Afraid To Love Again

Chapter 15 - Grand entrance

And it arrived.
The day I eagerly waited for...

Scratch that. Used to.

I didn't want to go anymore. The fact that I was forced to go there, with Kendricks. And Amelia coming over to my house with me right after school to do my makeup and hair is another thing.
She came prepared,alright. I was shocked at the amount of hair supplies she took out from the back of her car followed by a humongous makeup box, "I guessed you didn't have anything I could work with", she said as she read the surprised and questioning look on my face and walked ahead of me to my room. Putting the stuff on my empty desk area, she turned around to face me who was following behind her the entire time.

"Sit down. We've got a lot of work to do", she gestured me to sit and I obey as I roll my eyes.
"Don't make too much of a drastic change-"

She cut me off ignoring my words,"I think I should straighten your hair. You'd look like a whole different girl and piss Chloe off"

"Amelia, no", I stood back up

"Your hair is crying for help and I'm here to save the day. I know you want to", she said taking out her hair straightener, "Trust me on this", her face lights up because of her smile and sits me back down.

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"Wow", she finally said and after applying the "finishing touch" which was the gloss on top of of the matte magenta lipstick.
Taking one last look of myself on the desk mirror, I was... let's say, speechless. It was indeed the drastic change I was not wishing for.
But my, I would fall for the girl in the mirror any day.
Is this me?

"Stunning, aren't you? I love your tomboy style whatever you call it, but your feminine side is to die for too", she put put the lid back on the lipstick

"Isn't this too much? Of a change?", I was still trying to process all that going on as I scan every angle of my face on the mirror.

I had never straightened my hair before, and now that Amelia did, I was shocked that my dark brunette hair reached my butt. Let alone wearing a bold makeup look to school. And it still a little on the minimalistic side. She highlighted in the inner corner of my eyes, the tip of my nose and a little on my cheekbones.
She left the blush out because she believed Kendricks would do all the work on that part. I rolled my eyes to that. Though my eyes were a little troubled by the fake lashes, and my poor ear lobes were crying for mercy because of how heavy the silver dangley earrings were that we got during dress shopping the other day. Please help me.

"Now, you go put on your dress while I put on my own make up", she shooed me into the bathroom and gave the the dress before shutting the door in my face.

"Well good luck to me", I sighed and unzipped the back of the dress

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"Amelia!"

She came rushing in with one eyebrow done still holding her eyebrow pencil,"What?"

"Help me with the zipper"

She looks at me and sighs as she lazily walked towards me and whirled me around to face my back. "I might have eaten a little too much yesterday", I confessed

"No wonder why the zipper won't zip", she struggled and slowly gave up,"Erica, I want you to suck your belly in"

"I need to hit the gym once in a while" , I said disappointed in myself and did exactly what Amelia told me and after nearly a minute, she got it to zip, "Finally", the breathes out.

Sarcastically I laughed," What if the zipper pops off at the dance", I snap and immediately change my mind about the whole thing "I don't want to go"

"Don't get negative thoughts in your head. I'm gonna go finish doing my makeup now", she lazily walks out aswell.

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"What", my jaw drops to the sight that greeted me outside.
Kendricks and Max said they were going to pick us up at 6pm. Okay.

They're here on time. Okay

But...in a limo, for God's sake?
And my doubts were confirmed when Kendricks got out the car from one side and Max from the other. Both were wearing respective blue color bowties and matching pocket squares in the front pocket of their suits.
Amelia looked just as shocked to.

"No no no", I turned to go back in the house but Kendricks caught my wrist before I could and spinned me around with little to no effort, and I landing into his chest. I made sure my face didn't touch his white shirt other wise it could have been a disaster on both ends.

"Wow", he let out stealing a glance of me.

"Wow?"

"Yeah, wow", He repeated as he scanned my face, "Gorgeous", he didn't take his eyes off me as I was still in his arms. And it appeared as if he meant it. I could see the admiration in his eyes but all I could do after noticing that was looking anywhere else but him. But it was difficult to ignore him.

"Why did you bring that?", I brought up causing him to loosen his grip around my waist and I took it as a chance to get out of his space.

"You know, grand entrance", he winked at me causing butterflies in my stomach.

"I don't like grand entrances like you do. I don't like the attention. Come on, a limo and a chaffeur?", I look back to the vehicle in disbelief.

"Perks of going to the dance with me, I guess. And bonus, for being my girlfriend", he smooches at me.

"Eww. First I'm not your girlfriend and second you're making me regret the decision I made"

"Yeah?"

"Yeah", I couldn't help but admire how he looked today too. I had never seen him in a suit before and his hair laid back leaving one curly straight in the front on his forehead. Dashing, I must say. "You look... handsome tonight", I awkwardly compliment him.

Crap.

"Ooh", Amelia and Max synchronized as the watched us and all Kendricks did was smirk while looking in another direction.

"Yup. I so did the right thing not including the blush", she mischievously smirked

"Wait you didn't? Then what's all this?", Kendricks dramatically acts shocked.

I hide my face behind my purse, "You guys are not funny"

"Let's go, shall we?", He holds his arm up for me to cling to, "Babe", he smirks and I immediately gag. He clings my arm anyway and led me to the car and waited for me to enter first. So did Max on the other side of the car .

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Exactly what I didn't want, the chaffeur drops us right up front. Where everyone can see. And they did see. Why did I agree to being a celebrity's son's girlfriend? I could already hear and see the people in awe. The chaffeur exits the car, to go to the other side, where Kendricks was. As soon as Kendricks got out the car, all the girls squealed and admired him and the guys looked envious but impressed. Max follows getting the same reaction from the girls.

Kendricks bends to face me while I'm still in the car feeling very nervous because of all the eyes on us, "Aren't you going to come out and make all the girls jealous?", He smirks at me. Amelia gets out of the car and the crowd goes wild once again. I was the last one. Gotta look confident on the outside, right?

My royal blue dress being first to touch the ground before my heels did, I master the courage to get out and everyone went quiet. But judging from the look on everyone's faces, they were shocked. I couldn't read if it was a good thing or not.
Kendricks tilts to my side to whisper something in my ear, "You silenced them with your beauty". I turn red and I guess people noticed because they started smiling at each other in a Kendricks-made-her-lose-herself way.
I follow the three's pace as they started walking. "Gosh, I never knew she was this sexy" the other guys spoke. "She looks prettier today", "They look cute together, OMG", other girls squeal. Kendricks started smiling at himself making me believe he heard it too. He then looks at me. With the same admiration he had when we went dress shopping,and when he saw me tonight, "They're right"

What's right? The 'she looks pretty' or the 'we look good together'?

Or both?

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