A Little Cinderella Moment

Chapter 69

"Oh my god Sav, you arrived in a horse drawn carriage that is unbelievable." Jen spins me around in a circle whilst giving me a hug.

"You guys saw me arrive?" I pull Jen away from me and hold her at arm's length so I can see how stunning she looks like some designers would say jacked up.

"Of course, we did you had your own little Cinderella moment; it was so magical" Sel hugs into Lucas' side as he drapes an arm over her shoulder.

"It was certainly a surprise my dad made, for a good enough reason but never mind that look at you guys Jen, Sel you both look so beautiful in your gowns and masks very masquerade, Greg, Lucas, handsome as ever."

"Thank you Sav, may I say you look lovely in blue, and before I forget happy birthday," Greg says, and I cringe because he brought up my birthday. Everyone turns and looks at me with shocks on their faces.

"Wait! What?"

"It's your birthday?"

"Greg how did you know and not tell me." Jen hits Greg on the chest with the back of her hand.

"Hey that hurt," he rubs his chest where Jen hit him, "but I hacked into the database files for reasons nobody wants to know, sorry Sav I didn't mean to invade your privacy."

"It's fine Greg honestly, this is the best party I could have asked for, and I'm sorry I didn't tell you guys I've not really celebrated my birthday since my mom died."

"Well tonight you should celebrate but hey didn't you say that you had a date for tonight?"

"Yeah, I do Sel but we're meeting soon at the stockings tree."

"The stockings tree?"

"Yeah, Jen why?"

"I heard Chase is meeting his date there any minute, that doesn't bother you, does it?"

"Why would it bother me? We're friends now as long as he's happy I'm happy for him, just like I'm happy for you guys."

"Thanks, Sav, well shall we all enter together?"

"I think I would like to go in after you guys just to absorb in the experience."

"Sure, we'll see you in there," Lucas holds his arm out for Selena, and they go into the ballroom followed shortly after by Greg and Jen.

Walking into the ballroom I look around at how magical it looks with the white and silver garlands wrapped with white Christmas lights and the ceiling draped in white silk with more Christmas lights twinkling above us. As I look at how whimsical the ballroom looks, I start spinning around just as a saxophone starts to play.

When I hear the music playing, I stop and look at the stage to see a band playing, and instantly recognize who they are as they start to sing 'Every Day Is Christmas.' Jen and Sel approach me, and I turn to look at them.

Jen, you got Ziki Hexum to come and play at the Christmasqurade Ball?"

"Yeah, I did Mom is friends with their agent and we made a deal. They perform for us tonight and Mom designs their outfits for their next album."

"That's a great deal, these guys sound amazing, brings the whole Christmas together, and nice touch with them wearing masks too."

"Yeah, I asked if they would object to it but no, they were all in for it."

"Well, guys I hope you have a fantastic night I'm going to meet up with Wolf, and we'll hopefully catch up with you guys later." Jen put her arm out to stop me from leaving.

"Sav, what name did you just say?"

"Wolf."

"Oh my God," Jen put her hand on her chest and has probably one of the biggest smiles on her face I have ever seen. I look just as confused as everyone around us.

"Okay I'll question that later but I gotta go otherwise I'm going to be late." I turn around and head out of the ballroom to enter a hallway.

The hallway is a little bit crowded so I have to dodge people to get to the stockings tree. Getting closer I start to feel a little nervous and the flutter of butterflies in my stomach take over. The stockings tree is in view, and I see a couple of guys standing in front of it, but I don't know if Wolf is here or not.

Walking up to the stockings tree the group of guys walk away from it and my stomach drops. Wolf is not here. I hope he's not stood me up. As I get to the tree, I see that some of the stockings have fallen off the tree. I bend down to pick them up and hang them back up. Coming from behind me is one of the sweetest deep voices I ever heard.

"Dream?"