Blue

four

Winter furrowed her eyebrows. This didn't look right. She twirled around in front of the mirror and huffed.

"You are not pretty," she stated, pulling the navy dress over her head and tossing it aside. Her eyes landed on the pastel yellow dress hanging in the closet, but forced herself to look away. It was bright. That wasn't normal. Karina wanted her to be normal.

After Karina had left the next morning, Winter immediately locked herself in the bedroom and began practicing. Practicing for being normal.

Giselle had said the 'normal' couples went to the party. So Winter had to be normal. That's what Karina would want.

The smaller girl padded back over to the closet. She didn't want to wear a dress, she decided. That was okay. Normal people could wear skirts, too.

Winter retrieved her favorite purple skirt from the closet and slipped it on. She smiled happily at herself in the mirror, pleased with her reflection. After finding a ruffled white top to wear as well, Winter studied herself in the mirror. She looked normal.

Luckily, she had watched Karina do her hair enough times to catch on to what she needed to do. She shuffled across the hallway and found the pink spray bottle that the older girl always used. Winter turned it around in her hands, furrowing her eyebrows when she realized she wasn't sure how to use it.

A few seconds later, she was coughing and spitting out the foul tasting substance in the sink. Well, at least she found out how to use it.

After wiping her face on a towel, Winter sprayed the product in her hair a few times and set the bottle down. She studied her reflection intently while she ran her fingers through her hair a few times.

All that was left was makeup. This was the part she was unsure of. She remembered Karina using a black bag in the cabinets. Winter knelt down, retrieving the makeup bag and dumping it's contents onto the counter.

The smaller girl immediately grabbed a colorful container, struggling to pop the lid off. She didn't know her own strength, though, because once she finally got the lid off, bobby pins went flying across the tile floor.

"Shhh," Winter whispered, bending down and beginning to pick all the small pieces up. When she stood up with her handfuls of bobby pins, she nearly fell back down as she came face to face with Ningning.

"What're you doing?" the taller girl asked, raising an eyebrow at Winter's outfit.

"I..." Winter shook her head, spilling the bobby pins back into the small container. "I am getting ready."

"For what?" Ningning asked. Winter motioned to her outfit and smiled.

"The party," she hummed, turning back to the sink and studying the makeup products she'd placed on the counter. "Me and Yooji are going."

"Does Karina know this?" Ningning laughed softly, slipping past Winter and sitting on the edge of the bathtub. Winter furrowed her eyebrows and shrugged.

"She will when she gets back," Winter giggled and held up a makeup brush. Tilting her head to the side, the smaller girl grew confused.

"I do not know what I am doing," Winter confessed, turning to Ningning and holding up the brush. The other girl laughed, standing up and shaking her head.

"You don't use that first," she took the brush from Winter and placed it back down on the counter. "You don't need a lot of makeup."

"But I have to be pretty," Winter raised her eyebrows pleadingly.

"You already are, doofus," Ningning laughed and grabbed a circular container of blush, opening it and turning to Winter. "Is it okay if I help you?"

Winter nodded, smiling excitedly. Ningning laughed and gently turned Winter so she was facing her. She began brushing the blush on Winter's cheeks, which caused the smaller girl to giggle.