Lost In Time Chapter 15:
"It's almost time, hurry up!" Fitz yelled by the door. As the King, he was supposed to escort Biana to the ball, but the girls had spent too long getting ready. "One-more-pin-" Linh said, trying to keep Biana still as she finished putting her bun into place. "There!" she huffed, collapsing on the sofa. Who knew getting ready for a dance was so stressful.
"Coming!" Biana yelled, putting her golden tiara on. "How do I look?" She said, giving a little twirl to her friends. She wore a poofy light pink dress with lace gloves up to her shoulders. Around her waist was a long train with flowers draped on the edge.
"Like a goddess!" Marella exclaimed, pushing her out the door. "Wait!" Sophie called, "you forgot your mask!" Biana quickly tied the white lace mask on, and then she and Fitz quickly exited the room.
"Even in the regular world, they still look and act like royalty." Linh remarked as they watched them walk down the hall. Sophie had to agree, the Vacker's genes were amazing.
"Ugh how do I even compare to that level of perfection!" Sophie exclaimed, dramatically placing her hand across her face as Marella and Linh erupted in giggles.
"Dex is going to have a fit when he sees her," Marella said as she tied on her red mask.
"True, buuuut let's talk about when Fitz sees you, like woah." Linh said, twirling around in her own gown. Marella blushed. Her dress was separated in two parts. The skirt was made of bright red satin, but the top had a nude color with roses placed strategically all over. In the back a giant bow was placed right at the waist. Because it took so long for Marella to get the dress on, she simply tied her hair up in a ponytail with braids weaving in and out.
"Oh please," she replied, "we are just platonic friends. Love isn't really my thing." Linh stopped twirling just so Marella could see her roll her eyes.
"Trust me, just try and give it a chance." Linh replied, and then continued to twirl around in her baby blue dress. It was long with a blue belt to define the waist. The dress had long sleeves, but they were soft and elegant; almost like wings. Her hair was curled with a white flower crown pinning back loose pieces.
"You both look breathtaking, now can we please go?" Sophie huffed, basically pulling them out the door. When they got to the top of the stairs, Biana was waiting for them.
"I wanted to also walk down with my best friends," she responded when asked what she was doing. Together the four girls linked arms and descended the staircase. When they entered the room, the chatter seemed to stop. Everyone's heads turned towards them in awe.
"So much for not getting attention," Sophie whispered, but the other girls didn't care. When they reached the bottom, they parted ways. Biana went back to Dex and Fitz, Linh went to find Wylie, and Marella to the food table. Sophie just wandered around the room, hoping to spot someone familiar or, even better, an elf. Thanks to Dex, they had a device that would beep if one entered the room. He formed it into rings so it wouldn't be too obvious, and gave one to each of them. "Hopefully this works," Sophie mumbled to herself.
Meanwhile, Marella was stuffing her face with cream puffs when Fitz walked over, flashing that gorgeous smile of his. "Seems like you're having fun over by the food table," he commented, taking a sweet roll off of the mouth-watering display. "How could you not? Instead of talking to people you can eat delicious treats!" she said, picking up another cream puff. Fitz chuckled a little bit before he took the cream puff out of her hands and ate it. Marella just watched, mouth wide open. "That-who-my cream puff!" she whined as Fitz just laughed at her. "I'm sorry, I had to take that opportunity. But seriously, you have to at least have one dance with me." Fitz said, convincing Marella to leave the food table. "One dance, but then I have to go back to my cream puffs." she said as Fitz dragged her towards where the band was playing.
Biana and Dex just watched as Fitz led Marella through the crowd. "Did I miss something?" Dex said as they started dancing. Biana shook her head, "there's no way he's a councillor." Dex nodded, but he noticed the way Fitz looked at Marella. He'd have to talk about it with him later. "Anyway, you look lovely." he said, turning his attention to his match next to him. Biana blushed again, "Dex that's the tenth time you've said that," she giggled. Dex grabbed her cheek and pulled her towards him. "Then I'll say it again. You-look-beautiful," he whispered, kissing her in between words. When he tried to pull away, Biana only pulled him closer, and stood on her tippy toes to kiss him again. "I'm the luckiest girl in the room." She said, making Dex's face turn a deep pink. He wrapped his arm around her as she nestled her head in his chest. Dex chuckled to himself as he watched Linh and Wylie talk, Fitz and Marella dance, and Keefe and Sophie, well, do whatever they were doing. Looking back down at the brunette in his arm, he placed a gentle kiss on her head. No one could make him happier than she could, and that was enough for Dex.