Chapter 4 – Eew that thing kissed me!
"Ah! That's so cute!" Stephanie said from my closet.
I sat on my bed looking at the floor as my sister rummaged through my wardrobe, I feel somewhat like my space had been invaded.
'I can't believe I let her look for something, for me to wear tonight,' I thought, before leaning back and falling into my plush covers.
I spread my arms out from me spread-eagle and looked at the ceiling thinking 'I wonder if Oliver 'was' going to kiss me?' I subconsciously touched my lips.
'He was so close, I was so close, We-' I shot up as Stephanie started throwing clothes into my room.
"What do you think you are doing! I just organized that today by colour and size!" I screamed while picking up some bits of clothing off of the floor 'oh cool, my black embroidered satin skirt,' I held the fabric limply in my hands and started piling the other bits of clothing onto my bed.
"Look! At least try and be nice to my clothes, what have they ever done to you?" I said looking at a pair of long forgotten black dress pants.
"It's more of the fact they exist," Stephanie yelled out. I frowned in the direction of my closet before pulling a rude gesture in her direction.
"I got it!" Stephanie yelled out bounding out of my closet with a black clothing bag.
I arched an eyebrow at her before turning back to one of my favourite trainers.
"Hey Mel' see this" she said holding out the bag in front of my face "You, yes you! Will wear this to the banquet tonight and make all the guys look your way," she said as I grimaced at her. 'I hate it when people look at me, I look weird,' I sighed as I took the bag of clothing out of her small hands.
"Mind you it will be after I make a grand entrance, so I guess you can just have my left-overs" Stephanie said holding her chin before exiting out my door hurriedly.
I frowned at her holding the bag in my hands dreading what it was going to look like.
7.01pm, the banquet starts in exactly 29 minutes.
I walked down the corridor feeling so weird; it was almost unheard of for me to wear a dress, let alone heels.
I walked pass a mirror and stood there for a second looking at myself before making my way down the stairs.
Stephanie had chosen me a black silk dress; 'I guess it does flatter my figure' the dress was a spaghetti strap dress with a low cut back. It had light embroidery at the bottom and had a long slit up to the top of my thigh on my right side.
I wore a black chiffon scarf so I could balance out the 'flashing flesh' thing.
I picked out some black stilettos and some black beaded bracelets. I wore my hair down letting it flow gently down my back.
Stephanie came in earlier and gave it a few highlights. She wanted to put it up but I said I'd hex her to oblivion if she didn't let me wear it down, plus I thought it looked better down. It gave a more approachable look.
I wore dark eyeliner and dark plumy eye shadow, putting on a luscious red coat of lipgloss.
I gently pulled at my dress so that it looked less crinkled at my hips. I gently held my palm out to the rail and began ascending the stairs.
As I got about half way, I saw Stephanie sitting in the lounge at one of the sofas, Jay-jay was playing with one of his model planes and Mom and Dad were pacing in the foyer.
They suddenly looked up as one of my heels made a clacky noise on one of the steps.
"Scarlet, you look lovely when you dress up," my mother said grinning at me. I sarcastically smile at her, she knows how I hate to dress up.
My dad moved so that he was standing at the bottom of the stairs, he held out his hand as I placed mine in his.
"You look gorgeous sweetie, I just wish that all the boys don't get any ideas tonight," He said with a low chuckle. I blushed as he kissed my hand lightly.
As Dad looked up I lifted my chin up slightly and smiled "Father, you don't need to be as formal as such," I said formally and averted my gaze before returning back to him to see his expression "-I am after all your daughter," I said lunging at him and wrapping my arms around his neck and giving him a hug.
He laughed heartily as he regained his composure before the doorbell rang. I looked at the door and back at my dad.
I loosened my grip as dad walked over to the door waiting for mum. I saw mum straighten up a bit before motioning towards me.
I rolled my eyes and looked at Stephanie; she was getting up off her seat and was walking towards the veranda to get a good view of the front door at one of the windows. I giggled at her and walked over to Jay-jay.
"Hey Jay-jay?" I said quietly in his ear as he was looking at his plane carefully. I heard the front door open and my parents greeting the guest behind me in the foyer.
"What?" he said while clutching his ear because it tickled his ear when I spoke before.
"Have you-" I began, he held out the walkie-talkie over his shoulder in front of my face.
"Thanks," I said grabbing it out of his hand and poking him in the ribs so he turned around towards me frowning
I kneeled down in front of him and turned him slightly holding his shoulders for support, as I began talking over his shoulder again pointing at the guest. I took the plane from his limp fingers so he wouldn't fiddle with it as I spoke.
"Want to have a little fun before dinner?" I said evilly in my brother's ear, an evil scheme brewing as we watched the guests enter into the foyer.
He nodded his head as an evil smirk played along his lips. 'I taught him well,'
I began explaining what the plan was as a couple more guests arrived.
2 minutes later.
"Got it?" I said standing up and looking down on him. He looked up and grabbed the plane from my loose fingers while walking away; he held a small thumbs up behind his back. I smirked at him as he walked into the foyer standing beside my parents smirking evilly.
"Steph?" I said turning my back and holding the walkie-talkie to my lips; my eyes skimming over to where Stephanie stood talking to a couple of guests.
"I need a little help," I said waving a small wave at her, to get her attention. Her eyes darted across the room swiftly before landing on me. I turned my back once more and walked across the room, through an archway leading to an extension, which was the ballroom.
"I need you to get Flint away from his parents and out into the rose gardens, 5 minutes after dinner," I said as my voice echoed through out the hall.
I saw a couple of workers adding some last minute directions in a corner over to the right, one of them wolf whistled at me.
I glared over at him before walking towards the centre of the room. I looked up at the chandelier; the room was large enough to fit in at least 100 people.
"SAY WHAT!" I hear Stephanie whisper loudly into the walkie-talkie. I giggle at her reaction.
"Uh? I need you to distract Flint for 5 minutes out in the rose garden after dinner," I said rolling my eyes while looking at the entrance. I saw a couple of red headed twins look at someone beside them who pointed at me. I turned my body around so I didn't have to face them.
"Do you mean that guy with the black hair and horrible teeth? Cause it's gonna cost you a lot to get me to stand 5 minutes with his grossness!" She said matter-of-factly.
"Look, it's just a little way to um, 'greet the guest', please" I said pleadingly.
"What will I get out of it?" she said using her bargaining tone.
"I'll let you have a ride on my ride my phoenix260," I said turning my head around and looking into the lounge seeing the red head guys looking and whispering between each other and looking at me.
I rolled my eyes 'might as well introduce myself to them,' I gently turned my body fully around and began walking towards them, I saw them looking at each other and than back to me.
I smirked and waved a small wave at them, they looked at me smiling and nudging each other. I shook my head in disbelief and before I knew it I was standing in front of them.
I opened my mouth to introduce myself but was interrupted "Mel? He just arrived ugh, his smile is so…ugh! I don't have any other words to explain it," I looked down into my palm and smiled sorrily at the guys before holding the walkie-talkie to my lips "Hehe, Okay. Thanks so much, believe me the 'plan' will work, remember 'after dinner'," I said into it before turning back to the 2 boys.
"Hi I am-" I began but was rudely interrupted by Oliver who came out of nowhere wedging himself between the 2 redheaded boys. He smirked at me as I stood there gob smacked.
I blinked my eyes "Well Hello Mr Wood, I'm glad you could make it to -" I began.
"So what is the 'plan' about, would us 2 trouble makers be of any assistance?" One of the redheads said.
I smiled at him worriedly 'Shit! What am I going to do! Oh right in times of disaster Deny! Deny! Deny!' "What plan? And by the way who are you?-" I said pointing at him "And you?" I said pointing at his twin.
"I am George Weasely and this is my Brother Fred Weasely," The one on the right said. I looked at them confused but held my hand out to them.
The 2 boys both fought over my hand as I stood there dumbly blinking stupidly until George grabbed my hand and shook it fervently. I looked at him wide eyed before shaking my head and composing myself "I'm Melody Scarlet Pearce, I live here and am truly sorry but I have to attend to some 'before dinner duties'," I said before nodding my head at them and moving to leave.
I slipped between Fred and Oliver, my arm grazing against his; I felt a surge of energy pass through the touch and looked at him.
He smirked at me as I looked at him blushing. 'Why am I blushing? I never blush!' I shook my head and continued walking out into the rose gardens.
I looked around cautiously on the veranda before ducking behind a tree waiting in case I got caught. I slid my heels off leaving them at the steps of the veranda. 'It's so hard to be stealthy in heels!'
I chanted a few charms pointing my wand in assorted areas and finally making my way to the small fountain we had put in about 10 metres away from the veranda.
It had soft lighting in the garden giving it a romantic feel.
I walked over to the fountain and sat on the rim of it, I softly touched the surface with the tip of my wand.
The water sparkled a light pink before returning to its normal clear colour. I looked down at myself in the water.
'I don't look that bad do I?' I started twirling my hair on my finger. 'I mean at least I don't look like an elephant in a tutu' I giggled at the thought and I let my hand fall gently so my fingers could graze the water.
I lifted my fingers up and looked at them it looked like they had pink paint on them, I heard something rustle behind me and looked around.
No one was there; I shrugged my shoulders and began walking over to a rose bush, the roses where yellow.
I gently held out my fingers, which had paint on them and kneeled down and dipped them into the soil beneath the roses.
I stood up and looked at the roses, from the middle of each rose it turned pink. I smiled and looked around me. I crouched down once more and made my way to the veranda.
I looked at the steps looking for my heels 'Oh shit!' I thought. 'Where are my heels! I left them right here!' I thought while searching for them frantically.
"Looking for these?" I heard a voice say from behind me. I whipped my head around and saw none other than…. Fred Weasely 'At least I think its Fred?'
I reached out and grabbed my heels from his hand and walked over to a bench and began putting on my shoes again.
"The 'Pink' water was really the cheery on the ice cream," he said chuckling, I looked up at him wide eyed.
"Oh Please don't tell," I said standing up and looking into his eyes. "Please, my parents will go ballistic if they find out," I said stepping forward. "What do you want, anything!" I said with my hand clasped together looking up at him giving him my best puppy dog eyes.
"Argh! Jeez, I can't say no to that guys," Fred, said waving over to the bushes behind him. I looked slightly behind him and saw George and Oliver come out. 'This is worser than I thought'
"So what do we want?" He said looking from George to Oliver, I saw Oliver smirk at George and returning it to Fred. George nodded his head at Fred who returned it. 'This can't be good.'
I looked at him pleadingly as he turned to me; he smiled and pointed at his cheek 'Say What?'
"So I just have to kiss you on the cheek, uh? Sorry 'all' of you on the cheek and you guys promise not to tell?" I said sceptically.
"You have to kiss us all a little differently though, so we feel spethal" Fred said babyishly.
I sighed and leaned up to his left cheek and kissed him lightly leaving a small red mark. I moved onto George and kissed him on the right cheek I stepped away dreading what to do next.
From the corner of my eye I saw George and Fred give knowing looks to each other. I stepped in front of Oliver and looked into his eyes 'How am I going to kiss him now!' I thought angrily. I sighed and leaned forward closing my eyes. I felt his breath touch my lips.
"Melo-" I heard from the door. I whipped my head around and saw Flint I grimaced
"-Dy, um, could I have a quick word?" he finished.
I turned my head and looked at Oliver who had a large smirk playing on his lips, I turned around to Flint and saw what was going on 'Oh I see what's going on, Oh puh-lease it's so childish!'
I turned my body back around to Oliver wrapping my arms gently around his neck getting his attention "Hold on a second baby," I said (what I thought was) seductively. His eyes widened in shock until he realized what I was doing and wrapped his arms around my waist pulling me closely to him.
"I'm going to have a word with Marcus, but I'll be back to discuss our little-" I began walking my fingers down his chest looking innocently up into his eyes, he arched an eyebrow at me as I smirked at him, glancing downwards.
"-Problem," I finished. I pecked him on the lips slipping away from his grasp 'I can't believe I done that,' I thought as I skipped over to Flint who pulled me slightly inside the door.
My heart was racing quickly; I took deep breath calming myself before I spoke to Flint.
"Yes Flint? What would you like to inquire about?" I said playing with my hair.
He slowly reached out and grabbed my hand looking into my eyes as I shivered at the touch. "Are you really together with Wood?" he said grasping my hand tightly.
I looked at him quizzically "Does it really matter if I am?" I said looking away from his gaze. 'Why does it matter to him and Eew! He's touching me!'
He tightened his grip on my hand to get my attention. I glared at him. "Of course it does! I am Marcus Flint and I…I like you," He said looking at the floor. I looked at him wide eyed. 'How am I going to get myself out of this one!'
I slipped my hand out of his grasp "I'm sorry Marcus, but I don-I am with Oliver," I said quickly before realizing what I had just said.
He looked at me angrily and snaked his arm around my waist, I held my arms between us as his faint worthy breathe blew in my face "I will have you, mark the words in your mind, you will be mine," he said leaning forward to kiss me, I turned my head so he kissed my cheek.
He leaned back and looked at me angrily before marching angrily across the room towards a chubby looking blonde haired girl, (She wasn't really fat just skinny with chubby cheeks) who immediately began comforting him.
I felt a cool breeze touch my cheek and I shivered 'EEEWWW THAT THING KISSED MY CHEEK!' I clawed at my cheek and walked onto the veranda.
"What was that all about?" George asked as I sat down on the bench with my head in my hands.
"Hey something wrong? Was he really that bad of a kisser?" Fred said chuckling while pointing at Oliver. I giggled at this before pulling out my wand.
"He-Hey I'm sorry I didn't mean it," Fred said holding his hands up defensively. I pulled the wand to my face and done a quick cleaning charm on the spot where Flint had kissed me before doing a few quick touch ups on my make up.
"Sorry I've just been imprinted with the worst memory of my life," I said looking up into three pairs of eyes.
"Say what?" George said dumbly.
I shook my head before answering, "Marcus said he likes me and I will be his," I said bowing my head low.
"How did you get out of it, did you tell him his breathe makes you want to vomit?" Fred said before George elbowed him.
"No I said that me and him are an item," I said pointing at Oliver who looked surprised "and than he kissed me on the cheek, ugh!" I said cringing at the thought.
Fred and George sat down on either side of me and put an arm around my shoulder. "Don't worry, we'll protect you and I'm sure Oliver won't mind being your boyfriend, hell we won't mind being them for you if he won't," Fred said. I cracked a smile and pulled them both into a tight hug.
"You guys are the greatest and I don't even know you!" I said giggling, before I felt Fred pick me up by my waist and twirl me around before putting me on the ground and before I could ask him anything he turned me around again and pushed me into Oliver.
I looked up from his chest and looked up at him "Thanks," I said blushing while wrapping my arms around him.
He slowly brought his arms around me pulling me into a comforting hug "Hey you are my 'girlfriend' after all," he said smirking, I punched him playfully in the arm and stepped back.
"Dinner has been served" the intercom called. I looked up at the twins who looked at me smiling charmingly before bowing. I turned around and saw Oliver bowing at me as well before he held his hand out.
I curtseyed at him before placing my hand gently in his. He wrapped his arm around my hand so it lay lazily hanging over the crook of his elbow.
'Tonight is definitely going to be interesting,'
