THE LAW OF ATTRACTION [DISCONTINUED]

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"Bye."

"Bye."

"Bye."

"Okay, leave already!"

"Uh huh. Bye."

Blaine, the stupid dork he was, was still standing at my doorway, staring at me. It was 2:30 and I needed to get some stuff done before the dinner, which I obviously couldn't do if he was still at my doorway.

"Blaine, get your shît together and get to your car before I kick your ass over there."

"Huh? Oh. Bye!" The threat did the trick and he scurried himself back to his THING THAT MUST NOT BE NAMED (yeah I still don't know what type of car it is) and drove away, smirking and waving as he drove by and disappeared around the corner.

I shook my head and turned, about to walk up the stairs when I saw Claire bouncing giddily up to me. "Details! What did he do? What did you do? Was it fun? Did you kiss?" she asked. Oh man, I should have known this was coming. If she kept on questioning me I wouldn't even make it out for the dinner.

"He took me to the carnival, I made him carry my unicorn, it was fun, we didn't kiss, and I need to change," I rattled off, shoving the stuffed unicorn into her arms and undoing my braid.

"Aw! He gave you a unicorn! That's so adorable! Aw!" Claire said, a wild grin on her face as she followed me upstairs.

I rolled my eyes at her enthusiasm. "Claire, the dinner's at 6:00, don't you have to get ready too?" I asked pointedly. "Oh! Right! But you have to help me, I don't know which dress to wear," she said anxiously.

"Claire, honestly, you'd look fine in anything," I said. Now, you might think that was a compliment, but since we were twins, we looked exactly the same so it was really a compliment towards myself as well. Claire, having known me for so long, automatically recognized that and glared playfully at me.

I sighed, rolling my eyes in surrender. "Go get them," I said before slipping into my room. A bit more organized than my dear sister was, I already had my outfit all planned out. A sleeveless turquoise dress hung from my closet. It would reach just past my knees. The dress was styled simply, with white sequins and embroidery on the chest area. It was smooth and soft as silk, and I rather liked the feel of it.

Going into the bathroom that I shared with Claire, I started to run a bath. Sure, Claire would whine about the amount of time it took, but she'd just have to deal with it. I was sweaty from being outside at the carnival all day and quite frankly felt gross. I would take a bath whether she cared or not.

Seeing that the towel rack was empty, I went back into my room to grab another one just as Claire barged in, three dresses hanging from each arm. I groaned. "I should have known you weren't just deciding between two," I muttered.

"Hey, you're lucky I managed to get it down to six!" Claire objected, carefully laying them on the bed. "Not the red one, it looks slutty. Claire, how many times have I told you to only wear that at the club?" I asked in exasperation, shuffling through my drawers. Dang it, where was that towel?

"Ok, ok," Claire muttered. "The black one is too serious, why were you even considering it?" I asked, grabbing a fluffy white towel and coming closer to the bed.

"Because I knew you would tell me the red one was slutty," she said sheepishly.

Ignoring my sister, I glanced at the remaining four. "Not the long white one," I decided. We had worn matching dresses to a wedding, and that one was a little too formal for this occasion. The remaining two were hard to choose between. One was a dark forest green and styled similarly to my dress while the other one, salmon-colored, had two layers (a silky material covered by transparent cloth) and a longer back than front.

"The salmon-colored one," I finally decided. Having us match would be silly and childish; after all, we were seventeen, not seven.

"Now shoo, get a necklace and some shoes while I take a bath," I said, grabbing the towel and walking into the bathroom.

I made my bath short. Blaine had dropped me off at 3:30 and we had to leave at 5:45 in order to get to the restaurant in time. I estimated that about an hour had passed already and I still had to finish getting ready.

Drying myself off, I changed into the dress quickly and dried my hair. Thankfully, my hair wasn't difficult after it got wet like other people's. It was straight now, but it would start curling by dinner time and would gain a slightly wavy quality. Claire barged in from time to time with her endless insecurities but I managed to get done with preparations by 5:30. Slipping on silver ballet flats, I went into my twin sister's room.

Claire was just finishing up her makeup, looking flawless as usual. She was always quite confident about other people's styles but when it came to her, she was quite the mess.

"Done?" I asked casually, slipping my phone into my handbag. "Yeah, are you sure I look okay?" she asked yet again.

"For the last time Claire, you look amazing. Plus, we have to leave now. I think Dad's driving," I said, pulling her away from her table.

"Girls, are you ready?"

Right on time. "Coming, Dad!" I called back, jogging down the stairs. Claire followed at a slower pace since she was wearing heels.

It was a 10 minute drive to the restaurant, a well-known Italian place. While Dad confirmed our reservations, I quickly checked the time on my phone. 6:00, we were right on time.

"Your guests are already here. Please follow me, Mr. Gayle," the waitress said. We followed her through the restaurant to a private room in the back. "Here are your menus. My name is Delilah and I'll be taking your orders today. When you're ready just press the button on the table and I'll come," she said cheerfully while opening the door.

But I wasn't listening anymore. My eyes were latched onto a certain person seated at the table.

"Blaine?"

- note: gasp! lol, i had it all planned. this is my first update from china! a bit of a filler but i promise excitement for the next chapter. still taking cast and car suggestions.

question of the chapter: where are you guys from? -