Part 10
Dina woke the next morning to the sound of laughing outside. She realized that she had fallen asleep still wearing her outfit from the night before so she took it off and dressed in an old tracksuit. She took off her makeup, put her hair in a messy ponytail and went out into the kitchen.
"What are you guys so happy about?"
"DEENS! we had the best night!!!?"
"Oh yeah... whats the goss?" she said, barely finishing her sentence as she saw the Rove twins from the club emerge from the bathroom wearing nothing but their jeans. She looked at them properly this time and smiled, realising how good looking they really were.
"Well... looks like you 2 certainly did have a good time."
"G'day" they both said as they moved over to their choice of my friends and wrapped their arms around them.
"Im going to go for a jog" She said and left Ezzy and Bails too their fun. More so because she felt like she was going to burst into tears.
She ran out onto the beach and when she thought she was a suitable distance away, she sat on the warm sand and cried until she had no more tears to cry. Suddenly she was brought back to reality when she felt a hand on her shoulder.
"Paul... "
"Deens... what happened last night?" He asked as he sat beside her.
"Something wonderful Paul. Something that shouldnt have happened."
"But Deens... i felt so good about what happened last night. so sure that... well maybe, we might be able to make something out of this. I think im falling in love with you Deens"
Those words... she's been wanting to hear them from him for such a long time and now that she was, it hurt because she knew that they werent real.
"No... you arent Paul... i cant explain but... Ive gotta go"
And with that she stood and ran back towards the flat, leaving him there stunned and with no idea what was going on. Running past Bails and Ezzy and the Rove twins she slammed the door behind her as she entered her room, bringing her hand to her neck to grab the pendant.
"This stupid pendant... nothing but... where's the pendant? I wasnt wearing it."
She had forgotten that she took it off and threw it in the bin when she got home that night. Taking it out of the bin, tears began streaming her cheeks again as she looked at it.
"he meant it" she whispered to herself before dropping the pendant and running out the door again, causing more confusion in her friends as she bolted past them and headed towards where she left Paul.
As she approached he stood and looked at her. It almost seemed as if she was going to leap into his arms and he was surprised when she stopped 2 feet away from him.
"Im sorry" she said quietly looking down. He stepped forward and placed his hand under her chin, lifting her eyes to meet him. He didnt say a word, just placed his lips on hers, softly, gently... lovingly.
Paul and Deens moved in together 3 weeks later. Bails and Ezzy let the Rove twins move in with them and the book... and the pendant were put away in a safe place where no-one would ever find them. Of course maybe Deens would call again, on the strange magic
part 1 of Strange Magic II