AUTHOR'S NOTE: Well, close to the end, guys! I have decided, due to my lack of interest in this fic at the moment, to shorten it and not include my reviewers as people. Sorry, just not gonna happen.
DISCLAIMER: Still, not mine…
Chapter 9: Bella BarbieBELLA'S POV
"Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!" I screamed.
"Oh, c'mon, Bella, don't you want to look amazing for prom?" begged Alice.
"I mean, prom queens always look their best, and you're not going like that," said Rose sarcastically, pretending to look me up and down and scoff.
Edward came up behind me and wrapped his arms around my waste. "Normally I'd say you didn't have to, but they have a bit of a point."
"Well, that settles it. You're coming with us," said Alice, and I swear I though I saw flames in her eyes and devil horns shoot out of the back of her little head.
She grabbed me by the wrist and dragged me up the stairs, and I struggled against her and reached my arm out toward the spot where Edward, Emmett, and Jasper stood, amused expressions on their faces.
Time for another game of Bella Barbie.
I was plopped down in the big fluffy chair in Rose's pale green room.
"Now Bella, behave." was all I got before I was attacked by brushes and powders.
Alice brushed through my long, brown hair before gathering it all up into a pony bun. Rose swept transparent concealer over my pale skin. That was one thing I never understood- what were the perks of being a vampire with flawless features if you still had to wear makeup?
Rose glided over to her mahogany desk and pulled a green bag out of it after digging around for a while. I hadn't recognized this one; she usually used her red one or Alice's purple one.
Then I caught on. This bag was mine.
"Rose, you really didn't need to." I complained.
"Oh yes I did, Bella. Consider it a pre-prom congratulations gift." she smiled down at me.
She dumped a handful of different colored tubes onto the dresser in front of us.
"I am expecting you to use at least one of these items every day, Bella," instructed Alice, "because we gave you such a selection. Jasper really was bummed about me dragging him to Saphore instead of Sport's Authority."
I picked up one of the bottles and inspected the label. Magical Definitions Wet Sticks Eyeliner: Navy Blue. I threw it down and grabbed the compact of eye shadow. Everything was blue. Dark blue. What happened to the turquoise of the dress I had bought?
I tried to keep myself calm and still while they completed my evening look and bustled around finishing themselves.
Sometime between my makeup and Alice's, a white, fluffy bundle was thrusted at me.
"What are you waiting for- put it on!" yelled Alice and Rose. It was a robe, identical to the ones that they were wearing. I slipped it on over my school clothes. They stared at me in shock.
"Seriously, Bella, don't you even know how to put on a robe?" asked Rose.
I shook my head. She came over and slipped it off. "Go undress. Then put it on and tie it around your waste."
I nodded my head and did as I was asked.
After I was completely ready for my dress to go on, Alice shoved me back into the chair and undid my pony bun. "Not yet," she warned.
Alice plugged in a curling iron and sprayed my hair with a liquid from a white bottle. When she set it down, I snuck a peek at the label. Heat Protecting Curl Defining Serum. At least she cared about my hair.
Hours later, it seemed, the curling iron was finally warm enough to use. Alice lifted it up and gathered a lock of my hair into it. I watched as moments later, my hair fell into loose curls around my face. She brushed through it again and stepped aside for Rose to style it further.
She ran her fingers through it. "You know, Bella, you have amazing hair." She pulled half of it up into a ponytail with her hair. She shook her head. Then she sprayed it with some spray gel and scrunched it. "Alice, what do you think?"
"Amazing. Keep it like that."
After being freed, I wandered over to my closet to get my dress, but ran screaming back to Alice and Rose after it was nowhere in sight.
"Relax, Bella, we just got you a new one."
"WHAT?!"
"There was just enough time for Edward to go and pick you out another one yesterday, and besides, this one is much more flattering and impressive."
So this was partially Edward's doing as well. I guess it was okay then…
"Then what am I wearing to prom, sweatpants?"
Alice wandered over to her closet and pulled out a floor length navy blue gown, which completely explained the makeup. The only problem was that it was almost completely transparent. I voiced my thoughts. "I can't wear that. It's almost completely transparent."
"Silly Bella. Don't you pay attention in science class? It's translucent," joked Rose.
I glared at her.
"That's what this is for," said Alice, gesturing to a corset on the edge of the bed. "I'm wearing one, Rose is wearing one, and so are you."
"Fine," I mumbled, and allowed myself to be dragged into the bathroom to be dressed. Hence the term "Bella Barbie."
"Plus, the theme of the prom is '80's punk rock.'" explained Alice, explaining the detailing on the upper part of the dress, which looked like a perfect blue and black lace checkerboard that someone has splattered black paint all over. Perfectly my taste.
Rose laced up the back of my corset and Alice straightened the dress, still on its hanger. "It's going to look marvelous on you."
"Than- oh, Rose!"
"Sorry…" she said guiltily as she loosened the bow on the back of the corset, which, by the way, made me look even more flat chested.
"Rose, you gave her your corset?"
"No…"
"Well, this one's hers," said Alice, coming out of her trance of dress-admiration.
"Ugh," I complained, dreading the time when I would have to wear one of these again.
Rose's corset was unlaced and mine was put on.
"This one will make you look much better," commented Alice, while Rose nodded behind me.
When she was finished, I looked down. This one gave me the opposite effect. "Ha."
"What?"
"Nothing."
Alice helped me into my dress and zippered the back.
I stared at myself in the mirror for a long enough time for Rose and Alice to get dressed.
They both looked amazing, Alice wearing her original red dress, Rose wearing an electric green off-the-shoulder number.
"Hurry up guys, we're going to be late. The limo is already outside!"
A/N: And That Concludes Our Wonderful Tale!!