This is a short chapter, I wanted to show you guys what Lissa, Mia, and Tasha feel about Rose and Dimitri's relationship a little bit per request. It's not much, but I want to keep the entire story Rose's point of view.

Disclaimer: Richelle Mead owns all characters unless marked otherwise.

Rose P.O.V.

"So when's Tasha meeting up with us?" I asked no one in particular.

Mia, Lissa, and I were gathered in my room getting "beautified." The school masquerade ball was being held tonight in the gym and Lissa insisted that we skip school today to go shopping and ready ourselves. Mia and I agreed to do as she said so long as it made her happy.

Lissa didn't seem to notice that I had spoken at all but, thankfully, Mia had. "She said she's getting ready at her place. She wants to surprise us." She made a face.

"I wonder what the surprise is." I mused.

"Shoot!" Lissa cursed. "Stop moving, Rose! You just made me burn myself!" Lissa looked at me through my reflection to scold me. I sighed.

"You've been curling my hair for two hours, Liss. Can you hurry it up?"

She looked annoyed. "You can't rush these things, Rose." She told me, wrapping another lock of hair around the hot iron. "Dang it!" She said, burning herself once more at no fault of my own.

"You know what?" Mia said, taking the iron from Lissa's hands. "I think you need a break."

I laughed lightly. "Yeah. I'm going to go get something to eat."

Lissa smiled at me, showing off her pearl white teeth. "It'll be a wonder if you can actually fit in that dress tonight."

I glared at her playfully and closed the door behind me on the way to the kitchen. When I reached the kitchen, I flicked the lights on and made my way to the cabinet, reaching up for my donuts.

"Mmm." I moaned, taking a bite of a chocolate glazed one. I took another from the box and skillfully hid it in the fridge for later, taking the whole box in the room with me along with a coke. My hands occupied, I stood outside my bedroom door with pursed lips, wondering how to open the door.

"-Dimitri? They're spending a lot of time together." Mia asked. My interest peaked. I leant my ear on the door, knowing they wouldn't talk about this if they knew I was listening.

"I don't know. I think it's cute. Her best friend comes back and it's like he never left." Lissa answered the question I never got to hear.

"She seems different."

"She is." Lissa stated. "Happier." I frowned. I hadn't realized I'd changed at all, I guess I was just so caught up with Dimitri I hadn't noticed much else. But then again...I couldn't help but think about how happy I was when I was with him. Like he was my own personal sunshine on an otherwise cloudy day.

"Tasha's not." Mia stated. "She's pissed because she called dibs and Rose isn't "respecting the girl code.""

Is that why Tasha didn't want to come over today? I thought back to the way Tasha had been avoiding me. Is was like the whole competition for Jesse Zecklos' attention all over again. The way she'd trail her fingers down his arm slowly, making jealousy flare deep inside me. The way she'd giggle when he talked to her. The way she conned him into taking her to the dance.

I could almost picture Lissa's snort. "The rules changed when Rose found out he was her childhood friend. Besides, they're just friends." She defended me. "It's not like she's trying to steal him from Tasha."

"I don't know." Mia said. "They've been getting pretty close lately. I think he has the hots for her."

I choked, dropping my coke on the floor. "Dammit!"

The door slammed open. "Rose, what's wrong?"

I looked up at Lissa sheepishly. "Spilled my soda."

She sighed,"I'll clean it up later. Right now we have..." She checked her phone for the time. "Two hours to get ready! Oh my God!" She snapped back into her crazed beautification technician state. Her gaze met mine and her eyes widened. "The boys will be back from school soon and we have to get into our dresses and do our makeup. Oh! And we have to our hair and-"

I looked over to Mia worriedly and her expression mirrored mine. Lissa was going to drive us crazy by the end of the night.

Xoxo - BelikovLover

"You look amazing." Lissa complimented me.

My hair was curled and left down besides the lock of hair that was pinned to the side of my head with a sparkly black clip. My eyes were done beautifully by Lissa. She used various shades of greys and browns for a nice, smokey look. She had tried to coerce me into applying striking red lipstick, but I told her no, opting for a light lip gloss instead.

I smiled. "Thanks. This corset is a lot tighter than I thought it would be though."

I looked into the full-length mirror admiring my dress. It was a long red dress with black lace. The top was a corset and the skirt flowed to the ground, slightly puffy. It was beautiful. My mask was specially ordered by Lissa to match. A single blck feather stuck out of the top, adorned with sparkles.

"Maybe." Mia said. "But it makes your boobs look hot." Lissa nodded in agreement.

I turned around. "I think all three of us look pretty hot." I said with a broad smile.

It was true. With the three of us, no guy in the entire Gym would be paying any attention to their own dates.

Lissa chose something slightly more elegant than my own dress. It was a jade green number with silver beading near the neckline. It wasn't as puffy as my own dress, but it was close. Her mask was the same shade of silver as the beading on her dress, save for the green around the holes for her eyes.

Mia bought a light pink dress with ruffles on the bottom. The neckline was lower than lissa's and mine, but with my corset, much more cleavage was being showed by me. She has a white mask with pink lace around the edges. It made her look older so she didn't seem too out of place.

Tasha stilled through my open door. "Don't you mean four? I mean... not to toot my own horn but..." She twirled around my room gracefully in a crystalline blue dress that matched her eyes. It was long and shaped her body perfectly. Her mask was in her hand but I could see it perfectly. Half white and half blue, a mixture of the two. It was stunning. She was stunning.

"Oh." She said wrinkling her nose. "And you have something on your floor outside the door." She told me.

Just as I was about to explain what it was, I heard the door open.

"The boys are here." Tasha sung, exiting the room after putting on her mask.

The next chapter will be much, much longer. :)

How will the boys respond to the girls' appearances? Who is Rose going to the dance with? Will Rose get to dance with Dimitri?