OMG you guys are hilarious (and I mean that is the best way!), so many people asking me not to have Rose cut her hair. Hehehe.
I still haven't decided yet. Will she get a male wig, chop it off (which was my original plan) or pull a Britney Spears and shave it all off. You'll have to wait and see…dun, dun, dun.
Chapter 4
Turning to the side, I spied my phone still in its charging base. Grabbing it, I dialed the familiar number.
"Hello?"
"Hey Liss, it's Rose". I continued to explain what happened at dinner, including my plan to outsmart everyone. I had to pause when I heard laughter coming from the other end.
"Liss", more laughter.
"Liss!" I heard her take a breath.
"That's hilarious". She said amusement in her voice.
"I don't think it's that funny, Lissa", I said slightly irritated, after all, this plan was for her as well as for me. I would be her guardian after all.
"You're serious", she responded, voice subdued from its earlier merriment.
"Yes, Lissa I'm serious. I will not go to some finishing school to become little miss homemaker".
"But how? You know that only boys are allowed to go to guardian school?"
So then I relayed to her my progress on that front, how, with Adrian's help, I had learned how to look, walk and talk like a boy but now was stumped on the identity of my new male self.
"You can always just say you're a cousin of Adrian's from out-of-state", she suggested.
"And how will I accomplish that? I don't have transcripts and my mom would definitely not call to sign me up".
"I can do it" was her simple response.
"Lissa?" I knew that tone of voice. It was the voice she used to use when we kids and shortly after we were in trouble for getting in another hair brain scheme. Everyone thought that I was the trouble maker, getting not only myself but perfect Lissa in trouble, but the truth of the matter was most of the schemes were mainly her idea to begin with.
"What?" she answered innocently. That could work on anyone else, but not on me. I knew she wasn't as innocent as everyone thought she was.
"You're planning on using compulsion, aren't you?"
She giggled across the line. "You always knew what I was planning even without telling you. And yes, I am thinking about compulsion. After all I have it, I might as use it once it in awhile".
"I can't let you do that", I responded reluctantly.
"And I can't let you go off and become a proper young lady. What fun will that be?" she responded. "Don't worry about anything, I'll figure it out. Now, I'm sure you don't have the proper clothes to wear. Adrian is much too big for you to where his clothes. We'll just have to go shopping!"
Lissa used any excuse to go shopping and money was no object.
"And what would I tell my mother?" I questioned. "Mom, I'm off to the mall with Lissa to pick out new clothes to transform myself into a boy".
"No, you can't say that", Lissa relented, losing some the enthusiasm in her voice.
There was a pause in the conversion.
"I know!" she exclaimed a moment later, making me jump and drop the receiver. I picked it.
"What?"
"Well, you mom already thinks you are heading off to school in a few days, it would be totally natural if I told I was taking you school shopping".
"She'll expect me to come back with dresses and skirts, not pants and button down shirts".
"So we'll buy a few dresses too, she'll never look through all the bags".
Scary thing was, her idea was starting to sound possible. That's usually what happened right before I got in trouble.
"I guess that could work…" I trailed off.
"Great! Just be ready by 9 tomorrow, I'll go pick you up and we'll spend the whole day shopping!"
The next day I was waiting for Lissa to show up on my porch. Lissa was right my mom hadn't thought anything was suspicious of going school shopping.
She had only warned me not to buy clothes that were too revealing.
"Don't worry", I assured her, "my clothing won't be revealing at all, in fact, I planning on getting clothing that will conceal as much as possible".
Seemingly pleased with my answer, she handed me some money and wished me luck on my trip.
I was pulled out of my thoughts, as I spied Lissa's baby blue convertible coming up my street.
"Ready to go shopping!" was her greeting to me.
"Hello to you too Lisa and yes, let's do this!" I exclaimed, climbing over the door into the seat.
We were pulling into the store parking lot when she turned to me.
"You're in", she announced as took her seat belt off.
"In? In what?" I asked, taking off my seat belt too.
"In school. I enrolled you this morning, Ross"
"Ross", I winkled my nose at the name. "Like that guy from Friends?"
"Sorry, but I thought it would best to pick a name close to your own".
I could tell I had upset her. She thought I would like the name.
"No Liss, it's perfect. I stupidly hadn't even thought of needing a new name. Obviously I can't show up to school and announce my name is Rose", I assured her. "So everything is set then?"
"Yup, the day after tomorrow, Ross Hathaway is going to be a junior at Vampire Academy. He's going to be a badass novice and then, eventually, my official badass guardian".
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