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Chapter 18: Before the Bomb…I mean Ball
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"You know we have all day tomorrow to go shopping Keeks," Amara moaned. They had just spent the last two hours tearing the mall apart to find dresses from the end of tournament ball.
"No we can't," Kiki gave her a 'duh' look. "We need all day tomorrow to get ready for the ball."
"All day!?!?!" Mico squeaked.
"Why would we need all day to put on our dresses and do our hair?" Amara asked, realizing that it was a stupid question, in Kiki's mind anyway, as soon as the words were out of her mouth.
"It's not just that," Cat, who had been quiet during most of the shopping trip, piped up. "There's doing each others nails, makeup, and hair. We will need as much time as we can get."
Kiki let out a squeal of joy. "Finally someone who sees things my way."
"Mico and I are just too tomboyish for Kiki's liking," Amara informed Cat.
"I gave up trying to explain things to them years ago," Kiki sighed. "I guess we are done though."
"Yeah!" Mico and Amara cheered, hugging Kiki and jumping up and down. "We can go home!"
"But we didn't finish getting the jewelry to match Amara's dress," Cat pointed out, stopping the victory dance. Amara and Mico stared at Kiki, waiting for her response.
"I'm sure we'll find something laying around the house that will work." This response got another set of cheers from Mico and Amara.
"To the car," Amara linked arms with her friends and led them in the direction of the escalator.
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The next morning Kiki was in charge. All the girls had spent the night at Amara's house. Cat, Mico, and Amara were still asleep when Kiki finished having a shower and dressed in black jean shorts and a brown tank top to accent her chocolate brown eyes. Her first task was getting the other three girls out of bed.
Mico and Cat where asleep on their cots in the rec room where Kiki had also spent the night. Amara was upstairs in her bedroom. She wanted to sleep downstairs with the rest of the girls but her butler/caretaker Jackson insisted that she get some rest in her own bed.
"Rise and shine," Kiki opened the blinds and let the sunshine right on Amara's sleeping face.
"Go away Kiki," Amara grumbled from under the comforter. "I want to sleep more."
"You can sleep in tomorrow," she pulled the blankets off Amara so she couldn't cover her face from the bright sun.
"Fine I'll get up," Amara put up her hands in mock surrender. "But be warned, I won't be functioning politely until I get some breakfast."
"Of course," Kiki agreed automatically. "I'll have Jackson prepare you a bagel."
"I don't want a bagel," Amara whined like a three year old. "I want bacon and eggs and toast."
"Not a chance," Kiki laughed. "You want to fit into you dress don't you?"
"Yes but…"
"Then you'll eat your bagel." Kiki's tone was final and Amara knew better than to argue with her when something was this important to her.
Amara grabbed her blue terry cloth bathrobe and trudged down to the kitchen. Mico and Cat were already at the table eating their bagels.
"Got to you too did she," Amara smirked, taking the seat across from Mico, who nodded glumly and took another bite of her bagel.
"Hurry up you guys," Kiki entered the kitchen and began barking orders once again. "My mom will be here any minute to start working on our hair and none of you have had showers yet."
"Calm down Keeks," Amara slowly took a bite of her bagel. "It's only ten in the morning. The ball isn't till 7:30."
"I know that but there are four of us who need to get ready and we might need extra time just in case something goes wrong," Kiki protested her own defense.
"Well I'm done so I'll go have a shower now," Cat broke in to the conversation.
"Excellent," Kiki clapped her hands with excitement. "I'll go make sure everything is set up for my mom in the bathroom upstairs."
"I'm gonna go see the guys while I wait for Cat to be done in the shower," Amara stuffed the last bite of bagel in her mouth and headed for the door.
"They're not here," Mico, informed her without even looking up from the newspaper. She was reading an article about the previous days events. There was a ten-page section about the beyblade tournament.
"Where are they?" Amara asked impatiently.
"Kiki sent them to her house with Nicholai so that it would be a surprise when they saw us tonight."
"Right," Amara groan. She should have figured that Kiki would want to surprise the boys with how dolled up she made the rest of them. "Then I guess I won't go talk to them."
"How many more showers do you have in this house?" Kiki was back in the room and demanding the information like a drill sergeant.
"I don't know," Amara grumbled. It was going to be a very long day. "Four or five."
"Then why can't you and Mico use those?" Amara knew it was a rhetorical question. It was Kiki's version of subtlety.
"No reason," Amara answered. "Mico you can take the one upstairs to the left and I'll take the one down here." As quickly as possible Mico and Amara vacated the kitchen to get as far away from Kiki as they could.
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"Hi Mrs. Ling," Amara greeted Kiki's mother before taking the towel off her head and shaking out her red hair. Mrs. Ling was an older version of Kiki with shiny black hair and dark brown eyes.
The other girls were already in the room discussing with Mrs. Ling what they wanted done with their hair.
"Hello Amara," Mrs. Ling greeted her sweetly. "Long time no see. How are you?"
"Great," Amara sat down on the bathroom counter beside Mico who was flipping through a hairstyle magazine.
"She should feel great after that hour long shower," Kiki grunted, crossing her arms and giving Amara a look that meant she was peeved.
"Kiki, be nice," Mrs. Ling scolded her daughter gently. "Amara has a lot of hair. I'm sure it takes a long time to wash."
"I'm sorry mama," Kiki lowered her eyes. "I'm just a little stressed out about tonight."
"Out to impress Tyson are we?" Mrs. Ling tossed a wink at Amara, which made her start giggling. Cat and Mico soon joined in.
Kiki blushed. "Mama!!!!"
"What? Did I say something wrong?" Mrs. Ling gave Kiki an innocent look and shrugged.
"Like we didn't know already Keeks," Amara rolled her eyes.
"You were kind of making out with him on the couch yesterday," Cat pointed out shyly.
"See dear, I didn't spoil anything," Mrs. Ling gave her daughter a sideways hug around the shoulders. "Now let's get to work on your hair."
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After hours of brushing, curling, spraying, and styling the girls were finally ready to face the world. But the bathroom was in shambles. Hair products, clips, bobby pins, and every other thing you could possibly think of needing while creating an amazing evening hairstyle were all laying everywhere.
"Excuse me Miss but the young masters are waiting in the foyer," Jackson peeked his head in the bathroom door.
"Thanks, tell them we'll be down in a minute," Amara replied, tucking a curled tendril behind her ear. Mrs. Ling had piled Amara's long red hair on top of her head with curly pieces hanging down. She had also put little blue flowers in the curly mass to accent her blue dress. The long, off the shoulder, princess style dress wasn't like anything she had ever worn before. If it hadn't been for her friend's encouragement she would have never even taken it off the rack let alone bought it. It made her feel like a princess when she wore it but there was no way she was going to tell her friends that.
Kiki was wearing her signature color, red. Her seductive spaghetti strap dress was low cut and clung to all the right places as it fell to the floor with a slit that went up mid thigh. Her thick black hair hung naturally just passed her shoulders with a slight curl at the end.
Mico was a little more conservative in her emerald green halter dress. Her chin length blond hair was in small tight ringlets that were gently pulled back from her face with matching green baby barrettes. Cat's dress was a strapless baby pink creation, with a corset like top and a skirt that flared out. Her long white blonde hair was pulled back in the front with a sliver tiara.
The guys' jaws dropped when the girls descended the stairs to meet them. They were all dressed in similar black tuxes.
"You look amazing," Kenny complimented a blushing Mico, offering her his arm to walk her outside.
"Humana, Humana," Tyson sputtered, his eyes locked on Kiki.
"I'll take that as a compliment," Kiki smiled and pulled him outside. Cat followed with Rei, Max, and Nicholai all fighting for her attention.
Amara walked over to Kai, a wide smile stretched on her face, expecting him to say something in regards to her appearance but she was soon disappointed. He only gave her a small smile along with a peck on the cheek before taking her hand and leading her out the door. Amara's smile faded. Something was up, but it would be too late when she would finally figure it out.
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Kind of a fluffy chapter I know but it's supposed to show the new found friendship between Amara and Cat. Hope you liked it. The real good stuff is coming up in the next chapter so please review and I'll have the next chapter up as soon as I can!
~Miss Wright~
