Will couldn't believe how beautiful she was in the dress Hay Lin had made for her in just one night. Apparently the Asian girl had stayed up late working on both Will's costume and Hay Lin's at the same time though the red head was shocked that even though the smaller girl never asked for measurements she was still able to create something this beautiful. The dress was a little tight though it just helped to show off the redhead's beautiful figure that Will kept denying having. The dress was ankle length that had slits running up both sides to just above the knee and had billowing sleeves and a dark cloak hanging of her shoulders. On her feet she wore two inch heels and a black choker with a small silver pendant around her neck. She had dark eye shadow and lipstick on as well as fingernail polish. She was wearing a pointed black witches hat to finish off the ensemble. Hay Lin's costume was just as beautiful being a modified kimono making the dark haired girl have an ethereal beauty.
"I need to run home before going to the school." Will said adjusting her hat.
"Irma's dad is going to come pick us up and drop us off at the school." Hay Lin said, "We can drop you off long enough to talk to your mom."
"Don't worry about it, we have an hour until the party starts." Will said.
"Where do you live anyways?" Hay Lin asked sitting on the edge of her bed and looked up at Will who couldn't seem to bring herself away from the mirror.
"I…I can't remember the address." Will sighed, her expression turning downcast before she finally turned to face Hay Lin with a false smile, "Thanks so much for the costume Hay Lin."
"It's no big deal." Hay Lin smiled, "I made everyone's costume this year. "Irma will be wearing a two tone peasant dress, Taranee as Amelia Earhart, Cornelia a purple princess gown and Elyon a tree nymph."
"Elyon?" Will asked perplexed.
"Yeah, she's another of our friends though not really a part of the group. She's more like a sister to Cornelia though, they been friends since before they even started going to school." Hay Lin explained.
"I better get going but I'll meet you at the party." Will said.
"If you don't remember the address how about just telling me where it's at, we can pick you up." Hay Lin tried.
"I don't have time, Hay Lin." Will said a little anger in her voice as she was leaving the room, "I'll see you at the party."
"Sure." Hay Lin sighed as she got up to see her friend out.
Will didn't get too far as she left the Silver Dragon before her mom pulled up in their old station wagon next to her.
"I'm glad I found you, Will." Susan said happily as Will climbed in the car. "Are you still going to that party tonight?"
"Yeah, if you don't mind." Will said.
"Of course I don't dear but…I met one of your teachers today. He invited me to come tonight and help chaperone since they were a little short handed." Susan said watching Will's expression carefully. Will only smiled truthfully as she looked up in surprise at her mother, "I think that would be cool."
"I was a little worried that you would be a little upset about me coming." Susan said a little nervously. Susan was wearing her charcoal gray business suit with knee length skirt and pumps and though it was a little old it still looked really good on the older woman.
"Of course not, mom." Will laughed, "It's not like your dating one of my teachers, your just getting out a little tonight."
"Yeah." Susan said with a nervous laugh that Will thankfully ignored. It wasn't much later that they arrived at the school and pulled into the parking lot where a multitude of other cars were. It was still a little time before the party officially started but apparently there was already a lot of people there including several adults that Will assumed was teachers. "Ready honey?"
"Sure, lets go." Will said as the two climbed out of the car and made there way through the lot and into the courtyard where there was a huge jack-o-lantern. Will wasn't sure if it was real or not because while it looked real it was as tall as she was.
"Susan, I'm so glad you could make it." A tall, lanky man with brown hair and a mustache wearing a bad vampire costume said with a huge beaming smile. Will had to admit the guy was kinda cute. "And this must be your daughter, as beautiful as her mother."
"Oh Dean, stop it, your embarrassing me." Susan said blushing a little making Will wonder if maybe there was more between the two adults than just acquaintances or friends which worried Will for a few moments until she realized her mom would have told her if there was something more going on.
"Hey Will!" Taranee called walking over to take Will's hand pulling her over toward one of the refreshment tables. "Going to borrow your daughter for awhile Missus Vandom."
"Have fun girls." Susan called after the two.
Will let Taranee drag her over to the table where two blondes were waiting, one Cornelia and the other must have been Elyon from her friend's descriptions. Unlike Cornelia's golden blonde hair though Elyon had more of a silvery blonde hair.
"Hi, you must be Will." The girl said, "I'm Elyon Brown."
"Yeah, Will Vandom." Will said.
"A Hay Lin original, huh?" Elyon asked laughing a little. Will started to get a little upset at first thinking that the girl was making fun of Will, "She is so the best, she's designed all of her costumes for the last several years. I swear these are going to be worth millions in a few years when she hits it big."
"They are great, I couldn't believe she made them all by hand." Will smiles while relaxing, apparently the girl didn't mean anything by laughing.
"She can whip together something like this in just a couple hours, she just so natural at it." Elyon said.
"Well if it isn't the little lesbians." A spiky orange haired boy sneered walking toward them surrounded on either side by two large boys.
"Piss off, outfielder." Cornelia sneered right back, "The only trash around here is you and your cronies."
"I should…" The orange haired boy growled cracking his knuckles.
"Should what?" Cornelia asked smiling sweetly though it was obviously false while Taranee and Will backed up a little nervous while Elyon just stood impassively next to Cornelia.
"If your little lezzy friend's dad wasn't a cop I'd show you girls some real fun and what you've been missing." The boy said leering a the girls.
"You have three seconds to get the hell away from us before I introduce you to the punch bowl." Cornelia growled as Will's stomach dropped, she knew she just didn't hear that.
"Fine, I'm out of here." The boy snarled storming off with the two large boys following like a couple of dogs.
"Is it true?" Will asked nervously while silently praying it wasn't.
"Eww, no we aren't lesbians." Elyon said pretending to gag.
"Not that." Will snapped, "Is Irma's dad a cop?"
"Yeah, he's a captain." Cornelia said as if it was common knowledge. Well, it was for her maybe but for Will it was crushing news.
"Why, what's wrong with being a cop?" Taranee asked obviously realizing that something was wrong with Will.
"Are you kidding, cops are lazy bastard who only care about doughnuts and money." Will growled angrily.
"Don't you dare talk about him like that." Elyon snapped growing angry herself, "Mister Lair is a great cop."
"Hey girls." Irma smiled walking up to them with Hay Lin.
"Glad you could make it." Hay Lin said happily before the two stopped noticing the tension between the group.
"What's wrong?" Irma asked.
"Nothing." Will snapped pushing past Irma and into the increasing crowd of people.
She couldn't believe she was actually starting to like Irma, the girl was the daughter of a cop and was probably just as bad as that bastard was. Either that or maybe the water guardian was just as much of a victim as Will was herself. She wasn't sure which she hoped for more, Irma seemed really cool and fun and Will really liked the girl which made this all the harder but if she was like her dad then that meant their friendship was all a lie. Then again if she was a victim like Will then that was something she would never wish on anyone else but then Irma was truly her friend and not planning to betray her.
"Are you okay?" A boy asked wearing a baggy red shirt and jeans. He had brown eyes and long shaggy brown hair and he was a major hottie.
"Peachy." Will sighed.
"Want to talk about it?" The boy asked, "I'm Matt Olsen, you new here?"
"Yeah, names Will Vandom but no offense I don't really feel like talking about it." Will sighed.
"That's cool, want to hang out with me for awhile before we have to play?" Matt asked smiling hopefully.
"You pervert!" Will growled brushing brightly.
"How is my band playing perverted?" Matt asked confused, scratching the back of his neck before realization hit, "NO! No, I didn't mean that, my bands playing tonight and I wanted to know if you wanted to hang with me until we had to start."
"S-Sorry." Stuttered in embarrassment, her face turning the color of her hair.
"So your friends with the girls over there?" Matt asked smiling as he indicated the group of girls talking where Will just left.
"I don't know." Will sighed.
"Hey, if what Uriah said is bothering you it's not true, the girls are more like sisters than just friends." Matt said, "They aren't gay though there really isn't anything wrong with someone who is. I'm not prejudiced against anyone, as long as what people are doesn't hurt anyone I think it's cool."
"Thanks but that isn't what's bothering me." Will sighed.
"It's cool if you don't want to talk about it." Matt said, "I'd be more than willing to listen if you ever needed it."
"Thanks I guess." Will sighed.
"Hey, do you want to go out tomorrow night when I get off work?" Matt asked.
"I…I guess." Will said while mentally smacking herself as she wasn't sure what she was thinking. She didn't want to go out with this boy but she had to admit he seemed really nice but she wasn't sure if she was comfortable going on a date with him.
"Sorry Will, I have to go but meet me at Olsen's Pet Shop tomorrow at six and we'll grab a bite to eat." Matt said before running off toward the temporary stage that had been erected for the party.
"Wow, this is so awesome Will." Irma said from just behind Will causing the redhead to jump in shock.
"Irma, you scared the hell out of me, don't do that." Will snapped.
"Sorry Will." Irma said giggling.
"Irma, can I ask you something really important and you'll tell me the truth?" Will asked.
"Sure thing, Will." Irma said, "Is this about what's bothering you?"
"Yeah, what do you think about your dad?" Will asked.
"Don't you dare tell him this but I'm proud of him, he's one of the best cops in the city." Irma said smiling.
"He really is a cop then?" Will asked her spirits once again falling as she looked sadly at the girl who Will originally thought could have become a great friend.
"The best." Irma smiled sincerely which wiped any doubt in Will's mind, Irma wasn't a victim but most likely a traitor and hypocrite like all cops. Heck, she'd probably grow up to be just as bad as her father the cop.
"So he's the laziest bastard of them all?" Will asked, anger taking control as she glared hatefully at Irma.
"Will, my dad isn't lazy, he's a good cop." Irma said a little hurt by the redhead's tirade.
"Irma, all cops are worthless lazy pieces of shit!" Will snapped causing several people around her to stare in shock.
"Don't you dare call my dad worthless!" Irma spat pushing Will away from her. "I can't believe you would even say something like this, what the hell is wrong with you?"
"Stay the hell away from me." Will snapped turning from Irma and froze in shock, she saw Dean and her mother off to the side talking as the stood very close together. Before Will knew what was happening Dean was leaning in to kiss Susan and the woman didn't even struggle, in fact it looked like she welcomed it and deepened the kiss.
"Will, don't you dare turn your back on me." Irma growled grabbing Will's shoulder but let go and backed up as Will turned on her with a destroyed look on her face. Irma asked a little shaken and worried, "Will, what's wrong?"
"What's wrong, I'm losing what little bit I have left. Are you happy?" Will snarled before running off from Irma.
NOTES
Thanks everyone for your great reviews but they seem to be growing smaller with every chappie. Please review if you read this and like it or have any ideas for me as they help keep my spirits up by letting me know you like it instead of hate it. Read and Review, please and thank you.
Riot: Thankies, I try my best to update as quickly as possible. Vathek I'm not sure what to do with but I didn't like the Vathek from the cartoon that much. He'll appear sometime in the next few chapters. I have an idea for him but I'm not a hundred percent sure if its what I'll end up doing yet or not. I prefer the relationship in the comics between t Caleb and Corny and hope it turns out well in this story. Hope you'll like where this story will go.