I never thought that there would an epic party for one guys birthday. But when they came to tell me that it was Desmond's birthday, It got me wondering how old he was....I plan on finding out.
Kristal sprung up from her seat and smiled at me. I smiled back but mine was sort of questioning. She walked over to me and pulled me up from the couch. Once I stood up, everyone stood up. I looked around in wonder.
"Well, let's go to the dress shop and pick out a dress for you. We'll call Marissa and the boys to see if they want to come." Kristal said, walking out to the front and putting her shoes on. Benjamin was doing the same thing.
"Are they invited?" I asked, walking over to the front and also putting my shoes on.
"Yep! They have to wear tuxedos!" She looked over at Tyler and smiled. "You're not excited for that are you?"
Tyler scoffed. He already had his shoes on and was waiting for us. " I shouldn't have to wear a tux. It's so stupid." He turned around and walked out the door and sat in the car Benjamin and Kristal came in. I looked at him funny while he walked out the door. What was eating him?
"Irina!" I looked back to where Benjamin and Kristal were standing together, looked like they were waiting for me to follow. I pushed my thoughts of something being wrong with Tyler and got in the back or the Ford Equinox.
***
We were in a store where there was nothing but dresses. Dresses on hangers, dresses on models, dresses in pictures. Left and right up and down. Hot pink, lime green, neon yellow. It was intense. Kristal pulled out a light pink prom like dress and smiled at me. I was standing in a mirror looking at myself. I was wearing a a dark purple prom dress that had no straps. I hated it. I found a couple blue ones but none of them that I liked. When I saw Kristal pull out the light pink dress. I quickly backed up and said, "Why don't you get that one? You haven't looked yet."
Kristal laughed. "I already have my dress ready. It's you and Merissa that don't have one yet." I heard Merissa laugh, then call out, "Let me try the pink one! I love pink!" Stupid fallen Angel...so smiley and hyper. I would never had thought that Vampires and Fallen Angels would get along. Yet, if they were different species, I think they would have been like that from the beginning.
Kristal tossed over the pink furly dress and out came a lime green one. I walked back over to the isle with all thee dresses. I was still wearing the purple one as I walked around looking for a nice blue one. If I had gone into the dressing room to change into my clothes, Kristal and Merissa would have thrown in about fifty other dresses. None that I would like.
As I walked down the dress hallway, I could hear Kristal and Merissa talking to someone. When I peaked over the hanger, I saw that all the guys were there. Cory, Ryan, Max, Shane, Tyler, and Desmond. they were all they're talking. I remembered that I was still in the purple dress and sighed to myself. I should have just stayed in the dressing room, I thought to myself.
I continued to looked for a blue dress. Obviously blue is my favorite color. While I was searching, someone tapped my shoulder. I turned and saw Desmond smiling at me. I smiled back and tried to turn back to what I was doing.....what was I doing again?
"Don't like that dress?" He asked casually. I simply nodded and tried to remember what I was doing. Why can't I remember? Desmond should Leave so i can put my thoughts back together....
"What kind of dress are you looking for? Maybe I could help.." Desmond said, sounding unsure.
I thought for a moment. If I did let him, we could be done with this faster. If I didn't I would be hear forever and Kristal and Merissa would have me try on a hundred other dresses.
"If you don't mind." I said, turning around to smile at him. His smile was huge. I guess he really did want to help. I should give him something in return for helping me out next time were doing something.
"Great." He said.
So we started looking. Desmond asked me what kind of dress I'm looking for. I told that it at least had to be blue. He simply nodded and it looked like he was trying to concentrate on something. Probably trying to think of what kind of dress he should show me.
"So, um, how old are you turning. I should at least know if I'm going to your party." I said while keeping my gaze away from him. I heard him laugh. "I don't think I want to tell you. I'm way over the age for someone to be in high school." That got me even more curious. "But I want to know." I said, this time I turned to see what he looked like.
He had his back to me as he searched the hangers for a dress. I couldn't see what his face looked like. "I'm a lot older then you." He said, he went to a different hanger of them and pulled out a dress. I didn't have anything yet so I turned back to the Hanger. There was no blue dresses so I went to a different one. I still wanted to know how old he was so I thought of something else.
"How about I guess? That way, you don't really have to say it." I said, he didn't say anything I was guessing that he was thinking if he should let me guess or not.
"Yeah, go ahead and try to guess." He said, sounding like he was smiling. I smiled. Not only because I had found a pretty blue dress, but also because he was letting me inside his bubble area.
"Okay....1,169?" I asked, the first one was kind of a joke. When I heard him burst out laughing, I smiled. I turned around and saw him hunched over laughing so hard. He obviously wasn't that old.
"So am I close? Higher or lower?" I asked as a went to another Rack. When he stopped laughing, he said, "Lower, a lot lower." I thought for a moment. "Are you turning 19? are you new?" I asked He laughed again but not as much as last time.
"I am older than that." He said, smiling warmly at me. I was about to guess again when I heard Merissa come up behind me.
"There you are! Did you find a dress? Me and Kristal found a few you might like." Merissa said grinning at me. I grinned also but shook my head. "I found on that I might like, and Desmond picked on out for me too. So I think I'm just going to decide from them." I said showing her mine. then pointing over to what Desmond had in his hand.
Merissa looked at us funny before shrugging her shoulders and skipping off toward the others. Desmond and I slowly followed behind her. I saw Cory, Ryan and Max waving toward me like their arms would fall off. Shane stood next to Tyler smiling over at me while Tyler just stared. There was seriously something bugging Tyler and it was bugging me. I had to find out.
Desmond handed me the dress the he picked out and I trudged into the changing room. I decided to try on the one I picked out first. When I put it on, I stepped out of the locked room and before everyone. They smiled and clapped. I turned to look in the mirror and smiled. The dress was amazing. The beautiful blue that I wanted along with spaghetti straps and it shimmered in the light. It was a puffy dress but it was something that I could handle. I loved it.
"Irina that's amazing! Are you going to get it?" Kristal asked me in astonishment. Although she was much prettier then me, she was absolutely amazed in the dress I had found and how it looked on me. I smiled and turned to her. "I have one more dress. I'm going to try that one on and pick from them two." I said before walking back into the small room to change.
When I came out, Everyone just stared. Was it that bad on me. But, when I turned to look at Tyler and Desmond who were standing next to each other and I saw them awe struck, there was no way from it being that bad. I turned to look at myself in the mirror. I was speechless.
Desmond had picked out the most beautiful dress I had ever seen. It was a beautiful dark blue prom dress with no straps. It landed to the floor but not enough for it to drag. it sparkled a little and there was specks of black in it. I thought it was the most beautiful thing I had ever saw.
"I want this one." I said pure and simple. I heard Kristal and Merissa make a 'pfft' sound. I looked at them in confusion. "Please, you were going to get it whether you liked it or not. It looks great on you."
I smiled and looked back at the mirror. Glad that something this good wasn't fake.
***
I never got to ask how old Desmond was after that. We were all separated when we hit the shoe store. The guys refused to go in. I also refused and told them to just get me a pair that would match my dress. But they dragged me in and we were there for a good hour. When we finally left the mall. We cam back to mine and Tyler's house and collapsed on the couches. I saw Kristal look at the clock and quickly spring up.
"It's 8'oclock!"
"So?" I said, kicking my feet up on the coffee table and relaxing. "We have to get ready!! Come on!" She cried, she yanked my arm and pulled me up from the couch. "Hey, wait!" She ignored me and dragged me up the stairs to my room.
As I sat in the bathroom of my room. I prayed to the gods that I wouldn't be in here for a long time. Hopefully, Kristal already had in mind for what she wanted to do and wouldn't have to standing front of me with a hairbrush, contemplating on what torture method she was going to use on me. But sadly, my praying wasn't enough. Merissa walked into the bathroom with a insanely large box and I could only guess what was inside it.
It was like she pushed a button and her own hair salon and makeup chair had appeared, I saw curling irons, flat irons, straightener, and the everyday other torture devises. I was on the verge of screaming bloody murder after I saw some weird tweaser thingy. Merissa picked it up and looked at me smiling.
"Kristal, we got a lot of work to do." Merissa said, putting down the very dangerous looking tool and pulling something out that looked even more dangerous. I gulped.
"Do we ever. Her hair is nice and soft though." Kristal complimented. Why couldn't they leave it naturally wavy? People said that my wavy curls look really nice. I didn't have to work for them like other people had to.
Two long hours later of pulling and and yanking and the occasional me yelling. They were finally done. I was so happy to get off the seat and leave but they pushed me back down right before I was going to take a step.
"What the hell?!"
"Were not done yet!" Kristal said. Running over to her torture box and pulling out eye shadow. Merissa pulled out lip gloss, eyeliner, more eyeshadow, cover up, and other weird things you out on your face. I never put makeup on my face, I always thought I looked much better without it. When they were finally done with that, I sat there for an extra minute just to see if they were done with me and going to fix themselves now. They indeed started to do their hair so I quickly got up and left. I walked into my room and looked in the mirror.
I had to admit, Merissa and Kristal did a good job. My hair looked amazing! My waving curls were accentuated and my bangs were not as lop sided and in my face as I usually left them. My hair was bumped up in the back and made it look neater. My make up was so simple that I was amazed. I guess this is what they call the natural look, all they really worked on were my eyes. They looked amazing to me. I heard Kristal call my name in the bathroom.
"Once were done you can put your dress on! I'm going to put mine on first then Merissa's going to!" She called from the bathroom I sat on my bed and sighed. First one done and last one to walk out of the intoxicating room. I sighed and sat patiently. Surprisingly, they were done in minutes, unlike, me hours. Kristal came out with her hair messily scrunched and wavy, It looked really nice. I was some what annoyed that my hair took the longest. Merissa came out and her hair was party tied up with bits of curly strands coming down. Kristal grabbed her red dress and walked back into the bathroom. While she was in there, I went to go get my dress that I left downstairs.
As I walked down, I didn't hear the guys talking like I thought I would. When I fully came down, they weren't even in the living room. I thought long and hard for a moment wondering where they went. Then, I heard Tyler's voice coming from the back. I thought about walking over to talk to them for a moment then I remember how I looked right now. My insecurity of not looking like this got the better of me and ran up the stairs once they opened the door.
When I came back up, Merissa and Kristal were both in the mirror touching up there makeup. To me, it wasn't like they needed it anyway. Without it they looked gorgeous. But with it, they looked even more prettier. When they turned around and saw me standing in one spot they glared.
"Irina? What are you doing? Go get changed!" Merissa shouted while Kristal laughed slightly and my spaced out look. When I came back, I nodded and ran into the bathroom. I immediately pealed off my clothes and began to put my dress on.
"Irina, were just going to meet you downstairs." Kristal said, knocking on my door. I quickly looked up at the closed door. "Are ya sure? I think I might need help going down the stairs...This dress is huge!" I heard Merissa and Kristal laugh before they opened the door and left thr room. I sighed and finished putting my dress and shoes on. I straightened up and took a step. Then, I grabbed onto the desk because I had almost fell. I just saw Merissa and Kristal leave with them on, how can it be so hard?!
I took a deep breath, and slowly walked out of my room and down the stairs. When the saw me coming carefully down the stairs, they grinned. I probably looked like a fool to them. Getting all dressed up and wearing something that they knew I wouldn't be caught dead wearing. OH wait, I'm half dead, what did that mean?
I saw Desmond grinning the most. His grin made me feel self conscious. I didn't want him to see my face so I looked down at my feet the entire way down the stairs. When I hit the last stair, I reluctantly looked up at all my friends. Cory, Ryan, and Max started clapping and High-fiving Merissa and Kristal. Merissa smiled over at Benjamin and he smiled back. Their smiling and high-fiving obviously meant that they did an excellent job. That made me feel warm inside. I looked through the crowd of friends as they slowly headed out to the car and saw Tyler. He was leaning on the door frame and starring at me. I sighed and carefully stepped over to him.
"Howdie." I said, bringing my hand up to my forehead and tipping it off. Tyler smiled a little and leaned up from the door frame. "Even all dolled up you can't seem to shake off the tom-boy side." Tyler said, shaking his head and chuckling softly. I smiled. The mood that he had seemed to be in was gone and was replaced with the easy going attitude I was used to.
"Well, we better get going. I don't think Kristal wants to be fashionably late." I said, lifting my dress up so it wouldn't drag on the ground. I heard Tyler laugh behind me as he closed the door and locked it. "We wouldn't want her on her dark side." He said.
"Nope, we certainly do not." I said, climbing into the back of the car. I sat next to Desmond and smiled when he saw me sit next to him. He gently placed his hand on my hand and grinned. His beautiful white teeth shined in the dark car. I was glad for the darkness of the car because he couldn't see my deep rosy face.
"Alright! Hit the gas pedal Benjamin! Were on our way to the best party ever!!" I heard Merissa cheer. Beside me, I heard Desmond groan. Was he that against on having a party?
"I'm still going to find out how old you are." I said, tracing my thumb over him bony fingers. Desmond seemed to have taken an intake of breath. I looked up at him to see if what I was doing was wrong. But, when I looked up, he was grinning even more then he was when he saw me coming down the stairs from my room.
"Alright, you have until the party is over. If not, you lose." He said, looking up toward the front of the car, everyone was busy talking to each other and didn't seem to notice us. I laughed, it seemed more high pitched then it usually would have been. That made me think that there was something wrong with me. Aside from the fact that I felt giddy because I was holding Desmond's hand.
"It's a deal then." I said, looking Desmond straight in the eyes with my burning determinated stare. There was no way I was going to lose this bet. He laughed and brought his hand the was in laced with my to his lips. He kissed it gently. It felt like a butterfly touching it.
"If you win, I'll give you all my presents that I receive. If I win," Desmond had a look in his eyes that made my head feel light. I waited for him to continue.
"I get to skip a day of school with you and we go on a date." He said, sounding very confident in himself. He smiled at me with his pearly whites. When he said that, I thought my whole left side had tensed up on me. But, Tyler, who was sitting next to me, had abruptly tensed. Our whole side was touching so I was able to feel the rigid tenseness of his body when Desmond had told me his end of the bargain.
Whew! Hey guys! Finally got a chapter up! Sorry it took me so long, I had so many things to do ever since School started back up. I would like to thank everyone for their feed back from Chapter 1 to now. Thank you NightHunter09, the most recent one for giving feedback! Tell your Brother to keep timing to see how long you can read it! I'll try to make it longer!
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