Hope

Chapter 2.

Hope

'You SO have to come to this party. It'll be good for you. You can get to know everyone!' Callie had exclaimed. 

This is how I now found myself in the middle of my bedroom with Callie curling my hair and me painting my nails. Callie had arrived at my house already made up and ready to go, she had said that it would give us more time to work on my appearance- great. 

'You're going to look super hot- just wait until you see the dress that I've brought for you to wear...Ashton won't be able to keep his eyes off you!' She squeals. 

Callie digs deep into her overnight bag and pulls out what looks like a black top. 

'Do you have any trousers to go with that shirt?' I ask.

'Trousers?' Callie replies, confused. 'What are you talking about? This is your dress, silly.'

She throws the piece of material, that certainly does not qualify as a dress in my standards, into my arms. 

'It looks better on, don't worry,' she reassures. 

After slipping on the dress, which actually fits me better than expected, Callie squeals that it's time for the 'Big Reveal' and for me to see what I look like. 

She spins me around to face the mirror and I gasp. 

Woah. I look hot. 

Now I'm not one to normally blow my own trumpet but..woah. My hair is curled into loose waves that float to just above my bottom and several different pieces are gripped up to add an elogance to the hair-do. My browney orange eyes are lined with a flick of black eyeliner, giving me a 'cat-eye' look and I have on just a swipe of clear lip gloss. And the dress...oh the dress. The tight material clings to me in all the right places, emphasising curves I didn't even know existed! Callie has put me in black boot-heels (which are apparantly easier to walk in- thank the lord!). 

'See? You. Look. Hot!' Callie squeals. 

It is then I take a moment to take in Callie's appearance. She is wearing a tie-dyed blue dress which starts from light blue at the top and ends up a dark blue at the bottom of the floaty dress. She has paired this with a similar pair of shoes to mine. Her blonde hair is pin-straight and looks super silky and sleek. She also has similar make-up to me but has added a smear of blue eyeshadow to match the dress. 

I must say, we're going to rock this party!

Ashton

This party is kickin'. My buddy TJ always knows how to throw a good party. I down, what must be, my 6th beer of the night so far when I feel a pair of long arms circle my waist. 

I spin round to find Claire Reeves looking at me in what must have been an attempt to look seductive. 

'Hey Ashy baby, you haven't been returning my calls..' she pouts which I do not find cute, just whiney and annoying. 

I slowly remove her arms from around my waist and reply, 'Claire, I've told you before and I won't tell you aga-'

I am interrupted by someone being pushed into me. 

'Hey! Watch where you're-' I stop talking as I glance down at the wide brown eyes staring up at me. 

It's the girl from the corridor and she looks HOT.

'It is then an idea occurs to me and I grab the corridor girl and put my arm around her waist. 

'Hey Claire, I don't believe you've met my girlfriend um-' I realise that I cannot introduce the girl as 'Corridor Girl' and look at her helplessy.