Chapter 8
Theme
The girls, and Andy, rushed into Thierry's loungeroom with a couple of bags each, apart from Blaise, who had plenty more than a couple.
They all took the bags with their dresses and shoes and ran in all directions to their rooms to get changed and model off.
Poppy strutted down the hallway in a full white, the skirt collumned and flowy, a white strip around her waist, and sleeves that cupped her shoulders. She did a little twirl and kicked up her leg.
And cooed and clapped.
Thea came next, wearing a long black dress withh long sleeves, little flicks running down her middle fingers, cross sections lit up by sparkles.
Everyone clapped and Thierry said, "Very tradional."
Next came Blaise, wearing a, you guessed it, short, tight black dress with a silver belt. The boys clapped and began whistling. When Triston started, Airiana slapped his chest and he awkwardly slouched back down.
Keller walked in like a tom-boy would, wearing a long dark blue dress with light blue splits, filled with dark blue sparkles, with singlet straps. It had a jaggered pattern printed wear a breast belt would usually be. She spun slowly, taking many steps, raising her arms as she spun and the walked back down the hallway.
"Awwwwww come on." Galen called after her. Airiana laughed and held her pressed hands to her mouth.
Then came Maggie, wearing a black and purple dress that had no straps and a checkered belt. It was tight down her legs and then opened into a flowy bit down near the bottom of her calves.
Rashel waltzed in like she didn't care, wereing a long, straight, singlet strapped, green and silver dress with a diagonal 'pulse' pattern.
Next up was Gillian, wearing a dress that came to her knee's. It had one thin strap and the other, a thick strap, covering her chest and her shoulder. It was edged with black and the middle was a fiery orange.
Hannah casually walked in, waering a long, clingy red dress that showed off her figure.
Airiana knew that Lexi was next so she jogged down the hallway to her.
Moments later, Lexi emerged with Airiana holdin her hand, escorting her like royalty.
Lexi was wearing a 3/4 sleeved yellow dress with a frilly skirt and a yellow bow tied at her waist.
Back at the school, Airiana met up with Celestia.
"Here. This is the theme." Celestia handed her a flyer.
It read 'Japanese Garden'.
"Japanese Garden..." Airiana read.
"Mm-Hm. Ashley's on the decoration comitee. The venue is at a town hall somewhere in Chicago. I'm just writing out the lists of food for the prom. It's on the 19th of November. A saturday. My favourite day of the week." Celestia explained.
"Do we have to dress in Japanaese-"
"Oh,no no. It's just the setting of the prom that's Japanese." Celestia explained.
"Hmmm, Gardens. I like it." Airiana looked nodded in approval.
"OH REALLY! So do I." Celestia said, realising how weird she was acting and played cool.
"So what's the formal protacall around here?" Airiana asked.
"Well, you need dates. Which I know you'll have no problems with." Celestia grinned.
Ashley skipped over.
"It's you two I'm worried about." Airiana finished.
"Why would you be worried about us?" Ashley asked.
"Prom dates." Celestia sighed.
"Oh, you see that boy over there, Riley. We're going together. But Celestia..."
Riley. Oh. He's trying to move on.
How Ironic.
"He's trying to forget while I'm trying to remember." Airiana told herself softly.
"What was that?" Celestia asked, swing her head of auburn hair towards Airiana.
"Jeremy. You should ask him." Airiana suggested.
"Jeremy, as in your brother?" Celestia asked.
Airiana nodded.
"I can't ask Jeremy." Celestia's voice twisted into a shriek and a group of people walking past looked at them funny.
"Sure you can." Ashley sung.
"I've never even spoken to him. I've never even met him. He probably doesn't know I exist." Celestia argued.
"Well how about this. Airiana will go over and point you out. Talk about you for a bit, and see if Jeremy likes what he see's. If he does, you ask him out. If he doesn't, we go boy hunting." Ashley winked at Airiana.
Airiana walked over to where Jeremy was sitting, by himself, being as weird as usual. Airiana took a seat across from him and leaned over the table.
"You see that girl over there." Airiana pointed to where Celestia was standing with Ashley.
Celestia began to fake laugh but her heel snapped and she tripped to the side. She recovered and flicked her out of her face like nothing happened. She glanced seductively at Jeremy.
Jeremy chuckled.
"Putting that aside. She's pretty hot, don't ya think?"
"She's ok." Jeremy was twisting a straw between his teeth. "So."
"So...you should take her to the prom."
"What?" Jeremy took the straw out of his mouth.
"I said...you should take her to the prom."
"And what would I get out of this?"
"You'd get her. Just do it, ok?"
"Your not the boss of me."
"I'm older."
"We're twins, idiot."
"I came out first."
Jeremy frowned like he'd recognised something.
Jez was watching Morgead in the gym.
He sure could bunch the shit out of that bag.
She walked up beside him and he stopped punching.
"You like what you see?" He asked, a little smile forming.
"Swicth your feet and aim higher." Jez said, pushing his arms up and kicking his right foot.
"Yes ma'am."
Jez walked over to where Keller was running on the treadmill.
"What's up? You look a little down." Jez asked.
"Oh, it's not important." Keller said, taking a sip from her water bottle.
"Keller." Jez looked at her expectantly.
"Fine...it's that Rashel girl." Keller admitted.
"What about her."
"I-I feel like I know her from somewhere. It's stupid." Keller shrugged, looking straight ahead.
"Well, she does look like you." Jez said.
"I know! It's like we're related..."
"Maybe you are?" Jez's eyes widened.
"NO. She's human."
"How do you know."
"Well she's obviously not a shapeshifter."
"How do you know."
"I just do, ok." Keller scolded.
"Just trying to help."
"Then stop helping." Keller spat.
With that, Jez left. Keller sighed and looked up.
She can't be related to me, can she.
Blaise walked into the room she shareed with Gillian. The fire was burning in i's hearth. She had absolutely nothing to do. She wandered over to Gillian's drawers.
She opened the first and pulled out a lacy orange bra.
"Urgh." Blaise growled and closed the draw.
She opened the next draw and saw a brown leather-bound book labelled "Diary. Top Secret. Property of Gillian".
Blaise smiled deviously and sat down on her bed.
She skipped through the pages from a few years back with David's name scribbled everywhere through the sea of love-hearts.
Until she spotted her name.
Blaise read through the paragraphs about her.
Blaise got more and more infuriated as she read on and on.
Gillian walked in and froze. "What are you doing?"
"Oh nothing. I'm just reading about what you really have to say about me!"
"Where did you get that."
"You know for a witch, your not a very good hider."
"The stuff in there, that's not what I think at all."
"BULLSHIT! Do you think I'm hiding something! HUH! DO YOU THINK I"M HIDING SOMETHING!"
"No!"
"THAN WHY WOULD YOU WRITE IT?"
"BECAUSE I WAS UPSET!"
"No. If I make you upset, you haven't seen half of it. I know something that'll make you really upset!"
Blaise walked over to the fireplace and began to tear out pages, tossing them into the fire.
"No. PLEASE STOP!" Gillian cried, tears springing to her eyes.
"ARE YOU HAPPY NOW GILLIAN!" Blaise yelled.
"Please!" Gillian begged.
Blaise pegged the diary into the fire and stormed out of the room, slamming the door behind her.
Gillian fell to her knee's, watching the pages burn away to ash.
Ash and Mary-Lynette have been hiding away since Jeremy returned from the dead.
But, they had to get out sometime.
They were both walking down the halls of Lakeview prep college, not an inch between them.
Morgead called Ash over.
"Hold on a sec." Ash said to Mary-Lynette.
Mary-Lynette was walking backwards, watching Ash go to Morgead.
She bumped into someone. That person was so shocked, they dropped they're coffee.
Mary-Lynette spun around to see the brown liquid stain the floor.
"Watch it!" The person said. It was a boy. She's heard that voice before.
She looked up. Jeremy.
She began to walk backwards, but as he reached for her, she turned and broke out into a run.
Jeremy was chasing her. She stepped behind Ash. Jeremy kept running.
Ash caught him before he reached her and gripped his T-shirt with his two fists.
"What do you think your doing?" Ash asked dangerously.
Jeremy batted his hands away. "Don't touch me." He growled.
Airiana ran up. "Hey! Hey!" She pushed Jeremy backwards.
Once Jeremy was far and grounded she shot Ash a deadly glance, her gold eyes searing into his very soul.
She started for him.
She gripped his shirt with her fists and pressed him against a wall.
"Don't you ever, ever, touch my brother like that again." She warned.
"No, Airiana. Your brother answers to me!"
"No! My brother answers to me and only me. Understand?" Airiana growled.
She released Ash's shirt nad gripped Jeremy's arm, dragging him outside.
Jeremy jerked his arm from Airiana's grasp. "I can fight my own battles."
"No, you can't, Jeremy!"
"Why not!"
"Remember last time. When you thought you could fight your own battles. I lost you. Do you know what it feels like to lose your twin!"
"YES! I lost you too. I had to live without you every second of the day!"
"Then why did you leave?"
"Because I had to. I didn't want to hurt you!"
They were standing in a grassy area.
"YOU DID HURT ME! YOU LEFT ME! I LOST EVERYTHING WHEN I LOST YOU!" Airiana cried.
"I'm sorry." Jeremy said, his eyes watering. He turned and walked away, away from her. Even though she knew he wasn't, she felt like he was leaving her again.
Airiana collapsed onto the grass and hid her face in her hands as she began to cry.
She felt Lexi's arms wrap around her. She knew it was Lexi. Sweet, innocent, beautiful Lexi. The bestest friend in the world.