The light of the rising sun reflects through my window, casting a beautiful ray on June's sleeping face. I look outside, my chest clenching. Hmm, who knew orange could be a very emotional color?
I sigh and fall back into the bed, my hands twitching again. I clench them, making a tight fist but the itch keeps coming back. I stand up and walk out of the room, careful not to hit my head on the decorations Ethan and Kira put up.
Halloween is tomorrow night, which means Mia is coming over today to shove us into the costumes for tomorrow. I lick my lips and go to the kitchen. I hear the clinks of glasses and when I look in, I see dad and mum doing the dishes, dad drying them, mum washing and trying not to splash dad. I laugh and walk in, going to the refrigerator, grabbing the tub of ice cream there. Mom looks at me, her brows furrowed and I grab two spoons quickly, rushing out before they start with the interrogation.
I go to Brooke's room and knock on the door, there's silence before she calls out for me to enter. She smiles when she sees the ice cream in my hands and reaches for it, making grabby hands. "How did you know I was craving something?" She asks as she opens the lid, inhaling the beautiful cream.
"My sister senses were tingling." I joke and she laughs, shoving the spoon full into her mouth. She moans as the cream melts in her mouth, already holding another spoonful. "Hey, don't finish it!" I gasp and hold my spoon up, scooping and eating.
"Macy and Adam are on their way, Adam is having the back aches from running around so much and I'm pretty sure Macy's doing it on purpose, after she caught him looking at some girl two days ago." Brooke says and I laugh, Macy has a reputation for dealing with everyone with an iron fist. She even got those silver dragon claws and almost clawed out one guys eyes for smacking May's butt once, she ended up digging he claws into his hands and drawing blood. Brutal I tell you.
"That's good for him, but he should worry about more things, like Mia bringing our costumes in a few hours, God I might just die." I groan and put another spoonful into my mouth. She laughs but stops, pain taking over her face.
"What's wrong?" I ask and she shakes her head. "Nothing, he just kicked." She smiles and rubs her stomach. I take advantage and snatch the tub, shoving spoonfuls of the mint chocolate chip flavored ice cream into my mouth. Brooke notices and gasps, holding her spoon out and making a battle cry. I lick my spoon, pointing it at her and narrowing my eyes. I yell and she yells and when our spoons collide, the door flings open and we pause, in the middle of battle, our heads turning to look at Mia. I feel my heart drop as she holds forward our bag of costumes.
"Oh no." Brooke breathes.
"Oh yes!" Mia laughs and sits on the floor in a criss cross way. She pulls out a costume and looks at it before shoving it at me, forcing me to hold it. She pulls another one out and smiles before giving it carefully to Brooke.
"Hey!" I gasp and she looks at me with raised brows, as if saying 'What?'
"You're not pregnant." Is all she says and then goes back to checking through the bags. I roll my eyes and put the tub on the table, standing up and looking at the costume.
I'm a-
"Dragon queen?" I ask with a puzzled expression. She nods and smiles enthusiastically and helps Brooke stand up, they both walk into the bathroom, before the shuffling begins and then Mia's panting like she just ran twenty four miles. "How fat are you?" Mia asks and my jaw comes off hanging.
"Why don't you ask that to little Ethan, he might just kick you in the head for calling him fat." Brooke says and I laugh.
"You out there, go put on the costume, then call June and May, if I have to squeeze them into the costumes, then so be it." Mia vows and I roll my eyes, grabbing the costume and walking out of the room. I go to mine, seeing June rubbing the sleepiness from her eyes.
"Go to Brooke's room, you're needed there." I say shortly, she sighs and stands up. June's green eyes pass over the costume in my hands and she raises a brow, a suspicious look in her eyes.
"Oh yeah, this is just for Austin, he got it for his best friend and told me to hide it." I lie and she looks at me with a look before nodding and walking out of the room. I let out a breath of relief and dump the clothes on the bed, I walk out to May's room, watching as she plays with her legs in the air, a phone next to her ear as she talks to someone on the phone. l slowly walk in and she stops talking, turning to me.
"I'll call you back." She says and sits up, hanging up. "Is there something wrong?" She asks with a concerned look.
"You're needed in Brooke's room, quickly now." I say and turn around, shaking my head and rubbing my eyes. I walk back to my room and pick up the costume, locking my room door and taking off my clothes. I look at the costume before tugging it on.
It's a weird costume, with cuts around, the leather looks a lot more scaly than something that might be made by a normal human. It actually looks ancient. It has an opening around my stomach, a slit up my right thigh and a low cut down my cleavage.
I let out a gasp when I see myself in the full length mirror. A knock on the door has me spinning, my heart beating fast. "Can I come in and see my master piece?" I hear Mia's voice, I walk to the door and open it. Her eyes widen and she lets out a gasp.
"Wow! Te ves muy hermosa!" She gasps and turns me around. "And very creepy too." I laugh and she rolls her eyes. She pulls me to the mirror and claps.
"Good, take it off, we are going to get your nails done in an hour, I booked a session for all of us, your parents are going off to a party with the twins parents. So that leaves us to be us. Get yourself out of that costume and down to the living room, call the twins!" She says and is out of my room in seconds.
"Which ones?" I call and she stops turning around. "The Lolas'." She says and walks back to Brooke's room. I sigh and lock the door, pulling the clothes off my body, I grab a hanger and put it in the closet. I put my clothes back on and grab my phone, dialing Lola.
I walk into the living room, biting my lip. Lola picks up on the third ring and l jump on the couch. "Hey, gather yourselves, the queen Mia of San Diego requests your presence here at the palace. Be here in twenty minutes." I state in a very formal tone.
"Yes My Lady, I will be there with my sister. Is there anything you need of me, ask My Lady!" Lola calls into the phone and I have to stop myself from giggling.
"That is all, you may click the hang, I expect to see you in your most gracious state."
"Yes My Lady!" She giggles slightly before the line goes dead. I grab the remote and turn on the TV. My face lights up when I see that they're showing Thunder Cats Roar!
"You!" I hear June shriek and rush for me, I shift out of the way, my eyes wide and my heart beating extremely fast. She lands on the couch, hitting her head against the hand rest. She holds her head as she glares at me, I start bouncing on my feet, ready to sprint out of the house if she decides to attack again.
"You led me into the lions den!" She screams and I nearly laugh at the look of horror on her face when she looks up. "You made me go to Brooke's room, knowing fully well that Mia was there and ready to shove me into a costume." She looks really terrified.
"Aren't you a model, you should get used to being shoved into clothes." I retort and she shrugs, rubbing her head. "So, where's May?" I ask and she smiles.
"She's still up there, I got a footballer costume, Brooke got a galaxy costume, she's going to get starry extensions put in, Mia's really taking it to the top this year." June breathes, lying down on the couch and closing her eyes.
"You think?" Last year, she had all of us, and I mean every single one of us live up to our Naruto names. She even got to style my hair just like Temari's. Dad got his hair dyed so he could look like Lord Jiraiya. It was a hard time for all of us. Mia's obsession with costumes is a next level situation, we don't ever argue with her about whatever costume we'll wear for anything that has to do with costumes, not even Temi or June have a say in things like this.
The doorbell rings and I turn around, walking to the door. I pull it open, expecting to see the twins but I see Chase and Fayette instead. What are they doing here?
"Where have you been young man?" I ask with a stern face but smile and hug Fayette. Chase scratches the back of his head, smiling sheepishly at me. I roll my eyes and step aside, letting them in. May comes down as we enter the living room and she groans.
"If I had the strength, I'd kill you right now April." She mutters and I roll my eyes, waving her off.
"Whichever girl just came in, up to Brooke's room, right now!" Mia's voice rings out round the house and we all smile at Fayette, she looks at us nervously but when Mia starts to count, Fayette is flying up the stairs. We all chuckle and I see Chase looking at her linger than any of us.
"You, young man, have some explaining to do." I say and he sits down, placing June's legs on his lap. He sighs, looking me in the eye. It turns into a staring contest and when I start glaring, he averts his eyes.
"Okay, I was at Fayette's place, her parents didn't let me leave last night." He explains and I narrow my eyes again.
"Were mom and dad okay with that?" He nods and I release the glare, tugging my lip between my teeth. "But I haven't seen you in like two days?" I ask and he looks at me like I'm the crazy one.
"That's because you've been running around with writer guy." He says briefly, stealing the remote from June and putting it on Bunsen is a Beast. Great cartoon.
"I have not!" I gasp and smack his head. "And you cannot turn this around on me, now shut up." I rush out and June and May start giggling. Oh they know I'm embarrassed.
I stomp into the kitchen and throw open the fridge, grabbing the bottle of apple juice and stalking back to the living room. The doorbell rings and when no one makes a move to get the door, I roll my eyes.
"Of course, just slave me around." I grumble and open the door, the dark skinned twins coming into view.
"Mia awaits you guys upstairs in Brooke's room." I say in a monotone voice and Temi rolls her eyes, pushing me aside and walking into the house. Lola chuckles side stepping me and following her sister in. I take in a deep breath, shutting the door.
It seems like everyone wants to test my patience today.
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We arrive at the manicurists store, it seems like it's a friend of Mia's for him to accept so much pair of hands to do. Yes he's a guy and no, he's not the one doing all our nails.
Mia pushes me to someone and the lady smiles at me, her stuff already arranged on the table. I don't really do my nails, so I don't know anything about nails. It obstructs the curve when I'm painting, them long nails. "You must be the dragon queen!" The lady cheers and I nod, sitting down nervously in the chair. "Alright then, let's get started!"
Oh boy!
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We're all done with our nails two hours later, I got dragon nails, I know, it's cool. Macy and Kira met us at the store since they got held up in traffic. The boys are all gathered, I'm sure they're thinking of how they'll get out of Mia's clutches.
No one ever escapes her costume hold.
We're on a journey to get our hair done now, yes, it's crazy, we're going to get our hair done again. Macy, Brooke and the twins take Macy's car to the hair salon, I take my sisters, Fayette and Mia. I feel like my head will explode if we have another so called booking or appointment, I just want to go home, and sleep till tomorrow! Can't a girl ask that?
I pull up in the parking lot, right beside Macy's car. We walk towards the salon, pushing the door open and letting the dread fill me.
"Back again, are we?"