Naughty

The song changed, and she let out a giggle as he spun her around the dance-floor. For over an hour she forgot about all of her worries and all of her troubles. She drank, and enjoyed Carter’s company. She discovered that he was in fact one hell of a dancer, and he had moves that surprised her.

They were having a drink when a guy came toward Carter. Autumn watched as he whispered, and then waited.

“Your sister is waiting for you.”

“Oh, how do you know?”

“I had Brutus here keep an eye out.”

“Oh.” She offered Brutus a smile and stood.

“I can get you back to the bar,” Brutus said.

“I’ll be waiting outside for you.” Carter took her hand, kissing her knuckles. “Wait for me.”

“I will.”

She followed Brutus to an elevator, and they waited. “How do you know Carter?” she asked.

“He’s a good friend.”

“Thank you. For helping.”

“Carter told me what was going on, and it’s sad. I’ve never seen him actually make this kind of effort for a woman. You treat him right?”

“Yes.”

Her heart was pounding once again. Why were people dropping these little hints about how good Carter was, and how different he was with her? She didn’t know what to make of them, and it was kind of unsettling with each revelation.

Just focus on getting by.

They made their way down to the ground floor, and she walked toward the bar to see Summer waiting, looking a little worried.

“Where were you?” Summer asked.

“The bathroom.”

“You take ten minutes in the bathroom?” Summer glared at her.

“I must have eaten something dodgy.” She winced at her own lies. Smooth, Autumn, real smooth. Tricking your sister into thinking you have diarrhea.

“I feel like I’m going to throw up.” Summer rested her head on her hand. “Do you forgive me?”

When her sister looked so adorable how could she not?

“Yeah, of course. You’re my sister. I love you.”

“Aw, you’re the best sister in the whole wide world.”

“Don’t you forget it.” Together they made their way out of the club. Autumn stood with her sister flagging down a cab for her to get into.

“I love you, Autumn. Best sister in the whole wide world.”

“Yeah, I wonder if you’ll think that in the morning.”

“Of course I would silly. I’m not that far gone.” Summer pressed a wet sloppy kiss on her cheek, and she waved her goodbye.

“She’s a funny drunk,” Carter said, coming out of the darkness. She spun around, staring at him.