Bittersweet Agony

Chapter 10

"What're you two doing down here?" Emerson asked, emerging from the doorway.

"The better question is, what're you two doing alive down here? I would've imagined one of you must've murdered the other by now." Ellis added.

"You know I'd never go down that easily." Blake says, standing up to stretch and ruffle Ellis' hair. "Especially not against someone like Ady." He looks back to me and I'm positive I saw a small smirk playing at the corner of his lips.

"What's that supposed to mean?" I demanded angrily, getting up also and following Blake into the kitchen.

"I beat you once, I can do it again, Adelina." He answered cockily.

"You only beat me because I was already wounded." I scoffed. "Want to go for a round two?"

"I don't think that's necessary." Cole entered the room, as well as the conversation all at once.

"What he said." Blake spoke, tilting his head back in Cole's direction, and pulling out a box of cereal from a cabinet.

"Whatever." I grumbled, and went upstairs to take a shower.

"Don't forget about tonight!" Cole called up the stairs to me. "Be ready by 6. I'll send one of the girls up there at around 5 to make sure you're getting ready."

"Okay." I said under my breath, not really caring.

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It was 4:30, and all I'd been doing all day was wandering the house for more rooms I had yet to explore, and sitting in my room eating.

I heard a knock on my door, and suddenly a very smiley, far too cheery girl came in, carrying a big box, and a bag big enough to hold my body.

Please be here to kill me.

"Hi, I'm Blythe." She dropped everything in her hands and held one out for me to shake, and I took it hesitantly.

"We met the other night when you first got here at dinner, but I don't know if you remember me. That was like almost a week ago, and a lot has happened since, so I'm sure you don't. Anyway, I know I'm early but I just couldn't wait to get started. I hope you don't mind. Cole told me and Audrey that one of us had to get you ready for tonight, and I don't think you would've wanted Audrey. She can be a little... Intense, if you don't really know her. Well, anyway, I guess we should get started. Have you showered?" Blythe spoke so fast, I only got bits and pieces of what she was saying. I did, however, remember her from the first night I was there.

I nodded in response to her question, and said "yes" quietly.

"Perfect!" She clapped her hands together and reached for the big box containing who-knows-what. "We can get started on hair and makeup then, yeah?"

After half an hour of nonstop talking on Blythe's part about basically whatever came to her mind (which was a lot, considering how easily distracted she was), she spun me around in the chair she pulled up by the mirror to show me her work so far.

I must admit, I did look stunning. Blythe may have been a nutcase, but she sure knew how to make a girl feel hot.

"So...? Do you like it?" She beamed brightly, showing me all 34 teeth.

"It's very nice, thank you." I halfway forced a smile on my face, because hers was so contagious, and I felt bad not showing appreciation.