HONEY, i'M HOOOOME!
I'm so sorry for not updating 'Til now. I've been busy with...Personal problems.
But *Fan Girl Squeel* i'm back and I have every intention of updating all of my stories as soon as possible!
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Jane exited her room as quickly as she could after taking even more measurements. Her friends were already almost done with lunch when she finally arrived at the table. Everyone looked up when she sat down. There was a bit of an awkward moment as everyone said nothing. Then Pepper thankfully broke the silence.
"I can not believe Gunther is really going to wear a dress." Pepper said as she walked out of the kitchen a placed a bowl of soup in front of Jane. "Do you think he's really going to?" She added as more of an afterthought.
"He'd better." Jane grumbled into her soup. "I'm only wearing this dress because he's wearing one. If he doesn't wear it then…" Jane trailed off as she gripped her spoon so harshly that her knuckles turned white.
Smithy shook his head. "I saw him the other day. He told me he was headed to the fabric shop." Everyone chuckled lightly.
"What do you suppose it's going to look like?" Rake asked, referring to the dress. Jane shrugged.
"I guess we will just have to wait and see." Pepper said mysteriously as she returned to the kitchen.
The entire Ballroom was filled. People who hadn't gone to a ball in years were in attendance. And everyone was talking about why.
Some people had come because this was going to be the first time in ages that Jane Turnkey wore a dress, which was a historic event all on its own. But everyone was eager to see if Gunther Breech would actually arrive in a Gown. And many were curious as to who was going to look better in a dress.
Jane stood outside alone. Her mother had gone inside a while ago, but Jane had stayed back, finding herself to be nervous. She was not sure why though. After all, her friends had promised they would not think any less of her if she wore a gown. And now that Gunther was wearing a gown as well, she would not be embarrassed by him.
Jane tried to imagine Gunther in a dress, but simply could not. After he had left that day Gunther acted as if nothing had happened, but he was seen shopping at the several fabric shops that were in Kippernium. No one knew for sure what he was going to be wearing, or if he was going to be wearing a dress at all.
Jane thought he and her mother might have just worked it out so that Jane would be seen wearing a dress with everyone in the kingdom there. She could just picture Gunther standing in a corner laughing at her. Yet Jane thought back and could not remember a time when Gunther had ever broken a promise.
After a few more minutes outside, Jane walked through the front doors of the ballroom. All eyes were suddenly on her. Jane and her mother had chosen a green dress that reached just past her ankles, with white tights, Green slippers, and a small green headband to hold her hair back. She had to admit, in the dress she actually felt pretty for the first time in a long time.
Jane felt very self-conscience as she walked through the room. After the initial shock of seeing Jane in a dress, people suddenly burst into laud stage whispers. Jane lowered her head and quickly hurried past all the people giving her curious looks. After a good minute Jane finally pushed her way towards her friends. They all had the same look on their faces that everyone else had.
"Wow, Jane you look…" Peppers sentence trailed off. Jester looked like he wanted to say something but he could not quite get the sentence right. Everyone else just stood there in silence. Jane rolled her eyes.
"Look, I am still me. So don't act like you do not know me." Jane pleaded. Her friends nodded slightly, but Jane could tell they were not going to treat her the same as they usually do. At least not tonight. She cleared her throat and looked around. "Has Gunther Arrived yet?" Jane asked attempting to sound casual.
"Not yet. They were expecting him to arrive first, so we were shocked to see you came first." Pepper explained. Jane gave her a curious look.
"Why would he arrive first?" She asked. Due to her being embarrassed about wearing a dress to the ball, she had been talking to her friends as little as possible. That mixed with measurements meant that she was up to date on their conversation. Smithy answered her this time.
"Well, this way he would get to see your entrance and you would not get to see him enter so he could have time to hide in the shadows or something." He said. Jane nodded. It made sense, in a strange way. If Gunther did not show up then he would soon be losing all the hair on his head in one quick burst of fire.
Ten minutes later Gunther still had not arrived. People were beginning to talk. And then suddenly, just as people were beginning to think it was all a joke, the door to the Great Hall swung open, and in walked Gunther.
HaHaHa! A cliffhanger! Did he wear the dress, did he lie, was Adeline and Gunther in cahoots and plan the whole thing! Well, you'll just have to wait and see.
But don't worry I'm not going to dissapear like last time.
