Sinful Senses

3

"See ya later, Sid, Bye Rose." We wave goodbye as we walk off the bus.

As we get to the door Sidney grabs her keys to open it.

"Oh, I forgot to show you my cellular, Stu bought me one and I painted it pink and it has pictures on it!" I say.

"Well bring it down, and while you're up there pack a bag, we're staying at Tatum's tonight."

"Oh, actually Stu is picking me up in an hour, we are going to his to watch some movies." Sid nods and I run up to pack for Stu's and grab my cellular.

As I walk down I see Sid flipping through channels and stopping on a news channel. Our mom's picture was plastered on the screen. She stares at it for a moment before changing the channel.

"Look!" I hand SId my phone and she checks it out.

"Wow, Rose. This is so cute. Where did you get this picture?" SId asks pointing to the picture of all of us when we were in elementary.

"Dad showed me it and said I could keep it." We sit in a comfortable silence until my cell started ringing, I check and Stu's name flashes on the tiny screen. "I'll be right back."

"Hello?"

"Hey, baby. I'm 5 minutes away.  Put on something cute, were gonna go get some dinner, go to the video store and then spend the rest of the night together in my bedroom, how does that sound?"

"Amazing. How does a white tennis skirt and one of your sweaters sound?"

"Hot, ill see you in 4, bye baby."

"Bye." I hang up and walk over to Sid. "Hey, I'm gonna go get changed, Stu should be here any minute. 

"Ok, and Tatum called she said she was gonna be a little late to come to get me," Sid says as she watches TV. I nod and run upstairs.

SIDNEY

Stu is so lucky to have Rosemary. She's smart, beautiful, and full of joy. I on the other hand, am sexually anorexic, bags under my eyes, and full of sorrow. I wish I could give Billy the kind of relationship Rosemary and Stu have, but I can't, not now.

My thoughts were interrupted by the sound of a fist hitting the glass of our front door. I get up and open it, Stu's tall figure stands in front of me with a big smile.

"Hey, Sid. Rose ready?" He asks as he walks in. 

"She's getting changed right now. She should be done in a minute." He nods. We stand in silence for a minute until Stu speaks again.

"You know, Billy misses you." I look at him. "He keeps saying how you guys haven't been together lately."

"Yeah, I've just been off. If you see him today just tell him I'm sorry and ill call him sometime." Stu nods and Rose comes skipping down the stairs.

"Hey, baby! You look amazing." Stu says and grabs Rose by the waist and pulls her close, she giggles and looks at me. 

"You sure you don't wanna join us, Sid?" 

"Rose, you guys are going on a date, I'll be fine." She looked hesitant but nodded. 

"Okay." She grabs her purse and her bag and waves her cellular.

"Call if you need anything and call when Tatum gets here."

"Got it."

"Love you Sid bye." She waves and Stu waves to me which I wave back at both of them.

ROSEMARY

We both get in the car and Stu pulls out the driveway. 

"So, where do you wanna eat?" Stu asks with his eyes on the road and his hand intertwined with mine. I shake my head.

"I don't care, we can just get a quick burger or something."

"Ok, is Randing working today?"

"Yeah, he took my shift so I could be with you. He is such a good guy." I say with a smile.

"He is, isn't he," Stu says almost sadly. 

--

"Yeah but Nightmare on Elm Street doesn't have a hot masked killer."  Stu looks at me with wide eyes.

"You think Micheal Meyers is hot." I laugh and throw a french fry at him.

"Yeah, something about a tall muscular man with a knife just drives me crazy," I say sarcastically, now it was Stu's turn to throw a fry. "Okay, the real reason is that I feel like he had a good reason to kill his family. They say he just killed them but maybe he had a good reason. Him being muscular when he's older is just a plus." I say with a giggle.

"Okay, that's fair. Ready to go get that movie?" I nod and we throw our trash into the waste bin and drive off towards the Video Store.

--

We walk through the doors of the video store. Stu immediately goes to the horror section and I walk over to where Randy is. 

"Tell me about it, Stud."

"Grease, 1978. John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Musical classic. Hello, Rose." Randy says all this without turning around.

"Hey Rand, me and Stu are just looking for a movie to watch tonight. Any recommendations?"

"What kind of night is it?"

"Romantic date."

"Then my recommendation is Ghost, 1990. I know you're crazy for Swayze."

"OMG, Randy you are a genius, "I say as I kiss his cheek, not noticing the shade of pink they had turned.

"Alright, I got Halloween and Carrie," Stu says as he walks over to us.

"Actually, Stu, Randy recommends Ghost and I think we should watch that."

"Oh ok," Stu says with pain in his voice. I walk off to find Ghost while Stu smiles.

RANDY

Stu's smile immediately dropped and he stared at me with an angry face.

"Why would you recommend such a movie. Now I have to hear her fan girl over Patrick Swayze."

"Just doing my job sir," I say and laugh.

"Yeah well, I'm going to the bathroom, tell Rose I'll be back."

"Will do." Stu walks away and I go back to stocking shelves.

10 minutes later I feel a tap on my shoulder.

I turn to see a distraught Rosemary with tears in her eyes.

"Where's Stu."

"he's in the bathroom are you okay, Rose?"

"Sidney was attacked."