AN/ Hey guys, I'm not sure what's up with my beta cause I haven't talked to her all week, but I'm going to go ahead and post this. (don't worry, I looked through it, so it shouldn't be too awful as far as spelling and grammar goes) I know, I know, you love me... haha
Anyways, this chapter is dedicated to, bum bum bum, EmO-pEaNuT-bUtTeR-cUp, for telling me that I write Fred and George well. All I have to say to you is, YOU ROCK LIKE A FAT KID IN A CANOE! Thanks!
ENJOY!
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"Bloody Hell, what was that!" I exclaimed as the scream issued from the bathroom where Sarah was currently putting on her make up.
"I think that was Sarah, finally realizing what happened to her makeup," Angelina replied calmly.
"Oh, right," I replied, thinking back to the sabotage that I had done earlier that day, "I almost forgot about that."
"My makeup, it's ruined!" Sarah bellowed as she came out of the bathroom with her makeup running off of her face due to its extremely liquid state, "And my mascara won't stay on either!"
"Well, you can use mine," Alicia offered sweetly as Angelina, Ginny, and I fell to the floor in fits of laughter and Leanne, always the nice one, struggled to keep her laughter in.
"Thank you Alicia," Sarah replied, trying to pry the tube of mascara out of Alicia's grasp.
"Hey, when I said that you could use mine I meant that I would get to put it on you," Alicia said snappily, yanking the mascara tube away from Sarah's eager hands.
"Fine," Sarah pouted, "You can do my makeup."
"Good, sit right there," Alicia pointed to the window seat that my dress was laid out on and I quickly snatched my dress up before Sarah could sit on it.
"Do I look alright?" Leanne asked skeptically as Angelina finally finished doing her hair.
"You look stunning Leanne," I replied, returning to putting Ginny's makeup on, which is what I had been doing when Sarah screamed.
"Really?" Leanne asked worriedly, "Nobody's ever told me that before."
"You look amazing," Alicia soothed, "Ange did a wonderful job with your hair."
"And Alicia did a wonderful job with your makeup," Angelina added modestly.
Leanne blushed and smiled sweetly. Sarah made a disgusted face as she looked at Leanne's makeup and hair.
"Alicia, put more accent on my eyes when you do my makeup. I don't want them to get lost like Annie's over there are."
"Of course," Alicia replied as I mimed smacking Sarah and Leanne looked on the verge of tears.
"Don't listen to her Leanne," Angelina growled softly, "She doesn't know what she's talking about. You look amazing!"
Leanne smiled, unsure, and Angelina helped her get into her dress. Leanne wore a tea length gown with a floral pattern on the bodice and a skirt with a built in petticoat that made the skirt flare just the right amount. It was a beautiful Paris pink colored satin.
"That's a really pretty dress Leanne, where did you get it?" Ginny asked as I finished with her makeup, Angelina had already done her hair.
"It was my mother's in the 50's," Leanne replied, "I thought it was pretty and I wanted it so she gave it to me."
"It's a lot prettier than mine," Ginny said, pulling out her dress that she had begged her mother to pull out of the attic and send over for the semi-formal, "It was my mum's from the 50's too."
Ginny's dress was black velvet. It had a full, pleated skirt that came to her mid shin. The bodice had five velvet covered buttons and the straps were adjustable spaghetti strap ties.
"Somehow I have a hard time picturing your mum wearing that," I commented as I sat down and allowed Angelina to fix my hair.
"Yeah, I think she only wore it once," Ginny replied as she tied the straps very well in a double knot.
"So, have you heard from Ron?" I asked suddenly.
"Yeah, he sent me and owl yesterday, why?"
"I was just wondering if he had said anything about hearing from Harry. I sent a letter a few days ago and I haven't gotten anything back. He should have gotten it by now."
"Actually I think that Ron said Harry hadn't answered any of his letters either."
"Well, it's good to know that it isn't just me he's not been answering," I muttered, "I hope that he's okay."
"I'm sure the boy is perfectly fine," Sarah snapped, "Unless the Dark Lord got him finally."
"He's fine Katie," Alicia said loudly to drown out Sarah's jabbering about how she hoped that You-Know-Who had gotten him so that we'd finally be left in peace.
My face went deep red and Angelina held me in my place at the vanity so that I couldn't go over and jump Sarah.
"Are you done yet?" Sarah asked Alicia rather impatiently.
"Yes, I've just finished," Alicia replied as she handed Sarah a mirror, "Take a look and let me know how you like it."
"It's awful!" Sarah exclaimed, "Give me that!"
And Sarah grabbed the makeup out of Alicia's hand and shut herself in the bathroom. Alicia's face was one of pure shock.
"That was amazing makeup Alicia," I said honestly, "She just didn't look enough like a whore for her tastes."
"Katie's right," Angelina agreed and Ginny nodded.
"I know," Alicia replied, "I'm just not used to people saying that my work is awful and snatching my own makeup out of my hands."
"You forget who that was," Leanne said quietly.
"Yeah, you're right Leanne, thanks," Alicia smiled at Leanne and took my spot as Angelina put the final touches on my hair.
I pulled on my dress and shoes and walked over to the full length mirror. I gasped in amazement. My hair hung in soft curls around my face and halfway down my back, thanks to Angelina. I wore black sandals with very low heels that were held on with satin straps. My dress was the same brown one that I had bought on that fateful shopping day and my makeup was amazingly done, courtesy of Alicia.
"You look beautiful Katie," Kent's girlfriend, Jess, said as she walked into the room, "Kent is going to go into overprotective brother mode when he sees you."
"Hey Jess," I greeted, giving the woman a quick hug, "Do you really think that he'll go into overprotective mode?"
"Katie, if I were your older brother I wouldn't let you out of my sight looking that beautiful," Jess replied, smiling.
"Thanks Jess," I grinned at her, "Did I tell you that you're the first of Kent's girlfriends that I've actually liked?"
"I think you may have mentioned it."
"Good, and if he does anything to mess up, you'd better come and tell me so that I can kick him for you."
"I'll do that Katie," Jess laughed, "I just came in to say hi. Did you know that Oliver's parents just got back and are coming to the semi-formal tonight? I think that his sister and her husband and daughter are coming too."
"Really," I asked, "This could be very, very interesting."
"I thought you'd like to know," Jess winked and left the room, pulling the door shut behind her.
I relocked the door and turned to the other girls, minus Sarah who was still in the bathroom 'fixing' her makeup.
"This is going to be one Hell of a semi-formal," I commented, "I'm never going to forget this as long as I live."
AN/ Okay, so next chapter is the semi-formal! I know you're all excited, yay! Okay, so a tad bit of a cliffie there at the end, but not too bad. Oh, and Allie's going to be at the semi-formal as well as Oliver's sister, her husband and his parents. Yeah, I hope you remember all of them.
I'll update soon, I promise!
Love From,
MotherCrumpet
P.S. And for fun...
Try to guess who spoke this RaNdOm QuOtE
"Yes madam, I am drunk, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly!"
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