A Twisted Situation

Chapter 12: A Near Setback

Today was a long day for Sophie. She overslept this morning and had only seven minutes to get ready, which of course made her to forget to brush her hair. She still managed to grab her dress and shoes for the dance, since she was meeting Magnus at his house after school. Sophie walked down the school's front steps. She looked around to try to find Magnus, after realizing she had no idea where he lived. She pulled out her phone and texted him, asking if she could just hitch a ride with him. He replied almost instantly with a thumbs-up emoji. Sophie walked a few more steps down. She saw a guy with brown hair, wearing jeans and a simple green t-shirt. He was sitting on top the school's wall that separated the grass from the pavement. She recognized him immediately and walked over to him, a playful smile on her lips.

"Hey Gabe," she said teasingly, nudging his shoulder.

"Hey," he mumbled. "Don't ever call me that again,"

"Jeez," Sophie teased. "What's got your panties in a twist?"

"I'm fine," he assured her.

Sophie raised her eyebrows in disbelief.

"Seriously, I'm fine. I just- I have to hang out with my cousin until tonight and she is just really controlling."

"Oh no, hanging out with family? Is there anything worse?" Sophie whined.

"Shut up," Gabriel laughed. "You don't know her,"

"Why till tonight?" Sophie asked, brushing dirt off her jeans.

"Well, the dance is tonight. I can't abandon my date."

"You have a date?" Sophie scoffed. "Poor girl,"

"Hey, any girl would be lucky to be my date!" Gabriel said proudly.

"Yeah, lucky to survive it," Sophie laughed.

"You're just jealous!"

"Oh, please, Gabriel," Sophie said. "Be a little more realistic,"

Gabriel laughed, a dumb smile on his face. "What about you?"

"What about me?" Sophie asked.

Just then a car pulled up to the curb in front of them, Magnus' car, to be exact, though they couldn't see them because of the tinted windows.

"Do you have a date?" Gabriel asked.

"Maybe I do, maybe I don't," Sophie said, standing up and fixing her bag strap on her shoulder. She started walking towards Magnus' car.

"Oh, come on. Just tell me!" Gabriel shouted from across the pavement.

Sophie turned around, walking backwards towards the car. She stretched her arms out on either side of her. "You'll find out tonight!"

She opened the passenger door and swooped herself into the seat.

"All good?" Magnus asked.

"All good," Sophie confirmed.

Sophie waited for Magnus in his room, cleaning up his "stations" while he finished getting dressed in the bathroom. He had two separate areas where he did Sophie's hair and makeup, and then his own. Only thing left to do was for Sophie to get dressed and then they wait for their dates to show up. His room was annoyingly huge and obnoxiously bright. Light blue walls stretched up into high ceilings, which had a small, yet delicately beautiful chandelier. His décor was vintage-y but he still managed to show his personality through his choice of style.

Sophie looked beautiful. Her hair was curled into loose curls that cascaded down her back and shoulders. A section of curls fell over her face, almost covering her scar. Not that you could see it anyways. Magnus had applied the right kind of makeup to where her scar was barely visible. Her eyes were dark with eyeliner and mascara. She didn't have any eye-shadow on, creating a natural look. She took a long look at herself in the full mirror by the window. She barely recognized herself.