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Piper lifted her head wearily from her arms when she heard footsteps coming down the hall. She expected the person to stop at her door and knock, but they continued down the hallway, and as they passed by her door, she could hear the song they were singing

"I hung up the phone tonight/something happened for the first time deep inside/It was a rush,/

What a rush./'Cos the possibility that you would ever feel the same way about me/It's just too much,/Just too much."

Long after they were gone, Piper continued the song in her head. When she finally finished, she felt much better, as she did after listening to music. Sighing heavily, she got up, grabbed her white-and-green bikini, a towel, flip-flops, goggles, and a few other things she would need that night. After she finished putting them in a bag, she walked over to her bureau, covered in the cosmetics she thought that she would never use. She didn't want anything to obvious, and she definitely didn't want the makeup smearing or running in the pool, so she went for plain and simple, and smeared some liquid body sparkles over herself. She played with her hair for awhile, and then satisfied with her appearance, she opened her door.

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Finn didn't know what he was expecting, when he stood outside Pipers door, but he definitely wasn't expecting what happened next. Piper's door slid open without him touching it, and he almost got run over by Piper. However, this wasn't the Piper he had grown up with. This one wore clothing other than her normal uniform neatness, and she sparkled. Finns eyes almost popped out of his head until suddenly a picture of Amethyst popped into his mind. He quickly turned around, and walked into the living room. Phew, if I had stayed, Amethyst would have had my head...I wonder what she's going to wear tonight... When piper walked into the living room, she wasn't surprised to see Finn zoned out as usual. What did surprise her, though, was that she could hear him muttering under his breath "amethyst, amethyst" and he was drooling. She rolled her eyes, and smacked him upside the head, snapping him out of it. "Get up Finn, we're leaving soon. Are you ready?"

Brushing himself off, he nodded. "Can we stop at cloud 9 gifts on the way there? I want to get Amethyst something."

Piper sighed, and said in reply, "ask Aerrow, he's the one who's driving."

"Where is he?"

"I don't know. Want me to go find him?"

"Sure, thanks Piper."

Piper nodded, and dropped her beach bag beside the door on her way to Aerrow's room. Really, it was just an excuse to talk to him again before the party. She approached His door, and raised her hand to knock on it. Taking a deep breath, she knocked gently on the door. No reply. Raising her fist again, she knocked harder. Still no answer. "Aerrow?" she knocked loudly, almost pounding on Aerrow's door. This time, she was rewarded with a faint,

"Come in."

Piper slid Aerrow's door open, and smiled when she recognized her favorite song on his CD player.