Chapter 7

"Hello, I'm Lila; you two must be Danielle and Belle. Please follow me," said a sulky receptionist as we walked into the shop.

We followed her into a private room and it was a ware house full of dressed, organized by color, then by length. I looked at Danni and she smiled slightly.

"I will be your hair and makeup consultant. When you find a dress, I will start to work on you," she said gesturing to the dresses. She wandered off to a small corner where it's fashioned like a salon.

Danni and I separate and we walk through a rainbow of colors. Dress of all shapes, forms, and fashions line the rack and I start panicking when my eye finds nothing I would like. Danni runs up behind me and pulls me to the dressing room.

I stand outside as Lila has begun making her way over to see which one of us has had success in finding a dress. She sees me and fakes a smile. I give her the same face and her eyes light up and my head whips around to see Danni in a gorgeous formfitting emerald gown with exotic beading and keyholes on her hips to her waist. She is stunning.

"What do you think?" she asks pushing her vivid red hair behind her ear.

"Danni you look great! That's the dress for you!" I exclaimed.

"You know… wait here. I think I have gown for you Belle," Lila said after watching me for a few minutes.

She disappeared behind volumes of clothing and emerged a few minutes later and handed me a silky halter dress. I went into the changing room and slid the dress over my head. I walked out skeptical and Lila's eyes lit up.

"This is the one for you! It's a costume party right? You're so pale you should be a vampire," she said excitedly.

Danni laughed and clapped her hands.

"You should go as a vampire! It's so funny and ironic. You'll be a hit," she said as we started walking to the salon part of the studio.

I pondered this epiphany as Lila started her work on Danielle. I watched as a wild array of color was applied to her face and her wavy hair was straightened into perfection. Suddenly, Lila started stapling her strands to her head and applying dye.

"I love it!" Danni cried as her chair twirled around and she emerged as a peacock. Typical.

Lila made a motion for me to go to the chair and I stood slowly and walked to the chair Danielle previously occupied.

"So are we sticking with the vampire thing or do you want something else?" she asked.

"Go for it," I said with a small smile.

She picked up a dark grey eye-shadow and applied voluminous amounts around my eyes and after a little mascara and dark red lipstick, she grabbed a curling iron and after about ten minutes, my hair was cascading in a mess of curls down my back.

"Oh my god! Belle, you look great!" Danni said checking up on the finished product.

"I don't have any fake teeth or masks. I think there is a costume shop a few blocks down if you want to try there," Lila said satisfied.

"No thanks, I have a few things in my purse. I love this thank you," I said smiling, discretely handing her a tip.

"No problem. I need the dresses back by tomorrow at noon," Lila said as we started walking to the front of the store.

"Thank you so much for all of this. It's amazing," Danni said as we exited.

"No trouble… you know you two should model. Those dresses look great on you," Lila said as our ride pulled up.

"Thanks, I guess we'll see you tomorrow at noon. Bye," I said as we climbed into the limo.

"So what's it like? I've never been to this kind of party?" Danni asked as I cast a quick spell to give me vampire teeth.

"Like any other party. Except you're probably the only Wicca going. Just stick with our group and we'll be dandy," I said, pulling a black, sparkly mask from my small clutch.

We pulled up in front of a large, gothic building and ran to the line to get into the party to die for.


Author's Note

Sorry it's taken me so long to update, I've had a Strauss test, Clark Studies in the key of A and B tests, a trip toSaint Louis with the Select Chours and a funeral! I'm doing okay though. Sorry it was so short. I'm going to post another chapter hopefully before the weekend is over. I have a picture of Belle's dress on my sight but a reminder, You have to copy the link and paste it in the adress bar. My profile's been screwwed up and if anyone know how to fix it it PLEASE PM me!

Faithfully
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