Short Stories

Cheater, Cheater

"Do we have to fo in there every time we come to the mall?" Vinny whines as we walk up to the entrance of Hot Topic.

"Yes!" Seb and I say at the same time causing us to look at each other.

"What did you expect Vin? Their wardrobe consists of this store." Ally chimes in as we enter the store.

She wasn't wrong. I had two, maybe three shirts in my closet that weren't from this store. Seb's wardrobe consisted of black, gray, and white. The only color were the graphics on some of his t-shire.

Currently I was wearing a pair of checkered shorts and a Supernatural t-shirt. Seb wore a Nirvana shirt paired with ripped skinny jeans. We could have been Hot Topic models.

As soon as we enter the store Allie locates the Disney section and makes a b-line for it. To say she was a Disney freak would be an understatement. Where as I wore mostly black she wore pastels and polka dots.

"I'm going to make sure she doesn't buy anything." Marshal says before following her.

"What he meant was 'I'm going to continue to follow her like the lovesick puppy I am.'" Vinny says in a mocking high pitched voice.

Everyone but Marshal and Allie could see that they were in love with each other.

"You'd think one of them would have figured it out after he reacted the last time she went on a date." I say recalling how moody Marshal had gotten.

"He just needs to grow a pair and ask her out already." Seb says bluntly.

"Be nice." I scold and smack his arm.

"Oh Deadpool." Vinny exclaims out of the blue. I chuckle as I watch him walk to the Marvel section.

"Remind me again why we bring them with us?" Seb asks as we continue to walk to the back of the store.

I stop at the wall of band shirts and tilt my head back to look at them. "Honestly I have no idea." That was a lie. I knew exactly why we brought them with us. Rachel would throw a fit if Seb and I hung out alone. If only she knew.

"You have this one yet?" Seb asks and holds up a black MGK shirt.

I shake my head as it take it from him and check the size. Of course he already pulled out one that would fit me. "Good eye, I didn't even see it up on the wall."

Seb just shrugs his shoulders in reply before walking over to where they keep the rock band shirts. My eyes linger on his back as he moves. The shirt he was wearing was just tight enough to show off his muscles.

Once we finish in Hot Topic we make our way to the food course since Vinny was complaining he was hungry.

"Didn't you just eat before you came here?" Allie asks as she watches Vinny stuff fries into his face. She scrunches up her nose as ketchup drops down his chin.

"That was brunch. This is lunch." Vinny says through a mouthful.

Marshall smacks him on the back of the head. "Swallow first."

Vinny lifts a hand and flips his twin off before going back to his food.

I was so thankful the two boys were fraternal twins. I have a pair of identical twin cousins and can never tell them apart. Though Vinny and Marshall are so different I'm sure their personalities would have been able to identify them.

"It feels so weird not having Rachel here." Allie comments. Her gaze was on the empty seat to Seb's left.

I catch Seb's eye and can see the flash of guilt cross his face. It wasn't obvious but I'd learned to read him. I knew how much he hated lying to our friends. More than me since he'd known them longer.