Dodging Disasters ✔

Chapter Twenty-Three

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23. Photograph

"Sit still," Kay instructs me as she carefully uses the eyeliner.

She'd been doing my makeup and hair for the past 45 minutes and wouldn't let me object to any of it. I'd tried to stop her from applying too much of the rouge but she wouldn't listen.

Anna was sorting through her jewellery to lend me a matching pair of earrings, while Khushi was sitting next to me, sulking because she was next in line.

"I really don't want to put on makeup, Kay," she says, carefully shifting away. "You know what? I think I'll go back to my room and practice." She gets up and starts to move away but Kay takes hold of her arm and jerks her back.

"The 'stay still' applies to you, too," Kay orders and Khushi quietly sits back down, not willing to argue.

"Done!" she says, after what seems like forever.

I quickly get out of the seat and go towards the bed, where Anna has laid down a pair of earrings for me.

"Don't you want to look at yourself in the mirror?" Kay asks me as Khushi sits down on the seat.

"Oh okay," I say as I walk back towards the mirror and gasp when I look at myself. The rouge doesn't look too dark and almost looks natural while my hair had never looked so good before.

"Wow! You look amazing!" Khushi exclaims.

"You look gorgeous," Anna whispers.

"A little bit of make-up hurt no one," Kay shrugs giving me a small smile. With a compact in her hand, she starts to do Khushi's make up.

"Thankyou Kay!" I say as I give her an awkward side hug. "Alex is really lucky to have you," I add with a wink which makes her cheeks redder than mine.

"Speaking of boyfriends, what's up with you and Travis, huh?" Khushi questions me, as I try on the earrings.

I turn towards her and frown. "What do you mean what's up?"

She shrugs . "You guys seem to be hanging out a lot together now a days. Kay here tells me, you got late because you were with him, in his dorm."

I roll my eyes though a small part of me knows that there is something going on. "We were just watching F.R.I.E.N.D.S. And I lost track of time. That's all!"

"Uh-huh," Anna nods, with a mischievous smile that causes me to hit her arm.

"Well, Susan says that Travis has a crush on you. Ron keeps teasing him and he too, like you, keeps denying it-" Khushi tells us, as Kay applies rouge to her cheeks. "-please no more, Kay!"

"Shut up and sit still. I know what I'm doing!" Kay yells which silences Khushi at once. "I need to finish your make up soon because Mr. Lover boy's going to be here any minute."

"Who?" Khushi asks, confused.

"Lover boy, Tyler! He's coming here to practice isn't he, Mads? We'll have to get out of here by then so that the two can have the room to themselves." Kay says in a sing-song voice and I groan.

"Oh my god," Khushi gasps dramatically. "Is this a love triangle, I see?"

"Oh gods, NO! And if you don't shut up already I'll make you'll leave right now," I growl as the three of them start to laugh.