Chapter 52: United
4:00 PM
While the lads are occupied with their business, what are the ladies up to?
Over at the Kanker's trailer, the sisters plus Skylar have started to organize their preparations for the upcoming party. Marie decided to dress herself up first, although once she was done with the dress itself, she decided. to ask help from Skylar with a couple things.
"Ready?" asked Skylar.
"Yeah, don't be too quick however." responded Marie.
"Of course." said Skylar.
What Marie has asked help with is with makeup, as while she knows a basic idea of stuff to do, Skylar has been doing much higher variety of makeup, so the former asked the latter to provide her talents. While Skylar is proceeding with her work, she decides to ask Marie about something that has been bothering her since May mentioned it to her.
"Hey, is it true that Lee has... some sort of just, feud with Chris?"
Marie only shrugged a little bit, before explaining, "Yeah. It's a long story, so ready?"
Skylar nods, and Marie begins telling the story, saying, "Well, it's a ridiculously messy story, but here's how it went. Me and Double D were alone discussing some stuff, and, don't spread this around, but that's when we started our relationship. Anyways, the other Eds and Chris came and slammed through the door, however I guess my sisters weren't that far behind either, because not even a minute after the boys arrived, May and Lee came too. I had a plan to throw both of them off, as they wouldn't believed me if I said that me and Double D were in a relationship, so I pretended that I took him hostage for us."
Skylar adopts a face of confusion, stating, "That's so strange, but where's the part that explain the feud?"
"It's coming, but listen." responded Marie. "When I told my sisters about it, they believed me, and Chris tried to convince them to give Double D back, but Lee refused, and declared a fight for him. This is where it happens, so get ready. Lee was set to fight Eddy first, but unfortunately, poor Eddy lost both rounds, although that doesn't surprise me, to tell ya the truth. Right after he lost, she asked if we can take Double D home, but that's when Chris comes out to fight."
Skylar chuckles slightly, awaiting what Marie is about to tell her, as to the former, this story seems absolutely ridiculous beyond all comprehension. Regardless, Marie proceeds onwards by saying, "Chris surprised everyone that day, because apparently, Double D told me some details, but Chris knows martial arts apparently, and this made Lee lose both rounds. However, in the last one, Chris ended it in a very overkill manner, because, it's hard to describe, as he did it fast, but to tell ya, he basically hit her really fast and hard with some nunchucks he brought along secretly, then he threw them, hitting her face, and doing a kick that didn't look pretty at all, knocking her down."
"Wait a second!" commented Skylar. "He told me back at his room, that he just fidgets around with it sometimes. Was that a lie?"
"Really? Yeah, he lied then, because I've seen it, and trust me, fidgeting is NOT all that he does." responded Marie, slightly surprised.
Skylar is a bit disappointed, because if there's one thing that she dislikes, is when people lie about stuff. She then says, "I'll have a conversation with him, but why would he lie about it? Weird..."
"Up to you to discover. After all, he is technically-"
"Don't go there." Skylar said, cutting Marie off.
After around 35 minutes, Skylar manages to finish up Marie's makeup, and so, the results are in. Marie essentially had her skin on her face get a bit of a more natural matte look, while her eyes got a bit of a dark blue-ish tint of eyeliner. Marie also takes note of her dark lipstick on her lips, which she admires.
"Wow. You did great! I love your attention to detail." said Marie.
"It's not a big deal. I could've done it better, but I don't want to take up much time with you, in case the others need any assistance. But I'm glad you like it, it's not everyday I get to help some with their appearance." responds Skylar.
"Hey Marie! Are you done yet! We have to go next ya know!" yelled Lee, from outside the restroom, where everyone was planning to do their makeup and dressing routine.
In response, Marie opens the door, with Skylar coming from behind, and May Lee are impressed by the effort that Skylar put in.
"How long have you been doing this?" May asks Skylar.
"Three years. Although, the fashion of make up that I grew up with is different with here, so I tried to adapt it with the fashion of here. I think it turned out pretty well." explains Skylar.
May gets excited, as if Marie looked great thanks to Skylar, she could only wonder how she could appear because of the effort and work Skylar puts into it. May proceeds to ask, "Can you help me too?"
"Sure, no problem at all. First, though, get your dress on first, just so that we can take care of that step first, okay? Lee, do you want assistance too, or will you be doing it solo?" Skylar mentions.
Lee pauses for a moment, then says, "I had doubts about ya, but after what you did with Marie... sure!"
"Gotcha. Let May be first, then I'll work with ya." responded Skylar.
For around 75 minutes or so, Skylar gets busy with doing the makeup for both May and Lee. The former's makeup was fairly simple, in comparison to the other two sisters. With the latter, the minor roadblock that she ran into was the large amount of hair Lee had, in comparison to the other two, who had hair to a lesser extent. Eventually, the two came to an agreement, that any eye related makeup would not be used, although Skylar questions slightly how exactly Lee manages to see, but regardless, she proceeds with it. The feedback she gets from the other two sisters is equally as positive, with a bit more praise from May herself, even giving her a hug as thanks from the assistance.
At around 6:10, Skylar wraps up everyone's make up, satisfied with the work. Well, expect that she has one more person left. Herself!
"I'm glad with how you guys like your makeup. I have to do my business now, so give me a bit okay?"
"You betcha." responded Lee.
With that, Skylar begins her own self makeup and dressing process. She decided to go more simple with herself, really only applying some skin makeup and lipstick. Although she does enjoy to get more creative with the possible ideas with makeup, sometimes she prefers to go a bit more simple. Less is more to her, basically.
"Why don't you check on the boys, dear narrator?" said Skylar, randomly.
Well... sure then! That was strange.
Over to the lads, the people who are finished with their clothing process are Ed obviously, but also Double D, along with more recently, Eddy. Eddy had worn the same clothes that he demonstrated to Chris a while ago, but with Double D, he adopted a white suit with a tie, along with black thin pants with a belt in-between, and for shoes, he decided to wear black and white shoes for the occasion. The only person that is left is obviously just Chris, who just started his clothing process. The Eds decided to wait downstairs in the meanwhile, having a bit of a conversation with Maria.
In his room, first he starts by taking a shower before putting any of the clothing on. Afterwards, once done, he decides to do a rather unusual decision. Well, more specifically, unusual to everyone else, but normal to him. He decided to put a t-shirt of Slayer's "Haunting The Chapel", in which he laughs a bit at that choice.
"Watch Skylar get mad at me. I'm sure she'll be okay with it. More or less." said Chris to himself in his mind.
Let's hope he is right, haha! Anyways, he then throws on a black leather jacket, along with black jeans and black white shoes. After around 10 minutes, he manages to finish up. Before heading downstairs, he notices the nunchucks that he used earlier in the day, and decides to bring them, but ONLY in the case of emergencies, as parties are unpredictable sometimes for him. Admittedly aswell, Chris notes his very dark appearance in terms of his clothing color, but he doesn't mind it much, as he likes it a lot, as a matter of fact. But the reactions of his friends is something that he isn't very sure of. Regardless, he comes down to join his friends.
"Going with a single color I see. Not bad man!" commented Eddy.
"A tad bit too dark, don't you think Chris? Also, what about the shirt" questioned Double D a bit.
"No worries, it'll be fine. Skylar likes the shirts anyways, but for a party like this? I have no clue to be fair. I don't expect much anyways, maybe a, 'bollocking', as she likes to tell me sometimes." said Chris.
"As long as you can manage it, that is what's important." responded Double D.
"That is very much true. Should we head on over to Kevin's place now to assist with any possible preparations for the party?" asked Chris. "We did promise him that we would help out, no?"
"May as well, right? Hey, Maria, thanks for letting us here as always!" yelled out Eddy.
Maria gives a thumbs up as a response, and she says bye to the four lads, wishing them fun at this party. At around 6:15 PM, the boys arrive at Kevin's house, in which only a couple people have arrived. Kevin takes notice of their arrival, and goes over to greet them.
"Hey! Looking sharp over here!" commented Kevin. "Really aiming for a good impression aren't we?"
"Maybe not the case for Double D, but for me, Chris and Ed, you betcha." responded Eddy. "Although, I'm sure I won't have to try hard."
"Sure, dork, haha! Come on! Let's get ready before the ladies come over. I've managed to get the music system ready, but did you and Chris get the music itself ready Eddy?" asks Kevin. "I hope you guys didn't pick ridiculous songs."
"Don't worry, while I can one hundred percent understand how someone would see what I listen to as aggressive, I have some tunes that aren't overly absurd." commented Chris. "Eddy! You got some stuff ready?"
"You betcha!" responds Eddy.
With that, the three of them spend a couple minutes setting the music up, testing one of the songs, "Bad", by Micheal Jackson, and it works perfectly fine.
6:20 PM rolls around, and everyone is assigned different tasks currently. Ed and Double D are currently busy making sure nothing looks unpresentable, or for more simple terms, dirty. While Eddy, Kevin and Chris took the assignments of entertainment, food and drinks, and organizing it all.
While they work however, it occurs to Chris that something is off.
"Hmm... it's almost time, where are they?" asked Chris.
"The girls?" responded Eddy. "Eh, they're probably busy. Cut them some slack, I'm sure they'll come."
What is going on at the trailer?
At the same time, Skylar has taken note of the fact that she and the Kankers will not make it on time, but that's okay with her, because nothing huge really happens at a party until much later. Although, she decides to shoot Chris a call, just in case he gets worried about her. She hits call, and waits a bit, before he picks up after 5 seconds.
"Hey, what's up? Are you on your way right now?" asked Chris over the phone.
"No, we're gonna be slightly late unfortunately. Is it okay if we come like 10 or so minutes later? Nothing large will happen, right?" explains Skylar.
"Yeah that's fine, don't you worry. Me and the others still got other things to do anyways, so we will be quite occupied to say the least. If anything else occurs, let me know as soon as possible." responded Chris.
"Alright. Hope you're ready for what's coming though. Catch ya later." said Skylar, slightly seductively.
Chris laughs before hanging up, and Skylar is about to finish up what she was previously doing. Meanwhile, over with the Kankers, all of them are doing some last minute checks on everything, just to be sure they are well prepared for the event. It's the first time they've ever been invited with open arms in a long, long time, as their attitude with the kids hasn't exactly gotten them the best of reputations.
With May, she can only hope that Ed has 110% gotten over his fear of her from the past, and has fully attempted her as a friend. Of course, she does not expect a love relationship, but to get on Ed's good side will feel like a huge accomplishment to her. After all, she has always felt as she is the mirror match to Ed.
Over to Marie, she is feeling quite happy herself, being with Double D, and attending the party with him. Her only goal with this party is perhaps to get to know Double D more... while in private. She never did want him and her being the center of attention, in a non-ironic way.
From Lee's perspective, being with Eddy is great, it seems her mirror match has also come around. Although, like May, she doesn't expect a love relationship, not in the slightest bit. Regardless, she still plans to hopefully make this night for her and Eddy fun and one for the books.
Lastly, Skylar's point of view is very mixed. Should she expect Chris to ask her "the question"? Or will she ask it? Because to her, it's obvious beyond obvious that he has taken a "liking" to her, so to say, but it's not really up to her to decide, as she would prefer if they both agreed, rather than them both having different perspectives. Either way, she hopes to enjoy the moment, even if she plans a conversation with him about the feud he has gotten himself into.
Returning back to the lads...
After Chris receives the news from Skylar, he goes over to the Eds, and tells them, "Okay, I just got a call from Skylar, and she plus the Kankers are going to be slightly late. If I were to place a bet, they'll arrive no later than like fifteen minutes."
"As long as they are proceed smoothly with everything they've planned, it should all be well." responded Double D.
"Oh, someone's expecting something!" teased Eddy, causing a burst of laughter, and making Double D sigh in slight annoyance, but eventually chuckling a bit at Eddy's little joke.
"And you aren't Eddy?" Double D fires back, causing Eddy to become stuck, and embarrassed. Checkmate!
"Enough already. We all are expecting a surprise, but we don't know what exactly." stated Chris. "Honestly, I'll be happy with whatever, because it's cool to get a large scale surprise or however you want to say it, but... I don't know, simple but effective! Let's just say it like that."
"Will there be cartoons involved guys?" asked Ed, in a silly manner.
"No Ed, I highly doubt that cartoons will be involved. If anything, I'm positive in the fact that it will be more related to appearance." responded Double D.
"We will see in a bit." commented Eddy.
Oh, we will!