Josie and the Pussycats
Alexandra Mellows Out
Chapter 4
Finally, consciousness drifted back to the furry black tuxedo cat named Sebastian, and he slowly opened his big yellow eyes. It took him a moment to again realize where he was. Once he had, though, Sebastian stood up on his four paws. It was a bit difficult for him to stand up straight. It was especially hard due to the sharp thumping pain that emanated from his head. However, he was on a mission now. His beloved master was in danger, and he had to do something about it. That gave him strength.
He turned his head and again saw the fair blonde beauty, Melody, slumbering as she was bathed in pale moonlight. She was still uttering gibberish from her lips, something about badgers and tuna casserole. Sebastian immediately walked over to her round cute face and started licking all over it with his little pink tongue.
It took a while, but, finally, Sebastian’s licking began to rouse her. “Oh, Alexandra, how forward of you!” she squealed with delight. Without opening her eyes, she then grabbed a hold of Sebastian’s head, pulled him against her mouth, and gave him a big long juicy kiss.
The kiss, however, felt strange to Melody due to Sebastian’s whiskers and fur rubbing up against her lips. Finally, she ended the kiss. “Alexandra, since when did you grow a moustache?”
“Meow!” Sebastian retorted.
Finally, Melody opened her eyes and saw the dark outline of the cat in the moon light. “Oh, you’re not Alexandra. You’re Sebastian!”
The cat rolled his eyes. “Meow.”
“Were you trying to seduce me, you naughty cat?”
Sebastian shook his head from side to side, quite embarrassed. He then pointed over to the empty sleeping bag beside her with his paw.
“Oh, Alexandra is missing.”
Sebastian shook his head up and down rapidly.
“Maybe she went to go take a pee. I hope she can find toilet paper out here.”
Sebastian shook his head no several times fast. He then went over to Alexandra’s sleeping bag. He got into the opening of the bag and stood up on two paws. He then placed part of the bag over his head like it was a hood and more of the bag around his body like it was a robe. He then extended his furry claw from the makeshift robe and uttered a creepy sounding yowl.
“Oh, you’re the drew-head!”
Sebastian shook his head up and down.
“So you’re saying Alexandra went to go take a pee, and then she ran into the drew-head, and then they went back to the Starship Enterprise? Golly, I sure hope they have fun!”
Sebastian slapped one of his paws against his face in frustration. He then pulled down his makeshift hood, grabbed one of his pointy ears, and began to wiggle it back and forth. Melody quickly got the message and grabbed onto one of her own ear lobes. She could feel it vibrating, an ominous sign of some dangerous threat looming ahead. “Oh no, Alexandra is in danger!”
Melody hopped up and ran over to Josie, who was slumbering in her sleeping bag near the fire. She then reached down, gripped onto Josie’s shoulders, and shook her a bit. Eventually, Josie was lulled out of sleep. “Wha… wha, Melody?” she asked as she lifted her head up, sounding and looking very groggy.
“Alexandra went to go potty, and then she met the drew-head, and then they were beamed up into space, but now there’s danger!”
“You just had another dream, Melody. Just go back to sleep,” she said, laying her head back down and closing her eyes.
Melody immediately grabbed back onto Josie’s shoulders, pulled her back up, and started shaking her for dear life. “Alexandra is in danger! Wake up! Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!”
“Ahhhhhhhhhh!” Josie’s bobbing head screamed as she was violently jerked back and forth. “Pleeeeeeeease stoooooop shaaaaaaaakiiiiing meeeeeee!” she cried as she was swung back and forth like a yo-yo.
Finally, Melody stopped. Josie, after regaining her equilibrium, got up and helped rouse the rest of the youths out of sleep. Melody tried to explain to them what had transpired. That resulted in everyone becoming extremely confused. However, Sebastian then stepped in to explain what had happened with more of his brand of feline charades. Somehow, his explanation was much more clear and comprehendible.
“Thanks for that detailed and thorough explanation, Sebastian,” Alan said to the cat.
“Meow!” he said back.
“I told you guys! I told you!” Alexander whined. “We should’ve gone back to the hotel! I just knew something like this would happen! I just knew it, and now my poor dear sister has been abducted by some hooded lunatic!”
“Well, there’s only one thing we can do now,” Valerie said. “We have to go look for her.”
“Great idea!” Alexander said. “You do that, and I’ll go get help back in America. I’ll call you when I get off the plane.” He then tried to run back towards the van, but Alan again grabbed the collar of his shirt, forcing him to run in place until he gave up trying to get away.
“Aren’t you worried about your sister?” Josie asked him.
“Of course I am, but one of us has to live to pass on the Cabot name. We’re a very important family!” Josie rolled her eyes.
Alan let go of his collar. “Don’t worry, you’re going to live, but you’re also going to help us find Alexandra,” Alan told him.
“I rue the day I hired you,” Alexander muttered.
“So how are we going to find Alexandra way up in outer space?” Melody asked. “Is Valerie going to make us a space ship?”
“Well, I don’t think they went to space, Melody,” Valerie told her. “In all likelihood, they’re still somewhere in the forest. However, that ray gun of yours has given me an idea.” She went to the van, opened the door, and switched on the ceiling light. She then went to retrieve the gun-like device from the spot she had placed it in the back seat. However, she was surprised to find it missing.
“You can’t find it?” Josie asked her.
“No. I put it right there before I went to bed. Maybe our druid friend took it back before he made off with Alexandra. Guess I was foolish to not lock the door.”
“Do you need it to find her?” Alan asked.
“Nope. It did give me a great idea though. That supposed laser gun is really a sensor of some kind. I think it keys off of some kind of chemical released by the human body, maybe pheromones. I’m not quite sure. Whatever the case, we can make our own sensor. All I need to do is make a few alterations to the van’s AM/FM radio. Alan, can you help me?”
“Sure thing, Val.” Alan quickly went into the front seat, opened up the glove compartment, and grabbed a screw driver out of it. He then lifted up the dash panel around the radio past the retaining clips and removed it. Next, he used the screw driver to unscrew the four screws that kept the radio in place. With the radio now loose, he yanked it out and unconnected the wires attached to the back of it. He then handed it to Valerie.
“So you’re going to make this radio detect body chemicals or something?” Josie, a bit confused, asked.
“No. It’s a radio. So I’m just going to alter it to pick up a different kind of sound wave, a certain really high-pitched sound wave to be exact. If Alexandra is in trouble, I’m sure she’s screaming at the top of her lungs. I know you’re all aware of how distinct and piercing that sound is.”
“Oh god, don’t remind me,” Josie said, cringing at the painful memories of that high pitched wail that had been scratched into her psyche.
“Alexandra’s voice sounds really pretty when she’s screaming at the top her lungs,” Melody said, sounding nostalgic. “I sure hope I get to hear it again.”
Valerie and Josie gave her disturbed looks. “Sometimes, I think you do belong up in space with Captain Kirk, Melody,” Valerie told her.
“He he. Thanks!”
Everyone quickly got dressed, and Valerie went and retrieved a flashlight and her toolkit she brought with her everywhere from the back of the van. She then got to work. After about twelve minutes of tinkering with transistors, remapping circuitry, re-routing wires, altering switches, and attaching a small speaker and a couple lights, Valerie’s modified device was finished. “Ok, it’s ready.”
“Wow, record timing, Val,” Alan said, impressed.
“No big deal. I work well under pressure,” she said, sounding slightly vain.
“So are we going to have to hear her screaming?” Josie asked a bit apprehensively.
“I thought of that. Thankfully, I took that into account in the design.” She then turned a dial on the radio. “Instead of her voice, all you will have to hear is a beeping sound. The closer we get to her screaming, the louder the beeping will become.” Suddenly, the device emitted a moderately soft beep. “And there it goes.” A few seconds later, the beeping sound repeated.
“But what if Alexandra stops screaming?” Melody asked.
“Good question, Melody. The radio only needs to pick up the sound wave of Alexandra’s scream once. We can learn what direction it came from, because the beeps will become louder the closer we come to where the sound wave originated.”
“Can’t we just go find a phone and call Scotland Yard or you know the park service or something?” Alexander whined.
“We can do that later, but I think this is the fastest way to find her right now,” Valerie said. Alexander let out another cowardly moan.
Valerie started walking forward in one direction with the device in her hands. It suddenly emitted a beep that was slightly louder than the ones from before. “Looks like Alexandra is in this direction.” The rest of the group began following Valerie and her beeping machine. She used her flashlight to illuminate the way through the dark forest. However, she switched it off as the bright Scottish sun appeared over the horizon.
Trailing behind the rest of the group were Melody and Sebastian. They seemed to be the most troubled out of the six. She couldn’t quite put her finger on the reason why, but Melody had a strong hunch that Valerie’s machine was not going to find Alexandra. This worried her greatly. She then noticed Sebastian, who had been walking along side her, had stopped in his tracks and was sniffing the ground.
“Do you smell something, Sebastian?”
“Meow!” He had indeed caught a whiff of something. He sniffed it a few more times and deduced that it was in fact a faint mixture of three distinct scents. One was unmistakably the intense odor of horse manure. The second was a musty and fowl stench that smelled almost as bad. Sebastian recognized it immediately from his confrontation with the druid. The smell had been all over him. Lastly, there was a faint hint of one of his favorite odors. Most cats were repelled by the scent of perfume. However, Alexandra’s favorite Yves Laurel perfume had become one fragrance he had taken a strong liking to, mostly because he identified it with his master.
Immediately, Sebastian took off into the woods in the opposite direction that Valerie and the rest of the gang were walking. “Valerie!” Melody called out to her. Unfortunately, she did not hear her. She was too far ahead now, and the beeping of her device had become so loud that it drowned out Melody’s cry.
“She’s close by!” Valerie yelled with excitement. She then immediately began sprinting in that direction, and Josie, Alan, and a reluctant Alexander ran behind her. Melody seeing Sebastian getting further away from her in the other direction made the snap judgment to follow him instead.
Finally, Valerie stopped when a blue light on her machine started flashing. It was near a rather thick old pine tree. It stretched up a good sixty feet in the air and was full of long thick branches covered with pointy green pine needles.
“Why did you stop?” Alan asked her.
“This is where the sound wave originated from.”
“Darn, we must have missed her,” Josie said.
“Ok, she’s not here. Time to give up,” Alexander said, sounding winded from the sprint.
Valerie looked down at her machine. “Hmm. I don’t think we missed her. My sound wave detector says the last scream ended less than thirty-seven seconds ago. Also, it’s showing the blue light instead of the red light.”
“What the heck does that mean?” Alexander asked.
“That means the source of the sound wave isn’t across from us. It’s above us.” All four youths looked up at the tall tree.
Josie put her hands around her mouth and called out, “Alexandra, you can come down now! It’s Josie, the Pussycats, Alan, and your chicken brother!”
“Hey, I resent that remark!”
“Then why don’t you climb up there and bring down your sister?”
“Chickens aren’t good a climbing!” He started trembling just at the thought. Josie rolled her eyes.
Josie, Alan, and Alexander all called up at her. However, there was no response.
“Well, she doesn’t seem to want to come down. Someone is going to have to go up there,” Valerie said. “Melody, didn’t you used to like climbing trees as a girl?” There was no answer. Suddenly, everyone realized she was no longer with the group. “Where’s Melody?”
“Oh my god, the Deadly Druid must have got her! He’s probably after all of us!” Alexander screamed at top of his lungs. He then jumped into Alan’s arms. “Save us, Alan!”
“Relax, chicken little.” Alan set him on the ground.
“We’re dropping like flies! We’re doomed! Doomed I tell you!” he cried from the ground. He then carried on with hysterical sobbing as he rocked back and forth in a fetal position.
“Melody probably just wandered off on her own again,” Josie surmised completely calmly.
“I agree,” Alan said, “but still, someone is going to have to go up there before we can go look for her. I’ll do it.”
“You’re so brave, Alan!” Josie squealed. He then flashed her a bright smile with his pearly white teeth. Josie emitted an audible swoon from just seeing that perfect smile on his utterly gorgeous flawless face.
“Watch out for tree druids,” Valerie joked.
“No problem, I can handle then.” He then grabbed onto a large branch and hoisted himself up on it. He proceeded to grab on to the next branch above his head and do the same.
“According to the machine, you should only have to go up about forty-seven feet,” Valerie shouted.
Alan kept climbing up the pine’s strong branches until he guessed he was a little less than fifty feet in the air. “All right, I think I’m there,” he yelled down.
“Do you see Alexandra?” Josie shouted.
He looked around the branches on his level and scanned around the branches higher in the air. It was a little dark due to the shade of the pine needles, but enough light filtered though that he could see clearly. “Alexandra’s not here!”
“That can’t be right,” Valerie said, perplexed. “Look around a bit more!”
“Well, all right, but I don’t see her!” He then spotted a rather large hole in the tree trunk. “Wait, I see something!” It was a bit of a stretch, but perhaps a person could squeeze inside that hole if they tried.
He crossed over to another branch beside him that was closer to the hole. He then sat down on it and scooted over on the branch until he was right next to the opening. He then bent over and stuck his head inside. “Alexandra?”
Immediately, Alan felt excruciating pain as he was stabbed in the face with several extremely sharp objects. He let out a ghastly scream as the hook like blades ripped at his face and faltered back down the branch. Alan continued screaming as the creature from inside the hole, a rather large long-eared owl, kept digging into his face with its razor sharp talons. Finally, Alan was able to bat the owl off of his head with a hard swipe of his arm. It then screeched and flew away with Alan’s blood still dripping from its claws.
Josie and Valerie watched the bird soar away into the distance as it continued to screech. “Well, it does sound a lot like Alexandra,” Josie remarked. Valerie was too embarrassed to say anything.
“I can’t see! I can’t see!” Alan shouted from the branch. Alan was lucky enough that the owl’s talons had come a few fractions of an inch away from clawing out his eyeballs. However, the wounds above his eyes were now gushing a continuous stream of blood downwards that made the entire world around him take on a crimson appearance. As he struggled to regain his composure, he lost his balance on the branch and fell backwards. He then slammed through a series of smaller branches, breaking them all, until he hit the ground with a loud thud.
Josie and Valerie screamed after seeing the former blond Adonis’s current ghastly appearance. However, their screams were drowned out by the screams of Alexander that were even higher pitched than the owl’s. “The tree druid got him! Take the women, but spare me! Ahhhhhhhhh!” He continued screaming as he ran off frantically deep into the woods much like a chicken with its head cut off.
Alexandra opened her eyes. She had a ringing headache and felt extremely groggy. Beyond that, her back was very stiff. It felt like she was lying on top of a very hard rocky surface. However, when she looked ahead of her, instead of seeing the sky, she saw a line of trees edging up the sharp incline of a hill. She then realized she was in fact in an upright position.
When she attempted to move forward, she found that her legs could barely move and her arms could not budge even a centimeter. She turned her head to the side and saw that her left wrist was bound tightly in a knot of black rope. The rope at the end of that knot was stretched around a very large block of weather beaten stone that stood behind her. Looking to her right, she could see the other end of the same rope stretched to a second knot around her right wrist. She then tipped her head downwards and could see that her bare ankles were bound together as well, completing her crucifix like bondage to this rather large rock.
For a few moments, Alexandra was confused as to what had actually happened. She listened to the sounds of the forest for a moment. They were peaceful and serene. The loudest sound she could hear was the pretty chirping a bird in some far away tree. She then felt a warm summer breeze blow against her bound body. It tingled against most of her skin due to that fact that her curvy female form was still only covered by the tiny piece of lace and fabric that was her nighty.
She then suddenly recalled the disturbing image of a man in a white hood shoving a piece of cloth in her face in the pale moonlight, and panic quickly set in. “Heeeeeeeeeelp! Somebody get me down from here!” she called out into the barren woods.
To her surprise, she heard a reply. “Ah, you’re awake… perfect,” a very Scottish, mature voice said from behind her. The person who said those words then stepped in front of her. It was the druid still in his long flowing white robe and hood that hung over his face.
“I don’t know what you think you’re doing, but you let me down from here right now, you hooded weirdo!”
“No,” he said simply.
“Ahhhhhhhhh!” Alexandra screeched at the top of her lungs. “Let me down right now, you freak! Let me down! Let me down! Let me down! Someone arrest this nutcase! Take him into custody! Throw away the key! You can’t treat me like this! Do you know who I am? I’m Alexandra Cabot! You won’t get away with this!”
“Bellow all you want. No one can hear you here.”
“Help! Help! Help! Help!” she shouted. “Some lunatic with no fashion sense has me tied up to a rock! Someone come save me from this idiot!”
The druid then extended his hairy hand from his robe. It was now wrapped in a white bandage thanks to Sebastian slashing the back of it with his claw. He then reached back and slapped Alexandra hard against her face, producing a very loud smack. “Silence, impudent wench!”
Despite the pain emanating from the big read palm print now against her cheek, Alexandra was undeterred. “Silence this, asshole!” She then sucked a good deal of air into the back of her throat and spat out all of the saliva and mucus she could muster in one big glob of spit.
The glob went directly into the opening in the druid’s hood and splattered against his face on the inside. He then reached with his hand and pushed the hood back. Revealed was the face of an ugly bearded man of about 50 years of age with beady, dark eyes and pale, wrinkled skin. The expression on his face was one of absolute resentment, resentment for the situation at hand as well resentment of society and the world at large. However, a creepy smile suddenly crept across his hairy face. He knew that soon his fortune would change, and it was all thanks to this young dark haired woman.
He continued his creepy smile as he let the saliva and mucus drip down his face. This look infuriated Alexandra even more. “Fuck you!”
Finally, he wiped her spit from his face. “If you had done that, you wouldn’t be in this situation.”
“Right! Like I would give the time of day to an old hairy ape that lives in the woods and dresses up in his mommy’s bath robe! Could you be anymore delusional?”
“I don’t think you quite comprehend your current situation.”
“I understand that you need to check yourself back into the loony bin, psycho! Why don’t you just let me down from this rock, and then I can call the men in the white coats to come take you away. Everyone will be happy.”
“You don’t get it. That ‘rock’ as you put it is actually named the Déu Stone.”
“Wow, you named a rock. God, what a loser you are!”
A vein on the druid’s forehead began pounding from sheer annoyance, but he continued, “Coincidently, déu is a Gaulish word that means god. So this is the God Stone.”
“You worship a rock? And I thought Christianity was stupid!” She then started laughing at him. The druid reached back and slapped her again, this time twice as hard. The slap was so severe that it left a dark purple bruise on her face. “Just shut up and listen to me!”
“Hmph!” She didn’t say anything else, but continued her disobedience as a deeply bitter scowl.
“If you could see this very stone that is tied behind you, you may think it looks familiar. Indeed, it was once one of the sacred stones that stood at Stonehenge. In fact, what many fools like you fail to realize is that Stonehenge is missing the most important stone that once stood at the center of that religious monument. It was and still is the key to the monument’s magical powers.”
Alexandra rolled her eyes harshly at the pure ridiculousness of this claim.
The druid frowned but went on, “Doubt all you will. The Gauls and their high priests, the druids, I of which am the last true surviving druid, have been persecuted and chastised for centuries. However, what I speak is the truth. The god referred to in the name the God Stone is Cernunnos. Cernunnos is the horned god of life and death. As such, this rock has amazing powers. It can bring the dead back to life. It can also grant eternal youth. It is in fact believed that the stones of Stonehenge were carved from the horns of Cernunnos.”“They’re just rocks,” Alexandra muttered.“What was that?” The druid barked again, taking his hand back out of his robe.“Nothing! Go on with your stupid story already!” “A little over nineteen-hundred years ago, the land that would come to be known by the conquerors as Brittan was invaded by a people as nearly as arrogant and closed minded as you, the Romans. My people were persecuted. They were murdered, tortured, raped, and pillaged. Even worse than that, they forced to adopt the complete inanity that is Roman culture. The druids knew that they had to protect their superior culture and what was rightfully theirs. They took the Déu Stone and dragged it northward to Scotland where they hid it deep in the forest in this very spot. Since that day, my ancestors have guarded the Déu Stone. Thankfully, the residents of this area are very superstitious. All it took to keep away interlopers was the rumor of a ghost, one that my ancestors have worked very hard to maintain for generation after generation.”
“Thanks for the history lesson, grandpa, but that still doesn’t explain why you had to tie me up to this stupid rock! When I get down from here, you’re going to regret it!” she screamed at the very top of her lungs.
“I’d slap you again, but what is coming is going to be far worse.”
“Wha.. what do you mean?” Alexandra asked, now sounding slightly nervous.
“You don’t know much about the druids do you?”
“They were a bunch of nerds that dressed in hideous robes and danced around some stupid stones. Can I go now?”
“Perhaps if you paid closer attention in history class…”
“We didn’t learn about the druids in history, you moron! You’re not that important!”
“Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! Yes we are! We’re just as important as the most important Greeks, Romans, or Egyptians!”
“You’re a bunch of nerds!”
“Well, if you weren’t an uneducated swine, you would know that one of the things the druids are famous for is human sacrifice.”
“Human sacrifice?” Alexandra asked before letting out an audible gulp.
“Yes, and human sacrifice is required for this particular ceremony that will grant me eternal youth. However, not simply any human sacrifice will do. Only virgin blood can appease Cernunnos.”Suddenly Alexandra looked panicky and extremely embarrassed. “Well, you’re going to have to find another victim, because I certainly am no virgin.”“You are.”“Please, you’re insane. A girl as utterly gorgeous and tempting as me, a virgin? Ha! What a laugh! Every day I have to fight off armies of total hunks most girls would die for! I can’t keep them away from me! I’m not a kid anymore! I’m twenty-one years old, you moron!” He then extracted the “laser gun” from a pocket inside his robe and held it out in front of her. He flipped the switch on the device, and the stone attached to it again emitted a pulsating neon green glow. Strangely, Alexandra felt a weird vibrating sensation coming from the slab of rock behind her. She turned her head and could see it was now glowing with the same neon green light as well.
The druid then squeezed the trigger. The gun buzzed and the arrow on its gauge ran to the V.
“The small fragment of stone on this gun is certainly pleased to be reunited with its source, the Déu Stone. It’s also quite pleased to be near you as well. It can’t wait to feed off of the spiritual energy of your virgin blood.”
“Wha-what are you talking about?”
“I may not look it to your deeply biased eyes, but I graduated at the top of my class in engineering from Oxford. I used what I learned combined with my extensive knowledge of ancient Gaulish magic to develop this invention, the Virginometer 5000. It harnesses the power of the Déu Stone to detect the innate magical power that only exists in virgin blood.”
“So that’s what V meant,” Alexandra growled. “Even Sebastian isn’t a virgin,” she mumbled, almost sounding hurt.
“I couldn’t get a good reading from your group from far way. So I simply gave it to you as a gift, and you were foolish enough to use it on each other at point black range while I watched from hiding. You were also foolish enough to use that phony map I gave you to walk right into my trap.”
“So let me get this straight. You had to go college to learn how to make some geeky invention just so you could find a virgin? Even worse, since you’re the last survivor, that means you and your dorky ancestors have never actually found one even though you’ve looked for thousands of years. That’s just pathetic. How did your ancestors even reproduce if they were that bad at picking up girls?”
“Shut up! It’s not as easy as it looks!”
“Maybe you should just sacrifice yourself! You’re obviously the real virgin here!” she said before laughing at him. Her laughs, however, sounded a bit forced.
The druid switched off the gun. Both the stone behind Alexandra and the piece attached to the Virginometer 5000 immediately ceased glowing. He then walked behind the Déu Stone to where Alexandra couldn’t see him.
“Hey, where are you going?” she barked at him. When he didn’t respond, she opened her mouth to yell at him a second time but closed her lips when she suddenly felt the blade of a long curved sword against her throat. It was only a fraction of an inch away from slicing it open.
“Lucky for you, I can’t spill your blood for about fifteen more minutes. Today is the summer solstice, and I have to wait until the sun is in the right position in the sky to perform the sacrifice. Rest assured though, I will enjoy carving you up like a goose. Now, excuse me, I must return to my quarters. Before I kill you, I need to perform some sacred incantations that require great concentration, and I don’t want to be distracted by anymore of your insufferable blathering!”
Alexandra didn’t say anything, and soon she was left alone again. She felt so bitterly alone, and it became even worse when it dawned on her that this was how she was going to die. Tears started flowing out of her eyes at that simple realization.
She couldn’t do much now but think back on her life. She realized how much she had wasted it. She had spent much of it trying to impress everyone else in her life. However, no matter how much she forcefully tried to assert herself and convince them of how great she was, it didn’t seem to make much difference. She didn’t receive much love back in return.
She spent some time thinking about the people in her life. She thought about her very wealthy but rather cold parents. They had certainly supplied her with everything she wanted except when it came to actual affection. She thought about her less cold, but certainly not very dependable, brother. He had been a slightly better confidant. However, he had betrayed her in numerous instances including not letting her become part of Josie and the Pussycats even when promised.
She thought about her pet, Sebastian. His friendship had certainly been proven by his long-term loyalty to her. That loyalty sometimes wavered, but those instances were few and far between. Her supposed human friends in high school had certainly not been as loyal. Their relationships with her didn’t seem to extend beyond taking advantage of her wealth and had not lasted beyond high school. She thought about Alan, her unrequited love that barely even acknowledged her existence. She also thought of Josie and Valerie, who had seemed to despise her but still put up with her presence enough to allow her to follow them around on tour for close to four years.
Finally, she thought about Melody. She then realized that she was perhaps the only human being who was consistently kind and friendly to her. Beyond that, her kindness seemed genuine. A person as innately innocent as Melody certainly didn’t have any underlying motivations for being nice to her. Yet, when she thought back, she could only remember times when she had been down right mean to her. She had taken every opportunity she could to put her down to her face. Despite this fact, she just smiled and remained friendly to her. Her attempts to push her away had failed miserably.
Now, however, Alexandra felt extremely guilty and remorseful for how she had acted. Despite her confusion and initial denial, the mere suggestion that Melody had felt more for her than friendship had made her feel very happy. It was a feeling of happiness she couldn’t remember the last time she had experienced. That was now over though, and shortly, so would be her existence.
“I’m sorry, Melody,” she wept.
“Sorry for what, Alexandra?” a familiar voice asked, sounding confused.
Alexandra lifted her head up and opened her eyes. She saw the beautiful blonde girl again giving her that pleasant warm smile. “Melody, what are you doing here?” she asked, shocked.
“I’m here to rescue you!”
Alexandra’s eyes widened in panic. “Alan! Josie! Valerie! Anyone else! Save me! Save me! Don’t leave my life in the hands of this idiot! Ahhhhhhhh!” Despite her remorse about how she had treated her, she wasn’t foolish enough to trust Melody with her life.
“He he he! They’re not here. It’s just me. It looks like you’re playing cowboys and Indians with Mr. Drew-Head. Pheewww, I was worried that you were in danger.”
“Melody, help me! Help me, please!”
“Oh, you want me to play too. Yay! How fun! I just love cowboys and Indians! You must be a kidnapped cowgirl.”
“Help get me down!” Alexandra cried. “For the love of god!”
“Ok, we must be the good guys then!” Melody tried to untie the knot of rope around Alexandra’s right wrist. However, it had been expertly tied and she was having trouble loosening it. “Golly, this knot sure is tight!”
“Hurry up, ok?” Alexandra pleaded.
Melody looked back at her and noticed a tear slowly sliding down her cheek. “Awww, why are you crying, Alexandra?” Melody then put her thumb on her cheek and wiped away the tear for her. She then noticed the big dark spot on her cheek as well. “Is that a bruise? Was the drew-head playing rough with you?”
“Yes! Untie the ropes or cut them down! Do something, please!” she cried frantically. She became even more panicked when she saw a white shape emerging from the forest.
“Meddler!” the druid shouted when he saw Melody. He was holding his sword in front of him and was absolutely enraged that someone dared to interfere with his plans.
“Oh hi, Mr. Drew-Head! I see you and Alexandra have been playing! I’d like to play too, but you’ve been playing too rough with Alexandra. You made her cry and you gave her a bruise. Alexandra is my friend, so you play nice with her, you hear!” she shouted at him before frowning. Someone being mean to Alexandra was certainly one of the few things that could make her angry.
“Wha.. what did you call me?” the druid asked as he shook with rage.
“I called you Mr. Drew-Head, Mr. Drew-Head. That is your name, right?”
“It’s pronounced druid. Druid, you idiot! Don’t you know anything about the great druids?”
“Ok, drew-head, got it!” She then put her finger on her chin. “Well, I know drew-heads like to dress in scary ghost costumes, play with ray guns, and now I know they like to play cowboys and Indians too. Although, I think you’re doing it wrong. Everyone knows Indians don’t use swords, silly. They use bows and arrows!”
“Stop making fun of me!” he shouted at her.
“But that’s a very realistic fake sword you have there!”
“Melody, that’s a real sword!” Alexandra warned her. She was getting more and more concerned, not only for her safety, but for Melody’s now as well.
“Gee, you think so?” She squinted and looked at the long curved silver blade. The steel was etched with letters that were very similar to those of the English alphabet but were arranged in a way that Melody didn’t recognize as words. “It does look very real, but why would anyone use a real play sword? He he, that’s just silly!”
“This isn’t a play sword, you fool! This is the Nemach Calghíon! It’s a sword that was passed down from generation to generation by my ancestors! It is a sacred sword used only for certain ceremonies that require human sacrifice by blade! It has seen more blood and gore than you can imagine!”
“Golly, you sure have a great imagination, Mr. Drew-Head!”
“Stop calling me that!”
“Stop calling you what, Mr. Drew-Head?”
“I’ll kill you!” He then raised the sword high over his head and brought it down directly at the blonde’s smiling face. However, she quickly ducked to the ground and rolled out of the way. The blade missed Melody and swiped down on the Déu Stone a few inches away from Alexandra’s wrist. It sliced the rope in half, and Alexandra fell to the ground as a result.
“Damn you!” he shouted as he kept slashing his sword down at the giggling blonde. Each time he brought his sword down, however, she simply rolled out of the way. “Weeee, this is fun!”
A few feet away, Alexandra tried to stand up, but fell flat on her face. Despite the fact that her arms were now free, her ankles were still bound together. She tried to unfasten the knot, but it was no use. It was simply tied too tight.
“Stay still, you swine!” the druid shouted at Melody, getting frustrated.
Melody, however, was too quick for him. Soon she had gotten up and was running laps around the Déu Stone with the druid in close pursuit with his sword. “Catch me if you can!” she sang. He kept slashing down with his blade, but each time, it was still an inch or so away from slicing into her back.
As they made a fourth lap, Alexandra, still on the ground, raised her bound ankles and tripped the druid as he came back around. As he fell, he dropped his sword and the Virginometer 5000 fell out of a pocket inside his robe to the grass.
Melody sighted the device and immediately scooped it up from the ground. She then flipped it on, aimed it at the druid, and squeezed the trigger several times in a row. “Bang! Bang! Bang! Take that!” The device buzzed, and the stone attached to it glowed neon green as the arrow on its gauge ran to the V reading. The Déu Stone immediately began glowing with the same bright green color. “Oh, pretty!” Melody remarked.
As Melody was distracted by the large glowing stone, Alexandra crawled on the ground frantically for the sword. Unfortunately for her, the sword was ripped right from under her grasp by the druid’s hairy hand. He then stood up and raised the sword over her. “You’re still going to be my virgin sacrifice!”
Alexandra closed her eyes and waited for death. However, instead of feeling the blade, she heard a familiar feral cry and the druid scream. She opened her eyes and looked up to see Sebastian on the druid’s head, clawing viciously into the opening of his hood and drawing blood that was now dripping down his white robe. The cat had in fact been hiding on the high branch of a near by tree, waiting for the perfect moment to strike.
Finally, the druid managed to rip Sebastian off of his face by grabbing a hold of the skin of his back. He then flung him hard against the Déu Stone. The cat bounced off of the rock and landed next to Alexandra.
The druid then removed his hood. His hairy face was now drenched in a thick coat of blood thanks to the long gashes that Sebastian had dug in with is claws. He wiped some blood off of his face, staggered forward a bit, and placed his hand on the Déu Stone for balance. As soon as his blood made contact with the stone, it began vibrating with great force, and its neon green color changed to a glow of blood red crimson. He stepped back away from the pillar of rock and seemed terrified at what he saw.
“Ooooh, it changed from green to red. Reminds me of Christmas,” Melody said, sounding sentimental. She then saw the druid’s appearance. “Looks like you need a band-aid, Mr. Drew-Head.”
“It’s druid! Druid! Druid! Druid! Ahhhhhhhhhhh!” he screamed as he rushed at her with his sword. Just before he would have skewered her, however, she darted out of the way. He then literally tackled the Déu Stone so hard that it began to tip over.
Sebastian opened his eyes again on the other side and saw the block of stone coming. He then quickly scratched at Alexandra’s side to tell her to move. She got the message and rolled out of the way just in time.
Sebastian, however, was not so lucky. He had been so concerned with Alexandra’s safety that he didn’t even bother to get out of harm’s way himself. The large red-glowing stone slammed on top of the lower half of his body, flattening it.
“Sebastian!” Alexandra cried. Again, tears began rolling down her cheeks as she held the head of her cat. He let out one painful cry, closed his eyes, and died.
Suddenly, however, Sebastian began glowing with the same red light as the Déu Stone. He again opened his yellow eyes, and Alexandra watched in awe as he seemed to transform. His coat, which had become a bit grayer in spots in recent years, became much more consistently dark. His face also lost the somewhat haggard appearance it had developed over time and reverted to a younger shape that Alexandra remembered from shortly after he was a kitten.
Sebastian then stabbed his claws into the ground and pulled himself out from under the rock. Alexandra watched as his lower half that was as flat as a pancake inflated back to its prior healthy shape. “Meow!”
Alexandra immediately grabbed him and started kissing him all over his furry face. “Oh, Sebastian, you stupid cat, you’re alive!” she cried. As she continued to kiss him, the glow coming from both the cat and the Déu Stone grew dimmer until it disappeared all together.
Melody stood over the two. “Is everything ok, Alexandra, or should I give you two some privacy?”
Alexandra pulled her lips away from her cat. “No, Melody. I can’t walk, and we need to get out of here! Sebastian, help me.” Sebastian walked to Alexandra’s bare ankles that were bound together by black rope. He raked his very sharp claws across the rope several times fast. However, the rope was so hard and so taught that his claws had no effect. Sebastian shook his head. “Mrow.”
“He he. Don’t worry, Sebastian, I know what to do,” Melody told him. She then leaned down, placed one hand under Alexandra’s bottom and another hand under her back, scooped her up off of the ground, and held her in her arms.
Alexandra was more than a bit surprised and blushed madly. “Me-Me-Melody, you’re so strong,” she stammered.
“He he he. I’m a drummer. Of course my arms are strong, silly!”
Alexandra blushed even more. She felt very safe like this. She could also feel a wonderful fluttery feeling in her stomach that quickly reverberated through out her entire body. The sensation was so soothing and so pleasant that she completely forgot about the dangerous situation she was in. She unconsciously wrapped her arms around Melody’s shoulders, closed her eyes, and snuggled into her chest and neck.
On top of the collapsed Déu Stone, the Deadly Druid came to. When he looked down at the large stone beneath him, he was shocked to see it again resembled an ordinary slab of gray rock. He then took the sword he still gripped in his right hand and held the back of the blade in front of his face.
He was utterly infuriated to see the reflection of his old, wrinkled, ugly face smeared with blood. He was expecting to see a much younger version of himself. “I can’t perform this ceremony for another twenty years! You meddlers ruined it! Ruined it! I’ll kill you! I’ll kill you all!”
Hearing his voice, Alexandra was snapped out of the trance she had been lulled into in Melody’s arms. “Melody, you have to run now!” she warned her.
“He he! Ok!” She immediately started sprinting with the blushing raven haired girl still cradled in her arms.
The druid jumped off the Déu Stone and started a pursuit with his sword in hand. Sebastian hissed when he saw him coming and again leapt at him with his claws drawn. However, the druid was prepared this time and slashed at him hard with his sword. The blade hit Sebastian’s back, cutting deep into his flesh and bone. The druid then left the cat to die and continued to charge ahead for the two women, fueled only by his thirst for their blood.
Despite the fact it should have been fatal, the deep bloody wound on Sebastian’s back quickly healed as if through magic. A few seconds later, he was once again in perfect health. He stood back up and started racing after the white shape he saw far ahead of him, hissing with anger.
Alexandra looked behind Melody and saw the druid closing in on them and slashing up and down with sword, mad with bloodlust. “Run faster! Faster! He’s coming!”
“Ok! Weeeeeeeee! This is fun!” she yelled happily as she sped up. The druid sped up his pursuit as well. The two women and one robed man weaved in between trees through the thick forest for some time. They then entered a clearing and began racing up a steep hill.
Alexandra was worried that Melody would soon loose steam due to the hill’s sharp incline. However, the blonde’s energy seemed almost limitless. So was the energy of the druid. Alexandra nervously watched him get closer and closer from behind them as she grabbed tight onto Melody’s shoulders. He was determined to run them both through his sword, no matter the cost. He was now only a couple of feet away from doing just that.
The intensity of the chase continued until they reached the peak of the tall hill. “Oh look, a cute bunny!” Melody yelped. She then suddenly stopped and stepped a few feet to the left to view the brown mountain hare that was about twenty feet away and scratching the side of his head with his big furry foot.
The sudden change in position had caught the druid completely off guard. He ran right past the two women and then tried to change direction. Unfortunately for him, he did not realize he had just crossed the peak of the steep hill. As he tried to regain his footing, he tripped on his robe and dove forward down the sharp drop on the other side
As he rolled down the hill, his curved sword was inadvertently shoved up his robe and into the space between his legs, impaling him like a shish kabob. He continued to roll down the steep hill with the sword still lodged inside him, leaving a trail of blood behind. When his body finally came to a stop, he was already dead.
Alexandra had seen it happen, having paid attention to him instead of Melody’s bunny. “Melody, you killed him!” she shouted, shocked.
Melody turned around and also looked down at the Deadly Druid, whose robe was now redder than white and was accented by the curved blade poking out through his chest. Melody immediately began sobbing.
Chapter 5
[Author's notes: Disclaimer: I do not own Josie and the Pussycats. They belong to their respective owners. I did not profit from this writing in any way.
Author’s Notes: Recently, I reviewed Chapters 1 through 3 and made some corrections. I also added a couple sentences to Alexandra’s introductory description in Chapter 1. This fanfiction only uses the original Josie and the Pussycats cartoon as canon. If you read, please review!]
Josie and the Pussycats
Alexandra Mellows Out
Chapter 5
After the conclusion of the adventure in Abernethy Forest, things seemed to fall back into a state of normalcy for the band. They arrived at their next tour stop in Inverness, Scotland without further incident.
Once in Inverness, Alexander arranged for Alan and Alexandra to see a doctor. After a few very painful stitches, Alan was told his face would eventually heal but plastic surgery would be required to remove the scarring completely. Josie immediately offered to pay for the eventual surgery no matter how expensive it was. Alan didn’t try to dissuade her.
Alexandra, despite the group’s previous concerns, was told she was in perfect health despite requiring immediate rest from exhaustion. A few hours later in the girls’ hotel suite, Alexandra tried to get ready to watch the band’s performance. However, after much convincing from Melody, she ended up staying in bed. She fell asleep only minutes after Melody put her under the covers.
Josie had watched the entire exchange between the two and found it a bit peculiar. They were definitely acting differently than usual. While Melody was always a positive and friendly person, she had never seen her worry so much about Alexandra in particular before. Seeing Alexandra actually listen to someone else’s advice was even more jarring.
She knew that they had both saved each other’s lives in the past 24 hours. Still, it seemed a bit strange to her. For one, yesterday was certainly not the first time they had faced danger together.
Josie and the Pussycats went on to play a very successful gig. Alexandra slept through it all. She didn’t wake again until the next morning when the band was preparing to leave for their next and final Scottish tour date in Fort William.
Quite rested, Alexandra was able to make it to the concert this time. The venue was another moderately large club packed with fans. Alexandra sat with her brother at a table near the bar to watch the show.
The set included all of the tracks off their new LP as well as a few older fan favorites such as “Stop, Look, and Listen” and “Road Runner.” During all of it, Alexandra stared up at Melody on the drums. As the beautiful girl swayed her cat-ear wearing head back and forth with the rhythm, Alexandra was almost hypnotized into a trance.
The show seemed to have gone on longer than most of their sets, and both the crowd and Alexandra assumed it would soon be over. After the band finished playing “My Love Is like a Waterfall,” Melody got up from her drum kit and Valerie left the stage. Melody walked up and stood in front of the band near a microphone, and Valerie returned without her tambourines and got behind Melody’s drum kit.
“Hey, what the heck’s going on?” Alexandra asked her brother.
“They’re going to try out that new number they’ve been working on with Melody singing solo without any backup. They’ve been planning this for a while.”
“Oh, really? Melody is going to sing solo?” She must have not been paying enough attention to the band’s deliberations recently to have heard about these plans, but she could recall that Melody and Valerie had been having long discussions about lyrics for a new song.
Suddenly, Josie began strumming an enticing rhythm on her guitar, and Valerie began drumming a catchy beat. Valerie wasn’t nearly as skilled as Melody on the drums, but she was proficient enough to get the job done. Melody then stepped up closer to the microphone, and soon, beautifully sung lyrics began escaping from her supple lips.
As was the case with many of their songs, the topic of this one was love. This time it was the tale of the unrequited love of a girl for someone nearby that was in love with someone else. Alexandra listened and watched intently. She was then completely caught off guard as Melody turned her head and stared directly into her eyes from forty feet away on the stage as she sang the chorus. “Baby, I want you in my arms and in my life. I know I’m the only one that can make you feel right. I want you. I need you. I want you.”
Alexandra’s cheeks lit up like two stop lights. As Josie and Valerie began playing the bridge, Melody gave a big wink aimed directly at Alexandra. Alexandra reacted by falling off of her bar stool to the ground.
“Sis? Sis! Are you all right? You look like you just had a heart attack!” he told her as he helped her back up off the ground.
“No, no, I think I’m gonna live,” she said, sounding completely flustered and blushing madly.
Up on the stage, Melody stepped back away from the microphone and covered her lips so she could snicker for a moment. She then went back to the microphone and finished singing her song.
The band finished performing the song, which was the last song of their set. The show and especially Melody’s solo performance had been a resounding success. In fact, the crowd had been whipped into a frenzy that almost broke out into a lust riot simply due to the fact that Melody, easily the most desired member of the band, had sung a love song with the refrain “I want you.”
Eventually, things cooled down, and the club emptied. Backstage, Josie and Valerie were chatting with each other. “Wow, Melody did so great out there! I’m so proud of her!” Josie said.
“Me too. We should let her sing lead a lot more often. She did forget a few of the lyrics I worked on with her though, or she changed them anyways.”
“Yeah? Which ones?”
“Well, instead of ‘he was’ she used ‘you were’ and stuff like that.”
“Who cares? I think it sounded great!”
“Yeah, I think it’s better that way actually. Kind of like she was singing directly to the audience or something. It definitely got a great response out of the crowd. That’s for sure.”
Melody and Alan joined them. They were all very congratulatory to Melody for her successful solo performance. She was very pleased to receive the attention but was humble enough to say that she wasn’t the one responsible for it. Valerie assumed she was talking about the help she had given her in scribing the lyrics but told her that the song wouldn’t have worked as well without her impassioned delivery.
Finally, Sebastian, Alexander, and Alexandra joined the four backstage.
“So what did you think, Alexandra?” Josie asked her, sarcasm strong in her voice. “Terrible as usual, right?” It was almost pointless to ask her this question since the answer was always the same, but either Josie or Valerie usually did so anyways out of tradition.
“To call it terrible would be a disservice to actual terrible bands. Maybe sub-terrible would be the more appropriate term,” she said with much of her usual haughty attitude. Josie and Valerie groaned loudly. Alexandra then went on, “Except for Melody’s solo number… that… that was actually quite excellent. Lovely really. The drumming for the whole concert was also pretty groovy over all.”
Melody lit up like the sun. “Wooow, thank you so much, Alexandra!” She then gave her a beaming smile.
“You’re welcome, Melody.” Alexandra smiled pleasantly back at her.
Josie and Valerie’s mouths were wide open in shock. “I… I can’t believe what I just heard,” Josie said.
“Tell me about it,” Valerie agreed. “Did we just enter the Twilight Zone?”
“Well, I guess Melody’s number is going to be a huge hit if even Alexandra likes it,” Alan said, also quite befuddled.
“Yeah, you got that right,” Valerie agreed. “Just never go solo on us for real, Melody, or me and Josie are doomed.”
Melody giggled. “Don’t worry about it. I won’t. I don’t even know what solo means. Isn’t a solo a kind of snack cake?”
“I think you’re thinking of Ho-Hos,” Josie told her.
“Well they’re yummy, but how do you go Ho-Ho? Do I have to be dipped in chocolate and filled with cream?” Everyone groaned loudly and shook their heads. Everyone that is except for Alexandra, who was still smiling contently at her. Melody noticed, locked eyes with Alexandra, and smiled back.
Sometime later, Josie, Valerie, and Melody were relaxing in the suite they were sharing in the Fort William Hilton. They were all already dressed for bed. Josie wore another one of her simple nightgowns, this time light blue in color. Valerie wore a more elaborate and elegant purple silk nightgown, and Melody opted for an incredibly cute pair of pink polka-dot pajamas.
As they were contemplating what to order from room service, Josie suddenly realized why it was much more quiet and pleasant in the room than usual. “Where’s Alexandra?” she asked.
“I heard her saying something about paying for her own suite,” Valerie answered.
“She must have finally gotten too good to sleep with the rest of us girls,” Josie said.
Melody looked a little upset. “You really think so? Not with any of us?” she asked her.
“Well, I don’t know about you, Melody. You certainly seem to be on her good side,” Josie told her.
“That’s the understatement of the year,” Valerie said. “I think that’s the first real compliment I’ve ever heard from Alexandra to anyone other than Alan my entire life. Exactly what did you do with her in the woods the other day to get her like that? I mean other than what you did to the druid,” Valerie added a bit uncomfortably. She hoped soon she would be able to wipe that fact from her memory completely. “But anyways, maybe you could clue us in. It would be heaven to get that girl off our backs too.”
“I think I know what I did, but it’s a secret,” Melody said with a slightly devious expression.
“No fair, Melody!” Josie protested. Melody giggled.
“Yeah, keeping a goldmine like that a secret is just plain uncalled for!” Valerie agreed.
“Sorry, Valerie, but I can’t,” she said before giggling some more.
“Will you tell us for a hundred dollars?” Valerie asked.
“Nope.”
“What about a thousand?” Josie asked.
“Nu-uh,” she said, shaking her head cutely. Josie and Valerie both sighed and frowned.
The group then heard a knock at the door. “I’ll get it,” Josie said. She went and opened the door. She was greeted by a bell hop in a red uniform and cap standing on the other side.
“Mail for Miss Melody Jones,” he said. He handed Josie the envelope.
“Thank you! Here, wait!” Josie went and fished in her purse for £5 bill and then handed it to the man. He thanked her and walked off. Josie handed Melody the envelope.
“More fan mail, huh?” Valerie asked.
“Let me see.” Melody quickly ripped open the letter and read the note enclosed inside.
Dear Melody,
My room number is 157. Please come over as soon as possible. However, whatever you do, don’t tell anyone you’re meeting me. Looking very forward to seeing you.
Alexandra
“So what does it say?” Josie asked her.
Melody quickly put the note behind her back. “Oh, nothing. Valerie was right. It’s just more fan mail. He he, you know me and my fans.”
“Yeah, I know you have like ten times more fans than we do,” Josie said, sounding unenthused.
“Maybe we’d be more successful if we changed the name of the band to Melody and the Pussycats,” Valerie suggested. Josie gave her a nasty glare. “Hey, it was just an idea.”
“I think I saw Chick-O-Sticks in the vending machine. Golly, I sure love Chick-O-Sticks! I think I’m going to go get one now. See you guys later!” she explained as she walked towards the door.
“That sounds good,” Valerie said. “Get me one too.”
“Sorry, can’t hear you! Bye bye!” She then abruptly slammed the door shut.
“Is it just me or was Melody acting a little weird just now?” Valerie asked.
“You mean there’s a time when Melody isn’t acting weird?” Josie asked back.
“Great point.”
A few short minutes later, Melody was standing barefoot in her pajamas in front of the door of Room 157. She knocked on the door, and a moment later, it opened. There stood Alexandra. She was dressed in her incredibly sexy and skimpy red nighty. She had also removed the bow that usually held her ponytail, allowing her vibrant dark hair to flow freely down her back. She was quite a sight to behold.
“Melody, dear, I’m really glad you came over,” she told her. She then gave her a very pleased but also somewhat nervous smile. Seeing Alexandra look even a little bit nervous was a bit strange. Even during all the times they had been faced with danger or abducted by villains, she had never shown a hint of nervousness.
Melody also noticed that for some reason Alexandra was blushing madly. She then tipped her head down at the slightly shorter dark haired girl. There was no mistake about it. Under that very skimpy, frilly, nearly see-through red nighty of hers, she was wearing absolutely nothing else. Her breasts and nearly everything else were almost completely exposed.
“Thanks for inviting me over, Alexandra,” she said as she continued to take a peek down into Alexandra’s curvy and almost completely bare cleavage.
“Come in please,” she said as she stepped aside, still blushing wildly. Melody walked inside. After she passed through, Alexandra let go of the door. It slid back into the frame but did not close shut completely.
Melody was amazed by both the room’s size and the opulence of its décor. “Woooow, this is much nicer than our room!”
“It’s the royal suite.”
“Gosh, it must be expensive!”
“I’m rich you know. I can afford very nice things. I can spend a lot of money on anyone I want to. That’s one of the perks of being uh… friends with me.”
“Oh, what are these?” Melody asked excitedly, eyeing the tray near the bed. It held a large plate covered with hors d\\\'oeuvres.
“Those are canapés with quail eggs and black truffles.”
“What’s that?”
“Think of it as a really exquisite version of eggs and toast with really delicious mushrooms.”
“That sounds really yummy! I love eggs and toast!”
“I know you do. I got them for you. I thought you might want a late night snack.”
Alexandra watched pleasantly as the cute girl devoured one of the delicious disc shaped pieces of toast topped with a fried quail egg and decadent black truffles. “It’s so yummy!” Alexandra smiled again, although she still looked a bit nervous. “Don’t you want any, Alexandra?”
“No, I’m not hungry. They’re all for you, Melody.”
“Thank you!” she said before she continued gobbling them down.
Alexandra then went to a bottle of wine sitting in a bucket of ice near the bed. She removed the cork with the provided cork screw and then nervously went to pour it into one of the two glass goblets that were on the tray next to the plate of hors d\\\'oeuvres. Melody noticed she was having trouble pouring it due to her hands shaking so badly. She stopped eating, took the bottle from Alexandra, and poured it for her.
“Wine too?” Melody asked.
“Yeah, I thought it would be nice to have some with you,” she explained sheepishly.
“He he. Josie and Valerie don’t seem to like me drinking alcohol. It’s like they’re almost afraid of what would happen. I don’t know why though. It’s funny, because people always ask me if I was drinking when I haven’t been. I wonder why they do that,” she said as she also poured Alexandra a glass.
“I have no idea, Melody,” she fibbed. She had steadied her hand enough to drink at this point and took a long sip from the goblet. She then watched as Melody quickly gulped down her entire glass and then went to pour herself some more. “Wait, don’t drink too much! I just want the wine to ummm… help us take the edge off a bit.”
“Take the edge off of what?” Melody asked with her usual cute confused look.
“It means it will relax us.”
“Ohh.” Melody then smiled, before she took a slower sip from her refilled glass. “Ok, Alexandra. I won’t drink too much, but aren’t you the one who needs to take the edge off?” she asked with a devious little look on her face.
“Ye..yeah, you’re right.” She then took a much bigger drink out of her glass.
Melody raised her eyebrow and shot another suggestive look over at Alexandra. “Sooo, Alexandra, why did you invite me over?”
“Well… I wanted to… have a uh sleep over.”
“Yay! That sounds like fun! I’ll go invite over Josie and Valerie!”
“No, don’t!” she pleaded. “I just want it to be me and you, ok?”
Suddenly, Melody’s smile edged up a bit into more of a smirk. “Awww. You want to spend time with me, huh?”
“Yeah.” Alexandra’s cheeks were again beat red, and she had trouble looking the cute blonde in the eyes. “I was thinking we could… uh well you know.”
Melody giggled. “Know what?”
“You know…” Alexandra grunted, getting frustrated.
“You mean you want to play Parcheesi?”
“No, I don’t want to play Parcheesi, Melody,” she said, sounding slightly annoyed.
“Oh, then how about we play Candy Land? That’s my favorite!”
“Listen, I don’t want to play any board games… I want to… do weird stuff,” she said, almost whispering the last words.
“He he. Can you say that louder, Alexandra?”
“Weird stuff! All right!” she yelled. “You know what I mean. You seemed to want to do it before.”
“Ok, weird stuff. Got it. Let’s put our underwear on our heads and run around the lobby yelling, ‘The pickles are coming! The pickles are coming!’ That would be pretty weird, right?”
Alexandra rolled her eyes harshly. “Not that kind of weird… Listen, would you give me a break here, Melody? I’m not used to doing this kind of thing.”
“Ohhhhh,” she said. “I think I know what you want.”
Alexandra looked at her again. “You do?”
Melody shook her head up and down. “Uh huh,” she chirped.
“Well, then what is it?”
“Bad Alexandra! I can’t tell you. That’s cheating! He he he!”
“Cheating? You really don’t know what I mean, do you?” she asked, sounding irritated.
“Of course I do. But it’s no fun to just tell you, silly! Close your eyes and sit down. Then I’ll show you, and you can tell me if I got it right.”
She sat down on the edge of the bed. “Close my eyes?”
“Uh huh,” she chirped again cheerfully.
“Well, all right,” Alexandra said, sounding very nervous. She closed her eyes and let out an audible gulp.
The very uncharacteristically nervous Alexandra just looked so adorable to Melody. She couldn’t help but giggle at the sight of her. She then decided to just stand there and watch her for a bit to help build up the suspense.
As time passed by, Alexandra was getting more and more antsy. “Are you going to do anything or this just a joke?” she muttered. “This is getting stupid, Melo-th-ma-maaaeh…” she mumbled as she was cut off by Melody’s wet lips being pressed against her own.
Alexandra’s eyes shot open in surprise. Melody then put her hand on the back of Alexandra’s head to hold her still as she deepened the kiss. As soon as the initial surprise wore off, Alexandra closed her eyes and allowed Melody to continue. With each movement of Melody’s lips rubbing and sliding against Alexandra’s, she seemed to push deeper and deeper into her mouth.
Soon, Alexandra began to reciprocate the kiss by moving her lips as well. Both girls fell into a pleasant, pleasurable rhythm. Alexandra put her arms around Melody and hugged her tight, partly because she wanted to and partly for support. The pleasure from simply feeling Melody’s lips all over her mouth was almost too much for her to handle.
Finally, Melody removed her lips from Alexandra’s mouth. It took a couple moments for Alexandra to open her eyes back up again. She was a bit disoriented. “So did I guess right?” Melody asked before giggling and giving her a sly grin.
“Yeah,” Alexandra said, half-winded as she tried to catch her breath.
“So which one was better? This one or the first time I kissed you?”
“This one. It was longer and better, but I also really wanted it this time. I wanted it so bad.”
Melody giggled pleasurably and then gave her an extremely pleased smile. “Me too, Alexandra. So how about we do it again?”
“Yes, please.” They locked eyes and wrapped their arms back around each other. Their lips then slowly slid back into each other, and they both melted into another wonderful kiss.
Meanwhile, Alexander and Alan were in a room on the opposite end of the floor. Alan was already sound asleep in one of the two queen-sized beds. He wanted to be well rested for the long drive back to England tomorrow, so he had went to sleep a bit early.
Alexander, on the other hand, was searching through his luggage for some misplaced paperwork. Specifically, he was searching for the tour schedule and itinerary. He wanted to double check it to make sure he hadn’t forgotten anything for the remaining tour dates. He then recalled that he had foolishly let Alexandra look at it in the van while they were traveling in-between tour stops a few days ago.
Despite the fact that she had insisted on being left alone tonight, he left the room and started walking down the hall towards Alexandra’s suite.
It was a long walk, but soon he was at the door to the royal suite. Strangely, he found that the door was a small crack ajar. He gave it a gentle push, and it slid all the way open. He wasn’t exactly prepared for what he saw on the other side.
After having spent the past few minutes thoroughly exploring every part of Alexandra’s tongue with her own, Melody removed her tongue and lips from Alexandra’s mouth. “And that’s a French kiss.”
“Baby, you’re so good at that!”
“Can you believe I’m not even French?” she asked. “Oh, hi, Alexander!” Melody greeted him cheerfully after spotting him in the doorway.
His jaw was wide open in shock. When Alexandra saw him, she was absolutely furious. “If you don’t get out of here right now, I swear to god I’m going to beat your chicken carcass to a bloody to pulp and then Kentucky fry you in a bat of oil! You hear me?” she screeched.
“I… I… didn’t see anything!” he pleaded. Alexandra picked up the lamp on the nightstand and tossed it at him. He shut the door right before it would have hit him, and the lamp shattered into a hundred pieces.
Alexander started speed walking back down the hall. “Jesus Christ, I need to learn how to knock. And why am I feeling so jealous of my sister right now?” he mumbled to himself.
Further down the hall, next to the vending the machine, were Josie and Valerie.
“Why does Melody have to be get so worked up after every single show?” Valerie complained. “Who knows where she wandered off to.”
“Well, she did just get fan mail,” Josie said. “Maybe she told some of the fans which hotel we were staying in.”
Valerie rolled her eyes harshly.
“Hey, it wouldn’t be the first time this has happened. I’m just saying it’s a possibility.” Valerie didn’t dignify her with a response.
Suddenly, the two women ran into Alexander, who had just turned the corner in the hallway on the way back to his room. “Alexander! Do you know where Melody is?” Josie asked him. “We’re looking for her.”
“M-m-melody?” Alexander looked like he had seen a ghost.
“Yeah, have you seen her?” Josie asked.
“No, I-I-I-I haven’t,” he stuttered nervously.
“Do you know Alexandra’s room number?” Valerie asked. “Maybe we should ask her too.”
“No, wait!” Alexander shouted. “You can’t go there!”
Josie raised her eyebrow. “Why not?”
“Melody is in Alexandra’s room, but they don’t want to be bothered.”
“Oh, she is?” Josie asked, sounding relieved. “But what would she be doing in Alexandra’s room?”
“They’re uhhhh… playing chess. Yeah… chess. That’s it.”
Josie and Valerie both looked very suspicious. “Chess? You can’t be serious,” Valerie said.
“Yes, and they need a lot of concentration. So they don’t want to be disturbed.”
“I just can’t imagine Alexandra or Melody playing chess,” Josie said.
“I love chess,” Valerie added. “But yeah, the idea of Melody, of all people, playing a game that requires that much strategy doesn’t seem very believable.”
“Yeah, they’re both very bad at it. So it may take them all night to finish the game. You should just leave them alone. Anyways, I have to go now! I have important manager things to do. Phone calls, book keeping, you know! Later!” he said before he started sprinting down the hallway.
Josie and Valerie started walking back towards their suite. “What was with Alexander?” Valerie asked. “He looked scared out of his mind.”
“He probably saw a mouse in the hallway.”
Valerie chuckled. “Still, I can’t get over the idea of Melody playing chess. I’m going to have to play a game with her sometime. I need to see this for myself.”
“I just think it’s really nice that Alexandra and Melody are getting along now.”
“Well, if it helps take some of the heat off us with Alexandra, I’m certainly all for it.”
Back in the royal suite, Alexandra was still quite upset. Melody finished putting the last ceramic shard of broken lamp into the garbage. She then locked the door and sat down next to Alexandra.
Alexandra was staring at the ground, dejected. “I can’t believe that happened. This is bad… really bad.”
“It’s not bad. Maybe for Alexander. I think I saw him pee his pants.” She then giggled at how utterly terrified he was of Alexandra’s fury.
“Well, he should know if he ever says anything, he’s going to die,” she said.
Melody put her hands on Alexandra’s shoulders and began to give them a gentle, soothing rub. “Relax, Alexandra. You shouldn’t let that bother you.”
“Meow!” Sebastian agreed. The two suddenly noticed him next to them on the bed.
“What are you doing here?” Alexandra spat off. “Were you watching us too, you pervy fur-ball? I’ll skin you alive!”
“Mrow!” Before she could grab him, he jumped off the bed and quickly ran under it.
Melody pulled Alexandra back closer to her and intensified the massage. With her petite but very skilled fingers, she kneaded away the tenseness of Alexandra’s flesh. Soon, Alexandra was like putty in her hands. “This is supposed to be our night. Let’s enjoy it, ok?” she whispered into her ear.
“Ok,” Alexandra purred.
“Good.” They both turned and again they kissed. However, after a couple minutes, Melody suddenly kissed away from her lips and across her cheek. She then slowly kissed down until her lips came to rest on the nape of her neck. She began kissing it intensely and lashed it a few times with her tongue. She then began gently sucking on it.
Pleasure shot through Alexandra’s body, and she began moaning. That pleasure intensified when Melody took her right hand and began sliding her fingers back and forth across Alexandra’s inner thigh. “Oh, Melody,” she cried out pleasurably.
Melody’s fingers touched further and further up the inside of Alexandra’s thigh. She then kissed over to her shoulder. When her lips met the strap of her nighty, she reached up with her free hand and slid it off. Alexandra suddenly pulled away from her and put back on her strap.
Melody looked up at Alexandra’s deeply blushing face a bit surprised. “What’s wrong?”
Alexandra averted her glance. “Well, umm uh… grrrr,” she finally growled, frustrated.
Melody giggled at her cute frown, “He he he. I may not know a lot of things, like arithmetic or what the capitol city of Boise, Ohio is, but I know when I’m being seduced, Alexandra. Isn’t this what you wanted?”
Alexandra was still looking away from her. “Yeah,” she blurted out, “but it’s just…”
“Oh! You’re nervous because you’re a virgin,” Melody realized. “Don’t worry. I think that’s really cute!”
Alexandra was shocked. “Wha-wha-wha? How did you know that?”
Melody scooted back over to her. She then ran her fingers through the white stripe of silky hair on the top of Alexandra’s head and down through the long dark locks hanging down her back. She then continued to reach back up and do so again and again. The sensation felt strangely soothing to Alexandra. “I just thought so. We spend a lot of time together, Alexandra. I think I know you a lot better than you think I do. And isn’t that what the V on that ray gun meant?” she asked.
Despite Melody’s soothing touch, she was still extremely embarrassed. “Even Valerie didn’t figure that out,” she said, befuddled. “I thought you said it meant ventriloquist.”
“I said that because I thought it would be funny,” she said, giggling some more. “Besides, saying it meant virgin would be really embarrassing.”
“Thank you.”
“He he, don’t mention it. I just can’t believe Captain Kirk is such a pervert. But anyways, it’s not a big deal if you’re a virgin. ”
“It is.”
“No, it’s not.”
“You don’t understand, Melody. For five years, I’ve been… saving myself for Alan. Ever since high school. Since you first hired him as your roadie. Maybe even since the moment I first saw him. I’ve waited and waited for him to make the right decision. But it never did any good. I should’ve realized five years ago that Josie had him wrapped around her little stupid finger and that was never going to change. But I’m a fool. I realized how much of a fool I was when I saw them doing that in the woods.”
“You’re not a fool, Alexandra,” Melody said.
“Yes, I am. A stupid fool. I’m just so angry I wasted something like that on Alan. I dunno. I feel like if I don’t get rid of my virginity soon, I’ll never be able to start my life over again.”
“So you just need me to help you?”
“No… It’s more than that, all right?”
“What do you mean, Alexandra?”
“Well, I had a lot of time to think while I was tied to that rock, waiting for that robe wearing loser to kill me. I just kind of realized a few things. I’ve been spending my entire life trying to impress everyone. Not just Alan, but my rich successful parents, the snobs at school, and everyone else. Problem is I’m not good at anything. I’m not like you, Melody. I’m talentless. I wish I wasn’t, but I am. I’m also not a good person. All I can do is fake it and pretend I’m actually somebody and try to make everyone else believe it. In the end, though, I kind of get the sense that everyone hates me. They just don’t say it to my face, but I know that’s how they really feel. But with you, I’ve been absolutely terrible to you…”
“No, you haven’t.”
“Yes, I was,” she corrected her, “but unlike everyone else, you never got mad back at me. I put you down, made fun of you, and all you’ve been is nice, friendly, and kind to me. I realize now you’re one of the only real friends I have. And when you did that stuff… kissed me, and held me, and everything else you did, I didn’t want to admit it at the time, but it made me happy. I didn’t even know I could like girls, but you made me feel special. And I haven’t felt special for a long time. So I want to do it with you. I’m sorry. You probably think I’m some kind of crazy nutcase now, but that’s how I feel.”
“I don’t think you’re a nutcase, Alexandra. You don’t even like nuts, and I don’t think you’re crazy either. I’m never going to think badly of you like that. You don’t have to impress me or anything. I like you, and I like you just for being Alexandra. If anyone hates you, I don’t think they know you like I do. You’re not a bad girl. You’re a good girl. You’ve never really done anything that bad. Your plans usually backfire. I just think they’re funny! But I know you have a really good heart. You’re just passionate. Maybe sometimes too passionate for your own good, but that’s what I like about you. And you’re one of the sweetest people I know.”
“It’s not true. I’m not sweet at all…”
“Yes, you are. I saw it every single time you were around Alan. Some people think I’m stupid, but you know what? Alan is stupid too. Josie has been my best friend for as long as I can remember. Still, I can tell you loved him so much more than she does. The way you acted around him. You were just so sweet. You loved him so much. It honestly made me really jealous of him. I wished it was me instead.”
“Why didn’t you tell me?”
“Like you would’ve noticed or cared, silly. You had Alan on the brain!”
“Well, I don’t anymore. That’s over. I’m through with him. I mean it.”
“He he. I know. That’s why I’m feeling really lucky right now. Maybe I can be the one who makes you happy instead.”
Alexandra blushed brightly again. “You really feel that way? You’re not just making this all up?”
“Of course not. And I’ve wanted to have sex with you for a really long time. I really want this too. You’re not the only one. That’s why I made that song. ”
Alexandra’s blush intensified several times more. “Seriously? That was about me?”
Melody shook her head up and down. “You’re just so cute, Alexandra. You don’t even know it. Even when you’re mad, you’re so cute! Of course I want to do it with you. But we’re not just going to have sex. We’re going to make love too.”
“I think those are the same thing, dumb dumb.”
Melody put her finger on her chin. “Hmmm. I don’t think so. They’re different. I’ve had sex a lot of times, but I think I only made love a few times.”
“How are they different?”
“Well, having sex is a lot of fun, but making love is a lot better! I think it’s like showing someone how much you like them by making them feel good with your body.”
Alexandra’s face was about as red as it could possibly be at this point. However, despite the fact the idea of doing something like that with Melody truly excited her, she still felt apprehensive. “That sounds really good, Melody, but there’s a problem though.” She frowned again.
Melody paid her frown back with a cute smirk. “And what could that be?”
Alexandra’s frown turned into a scowl. “Promise you won’t tell anyone any of this stuff I’ve told you? I swear if you do, I’ll give you a pounding!” she said, raising a clenched fist.
“He he he! Cross my heart and hope to die!”
“Well… I don’t know what to do. I know two girls can do it, but I don’t know how. I don’t know anything about sex, making love, or anything else. I don’t know how to do it with boys or girls… I haven’t even touched myself before.”
“Awwwww. Don’t worry. It’s really easy. I’ll show you what to do, and then we can have lots of fun!”
“Well, ok, but it’s not gonna…” she trailed off, frowning again.
“Not gonna what?”
“It’s not going to hurt, is it?” she finally managed to mumble. Admitting she had such thoughts was more humiliating than she could stand.
Melody took Alexandra’s hand and gripped it tightly between her palms. “I promise I won’t hurt you, Alexandra.”
“Really?”
“I promise. I just want to make you feel good. Do you trust me?”
Alexandra’s expression softened. “Yeah. I don’t know why. I didn’t feel like this before, but I really feel like I can trust you now.”
“I’m so glad.” Melody gave her a really happy, warm smile. “I trust you too, Alexandra. Let’s share this, ok?”
Alexandra smiled from ear to ear back at her. “Ok.” Melody smiled back again. She then reached up and again slipped one strap of Alexandra’s nightgown off of her shoulder. She did the same to the other and then slowly pulled the nighty down off of her body. The fabric slid down over her curvy chest and then past her waist, thighs, legs, and feet until it was completely removed. Melody took a moment to marvel at her nude form on the bed. “You’re so cute, Alexandra.”
Alexandra simply gave a shy smile back as she blushed madly. Melody then slowly stripped off her pajamas and then slowly pulled down the panties that were underneath. Alexandra would have complimented her as well, but she was speechless. Putting the beauty of Melody’s nude body into words would have simply been too difficult.
Melody then crawled on top of Alexandra and their lips reconnected. Both women kissed each other passionately with equal enthusiasm. As their lips mashed together, Alexandra grabbed onto Melody’s back and pulled her voluptuous frame against her own naked body tight. Soon, though, Melody removed her lips and tongue from Alexandra’s mouth. She again kissed across her cheek with little, short, but intense pecks and slowly moved down her neck. After giving the nape of her neck some more attention, much to Alexandra’s liking, she started kissing further down her body until she reached her breast.
Alexandra felt intense pleasure. It was a completely new sensation to her, and it was an utterly wonderful one as well. That night Alexandra would experience many new sensations, each more wonderful than the last. Melody knew exactly what to do to make her body feel good, many times in ways Alexandra didn’t even know were possible.
Not only was she a skilled lover, but she was also extremely tender as well. She knew to take a slower pace with Alexandra, and she was certainly very happy to do so. It allowed both of them to savor this time together. Beyond the physical pleasure Melody gave her, Alexandra enjoyed the closeness and deep romantic bonding they were able to share. Often, Melody would give long glances into Alexandra’s eyes as she gave her pleasure, and Alexandra would stare back contently as she blushed and moaned.
Despite her previous apprehension, Alexandra was easily able to reciprocate. Melody only had to guide her fingers and help her reposition her body into the right spot a few times. Alexandra caught on quickly and was soon able to give the same pleasure back to her. She was surprised that she enjoyed providing Melody with pleasure almost as much as she enjoyed receiving it. It felt good to make her feel good, and she was especially glad that it was Melody she was able to do this for.
The night went on. Another thing Alexandra soon learned was that Melody’s boundless exuberance translated to the bedroom as well. Although she eventually became a bit overwhelmed as the minutes slowly slipped into hours, she was happy to try to keep up. She simply did not want the night to end. The moments they shared were simply too precious.
Eventually, however, Melody decided to give it a rest, and her and a now rather exhausted Alexandra cuddled together nude under the warm covers.
“Mmmm… This feels really nice,” Alexandra said, sounding wonderfully relaxed in the comfort of Melody’s soft embrace.
“Cuddlin’ afterwards is one of my favorite parts,” she explained.
“I think it’s one of my favorite parts too,” she said, snuggling her head further in between Melody’s cushy breasts. “Can you please hold me like this forever?”
Melody giggled. “I’ll try.” She then tightened her embrace around her and tipped her head down to kiss the spot where Alexandra’s white stripe met her forehead. Alexandra murmured pleasurably as she felt the smooch. “So did you like your first time?”
“Like?” Alexandra asked. “I was always worried it wouldn’t be as special as I wanted it to be. But with you, Melody, it was everything I wanted. In fact, it was much better than I ever thought it could be.”
“Awwwww.” Melody squeezed Alexandra in her arms. “I’m glad I did my job. He he.”
“Are you kidding me? I didn’t know it could be that good. I had no idea. That thing you say is definitely true.”
“What’s that?”
“That you’re good at two things. One of them is keeping a beat.”
“Ohhhhh. So that’s what that means. No wonder Josie was so mad at me when I said that to her parents. Oops!” Both women cracked up into uproarious laughter and giggling.
“God, I wish I was there so I could’ve seen the look on Josie’s stupid face,” she said before cracking up again.
Finally, they calmed down a bit. Alexandra was still a little curious however. “That sounds like something a guy would tell you though,” she explained. “Does that mean you uhh do it with guys too?” For some reason, Melody could detect a little bit of worry in the tone of her voice.
“Yup, I have. Not for a while though. Boys are kinda boring. They do their thing, and then they’re done. But with a girl like you, I can just play and play. It’s so much more fun! And even if it was your first time, you still did a really good job, Alexandra. Way better than any boy. Girls just seem to know what you want. Hmmm, I wonder why that is.”
“Is it because they’re also girls?”
“Wow, I never thought of that! Golly, you sure are smart, Alexandra!”
“Dumb dumb,” Alexandra said playfully as she reached up and patted Melody’s head. Melody giggled. “But I guess that means you do it with girls a lot though, huh?” she asked, again sounding a bit apprehensive.
“Wellll... One time I did it with some of our groupies. Actually, that was like three or four times. Or maybe it was five or six. Or seven or eight. Or maybe it was more like 32 times. I forget. He he he! Oh, and I did it with this Japanese pop singer who opened for us when we were on tour in Japan. And I did it with Betty and Veronica when we played at their prom and they were mad at Archie for dumping them for that Cheryl girl. And then the next prom, I did it with Cheryl after she got mad at Archie for dumping her for Betty and Veronica. And I did it with my old friend Pepper a few times. And once with my cousin, Sally. And then my other cousin, Jennie. And the mail lady, and the garbage lady, and this lady cop who pulled me over, and this girl who worked at McDonald’s, and the manager at Burger King, and…”
“All right, all right, I’ve heard enough!” Alexandra shouted from her arms, freaked out. “For the love of god, please shut up!”
“He he he. Sorry.”
There was a long silence before Alexandra spoke again, “Umm, well… Listen, I don’t care about any of that. It’s uh... in the past. But um, I’m kinda possessive you know.”
Melody giggled loudly. “Really?” she asked sarcastically.
“Yeah, so I’d kinda like to have you to myself if we’re going to do this kind of stuff.”
“Awwww. Are you asking me to be your girlfriend, Alexandra?”
Alexandra thought about that question for a moment. Even though she had time to think about all of it recently, the past few days had been such a whirlwind of events and emotions that she had still been a bit confused about what all of it had really meant. However, at that moment, it was beginning to make more sense to her. There was a clear answer to Melody’s question, and it’s what she had really wanted all along. The corners of Alexandra’s mouth curved up into a big smile accented by her very rosy cheeks. “Yeah, I guess I am. Will you be my girlfriend, Melody?”
“I’d love to!” Melody slid down further into the bed, and they both shared another intensely intimate kiss. “Don’t worry about all the other girls, Alexandra. You’re all I need. In fact, you’re all I wanted anyways. The groupies were always really confused when I told them to call me dumb dumb,” she explained before snickering.
“I don’t know if I should be flattered or creeped out,” Alexandra said, befuddled.
Melody giggled at her reaction, and again they kissed. “But if you want to be my girlfriend, I have two conditions,” she said in an uncharacteristically serious sounding voice.
“Yeah?” Alexandra asked, a bit taken aback by her seriousness. “What are they?”
“First, I never want to hear you talking about not going on tour with us anymore again. If we go on tour, you have to come with me. I need to have you for kissin, and cuddlin, and playin. And I want you as my best friend too. That’s your job in the band now.”
“Sure. In fact, I want to do that now anyways. I want to be with you.”
“Good!” Melody squeezed her and kissed her on her nose. “And there’s one more thing. This is the most important thing. It’s very, very, very important and very, very, very serious.”
“What is it?”
“You have to be my pet skunk.”
“I refuse! Like I said before, I refuse to be compared to a lowly, smelly skunk,” Alexandra spat off, very annoyed.
“Hmph! Fine then!” Melody took her arms off of Alexandra and then turned over in the bed to face away from her.
Alexandra put her hand on her shoulder. “Come on, Melody. This is just stupid.” Melody only responded by jerking her shoulder out from under Alexandra’s palm. “Ugh, can’t I be something else like a cat?”
Sebastian meowed loudly in protest from the end of the bed. Alexandra picked up her pillow and threw it at him, knocking him off the bed. “No one asked you, you pervy cat!”
“No, I want a skunk,” Melody pouted.
Alexandra sighed. “Skunks smell really bad. You know that, right?”
“No they don’t! Stop saying such mean things about skunks! They’re cute, and I love them,” Melody again pouted.
“They’re not cute.”
“Nah-uh. The skunk is the cutest animal. Oh, I wanted one so badly when I was a little girl, but mommy and daddy wouldn’t let me have one. It made me so sad.”
Alexandra groaned miserably. “All right.”
Melody turned over in bed. “What?”
“All right I said.”
“What’s all right?” Melody asked teasingly.
Alexandra rolled her eyes harshly. “All right, I’ll be your skunk,” she said before frowning.
“Squeeee!” She then opened her arms. “Come here my little skunky, let me pet you!”
Reluctantly, the still frowning Alexandra scooted over in bed back into Melody’s embrace. Immediately, Melody placed her hand on top of her head and began moving her fingers back and forth over Alexandra’s white stripe like she was petting a small furry animal.
“Do you like being petted, my little skunk?”
“No,” Alexandra groaned. She was still frowning miserably, but her lower lip was quivering a bit.
Melody saw this and smirked. She then began petting her head more intensely. As she did so, she moved her other hand to her bare back and began massaging it in a soothing circular motion. “I think you’re fibbing, skunky. I think you really do like it.”
“Maybe.”
“He he he. And why’s that?”
“Because I like it when you touch me, ok?”
“Guess I know how to tame you now,” Melody said before giggling again.
“There’s something I want to talk about too…”
“What is it, Alexandra?”
“Can we keep this a secret, you know us being girlfriends and all that?”
“Aww, why?” Melody asked, sounding disappointed. “I want everyone to know.”
“I just don’t want it to get out. I know Alexander already knows, but he knows if he says anything he won’t live to his next birthday.”
“Why can’t it get out?”
“Well, I don’t care what anyone else thinks. They can all go to hell as far as I care. It’s just Daddy is not exactly easy to please, and he’s kind of… conservative. I think if he learned about this, he might try to disown me and write me out of my inheritance.”
“Wow, he would really do that?”
“I really don’t know. It kinda scares me.”
“I’m so sorry, Alexandra,” she said, hugging her tight.
“Don’t be. It’s not your fault. And you know, if it gets out, it could be bad for you too.”
“How so?” Melody asked.
“You’re in a famous band. It could cause a scandal.”
“I think a lot of my fans already know I like girls,” she said before snickering.
“What about the media?”
“Is that the disease that makes it hurt when you pee?”
“No, it’s not a disease, Melody. I mean like newspapers and magazines and stuff.”
“Ohhh. I don’t think so, but that would be really cool! Then I could be like the girl Freddie Mercury. You know, we’re good friends.” She then noticed that Alexandra still looked nervous. “But I’ll try to keep it a secret, Alexandra, if that’s what you really want. The main thing I want to do is make you happy.”
For some reason, Alexandra felt guilty about forcing Melody to do that, but she didn’t really understand the reason why. She felt better after she snuggled her cheek back into Melody’s very cushy chest. “Thank you. You’re like an angel. I still don’t understand why you’re being so nice to me.”
“Because I like you and care about you, silly, and you deserve it. Like I said, you’re a good girl.”
Alexandra closed her eyes and gave a very pleasant expression as she nuzzled her cheek deeper into Melody’s bosom. “Will you really be all mine?”
“I’m all yours, Alexandra.”
“All mine…” A few seconds later, Melody heard Alexandra’s somewhat nasally snoring and snickered at it a bit.
As she continued to cradle the snoring woman in her arms, Melody leaned down and kissed her on the top of her head. “Sweet dreams, my sweet little skunk.”
To Be Continued
Chapter 6
[Author's notes:
Disclaimer: I do not own Josie and the Pussycats. They belong to their respective owners. I did not profit from this writing in any way.
Author’s Notes: Thanks for reading! Also, please review. Your comments can sometimes be great inspiration to keep writing. I also want to mention I corrected two typos in Chapter 5 recently.
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Josie and the Pussycats
Alexandra Mellows Out
Chapter 6
Three weeks had passed. Josie and the Pussycats were now at the end of the last leg of their United Kingdom tour that had brought the band west of Britain to the emerald isle known as Ireland.
The concert in Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland, had been especially successful and set an attendance record for that particular stadium. Despite not being part of the UK, the tour also extended south to the independent and sovereign Republic of Ireland where the band played to sold out crowds in Dublin, Waterford, and Cork. Now, only one tour date remained in the beautiful island lush with green vegetation and rich with culture.
Currently, Josie, the Pussycats, Alexandra, Alexander, Alan, and actual cat, Sebastian, were sauntering down the peaceful cobblestone streets of the tourist district of Limerick. Limerick was an ancient city that was first settled by Vikings that had traveled to Ireland by ship over one thousand years before. In the centuries since then, the city slowly evolved into a bustling metropolis. It still, however, managed to retain much of its antiquated charm.
Having explored several historic landmarks, including the sprawling Castle of King John, earlier that afternoon, the group had decided to get in some shopping before dinner and settling in at the hotel. The next night the band was performing at a concert in the city’s outdoor amphitheater with special guests, the Neptunes. They wanted to get plenty of rest so that Josie and the Pussycats could cap off their tour with a very memorable performance.
“Have you heard about the man from Nantucket?” Alexander asked Melody, who was to his side in the group.
“No, I haven’t,” the cute blonde answered. “Was he an astronaut? Did he like chilidogs? Did he invent the arc transmitter, whatever that is? He he he hoo hoo hoo,” she chuckled.
“No, but there once was a man from Nantucket, whose di-…” Suddenly, a dainty feminine hand in the shape of a fist flew over and socked Alexander’s shoulder hard, producing a loud crack.
“Ouch!” he cried.
“No more limericks, ding-a-ling!” Alexandra, the owner of the fist, screeched at her brother.
“Hey, it’s not my fault. When in Rome, do as the Romans do!” he shouted back at her.
“We’re in Rome?” Melody asked, befuddled. “But I thought we were in Ireland! Golly!”
Alan and Josie sighed, and Sebastian meowed in agreement. “It’s just a saying, Melody,” Valerie explained, also exasperated with her constant confusion regarding everything during this particular tour.
“So we’re not dressing in togas?”
“No, Melody,” Josie groaned.
“Aww,” she said, disappointed, “but then what about the man from Nantucket?”
“Believe me, you don’t want to know,” Josie told her.
“But I do want to know! Tell me! Tell me! Tell me!” she whined cutely. Alexander opened his mouth to answer her but quickly closed his lips again when he saw Alexandra grimacing at him and raising her fist in his direction.
Melody would have continued whining if she hadn’t spotted something in the corner of her eye that immediately diverted her attention. It was a display in the plate glass window of a store across the street. She suddenly ran across the uneven cobblestone road, causing an old truck hauling a pen of sheep to come to a screeching halt. As the sheep baaed in protest, Melody disappeared through the door of the shop.
“Where’s she off to now?” Josie asked.
“Looks like another knick-knack store,” Alan answered her.
Suddenly, the door to the store reopened and Melody poked her cute head outside. “Skunky-poo! Ohhhh, skunky-pooooo!” she called across the street.
Suddenly, Alexandra, the only girl in the group with a skunk-like white stripe cascading down her luscious black hair, went as red as a well ripened tomato. She started looking around nervously in other directions as if to suggest she was calling out to someone else. “Gee, I wonder what that weirdo is blathering about now?” she asked.
Josie started giggling loudly as if she was in the third grade and a boy she had a crush on had just passed her a very flirtatious note. Alexander gave an amused and somewhat pleased smile. Alan and Valerie’s reactions, however, were much more subdued and indecipherable.
“Skunky-poo! Come over here! Skunky-poooo!” Melody cried across the street again.
Josie lightly pushed Alexandra’s back. “You better go see what she wants,” she said, before giggling some more.
“Yeah, ok,” she shyly agreed. “Coming!” she shouted at Melody from across the street. When she got near the entrance to the store, she was quickly grabbed by the arm by the blonde girl and dragged inside over to the shelf that had caught her attention.
“Melody, I thought I told you not to call me that in public anymore! People are going to find out something is going on between us,” Alexandra chided her.
“Oh, I’m sorry… I forgot,” Melody said, sounding uncharacteristically dejected. Alexandra could see the look of hurt in her eyes.
For some reason, Alexandra suddenly felt guilty. Guilt was a very new feeling to her. It was one of several new emotions she had only begun to experience after the incident in Abernethy Forest. She was still having trouble learning how to deal with them all. She bit her lower lip as she thought about how to respond for a moment. “Well, ummm… just forget about it... What did you want, Melody?”
Melody grabbed her shoulder and pointed at the shelf covered with tiny little statues of boys and girls in traditional Irish dress. They were made of intricately sculpted and painted porcelain. The attention to detail showed obvious craftsmanship. Each figurine was unique and displayed different scenes of rural Irish farm life. Alexandra could also see from the amount of Irish pounds marked on the price tags that they were quite expensive.
“I can’t decide which one to buy! They’re all just soooo cute! I need you to help me!” Melody explained.
“Hmmm.” Alexandra looked over at the figures. While obviously well-made and certainly expensive, normally such trinkets would be beneath her. Her cultured upbringing had convinced her that she was only worthy of the finest fine art. However, she was feeling less dogmatic about that currently and looked over each of the figurines carefully. Then she spotted it. It was a statue of a little girl with long blonde hair wearing a flowing green dress and carrying a wooden pail of water. She pointed at it. “That one.”
“Oh, that one’s cute too! But why that one?”
Alexandra smirked. “Because it looks like you.” Melody giggled in delight. Alexandra looked around to see if anyone was nearby. Other than the shop owner who was far on the other side of the store, they were alone. “Although, it’s not nearly as cute as you are. Pretty hard to match the cutest girl in the world.”
Melody giggled again, and her cheeks were soon red and beaming with happiness. “You’re soooo sweet, Alexandra. But didn’t you used to say you were the cutest girl in the world?”
“I lied,” she said bluntly. That was the truth. Secretly, she had always thought Melody was the most gorgeous thing she had ever laid eyes on, but she had been in deep denial about it for years.
“Thank you,” she said, swooning. “OK, I’ll get this one!” As she reached for it, though, Alexandra grabbed her wrist.
“Wait, you said you liked all of them, right?”
“Yeah, they’re all so cute!”
Alexandra’s devilish smirk widened. “Then it’s settled. I’ll just have to buy all of them for you.”
“But they’re so expensive, and there’s so many!”
“I’m rich remember. That’s like pocket change to me. When you’re with a Cabot, you get the absolute best!” she said with a good amount of her trademark smugness.
“You don’t have to impress me, Alexandra. All I want is you.”
“I know that, but I just want to do something nice for you, all right?”
Melody looked into her eyes. She saw sincerity. Alexandra was still trying to find ways to show affection to her girlfriend. She was still slightly awkward about it, but she had certainly been trying. Melody knew this was just one of the ways she knew how to show her feelings. “Well, ok! Thank you!” Melody chirped excitedly. She then engulfed the dark haired girl in a tight hug. After giving her a good squeeze, she literally started jumping up and down, overwhelmed with excitement.
Alexandra was still giving quite a satisfied smirk as she walked up to the store owner. She explained to him that she wanted to purchase all of the hand crafted figurines on that particular display and wanted to have them shipped to America. He seemed more than happy to oblige. Melody hopped over to the cash register to watch the transaction. “Golly, that’s got to be a lot of pesos!”
The elderly store owner gave an annoyed expression. “Pounds… dumb American,” he muttered under his breath in his strong Irish accent.
Alexandra had heard him and was immediately enraged. She reached across the counter, grabbed his collar, and dragged him nearly all the way over it. “You... You better apologize to her right now, or so help me God, I’m going to make you eat half of those statues and then shove the other half straight up your ugly Irish arse! You understand me?” she huffed and puffed as flames literally shout out of her eyes and mouth.
The store owner relieved himself over the counter as he trembled with fear. "Aye! My apologies, m'lady! I didn' mean it!”
A few minutes later, the two exited the store. Alexandra was still fuming with anger. “I can’t believe the nerve of that guy! With all the money I spent in there, he could take the next month off!”
Alexandra was caught off guard when Melody gazed directly into her with her mesmerizing big blue eyes with a look of complete and total adoration. “Thank you for defending me,” she cooed lovingly.
Melody’s warm expression of completely pure and innocent love melted right through Alexandra’s irritation and resentment. She was immediately calm again. “No problem,” she said. She was also blushing again, something she couldn’t control whenever the blonde girl showed her love. “Just don’t listen to him. You’re smart, Melody, dear. Really, you are.”
“He he he. Ok, just as long as I still get to be your dumb dumb,” she said. Alexandra again looked at her girlfriend and saw that she was literally wiggling. She could tell she was barely able to restrain the impulse to hug and kiss the life out of her. Alexandra bit her lower lip, reached over, and touched Melody’s hand. However, after she saw Josie, Alan, and the others walking towards them from down the street, she quickly retracted it.
“So what was all the excitement about?” Alan asked. In reality, he didn’t sound that interested.
“Alexandra bought me 72 cute little adorable figures!” Melody explained, again hopping up and down.
“Wow, how nice of Alexandra!” Josie remarked.
“I know!” Melody chirped.
“Hey, skunky-poo, why don’t you lend your dear older brother some money if you’re spending so much of it?” Alexander asked her.
Alexandra turned around and gave him a darkly disturbing scowl so petrifying that probably only Lizzie Borden’s parents had seen a girl with an equally hateful expression right before they were chopped into tiny bits with her axe. “Do you like having a spleen?” Alexander was so terrified that he stepped backwards and fell on the ground. Alexandra walked and stood over him, giving him the same terrifying look. “I said, do you like having a spleen?” she growled even louder.
“Yes,” he cried before hiding his head in between his knees.
“Then don’t ever call me that again!” Alexander only responded by whimpering from under his knees.
Soon the group had started moving again. They visited more shops, and the girls made a few more minor purchases. It wasn’t long though before Alexandra started shooting long glances over in Melody’s direction. It was a look she had only given her, and Melody understood what it meant immediately. She had seen it on several different occasions now. It was a signal that Alexandra was craving some intimate alone time with her in some faraway hidden nook so they could share their passion for each other where they would not be seen.
Melody repaid the looks back with her own long suggestive glances, only intensifying Alexandra’s desire to be with her lover. Growing tired of the waiting, Melody approached Josie as the group left another gift shop. “Josie, I think me and Alexandra are going to go off on our own for a while.” Alexandra stood by her, trying to not look suspicious but failing somewhat.
Unbeknownst to both of them, the fact they had been looking at each other in a longing manner had not gone unnoticed by Josie. “Just as long as you two promise to behave,” she teased them.
“Yeah, um… don’t worry about it. We’ll be fine,” Alexandra answered, sounding uncharacteristically nervous. Josie smirked from ear to ear.
“What are you guys going to do?” Valerie asked.
“We’re going to make out,” Melody answered before giggling like a child.
“Make out Christmas cards!” Alexandra suddenly cut in, her face as red as Rudolph’s nose. “Yeah, make out Christmas cards. That’s what we’re doing all right.” She then slapped her forehead with her palm in disbelief that she had said something that barely made any sense. However, it was the only thing she could think of at the time.
“How do you make out with a Christmas card?” Melody asked Alexandra innocently.
Alexandra hit her hard in the arm with her elbow. “You know, write them out so you can mail them to people later.”
“Ohh, right. I think I understand,” Melody said, nodding her head up and down.
Josie again couldn’t control her snickering. Valerie, on the other hand, seemed more perplexed. “Isn’t July a bit early for that? And why would you have Christmas cards now in the first place?” she asked.
“Uh, we saw a Christmas store earlier,” Alexandra answered her. “We thought it would be fun to buy Christmas cards early and write them out now so we can mail them in December.”
“I didn’t see any Christmas store,” Valerie said, still a bit confused. Josie was still snickering and was now joined by Sebastian who was doing the same from the cobblestones next to her. Alexander gave another slightly amused grin.
Alan, on the other hand, seemed completely indifferent to the awkward conversation all together. He had, in fact, been acting rather aloof when around Alexandra in general lately. Most of the others hadn’t really noticed. They assumed his recent lack of enthusiasm when with the group was probably a result of the stitches in his face giving him a rather Frankenstein like appearance.
“It’s off on a side street. You probably just missed it while you were daydreaming about more of those stupid, kooky inventions of yours,” Alexandra sneered.
“Hey! It just so happens the transistor pattern for my instant weather machine isn’t working out, and I need to figure out a way to remap it! Of course I was thinking about that!” she protested. Alexandra breathed a sigh of relief and then smirked victoriously. “But anyways, for some reason, I guess buying Christmas cards in July sounds kind of fun. Can I come too?”
Josie suddenly grabbed Valerie by the arm. “Valerie has more shopping to do with the boys and me. We’ll meet you later back at the hotel,” Josie told Alexandra and Melody. Valerie struggled to get out of Josie’s grasp, but she ignored her and tightened her grip like a vice. “You two just make sure to have lots of fun, ok?” she said, smiling at the couple. “If you don’t make it back in time for dinner, just find a nice place to eat together alone, all right?”
“Sure thing! Thanks, Josiekins!” Alexandra said, sounding truly grateful. “I’ll make sure to get you a real nice Christmas card!” Valerie shot her eyes back and forth between the two women nervously in disbelief. Although the two had certainly been acting much more amicable towards each other lately, it was still extremely off-putting to her. Only a few weeks ago, those two getting along had seemed as likely as a Martian invasion.
Josie’s smile widened even more. “Just make sure you save the nicest card for Melody, ok?” she said before giving her a big wink.
Alexandra’s blush brightened several times over. “Yeah, I will,” she said somewhat sheepishly, again completely untypical of her. She was beginning to suspect that maybe Josie knew more than she had assumed. Josie giggled at her reaction.
“Happy Hanukah, everyone!” Melody cheered as she and Alexandra walked away together.
“Mazel tov,” Alexander answered her.
Alexander, Alan, and Sebastian started walking down the street in the direction they had been going. Josie and Valerie followed close behind.
“What was that about?” Valerie asked her.
Josie didn’t answer her question. Instead, she seemed to be lost in her own world with her hands clasped together and sparkles glistening in her eyes. “Aren’t they just the cutest thing you’ve ever seen?” Josie asked, almost swooning.
Valerie looked around a moment to see who she was referring to. “You mean Alan and Alexander?” she asked, raising an eye brow.
“No, Alexandra and Melody, silly. They’re just sooo sweet together. I still almost can’t believe it. And the fact they don’t think we know about it makes it even cuter!”
Valerie rolled her eyes harshly. “Oh great, not this conspiracy theory again,” she mumbled.
Josie seemed a bit annoyed by her reaction. “I can’t believe you’re still in denial about this, Val. You’re supposed to be the scientific one. I thought you would have figured it out first.”
“Yes, I’m very scientific. Science tells me that certain things are impossible. A circle’s ratio from circumference to diameter is 3.14 or pi. It can’t suddenly equal 3.15. This is one of those things.”
“Ok, Professor Smith, but you seem to be ignoring a lot of evidence here. They’ve slept in the same hotel room alone for the past eight shows! And have you seen how they look at each other?” Josie asked, still in disbelief that Valerie could be this stubborn.
“Yes, those things are a little strange, but you’re jumping to conclusions. Alexandra and Melody can’t be like that. It’s just one of those things that can’t possibly happen.”
“Oh, and why not?” Josie asked with a little venom in in her voice. “Is this just like you pretending Melody didn’t like her groupies back?”
“Listen, it isn’t just because they’re both girls, ok?” she snapped back, now sounding really irritated. “Melody and Alexandra are like oil and water. Melody is sweet and innocent. Alexandra is just pure evil. They could never possibly mix together like that.”
“You’ve never really been in love have you?”
“What? Are you crazy?” Valerie yelled, totally incensed. “Just who do you think wrote at least half of the love songs on those gold records of ours? Besides, you know as well as I do that I’ve been in about ten times more relationships than you have! Compared to me, you’re practically a virgin!”
“You didn’t answer my question,” Josie said plainly.
Suddenly, Valerie looked over to a store on her right. “Oh look, a hardware store! I think I need to go buy some parts for my weather machine!” She then nervously scampered off towards the store. Josie simply shook her head and smiled.
Down the street in the opposite direction, Alexandra and Melody were still strolling along. “We’re not going to a Christmas store are we?” Melody asked her.
“Nope. There isn’t one,” she answered. “Sorry, Melody.”
“I said something I shouldn’t have, didn’t I?”
“Don’t worry about it,” she told her calmly.
A bit of concern appeared on Melody’s face. “But, Alexandra, you said not to say things like that in front of people. Didn’t I screw up?”
“No, Melody. You didn’t screw up.”
“But you told me not to do that so many times, because then they could find out, but I keep messing up. Why aren’t you mad at me? I don’t understand.”
“Listen, Melody. You were… being yourself. That’s just the way you are. I get that.”
“Just the way I am?” Melody asked, obviously puzzled.
“Yeah, and you accepted me even though I was an evil bitch. No one ever did that before, but you did. What kind of girlfriend would I be if I didn’t accept you for who you are?”
Melody looked even more confused. “I don’t think I get it.”
Alexandra gave a big smirk at her very cute, puzzled expression. “Ok, let me put it this way. I changed my mind just now.”
“Changed your mind?”
“Yeah, just now. Even though I made up that story, I didn’t feel angry at all. Actually, I think I felt happy when you did that. I don’t think I care who knows about us anymore.”
“Bu-bu-bu-but what about your dad? You were so worried!”
“I said I don’t care, Melody, all right? You’re what matters to me now. You make me so happy. I’ve never felt happier in my entire life than these past few weeks while I’ve been with you.”
“Awwwww. Me too,” she cooed.
“Really? But you always seemed so happy no matter what. Whatever happened, even if it looked like we were about to die, you were always so happy.”
Melody shook her head up and down several times fast. “Well, I thought I was happy before, but I feel really happy right now. It’s not the same. This happy is better… much better. It’s because I love you, Alexandra.”
“I love you too, Melody.” They stopped walking. Alexandra moved her head over to kiss her, and Melody was more than happy to move her lips to meet her. Their soft lips slid into one another and their arms wrapped around each other. They both closed their eyes as they enjoyed a nice long sweet kiss.
After they pulled their lips back apart, they simply stood and stared into each other’s eyes, basking in their love for one another. Even though they were in public, they wanted to savor this moment. Alexandra then tenderly gripped Melody’s hand and continued to hold it as she resumed walking down the street with her.
She wasn’t content with this, however, and quickly wrapped her arm back around Melody who did the same. They then pressed their heads together and continued to stroll along as they shared each other’s warmth. People gawked and stared, but they didn’t care. They had each other.
“Snuggle skunky,” Melody purred.
“Dumb dumb,” Alexandra purred back.
“I wish everyone could know how sweet you are,” Melody mused.
“I’m fine with just you knowing it.”
“I’m so lucky,” she said before kissing her lover again.
As the sun slowly set, they continued to walk off into the horizon together. While the future wasn’t clear, they knew their love was strong enough to endure whatever may come their way.
And they lived happily ever after.
The End
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