"But why not?" Lily asked Katie.

 "Because, My stupid parents won't let me!" Katie complained loudly. Lily guessed her parents were near by.

 "But why not? It's a supervised formal party!"

 "I told you, I don't know!" Katie said, "Listen Lily, I've got to go. I'll see you sometime soon,"

 "Okay Katie…see you," Lily said hanging up the phone.

 At 3:00 exactly, Alex showed up at her door. "Hi!" Alex squealed, hugging Lily, "Happy Birthday!"

 "Thanks!" Lily said, hauling Alex off of her, "Let's go upstairs!" Both girls ran up the stairs and into Lily's room where they slammed the door.

 "Lily!" Lily heard her mum call from downstairs, "Please don't run up the stairs or slam your door!"

 "Okay Mum!" Lily yelled back.

 "So, let me see your new dress!" Alex said. Lily picked up the dress from her bed. "It's gorgeous!" gasped Alex.

 "I know. And look at this!" Lily said, showing her the pearl necklace and earrings.

 Alex took them in her hand, "Wow! Lily, you're so lucky!"

 "Yeah, I know. And my parents even bought me some makeup, so we can experiment,"

 "Okay well, shall we get started?" Alex asked, pulling out a hairbrush.

 "I guess…" Lily replied. Alex was definitely going to be a beautician when she got older. She loved giving people makeovers.

 Two and a half hours later, both girls were done getting ready. Alex was wearing a short black skirt and a red, sparkly spaghetti strap shirt. Her long brown hair was done up in a loose bun. She had a brownish-gold eye shadow on and just a bit of sparkly lip-gloss. Her shoes were black heels that were sandals. Lily, on the other hand, had her white dress on and her pearl accessories. Her hair was down, flowing elegantly on her shoulders. Her shoes were the same as Alex's, but white. Lily had silver eyeliner and eye shadow on. She also had some lip-gloss on. There was a knock on Lily's door. "Mum says we have to go down now," Petunia said, leaving once she was done.

 Lily burst out laughing. "I can't be-believe what my sister is wearing! Who wears a hot-pink frilly dress  to a party?"

 Alex was also laughing, "Obviously, your sister does!"

 Lily tried to calm herself down by taking deep breaths, "O-okay, let's go downstairs now," Both girls headed out. As they were walking down the stairs, they decided to pretend that they were movie actresses making a grand entrance. Little did they know, but people were already at the party!

 Lily was in the middle of giggling with Alex when she did finally notice that people were there. She whacked Alex's leg. "Ouch! Wha-" Alex started, but then noticing they did have guests already.

 Lily stood still on the stairs, surveying the 10 or so people that were already there. But it was one boy, a boy about her age, that especially caught her eye. She could only see his back, but his hair was gorgeous. It was dark and curly and not too short. Lily and Alex walked down the stairs quietly.

 "Ah! Here's my daughter Lily, and her friend Alex," Lily father said to an elderly couple who had just shown up. Lily politely waved and then continued on her route toward the mystery boy. When she was behind him, Lily looked at Alex. Alex could tell that Lily was debating whether or not she should approach this guy or not. But instead of saying anything, Alex gave Lily a little shove, just enough to bump into him.

 "Oh! Sorry!" Lily said blushing, then quickly glaring at Alex.

 The boy turned around. Lily felt her knees go weak. He was fantastic! He had big, brown eyes that Lily felt she could just get lost in. "Oh it's okay." Even his voice was great! He wasn't that old, and his voice had already changed.

 "I tripped a bit over the loose carpet…"

 "I did too," The boy said, smiling, "Hi. I'm Josh Makee. My Dad works with the guy hosting this party. He says that this guy, I think his last name is Evans, is a rich snob." he said with a wink.

 "Really?" Lily asked.

 "Yeah, have you met him? And by the way, what was your name? I didn't catch it,"

 "Lily, Lily Evans. The daughter of the rich, snob hosting this party," She said, raising an eyebrow.

 Josh flushed a very dark shade of red. "Oh…err…"

 "Don't worry. It's okay. I honestly couldn't care less what my Dad's work people think of him." Lily said, putting a hand on his arm. This, she was surprised at. She never came onto guys!

 "Oh…well sorry still…"

 "I told you, it's alright. By the way, this is my friend Alex Belo. So…" Lily said, for lack of conversation. " Do you want to go sit down?"

 The three of them headed to the kitchen, where they sat at the table. "So, how old are you?" Alex asked Josh.

 "Thirteen, fourteen next April," was Josh's reply.

 Alex looked at Lily. He was two years older than them. "Oh…" Lily said, hoping he wouldn't ask how old they were.

 "How old are you?" asked Josh.

 "We're…um…12. I'm thirteen in December, Lily in October," Alex replied.

 "Cool! So we're the same age!"

 "Alex," Lily said, casually putting her hand on Alex's arm, but secretly digging her nails deeply into her arm, "Could I talk to you for a second?"

 "Sure. Be right back Josh,"