A Kingdom of Secrets

Part 7: What are friends for?

TWO DAYS LATER.........

Flora woke up with her chocolate box in one hand and ice cream tub melted on the floor half eaten with a spoon peeking out. Flora had been sulking, dramatically as usual after seeing Mylie and John all over each other. All she could think about was John and Mylie together. "I thought he didn't like her!",she thought. Flora's pink pletal (AKA fairy phone) rang. It was Marigold and Mariposa. Flora answered her pletal.

"Hello," Flora answered in her grumpy I just woke up voice.

"Hey Flora! Ok girl please tell me you are not curled up with a box of chocolates, never mind me asking I can feel it. Ok put it in the trash because we are going shopping! Mariposas ranted excitedly. "Flora took another bite out of a chocolate, looked at it and realized it wasn't the caramel she expected and threw it back into the box.

"Bleahhh. Uh ok... You're going to have to come get me though." Flora grumbled. She turned over to the other side of the bed and opened her eyes to see Marigold and Mariposa had snuck into her bedroom.

"Ah!" Flora stated shocked.

"Oh sorry your mom let us in," Mariposa shut her pletal. Flora layed back down and pulled the covers back over her bed.

"No no no Flora, time to get up," Marigold said pulling off Flora's covers.

"Now that Johns finished with me tutoring him and he's dating Mylie now... I have no one!" Flora dramatically threw her arms.

"Hey you have us!, Marigold said and Mariposa agreed." Flora smiled and continued to get up and ready for an awesome mall day.

The girls headed to the mall and wentone of their favorite stores.

"Ok you know what Flora, we are going to find you a different man and he is going to make John so jealous!", Mariposa suggested.

"Yeah, that would make me feel better," Flora agreed.

"What about Jack?" ,Marigold suggested.

"I like him but he's just a little too... Nerdy," Flora responded.

"Ooo ooo I got one! How about Mark! He's cute and he's really popular!," Mariposa suggested.

"I actually really like him, but he's so popular that's the problem he won't look at me," Flora said with a bruised confidence.

"Ha. You are so pretty we just need to get you a dress that is just as pretty!" Marigold suggested. Flora reached out her arms and hugged them.

"Thanks guys you two are the best friends I could ever ask for!"

The girls looked through the store combing it bottom to top for the perfect dress for what they call, "the fall ball part 2." they finally found the most perfect dress for flora it was like pink with a pink tool fabric. The dress was strapless and had a white belt around it. The dress was perfect and the length went all the way down to the floor. The next step for their makeover was to find Flora some make up, and new clothes. They shopped at the mall for a good three hours until finding a whole new wardrobe that complimented Flora's personality perfectly. By the time Mariposa and Marigold had finished grooming and shopping for a new wardrobe for Flora, it was a complete transformation. The girls finally made it back to Flora's house and her mom greeted them.

"Let me see her!" Flora's mom exclaimed excited to see the results of their shopping day, "Absolutely perfect, stunning! The boys will be lining up to ask you to the Fall Ball!"

"Thanks Mom." Flora laughed blushing looking at Mariposa and Marigold as they gave each other a satisfied confident look and high fived.

The next day at school the girls and especially Flora were excited to see everyone's reactions to her new look. As the girls walked up the stairs to the school and opened the big doors to the front hallway. Everyone was at their lockers getting ready for class. Sure enough boys were looking at Flora. Even Mark almost ran into Marcus one of the unpopular kids.

"Oh sorry dude. I didn't see you there," Mark apologized. Marcus nodded. "No big deal," sucking in his saliva. Mark is a new kid, very cute, plays football and has blonde hair and dreamy blue eyes.

"Hey, Flora right? I'm Marc.", Marc introduced himself seeming a little by nervous.

"Hi Marc," Flora said flirtatiously. Mark shifted uneasily on his feet and put his hand through his hair.

"So, how long have you been going to school here? It is my first year," Marc said. Marc walked Flora to her class.

"Well, I have Biology so...," Marc stated.

"And I have Magic," Flora responded. They said their goodbyes and parted. Flora was still not completely over John, but she knew that she could move on with Marc or at least attempt to distract herself from John.