Maddie
and her friends are on a summer mission trip with their church youth
group. They've driven hundreds of miles from Nebraska to New Mexico
and are spending their first evening getting to know some of the
local group members. Claire, the mean girl, has already started
picking on Maddie and her friend Pati. Taking a liking to one of the
local boys, who doesn't even know she's alive, Claire gets annoyed
when they ignore her and her clique.
"Come
on, girls," Claire said. "It's obvious this riffraff don't
deserve to hang around us." She got up with forced bravado.
Tossing her hair, she tried to hop gracefully from the back of the
pickup, but lost her balance, tipping to one side as she landed.
The
others followed her reluctantly, not wanting to leave the boys
behind. Claire insisted, walking into the fellowship hall as quickly
as she could.
"She's
gonna pee in your shampoo," Clayton said as he watched them walk
away. "Or whatever it is evil bitches from hell do to get even."
"Put
condoms in your purse," Maddie said.
"Or
threaten to tell people you gave someone a blow job," Pati
added, not thinking of her audience.
The
men all perked up with that announcement.
"Do
tell," Brad said quickly. "Who was the lucky guy?"
"There
wasn't one. She was going to lie and say I gave one to Cl—"
She snapped her lips shut, but it was too late.
"Wow,
Clay—way to go, dude!" Brad and Clayton did a complicated
handshake.
"Wish
I could say we had," Clayton said kindly. "Cause I'm sure
it would have been great. But no. Pati hasn't sucked my man juice."
Maddie,
who was closer, punched him—hard. He rubbed his arm, protesting
loudly.
"Damn,
that hurt! What the hell? How do you know how to punch like that?"
"I
have two older brothers who thought their baby sister should know how
to defend herself against dweebs and perverts." She punched him
again. "And their friends too."
"Stop
that! I'm sticking up for her!"
"In
a totally gross way," Gabriel said, watching the exchange with
amusement. "Could have done without the man
juice
bit."
"That
was a little over the top," Clayton agreed. "But I wanted
it clear."
"We
got it," Luis said. "No oral pleasuring transpired. Too
bad, though. Cause you're one hot mama," he stated honestly.
Pati
didn't know whether to be flattered or disgusted. "Thank you,"
she muttered. "But I don't do any of that. Ever." That was
enough true confessions for one night. She wanted to leave, but
wasn't going to face the girls on her own.
"Me
either," Maddie said, backing up her friend. "And it's
going to stay that way," she announced, glaring at the men.
They
all held up their hands, holding them like Maddie had a gun on them.
"I
swear, it hadn't crossed my mind," Luis said. "Well, I
lied, it did. But only because I'm a guy and that's all we think
about."
The
others nodded, agreeing. Pati and Maddie had to laugh. They looked
like bobble heads, their chins bouncing in unison.
"Is
that really all you think about?" Pati asked. "I don't have
any brothers to ask."
"Oh,
I never ask my brothers," Maddie said. "Just like you
shouldn't ask this bunch."
"Why?"
"Because
they'll tell
you," Maddie stated. "And there are some things better off
not knowing."
"Like
the fact I had sex with Beverly?" Daniel said.
Brad
punched him. "You had to bring that up again? Are you nuts?"
"Drunk
and horny," Daniel said by way of explanation.
"Wait,
you drink? You're a minister's kid," Pati said.
Daniel
shrugged. "We're worse than anyone, just better at hiding it."
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2017 Dellani Oakes
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