"No Brett, we're not going!" Bella retorted, this argument had been going on for the past 10 minutes over got knows what, and I was beginning to get tired of trying to guess what was going on.
"No, I won't go alone" she added.
"Pass the phone" I demanded
"But-"
"Pass it" I interrupted, she huffed and handed me her blackberry.
"Hello Brett?"
"Hey Kim"
"Stop hassling Arabella"
"It's not just Bella, it's all of you"
"All of us?" I repeated "this is sounding stalkerish so you have 20 seconds to explain before I end the call and block your number" I timed
"No, not like that. Let me explain" he began
"14 seconds" I counted
"Bella already said no on your behalf, but I guess you guys should have a say" he said through the crappy phone I held in hand. I pressed the speaker button and told him to speak.
"There's a prom at Waldorf Academy the road down, and Jack and I were going to pick up some girls, and Jerry would only go if Grace would go. So I thought why not invite all of you" Brett explained
"Why is there a prom at the start of a semester?" I questioned
"Because last year it got cancelled, somebody; cough Jack, broke into the principles office and glued everything to the ceiling" he answered
"Why did Jack do that?" I asked
"Because he's an asshole who was bored, anyway the retard got caught on the last day of school when he was spotted trying to sneak his phone back a few days later, so they're having their make-up prom"
"Jack's an idiot"
"Wanna go or not?" He asked
"I wanna go!" Grace suddenly popped up
"I have a study date with Milton" Julie mentioned
"Grace we can't! If anybody sees us we're busted" Arabella warned
"We're not going to get caught" I shrugged
"Brett we're going" Grace said
"Cool, you want a ride?"
"No" Arabella said at the same time Grace and I said "yes"
"Okay, I'll be over in two hours" he said before hanging up. I threw the phone back at Arabella who failed to catch it making her drop it on the floor
"Kim!" She whined
"It won't break" I shrugged
"Not that! Why did you say yes?" She asked
"More like, why did you say no?" Grace joined
"B-because I don't want to get caught" she stuttered
"Or is it your undefined feelings towards Brett Meyer?" Julie questioned.
Arabella blushed a bright pink before shutting us up with multiple pillows thrown at our direction.
"Okay, rough subject" Julie muttered
"I think we should go" I said
"Agreed" Grace chirped
"I'll see if Milton wants to go" Julie smiled grabbing her phone.
"Last one to agree is you" I sang
"Fine" she huffed "But I'm going dateless" she muttered
"So am I" I shrugged "you could be my date" I offered
"Mkay" she smiled
"We need to get you guys killer dresses" Grace squealed
"I think I have my dress from prom last year" Arabella smiled
"We could wear the dresses we bought two weeks ago" Julie offered to Grace
"Oh my god yeah" Grace agreed
"I have nothing to wear" I groaned
"Nothing?" Grace questioned
"Grace don't you have anything she could wear?" Julie asked
"She's not my size, no offence Kim, but she's tiny" Grace explained
"I take some offence to that!" I added
"But, Poppy's clothes might fit you, she's skinny and short like you; plus she's got a killer sense in clothing" Arabella offered
I raised an eyebrow "Why would she give out her clothes to people she doesn't know?"
"She doesn't not know us" Grace giggled "she's my sister"
"You didn't tell me you had a sister" I accused
"She's a year younger, annoying as hell, but she's a nice kid" she shrugged "come on I'll take you there"
Grace grabbed my arm and began dragging me outside "should I be scared?" I quickly asked the two remaining girls.
"Well your going to be with Grace and her even more fashion obsessed sister" Julie began
"So yes, very much so" Arabella finished
I groaned out loud whilst Grace dragged me to room 4. When we got there Grace knocked to see a short red head open the door.
"Hey Grace" She greeted
"Hey Hannah, is Poppy there I have a new assignment for her" Grace smiled
"Assignment? I take that as offence" I gasped. The girl in front, Hannah, giggled a little at us before grabbing a girl who looked almost exactly like Grace...just a lot tinier.
"Grace! Hi, and Grace's friend" She smiled
Wow, she even sounds like Grace.
Well duh Kim, she's her sister.
Whatever.
Grace walked into the room as if it were her own, and I cautiously followed after her. Her sister grinned kindly "what brings you here?"
"Okay, you shouldn't know this, but we're sneaking out to go to Waldorf Academy-" she began getting interrupted
"Ah yes, Gossip Girl-influenced-school is holding their late prom tonight" she said
"Yeah, but Kim has no dresses, can she borrow yours please?" She pleaded
"One condition" she bargained
Grace groaned "what?"
"I want to come too" she answered
"Fine, only if you do her outfit and makeup. Deal?"
"Deal." The other O'doherty sister agreed
"Wait, you said nothing about makeup!" I accused Grace.
"It wasn't planned" she shrugged
"How long before you leave?" She asked
"Two hours" Grace smiled
"I think she'll need another half hour"
"I don't think we can push it"
"It's fine, I'll take her when I'm done"
"Thanks baby sis!" Grace squealed
"What shoe size are you Grace's friend?" She questioned
"English 5" I answered
"Good me too, we can check my heels" Poppy squealed
"Oh no! I am not, and I repeat not wearing heels, I am very happy with the collection of multicoloured converses I have" I shouted
"Come on!" She smiled dragging me to her closet.
"I'll see you there Kim" she smiled.
"Okay, I was thinking unrecognisable" she offered
"Um?" Honestly I had no idea what she was on about
"So we die your hair brown" she said picking up a strand of blonde hair "getting rid of these horrid rainbow tips"
"Hey!"
"Sorry" she apologies "oh I have the perfect outfit" she squealed.
"Great" I said unenthusiastically.
"Your hair looks so good on you! That browny dirty blonde hair suits you" she smiled
"I'm dying it back to blonde tomorrow you know that right? I just like that idea of being mysterious" I smiled
"Okay, now that your hair is dyed and curled to perfection, try this dress on" she placed a dress on her bed and I looked at it in admiration. It was a nice dress, I'll give you that, but it looked too girly.
"You sure?" I asked
"Just do it" she ordered.
I lifted the dress and went into the bathroom, after struggling to put the dress on I managed, somehow, to fit myself in it. It was a gold strapless sweetheart neckline dress that reached down to my knee. Up till mid thigh it consisted as the same gold/silver material as the top half did, but from mid-thigh to my knee there were light pink netted ruffles.
I hopped in front of the mirror and contemplated taking off the dress, but before I could make my final decision I heard a knock on the door
"Kim, you ready yet?" Poppy asked
I grumbled a response before stepping out. "I wanna change" I whined
"Why!" She gasped
"Because this dress is too tight" it was true. Poppy, despite looking like my size, was a bit skinnier as shorter than I was, making the dress tighter and smaller on me.
"Try these on" she ordered throwing a pair of sparkly silver pumps in my direction.
"Hell no"
"Yes"
"No"
"Yes"
"Fine" I gave in
"Yay!" She squealed. I managed to put the heels on without dying, and after walking around for 10 minutes I managed not to stumble and fall to an embarrassing death.
"Just continue like that and you'll be fine"
"What's now... makeup?" I groaned
She handed me foundation, concealer and a dark red lipstick. " I assume you can put these on yourself"
"Sorry, but I don't put on foundation" I informed
"I see why, your skin is flawless" she complimented
"Thank you" I grabbed the dark red lipstick out of her hands and went in front of the mirror. I applied the dark red lipstick and was surprised how it turned out, the contrast to my light skin made it stand out a little.
My phone began ringing with Julie on the front.
"Kim?" I heard through the phone
"We left about 10 minutes ago, but we're coming back, it's a bit suspicious to be the only ones not in a mask" Julie answered
"So we're not going?"
"We are" Grace said, most likely grabbing the phone from Julie
"Then?"
"I'm going to try and see how many masks the drama department has"
"No don't" Poppy interjected
She can hear?
"There's a costume shop near their campus, down Baker Street, you can buy some from there" she explained
"Thanks lil sis" Grace then hung up
"Do you happen to own masks?" I asked hopelessly
"Actually I do" she smiled
She went into her closet and brought out a little box "this will look perfect on you" opening the box she revealed a White Diamanté Venetian Mask.
She placed it on my head and tied the back carefully not adding my hair in the knot.
"You look amazing" she smiled. I stepped in front of the mirror and I almost didn't recognise myself. The brown hair made me feel as if I was staring at another girl, the red lipstick, a shade that I never thought would suit me up until now. The white mask contrasts my brown eyes, and I look tall.
"You like it?" She asked and I nodded in response.
"I love it"