“Cody.” I rolled over and glared up at him. “Stop.”
“Morning, Cody,” Sally said and my jaw dropped as she sat up in the bed. Her hair was straight and silky, and her face looked like perfection. I had no idea what was going on, but that was not how Sally normally looked first thing in the morning.
“Hey, Sally.” He nodded and gave her a quick smile before turning back to me. “Mila, get up now. I need to talk to you.”
“Um. I’m still in bed, jerk face.” I rolled over and closed my eyes. “And I’m going back to sleep now.”
“Get up and put your clothes on.” He pulled the duvet off of my body. “Meet me in the kitchen in ten minutes. Or I’ll find another way to get you out of bed.”
“You’re so rude,” I said huffily as I sat up and glared at him. I felt like Cody was even more insufferable as we got older. Shouldn’t we have been getting closer? Shouldn’t he have been treating me as an adult now and not a kid?
“Ten minutes, Mila,” he said as he walked to the door and then looked back to face me. “We need to talk about your salary,” he said ominously before walking out of the room.
“Why do I have the feeling that talking about my salary doesn’t mean he wants to talk about how much of a pay raise I’m going to get?” I looked at Sally and frowned.
“He didn’t even notice how silky my hair is.” She made a face. “Or the fact that I’m wearing a strawberry milkshake lipstick that makes my lips a little fuller and shiny.”
“Strawberry milkshake lipstick?” I leaned forward and stared at her lips. “I’m not going to lie, Sally, but even I wouldn’t have known you had on a strawberry milkshake lipstick. How are we supposed to know that?”
“He would have known if he’d kissed me.” She pouted and lay back down on her bed and sighed. “But he didn’t even look in my direction, let alone kiss me and try and feel me up.”
“No offense, but I’m glad I wasn’t here to witness my brother feeling you up. That’s not really something I want to see.”
“We’d keep it under the covers,” she said and I could tell from her tone she was grinning. “I promise you that.”
“Why, thanks. That makes me feel better,” I said and laughed as I jumped out of the bed. “I’m not showering,” I said and looked through my bag of clothes. I have no time to shower if he wants me in the kitchen in ten minutes.”
“I wish he wanted me in the kitchen in ten minutes. I wish he were bossing me around.” She sighed. “ ‘Sally, in the kitchen in ten minutes and no panties.’ ”
“Eww, you do remember he’s my brother, right?” I groaned as I pulled out my hairbrush and started brushing my hair. If I was going to be looking rough, at least my hair could be looking good. “Do you want to go lay out by the lake this morning?” I asked her. “I can just put on my bikini.”
“Yeah, let’s do that.” She grinned and sat up. “I brought a sexy black bikini that I got at Macy’s last weekend.”
“Macy’s?” I asked, surprised. Sally was a budding fashionista and she never shopped at Macy’s.
“Yeah, my grandma sent me a hundred-dollar gift card to use.” She made a face. “I was thinking I could get a pair of heels, but they were all so fugly. So I figured what else can I get? None of their jewelry was cute, but I saw this two-piece and tried it on and the top was made for my bust.”
“Lucky.” I pulled out the bikini that I’d bought at Target. “I can never find swimsuits that fit me well. My boobs are too big, so I always feel like I’m about to pop out.”
“You’re the lucky one.” She stared at my boobs. “I’d die to have 34Cs.”
“Um, so would I.” I laughed. “I’m 38D.”
“Oh, wow.” She looked surprised.
“And when I say D, I mean double D.” I laughed again and then groaned as I realized I only had about five minutes left to make it to the kitchen before Cody marched back to my room and started acting like some sort of tyrant. He could be so annoying sometimes, but I knew better than to call him out. Especially now, and especially about money. “Close your eyes.” I giggled as I pulled my top off and turned around. I quickly pulled my bikini top over my breasts and struggled to pull the material over all of my cleavage. “Argh.” I groaned. “This top seemed to be full coverage when I was in the store.”
“It looks hot,” Sally said as she opened her eyes again. “You should be proud to show off your body. Every guy at the lake will be staring at you.”
“Yeah, they will. They’ll be trying to catch a glance of nip.” I groaned and adjusted my bikini top to cover my breasts fully. “And nip is dirty, not sexy. Only skanks have their nipples showing.”
“True.” Sally nodded in agreement. “If they can see areola, they are seeing too much.”
“Should I change?” I glanced down at my top and frowned. “And look at my belly. Ugh, it’s hanging out like I’m pregnant.”