Not planned...at all

Chapter 10

"If you love me, love me, love me like you say. Darling tell me all the ways, tell me all the ways!"

Something seemed to click in Roxanne's mind and she asked.

"Wasn't that the song assigned to Dude?"

Dude was the nickname Roxy had given a guy I'd had a crush on but who basically ignored me and then afterwards decided to ask me out, he lost his shot and tried later than he should've... referring to me as dude to top it off, hence the nickname

"Nooo, we don't speak of Dude alright?! Just no."

Roxanne snorted inelegantly but I was headset on changing the topic so I tried to find another song in my mind.

One comes to mind but I just can't pin point the name so I just excitedly start jumping on my feet trying to give hints to Roxanne.

"There was that song...what was the name?! You know the one with the whistling!"

Not knowing how to properly whistle I just do my best shot and at imitating sounds, which is a fail considering Roxy's face.

"You're bouncing around like a bunny Nell, relax."

I huff and try to keep still on my feet before taking a different approach at describing the song.

"You know the one from the planes movie, with all the hot guys at the beach during sunset in swim trucks?! It goes I'm not worried?"

Of course it's the description of the scene that actually makes it click in Roxanne's mind.

"Oh, I ain't worried from Top gun! Yeah, the hot shirtless guys under the sunset, does ring a bell."

And just to further humiliate me she does the iconic whistling perfectly.

"And the slow MO running, like damn no need to flaunt I might pass out!"

Roxanne laughs nodding in agreement until we both finally calm down only to notice the inner circle is still not done chatting, it's less fun when you can't actually hear their conversations.

So, already bored out of my mind and not wanting to give myself the time to process everything that's happened and panic, I walk over to Lucien's corner. Roxanne follows along after a moment giving the redhead a warning side eye from behind me while I reach out my hand for him to shake.

"Hey!"

Lucien frowns giving Roxy a look filled with uneasiness and looking back at me in confusion. Taking my hand mostly out of habit.

"Hello?"

"Your voice is different than I imagined but somehow it fits you... Anyways I'm Leonor and that's Roxanne my cousin! I'm guessing you aren't in on their little private chat and since they're taking a bit too long I just wanted to chat."

I give him my widest smile, to be fair when I read the first book as a teen I had more of a crush on him than on Tamlin so it's sort of fun to be able to meet him in real life.

Roxy on the other hand mostly found him annoying, especially further in the books. Although she did once admit he was fun in the first book!