It's the day of the show, Anveena is taking me to the dressing room, where she has a few dresses for me to put on, to see which one fits. On our way to the dressing room, we're talking a little. "I can't believe it's tonight." I give a little sigh, she looks at me and smiles. "Kalec can't go to the city as a dragon, so you'll both be going with a carriage." Anveena says. She knows about our day out to Silverpine Forest for practicing the lift. "The Red Dragonhawk is about twenty minutes away. You'll need to change in the carriage." She explains and I give a deep sigh, which meant that Kalecgos will see me half naked. She looks at my face. "Don't worry. Kalec is very respectful." I smile at her. We're near the changing room when we see the little female Gnome coming out of the dance studio, she has dropped her bag and several gold pouches and knitting stuff fell out. "Mrs. Grobblespock." Anveena says as we both look at her. "Hey, wait, we'll help you." I say as we quickly went to her and help her putting everything back in the bag, she smiles at us. "Such junk. Such junk." She says with her high pitched voice and she looks at Anveena. "Green Leaf's Dancing School, that's where I went." She points at Anveena when her husband came outside, she looks at him. "Clevo Leaf was a teacher." She says with a wide smile, Anveena only smiles back at her. Her husband holds his arm up for her and she smiles at him while hooking her arms with his. "Thank you." She says as I give her the bag back. "You're welcome." I say with a smile as we watch them walking away. We went inside the dressing room.
I stand on a chair, having a pink dress on. Anveena is looking at it. "I'll just keep my shoulders down, my head up." I take my frame and try to remember how to hold it. "My frame locked, stay on my toes." Anveena is looking at me with a serious face now. "What if I forget the steps?" I ask as I look at her now. "Pull up, watch the frame. And remember, let him lead you." She says, I let my arms drop. "I'm afraid I'm gonna forget to spike, get dizzy and fall on my face." I say and she snorts a little bit while shaking her head. I take my frame again, I look down. "No. Don't look at my feet, keep my head up, my eyes open." I take a deep breath. "Tension in my arms, my frame locked, seat pulled up.." Anveena is looking at me without a smile. "Thanks, Jai." She says to interrupt me, I look at her and see her face. My arms drop again as I see her face changing, I turn to her. "I just want you to know that I don't sleep around." She pauses a bit and I see some tears in her eyes now. "Whatever Nefarian might have told you." She sniffs and thinks. "And I thought that he loved me. I thought it was something special." She looks at the dress again and gives a little sigh. "Anyway, I just wanted you to know that." I smile at her now, she looks at me, I look at the dress. "So, how do I look?" Asking while I push my bra a bit down while giggling, she chuckles about it. "I'm scared." She says now and I look at her face. "I'm so scared, Jai." She starts to cry now. "Don't worry." I say and grab her into a hug to comfort her while she cries. "You'll be fine." I whisper. "You'll be fine." I whisper again, rubbing her back. After some moments she let me go and tries to smile at me. She rubs her tears away. "Do I really need to put this one on without a bra?" I ask as I look at the dress again. "Yes. This dress fits you best. I'll do your hair and make-up before you go." She says and I only nod at her as I take the dress off. "Be at my lodge after dinner. We won't have much time." She explains. "Alright, I must go now." I say as I put my own clothes back on. "See ya." She says, trying to smile. "See ya." I smile and walk away after I changed back into my own clothes.
It's the evening of comedy that my parents want me to join. So I'm trying to find an excuse. "Why can't you join us, Jai?" Mom asks, I take a bite from the squash pie and look at her while thinking. "I'm going to see a friend." I answer. "What will you be doing with your friend?" Dad asks curiously but he smiles at me, I look at him and smile back at him. "We're going to stay at her lodge and play games and talk." I answer. My parents only smile at me now. Derek rolls his eyes and I nudged him. "No secrets, sis?" Tandred asks, I look at him and then down at my lap. I feel a little horrible for not telling Tandred about it while Derek knows. I look at Derek who gives me a nod. I took a deep breath again. "You're going to tell us who your friend is, Jai?" Dad asks now as he takes a bite and is still looking curious at me. "It's Anveena, she's really nice and lovely." I answer, it isn't even a lie. "I'm going now." As I stand up, my brothers follow me outside. "The show's today, right?" Derek asks and I only give him a nod with a smile. "Show?" Tandred asks, I see his face being curious and serious at the same time. "Is this about Kalecgos?" He asks now, I look at Derek and he gives a sigh. "You can tell him, brother. I need to go now." I give them both a kiss and quickly walk away. Of course, I know Tandred will explode but luckily I have Derek, I know he's always backing up for me. He makes sure I'm gone before telling Tandred about what I'm doing.
So I went to Anveena's lodge, she helps me with putting on the dress and she did my hair and make-up. "You look beautiful, Jai." She says with a smile. I walk to the mirror and look at myself. "It's not what I normally would wear or put on my face." I say but I giggle about it. Anveena only smiles as she takes a bag and puts my clothes and shoes in it. "Here. You can put the dress and the shoes in the bag after you've changed." She says and I turn to her. "Kalec will bring it back to me." She smiles now as I take the bag from her. "You need to go now." She says, I hug her now. "You'll be fine. Balac will be with you." I say and she gives me a smile now. "Now, go." She says and I walk away. I walk to the place where the carriages park. I see Kalecgos standing at one, waiting for me. He sees me coming and smiles, I feel a flush on my cheeks as I see him scanning my body. "You look beautiful." He says and opens the door from the carriage for me. "You too." I say and he smiles, holding his hand up to help me climb into the carriage. He climbs in too and pats on the door, the coachman starts to ride to the city. "The carriage will wait for us." He says and I give him a nod. "We need to get back right after the show." He smiles as he look at my face. I look outside and see the city lights and the stars.