"I like this one." Jessica said, holding up a pink, no shoulder dress.
"It's pretty. Pink looks good on brunettes." Vanessa commented, gripping onto a tight black dress she was ready to try on.
"But, like, I don't know about the one-shoulder thing."
Angela looked over and pulled out a blue one. "I like this one."
Jessica nodded. "Yeah, I like the beading."
"You wouldn't even need jewelry." Vanessa added.
After a good thirty minutes, each of the three had already found a dress that they really liked. Jessica came out of the dressing room with a pink one, as Angela and Vanessa were admiring themselves in the mirror.
"Nessa, what do you think? Lavender? Is that my color?" Angela asked the redhead.
Rowan let a small smile form on her face. Just a while ago, they were the odd kids in town that no one wanted to hang out with due to their families secludedness. And now, they had found a great group of kids who they were already on nickname basis with.
"I like it." 'Nessa' nodded.
"Me too. I like yours also." Jessica said, looking at herself in the mirror. Vanessa flattened out the silky black dress and gave her a smile. "Okay, I like this one. It makes my boobs look good. Right?"
But out of nowhere, a group of men who looked too old to be teenagers banged on the glass and started to make lewd comments.
"Oh, god." Vanessa scoffed, rolling her eyes.
"That is uncomfortable." Jessica mumbled slightly.
"That's disgusting." Rowan agreed.
"Guys, what do you think?" Jessica questioned the two girls who were barley paying attention, "Yes?"
"That looks great." Bella said, using her default answer.
"You said that about like, the last five dresses though." Jessica argued.
Bella laughed slightly. "I thought they were all pretty good."
"You guys really aren't into this, are you?" Angela asked. Rowan shrugged.
"I actually really just wanted to go to this bookstore." Bella answered truthfully, "I'll meet you guys at the restaurant?"
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, yeah. I'll see you in a minute." She said, getting up and leaving the dress shop. They all nodded and said goodbye.
"Well, what do you think Rowan?" Jessica asked the remaining girl.
"Um, actually, this I think those are the ones for you." She smiled, "Not too over the top."
"Yeah, it does look pretty awesome."
* * *
Almost an hour had passed, the three juniors had bought their dresses for prom, and Bella still wasn't back. Everyone was hungry, and it was getting dark. Rowan kept on trying to persuade the others to wait another five minutes, but starvation eventually got the best of themselves and they all decided on going to the bloated toad for dinner. Jessica ended up texting her on where they'd be, but never got a reply. So Rowan couldn't help but feel slightly worried for her friend.
"I thought the salad was pretty good." Jessica said as they left the restaurant.
"Okay, clearly, you haven't been to Rowan's. Her aunt makes the best homemade salads." Vanessa replied, nudging the girl. But she was too distracted as she saw Bella walk towards them.
"Hey, you guys, I'm sorry." She apologized, "I just..."
"Where were you? We left you messages." Angela told her.
"Yeah, do you have any idea how worried I was?" Rowan questioned, "I thought something bad happened."
"We waited for you, but we were like, starving so we..." Jessica began but soon trailed off as soon as they all caught a glimpse of Edward making their way towards them.
"Um, I'm sorry I kept Bella from dinner." He said as he stiffened his body seeing Vanessa and Rowan, "We just sort of ran into each other and got talking."
Rowan turned to Jessica and Angela who were smiling giddily. "Yeah, no. We totally understand. I mean, that happens, right?" Jessica grinned, "Yeah, we were just leaving so..."
"Yeah, we were." Vanessa said in a monotonous voice as the group walked towards Jessica's car.
"Bella, if you wanna..."
"I think I should make sure Bella gets something to eat." Edward intervened, "If you'd like. I'll drive you home myself."
"That's so thoughtful." Angela said.
"It's really, really thoughtful." Jessica agreed. The two others stayed silent. "Yeah."
"Yeah, I should eat something." Bella nodded.
Rowan looked between them and hesitated for a moment. "Okay, so we'll see you tomorrow."
"See ya." Jessica waved.
"Okay." Bella said, walking away with Edward. As they did, Jessica and Angela giggled while Vanessa and Rowan quickly got into the car.
* * *
"You came home late." As Rowan shut the front door to her house, she turned to see Evelyn standing in the middle of the living room.
"Sorry, I uh- I-"
"No, no, it's perfectly fine." She assured, "I like that you're getting out there more."
"So... you're not mad?" She asked, not believing it for a second.
"No, actually. I was worried, but it wasn't your fault. I had no way of contacting you if anything went wrong. So for that reason, I went to the store earlier and had decided that it would be idea to get you this."
Approaching her niece, she held out a white box with a picture of a flip phone on it. Rowan tilted her head in confusion and gently took it from her. Opening it, she saw that the exact same picture was inside. Only... real.
"What? No, aunt Evelyn-"
"-Yes." She interrupted, "If you're going to be out of the house more often, I need to be able to know where you are."
"Thank you, thank you!" Rowan squealed, hugging her tightly.
Evelyn chuckled. "Of course. Now get to bed, you have school in the morning."
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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠, jacob black -UNDER EDITING UNTIL ACT THREE-
Fanfiction"It wasn't too hard to figure out that you were the one. Imprinting on you only just set it in stone." In which a shapeshifter and a witch become unconditionally and irrevocably in...
⁰⁵, PROM DRESSES AND CATCALLS
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