this is where my favourite bits of the story kick in ^^
Alec stood firmly in his room, his face a deep red and fighting to control himself. He'd never felt so naked or exposed or vulnerable in his life! He was trembling with embarrassment as he tried to hold the curtain of his room in place and stubbornly refusing to move. Sure, he'd worn robes before, but this... this was just terrifying! He hoped to all levels of hell that they couldn't see him through the flimsy curtain. He cursed his people for having a taste for delicate, see through materials and for looking effeminate to other races.
"Alec, please come out" Cassie called though the curtain.
"No freakin' way!"
He didn't think he could go out and face them. He had to hold the curtain so neither Vorn, Tai, Cassie, Plucky or Kitchzy could open it. He'd never be able to live down looking like he did. It was all he had left to make sure he was never seen. The only way he could fix this would be if he got to the other side of the room, but he'd have to let go of the curtain to do that...
"Dude, just, like, man up and show us!" Tai sighed.
"How the freak am I meant to 'man up' like this?"
He wished he hadn't agreed to this. When Kitchzy had met Cassie the two girls had clicked instantly. Cassie had never really understood the divide between Horde and Alliance, and Kitchzy was a newer member to the Horde and saw opportunities everywhere. They had talked and somehow the idea of Alec being in a dress had been brought up. Normally, Alec would've said that Cassie would defend him in nearly any argument. However, upon hearing the idea, Cassie – much to Alec's displeasure- found the idea to be "so very cute" and run off to grab one of her best dresses. Alec hadn't thought much of it until he'd seen the dress and tried to make his escape. He'd been pinned down and half stripped before he'd bitten, clawed and struggled his way to freedom. He'd said he'd much rather put it on and maintain some dignity. Now he wished he'd made a runner while he'd had the chance.
"Ya jus' gunna make like a chicken, hm? You ain' gunna jus' disrespect Cassie's sacrifice to give you her favourite dress?"
Alec sighed. She had him there.
He lowly moved the curtain and stepped out, still bright red. He wore a baby pink dress heavily laces with frills and carefully stitched patterns. The skirt of the dress fell all the way down to his ankles and dragged slightly on the floor. The dress had long sleeves that covered his arms fully with a slight frill at the bottom around his wrist made of light pink netting. The dress had a low neck that stretched across his chest, a stretch of netting hanging over his collarbone from one shoulder to the other that wrapped around his neck with a slight raise of a collar. The front of the dress had buttons carefully sewn into it that pulled his sides in uncomfortably. The dress had a very low back that re-formed around the small of his back where the skirt met the top. He felt completely humiliated.
"Can I freakin' take it off now?" he muttered.
"Nah, ya look so cute I would eat'cha up" Kitchzy teased.
"Oh freakin' hell, please don't" he cringed.
"You look very pretty" Cassie said quietly.
She was right. Alec's pale skin was complimented by the pink of the dress with in turn was complimented by his bleach blonde hair. His thin frame and soft face made the dress seem quite fitting for him to wear. His already effeminate features made him look quite normal in the dress, unlike the tuxedo he'd worn where his girlish appearance made him seem awkward.
"This dress makes me feel like a freakin' pervert" Alec grumbled.
"But'cha look adorable in it! Sweet, now ya got somethin' to wear for ya next gig, until them wear other dresses so's ya get tossed to it, hm?" she strolled off, happy with herself.
"Freakin' wonderful. Where the freak does she expect me to find myself a dress I'm happy to wear?" Alec grumbled.
"Dude, I, like, totally brought you something you could try. Kitchzy, like, totally suggested it and stuff" Tai held up the lump of folded silvery material in his hands.
"It will look very nice on you. I will go and join Kitchzy while you change. You can keep that dress if you want, I am growing out of it" Cassie smiled and left.
"I fucking hate this" Alec growled as soon as Cassie was out of earshot "and you can stop fucking smirking, Vorn. I'll make sure some shit happens to you too!"
"Sure, whatever" Vorn shrugged, then left.
"Kitchzy says that, like, you should, like, totally have your hair done up and stuff" Tai said awkwardly.
"Oh fuck, fucking brilliant. Just what I fucking need" Alec hissed, slipping back in his room to change.
"Dude, it, like, could be worse..."
"How the fuck could it be worse?"
"Well, she wants me to, like, wear this weird outfit..."
"How could it be fucking weirder than a dress?"
"The dudette wants me to, like, wear this studded harness..."
Alec stuck his head out of the curtain "Fuckin' what?"
Tai nodded and Alec let out a low whistle, leaning on the side of his door. He'd pulled the dress off and stood shirtless in the hall, the dress hanging from his arms which were still stuck in the sleeves. He'd had the insight to put on a pair of shorts beneath the dress to avoid the awkward feeling of a breeze around his legs. There was a long pause as Alec and Tai thought carefully about where the suggestions the goblin would take them.
"She'd be better off fuckin' asking Vorn to do that" Alec said at last.
"That's what I, like, said. She said she'd, like, consider it and stuff" Tai shrugged.
Alec knew Tai well enough to know that the troll hated exposing his chest and nodded a few times "She had fuckin' better, or else we'll ditch her."
Tai nodded and took the dress off Alec who then disappeared into his room "Maybe stuff won't be, like, too bad" he mused.
Alec pulled the silvery dress on, his response muffled slightly "Always the fuckin' optimist."
"It's like, who I am" Tai shrugged.
Alec stepped out, wearing the silvery dress. It was made of a fine floaty white material that made most of the under-dress which fell down to the floor with a silvery hemming and long sleeves that flared around his wrists with a shiny pattern stitched along the edge. The over-dress was cleverly designed to look like a long jacket worn over the dress. It was open out to show the low neck of the under-dress and V-shaped pattern on the waist. It fell slightly higher than the under-dress and was hemmed with a shiny material. Around the waist and along the bottom of it there was a matching pattern to the one around the sleeves and slight padding over the shoulders. It was a fairly modest dress with subtle hints of being very expensive. The silvery material seemed to reflect Alec's pale hair.
"Oh fuck it, I'll never get used to this. This one doesn't feel like some kind of freak show at least.
Him and Tai made their way to the room where the rest had gone to.
With all the commotion going on, everyone had completely forgotten Plucky's presence. He'd been standing in the corner silently, not making any movements. He stood still, one hand raised mid-way through lighting his cigarette. It had been like that for a while. He'd been much too distracted to remember to finish what he was doing. He was still staring at the space where Alec had been when wearing the dress.
Alec found himself a few days later forced into a chair at the barbers, trying desperately not to force the Goblin off his hair. He didn't usually mind people touching his hair, but the way the his hair was being tugged, pulled, cut, washed, and generally messed with was starting to get on his nerves. Having kept his hair in a pony tail as soon as it got too long to bear he'd no paid it much attention and found himself quite shocked then the poor hairdresser had carefully sorted through layers of thick hair that fell down to the floor. Eventually it had been layered out with most of it cut so it was left long enough with a fringe and all the under-layer was platted tightly and the end cut neatly. What Alec felt even sorrier for the hairdresser for was the fact that the entire time Kitchzy had been ordering him about when he was doing the cut right or wrong or simply changing her mind about it every few minutes.
"Ugh, that barber didn't know anything 'bout hair cutting."
"And I suppose you freakin' do?"
"I know enough to know he can barely do it right."
Alec let out a sigh. He'd been thankful of the dress because the barber hadn't been able to make any man-girl jokes. Now everyone just saw him as a girl and didn't bother making jokes, instead of when everyone saw a boy that lookd like a girl that was easy to irritate. So far he'd been able to do well at getting used to the dress, and already his newly cut hair felt more comfortable. He just hoped things didn't get more embarrassing for him though.
Poor Alec xD nothing is easy for him :P next chapter may take a while, it's all a little vague.