I sat through endless tugging on my scalp, countless things touching upon my face, plenty of demands and orders from a girl who I never knew to be so scary before, and much, much more as my sisters, Ella and Angel, and my cousin Nudge went to work on getting me a make over I had begged them not to do. I felt yanks on my head, hurting me from the pulls on my dirty blond-ish brown hair. That was definitely Ella, and how did I know that? Angel always cries out in pain when they're doing hair-styling before school or practically anything. You would think she'd stop screaming 'bloody murder' every time it happened, considering they do it at least once a day, but no. Not Angel. And my face felt tight as Nudge worked on it, wasting absolutely no time in doing whatever it was she was doing to me with those terrible make up supplies she had. And Angel? She told me to keep my hands flt out and straight and that if I moved them, she'd personally cut them off herself and feed them to the birds. So yeah, I think she was doing my nails, and I'd be shocked if I was wrong about that.

I waited patiently for them to stop. Oh how I wanted them to tell me I was done, just so I could get out of that torturous room filled with cosmetics and other 'care and beauty' products. They were quite frightening, I think. After all, I was a girl who wore jeans, t-shirts, sneakers, and never did anything to her hair. The twins and Nudge? Quite the opposite, really. I mean, honestly? How can I just sit here and let this happen to me? They were mutating me! I don't know how I am going to live this down...

I felt cold water on my head and heard a conversation pass between Angel and Ella and Nudge all. And let me tell you, the words they swapped chilled me to the bones.

"Should we go for something bright?" Ella asked.

"No, maybe something light, just not orange or anything." Angel said, "Maybe lighten it with highlights."

"Ooh," Nudge smiled, "That would be nice."

"Or maybe go darker?" Ella sighed, "I think she might be a bit much and look like she was trying to become Lissa with something bright red or orange or even a lighter blond. Maybe we could go with honey-colored with blond-highlights? What do you two think about that?"

"Do I even get a say in this? I don't want to die my hair," I mumbled.

But all I got was a steely glare from Nudge and her telling me to "Stop moving, Max!" and then turning back to Angel and Ella and saying, "Well I think it's an excellent idea, Ella! Let's do that then. Honey with highlights. I like the sound of that."

"Yeah," Angel agreed, "It sure does sound nice, Ella. Max is gonna rock this look. She'll be everything in the school now!"

"Maybe Dylan will ask her out," Nudge mumbled thoughtfully.

"What?!" I gasped.

Nudge growled at me, "Crap! Stop moving, Maximum!"

Angel said in reply to what Nudge said, "Yeah maybe. But I'll bet he won't be the only one. She's going to be gorgeous, I swear!"

"Yeah, and the nails look amazing, Angel," Ella complimented, "You're gonna get her some heck of a lot of fans."

Angel blushed, "Oh, stop it, Ella. You're gonna make her catch peoples' eyes with all the wonders you're doing to her hair. I'll even be a fan of that!"

"Me too!" Nudge piped, "Can you guys do my hair and nails and make up afterwards? Please, guys?"

"Of course, Nudge!" Ella smiled.

"Why in the world wouldn't we?" Angel quipped.

"Thanks guys," Nudge got back to my face.

I felt harder tugs on my head and groaned. I was gonna hate this.

When they were finally done, which, might I add, was hours after school would have started. We'd probably only have an hour left if we even showed up.

"I thought you three were going to make me go to school with you." I said.

"Well we were," Angel started.

"But we decided to do something better." Ella said.

"And we now know it was the right choice to. You look like a goddess, Max. We're so happy for you right now. We're so happy we were the ones who got you to look like this in the first place, too."

"Yeah, seriously Max, you look damn hot. If I was a guy, and I'm glad I'm not," Nudge said, blushing, "I would so be pining after you, Maxie. You look amazing. Astonishing. I just can't believe my eyes when I look at you because you are so ridiculously... wow!" She gushed, looking at me with a wide grin and big eyes.

"Are you ready to see yourself, Maxie?" Angel asked, eyes shining brightly.

"Ooh, Max, you'll love this!" Ella smiled at me.

I took a deep, deep breath. I gulped and looked Angel in the eyes, saying strongly, "I'm ready for this. Show me the new, well, Max I guess." I shrugged my shoulders as if it were no big deal. After all, I already complained about it and they just ignored the complaints, so I know they won't listen to me anyways. I know they'll just be upset that I don't see whatever it is that they do. I know I have to at least keep them up to it, even if it means I'm going to have to suffer.

"Yay! Max, close your eyes," Nudge instructed me.

I did as I was told and they spun my chair around, hypothetically towards a mirror. I was a bit scared to open my eyes, but I might as well get it over with, right? No getting out of this now.

"Okay," Angel said, the excitement barely contained in her voice, "You can open them now, Max. Open your eyes!"

So I did. I opened them... and did not expect to see a Nudge, Ella, and Angel all in one, Max-ified! I looked amazing. How could this happen? How could I looks so great and so, well, different?! It was unbelievable!

My hair was a beautiful honey color with highlights in it, highlighting features of my face in a way that you would never expect. My face was light and the foundation Nudge had rubbed in it had made me look like I was some kind of beautiful, living porcelain or antique doll. I was just like them - I was luxuriously gorgeous. Just like Angel. Just like Ella. Just like Nudge. But I was Max. I was like them, only I wasn't them. I was me. I was still Max. Still just me. And I loved it. I did. Just like they said I would.

I squealed with delight and surprised not only them, but myself as well. I never squeal. This showed just how much I loved it. "You guys," I said, having no words. Then I knew exactly what I wanted to tell them. "You guys are awesome. I can't believe this! It's... just so... great. And now I just want to pull you guys in and squeeze you all so tight! Thank you guys. Thank you so, so much!"

Their grins were so wide as they tackled me into a hug that I couldn't believe their cheeks hadn't fell off yet. It made me smile, that thought. I couldn't believe they had done this for me. I wonder how everyone else at school will react?