Yes, I can see how that would lead one to the conclusion that I was a Siren,” Lexi said with heavy sarcasm. Grinning, she rolled her eyes, “Was it my affinity for the water or my ability to pour it into a cup?”
“ Oh, do shut up, Alexandra,” Thea rebuked.
“ Make me,” Lexi shot back. It was amazing how quickly she reverted to a teenager whenever she was around her sisters, especially Thea.
“ Girls, enough!” Her mother’s admonishment quickly silenced them. Several heads turned to see what the commotion was about but not being able to hear what was being said, they quickly lost interest. Unless that was the influence of a table-full of Sirens. Lexi still wasn’t sure if she believed their tale or not.
Heaving a sigh, her mother looked at Lexi with pity, “By nature, Sirens are not aquatic creatures no matter what the myths say or however much we enjoy the water. Our ancestors originally came from a small, Grecian island that has long since disappeared. So, no Alexandra, it wasn’t your affinity with the water that caused your aunt's alarm; it was your interaction with Dima.”
Lexi thought back to that afternoon and could think of nothing out of the ordinary that would have caused such a stir. Sure, Dima and Cole were more affectionate that most people were perhaps comfortable with but she had grown to love their hugs, their friendliness. Some days they were her oxygen and she couldn’t breathe without one or the other. Shaking her head, she said, “But nothing happened.”
“ Exactly,” Aunt Sophie said. “You were singing, Dima came into the room and started kissing your neck, and nothing happened.”
“ Of course nothing happened.” Lexi was appalled at the implication. “Aunt Cassandra was sitting right there; I may do some crazy things but I’m not going to have sex with my best friend in front of my aunt.”
“ But according to Cassandra, and by your own admission, you have never had sex with your best friend,” her mother said gently. “Or anyone else.”
“ Of course not,” Lexi scoffed with a little huff of laughter. “No one has interested me in that way until….”
“ Until when, Alexandra?” Aunt Sophie asked softly, leaning closer, her eyes wide.
Lexi turned her head and slowly met her aunt’s eyes and suddenly she didn’t want to be there anymore. Standing abruptly, she grabbed the wine and slammed it down, wiping her mouth off with the back of her hand and wincing as the taste registered. “I’ve got to go.”
“ Alexandra, wait,” her mother said, standing up as well. She wrapped her slender fingers around Lexi’s wrist, holding her daughter in place. “Did you meet someone?”
A slightly hysterical laugh burbled out of Lexi’s mouth even as she shook her head, “Of course not. Is the Siren song a myth or is it real, too?”
“ It’s very real, I’m afraid.”
“ That would explain what happened in Cancun,” Lexi chuckled to herself. She knew she wasn’t making any sense but, damn, her entire world had been flipped onto its head in the last hour or so. Here she was nursing a hangover, looking forward to a relaxing luncheon with her family, maybe have a daydream or two of a certain sexy stranger that she was never going to see again and Wham! suddenly she’s a Siren.
“ What happened in Cancun?” Penelope asked softly, perhaps realizing how close Lexi was to losing it.
“ It was an open bar and an open mike,” Lexi murmured automatically, the world blurring as tears filled her eyes. “Cole, Dima and I got up on stage to sing and the moment I belted out my part the entire bar went dead silent.” She laughed without humor, “I thought it was because I was so horrible that I refused to sing another note and left the bar.”
“ What happened after you left?”
Lexi huffed a laugh, “Apparently there was an orgy but that doesn’t prove anything. There was a lot of alcohol involved and you’ve seen Cole and Dima…. It doesn’t prove
“ Oh, do shut up, Alexandra,” Thea rebuked.
“ Make me,” Lexi shot back. It was amazing how quickly she reverted to a teenager whenever she was around her sisters, especially Thea.
“ Girls, enough!” Her mother’s admonishment quickly silenced them. Several heads turned to see what the commotion was about but not being able to hear what was being said, they quickly lost interest. Unless that was the influence of a table-full of Sirens. Lexi still wasn’t sure if she believed their tale or not.
Heaving a sigh, her mother looked at Lexi with pity, “By nature, Sirens are not aquatic creatures no matter what the myths say or however much we enjoy the water. Our ancestors originally came from a small, Grecian island that has long since disappeared. So, no Alexandra, it wasn’t your affinity with the water that caused your aunt's alarm; it was your interaction with Dima.”
Lexi thought back to that afternoon and could think of nothing out of the ordinary that would have caused such a stir. Sure, Dima and Cole were more affectionate that most people were perhaps comfortable with but she had grown to love their hugs, their friendliness. Some days they were her oxygen and she couldn’t breathe without one or the other. Shaking her head, she said, “But nothing happened.”
“ Exactly,” Aunt Sophie said. “You were singing, Dima came into the room and started kissing your neck, and nothing happened.”
“ Of course nothing happened.” Lexi was appalled at the implication. “Aunt Cassandra was sitting right there; I may do some crazy things but I’m not going to have sex with my best friend in front of my aunt.”
“ But according to Cassandra, and by your own admission, you have never had sex with your best friend,” her mother said gently. “Or anyone else.”
“ Of course not,” Lexi scoffed with a little huff of laughter. “No one has interested me in that way until….”
“ Until when, Alexandra?” Aunt Sophie asked softly, leaning closer, her eyes wide.
Lexi turned her head and slowly met her aunt’s eyes and suddenly she didn’t want to be there anymore. Standing abruptly, she grabbed the wine and slammed it down, wiping her mouth off with the back of her hand and wincing as the taste registered. “I’ve got to go.”
“ Alexandra, wait,” her mother said, standing up as well. She wrapped her slender fingers around Lexi’s wrist, holding her daughter in place. “Did you meet someone?”
A slightly hysterical laugh burbled out of Lexi’s mouth even as she shook her head, “Of course not. Is the Siren song a myth or is it real, too?”
“ It’s very real, I’m afraid.”
“ That would explain what happened in Cancun,” Lexi chuckled to herself. She knew she wasn’t making any sense but, damn, her entire world had been flipped onto its head in the last hour or so. Here she was nursing a hangover, looking forward to a relaxing luncheon with her family, maybe have a daydream or two of a certain sexy stranger that she was never going to see again and Wham! suddenly she’s a Siren.
“ What happened in Cancun?” Penelope asked softly, perhaps realizing how close Lexi was to losing it.
“ It was an open bar and an open mike,” Lexi murmured automatically, the world blurring as tears filled her eyes. “Cole, Dima and I got up on stage to sing and the moment I belted out my part the entire bar went dead silent.” She laughed without humor, “I thought it was because I was so horrible that I refused to sing another note and left the bar.”
“ What happened after you left?”
Lexi huffed a laugh, “Apparently there was an orgy but that doesn’t prove anything. There was a lot of alcohol involved and you’ve seen Cole and Dima…. It doesn’t prove
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