Finding the Beast Within

Chapter 5: Settling In

Marnie gave Sunny two days to settle, and then on the third day, she made her go shopping. Sunny knew when Marnie had seen her pathetic excuse for clothing options that it was only a matter of time before she dragged her to the mall.

"So you and my brother, huh? When did that happen? I mean when I left you two couldn't stand each other." Sunny had to know when it happened; it was something that she regretted missing out on. She really regretted ignoring the text invite Grey had sent her.

"Well after you left, we kind of bonded in our abandonment and it just blossomed from there." Marnie looked over at Sunny quickly, "I mean not that I fault you, I know that everything kind of went to shit after, well you know." She once again paused, "I mean...well...I just didn't...umm..." Sunny had enough of the sputtering and took pity on her old friend.

"I know exactly what you meant and don't worry I didn't take offence and you didn't bring up bad memories, because they are always right there in the front of my mind. I still have nightmares just about every night." It was Sunny's turn to pause before continuing. "I didn't tell you that for you to feel bad for me I just wanted you to know that I can talk about it and not break down, even though I still don't know exactly what happened after I blacked out."

"Okay now I am going to totally change the subject. We are here to get you some new clothes, I seen what you have packed in that duffle bag of yours, which by the way, you can unpack anytime now." After taking a breath Marnie continued, "And to be completely honest, it looks like some of that stuff came from the rag bin."

Sunny laughed at the appalled look on her friends face before she answered her, "That's because they did. Sometimes money just wasn't there for things like new jeans, so I went to the local shelters and found the stuff I need. Although I wouldn't touch the underwear with a ten foot pole, so I went commando quite often." Again Sunny laughed at the shocked look on Marnie's face.

"And now I have grown so used to not wearing anything down there, that it's uncomfortable for me to." Marnie's face was the same color as a fire hydrant, and judging by the color, she might need a hydrant to cool her down.

"OH MY GOD! You are so bad, I forgot all about your damn dirty mind, and how much you love to pick." Marnie look totally scandalized over the whole thing and Sunny couldn't help but throw her head back and laugh.

That's when a new voice added "You know sometimes a dirty mind is a good thing." The voice gave Sunny the chills, in a very, very good way. It was deep and sexy in all the right ways, and it sent her pulse racing. With her enhanced sense of smell, she could all but smell the pheromones coming off of him, he was turned on, and that just turned her on.

"Hi! I'm Marnie and this is my sister-in-law, Sunny." With that Marnie slapped Sunny on the arm to get her attention. But Sunny was more concerned with the fact that she wanted to bite Marnie's other hand off, because it was laying on the hotties bicep.

"I'm Francis, but everyone calls me Frankie. It is nice to meet you lovely ladies." Marnie had finally removed her hand and now Sunny was able to open her mouth without fear that she was going to snarl.

"I..." But she was cut off by the loud irritating voice that, if she never heard it again she would die a happy woman.

"MarMar, who is your super hot friend?" It was Alex, he,Grey and Danny had been friends forever. Sunny turned to explain to Frankie about Alex but he was gone.

"Where did he go?" It was Marnie's turn to smirk.

"Why? So that you can stand with your mouth open and ogle him longer? Besides Alex is coming over and he wants to meet my hot friend, wait till he finds out it's you." Marnie was all but laughing in her face. Sunny glared at her with a look that promised revenge.