Do You Love Me?
Chapter Three: Love can move you
"Oh gosh what am I gonna wear?" Panicked Mariah. After taking her keys for the bathroom, kitchen, closet, living room and etc. from the registry counter, she was deciding on what to wear. Okay correction, she was PANICKING on what to wear. FINALLY she picked something to wear. It was something beautiful, but simple. A simple yet beautiful baby pink skirt with and white tank top. And to top it all of she wore a white netted over coat-shirt over it, which instead of buttoning she tied the ends together for it to hold together. She wore light pink heels, and red lipstick, with a touch of mascara. She tied her long straight pink beautiful hair in a messy yet neat bun at the back with her favorite pink bow. She looked absolutely natural and beautiful.
"Mariah." Called Emily as she knocked the door. Mariah opened the door and there reviled Emily in her Party dress. "Oh, Emmy…" Mariah gasped. She was speechless. Emily looked nothing like herself.
Instead of her 'geeky' glasses (AN: sorry, couldn't help it.) She wore purple contact lenses. She wore a shiny/glittery white long dress with slits cut at the end. She wore high white heel shoes, with light pink lipstick, dark black mascara. She curled the bottom part of her hair into bouncy curls. And that pink blush on her cheeks made her look like a model, and not the book/computer worm she was.
"You look awesome." Said Mariah speechless. "Not as much as you." Emily replied. "Right." Mariah replied with one of her eyebrows rising up as she found herself rolling her eyes at her modest friend. "So who did all this? I'm gazillion percent sure you didn't. You don't even know what's a lipstick." Said the giggling Mariah. "Ha, ha, it's soooo funny I forgot to laugh." Emily said sarcastically. "No, seriously." Said Mariah calming down. "Riley." Said Emily.
"Oh..." Replied Mariah darkly. Even though she and Ray 'broke up' her name brought Mariah a cold side. She just HATED Riley. Okay it's more like DESPITED Riley. That name brought tears to her eyes. "Mmmari… You kay?" Asked the worried Emily as her best friend's face had suddenly darkened as if it was the end of the world. "Yea… I'm fine." Assured Mariah.
"OHMYGOSH!!" Mariah screamed in panic. "WHAT?" Emily panicked. "I promised Ray to help him 'win' Riley's heart. I gotta go." She said as she ran out of the door. "Wha-." Said Emily cluelessly as she soon found herself alone in the room.
Inside's Ray's room:
"Kay, Ray. Remember give her this white rose as soon as you take her hand and 'gently' kiss it." Said Mariah giving him the rose. Ray nodded. He was actually nervous to death. Mariah had helped him pick out what to wear. And now she was giving him the last minute instructions in what to do. "Thanks, Mari. I don't know what I'll do with out you." He said smiling. "It's okay. But remember I need this kind of help when I find 'the one' " she said smiling.
"Anyways, what are friends for?" She said with a warm smile. They both hugged in a friendly way. They both arrived at the ballroom at the same time. Ray was a nervous wreck. "What if she HATES what I wore?" Panicked Ray. "You look great." Mariah assured him as she looked again at what Ray wore.
He had his hair up in his regular ponytail with his favorite bandana. He wore a black shiny dinner jacket with black pants. He wore a black t-shirt inside his dinner jacket. With black shoes. He looked awesome, even though his clothing wasn't 'all that'.
"Ray!!" said a familiar voice. "Riley." Said Ray smiling like an idiot. Riley wore royal red long dress, with sparkles on it. She was red high heels, and tons of make up. She had her hair up in a high bun, with bits of hair sticking out in all directions. Not that much but pretty. Ray took her hand and gently kissed it. Then handed her the beautiful white rose, just like Mariah said to. "For me?" gasped Riley. 'DUH!!' Mariah thought in her mind. "Yea..." Said Ray blushing. They both locked their arms together and went to the dance floor to dance.
"Hey Mariah." Said a voice. Mariah turned around to find Emily and Max dancing together. She waved at the young couple. 'How cute.' She thought. 'They are made for each other.' She thought as a warm smile spread across her face. "Hey Mariah." Said a soft, warm male voice.
"Oh hey, Eny-poo." Mariah teased without looking back. She was sure it was him. Enrique smiled. He loved it when she called him that. Those two annoying words that any girl from the street could say in their annoying voice seemed to come out naturally out of her mouth. He didn't know if it was a crush, but it sure felt like love.
"You wanna dance?" he asked. "Not now. Why don't we sit on one of the tables and order something. Then maybe we can afterwards." Said Mariah. "Sure. Anything is fine with me." He said. Enrique and Mariah sat down on a near by table. A waiter gave them both menus to look at. While Enrique's gaze was at the menu, Mariah's was somewhere else. Her yellow eyes were searching the room for a certain mahogany ones.
20 minutes later:
Kai Hiwatri entered the ballroom of the ship he was staying at. He felt hundreds of eyes gazing at him in admiration. Mostly the girls for wanting to date him and the guys for wanting to be friends with the famous blader Kai Hiwatri. Ignoring the gazes, he was trying to find a certain pink haired girl.
Mariah beamed as she saw Kai entering the ballroom. Her heart was beating really fast, she was sure it skipped a beat in all this excitement. She was sure Enrique could hear it too. But she couldn't help it. She was in love. Or so she thought.
'Is he the one?' her mind asked her. 'Maybe not Mariah. You just got out of a relationship are you sure you're for another one?' her mind kept on asking her. 'OH JUST ENJOY THE FREAKIN PARTY!!!!' another side of her mind screamed. 'Oh, alright.' She mumbled as she sighed.
"Did ya say somethin' Mari?" asked Enrique. "Huh, oh ya…I mean no.... I mean… Oh never mind." She said. "Um… okay." He answered. As Kai was walking down the grand stairs of the grand ballroom, he finally caught a glimpse of pink hair.
'Oh dang, she's talking to that git of a Enrique.' Kai thought. Somehow Kai had the urge to strangle lil' ol' Enrique-poo right there in front of everyone. But he somehow managed to hold it back. 'HOLD IT!! Was that jealousy?' he asked in his mind. It was something he never felt before. But then why was he feeling it now? 'I mean, I possibly can't be in love, cause this thing is just supposed to be a stupid bet.' He thought angrily.
Kai climbed down the stairs and was about to head off to Mariah's direction when some unknown girl came to him and asked him to dance with her. Being the gentlemen he agreed. Well, not really. It was one of his many evil plans, for Mariah to be running for him. 'What's one dance? It's not like it's the end of the world.' He thought.
But little did he know that one little dance could break someone's heart.
"What the HECK, why is he dancing with that…that? 'CREATURE'." Mariah mumbled. "You said something?" Enrique asked her. "Oh, no." Said Mariah smiling warmly. Kai smiled as Mariah glared daggers at the girl he was dancing with. 'She looks so cute when she's mad.' He thought. 'Okay where did that come from?"
'Why the heck is she smiling at ENRIQUE?" To make matters worse Kai and his partner danced around Mariah and Enrique's table. A little plan Kai made up to make Mariah jealous. 'WHAT!! Planning games are we? Well, two can play at that game.' Thought Mariah angrily. To make matters EVEN worse she started to talk to Enrique, smile at him and laugh really loud with him and even flirt with him. That got Kai over board. He was almost heading towards Enrique to beat the living hell out of him, when something stopped him.
"Ladies and Gentlemen it will be Christmas in approximately one hour and 30 minutes. So Enjoy, enjoy and ENJOY!!!" said the cheerful host. Instead of 'enjoying' both Kai and Mariah glared daggers at each other not knowing what an eventful night this was going to be.
- Anime4u2
To be continued…