"Fuck!" Cindy breathed.

"Yes!" Courtney celebrated.

"I take it Courtney just won?" I surmised.

"Yeah." Cindy grumbled.

"I told you." Courtney laughed.

"Will you tell me what the terms were now?" I asked.

"No," Courtney laughed. "You'll find out soon enough."

And with that, Cindy put her underwear away, hidden deep in her dresser.

We emerged from her room, she had insisted on keeping the gifts hidden, though Courtney had kept the gifts for me and would give them to me for Christmas.

Courtney informed my mother I'd she wanted to send any Christmas gifts to her, then she would hold on to them and give them to me at...