The Witch & The Goddess: The Eden Duology

Eight

Eden

I stare at myself in the mirror, unsure of how I feel about my appearance. Jericho told me it was a nice place and to dress up for it. But it's been a very long time since I've dressed up at all, I've gotten used to barely doing anything with myself any more.

The makeup covered girl who stares back from the mirror in a shimmering blue dress with bouncing curls is foreign to me.

Lilly basically skips around my room as Kiana finishes helping me put my strappy heels on. "I don't know, you two.. I don't feel like me. I feel over dressed. Is it too much?"

"You dare insult my work?! You look like a wet dream, you beautiful witch!" Lilly shouts at me, bringing a smile to my face.

"I never said I didn't look good, I just don't look like.. me." I laugh lightly.

"You look like you, you just look dolled up. Jericho will love getting to see you all done up for him." Kiana reassures me.

Kiana steps away from me so I can turn and get a good look at what they picked out for me. The dress is tight, hugging every curve I have and showing just the right amount of cleavage, flowing out beautifully towards the bottom, the back is daringly low, stopping right above my ass.

I admire myself for a moment before turning to my friends. "Thank you guys, it's actually been nice getting to spend time with just you two. I think we need more girl time, maybe we should have a girl's night soon."

"Yeah right, now that Jericho's back we'll be lucky to keep you off of him for even a night!" Lilly declares loudly.

"It's no secret we all heard you screaming his name before we even knew he was actually back."

I burst into loud uncontrollable laughter, not being able to hold back my amusement. "I'm sorry, truly I am. But I can't imagine how odd it must have been to hear his name and not even know if he's truly here or not."

"I assumed you'd finally lost it and were alone." Kiana says smuggly.

"Oh, okay, thanks."

"Hey, can't blame me. You were acting kind of crazy, Eden." She shrugs.

"I'm sorry.. I've had so much going on and.. I still do. I'm so overwhelmed." I feel awful as tears begin to spill down my face, ruining the makeup Lilly had just put on me.

Both girls come up to me, placing comforting hands on my back. "What's going on Eden? Shouldn't you be happy? Jericho is back finally." Lilly says to me.

"I am happy he's back, good goddess above I'm so fucking happy he's back. But he-" I stop mid sentence, not knowing if I should tell them.

"You can confide in us Eden, you know we've always been here for you."

Lilly nods her head, agreeing with Kiana. "And we can keep our mouths closed, too." She adds.

I pull away and look at them both in turn. "I don't know how to talk about this. I still have feelings for Damien, they didn't just go away once I got Jericho back. But.. Jericho.. he.. he suggested welcoming Damien into our relationship.." I say barely above a whisper.

"You lucky bitch! Oh what I'd give to have two big strong men all to myself!? Eden! What did you tell him?!" Lilly beams with unnecessary excitement.

"We never finished talking about it.. But I don't know. I feel like he's only saying it because he knows how I feel about Damien. I don't want Jericho agreeing to something just because of my feelings. Would it not be selfish to accept both men, but demand they both remain loyal to only me?"