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Chapter 1

"Abella!"

"Yes mom?' I yelled in reponse.

"Time to get ready for the Styles Charity gala." My mom demands.

I fold the the corner of the page in my book and set it down on the table next to me.  I make my way inside to see my mom in a bathrobe sipping some tea in the kitchen.

"Take a quick shower and then get ready we will leave at 7."  She says as she throws a towel at me.

I giggle and rush up stairs into my bathroom.

I wash my hair and lather my self in vanilla scented body wash.  I begin to hum one of my favorite tunes and within seconds I'm singing into my shampoo bottle.

"You know I wish that I had Jessie's Girl, I wish that I had Jessie's Girl,  Where can I find a women like that?".

My performance was interupted by mom banging on the door.

"ABELLA!! HURRY UP!" My pushy mother yellls.

I rinse the rest of the conditioner out of my hair and turn the shower off.  After I dry off I make my way to my large closet.  My mom loves to shop for her, and me.

"Abella, darling a laid out something for you to wear on your bed." My mom calls.

Laying on my bed is a royal blue strapless dress.  The top of the dress is very fitted but the rest is very long and flowy.  

"Mom, I don't think this is gonna look very good on." 

"Sweetie, please just try it on." My mom pleads.

"Ok, fine." I say hopelessly as I slip on the dress.

I looked in the mirror and was shocked.  The dress fit perfectly.  It was slightly tighter at the top to show off my figure but the bottom was long and flowed perfectly.

"Babe coming through!" A familiar voice screeched.  I giggled and turned around to see my best friend standing in the door way.

"CAROLINE!" I screamed running up to hug her.

"You look amazing." I gushed in awe of my beautiful best friend.  She was wearing a tight dress that flared out at the bottom.  The top was covered in black lace and the rest was white.  She had her hair up in some sort of updo and her makeup looked flawless.  I met Caroline at a Gala 4 years ago that my mom dragged me to.  I first met her when I saw her dipping her finger into the white frosting into a cake that was at the Gala.  We ended up running around and wiping frosting on people's faces, that was the begining of a beautiful friendship.  Caroline is one of those girls that would see and think " wow she's gorgeous".  With her long blonde hair and model figure every guy chased after her.  Not only was she gorgeous but she had an amazing personality, she was outgoing and funny everyone was attracted her.  Even though we were complete opposites we were best friends.

"Well look at you, that dress fits you perfectly!" Caroline complented me as she grabbed my hand and tugged me towards my bathroom.

Caroline always did my hair and makeup for special events, cause I'm about as skilled as a blind monkey.  Caroline finished my makeup and then she tackled the rat's nest that I call hair.  About an hour later she finished.  

"You look Ah-mazing." She sing-songed as she handed me a mirror.

Wow.  I looked so different.  I looked like an old Hollywood movie star, I had thick eye liner and red lips.  My hair was pulled up into beautiful updo, that showed off my prominent cheek bones.

"Whatcha think?" 

"Oh my goodness!  I love it!  You are amazing!" I praised my best friend.

Caroline giggled and then took a bow.