Moonlight Sun 2

Changes

I didn't like leaving knowing that Sorrell for whatever reason was mad at me and I still didn't totally get the why. I wanted to call her, but wondered if I should give her space. Either way I was too tired to wrack my brain about what I should have said, or what I shouldn't have said.

When I got home, Randy was on his bed surrounded by school books.

"Studying for finals?" I asked.

"You know it." He said.

"Who are you trying to impress?"

He looked up from his book. "I just figured it's time to take my school work more seriously. Show people I'm not just a pretty face."

I laughed. Now I had heard everything.

Randy frowned. "What's so funny?"

"Did Alana make you feel stupid?" I asked.

"Please, like any man cares what she thinks. Personally I preferred that she didn't think all together." He thought a moment. "Does that make me a pig?"

"It would, if it wasn't Alana." I said as I sat down in my bed. "Speaking of, will you tell your future wife to mind her own business?"

"What did she do now?"

"She told Sorrell about Leona."

Randy chucked and closed his book. "Oooh! How did you smooth talk your way out of that one?"

I sighed. Me and Sorrell's argument was too fresh in my mind. "There was nothing to smooth talk, Randy." I lied. "Me and Leona, haven't been an item since two summers ago."

He laughed. "Yeah let you tell it."

I raised an eyebrow. "What is that supposed to mean?"

He shook his head. "You know she still likes you."

"What?" I had not seen Leona in almost two years. I only got to talk to her when her father brought her by. I felt like a zoo animal when I was with her, every aspect of our 'relationship' watched hoping that we would one day, get together. Not that she wasn't a sweet girl, we had the same interests, she was shy like I was and maybe under different circumstances I would have given us a fighting chance. I think I just decided to end it just because I was tired of feeling like I was on Aunt Talya's leash. "I didn't know that."

"Yeah, turns out you made quite an impression on her." He smiled. "You were her first crush, and first heart break."

Now I felt guilty for not formally breaking up with her. I had no intention of hurting her. "Maybe, I should call her and apologize."

"Yeah, if there is one thing a woman loves, is the first man that broke her heart to call her two years later and apologize." He quipped.

"So maybe, I should just take Sorrell over there like I said I would do and clear this whole thing up."

"Exactly, because the second thing women love is the first man that broke their heart to throw their new girlfriend in their face." He laughed. "Pure genius."

I frowned. "You know you could just say it is a bad idea." I laid down on my bed staring up at the ceiling. I was beginning to think that Randy was right, maybe I didn't know anything about women. Sorrell was my first, serious relationship and she now she was mad at me, and not mention bored with me.

"Look, I'm sorry." He apologized. "I was just kidding. I know you didn't mean to hurt her. You never mean to hurt anybody."

I wasn't really paying attention to what Randy said. Instead I was thinking. "Randy would you say I am boring?"

"Yes?" he admitted with a chuckle. "I mean, other than the shifter thing you might just be the most predictable person I have ever known."

I sighed. Randy had a way of laying it on thick.

"Why?" He asked.

"Apparently, you're not the only person who thinks I'm predictable." I frowned. "Apparently, Sorrell is bored with me."

Randy shook his head. "If you want my advice, you never come out with the big guns in a relationship, you'll set yourself up for failure. You start off early with the horses, and the asking her to be your mate, and all the big gestures, it gets played out pretty quick."

I sighed again. "Now you tell me." I looked back at Randy. "So what should I do?"

"Do the last thing she expects you to do."

"The last thing she expects me to do." I stared back up at the ceiling and thought. It took a moment but it came to me. I sprang up from my bed and headed toward the door.

"Where are you going?"

"I'll be back first thing in the morning. If Aunt Talya asks, I'm with Ro doing a store run for Satordi."

Randy smirked. "You devil dog. She'll definitely never see that one coming."