A rose hiding thorns

7

{Trigger warning child abuse}

{Hours later}

"Mae! I need help!" I yell

"What is it darling?"

"I need a damn dress for this party tonight. What color green or black?" I ask them

"Love it's always black for me to try on some black dresses and show me," They say while doing their eyeliner

Ruffling through my trunk I found all of my black options. Stripping into my bra and underwear I tried on the first option which was satin.

"How about this one?" I ask

"Hm.. No, I don't like the cut on you"

I strip immediately trying the second option. It was a bodycon velvet dress with a slit up the thigh.

"Mae?" I ask they turn around

"To party wear," They say turning back around and starting to take the braids out of their hair

"UGH" I groan in frustration

I stripped yet again into a lacey number it was floor-length with a slit that hits my upper thigh and it had lacey long sleeves.

"I swear to Merlin if this isn't the one I'll scream," I say bluntly

Mae turns around and choked "Holy shit, That's the one," They say coughing aggressively

"Thank Merlin," I say looking in the mirror

I hear a knock at the door and wonder who it is reggie isn't supposed to meet me until 10:50. I walk over to the door and open it. It was Kylie. She looked panicked

"Hey, what up Kylie," I say opening the door wider

"Listen I know we barely know each other but I need a dress for this damn party I didn't pack any party dresses and everything in Hogesmede is closed" She explains

"Come in I got you darling," I say motioning her to come in

I start pulling out all of my dresses I love the extension charm I have on my trunk it gives me so much room to pack. "Have a look Kylie" I say while smiling at her

"Thank you so much," She says picking through the options on a dress

She started to pick up different colors

"Do you need heels or any jewelry?" I ask putting in my silver hoops and fixing my other piercings

"Yes that would be great I promise I'll give all this stuff back I just wasn't prepared," She says anxiously

"Listen, love, you don't have to apologize to Willow she's chill I promise it's gonna be okay," Mae explains finally finishing their hair

Kylie gave her a sheepish smile and picked up a Long dark green dress with a lacey corset and spaghetti straps. I look up at her and her eyes light up "Go on mate try it on" I say to her

She goes into my bathroom to put the dress on. She comes out a minute later.

I look at her and my jaw drops. "You.Look.Stunning Kylie." I say going over to my trunk and pulling out the perfect pair of stilettos for the dress she picked out

"Here, they are charmed where you won't trip and your feet won't hurt," I say passing her the black stilettos

"These are gorgeous," She says looking at them

She put the shoes on and I went over to grab her a necklace and earrings to match. As I handed them to her I went back to getting myself ready. I put my hair up as I do my makeup doing a smokey look with silver shimmer. As I finished the look with wine-red lipstick I took my wand out and started to mess with my hair.