Chapter 4:

I sat in my normal seat in the mess hall with Tyler sitting right across from me. She was picking at her broccoli casserole and every now and then she would give me the stink eye. She was still mad at me for waking her up for, how she put it, 'barf on a plate'. Which wasn't far off from the gross concoction they call food.

I could understand how she would get so excited for one of the only edible things they served here. You'd think that they could afford something better with all the tuition money our parents pay. "Tyler you can't stay mad at me forever," I said as she looked up at me and scowled.

"Wanna bet?" she muttered as she looked down and continued picking at her food.

I sighed, "Come on Tye, it's our last night together for a long time. Let's not spend it being upset at each other."

"Hey I'm the one that should be upset here." She sighed, "And I guess your right."

"Good." I smiled to which she returned.

We ate, or rather picked, at our meal for the next half hour. We made plans on seeing each other during the summer break, and talked about the senior year we had ahead of us. "You know, we should start planning our senior prank now." Tyler said while drinking the rest of her soda.

"What senior prank?"

"You know the senior prank, it's tradition." She stated matter-of-factly, "Or it will be next year." She said with a smirk.

"You're hopeless." I sighed.

"You're just now noticing."

"Ren!" I heard someone call behind me. I turned in my seat and saw the brown haired girl from this afternoon walking towards us.

"Hey Lonny," I greeted her as she approached our table, "This is my friend Tyler-"

"I'm her best friend Tyler." Tye said sticking out her hand to shake. Lonny took her hand and shook it.

"I'm Lonny, I met Ren this afternoon sort of by accident, sorry again Ren."

I smiled, "Its okay Lonny,"

Lonny took the seat beside me, "So, what are you guys doing later?"

I shrugged, "I don't know, probably helping this lazy bum pack her things." I said gesturing towards Tyler. She replied by sticking out her tongue.

"Oh, well I guess that's too bad. My brother and I were going to have this small get together and I wanted to invite you both."

"How did y'all manage that? Boys and girls aren't allowed on the same floor." Tyler stated.

"Oh, I know. It's going to be at my Uncle's place, off campus. Alex and I are staying there until we go back to my parents place on Monday."

"Will your uncle be there for this 'get together'?" Tyler asked using air quotes.

She shook her head, "He had some business to take care of in Boston. He'll be gone for the weekend."

You could literally see Tyler's eyes light up, "Count me in."

"Great, how about you Ren?" she asked turning to look at me.

"Um, I don't know."

"Come on Ness, you said it yourself. Tonight is the last night we have together, let's do something fun." Tyler said and then started pouting.

I caved, "I guess."

"Awesome," Lonny said bouncing in her seat, "here are the directions to the house." She handed Tyler a paper, "And on the bottom is the security code you'll need at the gate."

"Okay, thanks." Tyler said with a grin so big it almost spread to her ears.

"No, prob. See you guys there." She said with a smile and getting up to go to another table across the room.

"I guess she didn't notice we were girls." Tyler said. I raised my eyebrows at her, "What?" she shrugged.

"Why are you bagging on the girl that just invited us to a party?"

"A, that's not bagging, B, I could say a lot worse, and cuatro, I don't like that girl."

"Tyler, you don't like anyone. And cuatro…really?"

"True, and it's your fault for not tutoring me in Spanish like I asked."

"No, you asked for me to do your homework for the rest of the semester."

"Same diff, anyway let's get going we have a party to get ready for."

She grabbed me by my arm and almost tore it off as she led us quickly back to our dorm. Her grip was so tight on my arm that if I were more human, she would have left a bruise in the shape of her fingerprints.

When we got to our door Tyler took the keys from me and unlocked it. She immediately went to her closet; I just went to sit on my bed. "I've already packed my stuff. I have nothing to wear."

"Excuses, excuses. Here wear this." She threw an outfit at my head.

I took it off my head and laid it on the bed, "I don't know about this Tye." I was still skeptical about going to an unknown house, owned by a person that I didn't even know.

"Don't worry, you look good in anything." She said still rummaging through her closet.

"No, not the outfit."

She sighed, "Come on Ren, what's the worst that can happen? They turn out to be monsters that want to eat us or something."

"It's possible." I muttered to low for her to hear, I sighed giving up. I threw on the outfit Tyler gave me which was a red skirt that had a black pattern, and black tank.

"I don't have heels to go with this," I said turning to Tyler, who had just finished putting on her outfit. She tapped her chin while thinking; she went over to her closet and pulled out black heels that had a T strap.

"These will do." She said while handing them to me, I quickly put them on. She pulled me to the bathroom where she studied our reflections. "We look good, now time for hair and make up."

She spread out every single make-up product she had on the bathroom counter. She then pulled out and plugged in her straightening iron and her curling iron. "Hmm, let me see what we can do," she said fingering a curl on my head, "I got it," she snapped her fingers. She went to work curling my hair, "You have such pretty curls. You just need a little touch up." When she was done with my hair, she started on my make-up. "Close your eyes." I did as I was told and I felt her brushing something over my eyelids. "You really don't need make up, but if we just add a little you'll have every head turning."

When she finished with my eyes I was about to open them when she stopped me, "Keep your eyes close 'til we're done. I want it to be a surprise." I then felt a brush run across my cheekbones and then a smaller one run across my lips. "Okay, my masterpiece is done. Open your eyes."

I opened them one at a time so I could assess her work. She went with a smoky eye with black eyeliner and mascara that made my lashes look even longer. She put a small amount of blush on my cheeks, and some pink lip-gloss on my lips to make them look even fuller than they were. "Okay, not to give you a big head because lord knows you don't need that, but you did a pretty good job."

"Thank you." she said curtsying, "Now, my turn. Wait for me outside, and don't you dare mess up anything." She shoved me out the door.

I swear she sometimes reminded me of Alice; maybe that's why I like her. I waited patiently on my bed for twenty minutes until she reemerged. "You like?" Her normal dark wavy hair was straightened. The smoky eyes she gave herself made the blue in them pop. Her make-up and hair went well with the blue dress and black studded heels she was wearing.

I whistled and gave her two thumbs up, "You look great."

"I know. We are going to be the hottest babes there." I let out a small giggle, "Well we mustn't keep them waiting." She said grabbing my arm and dragging me towards the door. We made sure to lock the door, then headed out the building to Tyler's Camaro. Maybe Tyler was right, maybe tonight would be fun. I mean, what's the worst that can happen?