The Tangent Lines

Chapter 31 - I care about you more than I should

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"When reading, we don't fall in love with the characters' appearance. We fall in love with their words, their thoughts, and their hearts. We fall in love with their souls."

— Anonymous

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Chapter 31 - I care about you more than I should

"You're going with Elliot?" Mom gasps, her mouth forms an 'O'. We are having a video call, while she is waiting for her client on her studio in Paris. She seems so surprised when I told her I'm going with Elliot.

"Yeah, mom. I want a killer dress, really. I dress to kill," I say with a sudden raging confidence I didn't know I have it on me. Well, whatever, but I'm going to transform even only for one night.

"And how about Tyler?" Mom's words are exactly the same like Flo and Fiona's words. They expected me to come with the jerk.

Meet Alice, the girl who Tyler kissed few days ago on the bleacher. His taste slightly changes from cheerleader to a swimming team athlete. I don't know how both of them met, but they're quite a sensation right now. A lot of girls had gossip about them and that includes Flo and Fiona too. I never knew this girl Alice, though. She has flawless tanned skin and awesome body, the result of working out. Some even said she has abs on her stomach. She has visited our table since few days ago, only to drag Tyler somewhere else.

Well, I don't really care.

I roll my eyes, although it seems so rude, but I can't help it because I'm still quite disappointed about it. "He's probably going with Alice, so what. They're probably meant to be anyways."

"I thought Flo told me the High School golden couple is you and Tyler, not them."

I furrow my eyebrows in response. Flo always supplied the wrong gossip to mom! "We're not even together, mom. . . And don't you like Elliot too?"

She seems like understand what I meant, so she just nods. Then second later, she grins like chesire cat. "Hey, I know what dress suits you. Killer, right?"

She then runs off to God-knows-where and gets back after five minutes, bringing white long dress, like a goddess. It is sleeveless and it has two shoulders strap, making V-line on the chest area. It has golden thin belt on the middle of the dress. It is plain, actually.

"Goddess look is in style! You will really look graceful in that."

"Wait, mom, Elliot will never approve it," I sigh. The dress isn't that plain after all.

"Darling, you don't have to impress people with slutty dresses. You could wear anything and still kill them anyway," she winks, making me smile nevertheless.

"Believe my fashion instinct. I will get it shipped immediately and safely. Oh, even better," she looks down to her iPhone, probably checking her schedule. "Georgina is going to go New York tomorrow. I'll tell her to send it to the penthouse with several other dresses."

I beam gratefully, "Thank you so much, mom!"

"No worries," she smiles, "I could arrange the stylist and the hairdresser too if you need one."

"Sure, mom. Wait, can I take Flo and Fiona together to the stylist too?"

She winks, "Of course. I'll make a reservation for three. It's the most highly-anticipated ball after all."

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When mom said several other dresses, she meant half of the boutique.