ROSES AND FLAMES - Five Hargreeves

𝟮𝟳. "did we at least kick ass?"

Apparently the Majestic 12 was a big thing; now having to find an outfit with Lila, being dragged after leaving the boys at Elliot's place. She felt uncomfortable to be with Lila, not talking in years, wanting to find a an easy dress and leave as soon as possible.

"Is this one nice?" Lila asked, holding a blue ballgown with sleeves. Josie turned away from the red dress she was eyeing, looking it up and down. "Yeah, looks good." She mumbled, hearing the obnoxious upbeat music play through the speakers, rolling her eyes a little.

As much as Josie wanted to crash the majestic 12, she was also oh so tired, wanting to at least update Marlene where she is, feeling some sort of guilt. Grabbing the dress she kept eyeing, the brunette took it to the register, already knowing it fit her, paying 30 dollars for it.

It wasn't very formal like Lila, tight at the top yet flowed down, being easy to kill someone in this dress—  if she had to do that today. Waiting for Lila to pay for her own, Josie had gotten a bag for her dress, having to walk back to Elliot's before they were to go.

Josie tried her best to not engage in any comments, knowing it wasn't just a coincidence the two were here in the same timeline after barely with each other for the last, however many number of years. It wasn't like Lila was eager to be talking to her younger sister, both keeping their distance and heading to different bathrooms to get ready, taking the one that wasn't attached to Elliot's room.

"Parker are you ready?" Knocked five, Josie had slipped into the dress quite easily, needing assistance to be zipped up, opening for five to help her. "Can you...?" Trailing off and turning around, she tried to not flinch at how cold his hands were, feeling the zipper go up until it didn't need to, smiling and turning around. 

"Pretty huh?" She asked, twirling a little. "Are you fishing for a comment?" Unaware of trying to flirt with her, Josie rolled her eyes knowing that was his type of flirting, a small smirk on his face for a second.

Exiting the bathroom and soon seeing diego and Lila all dressed up, Josie felt a bit of adrenaline to crash the party, grabbing fives hands as Diego held his shoulder, Lila linking up with him, blinking out of Elliot's and behind a wall .

Josie was blessed to know she was flexible in this dress and able to walk properly in heels, jumping over the little wall, five right behind her as the four all crawled over to not be noticed, peeking over the car they hid behind. Josie bit her lip, seeing many women wear red just like her; knowing it was a very popular colour at the moment.

"So what's the plan?" Josie heard Lila ask, coming back over and kneeling beside five. "We infiltrate, identify; we attack. Double time." Said Diego, saying absolute gibberish to both Lila and Josie.

"What the fuck does that mean?" Josie asked, needing to be dumbed down a little. "Find the old man and get out fast." Five told her, hearing a sarcastic ahh moment from her.

"Of course, silly me for not understanding." She joked, then Diego side eyeing her. "Isn't that what I said?" Diego asked looking at five for a second. Josie rolled her eyes at the man with a horrible beard, watching him go to another car; while Lila looked at Josie and five.

"After you two." She said, both of them staring at her. Josie knew something was up with her, but apparently five too, both not budging with the girl. "What I can't be polite?" She joked, staring at them with dead eyes.

"Cut the crap alright? My dimwitted brother might buy your bullshit, but we don't trust you for one second." Five told her, josie feeling a little warm when she was included, trying to keep a straight face, nodding. "What he said." She added, Lila scoffing a smile before he followed diego.