Undeniable Love

Chapter 4

Stephane

Sydnee has been my best friend since we were in diapers and pacifiers. She is the yin to my yang. We are complete opposites in most ways. For instance, she’s outgoing and I’m rather shy. She’s athletic and I’m, well give me a few books and I’m content. She’s average height and curvy. I should translate that as busty, with freckles and red hair. I’m taller and slender but I’m blessed with a nice backside. I have long brown hair and almond skin. She was always up for a night out, whether it's a night out dancing or a party. So it didn’t surprise me when she texted me inviting me to tag along to a Halloween party. A friend of Sydnee’s co-worker from the bank was throwing the party. Sydnee went all out with her costumes every year. Some of her past costumes included, troll dolls, a nerd, the sisters from “Hocus Pocus” and the obvious “Little Mermaid.” This year she wanted to do another group costume. Lord help me, I thought.

Sydnee: Hey sweets, don’t be a Debbie Downer this year for Halloween, come with me and some girls from work to a party.

Stephane: What! And break my yearly tradition of gorging on Halloween chocolate and watching Rom-Coms?

Sydnee: LOL girl you can watch chick flicks anytime. Come on, it'll be fun.

Stephane: I have a hot date with Matthew McConaughey and there will be lots of wine.

Sydnee: How to Lose a Guy again?

Stephane: Lmao! Yes, I love that movie!

Sydnee: You can love it another night, we ARE going out! You ARE going to the party!

Stephane: Syd, come on.

Sydnee: Discussion over! I’ll be by later.

Great, I thought. I hate parties. This should be about as fun as getting shots. Later that night, Syd dropped by like usual. We were in the middle of eating take out and watching “America’s Next Top Model,” when she dropped the costume bomb on me.

“Ok Steph, the plan this year is to do a group costume.”

“What are you guys going to dress up as?”

“You mean what are WE dressing up as? And WE are dressing up as KISS.”

“Um…first, we who? And second, KISS the rock group?”

“WE, as in you, me and two girls from the bank, Jenny and Stacy. Yes! KISS the rock group.”

“Syd, we aren’t guys! And why are you dragging me into this?”

“It's Halloween Steph, we can dress however we want and it will be fun! I promise. There are four of them and four of us, it works. The plus side of this is tons of makeup so you don’t have to worry about being recognized, Betty Bummer.”

"That's not what I'm worried about. Leaving the house and missing date night with Matthew now that worries me." She laughed and hit me with some white rice.

If I didn’t love that girl so much I would choke her and often felt like I should. I had to laugh a bit at the idea of me dressed up in a KISS outfit. What the hell? I figured. It’s just one night. It’ll be good to get out. I never expected to meet him.