Assailant [H.S]

Chapter 8

Nora's POV

Five years ago

Nora's Age: 15

Harry's Age: 17

September 14th, 2018

Tonight is the night. It's the night that I finally go to my first highschool party. Luckily, I am going with my best friend Naomi who has been begging me to go for a year now. I am definitely nervous, but everyone knows who I am and who my father is so they wouldn't dare mess with me.

I sat in my bedroom in front of my makeup vanity and mirror, trying to decide on how I should wear my hair and the type of makeup I should do. My hair was down and unstyled and I was still in my pajamas.

"Nora, I think you should put this one on!" Naomi squealed and ran over to where I sat in front of the vanity, holding out the deepest red lipstick I have ever seen. I stared at her and the lipstick she held through the mirror.

"Absolutely not! That is way too much for a highschool party." I scoffed and shuffled through the other options I had for makeup, which wasn't very much. I wouldn't consider myself the girliest of girls, but I did like to dress up from time to time.

"Please!! You will look amazing! All the boys will be all over you!" She begged and squished my face together with her free hand.

"Naomi!" I laughed and wacked her hand away. "Fine! I'll do it.". I grabbed the lipstick from her hand and stared at it for a few moments before unscrewing the lid slowly. Inside, I found the most luscious red lipstick I have ever seen in my entire life.

Hesitantly, I pucker my lips and lean into the vanity, getting closer to the mirror. I applied the lipstick onto the upper and lower section of my lips and smeared them together to spread the lipstick evenly.

I backed away and looked at myself, "I think it's too much. I look terrible." I began looking for my makeup wipes to take it off before Naomi grabbed both of my hands.

"No! You have to keep it on. You just need to do the rest of your makeup and your hair and you will see that it's perfect." Naomi let go of me and turned away, walking to the other side of the room to pick her own outfit.

I nodded and applied the rest of my makeup which consisted of foundation, concealer, brown eyeliner, and mascara.

Why did I put my lipstick on before my foundation? That was stupid.

I finished my makeup and looked through the mirror to decide how I should do my hair. I could wear it down and wavy, even natural, or I could put it up into a sleek ponytail.

Definitely a sleek ponytail. I'm a bad bitch.

I smiled at myself and sprayed my hair with hairspray before pulling it up into a tight high ponytail. I used my free hand to comb back my hair so that way it looked sleek and perfect. Once there were absolutely no bumps, because I hate that, I tied the ponytail with two elastic bands to ensure it stayed tight. I wrapped a piece of hair that was in my ponytail around the elastic bands to hide them and applied a final round of hair spray.

"Finally.. done with my hair and makeup." I sighed and leaned back in my chair. "Naomi...can you pick out my outfit for me? I'm already too tired for this." I slouched back even further into the seat.

"Yeah, already one step ahead of ya, girl. I picked out this black leather coat and a black tank top and mini skirt set. I also think you should wear these black boots." She held up all the items she mentioned in front of me and waited for my reaction.

"Okay, yes perfect! You know I love wearing black." I laughed and got up from my seat and grabbed the clothes and shoes from her. "Thank you, best friend!" I squealed and gave her a quick hug. "I can't wait to see your outfit when I get back from changing!" I yelled as I walked quickly out of my room and into the bathroom, closing the door behind me.