The Angels Pitchfork

chapter 9: A black dress to match my soul

Today was my lasr day in the hos[ital before i went back to college. " the school dance!" Amanda scampers into my room. " Parker is in the car, we have to go dress shopping. " she screeches. " Amanda, no.... im tired" i groaned. " hey wheres justin, i heard he was chillign wiht you for the week" amanda said while taking the covers off my bed. " i dont know "i said. Last night i was restless. the worst of the worst of dreams had come and...... i cant even explain how horryfiying it was. " please go dress shopping with us" amanda pleads. i look around, looking for anything that could stop me from going. Amanda drags me out of the bed to the car. parker looks at me from the car with an anoyed face. Amanda lied, it wasnt just her and parker. Justine, Pat, sarah, lorine, and markie were all in the car as well. " all of us?" i said. " we all have to look good, together!" Amanda said. I was crunched in with parker and pat. "why are we going dress shopping?" i asked her. " Amansa dragged me, and i havent seen you in forever, plus id rather go with you, we have to go anyway" parker said. " your going, I would think netflix would be your date" i admit. "{ im going to attempt to be girly" parker nudges me, "plus these girls are really nice." the dress shop is 40 minutes away, get comfy. I searched my pocket for some gum but only found the folded up translation. " might as well get some homework done" i tell patkrt. I unfold the peice of apaper and skip the story to see the notes that were scribled in. do not be fooled by the new person who has entered your life, stay with family who will give you no strife. i fold the papaer back and stuff t into my jeans. I dont know how much beer Mr. Cheng consumes on the daily but i must be alot.

It was fun to hang out with the girls, although they were all basic they had good personalities. " Anybody got asked yet" Markie asked. "nope" we replied. " ill probably go with Will" i say. the girls roll their eyes and then amanda said what was on everyones mind. " Dont get me wrong, Will is hot and all, but youve got the hottest dude in the school crushing over you". " who? Justin? no no no"i say. " If you wont go with him i will" parker teased. " Go ahead, im not holding any ties"
i suggest. Lorine pulled into the parking lot of "miss christina's  dress studio". " oh fancy, im gonna have to drop a couple pounds if i want to fit into any one of those dresses" Pat exclaims. " ive been on hospital food high, i dont know what ill fit into" i laugh. " your like perfect" lorine said to me, " you have nothing to worry about".I took a long streatch when i got out of the car."I've been off the radar what is this dance even for?" I asked the girls. " the start of Rubitha, the start of our college lives, nd to socialize" Amanda threw up some jazz hands. I give her an awkward look, she looked like I was supposed to know. I don't keep up with the girl gossip while im in the hospital. Plus, I've never been to a school dance before. Miss Christina's was very royal and I felt like a slob going i there with ripped jeans and a Rubitha sweetshirt. " Welcome welcome" a woman approached us. She had a thick British accent and wore a pink outfit. " how can we help you?" . " Just some beautiful downs for a dance" Markie said. All the girls squealed and I rolled my eyes, I shouldn't have come." Is there a theme to this dance" the woman asked. " yes, they said regal/royal" Amanda squirted out. Amanda failed to tell me it was a fancy dance, I really shouldn't of came here. " a Masquerade I presume" the lady mentioned. " yes that would be lovely" lorine said. A man in a starchy suit handed us some champagne, " while you are shopping" he said. The girls took sips and squealed again. Parker and I exchanged glances.I head to the corner of the store to chug my champagne down and hide from the girls, Parker follows me. " you not actually going to this dance right?" I asked. " ya, I am, it will be fun" Parker picks me up. "Amanda has changed you" I said. Parker turns me towards a rack of beutiful dresses, floral, peach, silver, you name it. " go find one" she said. " I can't" I said. Before anything else was said, a red and black dress caught my eyes. It was a lace with a. Long trail and open on the back. Looking in that direction, Parker notices the dress. " that one? That looks like something you would wear. You would look so good in it. " ahhhhhhhh" someone screams.me and Parker rush out of the corner to see who it was. It was amanda, who had found her dream dress. It was a dark green with roses down in. It was disgusting. " it's so beautiful" Amanda cried. " what? The green one" I said. " shut up Scarlet, it's everything" she unhooks it fromthe rack and gives it a hug. The other girls laughed but I just went back to the corner, and admired the dress. I swung it off the rack and went to the dressing room. The girls watched as I went in and they suddenly started to grab dresses. " there's a fitting room?".