Cupidity by Caroline Goode

Author:Caroline Goode
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Published: 2005-05-14T16:00:00+00:00

Nine

Laura felt as if she was the one who’d been shot with an arrow in that dingy parking lot outside the skaters’ rave. She didn’t really start breathing again until she was sure that Cupidity and Cody were not seriously hurt by her careless missiles. Then she remembered that physical injury wasn’t the real danger from Cupidity’s arrows.

When Cody spotted Cupidity, he rushed to her side and gently picked her up from the ground, all the while kissing her like a puppy who was glad to see his master. “Are you all right? Are you hurt?” he asked worriedly. “Oh, no, you skinned your knee!”

“It’s nothing,” she rasped, holding onto his arm for support. When she looked into his eyes, Cupidity broke into a dazed but ecstatic smile. “I couldn’t be better … no way.”

Laura nervously approached them, wringing her hands. “Uh, Cupidity,” she asked, “do you know what happened to you?”

“What happened to me?” she repeated, looking as if her brain had been fried. All Cupidity could manage to do was hang on to Cody’s arm, although both of them were swaying uncertainly on their feet. “I found my skater punk dude,” she muttered, “that’s what happened to me.”

“Uh, yeah, for sure,” agreed Cody. His trademark sneer completely gone, he gazed fondly at the petite blond. “I found my very own goddess tonight, and I’ll never leave her side.”

“Oh, no.” Laura groaned and covered her eyes.

“Codykins,” asked Cupidity, batting her eyelashes at him, “will you go with me to the Homecoming Dance?”

“Whatever you want, Cupie Doll.” They hugged each other blissfully.

“This is too much,” murmured Laura, starting to panic. The ornate bow was still in her hand, and she waved it like a life preserver. “Cupidity, look at this bow! Don’t you remember what you used to do with it?”

“Archery practice,” answered the girl with a nod, then she snuggled into Cody’s armpit. “I’m giving up archery.”

“Don’t you know what your name means?” asked Laura, begging her to come to her senses. Although she had never admitted to being Cupid, the new girl didn’t seem to be putting on an act. She had been honestly smitten with her own dumb love bolt, just like Emma and Jake … Megan and Peter … and how many others!

“How do you reverse the spell?” Laura pleaded.

Cupidity just giggled and hugged Cody. “You’re crazy, girl. I don’t care that you got into my trunk and messed with my bow, I just didn’t want you to hurt anyone. You don’t need to come up with a wacky story to explain it.”

“You’re Cupid!” shrieked Laura. “Don’t you know who Cupid is?”

“Sure, we know who Cupid is,” answered Cody, “one of Santa’s reindeers.”

“That’s so true!” chirped Cupidity, hugging him tighter. “You’re so smart, Codykins! Let’s go back inside and find one of those mattresses.”

“Good idea,” answered the skater dude, looking as if he had been brainwashed.

Laura wanted to scream, but instead she tried a desperate ruse. “I’ve got a terrible headache—can we end the date early and go home?”

“No,” they answered in unison, turning their backs on her.

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