Maybe In Our Next Life

Lame but Tame

This was the third time in the span of two months Yvaine had been to the highlands. She had never ever dreamt that such a day would come. Maybe the universe needed her to experience the nobles enjoy the very thing that caused her community pain so that her hate for them could grow deeper.
She was only making this trip for Liz, she was after all leaving for France and it hurt her, it hurt Liz to because she avoided any conversion that lead to France.
"I don't know why I'm coming with you if we have only one invitation" Yvaine complained

"We'll figure it out .... I'm not going in there alone, remember I'm an a-lien" liz relied linking her arms with Yvaines.
Liz had gone out her way to prepare for the party, she stole her mother's velvet silk dress wrapped in laces and she attempted to give Yvaine the pink one.
"First of all this is stealing" Yvaine chastened

"No it's not...it's borrowing"

"Without permission"

"Besides it'll be back before she knows it" Liz said ransacking her mother's wardrobe

"Ewww not pink ....anything but pink"

"This green ?"

"Why can't I go in this, I look just fine"

"You look like - Remeber Mr Miguel's brown hat last Christmas, the one he wore to the farmers meeting"

"Be nice" Yvaine said trying not to laugh

"That's the level you'll be on at that party if you go like that" Liz said frantically
This made them both go into a fit of laughter remembering Mr. Miguel's take on color blocking

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"Invitations?" a man said obstructing Yvaines and Liz attempt to sneak in pass the gate with a woman who had just handed her invitations

"We're with her" Liz lied "Jane, Jane dear don't leave us behind" she added pretending as an acquaintance of the unknown woman who looked disgustingly at Liz call

"Oh my she's mad right now, but I assure you the young prince -"

"noble" Yvaine whispered

"Sorry noble is waiting for us, you won't want your master getting mad at you now would you" she said praying the man had noticed the threat

" Ma'am invitations?" He repeated sternly

You stubborn fellow - she thought

" see to prove it we'll tell you his name"
Liz said, nudging Yvaine to give his name because she had forgotten it

"Phil- " she continued thinking Yvaine was going to be of no help

"Zephyr" Yvaine said cutting Liz mid Sentence while giving her an unbelievabing stare before rolling her eyes and Liz clearly understood, it wasn't after all, she felt like she was the only one racking the gears in her brains to come up with ways to get them through the gate that obstructed her new experience.

Phil. Really - thought Yvaine

"Ma'am -"

"We get it, we get - invitations" Liz said imitating the guard
"But please .... she's struck with acute anemia and this is her only dying wish .... and her parents are dead

"What- " Yvaine said shocked before being met with a Liz fingers skin deep by her waist

"Yes ... How'd you know I tried to hide it from you" Yvaine said pretending to be shocked and saddened by her revelation