Author's Note-Hey! Hope you like my last chapter. I'm fast forwarding my story by 1 week, because I want to finish my story ASAP! Enjoy this chapter! PLEASE R&R!!!

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1 week has passed...

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Massie's Mansion

Massie's Room

Sunday-10:34 A.M.

Massie and the girls were in Massie's room getting ready for the masquerade party. Massie had woken up at six o'clock in the morning to go shopping for her dress, mask, and shoes.

Massie had changed the time from 6:30 P.M. to 12:00 P.M. She wanted her party to start earlier, so it would last longer.

"Claire, help me zip my dress up." Massie said.

"Sure, one second though." Claire said, who was zipping her own dress up.

Massie was wearing a white strapless dress that went all the way down to her ankles. The dress had white sparkling crystals lined against on her chest, with tiny sequins lining up and down the dress. Massie was wearing a Tiffany Legacy drop pendant in of diamonds in platinum with a pair of snowflake earrings. Massie had specially ordered her glass high-heels from a foreign country. Now all Massie had to do was to fix her hair and make up.

Claire went over to Massie and helped zip up her dress.

"Thanks." Massie said.

"No problem." Claire replied.

"Is everyone done with their dresses?" Massie asked, turning around to see her reflection in the mirror.

"No." Dylan replied, who was having a bit of a hard time fitting into her halter green dress.

Massie sighed and walked over to Dylan. "What's taking you so long?"

"I can't fit into this fricking dress!" Dylan exclaimed, showing Massie how hard it was for her to get into her dress.

"Suck in your stomach." Massie said.

Dylan sucked in her stomach as much as she could, but the dress was still a bit too small for her.

"See?" Dylan said, throwing her hands up in the air in distress. "I'm too fat!"

"No, you're not." Massie snapped. "You're just not sucking in your stomach enough."

"I am!" Dylan exclaimed.

"Come here," Massie instructed, "I'll help you suck in your stomach then."

Dylan grumbled but complied.

Massie zipped up Dylan's dress as far as she could and then told Dylan to suck in her stomach.

Dylan sucked and sucked, and finally, Massie was able to zip her dress up all the way.

"See?" Massie told Dylan, "I told you, you can fit in it!"

"Yeah, but now I can't breathe." said Dylan sarcastically, rolling her eyes.

"Pshh, grow up, Dylan." Massie told her.

Dylan just rolled her eyes again.

"Ok," Massie said, "is everyone finally ready?"

This time, everyone nodded.

"Good, then let's go do our hair and makeup." Massie smiled.

The girls rushed into Massie's bathroom, immediately opening their makeup bags and supplies.

Massie made her hair slightly wavy and curly, and then she spritzed on some hair spray. She then took out her blue MAC eye shadow and eye liner and started applying them onto her eyes. Next, she applied mascara onto her eyes and then curled them. A few minutes later, Massie and the rest of the girls were done with their makeup.

"Let's go put on our masks." Massie said, heading downstairs.

Massie went to her living room, where she had stored her mask in a box. Massie's mask was white with long white feathers sticking up from it. The mask was lined with little jewels and sparkles. It completely matched Massie's dress.

"Ehmagawd!" Massie shrieked when she saw that the box with her mask in it, was gone.

Claire and the rest of the girls rushed up behind Massie.

"What?" Alicia asked.

Massie pointed to the empty table, "My mask is gone!"

Claire gasped. "Where is it?"

"I don't know!" Massie snapped, getting worried. People would start arriving in half an hour, and she couldn't have people coming if she didn't have her mask.

"Ok, you guys," Massie commanded, "everyone split up into pairs. I'll go by myself."

Alicia went with Dylan and Claire went with Kristen. Alicia and Dylan went up to Massie's room, while Claire and Kristen went to the kitchen and family room.

Massie ran to the foyer, where she was going to hold the party. She looked behind the couches, under the tables, even behind the DJ booth. But, after all that looking, Massie still couldn't find her precious mask. Massie decided to check the backyard, just in case.

Five minutes later, Claire, Dylan, Kristen, and Alicia were done looking. They too, did not find Massie's mask.

"You guys," Massie wailed. "what am I going to do?"

No one replied.

"You guys!"

"Uh," Claire began, "maybe you can quickly go to the store and get another one."

"As if!" Massie exclaimed. "That mask was specially made too, just like my glass slippers."

Just then, Claire's little brother, Todd, came walking into the foyer, wearing Massie's mask.

"Ehmagawd!" Massie exclaimed, "you have my mask?"

Todd took off the mask and threw it onto the table. "Yeah."

Massie immediately grabbed the mask from the table and checked it to make sure there was no damage done by Todd.

"That mask is itchy." Todd complained.

"You little brat," Massie hissed, "do you even know how worried I was? You scared the hell out of me?"

"Oooh, you said a bad word." Todd said.

"So, sue me." Massie snapped.

"I'm going to tell on you." Todd smiled annoyingly.

"I don't care." Massie said, "Go ahead."

"Fine," Todd said, "I'll go right now."

"Good, just get out of here."

Todd stuck his tongue out at Massie and then left the foyer.

Massie turned to Claire.

"Sorry about that." Massie apologized. "I didn't mean to call your brother names, I was just so worried."

Claire smiled, "Don't worry about it. I'm glad you did. He's SO annoying."

Massie smiled back. "Ok, let's hurry up and put on our masks."

The girls got their masks, and put them on.

"Everyone done?" Massie asked.

Everyone nodded.

Massie and the girls made sure everything was in order and ready for the party.

Massie took another look at all the girls, and she could hardly tell who was who. That was a good thing, though, because after all, what are masquerades for and known for?

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