Bears Know Best

Chapter 30: Making Plans

SATURDAY MORNING WAS a bit of a continuation of the night in that her mom made us chocolate chip pancakes and decorated them with faces like IHOP does. Mom was there to pick me up by about eight-thirty, shortly after our chocolaty breakfast, because I had to go home to take care of my still daily task, shower, and get dressed for my audition and lesson.

"Hi sweetie!" she told me with a smile. My hair was still in the pigtails from the previous night, and I knew she was in love with them. I was actually kind of surprised to think back on the fact she hadn't braided them like that before, just leaving them loose, in the past.

"Hi Mommy," I said. I had thought about trying to be mean to her to get revenge for last night's trickery, but I had far too much fun to possibly keep a straight face.

"Did you have a good time?" She asked.

Okay... maybe a little bit of revenge. "Oh yeah Mommy, we played Barbie's alllll night long, and we...Danielle's mommy made these cute piggy-tails, and..." I broke up giggling at that point because I couldn't maintain the little girl high-pitched cute voice anymore.

Mom was laughing right along with me, and after giving me a hug, we drove off to home. There I quickly took care of my daily care... well as quickly as it could be, took out the pigtails, brushed my hair out a little, took a shower, and quickly changed into a pretty dress. I looked at the clock and saw that I had about an hour left before we needed to leave to meet that director, so I started by taking the fingernail polish and toenail polish off from the previous night. It was waaay too bright of a little girl pink for me to look like the sophisticated horn player I wanted to come across as.

I put a coat of a light green that matched my dress on my toes, while I worked on my makeup. 'Mom will probably yell at me...' I thought as I put on a bit more eye shadow than she normally would have wanted me to put on. I wasn't going for a full-on evening look, but I wanted something more than the 'day' look I had been wearing. I managed to get everything perfectly the way I wanted on the first try, and grabbed my horn case and music. I knew I couldn't possibly play while my nails dried, but I did use the mouthpiece to buzz while I waited between coats on my fingers, and the second coat on my toes. When everything looked mostly dry, I cleaned up the missed spots, and put on a pair of open toed sandals that had an inch heel, my necklace, charm bracelet, and a pair of earrings that matched my necklace well.

I looked in the mirror a few times, put my mouthpiece back in my horn case, grabbed my purse, and headed to find Mom. "Ready?" She asked as she heard me walk up.

"Uh-huh," I told her slightly nervously. I didn't know if they would really be able to make an exception for me, let alone if I was good enough to be worth the exception. Just because I thought I was good, didn't mean I was really that good.

"I like what you did with your makeup," she told me as she opened the door for me to enter the garage.

"Thanks!" I told her with a smile. "I was worried you'd yell at me for doing too much..." I admitted. 'I am nervous, I'm admitting to my crimes without even being accused!'

"For a normal day, yes that would be too much, and I would get onto you... Today though, it's appropriate," she smiled at me.

I placed my horn in the back, once again checking that I had my music, before we drove off to meet the director at the high school that hosted the rehearsals. While we drove, I tried to continue to be careful with my fingernails. I was sure they were dry, but I didn't want to risk it if I was wrong!

Mom and I chatted all the way there, and she somehow got me to recount every little detail about the previous night. "I wish I could have seen you all!" She smiled.