Is This for Real

Chapter 21: Confession

TORI'S POV

I heard the doorbell ring and opened the door to see Caitlin standing there. "Hey Caitlin. Not to be rude or anything, but what are you doing here?"

"I'm here to help you get ready for homecoming," she said while walking in and setting down her bag full of hair supplies and make up. "Oh and I got this for you because I knew you didn't have any make up." She handed me a blue polka dot make up bag stuffed with make up.

"Justin, you have the best girlfriend ever!" I yelled down the hallway to him.

"I know!" he hollered back. "Caitlin's here?" Then he ran out of his room from where he was most likely playing video games, and saw Caitlin standing there. "What are you doing here?"

Caitlin explained why she was here and then I looked at the time. 2:00. Chaz wasn't picking me up until 6:00. Why was she here so early? "Caitlin, it's only 2:00."

"I know. But I figured that you'd need to learn how to dance." I hadn't thought of that yet. Oops!

"She doesn't need to learn. It's in her genes," Justin said, throwing a hair flip in after.

"Slow dancing. So come here." Justin walked over to Caitlin. "Chaz will put his hands around your waist like so," Justin wrapped his hands around Caitlin's waist. "and you'll loosely wrap your hands around his neck." She wrapped her hands loosely around Justin's neck. "Then you'll sway back and forth to the beat of the music." Her and Justin swayed back and forth. He started to sing First Dance and they swayed to the beat of that.

"So that's it?" I asked.

"Yes. Now you try it," Caitlin answered.

"With my brother?" I asked while raising an eyebrow.

"Yup."

"Hey. I dislike it as much as you do," Justin said and chuckled.

I took Caitlin's place and and Justin placed his hands on my hips. I shuddered, then I pulled away. "Have you ever had someone um..." Justin trailed off.

"No, never." I've never had anyone touch me anywhere by my waist area.

"Just relax alright?" I nodded, relaxed, took a deep breath to calm myself, and then he placed his hands back on my hips. I felt a shiver go through my spine but I ignored it. I wrapped my hands around his neck. Then he started singing and we swayed back and forth. It was easy.

"You think you're ready to dance with Chaz?" Caitlin asked.

"I think so. Wait a second. What if he dips me?" I asked.

Justin quickly dipped me. "Like this?" he asked.

"Just like that," I said through my giggles.

"Just go with it Tori," he replied as he pulled me back up.

"Okay."

"Do you know how you want to do your hair yet?" Caitlin changed the subject by asking.

"All I know is that I want it to be up," I replied.

"Like in an up-do?"

"Exactly."

"Do you have an idea of what you want it to look like?" she asked and I shook my head no. "That's okay. We'll just look up some pictures."

After 15 minutes I decided on curling my hair and pinning it to the side in a loose bun. "That's super cute!" Pattie said as I showed her the picture of the hairstyle.

"Let's get started," Caitlin said while moving a barstool over so that I could sit on it. "You can't step into your dress, can you?"

"No. Why?"