Chapter 12
Terra woke up to Ilona standing over her with a group of women. When she saw them, she grabbed her pillow and put it on her head. She did not want to deal with them in the morning. Ilona grabbed the pillow and tossed it to the side and looked at Terra.
"Tara, get up now. It's Markoiva Independence Day. You need to get ready for the parade." She said.
"Do I have to do it?" Terra asked.
"Yes. Your friends are getting ready for it as well since Garfield and Reid are heroes." Ilona said.
"But I don't wanna do it." Terra whined pulling the sheets over her head. Ilona pulled the sheets back reveling Terra lying in bed naked.
"Tara!" She said turning her head away. Terra smirked as she pulled the sheets back over herself.
"Get out of bed and shower so we may begin." Ilona said.
"Fine but on one condition." Terra said causing Ilona to sigh.
"What is it?" She asked.
"Fifteen more minutes of sleep and Michelle does my hair because I only trust her because of something that happen at the prison." She said.
"How about you tell me what happen before I agree?"
"My hair was forcibly cut off after I was beaten to the point my face was almost broken and I haven't cut it since." Terra said.
"Fine. We'll go get her. But get out of bed." She said.
"Then get out!" Terra yelled. Ilona huffed and left with the other women. Terra let out a sigh and stayed on her bed. After a few minutes, Micheal came in and saw Terra still in bed.
"Terra really?" She asked. Terra sat up.
"It makes Ilona mad. That's why I do this." Terra said as Michelle brought a robe over to her.
"Well she was mad when she came to my room. Go shower while they bring me everything." She said.
"I'm going." Terra said taking the robe and putting it on as she headed to the bathroom.
It had been a while since she had been here but could remember how to work everything. Terra walked over to the bath and started to run it before she switched to the shower head. Once the water was running warm, she took off the robe and stepped in. Having a warm shower meant the world to her because she knew what it was like to shower in cold water for seven years. She ran a hand through her hair as Michelle came into the bathroom.
"Terra, what color dress do you want to wear? Your stepmother has gave me full control over this." She asked.
"I don't want to wear a dress or a skirt." Terra said.
"Then I'll see if you have dress pants." Michelle said.
"Alright." Terra said as she started to shampoo her hair. She heard Michelle came back in.
"You got a suit and it's black and grey checkered. And I'm going to assume no pink shirt for under it. Will you were a green one?" Michelle asked.
"Yes. Now may I shower since everyone is bitching about me to shower?" She said.
"Alright just hurry up." Michelle said leaving. Terra sighed as she finished getting cleaned up and then grabbed the towel as she turned off the water. Terra stepped out and started to dry herself. She looked down at the seven stars on her hip. She was kinda of shocked Ilona didn't say anything about them. She shrugged her shoulders as she grabbed her robe and put it back on as she dried her hair as she came out.
"Go brush your teeth before I start on you." Michelle said. Terra groaned.
"I wanted to do that last." She said as she went back into the bathroom.
"You will smear the lipstick."
"I HAVE TO WEAR LIPSTICK!?" Terra yelled. Michelle sighed,
"Yes. No go brush your teeth." Michelle said. Terra groaned once more and started to brush her teeth. Once she finished, she went back out.
"There, what now?" She asked.
"Get dress but don't put on the jacket." Michelle said.
"Alright. Where are they at?" She said. Michelle pointed to her bed and Terra went over to it.
"And put on underwear." Michelle said.
"I was! I only did that once because of the washing machine was broken and I didn't have clean underwear!" Terra said.
"You wore my pants!" Michelle said as Terra grabbed some underwear.
"You said I could and I clearly told you I had no underwear!" She said putting on hers.
"It was weird!" Michelle said as Terra stuck her tongue out at her. Michelle flipped her off which cause Terra to snickered. Terra put her clothes on and put the robe on the bed. She walked over to Michelle and saw all of the hairstyling tools.
"I'm going to bet my mother told you to cut my hair short." She said.
"Yes but I told her you would refuse to do anything if I said It would. So I have to trim in and she told me then to give you bangs." Michelle said.
"I hate bangs. I hated them as a child and I hated them when my hair was growing back." Terra said.
"Well I got to. I didn't want to argue with her. I see why you don't like her." Michelle said as Terra sat down in the chair.
"Because she's a bitch. I spent 14 years of my life with her." Terra said as she saw Michelle pulled out a cap and placed it around her neck. She pulled out any of Terra's hair that was caught under it.
"Just be thankfully you had a mother. Mine died at childbirth and I was raised by my grandparents." She said as she started to comb Terra's hair.
"Father was out of the picture. But I don't care actually. I was happy with my grandparents." Michelle said. She finished combing out Terra's hair and then picked up the scissors. Terra gripped her pants and tensed up. Michelle noticed she tensed up.
"Terra, relax. I'm not cutting it all off. Just a little bit." She said.
"I know I know." She said
"You want me to get Beast Boy to hold onto your hands while I do this?" Michelle asked. Terra nodded her head yes. Michelle put down the scissors and the comb and went to the door. She talked to a someone and a couple of seconds later, Beast Boy walked in.
"What's wrong?" He asked.
"She told you what happen to her hair in prison?"
"Yeah. Is she freaking out?"
"Tensing up which makes I hard." Michelle said. Beast Boy nodded and went over to Terra and sat down infront of her. He took her hands and gave her a smile.
"Hey, it's alright." He said. Terra looked at him and bit his bottom lip.
"I know…It's just-"
"A little trim. Terra I will sit here with you if it helps you relax." He said.
"Alright." Terra said.
"Then I'll get started alright?" Michelle said. Terra nodded her head as Michelle made her sit up straight. She felt Michelle start combing her hair and then heard the scissors start to cut. She gripped onto Beast Boy's hands which made him smile.
"It's alright Terra. I'm right here." He said. Terra nodded the best she could. She kept gripping Beast Boy's hands as Michelle cut. Then she sat Michelle go for her bangs.
"How short are you cutting them?" Terra asked.
"To your eyebrows. Beast Boy, I'll need you to move to the side so I can cut them." Michelle said putting Terra's bangs down. Beast Boy nodded and moved to the side but still holding onto Terra's head. Michelle came in front of Terra and took her bangs and cut them. She laughed a bit as well as Beast Boy hearing Terra whimper as Michelle cut her bangs. After she did it, she straighten her bangs and made sure they were even.
"There. Hair trimmed and bangs given. Now I'll have to do your eyebrows." Michelle said walking away. Terra looked in the mirror and frowned at the bangs.
"Why did I have to have bangs?" She said messing with them. Beast Boy smiled and gave her a kiss on the check.
"It makes you look cute and older." He said.
"I still don't like it." She said as Ilona came in.
"Oh good. Thank you Michelle for cutting her hair. What are you wearing Tara?" She said.
"A Dress suit with pants." Terra said.
"No. You will need to wear a skit."
"Come on! Give me bangs and making me wear make-up. Please let me wear the pants suit." Terra begged. Ilona sighed.
"Fine then. But wear heals. Beast Boy why are you in here?" She asked.
"To keep Terra calm while she was getting her hair trimmed. Do I need to leave?" He asked.
"If you don't mind. Tara, your breakfast is on the way." she said.
"Alright. I'll see you later." Terra said as Beast Boy kissed her on the forehead.
"See you." Beast Boy said getting up and walking out. Illona looked at Terra.
"Now let's get your hair and make-up done." She said.
Reid and Beast Boy stood by the carriage that they were riding in with Terra. Reid wore his usual suit which was black dress pants and vest with grey pinstripes and a white undershirt with a golden tie and Beast Boy wore something similar but wore a light purple shirt with a black tie.
"Why does it take girls forever to get ready?" Beast Boy asked.
"Well Terra is a princess so she has to look the role." Reid said fixing his tie.
"But three hours? That's a long time." He said.
"I know but we have to respect what they do to her to get ready." Reid said.
Beast Boy sighed and crouched as they waited. A couple of minutes later, Terra came out. She now wore a light blue skirt with a matching jacket and a white button up under it and heels that match. Her hair was pulled back into a tight bun and Beast Boy saw why she was given bangs. And with the make-up, her lips were a bright red and that was the only make-up you could see. Everything else was put on extremely well that you couldn't tell she was wearing any. The two could tell she was unhappy.
"You hate this don't you?" Reid asked.
"Yes and I haven't been able to smoke for the past two days." Terra said.
"Well you needed to quit smoking but you look really nice." Beast Boy said.
"Gar, I know you love me and you do anything to make me feel better but don't with this. I hate loathe this since I was little." Terra said.
"Oh well sorry but you do look nice. Why did you change your outfit?" He asked.
"Ilona didn't like it last minute. So I have to wear this and heels. I'm surprise I'm still able to walk in them." She said as the two helped her into the carriage.
"That sucks. So what do we all have to do?" Beast Boy asked as the two got in.
"Smile and wave. No joke. That's all we have to do." Terra said.
"Well that's just simple." Reid said.
"For two hours." Terra said.
"Well then. Guess we have to do it then." Reid said as the carriage took off.
Author's Note:
Sorry it took so long for this chapter. School has been busy since Fall break is coming up for me. So Enjoy!