*July 20th, 2551

~Eevee

I woke up when I heard someone shuffling around the dimly lit room. I blinked in time to see Ryu and his mom quietly leaving and whispering. Once they closed the door I pulled out my phone to check the time. When I saw it was barely 6am, I tiredly went back to sleep.

*10am

Eevee nudged me awake from my deep sleep.

"Ugh...What time is it?"

"It's already 10. I came to wake you up for breakfast. Sylveon went into the kitchen and made everyone pancakes."

"Pancakes?! Count me in!"

I quickly rushed to the bathroom to brush my teeth and comb my hair. I ran downstairs and began to catch the whiff of pastries. When I stepped inside the dining room I was surprised to see Ryu there, dozed off on the table.

But I easily ignored him when I saw the stack of pancakes on the table, and my friends gourging eagerly down on their stacks. I just helped myself.

"I take it Ryu had a rough morning?"

"Yeah. He only spoke to us for a couple of minutes saying that it was his 'break' or something like that. And he's been dozed off since then, for about 30 minutes already. So we just decided to leave him there."

"Seems for the best."

Sylveon sipped a coffee mug as I took the first bite. It felt so soft and sweet, I was in love with it.

"Mmm...this is so good..."

Sylveon looked up and spoke just after he put two pancakes in his mouth.

"Wuurr wmmcome mmeey."

Me and *Eevee starred at him in disbelief and then started laughing hysterically. This is what woke up Ryu in a jolt.

"Huh?! What?! What? What?! What's going on?! Are we being attacked?!"

His comments just made us laugh even harder.

"Uh...why are the girls laughing? Sylveon?"

Sylveon was too busy chuckling and trying to swallow his food to be able to give a response.

"Hahahahahaha...Next time you try to say something Sylveon please swallow your food first. You look like an Eevee right now."

Sylveon took a quick sip of water and finally managed to swallow his food. Me and *Eevee could not stop laughing at him.

"Right. Sorry about that. It's just a bad habit I have."

Ryu just shrugged and started serving himself. When we finally managed to stop laughing the four of us ate in silence.

"Oh Eevee's. I forgot to tell you something. My mother told me that you guys have permission to try out some dresses in the dress room to pick one for the ball. That's if you guys want to-"

"Are you serious?! We can just pick the one we want?! Just like that?!"

"Yes?"

"Well what are we waiting for?! Let's go over there right now!"

We both finished our pancakes in a hurry, asked Ryu where the room was, and ran to go check the dress room out.

We grabbed the each door at the same time and pulled them open hard.

I swear both our mouths fell on the floor once I flipped on the lightswitches. Endless rows after rows of dresses filled up the entire room. Which looked like it used to be a parking lot for limos. The best part was that there was a stage at the far end of the room lit up by bright fashion lamps along with a catwalk.

"I feel like I died and have gone to fashion heaven."

"Which one should we try on first?"

"Hmmmm..."

"Hmmmm..."

"ALL OF THEM?!"

We both said at the same time.

Nowadays I don't know the half of it but I do remember we tried on so many dresses it accidentally became a fashion frenzy. We tried on dresses with glitter, frills, ruffles, casual, formal, you name it. We even tried on the ones that were way too big for us. Or not even for our species.

The boys came in to watch us have fun. Ocassionally giving us a thumbs up or a big smile.

I was a little wierd at first because all of this seemed like a dream. It felt too imaginary to be real. So we decided to enjoy it while it lasts and tried on dresses we liked and could wear for the ball. *Eevee's turn was next and we eagerly waited for her to come out.

"So it would seem like you're having fun Eevee."

"You bet. Trying on all these dresses is so much fun. I'm so happy I get to pick even one. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't have fun while we're at it."

"Ha! I can see that."

"Oh I'm sorry about the mess. We'll start cleaning up once we're done."

"That's okay. You guys wouldn't know where to put them or that my mother wants all her clothes clean. She insists on organizing them by the stylists and how expensive they are in fact that she really wants them to be kept in that order. And I don't want to pias her off by putting them back in the wrong place and be dirty. I'll tell you what, you guys can even keep the dress you pick seeing as she won't need them."

"Really? That would be great! You hear that *Eevee? We get to keep the dress we want to wear!"

"Are you serious?! Then I'm going to have to make the hardest desicion of my life!!"

She said before putting her head back behind the curtain. Only to poke her head back out 5 seconds later.

"Oh and thanks Ryu. Just don't let it get to your head!"

She said before disapearing behind the curtain again.

"But seriously though thank you for this Ryu. I'm glad it's not too much trouble for you."

"Don't mention it. I'll do anything to make my friends happy."

"Well we all appreciate it."

We all turned back to the curtain when we heard someone tuning something back on.

"Alright you b*es! Turn your attention back to the curtain and feast your eyes on the awesomeness and beauty that is me!! I will be presenting two dresses and you three will help judge which one looks better on me! AND BE F*ING HONEST OR I'LL PULVERISE YOUR STUPID ASSES! ARE WE CLEAR?! GOOD!!! ALRIGHT LET'S BEGIN!"

"Where did she even get her hands on a megaphone?"

"Even I don't have the answer to that one. I didn't even know my mom had one back there."

"It was unexpected. But she did catch our attention. Maybe *Eevee should be a cheerleader in the future."

"Maybe."

"Okaaay reaaaady...And reveal!"

Eevee pushed aside the curtains and gave us a dramatic pose. The dress she was wearing was a light purple color with a ribnon tied around her waist and ruffles on the V neck. And she was pulling it off surprisingly well.

"Well what do you guys think?"

"Very extravagant *Eevee. Nice touch with the pose. I give you an 8." Sylveon said.

I gave her a thumbs up. She nodded in my direction before crossing her arms in Ryu's direction.

"And you dog?"

I turned to Ryu and he was looking dead at *Eevee in shock. He blushed when he saw we were all looking at him.

"Good enough. Can you move on?"

"Fine."

Eevee left in a huff to try on the second dress. We waited patiently for her. When I noticed Ryu looking at me with a disapointed look on his face.

"What's wrong Ryu?"

"Oh nothing. Just thinking about something..."

[Arodz28 : Ryu was thinking that Eevee is flat. Not very nice considering she's 11.]

Sylveon smacked him on the head.

"What was that for?"

"Sure you are."

"Please don't tell me you're not thinking about it too."

"I have no exact idea what your thinking about, but I'm guessing it can't be something appropriate."

"What? No I-"

"What are you guys talking about?"

"Nothing Eevee. Ryu is just being a hypocrite."

"Tch! Give me a break."

"Ookaaay..."

"Alright! Prepare yourselves for round 2! And my second attempt to wow you poor tasting asswipes! Behold! My bold look!"

She was covered in black lace roses all on the right side of her dress. A black ribbon was tied around her hip draping really low on one side. The remainder of the dress was a delicate blue green color. I loved the style and it looked great on her.

"Perfect 10, bestie!"

"I agree that's definitely a 10!"

"Thank you. And you Ryu, what did you think?"

"I-I um. I don't know."

"That's not an answer."

"I- thought you looked...awful."

"WHAT?!"

"I'm going to check if my suit is finished already. I'll see you guys later."

He said as he stalked off with a slight clench to his fist.

"Fine! It looks like we have a winner. Eevee it's your turn to try on a dress! Now. Right now."

"Yes ma'am!"

I tried on two more dresses one was a baby blue dress with a single white ribbon around it, while the second was a pink blush color with three layers on the skirt and maroon roses stitched on the chest. The second one was the winner.

Despite some of the tension wearing off, or so I thought, we we're all left wondering why Ryu had said that. It was definitely not in his character.

"I'm a little worried now Sylveon."

"Me too. I'm gonna go talk to Ryu. That wasn't very nice of him to say that to a friend. It may be his birthday but saying that to a lady is just not right. Seeya both at the ball."

"Yeah. Seeya."

Eevee said nothing as Sylveon left with an uneasy smile and worried expression. I picked up my dress when *Eevee decided to speak.

"Why are guys like that?! So rude and wierd all the time. How do you put up with such fu*ing unpleasant mon?!"

I sighed and gave her a small look of sympathy.

"I mean is it really that hard for guys to be nice? Or are they all just egotistical bastards?!"

"No not all them. I know for a fact that Sylveon is a far cry from mean. And so is Ryu, he's just not very good at being nice with you because it's difficult considering you guys had a bad start to begin with. You should just give him another chance."

"For what?! To get no response?! No thank you! I have myself to look out for instead of just waiting for a selfish response."

*Eevee shoved past me holding her dress behind her.

"But I know you really do care *Eevee or you wouldn't be my friend. And I know you just want to be his friend too. You two just disagree a lot. Keep that in mind."

She paused for a few seconds before angrily leaving altogether.

"Great more friend drama."

*4:30pmIt was about 30 minutes before the ball and the maid's had just finished putting makeup on my face. I admit this is the first time I've put on makeup before, but you only live once right.

"You look absolutely lovely Miss Eevee. Do you need anything else?"

"No I'm fine. But thanks anyway."

"It's our pleasure. The ball will begin in the south ballroom shortly. If you need anything else don't hesitate to call us."

"Right. Thanks again."

I happily stepped out of the makeup room and closed the door. And blinked to the left when I saw my face in the mirror.

A faint blush was on my cheeks, my eyelids had a slight lilac color, finished off with a light pink lipstick on my lips.

"Not bad."

I snapped out of it when I felt my phone vibrate. I took out my phone to see Sylveon's text.

'Need reinforcements in the dress room! I found Ryu and *Eevee in a heated argument over here.''Ok. I'm coming.'I went through the door on the left side of the staircase and hurried on back over to the dress room. When I got there I found Sylveon trying to play peacemaker and a very angry Ryu and *Eevee.

"So what did you want?!"

"I just wanted some positive feedback from you, since that's what friends do! Not say something like, 'it's awful!' What is wrong with that?! No more importantly, you?!"

"You said you wanted honesty and I gave it to you! I really didn't like it! And yet you still wore it because my opinion didn't really matter in the end! So what else do you want me to say?!"

"Anything but what you said!! Don't you have anything nice to say!!"

"Well that's what I said and I'm not going to say anything else just so I don't get judged on it all the time!!"

"What are you talking about?!"

"You! Everything I tell you is an insult to you no matter how nice it is!! And then when I say something rude then you want me to say something kind!! Can't you make up you're mind?!!"

"My mind is already made up! And right then and now I just wanted to know if you liked it or not because you're my friend and I cared about what you had to say!! Is it really that hard to say a compliment?!"

"Hey guys please stop fighting!"

"No it isn't! I just felt- Argh! You wouldn't understand!"

"Try me!"

"This is exactly why I didn't say anything! You always manage to bend the truth! I feel like you're always testing me why can't you just be glad you at least left me speechless?! Isn't that enough for you?!! Or are you just never pleased?!"

"Neither! I just want to include you and hear everyone's opinion! That's all! Why is it so hard to say the truth?!"

"I just said why! Haven't you been paying attention you idiot?!"

"Don't you dare call me a idiot you jerk! I have feelings too!"

"Oh really?! I doubt that!"

"Why I oughta-"

"Do what?! What are you gonna do-"

The sound of a slap filled the air. Ryu was stunned after *Eevee had slapped him.

(Note: Things got extreme between the two friends. Can they sort this little dilemna? Or will the night turn sour? Find out in Ch 97 ~ Eevee!)