bucket of dry ice that created a foggy path leading towards the living room.
“Now that my idiotic boyfriend has learnt his lesson, what kind of costumes shall we wear tonight?” asked Amy, as she and Jacob helped Matt to the couch.
“It has to be something good,” said Katie. “I got it! I’m sure you girls will agree with me on this one. You know how much trouble we go through to look perfect for guys, right? Well, how about this? Instead of us constantly getting beautified for the affection of the opposite sex, what if we get revenge on the guys by dressing them up as girls for Halloween?”
“What?” the guys spluttered altogether.
“I think that’s a great idea,” said Amy. “No one’s going to think less of you. Besides, I’m sure there will be others dressed in more odd looking stuff.”
“It’ll be fun,” said Nikki.
“For you maybe,” muttered Devon.
“Seriously, what did we ever do to you?” said Alex. “We’re not the ones forcing you to do this for us.”
“Yeah,” gasped Matt.
“If you don’t agree to let us do this once then I’ll just have to cut you off.” Amy sniffed at her boyfriend, but once she saw the slack-jawed expressions on our faces, she began to blush. “I…I don’t mean that.”
“Then what did you mean?” asked Alex, wagging his eyebrows suggestively.
“It’s none of your business,” snapped Matt, finally regaining his voice. “Fine, we’ll do it.”
Hearing Jacob’s false cough which sounded remarkably like “Whipped”, I bit the inside of my cheek to prevent a laugh from escaping and quietly followed the girls up the spiral staircase towards Amy’s princess bedroom.
Unlike most rooms which were entirely pink, Amy’s wall was white. She still has some pink in her room, like her bed draped with a striped comforter and the lace-lined linen sheets, but the furniture was a mixture of white and black. The carpet was a chequered-pattern in white and black also, except there was also a wool rug on top of it with a picture of a girl walking her poodle. By her desk she had a zebra-printed chair, and right above her queen-sized canopy bed was a small, crystal light. On the opposite wall across from her bed was a twenty-inch flat-screened TV. Underneath the TV, Amy even had a canopy dog bed with pink feathers for her Pomeranian named Koko, who had just jumped onto my lap.
The girls and I were grateful that Amy’s mom works as a costume designer, but we also were stumped with choosing the right outfit for the guys. There were so many choices it was hard picking out the best. Finally agreeing to dress the guys up as the Spice Girls,the girls and I then had just finished deciding on escorting them in tuxes when the guys walked into the room.
“Okay, everyone, pair up and let’s get to it,” announced Amy.
“Are we all going to change in here?” asked Alex, as he headed over to Katie, Devon stood by Nikki, Matt stood by Amy, and Jacob walked up to me.
“Once you guys pick out an outfit, everyone is then going to pick one of the other rooms to change in so we can surprise each other with the transformations,” explained Amy.
“Hey, how come Sporty Spice isn’t in here?” asked Matt.
“Sweetie, I’m impressed you know who is missing—and also a bit disturbed—but what fun would that be?” said Amy, giving her boyfriend a questionable look. “Anyone can wear a track suit and we all need to see you guys in drag to keep us satisfied.”
“Hey, Jenna, are you still mad at me for how I acted last week towards you?” whispered Jacob. “I’m only asking because I just want to know if you’ll go easy on me, or if you’re going to get brutal and make me do things no normal guy would do.”
“Let’s see, since I’m still a bit upset with you, I think you owe it to me to do whatever I say,” I whispered back. Koko barked. “Koko thinks so too.”
“You’re not going to make me shave my legs are you?”
“No, but once you pick
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