Chapter 11
After school Kathryn dragged a very emotionally drained Dinah and company to the mall.
"Okay so Eddy, what do you think we should force Dinah to wear this Saturday?" Kathryn gave Edrear a very serious look. He just looked very surprised.
"Pardon?"
"If we don't force her to wear something modern she's gonna show up in some puffy pink thing that may be awesome and whatever but totally not party appropriate. As her boyfriend, you get a say in how sexy we make her look." Kathryn popped one hip out and crossed her arms in a very teenager-ish pose.
Edaniel snickered as Edrear still didn't understand. "At least give the girl a color you think Dinah looks nice in." He laughed.
"White…" Edrear said automatically when he realized what these people were asking him. Dinah flushed.
"White… okay then we'll put her in white and… I need another color because she can't be in all white." Kathryn turned to Dinah and appraised her quickly.
"Red?" Edaniel suggested.
"Perfect!" Kathryn pulled them into the nearest teen clothing store and began rummaging through the various items. Dinah browsed through the jewelry racks. Edaniel and Edrear stood just outside the door and waited. "Found it!" Kathryn squealed shoving Dinah into a nearby dressing room.
"What? You can't be serious? No! Ahhh!" Dinah yelled from inside the stall. Edaniel and Edrear inched closer.
"Ready boys?" Kathryn winked as she exited the stall. She ushered Dinah from the small room out into the open. Clad in a vibrant red halter top and a white mini skirt, along with tall white heels, a fire truck colored Dinah was pushed from the room. "I like it! It's trendy, modern, and with a little makeup and hair magic on my part she'll put Sarah the Bitch Parker to shame."
"Since when can Dinah pull that off so well?" Edaniel smiled. Dinah's blush deepened and she hugged her shoulders.
"I'm really uncomfortable right now." She mumbled.
"You look fantastic Di!" Kathryn prodded, "Tell her how she looks," She ordered rounding on Edrear.
"Wow…" he breathed.
"See," Kathryn smiled. She shoved Dinah back into the dressing room and had her change back to her school uniform. Once Kathryn had picked out an outfit for herself, without showing anybody what it was, she flashed her dad's credit card and paid for both Dinah's and her party attire.
"That was surprisingly fast and painless." Edaniel commented as the group meandered through the food court.
"For you," Dinah grumbled.
"Oh we're not done yet. These boys need-" Edaniel cut her off with a wave of his hand.
"I think I've got something for us at home," he said simply. He really didn't want to continue shopping. Kathryn shrugged and everyone said their goodbyes.
"You guys really don't have to do all this," Dinah gestured to the mall as they walked away.
"You need protection," Edrear smiled.
Dinah shivered for an unexplained reason. A low growl came from behind a nearby car.
"And it's a good thing we are doing all this," Edaniel's voice rose in slight panic as the growling got louder.
With a vicious bark a large dog bounded around the parked vehicle. Edrear laughed and Edaniel glared at the burly beast.
"What don't like dogs?" Dinah asked sweetly. Edrear laughed harder.
"Oh admit you thought it was the unbearable too." Edaniel huffed.
"Sure brother, we all thought that the dog was an unbearable." Edrear could barely contain his peals of laughter.
"Let's go," Edaniel grabbed Dinah's hand and she grabbed Edrear's. Edaniel practically dragged the two giggling teens back to the Mausoleum.