Briarwood-Octavian County Dayschool
Behind the Main Building (In the Parking Lot)
Monday, September 18th
7:31 AM
Mac twirled around in her outfit. She was wearing black, yet again, in the form of a draped dress with a tangle of colorful beaded necklaces around her neck. She had on black Wolford tights and a pair of canary yellow Louboutin pumps. She had straightened her hair so that it fell in choppy layers. "8.6. Needs more gloss," Isabel said, shaking her head. Mac reached into her oversized clutch and swiped the shimmery tube across her lips. "There! Now you're a 8.9."
Mac smiled, satisfied with her answer before turning to the next victem. "Now it's your turn, Nat."
Natalie sighed. She showed off her outfit for less than a minute before buttoning up the vintage forest green corduroy Ralph Lauren blazer. Underneath, she had been wearing a simple and basic outfit: ruffled white poplin blouse over blue Joe's skinnies with leather ankle booties. She had a hot patent pink leather Coach satchel slung over her arm, a hand-me-down from Eliza. Her lips were sort of an icy pink, and her cheeks had a bit of a pink tint. She had her hair pulled back into a French braid, which was a note to the others that she had woken up late this morning.
"Ooh! Love it, Natty. 9.3," clapped Eliza, who had a well-known pink fetish. She checked the time on her pink Coach watch. "Ehmagawd! We're going to be late in...nine minutes. Speed it up." She snapped twice and immediately her head turned to Isabel. Isabel had on fuschia tights under a tight black mini with pockets over it and a cream-colored blouse on. Even though it was 67 degrees, she had on only a light pink sweater.
"8.9," Mac said, helping her out.
Natalie looked around for a second. "Where are Sara and Casey?"
"I'll explain later. Now me!" Eliza said, talking fast. Each of the girls' eyes went on to scan Eliza's outfit, most likely wishing that they had worn the same exact thing. She was wearing a thin cardigan made of lace over a flowery dress with black booties and a cream-colored Fendi bag. Each golden blonde curl was bouncy and perfect.
"9.6. You look amazing, Lize," smiled Nat.
"As usual," Isabel added.
"Huddle and discussle?" Mac suggested. "Before we enter."
The foursome came together. Eliza, especially, hoped that her own Marc Jacobs Daisy wasn't engolfed by the smell of Isabel's hairspray, Natalie's sweet perfume, or Mac's natural minty-ness.
"Okay, why is today a big day?" Eliza asked, hoping to get the girls' spirits up.
"We find out about who is and who isn't going to be in the talent show today," said Isabel stated plainly.
"Now, who's name is going to be on the list?" she asked again.
"Ours!" chanted Isabel and Natalie. Eliza frowned and looked at Mac, who was checking her email.
"Mac, cut it out," Eliza said, putting her hand in front of the Macberry screen. "Great! Now, what are we walking to?"
"Britney Spears' Circus," Natalie clapped happily, since Eliza had run everything through with them yesterday.
"Good," Eliza said, nodding since everything was going as planned - with and exception to the twins' absences. "Now, let's walk in for-ma-tion." She clapped for them to get in a row. Eliza and Mac were in the middle, with Natalie next to Eliza and Isabel next to Mac. "And, one, two, three..." Her voice sort of trailed off softly as she said the last number. The singing part had begun as soon as they had gotten to the sidewalk in front of the main building.
There's only two types of people in the world...the ones who entertain, and the ones that observe...
Briarwood-Octavian County Dayschool
Behind the Main Building (In the Parking Lot)
Monday, September 18th
8:52 AM
"Eliza! Eliza!" yelled the cheery voices of the Fisher twins.
The girls all stopped walking mid-strut. "Hey, there. Britney's Circus," Eliza whispered quickly. "Feel the adrenaline movin' through my veins..."
Isabel shifted to Natalie's side and the twins linked on next to Mac. They stopped when the song ended at their regular meeting place - the Better Bathroom. Isabel held the door open as they filed in a straight line. Once they entered, they went to their usual spots: Isabel touching up her already flawless makeup, Mac complaining about the terrible wifi, and the others just hanging out. Since, of course, this wasn't a normal day, Eliza wasn't at her spot in the black director's chair trying to finish her homework over Casey's music. She had made sure that she finished every last bit of it last night - she even skipped her bi-weekly mani-pedi, and her toes were suh-fer-ing!
"Stawp it!" Eliza called out, causing all eyes to look at her. She snapped twice and pointed to room in front of her, which consisted of the pink ottoman and the red egg-shaped chair that the girls always fought over. "Now, I think that it would be best if Mac went to see who got in and then texted us all with the deets, since her Chinese class is like around the corner."
"AP Chinese! And I would, but they're posting the results during lunch," said Mac, tapping her temple with the red pen in her hand.
"Great, right when drama geeks and mathletes are roaming," Isabel said, with emphasis on the "geek". "Ughhhh!"
"But the location and timing is somewhat perfect. We have swimming, so that means that we'll have to go to the pool..." Natalie said, hoping that somebody would catch on. It took a minute until somebody finally did.
"And we'll be passing the notice board!" Eliza clapped. "Brilliant, Nat. Brill."
"Can't I just tell you on my way to History?" asked Casey, blinking twice.
"Oh, right," Isabel said. "Yeah, I think we'll go at that."
Briarwood-Octavian County Dayschool
Science Lab
Monday, September 18th
12:46
Eliza and Natalie were lucky enough to both be in the same Chem class, mostly because Eliza copied off Natalie's homework which allowed her to be in Advanced Chem. Eliza's phone beeped and she immediately checked her messages.
CASEY: WE'RE IN, BUT WE'RE 2ND IN THE LINEUP.
ELIZA: 3RD? THAT'S NOT GOOD. WE CAN'T BE THE OPENER!
CASEY: YEAH, I KNOW. I'LL SHOW U THE LIST.
Within seconds, there was a picture of the paper that Casey had taken on her cell phone. Eliza texted Casey that they'd talk later and rubbed the screen with her finger to see it more clearly and held it out so that Natalie could see it as well.
BRIARWOOD-OCTAVIAN COUNTY DAYSCHOOL TALENT SHOW!
1. Daniel Simon, Dina Thor, Edith Riace, Kevin Teeley
2. Charles Thomas, Harris Pemberly, Jeff Pheonix and Frankie Pheonix
3. Eliza Harrington-Block, Mackenzie Marvil, Isabel Hotz, Natalie Reynolds, Sara and Casey Fisher
4. Sabrina Lee
5. Justin Greene, Jeremy Fitzpatrick, Caleb West, Brayton Fox, Andy Warner
6. Sloane Riley, Georgia Hesters, Leanne Norricks
7. Celeste Hotz, Coleen Wickner, Marisol Garza, Susan Bartel, Patrisha Regan
8. Jackson McHenry and Laura Fulton
9. Bethany Fox and Amber Greene
10. Teagan Riley, Marcie Sullivan, Celia Grogan, Belinda Lourdes
Eliza tapped her lip, trying to think of a solution to the problen. "Ugh, this is hard! Well, we can't exactly kick out the Valentines, but we can kick out Ditz and Ditzier," she said. Natalie knew from the smirk on Eliza's face that she had a plan - and it was most likely going to involve dark clothes, nude makeup, and the James Bond ringtone.
I think it was pretty long. Okay, so I have a poll for this story - what song do you want for the Talent Show. You can mail me any suggestions, as well. I'm probably going to use the second place for the Valentines or the Pretty Posse and whatever. Please review! I worked really hard on this chapter!
