The String

Chapter 20: Preparations

"Yay! The day finally arrived." I smiled.

It's been three weeks now and I haven't had any clue on Louise's college plans or where he'll go study but then again, who cares?

This isn't the time to be stressing about that, I've gotta prepare.

"Kris! Your dress just arrived." aunt Caroline excitedly slammed my bedroom door and held out the teal colored long gown. I can't believe it, it's exactly what I pictured my perfect dress but even better. I gasped and admired the design for a few minutes,

"Kris! Go dress up already! We're hitting the mall." aunt Caroline smiled.

I took a shower and hurriedly changed on some fresh clothes. Louise is standing on my front door talking to aunt Caroline and she asked,

"By the way Louise, are you going to be dates later?"

"Mom. What are you saying?" Louise said bluntly, he looked at me then left.

"Louise!" aunt Caroline shouted.

"Um, he's not my date.." I softly replied.

"Well, whatever. That kid is so mysterious. Come on let's go." aunt Caroline said.

I ate some kind of tablet that instantly makes me feel full since I don't really have the time to comfortably eat on the table.

I changed into my button down shirt and jeans so that it will be easy to take off and not mess my hair and make up at the same time.

Me and aunt Caroline are leaving then she shouted,

"Somebody's going to regret not asking a beautiful girl for a date!"

We hopped on the flying cab and went straight to the hairstylist aunt Caroline keeps talking about.

We were greeted by blue and green martians wearing pink uniforms.

"Are you sure about this?" I asked aunt Caroline.

"You bet." she winked.

We sat on the chairs and they were working on our nails like a flash,

"So which color do you prefer?" the green alien asked me.

"Well, my dress is teal so--" I wasn't finished with my sentence when she replied,

"Got it."

After exactly 12 seconds she's done.

I looked at my nails and they are perfectly colored.

"This is so pretty." I hugged aunt Caroline then we went to a massage place to relax ourselves.

"For two people please." aunt Caroline ordered.

After two hours, we felt relaxed and calm.

"I smell like peppermint." I laughed.

"I smell like lavender." She smiled.

They served us some hot tea and aunt Caroline and I talked about a lot of things, girly things;

The things which my mom doesn't like to talk about because it's gross to her.

I wonder what will happen if ever the string tying both Louise and I is cut, will she still be this nice to me?

Aunt Caroline stamped her fingerprint on the scanner to pay for the bill.

This is how we pay nowadays to avoid fraud and faulty withdrawals.

It's a new way of paying but because of this crime rates are hitting the roof due to greediness.

Some people attempted to cut rich people's fingers and that's why my mom is incharge of guarding the Gomez's.

Aunt Caroline and I went to her favorite hairstyling place and we sat on the benches.

There were a lot of people and majority of them look like wealthy people.

The architecture was lavish and luxurious,

It looked more like a hotel rather than a salon.

Aunt Caroline was busy browsing throught the catalog of hairstyles available using her iPhone 3000s.

"Well, this is cute." she told me while showing me a hairstyle of beachy waves and loose side bangs.

"That's nice. What about this?" I asked while showing her a picture of a hairstyle that uses wavy hair and sort of like tied into a bun.

"Hmm, that's cute too but I don't think that suits you." aunt Caroline suggested frankly.

She's the fashion expert so I went with the one she chose.

After a few minutes the hairdresser was finished.

"Oh my gosh, Kris.. " aunt Caroline said in surprise.

"What, it doesn't look good on me?" I asked.

"No, it's perfect!" she smiled.

We left the store and she's still continuously complimenting my hair,

When we got in the car, she pressed some kind of button under the chair and the normal looking seats turned into a makeup studio.

"I'll do your makeup." she smiled.

I closed my eyes and she did her magic.