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"I think you'd like him a lot!"

"Ash..."

"He's so sweet! And he's tall—"

"Ash!" I take my attention from my history work to my friend Ashley Costello. She's been persisting all day for me to go on this blind date she set up a few weeks ago with the guy. "Please? I'll ask Nikki if he'll go with me so you won't be alone with him, it's just...He's been so single for a while and we've been friends forever and I hate seeing him alone in that way." I sigh and finish my last Physics problem before hearing her out. "Then why don't you just date him? He sounds like your kind of man and you've known each other for a while

"It's not that easy! I love him, but not like that, he's like my little brother. Please, just this once! If it doesn't go well you can forget about him and go back to your life as a valedictorian since high school who spends her time eating pizza with her three cats and dreams of having a relationship with a man that doesn't exist." Well...Damn, I've known Ashley since high school and she's never been this sassy about anything. "I told you, I went on two blind dates with two of your bandmates and it ended badly." I didn't want to recall the dates with the bassist and drummer, especially since they both have found girlfriends now before I found someone.

Ash gets down on her knees and holds onto my leg tightly before screaming at the top of her lungs like a three year old. "Stop! Oh my God!" I cover my ears with a groan, if she wants to do this then I'd do it too. I scream higher at her but it doesn't phase her tantrum at all. "Fine! I'll go on a date with your little gothic friend!" Ashley stops screaming and giggles. "Thank you! You'll like him, trust me." I finish my homework before Ash drags me into one of her dresses.

"This is very...ah, tight." I pull at the black, leather dress. "Oh, that's because it's not low enough on you!" Ash pulls the dress to her satisfaction of cleavage and skin, the dress is a long leather dress that had a V down to the stomach of it. I respect Ash always and love her so much but her dresses make me look like a prostitute. "Perfect! Let's get this mess curled!"

Ash curls my hair and applies dark make up to my lips and eyes, my hair was a grey color with a black highlights running in the front. Now it looks like a spindle of grey and black stairs. Ashley is so good at make-up, she loves doing it all from contour to lipstick. "If he doesn't beg for this I don't know who will, let me call Nikki to give him directions. I'll be back!" I sit myself on the sink edge to take in the make-up. My lips were now a matte black and my eyes had a very beautiful dark edges to them.

My skin is pale, that's what I love about dark colors on me. It brings out my snowman skin, great. "Okay, Nikki is on his way! Let's go!" On our way to the restaurant I complained to Ash about my pale skin, and how my mystery date would notice and probably not take a real liking to it. "Pale is the new tan, now shut up, he'll love you!" The Misfits blared from the radio all the way to the restaurant where Nikki, one of Ashley's bandmates, stands at the front door with another man.

"That's him!" Ash grabs my hands and starts power-walking towards the two men, I manage to pull off the same model walk she's pulling off in the tall heels till we reach the two. "Hi!" Ashley waves at my date with a huge smile on her face. "Hey, Ash!" They hug each other and talk about small things like albums and such while Nikki and I discuss about my school work and my acting. "Oh! Here's your date!" I am snatched away from my conversation with Nikki and to the tall man. His dark hair is slicked back and his eyes are surrounded by black make-up, I calm myself when I see his skin is almost as pale as mine.

"She's an actress! And she's studying in a history major." I laugh nervously and elbow Ash in her side, I move my hair to the side before taking in a breath. "Hi, I'm Majora Meyers, thanks for not standing me up on this." I shake his hand with a grin, he pulls me towards him before he kisses my cheek. I blush with a short laugh at his gesture and out of the corner of my eyes I can see Ashley and Nikki staring at us with bright smiles and thumbs-up. "Chris Cerulli, did Ash really make me seem that mean?"