs. I'm taking no risks. Eric is focused on my thighs as well as sits spots now. Yay. Lucky me.
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I'm sobbing extremely hard. Flip flops are supposed to be floppy, not hard.
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I'm pretty much limp over Eric's lap. I don't know when he stopped spanking me until I felt him take my shoe of my other foot and help me stand up to sit in his lap. I wince when I've made contact with Eric's shorts. He moves me more onto my hip and then smuggles me into his strong and loving arms.
"Shhhh baby love I've got you shhhhh it's okay now Shhhh just cry it out angel shhhhh I love you and will always love you Shhhh" Eric whispers to me as he gently rocks me back and forth. (Sigh) I love cuddling time after a spanking. My sobs and cries slowly come to an end.
"You alright, baby?" he asks me while sitting me up on his lap then kissing away a few last strands of tears down my face. I nod my head.
"(Sniff) I'm sorry Eric. I never meant to actually hurt Nelly (sniff)" I tell him.
"I know Lovie. Just don't spike anyone’s drink again, okay?" I asks. Don't worry. It isn't on my to do list.
"I won't" I tell him. Eric gives me one last kiss on my nose before helping me stand up and pull my shorts and panties back up.
"Eric, can you hold more when we get to your place?" I ask looking up at him. By his place, I mean his apartment. It's nearby the hospital that he works at. It's also close to the campus so I can still see him regularly.
"Of course baby. For as long as you want" Eric says wrapping me in a hug. Yay! Cuddle time with Eric.
"Can we get ice cream too?" I ask him next. I'm craving ice cream. Plus ice cream and cuddle time would be awesome!! A double win.
"Sure angel. Let's go tell my family about the engagement and then we can go" he tells me kissing me one last time on the forehead before letting me go.
"Okay. Oh, do I have to apologize to Nelly?" I ask Eric. I'd rather give away one of my high heels than do that. Eric gives me a grin before saying
"nah. What she doesn't know won’t hurt her. Come on baby, let's head downstairs" he says taking my hand in his and walking toward the door. Well I couldn't agree with Eric more. He just said my life motto. Heehee.

"You ready?" Eric asks me quietly right outside the doorway leading to the kitchen. Makeup fixed? Check. Hair looks fabulous as usual? Check, obviously. Got my game face on? Check!!! I’d say I'm more than ready.
"Mhmmm. Let's do it" I tell Eric. He smiles and pulls me into a tight hug. (Happy sigh) I feel so safe and secure in his arms. I always do. Knowing that I have someone who will always love me and never leave me and will never hurt me; well I guess you could say except with spankings but that's for my own good and Eric will never kill me while spanking me anyway. So it's all good. Eric kisses my nose and gives me one last squeeze before letting me go.
"Come on, let's hurry and go through with so we can leave" I say, urging Eric to go through the doorway. Let's get the show on the road. I don't have all night. Oreo ice cream and a couch is calling my name and when it's calling, it can’t be ignored.
"Geeze, no need to be pushy" Eric says grinning at me. I kinda have to be pushy when it comes down to cuddle time with Eric. I don't get it that often anymore since he works and I'm at school. Hmph. It's not fair.
"I can't help it. It's in my nature. Now go and good luck" I tell Eric and give him a kiss on the cheek before he walks into the kitchen. Your probably wondering what we're doing? Hmmm, I think I'll just let you wait and see. What? You don't like that idea. Ha-ha! Oh what the hey. I'll tell you. You see, me and Eric are going to trick his family into thinking that we just broke up before actually telling them that we're engaged. It's going to be awesome since I have such good movie star skills. I'm a natural at these kind of things. Heehee.
"I was wondering where you and Cori went off to. You missed all the action with Nelly. She was throwing like there was no tomorrow" I hear Andrea say to Eric in the kitchen.
"Sorry I missed it" I hear Eric say not that interested opening the fridge.
"What’s wrong, Eric? And where's Cori?" his grandma asks. I wanna shout I'm right here but I don't think that would be a smart thing to do at the moment.
"She'll be in soon. She just wanted to be alone for awhile" Eric answers as if he is down and something is troubling his. Something like our breakup.
"Why?" Andrea asks probably wondering why Eric is acting weird.
"We were just having a pretty deep conversation and one thing lead to another and things aren't looking so good" Eric says. Damn, if I didn't know he was acting I would totally believe him now myself. Eric has awesome movie star skills too. Who would have thought? "Aren’t looking so good? What do you mean?" his grandma asks worriedly.
"Aren’t looking good......well, for us" Eric tells them mournfully since our relationship is pretty much dead.
"What!!! You two are breaking up?? No way" Andrea shouts shocked. I know that Eric just shrugs for answer as if he doesn't know at the moment. Alright, it's my cue to go. Wish me luck!! I walk into the doorway of the kitchen and sigh sadly. His grandma and Andrea both look at me, hoping that Eric isn't telling the truth. He is, well not really but he is supposed to be telling the truth but......not actually? Just shut up before you confuse yourself Cori.
"Cori!! What's going on? Are you and Eric breaking up for real?" Andrea asks me. I walk over to her and hug her then look at her sadly.
"Let’s not talk about it. It's supposed to be a fun gathering. Let's not bring depressing talk in now" I tell her and wipe my eyes with the back of my hand as if I'm about to cry again. Since I really did cry about fifteen minutes ago, my eyes are still a little bit red and puffy. It just makes the joke even better.
"It’s because of Nelly, isn't it?" Eric’s grandma asks him accusingly.
"Grandma, can we please not talk about it here?" Eric asks. Nice Eric, don't confirm or deny. Hey, I should use that strategy. It might work sometimes. After all, he used it didn't he? Suddenly, Demi comes in from the side door with a tray full of empty cups, plates and silverware. But she instantly stops when she notices how we are acting.
"What’s going on?" she asks worriedly now too. I look away from her gaze as if I don't want her to realize what happened. No one answers her.
"Tell me, what's going on?" Demi demands this time. Sheesh and I thought I was pushy.
"Eric and Cori are breaking up" Andrea says in a extremely sad looking at the ground. One part of me feels a tiny bit bad but another part of me wants to burst out laughing. Stay calm Cori and don't lose control. Demi gasps and drops the tray. It comes crashing down. Her hands cover her mouth.
"No. No, you two can't be breaking up. Your joking" she says. For a second I thought she caught on but realize that she hadn't. Demi looks between me and Eric and notice that we are avoiding each other’s gazes and then sits on a nearby chair with tears in her eyes.
Actually the real reason is that if me and Eric did look at each other, we'd burst out laughing. So no making eye contact. Ms. Snooze comes in hurriedly to see what the noise was about.
"You can't break up. You two were perfect for each other. PERFECT!!! I wanted you to get married and have babies and grow old together. How can you........" Demi starts to say before she covers her head in her face and I can't understand the rest. Ms. Snooze appears to be very happy by the sudden news. Grrrrr, I don't like her. Unfortunately for her this is all a joke.
Alright, I guess it's time to break the news I guess. I walk over to Demi trying not to crack a smile or laugh and say
"I agree. We are pretty perfect. That's why we're getting MARRIED!!!" I show her my engagement ring. Let's just say that things went none stop from there. Demi jumped up from her seat and gave a me a tight choking hug then she went off and gave Eric a hug, Andrea told us we were mean people with no hearts even though she was happy too, and EVERYONE wanted congratulate us so me and Eric were there for another hour and a half. Can you believe that? Ugh! My cheeks hurt from smiling so much. I really need to frown. Where's Jarod when I need him?
"Hey, you wanna get out of here?" Eric asks me later when his mom, sister, and cousins were all making wedding plans. Wedding plans that I thought were totally not on my fashion radar. I quickly nod while grabbing his hand and start to pull him toward the door. Well we do have ice cream and a couch in desperate need of attention. I don't want to keep them waiting any longer. Heehee.




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