Day 17
Reminders for the week of Monday, December 16th - Saturday, December 21st
Days worth of praciticessss... stuff I don't care abouttt..
Thursday, December 19th
-Mrs. Henry's home room goes to the Youth Theatre to watch "How the Wind Blows" written and directed by George Strauss -(Wear uniforms and look presentable!)
-Cheerleading practice at 3:15 - 4:45 P.M. in Gym B.
-Girl's Volleyball practice at 3:30 - 5:00 P.M. in Gym A.
-Freshmen basketball practice from 5:10 - 7:00 P.M. in Gym A.
Blahhhh... nothin relating to meeee..
Friday, December 20th : Freshmen Basketball game at 4:30 P.M. at Hickory, (be there by 3:45). Set-up and decorations for the Winter Masquerade Ball after school and at 10 A.M. Saturday, December 21st in Gym A. REMINDER - All sport's practice times have been switched to use only Gym B due to Gym A's set-up. Coaches should have informed you of the times.
Saturday, December 21st : Winter Masquerade Ball - Starts at 6:30 P.M. and lasts until 10:00 P.M. - WEAR YOUR MASKS!
Luffy looked up from the light blue sheet of paper he was reading from with wide eyes, staring at the calendar that hung on the back of his bedroom door. It was indeed Friday, December 20th: the day before the Winter Masquerade Ball. The teen's jaw dropped as he fell onto the floor and just lay there, groaning with utmost horror. Luffy didn't have anything to wear, and he knew it. He wanted to fool even Ace, though, so that he could make Ace almost fall in love with him again.
Luffy rolled around a little more for dramatic emphasis, and then sat up on his heels. Maybe his mom could help him out a bit, since Rouge always seemed willing to help with anything and everything concerning her boys. So the black-haired teen stood up, opened his door, and ran down the stars to find his mom putting the finishing touches on the elaborate Christmas tree in the corner of the living room.
"Oh hi Luffy, what's up?" Rouge asked, turning from the tree with an ornament still in her hand as her son approached her quickly and whispered into her ear, in case Ace just so happened to be within hearing distance.
"The ball is tomorrow, but.. I don't have anything to wear! And, I want to be able to fool even Ace..." Luffy whispered, glancing around him cautiously, as if his brother were about to pop out of the Christmas tree. Rouge stood there in thought, crossing her arms and looking off in the distance, well, at the farthest wall. Luffy was staring intently at her, waiting for a brilliant idea to be spoken from her lips.
"Well, you could dress as a girl in a dress.." Rouge stated quietly, pointing towards the wall almost as a gesture for herself. Luffy gasped in awe and hugged Rouge.
"You are a genius, Mom!" Luffy said happily, his face squished against his mother's shoulder. The freckled woman laughed and then patted Luffy's head.
"But, you don't have that sort of clothing, so! Time to go shopping!" Rouge sang out, skipping towards her purse which lay on the dining room table, "Luffy, get your coat and shoes on!" Luffy did as he was told quickly, and then they were off toward the magical land called "The Mall."
After practically skipping from one store to the next, no sort of masquerade dress could be found. Luffy and Rouge sadly trudged out of the mall and sighed in unison as they opened the car door and got in. The two sat miserably silent in the car for a minute, just staring out at the world in despair, as if the world were going to end. But then, a light bulb cracked through Rouge's skull and popped out into the air. The younger gasped in fear and shock, staring at his mom.
"I know a woman!" Rouge said with great determination, nearly hitting her head on the roof of the car in the process. Luffy blinked and put a hand up for a high-five.
"Great story, Mom."
"No, ahahaha! I mean I know a lady who might have a dress for you!" Rouge said whilst trying to hold back laughter. Luffy opened his eyes widely and then pointed to the road beyond their parking spot.
"Then let us commence the trip to said dress-lady!"
And so they did.
Upon entering a small little shop on a busy street in the downtown of Luffy's city, the searching travelers' eyes widened in delight and they nearly fainted upon seeing the walls and shelves and racks of beautiful dresses and costumes. Every color known to man could be found there, and anything you could ever want for a dance would be in that store. It was like the Walmart of costumes.
"Luffy..."
"...Yes...?"
"I think my mind just exploded."
And with that, the two looked around at all the different dresses and costumes. Luffy looked in a rack of bussel dresses while Rouge looked up at a wall of dresses requiring hoop-skirts. Her eyes caught sight of a beautiful royal blue and black layered hoop dress, with a strapless corset-like top with black lace and the whole bit. Rouge scrambled to the dress, then carefully took it down, and then again scrambled over to where Luffy was, and held it up to his chest to just briefly check if it would maybe fit. She grinned and squealed with happiness, and Luffy blinked, taking the dress out of his mom's hands and looking at it himself. He grinned back and nodded, turning to the lady at the register if there was a dressing room.
Rouge had to accompany Luffy in the dressing room, since zipping and buttoning the backs of dresses yourself can be terribly difficult to accomplish. Stripping in front of your mom can be weird, as Luffy realized, but it was somewhat necessary. So Luffy stepped into the hoop that Rouge had found as well, and then knotted the drawstring around his waist when it was tight enough. He then raised his arms and let his mom slip the dress over his head and just down below his arms. Rouge tied back of the dress with the given black ribbon and tadaa! The chest area of the dress was just the tiniest bit too much for a guy, but that would be fixed later.
"Luffy, do you like it?" Rouge asked excitedly, stepping back to let Luffy look at himself in the mirror. He turned his waist and looked at himself from the side, and then the other side, and then nodded back with enthusiasm. Luffy leaned over and picked up the bottom of the skirts and then looked at his legs.
"Mom. Does this mean I need to shave?" Luffy said in monotone, looking towards his mother. Rouge looked away for a moment, and then shrugged.
"Welll... it couldn't hurt.."
The boy nearly fainted at the idea and dropped the skirts back their original position.
"Oh! You still need matching shoes and a mask!" Rouge said in shock, running out of the dressing room and back into the main store. Luffy stood there stupidly, re-checking himself in the mirror and thinking that Ace would be so shocked. Rouge jumped back into the dressing room with a pair of black wedges and a lacy black mask, with a black veil behind the eye holes so that looking into Luffy's eyes would prove to be impossible. After the boy put these two items on, the look was nearly complete. Rouge stood back with a hand on her chin in thought as she looked at Luffy from different angles and positions.
"Your hair.." Rouge mumbled, waving a finger in a circle around Luffy's head area.
"What about it?" Luffy said, feeling his hair with his own hands.
"It's just not girly enough. Maybe... *gasp*!"
"What?"
"A wig!"
Luffy stared at his mother with an open mouth and eyebrows raised high in disbelief. Rouge smirked evilly and snuck out of the room to get a curly, black-haired wig and placed it upon her son's head till it looked natural.
"There!"
Luffy looked in the mirror, spun around, and then laughed. He really did look like a girl.
~ + ALLELUIA if you hadn't noticedddd i was very hyper while writing this chapter a few minutes ago. laughing at nearly everything that moves, and things that dont move whatsoever. and laughing at my mind. XD soooo! i hope you enjoyed my fatigue-high. i literally have like.. Law-eyes right now. XD so.. good day to you, sirs! + ~
