In the end I had to try on almost half of the shop's clothes.
"Are we done yet?" I asked, totally worn out. I haven't shopped for so long since my accident, moreover my companions were boys.
"That was the last one." Lysander said.
"Finally." Castiel sighed.
"Which dress did you decide on, Lysander?" Leigh asked his younger brother.
"The third one."
"What?!" Castiel and I yelled in unison.
"Then why did you make me wear all the other clothes?!" I asked.
"I thought we might find something better." He explained. I and Castiel sighed deep. Leigh putted the dress in a bag and handed it over to Lysander who gave it to me.
"You have to wear it on Saturday."
"I don't have to pay for it?" I asked surprised.
Lysander smiled to me. "It's a present from me."
I smiled back. "Thanks."
"All right, All right!" Castiel said annoyed and he pushed me and Lysander out of the shop.
"It's time to go home." He said as he closed the door. "We have to go the same way so let's go together, Cathy." Castiel said to me.
"Sure." I answered and my heart skipped a beat when I saw him smile. Lysander shot his friend a meaningful glance. "I'm staying here a little longer, you guys can leave first." He said.
Castiel and I waved Lysander goodbye and went home together.
"So… feeling nervous for the concert?" Castiel asked me after we walked a while in an awkward silence.
"Not really." I replied. "Maybe a little I guess."
"It will be fine." He assured me. "Have you ever been to one of our concerts?" he asked.
"No, I'm new on school, remember." I said.
"Right." Castiel grinned and I saw the excitement in his eyes. "It will be totally awesome."
I smiled back. "Then I'll be looking forward to it. By the way, do all of your band members have to wear Victorian clothes?"
Castiel looked surprised and started to laugh. "No, no, they don't. It's just, Lysander told me he wanted to know how you would look like in such clothes." Castiel laughed.
"I see…" I said softly and felt myself blush. So Lysander really didn't hate me after all.
Castiel noticed that I was blushing and his expression turned angry. "What are you smiling about, I didn't compliment you or something." He snapped.
I was slightly surprised by the change of his attitude since I thought we were finally friends. "It's none of your business whether I laugh or not." I said, I guess that made him quite pissed since he clenched his hands into fists and stopped walking.
"You can go alone form here on, I'm not interested in talking to you anymore. He said angrily.
"Fine!" I yelled back and walked away with a quick pace though I felt strangely sad about us parting like this. After we finally became friends. Whatever, if he's going to act like a child, I can act like one too.
…
The next school day, when Castiel and I crossed each other we ignored each other which gave us a weird look from Lysander. I fled into the student council room, hoping to see Nathaniel. To my happiness I saw him sitting at a desk, surrounded by papers.
He looked up when he heard the door getting closed. "Oh, Cathy, it's you." He smiled at me and I noticed the purple circles under his eyes, his skin was awfully pale too. "Nathaniel, are you feeling better?" I asked concerned.
"My head still hurts a bit." His voice sounded scratchy. He doesn't really look better.
"You made me a bit worried, you know." I said. "I'm glad you're back but don't hesitate to go home when you feel bad."
"Yes, I know. I'm sorry that I made you worry." He said, his hand on his forehead as if it really hurt a lot. "Are you really all right?" I asked and touched his arm.
Chills ran down my spine and my hearth throbbed. My whole body froze and felt cold. Irrational fear filled my body. My hands started to shake, the feeling of grave danger filled my senses.
"Cathy?"
Nathaniel's voice pulled me back to reality and I quickly pulled my hand away from his arm.
What the hell was that?
"Is something wrong?" Nathaniel asked me.
"N-no, nothing." I said shaky. I looked at my hands which were still shaking. I looked back at Nathanile and noticed shadows lingering behind his back that I hadn't noticed before. A feeling of panic overfell me. Nathaniel was being possessed by a ghost.
We're almost at the climax of the story! Look forward to the end ^_^