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Chapter 9

Chapter 9- Getting ready

Nelly's POV. 

I went inside the mansion that we were staying at and saw Matt. I smiled at him and he smiled back at me. 

"Nelly, have you seen the rest?" He asked me. 

"Nope. Just got back from filming." I told him as I jumped onto the kitchen counter. Matt nodded and sat down on one of the bar stools. 

"Just a question, did you know Harry before this all happened?" He asked me. 

"If you mean before he became famous, yes I did. I was one of his friends before he left." I told Matt. He nodded at me and turned away. Then he turned back to me and seemed to think about something. 

"Then why do you kind of act awkwardly around him?" Matt asked. I smiled at me.. Matt always worried about me, like he was my second father that came into my life. 

"Well, he hasn't exactly been a good friend for these last few years. I mean, I felt like he forgot about me... But he is working on it." I explained as I jumped off the counter. 

"NELLY!" Serena shouted. 

"What Serena?" I shouted as she came down the stairs. 

"Come on, we going out." The girl said as she grabbed my hand and her keys. We ran out of the house as I said bye to Matt, and he waved at us. We hopped into her Subaru. She smiled at me and turned the radio on. 

"Isn't this car kinda old?" I asked her. 

"No it isn't.. If you have ever seen my dad's collection... Now that has some vintage cars." Serena retorted. "It has a 1969 Camaro, a 1970 chevelle, and a 1967 mustang. Just to name a few of course." 

"Wow, I need to see that collection some time." I said as I looked in the front. We reached the mall and walked inside. Serena pulled me along different stores, going through every single one of them. 

"Nelly! You have to try on this top!" Serena squealed. I laughed as I looked through the clothing racks.  Serena found me and pulled me along to try out the clothes that were on her arm. I was first dressed into 6 different shirts, only getting 2 of them in the end. Then she handed me dresses, and I looked at her with shock. 

"We get to go to events now! For that you need a proper dress!" Serena told me. I groaned but went back anyway to try them on. She had 7 dresses chosen and in the end I only chose about 3 of them. Serena gaped at the last one and said that I was wearing that one tonight. 

"Wait what's tonight?" I asked her, scared of the answer. 

"A party, that's all I know. Supposed to be a really fancy one with awards and all that. The boys invited us because they got nominated." She dismissed. A few hours later we ran out of the mall and towards the mansion. I got a phone call from Lou right as we pulled into the street. 

"Hi Girlies!" He shouted. 

"LOU! WHY DID YOU NOT TELL ME!" I shouted back. 

"Well.... umm... You have to ask Harry that, but you have 2 hours." He said as he hung up right after. 

"I'm going to kill him!" I told Serena. 

"Then we shall kill him together! FOR NARNIA!" She shouted. I started to laugh and we headed inside up to the room we shared.  We ran through our shopping bags, each choosing a dress. Serena choose a dress that was strapless, had beads at the top and bottom, was about knee length and flowy at the bottom. She added stud earrings and curled her hair to the side. The dress was Yellow with flowers at the bottom. 

I choose an dress that had one strap, and was a light color blue. It had different color beads hanging down from the top and the bottom, which was also knee length. The dress had different patterns all over, and a belt that was purple/green/red patterned. I chose flats to go with it, and did my hair like Hermione's from the yule ball. I stepped out and we compared each other. 

"Nelly, is that you?" Serena asked. I nodded and smiled at her. 

"Serena, you look amazing!" I told her as she spun around. She did a small curtsy and I laughed. 

"Come on, lets show those boys what we are made of." Serena said as she opened the door. 

"Gladly." I smiled back.