To Skin A Lamb

23

CHARITY

I thoroughly applied hair gel to prepare for a slick back ponytail.

"And he carried you to the infirmary?" Joy looked at me with a smile, sitting with her legs folded on my bed.

"If I would have known that you were hopping into a romance novel, I would have followed you to see if I could find my own happily ever after." Faith mumbled, nodding her head while putting on mascara. "I officially hate the idea of invites-only."

She sat on the floor and used a compact mirror to get ready.

We all laughed at her surface level jealousy. Patience and I were in the bathroom, sharing the mirror but could still hear them. "But if anyone deserves someone, it's you.You deserve it all." Patience nudging me a bit while curling her hair.

Getting ready with my best friends would be the thing that I remembered from college. It wouldn't be the lectures, my sorority endeavors, or anything volunteer opportunity. No. It would be these small moments that branded a permanent mark on my memory.

"I guess I deserve some good." I grinned a bit to myself. After everything that I went through I deserved a light at the end of the tunnel.

"I'm so sorry about everything that happened, Char. I feel like we should have known better." I could feel Faith's eyes burn a hole into me. I turned to her for a quick second.

"Don't feel sorry for me." I gave her a small smile. "It was made by design. Anyways, I don't really want to talk about that."

"We need to focus on what's important." Joy clapped her hands together. "Sex."

"Joyner!" Faith called her by her full name, and I heard an object fly through the air. "That is inappropriate!"

"But valid." Patience looked at me through the mirror reflection.

"So let's talk about sex, baby. Let's talk about dick for free-" Joy sang and I immediately snorted. Once my ponytail was finally in place, I turned around and leaned in the bathroom door frame, looking at my friends.

"We did make a pact to tell each other once that day would happen." I nodded my head slowly.

"And Joy kept up with her end of the bargain." Patience said behind me.

"Although that count is too high so we make her give a sentence rather than a full rundown." Faith giggled, looking up at her with a wink.

"You know it, babes." Joy sent her an air kiss. "Now tell us since there is obviously something to tell."

I grinned while looking down. "It was the night of my birthday...." I started and before I could even continue, screams were thrown across my room by each one of my friends. Even by Faith who doesn't plan on having sex until she is married, which is extremely stereotypical of her since she is a Preacher's daughter.

"You did not!" Patience was suddenly standing directly behind me. "I honestly thought Fai would end up having sex before you!"

"Hey!" Faith exclaimed, looking at her with a pout.

I just laughed and nodded my head. "It was... perfect. I honestly thought that when it happened that I wouldn't enjoy it and it would be something for him." I shrugged and then went back to that magical night in my mind. "But I was very mistaken."

Faith teared up. "That's amazing, Char!" And I could tell that she meant it. "I wish you all the happiness in the world!"

"Is his dick big?" Joy asked and completely burst Faith's bubble.