Doused by ICE

Rio Chan Bishop

             Cassius and Serena's POV

"Hey girl!" Delia beamed from my bedroom doorway.

"Hey! You look nice" I greeted with the same energy.

At my equal elation, she stepped into my room looking very sexy in a black, leather mini dress that flayed at the waist and came down to just mid thigh, with matching heeled thigh high boots.

"Thank you" she sang sweetly as she did a little twirl.

"You're up earlier than usual" I remarked from where I was seated at my vanity doing my makeup.

"I've got a personal errand to run before I head into work" she returned.

"Dressed like that?" I queried as I put on mascara.

"What's wrong with it?" She asked as she looked down at the dress.

"That's not an errand outfit. What am I missing?" I intoned.

"Nothing" Delia said with a smile that told otherwise.
"I'll tell you tonight after we meet with the girls"

"Is it man related?" I intoned.

"I plead the fifth" Delia rushed to say.

"You do know I can find out right?" I stated.

"Fine!
I'm going to go see Roman" she confessed.

"What?"

THAT, I did not see coming.

"Well yesterday Wade and I were talking and I brought up Simon's rejection because I wanted to tell Wade I was over it. Wade got angry, and in his rant at me to move on from Simon's sorry ass, he blurted out that ROMAN HAS FEELINGS FOR ME" Delia recounted –emphasizing the last part.

I very calmly continued to put on my makeup.

"What no reaction?" She queried from behind me.

"That's not news" I remarked.

I saw her arch a brow at me through the vanity mirror.

"Is it news for you?" I ventured.

"Yes Rena! Obviously!" She snapped.

"Well Roman isn't exactly the expressive type, but I figured someone as skilled as you in the dating and sex department, should've picked up on it" I stated.

"I did. Very recently" Delia admitted.

"Oh. Well lucky for you his feelings are very recent" I commented.

"Well technically, I picked up on a connection between the two of us.
I actually thought about asking him out" Delia amended.

"You did?!
Then what was all that nonsense with Blake?" I wondered.

"Well, I tapped myself out last minute" Delia replied.

"Why?!" I shrieked.

"The night I was going to ask him out, we met up at Wade's bar, and then we ran into his most recent ex" Delia recounted.

"And?" I failed to see the connection.

"Rena I can't even hold the beginnings of a candle to her.
Successful career, on Forbes list, net worth for days, global activist, gorgeous, sexy, classy, funny, friendly and hella smart" Delia listed.

"Right. She's so great yet they broke up" I pointed out.

"I don't know the story there and I didn't ask" Delia said.

"I honestly thought you were gonna pull a Kat from “Rosewood” and say, if he couldn't commit to a woman as great as her, what's the guarantee that he will with you" I stated.