Velvet Lullabies

“You’ll never believe what happened today.” Gemma busted into the dorm room like a tornado. She had a way of manipulating everything and everyone to focus on her, quite the opposite of the quiet housewives they were raised to be.

“What happened, Gem?” Adelina asked, flipping through the clothes hanging in her small dorm closet.

“Joey Mendola, you know Joey?”

Adelina nodded, she did indeed know Joey, Gemma had Class

ic Literature with him on Tuesdays and Thursdays and never shut up about it. Gemma was dying for his attention and the guy wasn’t even that cute. She had a bad habit of going for the guys who weren’t good for her. It didn’t help that she had two older brothers determined to scare every man in his right mind away from her.

Gemma was way out of his league, she had that kind of effortless beauty that Adelina was envious of. While Adelina was attached to a curling iron for an hour in the morning, Gemma just got out of bed and ran her fingers through her long dark locks. She had long thin legs, a body that let her eat whatever she wanted, and dark chocolate eyes that you could get lost in. On top of that, she had an infectious smile. She claimed, in typical girl fashion, that her lips were too small but they were the perfect size on her petite face. The two were constantly told they could be sisters, but Adelina was certain that Gemma was the prettier one.

“He was all ‘hey’, so I said ‘hey’.” Cue eye roll. “And he told me about this big party in the woods this weekend, and we’re invited.” She squealed.

“That’s awesome, Gem.” Adelina could tell she was lacking the proper enthusiasm for her best friend, but she wasn’t feeling it today.

Sure, she loved college parties, maybe not quite as much as Gemma, but she did. Now though, her mind was drowning in the future and she was still trying to pick out a dress for this “date” tonight with her future husband.

“Earth to Addy! Where did you go in there?” Gemma tapped jokingly on Adelina’s head.

“Sorry Gem,” she snapped out of her thoughts. “Just thinking.”

“How are you not psyched?” Gemma jumped onto her bed, legs swinging wildly.

“I am! Totally.”

“Liar. What’s going on with you?”

“Sorry,” Adelina huffed. “Just distracted. I have a thing tonight.”

“A thing? What kind of thing?”

“Um, like a date?”

Gemma perked at this news. “A date? Seriously? With the fiancé?”

Adelina glared at her. “He’s not my fiancé.”

“Yet.” Gemma snorted.

Adelina laughed at that.

“Seriously though, Addy, we can get you out if you need.” Gemma gave her a sober look.

“Thanks G, but I think I’m okay.” She said pulling her into a hug. “I think I might like him.”

A smile grew on Gemma’s face. “I’ll drink to that.” In an instant, she was pulling the box of cheap wine from the mini fridge and pouring two large glasses.

“To being mafia princesses.”

Cheers to that.

???

The black Mercedes S-class pulled up to the dorms at exactly 6:58.

Prompt.

Adelina had finally settled on a blue long-sleeved shift dress with a pair of nude suede booties. Gemma curled her hair into loose waves, and she wore light makeup with pale pink lips. She had no idea where they were going, but pretty sure this outfit was appropriate for most occasions.