The Life of Lolita ~ Chapter 2: The Ball

A/N: Here's chapter 2! I already said this in the previous chapter of SOBB but I'll say it again here. Some things may be linked/clued together throughout both stories. And also I'd like to thank Heart of the Wind 007 for all reviews so far, it's very motivational! :D And also, I agree, though forget 7 year old, Jessica is probably the most feared kid altogether in Sunset Valley! You wouldn't wanna cross her bad side like Michael did.

Two weeks later

There's some fancy ball at the Llama Stadium and everybody in Sunset Valley is invited! I can't wait! Jessica and Zelda are gonna be there! They are kinda my new best friends. I still haven't talked to Holly since the first day though, but no doubt she's going to the ball too, her daddy and my daddy work at the same place. But, so does Jessica's and Zelda's daddies, though it's at a different side of the building.

The time had come to start getting ready, with me going first. Mommy picked out a beautiful silver dress that goes down to my ankles, and some silver strappy sandals. She curled my red hair and then pinned the front bits back. I do actually look quite nice! Daddy then walked past.

'You look beautiful.' he whispered to me, smiling. I smiled back. I love my daddy. I love my mommy too.

Daddy is wearing a very neat suit, and mommy's wearing a long purple dress with black trimming. They both look fine!

After all the preparing, we drove off in our posh car to the stadium. As we parked up, I saw Jessica and her family standing by the doorway. She quickly spotted me and ran over, pulling me into a hug.

'How are you today? You look amazing!' she exclaimed. I beamed.

'I'm fine, and you look seriously stunning!' She did. Her curly golden brown hair was pinned back into a bun, not like the usual bun but like a formal one. She wore a turquoise strappy dress that fell all the way to the floor.

'Zelda isn't here yet, but Mr and Mrs Goth, is it alright if Lolita here tags along with me?' Jessica asked my parents.

'Okay, but make sure you don't take her too far, and keep an eye on her too!' smiled mommy.

'Okay, I'll make sure she doesn't go too far. Thanks!' she grinned at them and then grabbed my hand and lead me over to her family.

'Don't worry, I bullied Michael into staying away from you or at the least, keeping quiet when you're around.' she whispered.

'Thanks Jess' I whispered back, as we were faced with her parents. They looked quite young, couldn't be older than 27 or 28 at the most.

'So, is this the Lolita I keep hearing about? Nice to meet you, I'm Simis!' said Jessica's dad. I gave a nervous laugh.

'Okayy dad.. we're gonna go inside now, okay?' said Jess, seeing that this conversation was bound for awkwardness.

'Alright, but don't be a stranger!'

Jessica led me inside, where we found Zelda standing with her parents. She summoned us over and introduced me to her sister, brother-in-law and nephew. Wow, huge age difference much? There must be like 15 or 16 years between them!

'You're pwetty.' piped up Parker, Zelda's nephew, who must have been about 2 at the most.

'Aww, thanks!' I replied, smiling at him.

'He's a right cutie, isn't he?' said Iliana (Z's big sis) who then picked Parker up and kissed him on his cheek. Cute.

Then none other than Holly fancy-dancy Alto and her parents came over to us three. I had to nudge Jess and Zel to let them know to play along. You know, that game where kids have to pretend to be friends with one another in front of their parents?

'Hello there, Lolita! Looking fabulous tonight, darling!' spoke Vita, Holly's mommy.

'Why.. uh.. thanks Mrs Alto!' I think Jess squeezed my hand, but not after Nick, Holly's daddy, spoke to her.

'Hey, you're that Bachelor kid, aren't you?'

'Uhh..yes Mr Alto.' stuttered Jessica. I never really liked Holly's daddy that much to start with. He's a big bully.

'Just a warning, tell your brother to stay away from my daughter before I make sure that your dad is FIRED from the Corporate Towers! You've been warned.' And with that, the Alto family walked away. Jessica stood in complete shock. Holly looked back, and seemed to mouth what looked like a 'sorry'.

I then told my two older best friends my thoughts.

'Don't listen to him! He's a big bully!' Zelda then sighed.

'Sorry Lolita, but you're too young to know what kind of things Mr Alto has done in the past. We have to listen to him. That, or kick him where it hurts.'

I then saw Holly running over.

'I'm soooo sorry about that! Don't listen to my dad, he's a downright meanie! I hate him!' she exclaimed, out of breath even.

'Well, it isn't your fault, Holly. I'm sorry, but I don't like your dad one bit.' replied Jessica, shaking her head.

'It's fine.' This caused Zelda and I to look at each other, what was with their sudden friendliness all of a sudden? We both walked off, leaving the duo in conversation.

We were escorted to the main hall, where the Llama's usually play their games, but tonight it's where the main ball is being held. I don't actually know what the purpose of this event was, but oh well. Zelda and I danced to the music that was playimg, and laughing like hyenas. We looked over to see Jessica and Holly doing the same on the other side of the room, causing us both to scowl. Zelda leaned in to whisper to me,

'If they dare come over to talk to us, run for it. Got it?'

'Got it.'

'Good kid. Now let's go and get some juice.'

We stolled over to the buffet table and served ourselves some juice. But not after tripping up Michael Bachelor on the way there. Which made us laugh, even though we shouldn't. On the way back we quite literally slid past Jessica and Holly. They sadly saw us and called after us, but we followed the game plan, grabbed eachothers hands and ran. We ran past our parents, past relatives and generally people we knew somehow or other. We narrowly missed a young VJ Alvi (who's apparently Jessica and Michael's cousin!) and made our way out of the entrance to the stadium. Still not out of breath fully, we managed to run just a little bit further, to the nearby lake. We rested by the water edge and let ourselves get our breath back. And to think that we're only 4 and 7! We just sat there for a while, just staring out over the tranquil water.

'Y'know, there are times when I get fed up with Jessica. Now is an example.'

'Really?'

'Yeah. But to be fair, you don't really wanna get on her bad side.'

'I've noticed.'

'If I'm gonna be completely honest I wish I had more friends. Which is why I'm happy that we took you under our wing. You're pretty awesome.'

'Thanks, you too.'

We sat there for what must have been forever, I'm surprised nobody has come looking for us yet. Or so I'd thought.

'Can I join you?'

We looked up to see Michael standing awkwardly a slight distance away. I nodded.

Sitting down, Michael said, 'To start with, Lolita I really am sorry.'

'Its.. fine, I guess.'

'Yeah, we didn't get to the best of starts, I know that. Anyway, why did you two run off? Was it because of my stupid sister?'

'Yes. She was getting on our nerves, randomly started to act like Holly was her new best friend or something.' sighed Zelda.

'I see. Jessica's like that. I'm used to it, and Zelda I'm surprised because you've actually known my sister longer than I have.' mumbled Michael.

'Anyway, should we all get back before everybody launches a search party?' I asked.

'Yeah, let's go!'

And with that the three of us walked back into the stadium. What a night.

A/N: Gosh, what's with all of Jessica's personality changes throughout the chapters of both my stories? My guess is that she's a slightly bipolar person. :) What do you guys think?