PART 1 - The Cold War
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Miley marched through the mall, drawing the eyes of every man she passed, her long spiked heels echoing against the hard floors with every step. She was wearing a blue mini-skirt that was so clingingly tight that the outline of her heart-shaped butt was on full display. The skirt was also short, extremely short, displaying nearly the entire length of Miley's tan legs. A black baby-doll tee was equally snug, her smallish breasts straining against the form-fitting material. Ignoring all the male attention, Miley pushed a hand through her long brunette curls and strode with purpose towards a comic book store known as 'The House of Spandex'.
She was on a mission.
Chip was working the front register when Miley walked in, and her mini-skirt nearly gave the seventeen year-old a heart attack. "Holy cow. Um, h-hey Miley."
Miley cast her gaze around the store, "Hi sweetie, where's Charlie?"
With his mouth hanging open in awe at how incredible Miley looked, Chip lifted a distracted finger towards the back of the store where Charlie and Theo were organizing the paperback books.
Miley's blue eyes followed the direction of Chip's pointing digit, spotting her boyfriend. Charlie's tall slender frame was clad in a pair of faded black jeans, a geeky tee shirt displaying someone named 'Colossus', and a flannel short-sleeved shirt hanging untucked and unbuttoned.
"The X-Men movies totally sucked, man." Theo was telling Charlie. "And that Wolverine movie was even worse. I mean, how could they... holy crap..."
Charlie glanced to Theo, who was ogling Miley as she approached the two boys.
"Hi Theo." Miley greeted somewhat curtly, and then added, "Charlie." in a cold tone.
"Uh, hi Miley." Theo responded with a stupid grin.
"Hey babe." Charlie tried.
"Don't you 'babe' me, Charlie White." Miley scowled.
Charlie winced. "I did something wrong, right?" he guessed.
"It's been two weeks, Charlie." Miley fumed, placing her palms at her hips. "I can't take it anymore. I won't take it anymore. You're driving me crazy!"
"Hey, don't forget this stupid embargo-bet thing was your idea."
"Well I didn't think you could hold out on me for two whole weeks!"
"Does that mean you're giving in?" Charlie asked.
"No I am not giving in!" Miley snapped. "But I'm tired of using my toy and if I don't get some real cock in me soon, I'm going to go nuts."
"Oh jeez, um..." Theo muttered, "Maybe I should go clean the newspaper racks."
"Stay right there Theo." Miley instructed coolly, eyes locked on Charlie.
Theo didn't move. "I think you two need..."
"Do you think I look sexy?" Miley interrupted Theo.
Theo swallowed nervously and glanced at Charlie, not sure how to answer that. Theo was fairly certain he'd ever seen anything sexier in his entire life, but he didn't want to anger Charlie by saying so.
"Well?" Miley pressed, tapping her foot impatiently.
"You better answer her." Charlie sensed Theo's trepidation. "When she gets like this I start to fear for my life."
Miley narrowed an angry glare at Charlie's mirth, letting him know she didn't appreciate his levity.
"Yeah, Miley, I think you look sexy." Theo admitted. "Like, seriously sexy."
Miley continued to stare at Charlie, "Good. Because when I leave this store I am going to ask the first guy who looks at me if he wants to go underwear shopping."
"Underwear shopping?" Theo sounded as though he were ready to volunteer.
"That's right." Miley confirmed. "I'll tell him I seem to have lost the pair I was wearing. If I can't get laid by my own boyfriend, I'm betting I can find someone else in this mall willing to do the job."
Charlie gave Miley a dubious look and didn't believe her for a minute. "Whatever. You'd never go through with it."
"Oh yeah?" Miley's tone was deathly serious. "Just watch me, buster."
"I'll take you underwear shopping." Theo interjected.
Charlie swatted Theo's shoulder with the back of his fist.
Miley continued her ultimatum. "Are you sure you don't want to give in, Charlie?"
A smug smirk was Charlie's reply. "I know you, Miley. You wouldn't cheat on me."
"Whatever." Miley spun, feigning sudden disinterest. Charlie got a view of her backside in that tight skirt as she strutted towards the store's exit.
Theo stood in shock at the drama of it all. "You won't have sex with her? Are you an idiot, Charlie?"
"It's not like that." Charlie said. "We made a bet, to see who could hold out the longest. Miley wouldn't cheat on me. She won't go through with it; I just have to call out her bluff."
"You're nuts, man. I'd lose any bet in the world to have sex with her." Theo declared.
Charlie glared at his co-worker.
"I'm just saying..." Theo shrugged.
"Hey Chip!" Charlie called towards the register, "Can you see Miley outside the store?"
Chip leaned to look through the store's large front window, out to the mall. "Yeah?"
"What's she doing?" Charlie asked.
"She's talking to some guy." Chip answered.
Charlie dashed through the book aisle towards the front of the store.
Theo followed hot on Charlie's heels, "Oh man, I can't miss this!"
Charlie hopped over the counter to join Chip at the register, peering through the window and spotting Miley right away. She was smiling and talking to a man that Charlie guessed was in his late twenties.
Theo bumped into Charlie as he rushed to join his friends and get a view of the mall outside. "Uh oh." he said, "I bet she's telling him right now about losing her underwear."
"Shut up Theo." Charlie warned, no longer as confident that Miley was bluffing.
"Miley's not wearing any underwear?" Chip wondered.
"Can either of you read lips?" Charlie wondered.
Theo squinted, trying to make out Miley's words. "I think she's talking about a 'store'. Oh snap! I bet she's asking him to go to the underwear store with her."
"Miley's not wearing any underwear?" Chip asked again, feeling lost.
"Would you guys stop talking about my fiancé's underwear?" Charlie sounded frustrated.
