CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

I was once more sitting on the curb in the student parking lot. I still had no clue why they had the student parking lot, but I've decided not to linger on those thoughts. I stood up, hearing Kin's motorcycle. I watched her get off her motorcycle, today she was wearing a pair of white thigh high socks, classic boots, a long sleeved black and white stripped shirt under a short sleeved white shirt. I was very curious if her parents also were making her go…

"Hey Kin! I was wondering if your parents were making you go also?" From the look on Kin's face she knew exactly what I was talking about, and wasn't happy about it. She always hated these types of events.

"Yes…and I don't want to go…" I gave her a look of sympathy before I responded,

"At least your not alone. So my mom wants me to get a new dress, somehow I've managed to tear up all the dresses I own running around in them, and I also haven't gotten a new dress in years. So do you want to go dress shopping with me? I promise to go buy you books after, courtesy of my parents oh course." Kin paused to think about it for a moment, wondering if getting a new dress with me was worth it for the books, she always hated the creepy salespeople that follow you around, and they're even worse in the richer stores where I would be buying my dress.

"Well… I do need a new dress also. And I still get the books right?" I grinned at her, she loves reading and her food, those are the few things that I can bribe her with.

"Yes, you get to buy as many books as you want, though there are shoes too…" She sighed slightly; at least I wasn't too annoying when shopping.

"Sure Ellie, as long as I get the books I'll go dress shopping with you." I smile about to say thank you, when suddenly Hikaru came from seemingly nowhere. Well we were actually almost to the door when he showed up, with Kaoru, both of them saying,

"What's this we hear about dress shopping?" Hitting both of the twins over the head Kin said,

"None of your damn business you annoying twins." She was still in a foul mood, her parents must have called her right after school to let her know, they knew she hated these so they always waited until the day before. Yeah…the formal party was tomorrow. And I still needed a dress, my mommy also hadn't told me until today either. I might handle these dances better then Kin, but I still don't like them. I think my mommy waited to tell me since she didn't want to have to deal with me being around the bakery a lot, every time before a dance I would go there and bake for hours on end. I mainly went there to bake because it always bothered my mommy.

"I just came to ask Haruhi something, and to say goodbye to Mitsukuni and Takashi. Come on Kin." I grabbed Kin's hand, pulling her away from the twins before she hurt them any more, and over to Haruhi. "Hey Haruhi, can I ask you something?"

"Sure?" She sounded unsure of her answer. Following where her eyes were looking I noticed she was looking at Kin. I hadn't even noticed but she had been trying to escape my grasp on her wrist. I think she wanted to beat up the twins more, she wanted to release some of the anger she had.

"Oh…don't mind Kin, I think she just wants to go kill the twins. Anyways I was wondering if you wanted to come to my father's party tomorrow? I would have asked earlier, but my mommy didn't tell me until today. I could give you a dress to borrow, not one of mine, but a dress. So can you come, you could spend the night at the mansion tonight with Kin and I if you'd like?"

"Mansion?" The smile faded from my face. My parents only owned the mansion for appearances and for parties we didn't live there.

"Oh…it's for parties…" Haruhi thought for a moment before responding,

"Yeah… I guess that would be fine. I don't have any plans for tonight or tomorrow, and I already finished my homework. Though I don't have a clue where your mansion is…" I thought for a second. I think I have an idea,

"Kin and I could come get you after we go shopping, don't ask about that… and then I could say hi to your dad again!" Haruhi sighed slightly, she thought it was odd how much I liked her dad, I just thought he was really nice, and very funny. "Okay so we will come get you in three or four hours I guess." I smiled, pulling the reluctant Kin behind me. After hours of shopping Kin and I finally left the mall. In the end I had gotten a really pretty strapless red and white dress, with a pair of red heels. I loved wearing heels, they made me look a lot older, in fact I was often thought to be twelve or thirteen instead of the normal eight years old. Though I love heels because they made me taller, Kin hated heels. She often claimed that they were trying to kill her, she had issues walking in heels, though somehow I had managed to teach her hoe to dance in heels, my feet had paid the price though. I had issues walking for three days after that. Though Kin hated these dances, and the heels, she had found the most beautiful dress every, it had even fit her name. She got a gold dress that went down to her ankles, but was shorter and layered in the front; she had also found a pair of pretty gold heels for her to wear, much to her disdain. We had also gotten a dress for Haruhi, though we didn't plan on telling her that we bought it for her. We had gotten her a really pretty silvery white dress, and a pair of white heels for her. After we stopping by the mansion, we got the car and drove to pick Haruhi up, saying hello to her dad, who thanked us for getting Haruhi out of the house for two nights. After getting Haruhi we went back to the mansion. We made sure the dress and heels fit Haruhi, which they did and look really good, not anything like those pink dresses she was always forced to wear. We watched random movies then some funny, some action, and it was all very fun.