How Things Change

Chapter 3: Party Plans

"Blossom please, please, please can we go?! It's gonna be the biggest party to start off the year and you know we shouldn't miss it," Bubbles was giving her sister the pouty eyes as she desperately for the fourth time tried to convince her to go out for the weekend.

She sighed and wrote down some more notes for her paper, "Bubbles you know that end of the year projects will be going out soon and they're always a hassle."

Bubbles scoffed and crossed her arms, "Blossom you know you always finish within a week and then if we aren't you're on us like white on rice telling us to finish. We have a month and a half to do these projects after they're assigned and you can't even take out a weekend to spend with your sisters!"

"Okay, okay Bubbles," Blossom sighed and held her sister's shoulders, "I will put aside all my work and I will go to this stupid weekend party," Bubbles squealed and clapped her hands, "I don't know why I still fall for those teary eyes."

"Because I'm cute and you love me," she skipped happily into the hall to tell Buttercup their group was complete.

Blossom sighed and picked up her phone to text Brick about the tragedy that was her being pulled away from her calculus notes.

_TroubleMaker_:

You do realize this party is probably gonna be the biggest of the year, right?

And its themed!

End of the year finals can definitely wait.

~NerdyFlower~:

Guess I should've known you'd be in on this =. =

And what makes it being themed so much better?

_TroubleMaker_:

B/c there's a science night and it's sponsored and super detailed we get to see actual experiments!

Research before you judge Pinky.

~NerdyFlower~:

Uggggh, fine.

Blossom out.

She opened her laptop and pulled up the link Bubbles sent so she could access the website. It wasn't too bad, everything was cleanly laid out with all the events listed and times for sub-events; prizes were displayed alongside the tickets. Blossom checked the list of themes so she could pack for each day accordingly; the first day would be the science theme, "Come dressed to the 9's in your geekiest wear!", the next day was Casino and the last, dreadfully, was a Heroes and Villains party, typical. Blossom searched her closet for her most pristine white lab coat and a form fitting yet loose rose pink dress, both items brushed just above her knees; with those she added a clipboard, pens in the coat pocket and her safety goggles. She knew that her typical hero suit would be cliche and she wanted to try to have fun for her sisters so she sent them a text to let them know they would need to take a trip to the mall after school tomorrow; the whole house probably heard Bubbles' squeal at the message. Getting back into her studies she finished her calculus work and a few other assignments before settling in for bed.

The day flew by and as Blossom was packing up the last of her things, two tan hands smacked against her countertop. "So Bloss, baby puff says you're all going to the bash this weekend,"

She arched her eyebrow and slid her bag over her shoulder, "Would it put you off if I said no?"

He smirked and crossed his buff arms over his chest, "No way, not getting rid of me that easy."

She shrugged and headed out of the chemistry room, "Then in that case yes I am going, I figure I should do something fun with my sisters before all the stress hits, they deserve that much from me,"

"Oooh, so what are you wearing for the last two days, we could match and make the whole joint jealous, your body, my body, they wouldn't be able to bear it."

"I think you forgot the part where I said I was going with my sisters, nice try though," they exited the front doors where her sisters waited on a nearby bench.

"You'll give in eventually sweet cheeks," he called after her, "They always do,"

Blossom waved him off and called back, "That'll be the day Boomer dates Buttercup!" the girls laughed and jetted off to the Mall of Cityville.

Bubbles and Buttercup explained how they would borrow some spare lab coats from the professor, Buttercup would wear slacks and a collared button-up underneath and Bubbles a nice striped pencil skirt and blouse. For the casino night, they went into a store called 24Karat where all the glitzy, upscale clothes were.

Bubbles immediately spotted the most glittery, shiny aquamarine blue dress in the store; it had a scarily low-cut back with long sleeves in bodycon style that stopped mid-thigh, she paired the dress with matching glittery, silver heels, a long double layered silver necklace, dangly silver earrings and silver bangles on her left wrist.

"Jeez Bubs you tryna take somebody's eye out with all that glitter?" Buttercup smirked and covered her own eyes for effect.

Bubbles giggled and twirled for us in front of the mirrors, "I think it's great, it suits me," her hourglass frame was accentuated nicely in the dress, she looked both cute and alluring.

Blossom grinned and looked over some more stands, "Don't break any hearts sis," the blonde giggled and ran off to change back into her normal clothes.

Buttercup found her outfit next, going with a floor length black dress with a sweetheart neckline, the dress was see through up the entirety of both sides and on the long sleeves, she chose a black choker with a short silver necklace, a chunky onyx ring for her middle finger and black stilettos.

Bubbles clapped as their sister spun slowly, "Ooh la la lady, look at you, I've never seen you more elegant,"

Blossom nodded and took in her classic coke bottle figure, "I couldn't agree more Bubbles, great choice BC,"

"Thanks girls," as she headed back to change Blossom perused just one more rack before finding something fitting.

The front of the floor length scarlet dress was a simple halter with slits on either side from high thigh down, an open oval to display a tasteful amount of cleavage while the back was an intricate pattern of ties laced in the back settling just above her butt with a delicate bow tying it off; she chose a pair of gold hoops with rubies dangling inside, gold wrist cuffs, and gold mary jane heels with a strap across the ankle.

Bubbles cupped her hands to her mouth, her eyes tearing up, "Oh, Blossom, you look magnifico,"

Blossom blushed and hid beneath her bangs, "Oh come on, you guys looked amazing too,"

Buttercup smirked and patted her sisters shoulder, "While that may be true, I'm not scared to admit when I've been beaten, you look amazing,"

She smiled warmly and hugged them before grinning and pushing them towards the dressing rooms, "Go put on your dresses and let's take pictures before we leave,"

They took over twenty photos and swore the images to secrecy until the night of before purchasing their items. The town provided funds to a savings account for the girls to use on whatever they like but it was only rare occasions like these that they splurged unnecessarily.

The next shop they went into was a year-round costume maker that held both new and intriguing looks to classic older ones; the shopkeeper and a handful of associates in store would make original costumes by request in store and if the order was too big they'd send it to the workshop, it never took weeks to receive anything.

They decided to get custom made costumes so that they would fit the images they wanted better and it was a group decision to be Marvel/DC villainess'. Blossom wanted her Poison Ivy costume to be a realistic looking leaf leotard with a thick leafy skirt that would be open in the front to reveal her pale green see-through tights, on her left thigh would be two vines of "poison ivy" wrapped like a garter and another set would be on her right bicep with leafy gloves that reached halfway to her elbows and sandals with "poison ivy" vines that closed around her ankles would complete the look; they gave her an ivy green headband that fit behind her bangs with rows of "poison ivy" leaves attached to blend in her hair and a simple green-gold necklace with a small medallion for accessories.

Bubbles decided on Harley Quinn with a twist. Her hair would stay blonde in long pigtails and her face would get done up in a harlequin mask, a diamond made up of four small diamonds in red on one side and black on the other along with a spiky black headband in her hair and red glossy lipstick; her alternating black and red crop top was strapless and connected in halter fashion around her neck in three skinny belts, the belts in the back crossing over in a "x" to hold the top in place, her boy shorts also alternated between red and black with the same diamond pattern on her face alternating on her butt cheeks, red and black gloves on alternating hands were covered from the top of her biceps to her wrists in a mixture of belts and spiky cuffs, on her left shoulder was a spiky black shoulder pad and on her right shoulder would be a fake red tattoo of a heart surrounded by diamonds. Her stockings matched the pattern of the outfit and attached to her bottoms with straps, knee pads alternating red and black and on her hips sat a belt stockpiled with fake bombs with smiley faces, on her thighs were garter belts that held realistic toy blades and on the stockings were small knife holders equipped with fake knives. She decided on alternating red and black thigh high heeled leather boots with spikes on the heels to complete the look.

Viper was Buttercup's villainess of choice, choosing to go functional rather than hindering. Her costume would be a dark, forest green sleeveless bodysuit with a triangle cut out for her cleavage and lighter green heeled boots that flowed smoothly with the outfit, two thick black belts crossed over each other and hung low on her hips with gun holsters on the sides of her thighs equipped with realistic .45s, long dark, forest green gloves reached the top of her biceps and the whole ensemble was shiny latex. Happy with their designs they paid and bagged the accessories with the shopkeeper advising they would be able to pick up their costumes before heading out to the hotel where the party would be hosted the next day.

They chatted excitedly in the food court while they ate and headed back home for the night to get some rest.