Ch. 2 - "You Won!"

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[Before the Prologue. Back to the beginning]  

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~ Chapter 2: "You Won!"  ~

 ♥ Gabby's POV:  ♥

"Good morning, sleepyhead!" my best friend's face was the first thing I saw when I walked downstairs in the morning, stretching and yawning.  

"It's only 12pm. It's a weekend so who cares? I'm lazy enough to sleep even later. Only you would wake up at the same time as a school day when you're free the next day," I pointed out. She shrugged and smiled at me.  

"Do you have food I can consume?" she asks hopefully, with that glint in her eye she always holds when she's hungry and wants to... Eat your food, basically.  

"Whoa, whoa... How'd you get in here?" I asked her. I paused where I stood and crossed my arms. This should be good.  

"How else? Your brother let me in," she crossed her arms back. I showed off a frown in defeat and fled to the kitchen. I heard her footsteps follow me inside. "So you got food or not?" she asked once again. I grabbed a bowl and spoon and set it down on the counter. Then I searched the cabinets for cereal.  

"Depends. What do you want?" I questioned as my eyes roamed the cereal selections. I settled on chocolate Cheerios and began pouring some on the bowl. She thought for a bit, forming a funny facial expression.  

"Whatever you're having," she finally answers. I grab another bowl and spoon and pour more cereal into it. Then I store the box back on the cabinets and looked for the milk.  

"So.. What brings you here?" I asked, as I poured a decent amount of milk in both our bowls.  

"I dunno, do you want me to leave?" she teases.  

"Nah, it's fine," I smile, sliding the bowl until it settles in front of where she sat.  

"Good," she says in a muffled voice through her chewing.  

"Is Hales here?" I heard Mom's voice yell from the living room.  

"Yeah!" I yell back, and then her figure shows up to join us at the kitchen.  

Her eyes look at my best friend's and she smiles, "Good morning, Hailey, how are you?"  

"I'm good, how are you?" Hailey greets back. They chat for a while before Mom leaves to have her morning shower just as I finish my breakfast.  

"I'll be right back," I tell Hailey, and exit the kitchen and out the front door. The air is fresh and cool, I didn't mind one bit being out here in only my PJs. I approached the mailbox and opened it with one hand, dipping the other inside only to pull out a stack of mail. I closed it shut and walked back into the house, skimming each envelope.  

"That's a lot of mail," Hailey laughs when she sees me walk in.  

"I guess it's more than we've had all week," I reply, still focused on seeing the list of people and companies that sent us letters. Then my eyes widened and my mouth gaped open.  

"What?" Hailey's expression changed to pure curiosity. I sat down on the couch and dropped all of the letters on the table next to me except for one which I held in my hand. My eyes quickly moved at its sight and I began my attempt to opening it. It seemed more like I was in a rush. "What?!" Hailey asked again. She was sitting next to me now, trying to see what I was so tense about.  

"Shh!" I hushed, opening the letter up and reading it. It was from that company that I entered a sweepstakes on. The winner got an invitation to a super cool Hollywood party that's happening next week on Friday, with a friend. Of course, I was planning on bringing Hailey but I, myself, am hoping I won it so bad! It's a dream come true because I know there'll be the hottest celebrities attending it as well. This letter should tell me the results.

But I found myself hesitating to read on. I was extremely nervous to find out if I won or not. I'm just one out of what could be thousands. But after urging myself, I force my eyes into the paper and continue reading:

"So we're proud to say that you are the lucky winner of our Hollywood sweepstakes! Congratulations! We have assigned you to vice-boss Holly Woods (yes, we see the irony in her name) who will give you your tickets to the party, be there if you have questions, and escort you and a friend to and back from the party in a limo. Holly's number is listed down below along with the entire company's. Again, congratulations, and the party is next Friday starting at 8pm and ending at 12am, giving you 4 hours to get those autographs signed and those pictures taken!"

The letter went on about how it's a formal party so dresses only (which I figured) and other needed information. But all I could think about was... Wow... I actually won. My hands were shaking and my eyes were glued to the page, but no longer processing its information.

"What is it?!" Hailey asked again, but this time she got impatient and snatched the letter from my hands. She did a quick skim and then squealed in excitement. "GABBY!" she practically yelled. She turned to me and grabbed both my shoulders, shaking me and squeezing me tightly. "Do you realize what this means?!" she asked excitedly, giving me another shake. My mouth opened but nothing came out. I was still in shock.

"You won!" she squealed again.

"I know!" I managed to say in excitement.

"This is great!"

"I know!"

"I can't believe it!"

"I know!"

"You reek!"

"I kno-... Wait, what?"

Hailey giggled and released me from her grip. "Go take a shower and let's go dress shopping!" she suggested.

"N-now?" I asked.

"Yes now! The perfect dress takes time to find and we only have a week! Now go! Shoo into the shower!" she said, pulling me off the couch. I walked unconsciously to grab a fresh pair of clothes and then disappeared into the shower. As water ran all over my body, I closed my eyes and smiled.

I just can't wait 'til Friday night...

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