The dress that Daisy found for Leann was absolutely amazing, pure perfection.
Daisy had led Leann through the house upstairs to her room. They walked bye a few people. Leann saw Colin and she flashed him a big smile. He still had that bizarre, morbid look on his inhumanely beautiful face. Colin smirked at her and nodded as Leann passed through the house.
Leann and Daisy walked through the living room. Cassandra was sitting on the couch. She was looking beautifully superior as usual. Her blonde curls spilled down her shoulders and curled down below her waist. Cassandra looked casually at Leann, her full bottom lip sticking out slightly and her piercing blue eyes sparkling with disapproval. Seated next to her was Tom. He was holding onto Cassandra's hand and gazing at her like she was the most amazing thing in the entire word. Cassandra looked at him and smiled softly, all the anger and disapproval melting off of her gorgeous face as she looked into Tom's eyes. Tom cupped her face in his hands and kissed her tenderly on the lips.
Leann looked away. It was too intense to watch Tom and Cassandra. They had such an intense, passionate vibe about them. Watching them felt a bit indecent, as if she was looking in on something too intimate and private. Leann followed Daisy through the living room. They passed that painting again, the one that mesmerized Leann. The girl in the painting was still just as beautiful and terrifying as before. Leann stared at her beautiful white dress with the blood-stains until Daisy led her up the marble stair-case to the third floor, where her room was.
Daisy's room was very memorable. As soon as Leann walked through the door, all she saw was bright flowers. The wall-paper was a shiny foil with a pattern of big, bright, multi-colored roses. Red roses, yellow roses, pink roses, white roses, even purple roses. The border on the wall was a dark purple. The floors were fluffy white carpet that reminded Leann of snow for some reason. A big canopy bed with a black lace canopy stood in the center of the room.
"Your room is pretty," Leann commented as she followed Daisy up to her closet.
"I know right, I have such great taste! Hmm…let's see what we can find you to wear,'' Daisy said as she opened her closet.
Daisy's closet was gigantic. It was almost like a small room itself. The variety of clothes inside her closet looked like a department store. Daisy seemed to have everything. Daisy started to go though her clothes, shaking her head and muttering to herself.
"Where is that damn dress? I know it's in here somewhere," Daisy muttered as she tore through her clothes.
Leann plopped down on Daisy's bed and looked around the room. The wallpaper was so pretty. The gigantic roses in the pattern of the foil seemed to shimmer delicately. The room had a light, floral scent to it that was intoxicating.
"Aha! Found it!" Daisy declared.
Daisy pulled out a white garment from the closet. Leann took a closer look at the dress and was in awe of it. The dress was beautiful. It was an elegant white Victorian lace-up corset dress with halter straps. The fabric was pure white satin. The bottom of the dress flared out slightly and had delicate sparkling crystal swirls near the hem.
"It's so pretty," Leann said breathlessly.
Daisy smiled.
"Isn't it! You'll look so good in it! And you must let me do your hair, of course!" Daisy said with a nod as she flicked her wrist.
Leann nodded as she continued to study the dress. Something about it looked very familiar to her. She wasn't really sure why, because she knew that she had never seen a more beautiful dress in person before. She couldn't shake the feeling however, that she had seen this dress before, even though she knew she hadn't.
Daisy smiled as Leann examined the dress.
"Let's go downstairs!" Daisy declared and quickly pulled Leann out of the room.
Leann followed Daisy down the stairs and into the living room. Alanis, Ryan, Piper, and some other girl sat in the living room. Alanis sat on the couch in between Ryan and Piper. Alanis had her long, glossy, dark brown hair twisted crazily on top of her head. She was gazing at Leann with a serious look in her intense cat-like hazel eyes. Ryan smiled cheerfully at Leann. Ryan's wavy, shoulder length light brown hair hung down around her face and her soft brown eyes were shining. Piper winked at Leann and Leann giggled. Piper had her dark brown hair pinned up in bobby-pins, with a few strands hanging down in front. Piper's shiny blue eyes looked very happy to see Leann.
The other girl that Leann didn't know was curled up on the living room floor. She was talking on the phone to someone and giggling. This girl was exceptionally cute. Like everyone else who lived in this house, this girl had a glorious beauty about her. But she was also the most adorable thing Leann had ever seen. She had glittering blueish green eyes that sparkled like gems, gorgeous long curly blond hair, and the sweetest, bubbliest smile Leann had ever seen. The girl had a cute, short, petite figure and was dressed in quite the colorful combination with dozens of brightly colored bracelets and necklaces. She had her curly blond hair in thick, crazy pig-tails. She looked so cute.
Daisy plopped down on the couch across from Ryan, Alanis, and Piper. Leann sat down next to her, still holding the dress.
"Hello Leann! Fancy meeting you here!" Ryan declared as she nodded and smiled at her.
"Hi Ryan. What are you up to?" Leann asked.
"I'm just on my way to go see a man about a horse," Ryan said as she got to her feet.
Leann giggled at her, but Ryan just stared seriously back at her.
"Why are you laughing? I'm being serious. I love horses!" Ryan declared.
Leann giggled again and smiled at her.
"Whatever you say silly,'' Leann said.
Ryan looked at Leann as if she were trying to pull a trick on her. Then she nodded carefully and walked away out of the room. Leann giggled again and Alanis laughed softly.
"Ryan is what we commonly refer to nowadays as 'special'. She's such a goof," Alanis said with her soft laugh.
Leann smiled.
"I like Ryan. She's really funny and cute," Leann said.
Daisy grabbed onto Leann's hand.
"Oh but I'm cuter, right baby?" Daisy asked with a wide grin.
Leann giggled.
"Of course," She replied with a smile.
The girl on the floor with the crazy blond pig-tails hung up her phone. Then she jumped to her feet and smiled brightly at Leann. Her smile was truly the most endearing, charming, brightest smile that Leann had ever seen. When she smiled, her face seemed to glow.
"Hi! Hi!" The girl declared in a very light, bubbly voice. "I'm Cameron! But everyone just calls me Camie! Who are you?"
"I'm Leann," Leann informed her.
"Ahh, I see. I've heard a lot about you hun! I'm Daisy's girl-friend," Camie told her and smiled brightly.
"Yup. This little number is one of my ball and chains." Daisy said with a wide grin and wink at Camie.
Camie giggled and smiled at Daisy adoringly, batting her very long eye-lashes. Daisy smiled back. Leann tilted her head sideways as she examined the two of them together. They seemed very cute. Camie had jumped onto Daisy's lap and nestled against her chest. Daisy wrapped her arms around Camie and kissed the back of her neck. They looked quite adorable together, but something Daisy had said stuck out in Leann's mind as odd. What had she said? Leann mused over the subject for a few seconds, and then recalled what Daisy had said that sounded peculiar.
One of her ball and chains. What had Daisy meant bye one of her ball and chains? Leann pondered the matter for a moment, but before she could question it further there was a loud BOOMING sound that distracted her. Leann looked up at the door-way and saw two people locked in what seemed to be a physical fight. It was a guy and a girl.
Leann looked at the two people in shock because really, it was quite random. It had been peacefully quiet a minute ago, and now all the sudden these people were trying to kill each other. One of them was Cassandra. The other one was Colin. Cassandra rammed Colin into the wall and dug her long nails into his chest. Colin pushed her off of him and glared at her demonically.
"I'm going to kill you Cassandra!" Colin threatened.
Cassandra laughed darkly and smirked arrogantly at him.
"I'd love to see you try Colin,'' Cassandra replied in an arrogant voice.
Colin growled angrily and marched up to her and gripped her arms violently. Cassandra ripped her arms free and knocked him down to the ground. She jumped on top of him and proceeded to attack him as she punched him repeatedly in the face. Colin grabbed a fistful of Cassandra's blond curls and ripped her off of him. He shoved her to the ground and she landed on her back. He hovered over her on his knees as he gripped her by the back of her hair. Cassandra's electric blue eyes were bubbling with craziness as she glared at Colin. Colin had a good grip on her hair as he twisted her arm behind her back.
"Go ahead and fucking break it," Cassandra hissed demonically as she kicked him in the face.
Colin squeezed her arm tighter and pulled it back farther as he smirked at her. Leann stared at them in utter shock. The fight had really come out of absolutely no where. Leann looked over at Daisy and Camie. They seemed completely unconcerned bye the random violent fight. In fact, they were watching Colin and Cassie with an amused look on their faces. Leann looked over at Piper and Alanis, to see if perhaps they were a bit shocked bye this fight. But neither one of them seemed to be worried nor shocked at all. They all acted like it was the most normal thing in the entire world.
When Leann looked back over at the fight, Colin was releasing his grip on Cassandra. He got to his feet and turned away. He started to walk away, until Cassandra got him again. Colin had been walking towards the door when Cassie sat up and lunged at his legs. Colin fell to the ground again and Cassandra sat perched on her knees, smirking arrogantly at him.
And then the most confusing thing of all happened. The thing that made absolutely no sense. After Cassandra had knocked Colin to the ground again, Colin just began to laugh hysterically. He was cracking up, shaking with laughter, and he turned to look at Cassandra. He smirked at her and then got up on his knees. He rammed Cassandra down to the ground and hovered over her on his knees before leaning over to kiss Cassandra violently on the lips.
Leann's mouth dropped. Cassandra slapped him in the face and then kissed him back! Colin grabbed Cassandra's arms and pulled them high above her head and kissed her hard on the mouth, while pinning his legs around her. Cassandra kissed him back roughly and tore her arms free. Then she leaned back so she fell onto her back on the ground. She pulled Colin down on top of her and kissed him passionately on the lips.
Leann just stared at them with her mouth hanging wide open. She had never felt so shocked before in her entire life. It had all happened so quickly and none of it made any sense! Leann looked at Daisy. Daisy was just smiling happily as she watched Cassandra and Colin violently make out on the floor.
"They are so cute!" Daisy declared.
"But they were just beating the hell out of each other!" Leann said.
"Yeah, they do that sometimes. It's like their thing," Daisy said with a nod as she watched Cassie and Colin fondly.
Leann's mouth was still wide open. She looked over at Piper, who was smiling and laughing.
"But-but I thought that Cassandra was with Tom!" Leann said in confusion.
Piper giggled at her and smiled kindly.
"She is," Piper told her.
Leann was even more confused. She brushed her curly blond hair out of her bright green eyes and fixed her gaze on Daisy.
"What? So, Cassandra's cheating on Tom with Colin or something?" Leann asked.
Daisy and Camie shook their heads no in unison.
"Nope, you're dead wrong baby," Daisy said.
"Tom and Colin share Cassie," Camie told Leann.
Leann scrunched her eyebrows up as she tried to process this information.
"You mean that Cassandra is with both of them?" Leann asked.
Daisy nodded and laughed.
"Ding ding ding, we have a winner!" Daisy exclaimed.
Leann stared incredulously at Cassandra and Colin. They were still violently making out on the floor.
"And they're okay with that? Tom and Colin don't mind sharing her?" Leann asked with a very puzzled expression as she watched them twist around on the floor.
Camie giggled.
"They don't mind at all," Camie replied with her charming, vivacious smile. "You see Leann, in this family we believe that sharing is caring!"
Leann just stared into the Camie's adorable face, not truly comprehending what she was telling her.
"That's so weird," Leann said and shook her head.
Daisy laughed.
"Oh that's nothing! Tom and Colin aren't Cassie's only loves!" Daisy said.
"Hu?" Leann wondered out loud.
"Cassie has 6 all together," Camie told her.
"What?" Leann asked.
Camie giggled at her, as did Piper. Alanis was only smiling serenely. Daisy grinned.
"Yes, Cassie has about 6 loves. For now. She'll probably have more soon!" Daisy declared and laughed to herself.
"I don't understand. Not really,'' Leann said.
Camie smiled at her.
"Well you see Leann, in this family everyone is pretty much with everyone. We share each other," Camie said with a nod.
Daisy laughed and slapped her knee. Piper giggled. Leann just stared at them all. She really didn't know what to say. How do you reply to something like that?
"Oh?" Leann asked, raising her eyebrows.
"Mmm-hmm. Cassie is married to her first love, a man bye the name of Damien," Camie explained, "Then she has her second love, Tom. After Tom comes-"
"Me!" Piper interrupted with a little laugh.
Leann stared at her.
"You're with Cassandra too?" Leann asked Piper with wide eyes.
Piper nodded happily.
"Yup! I love that woman so much!" Piper declared. "And after me comes our brother Becket. After Becket comes Colin. And then after Colin comes our other brother, Tristan."
"And Tristan is my husband," Camie told Leann.
Leann just stared at Camie with her wide, green eyes.
"And you have no problem sharing your husband with Cassandra?" Leann asked her.
Camie looked at the bewildered expression on Leann's face and laughed.
"No, I really don't. In case you didn't know, Cassie is my older sister. I love her so much and respect her more then anyone else I know. I don't mind sharing my husband with her. As long as they're both happy," Camie said.
"And Camie also has me!" Daisy declared and winked at Camie.
Camie giggled and kissed Daisy on the lips. Leann just shook her head. It was truly the most bizarre thing she had ever heard of. Sharing your husband with your sister? One person having six different relationships, with all six of them knowing about it? What was even more bizarre was the fact that it was acceptable to them!
"So," Leann said, "help me to try and understand this a little better. Cassandra has six different people?"
Piper nodded.
"Yes. For now. That girl is really too much for her own good. She's just so beautiful and she has such a strong personality that people are just naturally drawn to her," Piper said.
Leann shook her head.
"Not me, I thought she was scary!" Leann said.
Everyone laughed. Alanis looked at Leann with an intense, serious expression. It was like she was staring deep into her soul. It was kind of unnerving, but not entirely uncomfortable. There was just something about Alanis that was extremely calm and relaxing. She was a really chill kind of person.
"So," Alanis said in her lazy, smooth tone of voice, "does our family freak you out now?"
Leann considered the question, wanting to answer it truthfully.
"No, not really," Leann replied.
Alanis laughed.
"Not really?" Alanis asked with a smile.
"No. It's just really, different," Leann said.
Camie, Daisy, and Piper all laughed. Alanis smiled her serene, dark smile.
"Yes, we're about as different as it gets," Alanis said slowly.
Camie nodded solemnly.
"It's true. You really can't even fully grasp just how different we are from you," Camie told her.
"Can you handle it?" Daisy asked with a saucy grin.
Leann smiled and nodded.
"I think so," She replied.
Daisy looked over at Alanis. Alanis was still staring at Leann intently, as if she were sizing her up.
"What do you think Alanis?" Daisy asked. "Can she handle it?"
Alanis gazed at her for a moment. The look in her cat-like hazel eyes was a bit hypnotizing. It was such a deep, intense, steady look. Then Alanis broke out into a gentle smile.
"Yes, I think she can handle it. In fact, I believe she's the missing piece of the puzzle. She fits in perfectly," Alanis said.
Daisy grinned widely and laughed. Leann scrunched her eye-brows together in confusion. What were they talking about?
"I knew it! I knew from the moment I met her that she belonged! I could sense it, ya know?" Daisy asked excitedly.
Alanis smiled.
"You were right. She's a perfect fit," Alanis said.
"What are you guys talking about?" Leann asked.
Camie smiled at her in a sort of reassuring manner.
"We feel like you really belong in our family, in our inner circle. You fit in, we feel it. You have that sort of vibe, if that makes any sense to you," Camie said.
"I do?" Leann asked with a confused smile.
Alanis nodded and Daisy winked at her.
"But of course my darling Leann! You fit in with us perfectly! So I'm very glad that you and Donatello have a date!" Daisy declared.
Leann blushed slightly. She was feeling a mixture of emotions. She was still pretty blown away about the whole sharing thing. It was the most bizarre thing she had ever heard of, and she had the feeling if she asked more questions that it would only get stranger. But she was also feeling very pleased that they all believed she fit in with them. It made her feel so happy, because she had never really had a family of her own. She had never really belonged to anything before now.