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sleep
would remedy the day’s failures. With slow but determined steps, I
walked upstairs and into my room. I didn’t even bother to get
undressed but simply laid down and closed my eyes. Yes, tomorrow
would be another day to try again. I prayed for a small
miracle.
     

Chapter 14
    Nanini
     
    Oh man, a new day! I felt like a million
bucks. And this means…. Yeah, time to make some noise. I got
dressed and flung open the door, going straight for the room next
to me. I didn’t bother to knock; I knew they were still asleep.
Storming inside, I found the young females drooling over their
pillows.
    “Okay, you two, come get up and let’s get
some funk on.” I jumped on Abby’s bed first, sending her flying
into the air. Her face looked shocked as I jumped from her bed and
landed on Raven’s.
    “Come on, we don’t have all day!” Holy cow,
do they sleep or hibernate?
    “What the hell, Nanini?” Raven tried to tuck
her head under her pillow. I grabbed it and hit her over the head.
“Get up, sleepy head.” I flung the pillow three more times before
she finally gave up and got out her bed.
    “Nanini, what are you up to?” Abby asked as
she pulled her jeans on.
    “Some fun before all the serious, ‘we are
doomed’ stuff. Come on, move.” I tossed the pillow at a still
moving slowly Raven again. After what seemed like hours, the two
were finally dressed and ready. I grabbed their hands and pulled
them downstairs right into the lounge.
    “I really hope that this would be rewarding
on some level. Otherwise I might just turn around and go back to
sleep,” Raven complained again.
    I grabbed my Ipod from my pocket and plugged
it into the stand, turning the volume all the way up. Turning
around, I grinned at them. “It’s time to make the devil cry,
girls,” was my last warning before I hit the play button.
    I grabbed both of them and placed them next
to me. Then with all the breath inside me, I tuned into the song
and sang my heart out. At first the two just stood there looking at
me with their eyes trying to jump out of their sockets, but then
Abby gave me a ‘what the hell’ look and joined in. Raven needed a
few more seconds but I prevailed. All three of us were singing our
hearts out with each song. Lada and Lotan were the first to step
into the lounge, Lada’s laugh deafening. They went over to the
couch and sat down. Okay, our audience just arrived. I showed Raven
and Abby to really let it go, and we jumped over to Katy Perry’s
Roar. Ben and Max were the next to arrive. Max frowned at me and
the moment I saw his mouth open, I tuned it up all the way. He was
speaking but I wasn’t really going to listen. Furious with me, he
stalked over to the table and joined Ben. We just kept going.
    When Queen’s song started, the girls looked
at me with devilish smiles. Oh yeah, this was going to be
awesome!
    “We are the champions, my friends. We'll keep
on fighting to the ennnnd.” We gave it all we had, and even did the
dramatic moves to pull it off. I saw Kasadya stop in the door and
look at us. Frowning, she looked at the room. Max got up and moved
over to her, and I missed two words before I could get control
back. What the hell is wrong with me? So he is talking to Kas,
not a biggie! I swayed my hips and ignored them, but my one eye
kept jumping open to see what they were doing. Kasadya smiled and
then said something back at him. This brought a huge smile to his
face, and my whole body tingled from the fury. What did she say
to make him smile? Come on, Nanini, what is going on with you,
girl? So she made him smile; that’s not your problem. He closed
his arms over his chest and leaned against the wall to observe us.
My eyes were transfixed on the muscles under those arms. Snap
out of it! I missed a few more words and Abby frowned at me. Get your mojo back, girl! So the guy has muscles. Hello, all the
fallen males have muscles. But for the love of everything
unholy, my freaking eyes kept venturing over to