LILY:
"I'm so glad I bought this dress, it's perfect," I say to no one.
I pull it on and spin around in front of the mirror. It's a long blue dress with sparkles on the top half.
"Knock, knock."
I open the door to find Abigail and Sarah standing there, hands full of makeup and hair products.
"Um, hi guys. Did you bring your whole room?" I ask laughing.
They drop everything on my bed and it basically covers my whole bed. Then they each take turns changing into their dresses.
Abigail has a short strapless pink dress and Sarah has a black dress with a sparkling bow tied around it.
"Sit down," Abigail demands.
I obey and she curls my hair. Then she puts like half a can of hairspray on my hair so that it will stay curly. Then she does my makeup. She starts with the eyes; eyeliner, mascara, and eyeshadow. Then she adds blush and light lip gloss.
"Perfect," she says.
I look in the mirror, "wow it doesn't look like me. I almost never wear makeup or at least not this much makeup. And my hair is so curly."
"You look beautiful," Sarah says.
As Sarah and Abigail get ready I sit there thinking.
Do I really want Blake to like me as this cake-faced, fake girl? Couldn't I have just worn jeans and a t-shirt rather than this fancy dress? That would be me. I feel like someone else. It's weird, I don't look like me and I don't feel like me. This just isn't me. Is it too late to wash off all this makeup and change into my favorite blue jeans and a t-shirt? Probably, plus Abigail and Sarah would get so mad. Ugh, I guess I'm stuck like this. I hope this goes well, even though I'm going to be suffering this whole time. I am going to be seriously scarred if my first date is a disaster. But, I have a bad feeling...
I try to shake away all the worry, regret, and fear. I pick up my phone and text my friends from back home. Then I sit there looking through my old pictures while I wait for Abigail and Sarah to be ready. I smile sadly at a picture of me and my brother Lucas. He died two years ago in a car accident. He was seventeen. I miss him a lot. He always uses to have my back and when I wanted to cry he would make me laugh. A tear sneaks down my cheek.
"Lily! You're going to ruin your makeup!" Abigail says.
"Sorry," I say carefully wiping my tear away. "Do I really have to come?"
"Are you joking?!? It wouldn't be a triple date without a date for Blake," Sarah says.
"He could bring someone else," I suggest.
"You're not bailing now!" Abigail says.
"Okay. I think we're ready to go now!" Sarah says.
I get up and we all walk out the door. Well, I guess I'll just have to pull myself together. I try my best to refocus on happy thoughts.
YOU ARE READING
Love Me?
RomanceLove? What's that? Lily, a freshman, is sent to boarding school on a ship. She she doesn't know anyone, or so she thinks. Blake, also a freshman, mother died when he was young and his father abuses him. He sneaks away to a boarding school on a ship...
