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And without further ado, CHAPTER SIX! (after the disclaimer-teehee!)

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Physco

Chapter 6

I stared, unbelieving at the figure sitting on the bed. I looked at the familiar copper skin, the long dark curls, refusing to believe it was her.

"Chloe, are you alright?" the girl asked, looking up from painting her toenails a bright red.

"Rae?" I managed to gasp out.

"Yep." she chirped happily, and resumed painting her nails.

My eyes grew wide as I took in the girl sitting in front of me. It really was her! Wait... what happened? What's she doing here? My face must have clearly shown the thoughts running through my head, because Tori sat down, and gestured for me to sit too. "This might take a while." she said. I nodded and sat down beside her on the floor.

Both of them looked at me expectantly. I took a deep breath, and said, "Where- no, when- no- how did this happen?"

"Well... when we went back to Lyle House that day, Rae wasn't there remember?" said Tori slowly, acting as if I were five years old.

"Yeah..." I replied, not getting it.

"Chloe... my mom came for me." Rae said, looking at me now, waiting for my reaction.

"B-but...your mom...Ja- Jacinda?" I stammered, confused. "But I thought-"

"I thought so too." Rae cut me off, looking at me, as if expecting me to go into shock. She wasn't far off though, I was feeling pretty faint.

"Alright, enough of this." Tori interrupted us, "Let's go shopping!"

"You want to go shopping? Now?" I asked her unsure, disbelief colouring my tone. But Rae was already getting up, ready to go.

"Yeah," Tori said, "I haven't been shopping in way too long!"

"Right," scoffed Rae, "Its been, what, a whole day? New record." Tori shot her a dirty look before grabbing keys off the bedside table and walking out the door. I looked at Rae, still disbelieving that she was really here, and that of all things to do, Tori wanted to go shopping.

Rae shrugged and grinned at me, saying, "Come on girl! We have some clothes to buy!" Slowly, a smile took over my face, for the first time in awhile, a giddy, excited smile.

By the time Tori had pulled into a parking space in front of the mall, the giddy feeling had turned into dread. Me? At the mall? With Tori? I mentally shuddered.

Tori got out of the car and waited impatiently for me and Rae to get out of the car. Rae and I exchanged glances, holding in giggles at Tori's tortured expression.

"Come on." Tori ordered us, leading the way. She walked around the mall as if she knew it like the back of her hand... which she probably did. Rae and I trailed behind her, and almost ran into her back as she came to a sudden stop.

I stared up at the store. I raised my eyebrows. I didn't have much time to protest, as Tori looked at Rae, nodded and walked quickly towards me. My face scrunched up in confusion as each of them grabbed one of my arms and pulled me towards the massive amounts of clothes threatening to close in on me.

A few minutes later, I was standing outside the changing room, judging outfits. Tori came out of the change room wearing a emerald green dress. I sighed, it was the same colour as Derek's eyes. Oh, I love his eyes. Tori coughed loudly, staring pointedly at me, smirking and raising an eyebrow.

"What?" I said stupidly, coming out of my daze.

She bit her lip, trying to contain her laughter. "How do I look?" she repeated, twirling around for me.

"It looks amazing, Tori!" I smiled at her.

She deliberated in front of the mirror. "I'll take it!" she decided, as I let out an audible sigh of relief. She turned to glare at me for a second, and then her face turned angelic. "Though I don't think the colour is really me. What do you think, Chloe?" she asked me. I stared at her confused, not understanding what she was getting at. After a few seconds of me looking confused, she gave up. "Forget it!", she yelled, throwing her arms up in exasperation. Everyone in the store turned to look at us. I looked away, embarrassed. Tori's face turned red as she ducked into the change room, grabbing a black dress off a rack.

I stood outside for a few minutes, looking out-of-place, when Rae stepped out.

"Oh my gosh Rae! You look amazing!" I said earnestly, smiling. Red tinted her cheeks as she grinned at me.

She looked to the side, and I glanced to see what she was looking at.

"Rae?...Why are you staring at the changing room door?"

"Shh! Come here!" she hissed, pulling me to the side.

"What?" I asked her, confused.

"I didn't want Tori to hear. But, uh," she paused, looking down at her seemingly interesting shoes, "Do you think Simon will like it?"

I raised my eyebrows at this. "Rae... Do you, well, like Simon?" I asked her.

She blushed, "Well, yeah I think so," she muttered under her breath quickly. "Wait! You don't still like Simon, do you?" she asked me.

"No, no. Its just that, didn't you say Simon was Mr. Popular?" I asked, bewildered. "The guy everyone likes?"

She gave me a half confused, half worried look. Right then Tori came out, modelling a cute black dress. Rae and I turned to give our compliments. Our conversation was forgotten, just like that.

When Tori and Rae were happy with their dresses, they turned to me. Tori had a mischievous gleam in her eye, and an innocent expression on her face, which, naturally, told me to be suspicious. She slowly walked behind me, while I sent Rae a confused look. She returned the look, but she couldn't keep the small smile off her face.

Rae, trying to be discrete, opened the change room door. I cocked my head to the side, still confused. That was, until, I felt someone shove me into the change room from behind me.

I tried to open the door, but someone was holding shut from the other side. I heard Tori's voice from outside the change room. A baby blue dress was thrown over the top of the change room. I stared at it, half not sure what to do and half not wanting to do it.

"Chloe, we are not letting you out of there until you put it on!" Tori threatened. I sighed. There was no excuse for this. I pulled on the dress, feeling awkward. I yelled, "Tori! I can't wear this! Its too short!"

I could practically see Tori rolling her eyes at me. She threw a white cardigan and white tights over the door. I sighed in relief and put them on. It looked fine, I guess.

I came out of the changing room, hesitant. "What do you think?" I asked them, twirling. They deliberated.

"Looks good, Chloe!" Rae said sweetly. Tori nodded, but seemed out of it.

I turned to look in the mirror. It was pretty, but it just didn't seem right. I voiced my thoughts.

"Hmm," Tori muttered. "I wonder..."

"You wonder what?" Rae asked her.

Tori, ignoring her, took the emerald dress she had tried on earlier, and thrust it into my arms. She turned me towards the changing room, and ordered me, "Go. Change."

I changed. I came out of the changing room, and looked at them, kind of nervous as to what they would think.

Tori's face broke out into a full out smirk. "Perfect!" she said.

"That is definitely the dress," Rae agreed. I turned to the mirror. They were right. The dress was perfect. It was tight, with a white ribbon tied around the middle, and the skirt flowed out. I twirled around in front of the mirror, and turned and grinned at Rae and Tori.

"I love it." They smirked at me, clearly sharing a joke.

My forehead wrinkled, "What?" I asked them.

"Nothing." They replied at the same time, then broke out into a fit of giggles.

I shook my head, smiling, as we went to pay for the dresses.

Back at the house, Tori and Rae ganged up on me. They gave each other a look, and shoved me into a chair. Argh, I have got to stop falling for that! I asked them what was going on, but they didn't answer. My question was finally answered as Tori pulled out a curler, holding it in her hand like a weapon.

My eyes grew wide, and I got up out of the chair, but Tori pushed me back. She grinned maniacally. I swallowed. Uh oh.

"Stay still, Chloe!" yelled Tori, frustrated.

"Sorry." I said quietly. It was hard to stay still when I was fearing for my life!

After awhile, I relaxed and just sat back. About an hour later, Tori stepped back, and triumphantly exclaimed, "Done!" She grinned.

I spun around in the chair to face Rae and Tori. Rae gasped.

"What? Does it look bad?" I asked her, worried.

"No, no! Girl, you look amazing!" she replied.

"Thanks to me!" Tori cut in.

I turned towards the mirror.

Rae was right. Tori had done an amazing job! My hair was falling down in soft curls, my eyes were done with smoky green eye shadow, and my cheeks were stained with a red tinge. I smiled wide, and turner to Tori. "Thank you, thank you, thank you!" I said, hugging her. I guess I hadn't realized that what I really needed was some girl time.

Tori gave me a grossed out look, and I backed away. I kept grinning.

"This is just for a dinner, right?" I asked them. They nodded. "I feel overdressed." I told them.

They burst out laughing. I gave them a questioning look. They composed themselves, then Rae told me, "You'll understand later."

They got dressed quickly, Tori making her hair dead straight, and Rae keeping her natural curls.

It was already time to go! I began to hew my pinkie nail, when Tori swooped in and slapped my hand away. "I worked on that nail. You had better not screw it up." she said, her eyes shooting daggers at me.

We walked down the stairs to meet the guys. Simon was wearing a dress shirt and pants, Derek with just a blazer over his t-shirt and jeans. Wow. He still looked great, without trying. I tried not to look at him, but I just had to see his reaction. I glanced over my shoulder, and he was staring at me. I turned back around quickly, trying to keep the grin off my face.

I looked around for Rae and Tori, but they had already walked ahead to the car. I hung back with Simon and Derek, walking with them.

"Shit." Simon said, "Forgot the keys. I'll be right back." he said. I was about to offer to go with him, but he was already jogging away.

That left me with Derek. I looked up at him, and attempted to make conversation.

"So..." I said awkwardly.

"You look good," he muttered. I half wanted to ask him to repeat what he said, just to make sure...but I didn't. Instead I blushed and looked down, and mumbled to my feet, "You, too."

We walked awkwardly to the car, in uncomfortable silence.

Derek stopped suddenly. I turned back to look at him, but quickly looked back down at my feet, and said, "Are you coming?" Derek put his hand on my chin and lifted my face up until I was forced to look at him. My stomach flipped at his touch. I stared into his eyes and he looked into mine. I slowly, involuntarily, started leaning towards him. Before our lips could touch, we heard Simon yell, "Derek? Chloe?" We immediately pulled away from each other, as I scurried towards Simon's voice, and Derek followed slowly, shuffling his feet.

"You guys ready to go?" he said, smiling. He hadn't seen.

"Yep" I answered cheerily. My mind was still trying to process what had just happened, what would have happened if Simon hadn't interrupted.

We climbed into the car. I made sure I sat as far away as possible from Derek. It was way too awkward between us now. I sat with Tori and Rae, fidgeting while they talked to each other.

"Wait... I thought she was your next door neighbour?" I asked.

"Yeah." Tori answered. "But she lives alone there. She goes to dinner with her parents sometimes, and she invites us along. I think its because her parents are freaks." she whispered the last part to me.

I gave her a questioning look, but she just shrugged. I stayed silent for the rest of the car ride. I noticed the houses getting further and further apart, they looked older and bigger too.

Simon finally pulled up in front of a house. It was the biggest, oldest house yet. My eyes popped open. "They live here?" It was a beautiful house, but it had an eerie look to it.

"Boo!" I heard in my ear. I screamed and clutched the arm of the person standing next to me. Who happened to be Derek, of course. He didn't pull me closer, but he didn't push me away, either. I turned and saw Simon laughing.

"Very funny, Simon." I said, but I was smiling, too.

I turned to Derek and apologized when I saw I was still clinging to his arm. I let go quickly, but I missed having is arm linked with mine.

We climbed up the black stairs to the front door.

Simon knocked loudly on the door.

Almost immediately, the door opened, revealing a girl with brown hair and freckles. Everything about her seemed ordinary, except her shockingly bright violet eyes.

"You must be Chloe," she spoke directly to me, smiling perkily.

"Yeah, hi!", I replied, smiling back. "You're Elektra, right?"

"Yep." she said, opening the door wider to let us all in.

I stood and looked around in awe at the house. It was elegant, it was tasteful, it looked like a house taken right out of a horror movie.

I saw a shadow pass by. I scrunched my eyebrows. What was that? I let it go, I must have been imagining things.

I saw a guy walk past us, completely ignoring our presence, and disappeared into a large hallway to the right.

I knew I was not hallucinating this time, "Who was that?"

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