Nothing could ruin the girl's mood who was stuffing everything in her locker as she had spent every minute she had free that day working as hard as she could to get all her homework done so she could concentrate on tonight. Nothing could kill Will's mood as she closed the locker finally, nothing could, not even a certain blonde who was having a tantrum over what happened with Elyon.
It wasn't Will's fault though as Yan Lin had even said, the redhead did her best to do what she thought was right. At first Will was very upset about the whole situation taking Cornelia's words to heart but Yan Lin and the woman's granddaughter Hay Lin had managed to cheer Will up and convince her that wasn't anything else that could have been done as telling Elyon could have only complicated things which was what Will was worried about to begin with.
Will did understand where the blonde guardian was coming from though and did her best to not let Cornelia's rants bother her as much as they did at first though some did get to her. Especially when Cornelia had said, 'No wonder your own mother prefers spending time with your teacher than you!' Will could see the apologetic look in the other girl's eyes as soon as she said it though Cornelia didn't say it. It did hurt but Will did her best to ignore it as tonight proved that her mother loved her.
She had saved for a couple months for both the tickets and the black evening gown Will would be wearing to the dinner tonight for the Breast Cancer Fundraiser with her mother. Will had bought the most expensive package as she was so excited to be doing something this major with her mother as well as trying to make up for all the fights they had been having lately. Tonight she was planning to tell her mother she approved of Dean and give her blessing to her mother for seeing the man.
"Oh god, guess what Cornelia has!" Hay Lin cried happily as the other four guardians joined Will just as she was starting to walk away from her locker while the blonde was trying to silence her. "She has five front row and back stage passes to tonight's VMJ concert!!"
"It's going to be so cool, Will!" Taranee said excitedly though no where near as hyper as the Asian girl was.
"I can't believe I'm going to meet VMJ in person!" Irma said happily, "You can come, can't you?"
"No, she can't!" Cornelia snapped angrily, "I told you I'm taking my friends."
"Will is our friend." Taranee said turning to Cornelia a little angrily.
"I'd rather take a Grumper before her!" Cornelia snarled pointing at Will.
"If you don't take her then I'm not going either!" Hay Lin said visibly upset. Will herself was a little hurt by it herself as when they announced the tickets and Cornelia taking them but when Cornelia made her intentions clear it crushed those hopes to dust as the blonde glared hatefully at Will.
"It's okay Hay Lin, I already had plans tonight anyways." Will sighed trying her best not to show the hurt that she didn't think was possible a few minutes earlier.
"What kind of plans could you have that is possibly more important than VMJ?" Irma asked in shock shooting Cornelia an angry glance, "I'm sure we can convince her royal bitchness to give up one of her tickets."
"Three words, Breast Cancer Fundraiser." Will said causing Irma to smack her forehead with the palm of her hand.
"Ah man, I forgot that was tonight!" Irma whined, "I promised my dad I'd go with Anna to it."
"Why would your mother even want to spend time with you?" Cornelia growled angrily at the redhead but gulped when four pairs of angry eyes turned to her.
"I'd love to stay and continue this," Will said swallowing the lump in her throat, "But I have to go get ready. Guess I'll se you there Irma."
"Yeah, see you there Will." Irma called after the rapidly retreating redhead before turning on Cornelia. "I can't believe you, has that bleach you use on your hair killed all of your brain cells?"
"I don't bleach my hair!" Cornelia snarled glaring at Irma.
"Could have fooled me, bleach for brains! Can't you see what you are doing to her? She's out friend!" Irma snapped, Hay Lin and Taranee getting ready to break the two girls apart f they started getting physical. "Damn it Corny, she did everything she could! Will never asked for all this crap to be dumped on her."
"Neither did I but I'm dealing Irmie!" Cornelia snapped, "It's her fault Elyon was kidnapped!"
"Little louder, I don't think the FBI heard you!" Irma growled cracking her knuckles.
"Elyon was my best friend!" Cornelia growled as tears started falling from her eyes making a trail down her cheeks. "She was my sister and…God I'm so worried about her. Who knows what those things are doing to her!"
"Oh Cornelia." Irma sighed, pulling the sobbing girl into a hug. "We are all worried about Elyon but it isn't helping attacking Will like you do. She's worried to and what you said…"
"Was out of line." Cornelia sniffed, talking softly with regret in her voice, "I…I don't mean to be so mean to her but…I can't help myself. I get so angry and I guess she's the easiest target to blame for it."
"Cornelia, Will understands you are hurting right now but what you said about her mother was uncalled for. You know how scared she is of losing her." Hay Lin said softly squeezing the taller girl's shoulder as Taranee gave the two embracing girls a hug.
"We will get her back, Cornelia." Taranee said, "We just need to stick together."
"I…I know we will." Cornelia said pulling away from the group hug. "I guess I'll apologize to her in the morning."
"Good, we can beat Phobos if we stick together but if this fighting keeps up I don't know what will happen." Hay Lin sighed.
WITCH
Will noticed her mother's car parked in the parking lot of the school as she was leaving and was tempted to wait for her but decided to hurry home to get ready so Susan could have plenty of hot water to take a shower before getting ready herself. She could give Susan a little time with Dean before their plans this evening. Will knew Susan wouldn't forget this time, the redhead had reminded her the night before and again at breakfast. She had nothing to worry about and hopefully when she told her mother she was sorry for the hostilities toward Dean maybe their own relationship could be saved.
It was what was scaring her the most lately, she didn't really hate Dean but she hated the fact Susan went behind her back to see the man until Will caught them. After that Susan and Will had often gotten into stupid arguments ending with the older woman canceling plans with Will or grounding the redhead before taking off for the evening with Dean. While those times were helpful in sneaking to missions unnoticed it still hurt Will deeply. She was hoping that this night, the culmination of a little over two months of saving and planning could maybe help heal the forming rift.
It didn't take Will very long to make it home where she immediately tripped as soon as she got to the bathroom and proceeded to get cleaned up for her big night. She hated dressing up like she was planning to being an even bigger tomboy than Irma but wanted to look beautiful for the photo that they would take of the two which came with the most expensive tickets that Will had bought. She wanted this night to be perfect and she worked too hard and waited too long for it not to be.
Turning off the water and drying off Will dumped the towel into the hamper and wrapped another one around herself and a third one in her hair before heading to her room to get dressed. True it was a couple hours before they would have to leave but Will wanted plenty of time to get more practice walking in her worst enemy…Heels. True they were low heels but she still hated walking in the things as she more often fell or tripped than walked in them.
She had bought some black stockings as well to go with her strapless black formal gown and elbow length gloves which cost her a month's pay while the other moth's pay went to buying the tickets for tonight as she wanted to be the one to do something special for her mother.
She was also planning on wearing light makeup which wasn't something she enjoyed, it was too much of a hassle. Yet again she was going to do it to look her best for the mother daughter photo so they would both have a photo a piece of how fun this night was even if it was a pain in the ass to get ready for.
It took almost an hour to get dressed and to get her makeup to look perfect, following some of the advice she asked Irma's step mother for which did pay off. It was a little hard at first getting the lipstick to look right but by using a deeper shade of color on the outside corners of her lips and a lighter color with the same shade on the center made her lips look fuller even if she had to do it several times to get it looking just right.
If getting her lips just right wasn't hassle enough her eyes was the worst. She hated using the eyelash curler the most but she hated the rest just as much as she hated getting anything near her eyes like that for some reason. She usually hated even using visine and while that did go directly in the eye the mascara's brush and curler always made her flinch as a part of her was scared of jabbing it in her eye on accident. Pencils and crayons were just as bad too as they always bugged her and she was frankly glad that she didn't need contacts because she would never be able to wear them. Thankfully if she ever did need them there was always normal glasses, right?
After finally getting all her make up just right and making sure her gown looked good she slid her heels on before practicing with them. Standing up from her chair she slowly took a step making sure to step first on her heel before finally letting the sole follow smoothly before repeating the same with her other foot. It was a little hard as she was used to taking longer steps but with the heels she needed a shorter stride with smooth even steps while using her arms for balance.
"God I wish I could have just ten minutes alone with the bastard who made these things." Will grumbled as she slowly made her way across her room and back several times almost losing her balance several times but thankfully didn't fall. Her gown did have knee length slits but it was still different than wearing a pair of jeans which she was more used to. At least jeans didn't force your knees to stay this close together without making the slits even longer by accident.
Looking in the mirror it was hard to see the tomboy as a beautiful redheaded girl stared back but she felt foolish all the same. She felt like she was being put on display which was something she always hated and would much rather girls like Cornelia being on display as she thrived on the attention. Will hated the attention as that was all it was, attention to her body and not who she was. She wasn't a damn piece of meat for guys to gawk and leer at.
Hearing the watch on her counter beep she glided back to her desk and pulled open the jewelry box sitting there holding the very few things she had like that. Digging out a simple pair of silver studded earrings with a small diamond in each and put them in each ear before putting on a silver chain with a small cross on it. Next she took out a silver watch that looked more like a bracelet rather than her favorite Casio digital watch and slipped it on checking to make sure the hands were on the right hour and minutes as it wasn't digital like she preferred.
Getting up she went to her full length mirror one last time to make sure everything was okay as her mother should be getting home anytime to get ready herself. Looking at herself she hated to admit it but she was proud of how she looked, how beautiful she was which was something she often denied. She normally hid herself behind baggy clothes and loose fitting jeans and cargo pants rather than dresses and skirts and tight tops showing off her curves.
All she knew was that tonight was going to be perfect and she looked perfect for the occasion. Screw Cornelia, she knew her mother would come and the woman would be proud of Will and they would have a great night together. She was going to prove she was loved and was worth loving.
NOTES:
Sorry this took so long to get done but here is the first chappie for 'Hate or Fear,' the last one being kind of a prologue.
Fan: I decided t continue since all of you seem to like this story and I hope you continue enjoying it. Thankies.
Xfilesoc: Thankies, I decided to continue it thanks to all of you enjoying it.
James Brice: Thankies, I'm working on it as a full story now and I hope you enjoyed this update.
Philip Gipson: Thankies, I'm glad you liked it so far. I loved both the comics and show but I do agree with you, the voiced in the first season did seem a little off to me. Almost fake in a way. The second season seemed so much better and I really hope there will be a season three . Thankies, hope you enjoyed this update.