Aquarius came home, excited as ever to show the girls what just happened to her. She still couldn't believe that Scorpio just proposed to her. She bursted into her home yelling "Girls! You'll never guess what just happened!" she yelled happily.
"What?! What happened? What did Scorpio do?!" Mother Pisces yelled.
"Does he need to be punished?" Virgo asked while holding a whip.
Aquarius looked at Virgo. "I'm not even going to ask where you found that."
"Punishment time?" Virgo asked
"...No.."
"So what happened then?" Libra asked
Aquarius showed them the ring on her finger. "Scorpio proposed to me! Kyaaaaa!" she squealed.
The girls joined her for a squeal. This woke Aries up from her fainting episode with Leo half an hour ago.
"W-What's with all the squealing?" she asked in a sleepy state.
Aquarius ran over to Aries, showing her the ring. "Scorpio asked me to marry him! Isn't that exciting?"
"Oh my goodness! Aquarius! I'm so happy for you! Congratulations!" Aries hugged her friend. "When did this happen?"
"After you fainted from Leo's proposal to prom. About half an hour ago." she told the ram.
"Oh my! I missed all that?! How silly of me." the ram blushed.
"But look at it like this, We're going to prom with our dream boys!" Aquarius squealed. Aries joined.
Libra, Mother Pisces and Virgo looked at the squealing spirits and smiled.
"Look how happy they are." Mother Pisces smiled.
"I must say, I'm a bit jealous of their luck." Libra admitted. "It must be nice to have someone to love you"
"I must agree." Virgo added. "You girls think we'll find a date?"
"I'm sure we can." Mother Pisces said. "I'm going to make sure my son finds a nice girl spirit to go with. I don't think he would like to go with his mother." Mother Pisces giggled.
"I'm sure your son will find a girl in time." Libra grinned "Speaking of your son, where is he? Did you leave him home or at a friend's house?" Libra wondered.
"I left him with his friend Orion. He wanted to hang out with him so I let him stay there for the night" Mother Pisces answered.
"Sounds nice." Virgo answered.
"He and Orion have been friends for a long time now, haven't they?" Libra pointed out
"Why yes, for 15 years to be exact." Mother Pisces said happily. "It's always nice to see him with his friends. Thankfully, Orion doesn't have a master yet so he and my son stayed close."
"That's always good to hear. No wonder he's always happy when I see him." Libra giggled a bit. "Oh it seems like both Aries and Aquarius stopped squealing...in most ways"
Aquarius and Aries ran over to the girls in complete glee.
"Girls, we are going shopping tomorrow!" announced Aquarius.
"W-Wait what? Why?" Mother Pisces asked in surprise.
"For our dresses, duh. We only have a week, and we must find the perfect outfit for each one of you. So it's dresses, shoes, make-up, the works." She exclaimed.
"Yea. I wish for everyone to look their absolute best for the dance" Aries added, but not as loud.
"Then it's settled! Shopping spree tomorrow!" Aquarius yelled excitably as she went to place her flowers in a vase next to Aries.
"Well I guess we're going shopping tomorrow." Libra sighed.
"Oh come on, it sounds like it would be fun. I'll call my son and tell him." Mother Pisces said as she went off to get her phone.
"Shopping it is" Virgo repeated. She literally didn't have anything better to do. She just stood there the entire conversation between the spirits.
Aquarius rushed back and said "Alright, who wants to get their nails painted?" she said as she pulled out all her nail polishes. She had an array of colors to choose from, enough for everyone to find the one that fit her perfectly.
As the night went on, the girls gawked and squealed about the upcoming event's. They had a week to get ready. The dance was on Saturday and their sleep over was on Sunday. Starting Monday, everyone will be preparing, especially Aries and Aquarius.
Monday Morning
After a night filled with fun and what not, all the girls woke up around 10 am. Each excited for the shopping they had coming.
"Yawn Good morning girls" Aries spoke in her soft voice.
"Good morning Aries" Mother Pisces answered "Did you sleep well?"
"Yea, I slept like a log" she giggled.
Libra came in already dressed. She went out for a morning run. "Good morning everyone."
"Morning Libra, how was the run?" Aries answered "How was your run?"
"Invigorating. Oh and I found this outside the door with your name on it Aries." she said as she handed the letter to Aries.
"Oh, it's from Leo" she smiled. She opened the letter to read.
~~=w=~~
To my dear ram,
Good Morning my beautiful ram. I am very happy and excited that you accepted my proposal to the dance and I cannot wait for the day to arrive so I may bask in your radiant beauty. Thank you so much, you have made this humble lion proud. I wish to see you again, so if you don't mind stopping by my house tonight, that'll be splendid. I have a few surprises for you that cannot wait until Saturday, but each will be given to you each day leading up to the dance. So you must stop by each night to get them. I'll explain more when you come over. Until that time, my sweet.
Love your humble lion
Leo.
~~=w=~~
Aries blushed when she came to the end of the letter. "Oh how exciting, I can't wait"
Virgo finally woke up.
"Oh Virgo you woke up, Good morning" Mother Pisces greeted.
"I have woken up late, Punishment Time?" Virgo asked
"Ehehe...sorry but no" Aries laughed nervously.
Aquarius was already out of bed. She must be in the kitchen cooking breakfast for everyone.
All the girls got changed and packed up their stuff. Libra took a quick shower to wash the sweat off.
They all walked into the kitchen to find Aquarius sitting there drinking some tea.
"Morning girls, you all sleep well? I made you all some breakfast and tea." she smiled. "Help yourself."
This is a kinder side of Aquarius that only the girls have seen. She is usually rude and what not, but when she's around the girls or Scorpio has done something amazing for her, she becomes kinder than usual.
"Thank you Aquarius" Aries smiled as she got some tea and eggs. She sat down next to Aquarius and spoke to her. "So, where will we heading off to today for our shopping spree?" she asked
"Well, we can go to the Celestial Mall, there's this shop that has the most amazing dresses on display that won't kill your wallet." Aquarius winked.
Aries giggled "Hehehe alright, then where?"
"Well, even though I don't wear shoes, I know of this place that has some nice shoes as well. From there, we'll see how much time we'll have." Aquarius mentions.
"Oh that reminds me, Leo stopped by your house to give me a letter. Libra picked it up for me. He wanted me to come to his house later tonight. He had a few surprises for me" Aries smiled and giggled.
"Oh that sounds exciting. Well, we'll make sure we're back before it gets dark again." Aquarius promised.
"Mother Pisces, will your son be joining us today, or will he be staying with Orion?" Aquarius wondered. She didn't want to pull Mother Pisces away from her son.
"Oh he's not joining us. He never liked it when I went shopping with him. So I'll let him decide for himself. I'm just going to head over to Orion's home and drop off some money for him to use and I'll meet you girls at the mall alright?" Mother Pisces told her.
"Alright then, we'll see you soon, have fun and tell them I said hello" Aquarius smile. Mother Pisces nodded and then left to greet her son.
Once everyone finished their breakfast, they all headed out to the mall. Soon everyone ended up at the place Aquarius was talking about. She showed them around and some soon found their dresses. Mother Pisces walked in and found everyone.
"Hello! Sorry I'm late, it took me long to see my son then expected" she chuckled.
"It's alright, we just got here ourselves." Aquarius told her as she continued to look around. So many styles, so many choices.
Aries soon found herself deciding being a short, fluffy pink and white strapless dress, a long pink flowly dress with a white sparkly bust, a lacey long white dress, or a pink, orange and purple long flowing one shoulder dress. She couldn't decide to pick which one Leo would like, or more importantly, if it looked good on her. She ran to Aquarius, not knowing which to pick.
"I'm partial to the pink and white sparkle one, but the three colored one would do wonders " Aquarius thought. "Try them on"
Aries went to do just so. She tried on the tricolored one. "Nah, not really working for me, try the other one" Aquarius told her.
She tried on the other dress and walked out. "Oh Aries, you look stunning! It looks perfect on you." Aquarius smiled.
"Do you really think so?" Aries wondered.
"Absolutely!" Aquarius called the girls over too look at Aries. They all said the same.
"You look absolutely gorgeous Aries" Mother Pisces complimented
"It fits you very well" Libra added.
"It makes you look amazing" Virgo smiled.
"See? I told you" Aquarius smiled.
"Alright then, I'll get this one." Aries giggled happily.
It was Aquarius's turn. She turned her tail into legs, so she could wear the dress and see which worked best. She decided that for the dance she'd have her legs, so she wouldn't cause problems.
She tried on so many different blue dress until she found this gorgeous ombre blue sparkle bodice then a has a lovely dark blue tool running down a silk under skirt.
"Oh my Aquarius, you look positively stunning in that dress. It works extremely well on you." Aries sparkled.
(Lol sparkled? o.O)
"She's right, I've never seen you without a tail, you look lovely and so is that dress." Mother Pisces adored.
"It's a perfect fit." Libra inquired.
"Lovely" Virgo said
"Perfect. I'll go with this one" she smiled.
Soon it was Libra, Mother Pisces and Virgo's turn.
Mother Pisces found a v neck gradient blue fish scale dress that fit her perfectly.
Virgo got a simple silky pink short dress that closely resembled a maid outfit.
"We can spice that up a bit later Virgo, but it looks lovely on you" Mother Pisces told her, bringing a smiled to Virgo's face.
Lastly, Libra had found a flamboyant sweetheart floor length dress in the prettiest shade of blue-green. It surprising fit her very well. It's usually hard to find clothes that can fit Libra perfectly and still look good on her.
"Perfect, I think we got our dresses decided and we're ready to find some sexy shoes to go with it." Aquarius winked as she held her newly bought dress. She lead the girls to the shoe place that wasn't far from where they were.
There, the girls insistently found the shoe they should wear.
Aries picked out a baby pink mary jane heel with a buckle.
Aquarius found a suede ocean blue pump that goes well with her dress
Mother Pisces picked out a white pair of high heel pumps, the same as the heels she normally wears, but better
Libra found a teal Ann Michelle Lust Suede platform peep toe heel, complimenting her dress
And lastly Virgo needed a little help, but in the ended up with a light pink stiletto peep toe heel.
(Sorry for those who don't know these brand names . I just found them offline.)
"Alright girls I think we have everything we need" Aquarius sighed in relief as she accomplished a massive shopping trip with her friends. She looked at the time, remembering Aries meeting with Leo, and saw it was getting late, plus the mall was about to close. "Alright, lets head back to my house so you girls can get your things, I'm sure some of you have something important to get to." she winked at Aries smiling.
The girls headed to Aquarius's home, except for Mother Pisces, who already headed home earlier when she went to see her son. She waved goodbye to the girls and headed to pick up her son from Orion's house.
The girls talked the who way home and encounter Aquarius's fiancée along the way.
"Hello ladies, just came back from shopping?" Scorpio asked, then looked at Aquarius and brought her close. "Do you mind if I take a peek at your gown my dear?" Scorpio asked her smoothly.
"Hehe Scorpio, you know I can't that would ruin the surprise I have for you." she winked as she booped his nose.
"Can I at least stay with you?" he asked looking at her with puppy eye's.
"You know I can never say no to you." Aquarius giggled as she continued to her home.
The girls figured they leave them alone for the night so they left as soon as they got their stuff. Aries picked up her roses Leo gave her the night before. Aquarius just told her to take the whole thing, vase and all. She didn't mind being one vase short.
"Have fun Aquarius, I'll tell you what happened tomorrow alright?" Aries promised her.
"Alright have fun, and if he causes problems, you know who to call" Aquarius teased, knowing Scorpio doesn't know how bad her violent behavior is.
For the rest of the night Aquarius and Scorpio talked, flirted, made-out, and cuddled the entire night until they fell asleep.
Aries giggled and left with Libra and Virgo. Actually Virgo just drilled a hole to head home, so it was just her and Libra.
Libra and Aries laughed and giggled all the way back to their homes. Once they parted Aries was deciding whether she should bring all her stuff to Leo's or bring it home first then go to him.
"Hmmm maybe I could, no I don't want him to see my dress yet. I'll just bring it home. But I can bring new clothes so I could sleep over at his house"
Sleepovers between Leo and Aries were a normal thing. They'd each go to each other's house and just spend the night there. It didn't matter what day it was. They also each had the spare key to get into each other's homes, in case one of them wanted to visit. Usually Leo was the one who would come into Aries house and spend the night there. She always had a spare bed for him in case he was to stay. They literally have spare pieces of each other's clothes in their houses. Aries has most of Leo's shirts and pants in her draws and some sleeping clothes for him if he dropped by unexpectedly. Same goes for Leo. He has some of her dresses, underwear and pajama's in his wardrobe, actually he has a spare dresser just for her. These two have know each other so long, this has become a normal thing for them.
(Like come on, how can you not say that their perfect for each other! Look at what they do! This is considered normal for them.)
She dropped off her dress and shoes and placed them in her closet where Leo won't find them. (He tends to snoop through them every so often.) She placed her bag that she just brought back from Aquarius's home and threw all the dirty clothes in the hamper, except for her pajama's. Those were her favorite, as well as Leo's. She quickly repacked her stuff and left her home to meet Leo.
Once Aries got to Leo's home, she first knocked on the door before she would open it herself. Thankfully Leo opened it. He was dressed in just his suit pants and shirt, with his tie undone. Aries found this extremely hot. She did her best to not blush. "Hi Leo." she smiled, with some red on her face. "You wanted to talk right?" she said as she walked in.
Leo spotted her bag, so he knew she wanted to spend the night, which is what he was hoping for. "Well yes I did Aries." he smiled as he looked at the blushing ram. He honestly want nothing more than the ram's company tonight, but first the gift he promised. "I'll be right back, just make yourself at home my dear." as he ran up the stairs to his room.
Aries sat down on this couch and took out her little lion stuffed toy. Leo gave her that lion when they were 5, as a gift to show his friendship towards her. She always kept it close to her no matter where she slept.
"Oh Leo...if only you loved me as much as I love you. But guess it might not be...he doesn't seem to notice me in that way. Sure he asked me to be his date and he kissed my cheek, but he's done that to so many girls, I'm not even sure if it's real. At least we're best friends." she mumbled to the stuffed toy. Leo of course heard her. He was actually very happy to hear her say that. He cared for the ram more than she knew. More than he cared for Lucy, his master. He went downstairs as if he heard nothing, soon seeing his dear ram cry a little.
"Aries...is everything okay? Why are you crying?" he asked as he ran to her to comfort her.
Aries jolted, not realizing Leo was back. She quickly wiped her face. "O-Oh...it's nothing...I guess it was just the dust or something that got in my eye." she told him.
He knew she was a terrible liar. He knew why she was crying, but he wants to fix it soon. The first gift he brought her should help a little. "Aries, I called you here because I want to show you something. But it'll have to be in a sequence. Basically I have a gift for you for the next week until our dance." Leo smiled as he brought out the first one. A small box. He opened it to reveal a ring, not an engagement ring, but a ring that will show Aries that he will always care and cherish her.
"Oh my, it's beautiful Leo. What's it for?" Aries asked with a giddy face.
"It's to show and prove my loyalty to you. I would consider it, a promise ring. As in I promise that I will make that dance the most memorable day of your life here with me." he smiled as he sat next to the blushing ram. "Will you promise to wear this until our dance?" Leo asked.
"I promise I won't let go of it." Aries smiled as she let Leo put the ring on her, but to make sure people don't think otherwise, he put it on her index finger. The ring had an engraving on it. it said "Aries" on it.
"Leo it's beautiful, thank you so much." Aries smiled as she gave the lion a kiss on the cheek. "So Leo what do you wanna do now?" Aries asked with a smile.
Leo couldn't resist her face whenever she asks him anything. He found it extremely adorable. "How about a movie? Your favorite?" he offered.
"Oh really? You'd watch a movie I like?" she teased "You usually fall asleep in the very beginning."
"Well I don't mind this time, besides I have you next to me, why would I fall asleep?" he said as he thought of doing that just to sleep on her.
"Hehehe Leo! cut it out. I'm going to go upstairs and get changed. Do you wanna watch it upstairs in your room? Or downstairs on the couch?" she asked.
"Upstairs. Get everything ready up there. I'll be there soon." Leo smiled
"Alright." Aries skipped up the stairs to his room to change into her pajamas. She prepared the movie and put took her hair out of it's the puff on the ends. It became smooth locks of pink hair flowing. She just pulled some hair out of her face, but kept it down. This is something Aries figured out how to do with her hair. Leo hasn't seen it yet, but she's excited to see what he would think of it.
Leo was downstairs, preparing popcorn for the both of them. "Alright Leo, we're going to have a fun night. No ideas of that this time" Leo always thought about doing that with Aries whenever she was over. He always loved see her in her pajamas. It showed off her body and the way she acts always put him over the edge. When her hair falls over her face, he always wants to just grab her and kiss her, but he's learnt to hold back, just for her, not knowing how she'd react to it.
He quickly ran upstairs with the popcorn and found Aries sitting on the floor adorably waiting for him to return. The first look at her and he was already done. She was wearing his favorite pajamas on her, she just sat there adorable as ever, and her hair...her hair was beautiful. He has never seen her hair like that. He always love the poofy hair Aries already had but this...this was simply amazing to him.
"Aries...you look absolutely lovely." he gawked "What did you do to your hair? It's looks stunning." he was in serious awe of Aries that night. He put the popcorn bowl down on the floor and sat next to her.
"Oh...hehe you noticed. Well I figured out how to work around the poof, then managed to figure out how to straighten it without much effort." Aries pointed out.
The lion sat there looking at Aries, playing with her smooth pink locks. "You've done an outstanding job on this Aries." He simply couldn't help himself. He pushed her down onto the ground asking "Aries, would you mind if we tried something bit different tonight?" he said as he pinned her down. Her hair flew everywhere making it seem natural. She looked up at him, looked at his handsome face. She managed to unpin herself for a bit, put her hands on his face and took his glasses off, answering "Not at all." she smiled as Leo pinned her down again.
He leaned down on her, kissing her on the lips passionately. She returning his kiss. As both spirits were laying on the ground kissing, both were at ease. They felt safe, like this was right. They wanted more from each other, but they knew they couldn't. This was enough for now. They continued to make-out for another few minutes, until they needed air. Aries looked at him, and Leo looked at her.
"This was defiantly a good idea to stay over tonight" Aries thought as she stared at the Lion.
"This turned out better than I thought." Leo smiled as he looked at the Ram.
"Shall we watch the movie, or would you like to stay on the floor?" Leo teased as he pulled up the blushing Ram and started the movie.
"That sounds like a wonderful idea" she smiled as she snuggled up to him.
Leo smiled as he lifted her up off the ground, princess style and plopped her on his bed. He slid next to her and felt her head on his chest. He couldn't be happier, neither could Aries.
They laid there watching the movie, then fell asleep a few minutes later. Aries was already fast asleep. Leo woke up just to turn everything off. He went back to his sleeping ram and hugged her as he fell back asleep. This night just became a perfect night for the both of them as they drifted off to sleep. The next day held more surprises for both Leo and Aries, but until then, they'll sleep together happily.
Holy crap...This was a very long chapter, but definitely worth it. I hope you guys like it as much as I do. I put so much into this chapter it's not funny. I actually can't wait to start the next one, but if it's as long as this one, you'll have to wait :P Anyway, enjoy! See you in the next chapter!