Hello, Goodbye.

Chapter 8

Today was the day. My very first date. But not just any date my friends, it was with Dyrek Castles. He may not be a king in other people's eyes, but in mine, he's pure royalty.

Lexy decided to take me shopping for hair products, nail polish, and makeup, her treat. Which I couldn't thank her enough.

"Okay so I've got pink for your fingers, black for your toes. You wanna look classy. And I got eye shadow pellets to match your skin tone, liquid eye liner, and mascara. And lastly, I got Spritz holding hair spray, and glossy hair spray, so your hair stays bouncy and shiny throughout the night." Lexy said, dumping all the beauty products on the cashier table, leaving the clerk in complete shock of all the items we were buying.

"Thank you so much for this Lex, but where did you get all this money?" I asked.

"My credit card, duh."

"Uh, the emergency one?" I said quietly.

"Yes, but don't worry Har because this is an emergency. Trust me. And if anything happens with my parents, you're going down with me" Lexy smiled.

"You're amazing Lex." I giggled.

"I know." she smiled.

"That'll be $62.50" The clerk said with a concerned look on her face.

"Well shit.. Yep, you're definitely coming down with me Harlow." Lexy mumbled.

"Here you go." She forced a smile handing the cashier her credit card shakily.

"Thank you, have a great day." The cashier handed Lexy back her credit card and our bagged items and we rushed home.

"So my mom just thinks we're having a makeover, right?" I cringed, as Lexy stood over me in my bathroom plucking my already thin eyebrows. "She can't know I'm going out."

"Don't worry Harlow. I mean, it looks like you're having a makeover to walk the red carpet, but your mom loves me so she believes everything I say."

"Yeah, of course." I rolled my eyes.

"Alright. Your nails and make up are done, now I just need to curl your hair." Lexy smiled proudly.

As she was applying what seemed like 250 degrees of heat to my hair, I noticed it was 9:45, and I still had to put on my dress and be in bed by 10 so when my mom comes to check on me, she thinks I'm sleeping.

"Almost done?" I asked, trying to make out Lexy's face through all of the steam coming from my head.

"Just a sec...and, perfecto! Lemme just add the hair sprays and I'll be on my way."

"Lexy! I think your mom's here to get you." My mom shouted from down stairs.

"Shit! You're supposed to be sleeping. Okay, we have to hurry up." Lexy exclaimed.

"You're telling me?!" I said anxiously as I slipped on my snug black dress and hopped into bed.

"Alrighty, I'm out." Lexy smiled as she finished packing up her stuff.

"Thank you so much for this Lex, I totally have to repay you." I said, pulling her in for a hug.

"It's no prob! Good luck on that date." She said making her way out my room.

About 5 minutes after Lexy left, I heard my mom walk in my room and I immediately snugged into the blankets

more.

"Sleep tight honey." She smiled, as she kissed my forehead and walked out closing the door behind her.

3 minutes later, I heard my phone vibrate and jumped up right away. When I unlocked it I saw a text from Dyrek that made me all giddy inside.