Chapter 31

Mall Adventures

Teagan

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Less than a week 'till the Ball and I still had nothing to wear, and I still was going with Ty. Even though Luke and I had that little 'moment', doesn't mean I forgive him for putting me through this, but it did feel good to kick Carrie's ass. Luke is going to make it up to me, somehow. He isn't getting off that easily...

The adults grounded us for a week after the ball, even Carrie. When she came back all scraped up, she glared at me, but said nothing about our fight. I guess I underestimated her..a little. She just didn't want to get in trouble because she knows she initiated the fight. So suck on that. Her leg was broken and her face was scratched up. Not that bad. No one questioned why she was like that, not that I cared.

The parents, or in my case, parent, were looking at Luke and I with suspicious but we just whistled and got out of the house...fast. I still wonder when Luke is going to say what he was going to say in the forest.

But you never really know with that boy. At the moment I am on Facebook, just looking at people's boring statuses about the ball. Blah, blah, blah. Then something caught my eye. 

Ty's status about us going to the ball together. Then also, he put his status as 'In a Relationship'. What the hell? He has a girlfriend? And he is taking me to the ball and he posted it on Facebook? I don't get it..But I really didn't think anything of it. I'm used to being the 'other girl', thanks to my whore status. I never really felt any guilt because technically, I'm helping them. I don't seduce the guys or anything. They come to me. It just shows the girls that their boyfriends are cheater. But somehow, the blame always falls on me. So the whole, 'Ty has a girlfriend' thing, didn't bother me one bit. If Ty is gonna be a cheating jerk, then let the girl find out herself.

Another thing that I noticed was that Luke put his relationship status as 'Single'. Well..that's a good thing..right? I wasn't sure what I felt. Maybe relief? Guilt? Happiness? I didn't really know. I was still on the outs on what Luke was to me and what I was to him. Sure, we are mates but it really is just a label right now. We weren't really mates. We didn't act like mates. But I guess that's what makes mates so special. You feel the pull, but it's you that has to put the work and feeling into the relationship. Lucas and I weren't doing that. We were still deciding on what to do and how to handle all this. 

I sighed to myself and shut off my laptop. I stalked down the stairs on my two-story and into the kitchen. No one was home because they were all doing there different things. I went to the fridge and scoped out something to eat.

Yum..strawberries.

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I was right in the middle of catching up my show, 'Nine Lives of Chloe King' and eating strawberries when my cell phone beeps. I I turned my room upside down looking for the darned thing, but I finally find it..in my pocket. I look at the screen and see I got a text from Lucy.

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Lucy: Dress shopping?  ;)

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I grinned from ear to ear. Just what I needed..girl time. I texted her back immediately. I shut my laptop down, instantly forgetting my TV show.

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Me: YES! Meet at the mall, 20 mins? ^_^

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I sent the text and started to get ready. She texted me back a couple minutes later and agreed. Thank god. I can get a nice dress and hang out with friends.

This will be fun..I hope.

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"Ohhh! That's pretty!" Lucy gushed as she held up a floor-length, strapless dress that was light pink with sequins all over it, so it was really sparkly. It also had pink roses sewed around her waist of the dress. I grimaced at how girly it was but I smiled when Lucy grinned at me. It was really pretty and it would look amazing on her, with her blonde hair and blue eyes. I gave her a thumbs up. Lucy squealed which caused Quincy, Emma, Darla and I to cover our ears from the loudness. Lucy went off with Quincy to find some masks.

Since it's a Masquerade Ball, we have to wear floor-length gowns and masks. Just like a traditional Ball, but with masks.

"And I thought you were the shy one." I muttered still covering up my ears, afraid she will squeal loud again. The girls snorted.

"Yeah right! That's just an act. She is as crazy as a chipmunk on a double shot espresso." Quincy said shrugging. I raised my eyebrow at her strange comparison. I looked over to Darla who just shrugged like, 'Don't ask me'.

I sighed and continued searching through the many dresses. I couldn't find any dresses that fit me. Lucy had chosen the pink one, Darla was trying on three different dresses she liked, Quincy was looking for a mask before her dress, and Emma was getting something to eat.

I was still looking through the racks when Darla came out screaming that she had found her dress. She was wearing a green, strap-less, floor-length dress with lots of jewels encrusted around her chest. It was really gorgeous and it complimented Darla's looks and personality. She twirled a couple times, earning a bunch of smiles and squeals from us, well the squeals came from Lucy.

Soon she changed out of the dress and went off to get her mask. Emma came back and tried to help me find a dress. I decided to make small talk and see if I can find out if she likes Nate.

"So..who are you going to the ball with?" I said, casually. She kept looking through the racks and answered without looking at me.

"Some guy that asked me a few days ago. His name is Mark. He's a senior.." She said it with a hint of sadness. I'm guessing that he was the only one that asked her and she didn't want to go stag. I felt for her. The only reason I said yes to Ty was so I didn't go alone since Luke wasn't going to ask me...

"Oh.." I decided to change the subject. "Who are the other girls going with?" She had to think about it for a second then answered.

"Well Darla is going with Kai, a football senior. Total hottie, but has no brains." She laughed and I joined in. "Then Quincy is going with your friend, River and Lucy is going with Rick." I turned to her, surprised about both things. River asked Quincy? And he didn't tell me? Geez, I'm going to kick his ass later. 

And Rick asking Lucy? Woah.."I didn't know he liked her.." I said, thinking that they would be a cute couple. "Yeah, I know. Apparently, he declared his love for her a couple nights ago. I guess he has like her for a couple years. I wish some guy would do that for me.." She said with a dreamy tone to her voice. I could see where she was coming from. I mean, it is every girls dream for a guy to proclaim their undying love for them. Sometimes, I wish Luke would do that...or would have done it. 

Gah! I need to stop thinking about Luke. I'm here to shop and not think about guys. Especially, Luke.

"I saw on Facebook that Ty asked you and you said yes..huh?" She said to me, snapping me out of my thoughts. I nodded and continued looking for a dress though I wasn't really looking anymore. I heard Lucy yelling for Emma to come over to her. Emma, before she left, turned to me and said,

"Be careful. Ty is different from us. Very different. Don't underestimate him. Ever." She said then walked off, leaving me confused as ever. Something in Emma's voice, when she talked about Ty, made me cringe. It wasn't jealousy or anger. Nor sadness or cockiness. It was warning. Now that I think of it, I had never seen her actually be nice or talk to Ty. It was like she avoided him and I'm guessing, for a good reason. I wasn't sure why, but I know I trusted her.

But that didn't mean I wasn't still going to the ball with him. It just meant I would have to figure out why Emma warned me. 

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I finally found my dress! So did Emma and Quincy. Emma's was a deep shade of purple color. It was floor-length and a halter gown. The dress had many sequins sewed all around the dress, which made is sparkle. It was absolutely perfect for her. Emma's mask was a golden color with purple outlining he edges. The mask also had huge feathers sticking up from the middle of the mask, like most masquerade masks.

Then Quincy found her dress. The gown was blood red, floor-length, and strapless. It was nothing I expected Quincy to wear but I was proved wrong. She look just amazingly beautiful. It had sort of a bodice style to it which I found so adorable. Quincy also had a mask that matched her gown and it also had feathers, but her mask had one of those giant diamond looking plastic jewels in the middle of the mask.

Lucy's mask was a light pink, which matched her dress. It also had feathers sticking up from the middle, like Quincy and Emma's. Darla's mask was a bit different. Her was a light green with a green fabric material that was on the side of her mask.

Now onto my dress. I went with the plain black dress. It was floor-length and strapless. The dress has a bunch of fake diamonds encrusted in the chest area and then the bottom looked like it was sort of bunched up but I loved it.

It was absolutely perfect. Then I found my mask. It had little silver sparkly things all around the mask. Like most masks, it had feathers but mine were pitch black, like a ravens. It was stunning. 

As we walked out of the store, everything we needed from our masks, dresses, shoes and jewelry. We laughed and gossiped about things. We got Icees and pretzels and started to just wander around the mall.

Then we saw Carrie. She was still pretty banged up from our little..disagreement. Her face looked a little swollen and she had a cut on her lip. Her leg wasn't broken like it was a few days ago because of werewolf healing but it was in a brace, so it must be sprained or something. But she was still wearing a jean mini skirt and a tank top. She wasn't those girls that wore bunches of makeup, but she did wear some and it looked so ugly on her. I smirked at her, knowing it would annoy the crap out of her. 

"Oh hey Carrie! What happened to you?" I asked with fake concern. The girls started to giggle but they didn't know it was sarcasm. They just thought I was teasing her. She sneered at me.

"Nothing, loser. Just get lost and out of my way, hoe." She snarled and walked right past me, bumping her bony ass shoulder against mine. I scoffed. I'm the hoe? I smirked as an idea came to me. I took a look around the mall, where teens from my school were silently watching.

"So Carrie..how's Alex? I mean, he must be pretty embarrassed to be caught screwing a walking STD? And also, his brothers ex-girlfriend. Woo! Two brothers in one week? You must be desperate. At least, I have class. I don't start rumors nor do I screw over my best friend. Yes, I'm talking about you, bitch. But lets save the whole story for the Ball, shall we" I said with fake innocence, while everyone stared at me dumbfounded. Carrie was looking at me, gaping in shock. Then she snapped out of it and sneered. She was about to say something, when something red and blue was thrown at Carrie. 

It took me a second to register that it was cherry Icee and that it came from Quincy and Emma's cups. I stared at Carrie, who was covered in liquidy, sticky, red and blue icee from head to toe. Carrie's face turned murderous and I realized that it was time to leave. People were laughing, even the adults and security guards. I grabbed the girls arms and pulled them along with me, still laughing.

We ran throughout the mall and then outside. 

"Oh my god! That was so good!" I told them, trying to to laugh too much or I might die. They all agreed. I gave Quincy and Emma hugs and thanked them.

"No problem. It was so worth her wrath. Trust me." Emma said with a triumphant grin. Darla was still laughing on the ground. Quincy nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, so worth it.." She agreed.

Then we busted up laughing again. 

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Copyright 2011©Lovesoreel

So, so sorry for the REALLY late upload. I have been busy with Fourth of July stuff then I just coulnd't write. I'm sorry if this is not that good, but I have been VERY irritable. Lack of sleep, probably. Oh ya! I'm going to be putting up the girl's dresses and masks on the next chapter, so don't worry if the descriptions on this chapter suck. Sorry.

Video at right: A trailer that someone(Who I forget, sorry) made. I love it!  >>>>

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