Freakshow

Chapter 8

Britney went back to her own room to get ready for dinner. Mrs. Metz had come by and told us that we would be leaving the institute and going out for dinner at a fancy restaurant to celebrate my new skills. The dress for the evening was supposed to be formal, I was not a fan of that. I spent my weekends in sweatpants and the nicest thing I wore to school was jeans, and even then the second I got home I changed into something more comfortable. I walked over to my closet and looked through the dresses. They were all beautiful and looked like my style but I couldn't imagine they were comfortable.

I slipped on a light turquoise cotton dress that went down a little ways past my knees. It felt comfortable enough but when I took a look in the mirror it didn't seem quite right. Too short, I thought, longer would be better for dinner. I went back to the closet and pulled out a long maxi dress that had cuts up the side of the skirt and it shimmered when the light hit it. But when I put it on I realized that it showed too much cleavage for my liking. I took it off and threw it on the floor. I went back to the closet and picked out another dress. This one was dark purple at the top and faded into a lighter shade of purple at the bottom. It was strapless and like the other one it also shimmered when the light hit it. I pulled it over my head and examined it in the mirror. This is the one, I thought, nodding my head.

I walked back over to the closet and as I walked the dress lightly dragged behind me. I picked out a pair of silver sandals and put them on, they went perfectly with the dress. I went in the bathroom to do my hair, I went with an up-do to show off my back and shoulders. I dutch braided it down my back and then twisted the rest into a bun at the nape of my neck. I twisted in a few jewels around the bun to add a little bling. I decided to leave my ears bare but put on my grandmothers diamond necklace that I was normally too scared to wear, cause I thought I would lose it. I was just finishing my make-up when some one knocked on my door.

I slowly opened it to find Britney on the other side. "Are you almost ready? We should be leaving soon." she told me. "Yeah, come in. Just gimme a sec," I said as she sat on my bed. I grabbed one of my favorite Clinique lipsticks called 'super strawberry' and put it on then threw it in my silver clutch. "Okay," I said walking out of my bathroom, "how do I look?" I asked giving a little spin. "Gorgeous, that dress looks amazing on you. And I love your hair," Britney told me. She wore a light gray dress covered in pink glitter that went down to just above her knees, the sleeves were mesh and hugged her arms. On her feet she wore pink heels that added at least three inches to her height. She had curled her brown hair into little ringlets that hung down just below her shoulders. She looked beautiful. "Come on," I said motioning to the door, "let's go." she nodded and we walked to the lobby where everyone else was waiting. Out of the corner of my eye I thought I saw Beau and Ian staring at me.

I joined up with the rest of the girls, they seemed to be complimenting each other on their appearances. Mrs. Metz came walking into the lobby wearing a long red gown and matching lipstick. She was followed by Mr. Coffner who wore a black tux with a black and red striped tie. I silently wondered to myself if they matched on purpose, "Okay everyone, let's go," she said as a sleek black limo pulled up. The driver got out of the car and opened one of the doors for us, we all piled in. I sat in between Britney and Autumn. I was looking out the window when I felt a nudge at my arm, I looked over at Autumn. "So...?" she asked looking at me intently. I was confused, "what?" I said. "You know, your training session with Beau," she said, "something has to have happened." I shrugged, "nothing did," that wasn't entirely true, but she didn't need to know the details.