“Besides, just because I agreed to marry Kai doesn’t mean we’re going to be tying the knot anytime soon. Getting engaged doesn’t instantly mean marriage.” She’s speaking directly to Char, obviously. I don’t even have a steady booty call, let alone a boyfriend, so what she’s saying doesn’t really apply to me.
“When are you two going to walk down the aisle anyway?”
“Kai wants me to graduate college first, so not for at least a couple more years.”
“Then why propose at all?” Char snorts.
“To show his commitment to me.” A small blush slides up Lyric’s neck, spilling across her cheeks. “It’s a promise... For the future. Forourfuture.”
“Well, I, for one, think it’s amazing,” I say. “And for what it’s worth, I can’t think of anyone else that I’d want to be my sister one day.”
While no, Kai is not technically my brother, he is in all the ways that count, and I’ve always considered him assuch. When he and Lyric marry, she will be my sister in all the ways that matter.
“And if I’m lucky, I’ll have another sister someday too.” She gives Char a knowing look.
“So the party...” Char clears her throat, clearly eager to move past the conversation.
“If you two are going, I’m going,” I say like it should be that obvious.
“And your roommate?” Lyric asks.
“I’ll invite her. But I’m telling you, she’s not going to come.”
“Doesn’t hurt to try.” She lifts her shoulder in the semblance of a shrug.
“In this case, it might. I’m pretty sure she’s already making a plan on how she can murder me in my sleep and get away with it. If I turn up dead, it was her.”
“Stop it.” Char barks. “She can’t be that bad.”
“Why don’t you come see for yourself. She’ll justlovethat.”
“You know what, I think I might.” She gives me a cheeky grin.
“Your funeral,” I mutter.
“Or yours.” She chuckles.
“That’s probably true,” I grumble.
I don’t know what I did to this girl, but clearly, she hates me. Maybe it’s because she’s very serious about her schoolwork and I really am distracting her. But something tells me there’s more to it. Like she actively hates me and I have no idea why, considering she doesn’t even know me.
We spend the next few minutes talking about classes and what our upcoming schedules are going to look like before Lyric announces she has to get going. Apparently,Kai has some special date planned tonight to celebrate the two-year anniversary of the day they met.Gag...
After saying our goodbyes, Lyric heads across the street where Kai’s car is parked. The coffee shop is the farthest for her, and given the blazing temperatures, I don’t blame her one bit for not wanting to walk.
“Where are you going?” I ask Char when she follows after me instead of heading in the opposite direction to where her apartment is.
“I’m coming back to the dorm with you. River is in meetings all day and I don’t really want to disturb him. Besides, if anyone can help you with this little roommate problem, it’s me.”
“Somehow I doubt that.” I snort.
“Hey!” She knocks her hip into mine.
“I’m just saying, you’re like my twin.”
“You sure about that?” She holds her arm up, showing the pronounced difference between my light brown skin against her pale, ivory complexion.
“You know what I mean.” I give her a soft shrug. “If she hates me, she’s not going to like you either. I call you my spirit sister for a reason.”
