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The weight of the party agreement pressed down on Reyna's shoulders for the rest of the week. What was she thinking?
Of course every time she went to pull out her phone to quickly text Thalia 'sorry, I can't go' she froze up and remembered her reason. She is not boring and she will go to this party, consequences be damned.
Her math teacher droned on and on about integration by separation but Reyna was too busy worrying to listen.
What if there is alcohol there? What if she doesn't know anybody? What if she does know somebody and they see her? It will ruin her reputation, but isn't that the goal anyway? To convince Hylla, and to some extent herself, that she was just as exciting as anybody else? Perhaps even more so… Reyna was not one to do things half-assed. If she is doing it, she is doing it.
The bell rang, slicing right through Reyna's thoughts, and she packed up, her arms feeling like they were moving through jello.
With a half-hearted wave at her math teacher she left the classroom and entered the crowded hallway.
High-school hallways are usually pretty messy and packed, but this one was especially bad. Clutching her book-bag closer to her chest, she wedged her way into the hallway and found herself crushed up against,
"Thalia?"
"Hey, Reyna," her friend grinned and wiggled her eyebrows, "Ready to par-tay tonight?!"
Reyna's stomach was not excited and flopped over like a fish stranded on land. However, she forced a smile on her face, hoping she didn't look too pained,
"Oh, yeah," she replied, "I've been looking forward to it all week."
Lie.
"Good to hear! I'll swing by around… ten o' clock? That sound good?"
"Oh, sounds great!"
Lie.
"Okay girl, I'm done for the day. See you soon!"
"Can't wait!"
Lies, lies, lies. Reyna sighed as Thalia expertly wove herself through the crowd and out the front doors. This really isn't a big deal, she told herself, Calm Down. Besides, it was two periods until lunch and she still needed to confirm her meeting with the ASB president from the other school, Jupiter High. She said it was something about Prom? Whatever it was, it was just another thing on her plate. There was so much to do and not enough time to do it, and that was making Reyna snappy.
Just as she was turning into her next class, AP Biology, a hand grabbed her wrist. She turned suddenly and found a freckled face way to close her hers,
"Woah!"
Rachel was unfazed,
"A word?"
"Uh, no? I really need to get to class right now."
"Reyna, it's really important."
Rachel indeed looked frazzled, if that was even possible. Her cheeks were flushed and she was breathing heavily. Reyna was struck with a vein of curiosity, but smothered it instantly, Rachel was not going to cut into her schoolwork again. The library incident played very clearly in Reyna's mind,
"Sorry, Rachel. Don't you have you latest 'damsel in distress' to get back to?"
Rachel looked at her cooly, green eyes meeting brown,
"Wow, okay. Have fun in class."
Reyna felt a twinge of guilt but ignored it and tried to turn into the classroom but was stopped by the pale hand still gripping her wrist. She looked down at it just as Rachel released her, as if just realizing was she was doing. Reyna's tanned skin was briefly white from where Rachel's tight grip was released. They made eye contact for a split-second, Rachel opening her mouth as if to say something, then silently closing it again and hurrying back down the hallway.
That was weird, Reyna though at she found her seat in the biology room. She was still somewhat curious about what Rachel wanted to tell her, but honestly, how important could it have been? She had greater things on her mind.
The lunch meeting with the other president, a blonde girl named Annabeth, went well, and a plan to combine the Proms was formed. It would be a big project but both girls were determined and very capable of getting things done. They agreed to meet once a week after school, to avoid having lunch meetings cut short by time constraints. The meeting would take place on Tuesday, the only day that worked for both of them. Annabeth seemed to be involved with as many, if not more, projects than Reyna, if that was even possible.
The rest of the day passed quickly even though Reyna was silently willing it not to. Unfortunately, as much as Reyna begged the universe to slow down, it was unhearing. She might as well have been trying to slow down a runaway train by holding on to the caboose.
The drive home was short and before she knew it, Reyna was standing in front of her closet with nothing to wear. Well, nothing suitable to wear. Where was Silena when she needed her?
As if reading her mind, the doorbell rang and she rushed to open it only to be stopped with it swinging violently open before she could touch the handle. Well, speak of the devil, Reyna thought deliriously as Silena stood in the doorway clutched a huge pile of clothes to her chest in all her blue-eyed, blue ribboned glory.
"Excuse me," she said daintily and she made her way past a shocked Reyna and into the house. Thalia followed her, wearing her usual black jeans, combat boots, and silver jewelry. Reyna closed the door with a click and turned to Thalia,
"Did you kick the door in?"
Thalia cackled,
"Nah, that was Silena."
Reyna paled and Thalia laughed again,
"Piper is on her way. She had a hold up with her mom I think."
"Oh, yikes."
"Yikes is right," Silena's voice echoed from Reyna's room, "You don't have anything to wear!"
Reyna and Thalia briefly made eye contact. Silena continued,
"Thank the gods I brought outfits with me. Now get your cute butt in here!"
Reyna may be the ASB President and a professional "doesn't-take-shit-from-anyone" type of person, but she was not about to disobey Silena when she was calling. The two girls hurried into the room and Reyna was grabbed and thrown into her bathroom with a pile of clothes,
"Try those ones."
She groped the wall, searching for the light switch while listening to Thalia and Silena argue on the other side of the door,
"What I'm wearing is fine, 'lena."
"No it is absolutely not. Put these on."
"No, I am comfortable."
"I don't care, put them on now. I picked them out special for you last night, come on Thalia, don't you love me?"
Reyna winced, Silena is pulling out the guilt. Nobody could resist that out of fear that the gorgeous brunette would cry. She heard grumbling from Thalia which confirmed that the other girl was changing into the clothes Silena picked out. Speaking of clothing, Reyna looked at the outfit that was picked out for her: Grey skinny jeans and a purple silk camisole with lace trim. Honestly? Not bad. Not bad at all. The spaghetti straps on the cami did make her slightly uncomfortable, though.
Once the outfit was donned, Reyna emerged from the bathroom to Silena criticizing Thalia's hair,
"Just let me smooth it a bit, come on."
"No, not my hair."
"Tha-," Silena started but then shrieked, "Reyna, you look so good!"
"Do you have a cardigan or something I can wear over this?"
"Gods no, I will not let you dress like a nun for this."
Thalia wolf whistled,
"Wow, Reina, you look fantastic."
"Well, you're one to talk. Look at you!" Reyna retorted with a small smile.
Thalia was wearing a dark velvet shapeless dress that fell to mid thigh. Her similarly dark tights were ripped and embroidered with metallic silver thread. She was still wearing her combat boots.
Silena stood back, dressed in a baby blue sundress with white lace tights, surveying her work proudly. She opened her phone to take a picture and almost dropped it,
"We need to leave right now!" she cried, "Go, go, go! We are running late, and not fashionably at that!"
Reyna made a desperate, successful grab at her phone while Silena herded her and Thalia out to Thalia's car,
"Let's go, let's go!" she kept calling, "We'll meet Piper there!"
Reyna barely got buckled in time to avoid being thrown against the back windows as the Charger peeled out of her driveway. She suspected to find skid marks in the morning. Silena sat in the front and happily crowed,
"Celebs, here we come!"
Reyna forced a smile when Silena looked back at her, trying to smother the dread forming in her stomach.
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