Thank you Storypainter and ChocolateMango for taking on Shades of Gray on a permanent assignment. Sorry this Chapter is so short but they are all short *gigglesnort*
Chapter 4
Bella was frustrated. Her two best friends had been working on her for hours. They had primped and plucked, masqued and exfoliated and other things she would rather forget about, all in preparation of going to a bonfire. At least she got the last say on shoes.
Standing there in front of the mirror, looking at herself, Bella did not recognize the girl reflected int he glass. The summer dress that Rose ordered her to wear was simple and elegant at the same time. It came just below her knees and was paired with gray leggings that stopped mid-calf. The makeup was still too much, but with her friends watching she couldn't do much about it, not until they got to the bonfire.
She wouldn't admit it, but she did like the smokey eyes and the sparkle Rose had put in her hair. Glitter, who would have thought? But she didn't like the fire engine red lipstick Alice had insisted on. She was a strawberry chapstick kind of girl, not Molten Fire Red. She put on a fake smile and told the girls thanks as they handed her a matching purse and pulled her through the door.
Bella sat in the back seat of Alice's car while Rose took the front. There was no way Rose was going to fit in the back; Bella barely fit herself. She did, however, manage to rub off some of the rouge from her cheeks with a tissue she had hidden in her purse earlier in the day. She knew she would need it and she was right.