What goes on in the dark

Chapter 3: The Preparation

It's 9:25am when Alana checks the time on her phone. She moans, knowing that she has to get home before her parents get home. She stands up as quietly as possible, trying not to wake up Miguel, it's the last thing she needs after yesterday's unmasking of Scott's true persona. She's going to have to deal with him soon but for now that's the second thing on her to do list.

As Alana approached the gate to her house, she notices that there are trucks coming into her house. It was probably for a party for her Mom's new acting job or something. She wasn't surprised though, her parents are always doing this. They have at least 7 parties a year, minus the holidays.

"What's the celebration this time?" She asked her mother's assistant who looked like she was seriously stressed. "It's your moms 20th year of acting. She wants to have a party to celebrate.

"Why am I not surprised?" She flashed me a quick smile and ran off.

When she got inside she saw her mom instructing some people about the decor "Hi mom." She said in a tone that caught her attention.

"Hi sweetie, I don't have much time to talk but the party starts at 7pm, I already called Stella to arrange for you and a friend to get a costume and you have a beauty appointment in about 30 minutes." she said so fast I am unable to understand how I caught that.

"Thanks mom, see you later." She said as her mom rushed off. Immediately she texted Robyn and said

*Mom is having a party at 7,
We have to get our costumes.
I'm picking you up in about 10 minutes*

She didn't wait for a reply as she rushed off into her car to Robyn's place.

15 minutes later she was at Robyn's condo. Robyn rushed down and got into the car. As soon as she got in, Alana drove off.

"Hey." She greeted.

"Hi, so my mom says that we have an appointment to get our costumes for the party and we have a beauty appointment at 3 o'clock." She explained.

"It's 12:17 now, we can make it." Robyn confirmed. "Great!" She said. robyn turned on the radio and they enjoyed the beautiful sounds of music.

When Alana and Robyn got to the store, they were welcomed by a woman with a name tag that said 'Danielle'. "I assume you are Alana Whitran." "Yes I am." She replied.

"You're dresses have been prepaid, so you don't have to worry. My team and I have come up with a collection for you and you friend to choose from." "Awesome!" They headed to a white leather chair in the middle of the room and sat down.

After an hour of deciding they finally got the job done. Alana had chosen to go as a sexy batwoman.

It was a black leather figure hugging mini dress with a cape covered with black diamonds all over it, black stilettos with yellow at the bottom and a black mask.

On the other hand, Robyn had chosen to go as Cleopatra, her costume was a golden dress with a black material acting as a belt, a pair of sky high golden heels and a gold crown.

It was 1:30pm and they had to start heading to the salon, California traffic wasn't messing around.

At 1:56, they made it to the salon. "Georgia!" Alana exclaimed when she saw her makeup and hair stylist.

"Alana, how are you?" She asked. "I'm good! We are in a major hurry though." "Don't worry, your mother called. You guys should go to the VIP section and you will be attended to." She calmed Alana down.

"Thank you so much." She thanked Georgia. Georgia waved gem off with a smile and soon enough they were getting pampered.

When Alana was getting her makeup done, she got a text message from an unknown number

*See you at the party, bitch*

Alana panicked and replied

*Who are you?!*

She got no answer.

She quickly shook the surprise off and calmed down, soon enough, her and Robyn where ready to leave.