Lana tried to avoid wrinkling her nose as Toby walked by. Normally, the
froggish girl smelled like an open Dumpster, but ever since she'd gotten on
her perfume kick she smelled like an open Dumpster right outside an
exploded perfume factory. She and the rest of the Sisterhood had tried
everything from baths to exotic soaks to mud baths to shoving her in a bag
of chinchilla bath powder. Nothing made even the slightest difference, and
trying to force the issue too far just got a slimeball hocked at you.
Pietrina walked in after Toby, eyeing Lana with a look in her eye that promised trouble to come. Pietrina loved giving makeovers, and seldom if ever took no for an answer. At one point it had been simple enough to just sneak out when Pietrina was trying to decide between two products, but that had changed when Pietrina's brother, Warren, had come. After he'd finished trying to send his sister to the morgue, they'd made up and he'd introduced his sister to the more creative uses of duct tape. As far as Lana could tell, it was impossible to escape one of Pietrina's facials when taped to the ceiling. Maybe if she just ignored Pietrina for long enough she'd go away.
Pietrina was the main reason Lana actually took the time to look decent. The moment she started looking the slightest bit raggedy Pietrina called a fashion emergency and gave Lana one of her speed-jobs. Having Pietrina brush through and style her hair in less than ten seconds tended to be painful, not to mention getting friction burns from the speed Pietrina used when applying make-up. Pietrina finally noticed Toby and smiled a predatory smile. Lana quietly sighed, knowing she was off the hook. Pietrina would spend the rest of the day trying to cure Toby's scent problem again, probably spending about half the time chasing Toby down and pulling her out of various hiding places. Better Toby than her.
Freddi came downstairs and started heading for the kitchen, but stopped when she saw Pietrina. Past experience had taught her that it was better to wait a few minutes before going to get something to eat instead of listening to Pietrina lecture her for nearly an hour on proper dieting techniques. After pausing for a few minutes, she continued on to the kitchen anyway and got out the celery sticks. That was the only thing she could eat in front of Pietrina without getting a lecture. Lana just wondered how long it would be before Pietrina noticed the peanut butter jars hidden in strategic positions throughout most of the house.
Freddi seemed to have slimmed down since she'd come to live with the Sisterhood, but Lana was unsure of how much of that was due to her enforced dieting and how much of it was due to the girdle Pietrina had created for her. She knew Freddi wore it, if only to keep Pietrina from annoying her. Sometimes Lana suspected Freddi did actually want to look nice but just didn't know how. The only thing Freddi took good care of was her hair, and Lana could understand why. Half the girls at school would kill for hair like that. Curly blond hair that would have been the envy of any supermodel was Freddi's one great physical feature.
Lana suspected that Freddi could have had a boyfriend if she wanted one. She'd heard enough of the guys talking about liking girls with big butts and breasts, and seen quite a few ogling Freddi's chest when they thought she wasn't looking. Half the Sisterhood had encouraged Freddi, but she would have nothing to do with it. She'd muttered something about having trouble with guys going hogging, then thrown Pietrina into the wall when she tried to press the subject.
Lana knew who she wanted for a boyfriend. Kit Pride. There was just one little problem; he was an X-man, and she was part of the Sisterhood. If she ever tried going out with him, the girls would never let her live it down. That meant she was stuck just being coy and hinting that she liked him, but had to be careful to never go out on an actual date with him. She was the leader of the Sisterhood, after all, and she had a reputation to protect.
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Pietrina walked in after Toby, eyeing Lana with a look in her eye that promised trouble to come. Pietrina loved giving makeovers, and seldom if ever took no for an answer. At one point it had been simple enough to just sneak out when Pietrina was trying to decide between two products, but that had changed when Pietrina's brother, Warren, had come. After he'd finished trying to send his sister to the morgue, they'd made up and he'd introduced his sister to the more creative uses of duct tape. As far as Lana could tell, it was impossible to escape one of Pietrina's facials when taped to the ceiling. Maybe if she just ignored Pietrina for long enough she'd go away.
Pietrina was the main reason Lana actually took the time to look decent. The moment she started looking the slightest bit raggedy Pietrina called a fashion emergency and gave Lana one of her speed-jobs. Having Pietrina brush through and style her hair in less than ten seconds tended to be painful, not to mention getting friction burns from the speed Pietrina used when applying make-up. Pietrina finally noticed Toby and smiled a predatory smile. Lana quietly sighed, knowing she was off the hook. Pietrina would spend the rest of the day trying to cure Toby's scent problem again, probably spending about half the time chasing Toby down and pulling her out of various hiding places. Better Toby than her.
Freddi came downstairs and started heading for the kitchen, but stopped when she saw Pietrina. Past experience had taught her that it was better to wait a few minutes before going to get something to eat instead of listening to Pietrina lecture her for nearly an hour on proper dieting techniques. After pausing for a few minutes, she continued on to the kitchen anyway and got out the celery sticks. That was the only thing she could eat in front of Pietrina without getting a lecture. Lana just wondered how long it would be before Pietrina noticed the peanut butter jars hidden in strategic positions throughout most of the house.
Freddi seemed to have slimmed down since she'd come to live with the Sisterhood, but Lana was unsure of how much of that was due to her enforced dieting and how much of it was due to the girdle Pietrina had created for her. She knew Freddi wore it, if only to keep Pietrina from annoying her. Sometimes Lana suspected Freddi did actually want to look nice but just didn't know how. The only thing Freddi took good care of was her hair, and Lana could understand why. Half the girls at school would kill for hair like that. Curly blond hair that would have been the envy of any supermodel was Freddi's one great physical feature.
Lana suspected that Freddi could have had a boyfriend if she wanted one. She'd heard enough of the guys talking about liking girls with big butts and breasts, and seen quite a few ogling Freddi's chest when they thought she wasn't looking. Half the Sisterhood had encouraged Freddi, but she would have nothing to do with it. She'd muttered something about having trouble with guys going hogging, then thrown Pietrina into the wall when she tried to press the subject.
Lana knew who she wanted for a boyfriend. Kit Pride. There was just one little problem; he was an X-man, and she was part of the Sisterhood. If she ever tried going out with him, the girls would never let her live it down. That meant she was stuck just being coy and hinting that she liked him, but had to be careful to never go out on an actual date with him. She was the leader of the Sisterhood, after all, and she had a reputation to protect.
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