accidently
slept in the next morning and missed breakfast. There was an alarm
clock in the room, but we had agreed to wait to set it until
classes started. The other girls were already up and gone when I
woke up, so I got ready by myself.
I grabbed an
apple from the small kitchen off the common room and went out to
find Jack. I looked almost everywhere, but I didn’t find him. I was
making my way to the courtyard when I met up with Melissa.
“Hey Juliet!”
she greeted me. “Heather and I were just about to go for a swim.
Want to come with us?”
“Sure, sounds
like fun,” I answered, and we set off toward our room together. I
hadn’t actually owned a bathing suit since I was little, but
luckily there had been one in my uniform package.
The three of us
were the only ones in the pool at the time, so we mostly just
played around. Heather started a splash war that left us tired and
giggling by the time we got out of the water, which was around
lunch time. We all ate together, and I still didn’t see Jack, which
worried me a little. I saw Michael with Patrick and Leon, and they
all waved to me at the same time, which caused them to crack up.
Leon blew me a kiss, which made me blush and look away.
“Wow, you know
him?” Heather asked, with her eye on Michael. She sighed. “He’s
completely gorgeous.”
Melissa nodded
in agreement. “He is fine. You have to introduce us. Not now
though, ‘cause I’m a mess.”
She looked
pretty even though she didn’t have any makeup on after our swim. I
told her as much, but she wasn’t listening.
“I can
introduce you to him tonight at the ball,” I said, and they both
agreed that that was a better option, since they would be looking
their best. They weren’t too concerned about the fact that he was
two years older than us when I mentioned it, and I didn’t tell them
that he had asked me to go to the ball with him.
“When are we
going to start getting ready?” Heather asked. “It will take at
least an hour just to do my hair.”
“You’re right;
we should start getting ready soon. It could take all afternoon. We
have to be ready by five o’clock, when supper starts,” said
Melissa.
I didn’t even
know what I was supposed to do to get ready. I didn’t own any
makeup, and I usually left my long wavy hair in a ponytail to keep
it out of my way. I said as much to the girls, and they brightened
immediately. I could see their excitement, but I had no idea where
it was coming from.
“Don’t worry,
we’ll help you,” Heather told me.
“Yeah, it’ll be
fun, kind of like giving you a makeover. It’s not that you need one
or anything, but seriously, you could look so awesome,” Melissa
said, looking me over. “I can see it already.”
“I don’t want
to be a bother, though,” I said, frowning. “You girls probably have
enough to worry about without having to help me get ready.”
“Don’t worry
about it,” Heather said. “We don’t mind.”
“Yeah. Like I
said, it’ll be fun,” Melissa added, and she wouldn’t let me argue
any further, despite my best efforts.
Melissa
insisted on getting ready as soon as possible, so we went back to
our room after we finished eating lunch. We all took showers, and
then Melissa brought out a manicure kit and we did our nails. Once
they were dry, we started on hair. Rhea came in then, saying she
had been playing basketball with a few people she had met. She
quickly hopped in the shower, and she started doing her nails as
soon as she got out. She only had a few millimetres of hair, so
there wasn’t really anything she could do with it anyway.
Heather loaded
Melissa’s dark hair with curlers, and then straightened her own
honey blond hair. I didn’t know what to do with mine, so let just
let it stay down.
“Nuh uh, you
can’t leave your hair like that,” Melissa complained. “We’re giving
you an up-do.”
“Um, no that’s
okay. I don’t mind it like this.”
Melissa almost
glared at me.
slept in the next morning and missed breakfast. There was an alarm
clock in the room, but we had agreed to wait to set it until
classes started. The other girls were already up and gone when I
woke up, so I got ready by myself.
I grabbed an
apple from the small kitchen off the common room and went out to
find Jack. I looked almost everywhere, but I didn’t find him. I was
making my way to the courtyard when I met up with Melissa.
“Hey Juliet!”
she greeted me. “Heather and I were just about to go for a swim.
Want to come with us?”
“Sure, sounds
like fun,” I answered, and we set off toward our room together. I
hadn’t actually owned a bathing suit since I was little, but
luckily there had been one in my uniform package.
The three of us
were the only ones in the pool at the time, so we mostly just
played around. Heather started a splash war that left us tired and
giggling by the time we got out of the water, which was around
lunch time. We all ate together, and I still didn’t see Jack, which
worried me a little. I saw Michael with Patrick and Leon, and they
all waved to me at the same time, which caused them to crack up.
Leon blew me a kiss, which made me blush and look away.
“Wow, you know
him?” Heather asked, with her eye on Michael. She sighed. “He’s
completely gorgeous.”
Melissa nodded
in agreement. “He is fine. You have to introduce us. Not now
though, ‘cause I’m a mess.”
She looked
pretty even though she didn’t have any makeup on after our swim. I
told her as much, but she wasn’t listening.
“I can
introduce you to him tonight at the ball,” I said, and they both
agreed that that was a better option, since they would be looking
their best. They weren’t too concerned about the fact that he was
two years older than us when I mentioned it, and I didn’t tell them
that he had asked me to go to the ball with him.
“When are we
going to start getting ready?” Heather asked. “It will take at
least an hour just to do my hair.”
“You’re right;
we should start getting ready soon. It could take all afternoon. We
have to be ready by five o’clock, when supper starts,” said
Melissa.
I didn’t even
know what I was supposed to do to get ready. I didn’t own any
makeup, and I usually left my long wavy hair in a ponytail to keep
it out of my way. I said as much to the girls, and they brightened
immediately. I could see their excitement, but I had no idea where
it was coming from.
“Don’t worry,
we’ll help you,” Heather told me.
“Yeah, it’ll be
fun, kind of like giving you a makeover. It’s not that you need one
or anything, but seriously, you could look so awesome,” Melissa
said, looking me over. “I can see it already.”
“I don’t want
to be a bother, though,” I said, frowning. “You girls probably have
enough to worry about without having to help me get ready.”
“Don’t worry
about it,” Heather said. “We don’t mind.”
“Yeah. Like I
said, it’ll be fun,” Melissa added, and she wouldn’t let me argue
any further, despite my best efforts.
Melissa
insisted on getting ready as soon as possible, so we went back to
our room after we finished eating lunch. We all took showers, and
then Melissa brought out a manicure kit and we did our nails. Once
they were dry, we started on hair. Rhea came in then, saying she
had been playing basketball with a few people she had met. She
quickly hopped in the shower, and she started doing her nails as
soon as she got out. She only had a few millimetres of hair, so
there wasn’t really anything she could do with it anyway.
Heather loaded
Melissa’s dark hair with curlers, and then straightened her own
honey blond hair. I didn’t know what to do with mine, so let just
let it stay down.
“Nuh uh, you
can’t leave your hair like that,” Melissa complained. “We’re giving
you an up-do.”
“Um, no that’s
okay. I don’t mind it like this.”
Melissa almost
glared at me.
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