The girls continued to talk, laugh and try on outfits, they mixed and matched clothes and just having a magical time.
"Raven, what's this?" Madeline asked and held up two light purple boutique bags she had found at the back of Raven's closet when she looked through it.
The Goth jumped from her bed and raced towards the Wonderlander. "Oh! T-that's nothing!" She called nervously and tried to snatch the bags from her best friend.
Maddie just giggled and ducked away from Raven, ran to the bed and dumped the contents of the bags onto it. From one bag, out fell a pretty purple dress and cardigan partly wrapped in pink tissue paper. From the other bag, a box with a pair of lovely purple heels with white bows on them and a smaller box that contained some pearl accessories fell out.
"Wow Raven! That's so pretty!" Cedar gushed and picked up the dress and held it up to full length to examine it further.
"And those shoes." Ashlynn squealed. "You have to tell me where you got them!"
"They're nothing guys, really." Raven said rubbing her arm. "They were just an impulse buy anyway, I wasn't planning on wearing them."
"Well you should," Cerise started. "I'd love to see Apple's face if you rock up to class dressed in this." The others nodded.
Before Raven could speak, Maddie opened her mouth. "No matter how much I believe we would all like to see that," Maddie said. "Raven's better than that. She wouldn't wear such a beautiful dress just to spite Apple."
"Thank you Maddie." Raven sighed.
"Besides," The Hatter started with a mischievous twinkle in her. "I'm sure Raven would like to save these for a more special occasion, well, more like a special someone."
Raven gasped at her friend's suggestive tone. "W-what?"
"Woah, Raven!" Ash gasped. "A boy!? Really!?"
"Who is he?" Cedar asked, excited. "Is it someone we know?"
"Girls, there's no boy." Raven told. "At least, not anymore, he's already taken anyway so it doesn't matter."
"Oh, even if he is taken," Maddie said. "What was that moment I saw you guys have when I was looking for you?"
"What happened?" Cerise asked.
"Nothing happed!" Raven defended. "I was just going to class and we bumped into each other in the eastern corridor-" The Goth slapped a hand over her mouth when she realized her mistake.
"The eastern corridor!?" Cedar gasped.
"You do know what goes down in the eastern corridor, right?" Ashlynn asked to Raven sheepishly. The eastern corridor was a short hallway on the far East part of the school. It was rumored to be haunted. That was why everyone took the long way across campus to get to classes on the East side. But it was also avoided more because of the fact that couples liked go there for some privacy, and sometimes they'd do more than just talk.
"We didn't do that!" Raven said exasperated, glaring at Cerise and Maddie. "Nothing happened! You know I take the east corridor as a shortcut to class, and apparently he Dexter does too."
There was a pregnant pause.
"Shit-"
"Dexter freaking Charming!? That's who you like?" Cerise asked shocked. "Not that there's anything wrong with that." She added quickly.
"Oh Raven that's wonderful! He's so sweet and kind!" Ashlynn clapped excitedly with and Cedar nodded in agreement, but then the Royal's face became serious and questioning. "What do you mean he's taken?"
Raven raised a brow. "I saw him and Cupid getting all gooey-eyed at the True Hearts Day dance, I just assumed-"
"Oh no!" The daughter of Cinderella shook her head. "They're not together! Trust me, I would know."
The Goth stared in silence, the corner of her lips twitching up. "Really? They're not together?"
"Yeah." Raven could hardly keep the grin of her face. She had another chance! She'd admit her feeling to Dexter.
When the time was right.