CHAPTER THIRTEEN

The laptop was propped up on several pillows and Ivy glowered at it. She was lying on her bed, searching for answers to her Math homework. But no answers were coming and the laptop certainly wasn't helping matters. "I'm going to get a detention." Ivy spat at the piece of technology. "And it's all your fault!"
"What's my fault?" Dana appeared at the doorway.
Ivy turned and forced a smile. "Nothing. I was talking to the computer."
The other girl raised an eyebrow. "Okay. Weirdo. Just- oh, Ivy!"

Sitting up, Ivy brushed a strand of hair from her eyes and asked, "What now?"
"You need a necklace or something!" Dana waved her hands. "To go with your dress!"
"Why?" Ivy questioned. "No one will see it anyway."
Dana shot a glare in her direction. "The necklace is the most important part! I'll take a look."

A second later and Dana was rummaging through Ivy's dusty jewellery box. Ivy stared at her sister's back, rolling her eyes. "I thought the dress was the most important part." She mumbled under her breath.
Ivy's phone vibrated from it's place next to the laptop.

Finn: Hey
Finn: Still ignoring me?
Ivy: Yep.
Finn: Okay. I have an idea. Just hear me out.
Ivy: Go ahead.
Finn: Right, so you know what I said about Brent?
Ivy: Uh-huh.
Finn: Well, it's not such a bad idea.
Finn: I know you don't want to go with him.
Ivy: Yeah.
Finn: Which is why you don't have to!
Finn: Just abandon him the moment you get to the disco.
Finn: You won't even have to see him!
Ivy: Right, okay...
Ivy: I'm still ignoring you.
Finn: I know.

Dana eventually found something suitable and waved Ivy away from her phone, a huge grin on her face. "Look what I found!" She held up a necklace.
"Huh." Ivy stared at it sceptically. "I haven't seen it before."
"Oh?" Dana admired it. "I've seen it before. Just after our accident. Mam said that I shouldn't try and steal from your jewellery box-"
Ivy raised her eyebrows. "What?"
"Sorry, yes, I look in your jewellery box a lot because you have so much stuff that you never use-" Dana paused. "Sorry, again."

"Can I have a closer look?" Ivy asked and took the necklace from her sister's grip, looking at it a bit closer. The chain was silver and there was an ice blue pendant at the centre, which glittered in the light. "It's awfully pretty. I wonder which of our relatives gave it to me..."
Her sister leaned in closer. "I have no idea why they gave it to you. You don't like shiny things, let alone jewellery!"

Ivy shrugged and placed the necklace on her bed. "I'll ask Mam about it later."
Dana wrapped her arms around Ivy with a squeal. "You'll look great in that necklace and that dress!"
"Okay.." Ivy gritted her teeth. "You can let go now, Dana."
"Got it." Dana backed away, straightened her top and danced out of the room.

Monday arrived and the Common Room was packed - it had started to rain. Ivy was curled on a sofa with a book propped on her lap, yawning with exhaustion as the day dragged on. Suddenly, Finn and Hazel burst into the room, dripping with rain. They were soaked. Both of them rushed to where Ivy was and claimed a sofa for themselves.
"Blah!" Hazel spat and squeezed out her hair. "Lucky!"
She stared at Ivy, who was completely dry.

"I wasn't going to risk it." Ivy smiled and shrugged. "And I seemed to be right."
Finn glowered at her. "Yeah, yeah."
Ivy arched a brow. "Someone's a bit better. Don't like the rain much?"
"Who even likes the rain?" He rolled his eyes. "I'm going to take forever to dry."
"Serves you right!" Hazel punched him jokily. "You spilled soup on my revision guide."
Finn coughs. "It's not like you were revising anyway."

Hazel stuck her tongue out and crossed her arms, leaning back against the sofa.
"Hey, any thoughts about what I told you?" Finn aimed the question at Ivy.
Closing the book, Ivy stared at him. "What did you tell me?"
"Oh, yeah, you were ignoring me." Finn grinned.
"Well, I guess it would work." Ivy paused. "But Brent won't even look at me. As if I'll even be able to ask him to the disco."

In a state of surprise, Hazel started coughing hysterically, flailing her arms. Finn and Ivy watched, their faces crumpled in confusion as they watched. Once the girl had managed to breathe again, she glanced between them. "Brent?" She drew in a deep breath.
"Yep." Finn smiled. "The one and only."
Ivy tucked a strand of hair behind an ear. "Finn wants to prank him and I was thinking-"
"Since when were you on-board with the idea?" Finn asked.
"Since now." Ivy rolled her eyes. "I was thinking that he needs a little payback because he's such an ass all the time. And if he doesn't go with me, he probably won't show at all, thus ruining our chances of a good prank. So, I just need an easy way to ask him out."

Finn's eyes widened. "You need to be my team mate more often, Ivy!"
Hazel blinked. "I might go now."
They watched as she got up and stared between them.

"You ruined her." Hazel waved a hand at Ivy, staring at Finn. "You broke her! She's evil now!"
And with that, Hazel twisted and walked away, leaving the friends in a state of giggles.
"I'm broken." Ivy laughed. "You dragged me into the pits of Hell."
Finn beamed. "And it was my pleasure doing so!"
"Yeah, thanks a lot!" Ivy calmed down. "Right, let's properly think about this, yeah?"

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