Chapter 6: Getting Ready

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(A/N: A tad bit longer than the usual chapters coming up! :3 Oh the pic on the side is of Mark before the SXSW Gaming Awards from earlier this year (and the flower crown was an addition by me ^-^) Enjoy!)

"Okiii... I'm here!" I walk into her room with my costume in one hand and the accessories needed in the other.

Her room is colourful. Mixes of blues, greens, oranges and yellows everywhere! Art and photographs made by her hand on every little inch of the walls and even her bed sheets are hand painted... (I've helped her make those. There's a little heart painted on it somewhere that I did and I wrote 'BFFs 5ever' next to it with both of our names... I know, we're so child like but... I love it!)

"Good, put your costume on and I'll help you with the corset in a minute!" Tanya smiles while she takes out an eyelash curler and places it onto her make up table, next to several lipstics, lip glosses, eyeliners and eyeshadows.

"So... Are you excited to see his cosplay costume?" Tanya chuckles as she tightens my corset while standing behind me.

"Well, a bit, yeah... I mean you know how much I love a good cosplay costume!" I laugh a bit nervously.

"Yeah, yeah, suuuure!" She chukles. "All done! Now, close your eyes!"

"Why?" I ask while I try to fight off a pair of flailing hands.

"Because I told you to!" She laughs.

"Ok, ok..." I let her cover up my eyes and lead me to her mirror.

"Great you can open them now..."

I open my eyes and I stare at myself in the mirror... Do I really lookl ike this? I'm so... plain and... ordinary... Why? Why would HE call ME 'baby' when I... I'm not good enough for him?

"You are good enough..." Tanya shakes me up.

"Oh, Gosh... Did I say that out loud?" I ask quickly turning to her.

"No you didn't, Timi dear... I just know you. I mean we're best friends, sister like for God's sake!" She chuckles. "Now... Let's get this make up on..." She turns me to her make up table and directs me to sit down.

Half an hour and several shades of pink eye shadows later...

"Done!" Tanya finally let's me look into the mirror... And what I see staring back at me is something completely different than... Me...

Big blue eyes instead of the boring brown ones, contact lenses, big pink lips, instead of the plain little lips usually pressed together into a line, light pink cheeks and on top of all a long blond wig tied back into pigtails with a fringe.

"I..." All the words leave me.... Seeing myself like this is, frankly, weird. But I will hopefully impress. I stare at myself in the mirror.

"I'll get the door, you put on your boots..." The words suddenly shake me... I didn't even realize that someone knocked on the door.

"Oh, ok..." I mumble but she probably didn't hear it cause it was nearly inaudible and she's already in the living room anyway.

A few minutes later, after I've got my boots on...

I check over myself for the hundredth time in the mirror. I blow out a big breath of air. Let's do this... I hear my inner Goddess' war cry. I walk out into the living room and there I see standing right in front of me an image I was not expecting to see quite so soon.

There stands right in front of me... Wilford Warfstache. I just feel like I want to burst out laughing and cry at the same time. Laugh because... Well, who doesn't want to laugh when they look at him. And cry because this is my... Well, I can't even remember what is the number of this dream that has came true this weekend! But I know that this just can't be happening to me. This is too many good stuff in one weekend...

But on the outside, I try to be as calm and collected as possible. "Hello everyone!" I say as I lift my chin slightly higher, just to seem a bit more confident.

"Ma'am..." They all answer in unison while bowing towards me. I chuckle and blush slightly as Ma- I mean Wilford, grabs my hand and kisses it. "It's a... Pleasure to meet you." He says in that funny way he usually talks in. I look around at everyone else and they are not dressed up for some reason... Oh, well!

"Oh, no, Mr. Warfstache, the pleasure is mine." Yes... I made him chuckle... "So, what's on the agenda for today?"

"Well," Wade grabs my attention as Mark, yes, I'm still gonna refer to him as Mark even if he's 'Wilford Warstache', let's go off of my hand and I let it drop to my side slowly. "We, Mark, Bob and me, have a half an hour panel starting at 2 in the afternoon-"

"To which you Shara, Tanya and Jack have a place in the front row each..." Mark turns to look at Jack, me and Tanya in turns as he says our names, still in that funny way. "Oh, also, we have a last minute panel kind of thing in the Polaris lounge where all of us can be on stage and then we'll answer questions. That will be starting at 3 and will be about an hour long unless Polaris let's us stay longer which hopefully they will." He smiles; straight at me while looking into my eyes, his eyes sparkling and everything... This smile will be the end of you one day, I'm telling you... My inner side mutters. I can see her looking at her nails right now with that sassy attitude of hers.

"Oh, I won't be able to go... I'm helping out the Rooster Teeth guys. Sorry!" Tanya looks at Mark apologetically.

"It's alright!" Mark smiles at her as well. She smiles back... But Mark's smile is somehow different than the one I have just seen seconds ago... It's... Not the same, somehow...

"Who's up for some breakfast!" Bob suddenly exclaims.

"ME!!!" Everyone exclaimed in unison.

(A/N: Hope you're liking it so far! If you do please leave a like and comment on what you think I could improve on, thanks! :3 SharaRogers-Timea)

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