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Chapter 8

Jakia hopped up from her bad with a smile on her face. It was finally the weekend, and she'd get to leave this strange school for a little while at least.

Then remembering the events of the night before the smile slowly slid off her face. With a sigh she walked to the bathroom to brush her teeth and get ready for breakfast. She'd find Lysander after breakfast so they could talk.

"Hey, Livy, what are you gonna wear today?" she asked as Olivia yawned widely.

"I don't know, Kia, I was thinking about wearing pink today," said Olivia with a wide smile.

"Well you know how much I like pink," said Jakia with a wide smile.

Olivia and Jakia walked out of their dormitory together, they wore pink from head to toe, including their hair, which was striped liberally with hot pink.

"I've got an idea," said Olivia with a smile, "let's go and help Em get dressed. We'll find her something that'll knock Charlie's socks off,"

"I agree, but maybe you should be more worried about Fido's socks, hmm," said Jakia smiling hugely.

"I-err-don't have a clue what you're talking about," said Olivia looking at the floor steadily.

"Yea, sure of course you don't," said Jakia softly.

They arrived at Emma's dorm and found that she was already fully dressed in blue jeans and a t-shirt.

"Hey Em, remember when we fixed your hair for you that time, well now lets see if we can give you a whole new look," said Olivia dragging Emma back towards the drama dorm.

"I don't think this is a very good idea," said Emma nervously.

"Don't you trust us?" said Jakia with a smile.

"O.k." said Jakia half an hour later, as she dragged Emma in front of the full-length mirror.

Emma stared at her reflection, and could hardly recognize herself. Her long golden hair was swept up in a low ponytail with longing hanging bangs. Her pale eyes were highlighted by a dark pink shadow that matched the baby tee she had borrowed from Jakia perfectly.

"Thank you, so much. I've never looked so- wow before," said Emma with a smile.

"No problem, Em" said Jakia staring at her own reflection skeptically.

"Besides, this look will get Charlie to notice you no doubt," said Olivia slyly.

"Well, I," said Emma blushing a bright red.

"Don't try to pretend you don't like him, just smile and thank us," said Jakia as she plucked at her curled hair and pink highlights.

Emma sighed, "Do you really think he likes me?"

"He likes you as much as Lysander likes Jakia," said Emma walking towards her friend.

"What?" said Jakia in surprise.

"Oh come you must think we're completely oblivious. I see the looks he gives you, and I see that you return them," said Olivia, as Emma giggled.

"Yea, well you can't talk. What's up with you Fido's hmm?" Jakia asked, "Can't say can you" she added at Olivia's silence.

"I hate to interrupt this riveting conversation, but we better get down stairs before they close the doors," said Emma as she walked towards the door.

Olivia and Jakia followed behind her, their bags in hand.

The girls noticed that the rest of the gang was waiting for them at the bottom of the stairs.

"Time to make an entrance girls," Olivia whispered quietly to her friends.

"Are you waiting for us, that's so sweet," Jakia called to the boys.

The boys turned in unison to the girls, and several jaws dropped. Lysander, Fidelio, and Charlie stared openly, while Tancred and Gabriel whistled.

The girls smiled widely as they hurried down the stairs toward their friends.

"What'd you think?" asked Olivia, "We decided that we should all match on our day of liberation,"

"Why didn't you tell me before,I could have worn pink too," said Tancred with a laugh.

The entire group laughed at this and rushed towards the large oak doors that were seconds from opening. As soon as the doors opened a huge tide of children rushed out into the sunny November day.

"So we'll meet at the Pet Café in half an hour, right?" asked Charlie before running toward the bus.

"Of course," they all chorused together.

"You guys are coming home with me, aren't you?" asked Olivia as her mom drove up.

"Yea," said Jakia.

"Good," said Emma as she opened the door to her mother's car and climbed into the frontseat.

The girls chatted with Olivia's mom the entire ride to Olivia's house. Jakia laughed along with them, but her heart was sinking with each passing moment. Something was wrong and Lysander had been trying to hide it from her.

(O.k another chapter down, please review and tell me what you think.)