Athena's POV
"He texted you?!" Was Savannah's response when I told her about friday night's surprise.
"Yeah. That's why I was so out of it when the fight started. I was completely thrown off. Eli's stayed up with me last night until I could get it off my mind long enough to fall asleep. By the way did you know Eli could sing?" I asked her rhetorically.
"Really? Tell me about it."
"I asked him to distract me so he put on a song on his phone and he asked me to dance. While we were dancing he sung along to the song as if serenading me. It was honestly the sweetest thing anyone had ever done for me." I explained to her.
We were sitting at the nail salon getting our manicures and pedicures for tonight. I chose a simple pink to white ombre design with glitter and she chose a deep maroon. I went with a nude and she matched her nails. Next we were getting our hair done and then we would head back to my place to do our makeup and finish getting ready for the dance tonight.
"I need a boyfriend." She gushed.
"Just give Mark some time. I have no doubt he's into you, trust me." I told her.
"Yeah yeah, what are you thinking with your hair?" She changed the subject.
"I don't know. If I'm being honest I've been thinking about getting highlights or making some kind of change. I don't want to cut it more than you know a trim or whatever, but I want something different. My mom has still been putting money on my card, and having Eli helping pay the rent of our house leaves me enough to spoil myself occasionally.
"I think highlights would look really good. Maybe some long layers? You should have it curled and do like a waterfall braid or something with your hair." She suggested.
"OOh I like that idea. Yeah I wanna do that." I smiled. "What about you? What are you doing with your hair?"
"I want it up in a big like curly bun thing you know?"
"Yeah I think that'll look great with your dress."
We sat and chatted about the dance and the boys and just anything and everything while we waited for our nails to be done. The salon we had chosen was one of those fancy ones where they offer you champagne or in our case sparkling cider. It felt really good to have some girly time.
When our nails were done and dry we gathered our things to head just down the street to the hair salon for our next appointment.
"Hi, we have an appointment under Savannah and Athena." Savannah told the lady at the reception desk.
"Oh yes of course! Follow me. My name is Joy." She introduced.
"I'm Athena and that's Savannah."
"Beautiful. Athena you will be with Jenny and Savannah you will be with Deserae today." She told us and then introduced us to the stylists. Luckily their chairs were right next to each other so we could continue our chatting.
"Hi Athena, I'm Jenny. What's our plan for today?" She asked.
"Well I have homecoming tonight so I need my hair done for that, but I've also been thinking about a change. I was thinking maybe some highlights?" I told her shyly.
"That should be pretty easy. Have you ever colored your hair before?" She asked
"Nope, I've never done anything to it."
"Perfect. What about a balayage?"
"What's that?"
"Basically we would be lightening your ends, but also blending the highlights up through the rest of your hair."
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Her Escape, His Safe Haven
RomanceElliot Voss has spent years feeling lost. He's given up on a lot of things out of grief. He never thought that meeting a girl from his sister's dance would lead to a huge change in how he views life. Is it a good change? Athena Marsden does not have...
