Chapter 9
Later that week.
"Oh my God. Caroline, look at this dress!" Ashley grabbed the floor length light blue princess dress off the rack of prom dresses.
"Ooohhh! That's so pretty!" Caroline squealed. She was holding about 8 dresses, of multiple colors. "I can't wait to get my hair done! And you are NOT doing the highlighting!" Ashley laughed remembering that mishap.
"Well its not my fault the blond turned out red! Stupid dye."
"Yea blame it all on the dye." Caroline smiled and pulled out a sunny yellow dress. "I love this color! Lets go try these on!"
"But I barely have any!" Ashley held out her 4 dresses. "Let me find like 2 more."
"Hurry up! The line for the dressing room is going to be out the store if we don't get on it soon."
"Oh please-Ohh! I found the perfect dress!!" Ashley grabbed the rust colored slip-dress and gave up on the search. "You know how hard it is to find size 2? It's impossible."
"I don't have that problem…"
"Yea, you're a size ZERO." Ashley grunted at her. "Oh! Theres Liz!! LIZ!" She called out to her friend who was spotted amongst the dresses.
"Damn. I was hoping I could hide in these and not be seen." Liz darted in and out of the racks and finally made her way to the line. She held a light mint colored princess dress on one arm and a silver dress in the other. She smiled a big grin and started chatting away. Finally they were in the dressing room and each took their respective stalls.
"So Liz darling. Who are you taking to prom?" Caroline called over the walls.
"Do tell Elizabeth! It is the question of the year!" Ashley laughed.
Liz groaned. "No one yet. And why is it the question of the year?! It shouldn't be."
"It's because….I don't know…" Ashley thought a little bit. "Hey, why don't you take Gabe?"
"Shhhhh!" Liz hissed. "No I'm not taking Gabe. We'd kill each other."
"Oh come on!" Ashley said forcing the dress over her head.
"She does have a point Ash. They would kill each other." Caroline said unlatching the door. "Ok girls, fashion show time!!"
The other 2 opened their stalls and swished out (when you wear prom dresses, you HAVE to swish). Ashley was wearing the mint colored dress, which was more of a long slip.
"Oooohhh I like that dress Ash!" Liz said, walking up to the three way mirror to admire the silver dress she had taken in.
"I like yours too Liz! It would look really cool with that eye shadow you have."
"Yea well I like MINE the best." Caroline grinned, flaunting her curves in the sunshine yellow dress. The extra material flowed around her and seemed to dance.
"Well don't even bother trying on the other dresses. That one is awesome!" Ashley said admiring the dress. "I don't know about mine. My hips look huge in it." She crinkled up her nose. "NEXT!" All three went into their own stalls again.
"So Ash, who are YOU taking to prom?" Liz asked, obviously not having been informed.
"Liz! You don't know?!" Caroline gasped.
"No…should I?" Liz was a little scared.
"Whatever. Jack asked me!" You could tell Ashley was grinning from ear to ear from the way she said that.
"No way! I knew you guys would get together! Fashion show time!" Liz threw open the door and stepped out in her green princess dress and twirled her way to the mirror. Caroline and Ashley took their time, but eventually they came out of their stalls. Caroline was in a peach colored dress, similar to the yellow one.
"I like that one Lizzie!" Caroline said picking at the layers of material. "Pretty!"
"Yep!" Ashley skipped down the hall in the light pinky-rose colored princess dress. "I always wanted to wear a princess dress! You think a junior will ask me so I can wear 2 dresses?!" All three laughed at her remark.
"So." Liz said, turning to face Ashley. "Are you and Jack together?"
"Together?" Ashley asked looking at Liz.
"Yea…together as in dating."
Ashley laughed. "Heck no! What made you think that?" Ashley opened the door to her stall and stepped inside. Changing into another dress she met up with the other two in front of the mirror.
"OK this dress makes me look like I'm getting MARRIED." Caroline laughed, looking at her full white dress.
"Who are you taking Caroline?" Ashley asked, twirling around in her peach corset and taffeta dress. "I feel like a fucking FAIRY with this on!" she laughed.
"Yea, little princess fairy Ashley is somewhat clueless! I'm going to prom with Nik."
"With Nik? I didn't know you 2 were friends." Ashley said shrugging, heading back into her stall.
"Yea we're friends. Not great friends but we agreed to go. Hes not taking me to junior prom though." Caroline pouted at the thought.
"Do you like Jack?" Liz asked Ashley as they emerged from the dressing rooms again..
"Yea of course I do, he's my best friend!"
"No, I mean as more than friends."
"Oh. I never thought of that."
"You never thought of that?!" Caroline asked, tripping over the long lavender dress she had tried on.
"Yea Miss Clutz, I haven't thought of that. He's…Jack. I love him dearly but not in that way." Caroline just gave Ashley a look. The way those 2 had been flirting, she would think otherwise. "Don't give me that look. I know what you're thinking. 'Why would she flirt with him if she didn't like him?' Well I always have flirted with him, but its meant nothing."
"Not to him it hasn't." Caroline said briskly and headed back into the stall.
"What do you mean by that?" Ashley said following suit.
"Nothing. Just that he is mad about you and it is SO obvious." Their voices drifted off into mindless conversation.