Ch 007: First Time Party

Time passed by quickly and it was 6 pm already. Ann was dressed in a sky blue trumpet, halter-neck gown. It went slightly below her hips, straight, and then flared down to her ankle. Instead of heels, she wore flats and tied her hair in two pigtails. She looked…

“Horrible! You look horrible Annie.” Lea groaned angrily. Ann’s two pigtails made her look like a kid and the shoes… well the shoes were manageable. Lea on the other hand was putting on a purple body-hugging gown that barely crossed her knees and matched it with black heels that had purple stripes on them. She had bought the dress using Brent’s card and although she cried that she spent his money, she was happy that the dress enhanced her beauty. She didn’t tie the hair but rather left it loose but wavy, with a pin on the left. Her makeup wasn’t much since she didn’t want so much attention.

“You look beautiful, Lea. Brent might just ask you out with the way you've dressed today.” Ann said and Lea bowed her head. That was never going to happen and she knew it. She also had a crush on Brent from the very first day they met but he was their best friend. Even if she were to be in a relationship with him, it would be jeopardizing her friendship with Ann, which she didn’t want to happen.

“You know… Even if he were to ask, I would reject him immediately. I can’t accept when you are our best friend.” She told Ann who just nodded. Ann had a little understanding. If Brent were to ask her out and she accepted, then they will have to go on dates together, leaving behind Lea. Their friendship will suffer the effect of their relationship.

‘Is this what I really want?’ She asked herself. She decided against it. Lea was with her from the very beginning. They’ve known each other’s dirty secret and have had each other's back, long before Brent joined the duo. She wouldn’t jeopardize it for a relationship that she has started to have mixed feelings about.

A car honked outside the house and the duo looked at each other. “Your hair!” Lea exclaimed and untied the two pigtails. She quickly used her comb and combed Ann's golden brown hairs all straight. Her hands worked some magic in a space of 5 minutes and Ann looked heavenly. Lea combed her hair all straight and styled the straight hair, wore on her some mermaid blue earrings and a shiny necklace on her neck. However, the shoes….

“Lea, we will be keeping Brent waiting. Don’t mind my shoes, at least it can’t be seen.” Ann tried to convince her best friend who finally agreed and they walked out of Lea's room hand in hand.m with smiles on their faces. As soon as Lea's room door opened, Brent raised his head to look at the fabulous ladies God gave to him as his best friends. They were awesome and beautiful, especially Lea. She looked so mature in her dress like she was married. Her perfect body was outlined by the purple dress she wore and he was lucky she was his best friend. Any man that approaches her, must pay a price to him for taking good care of her.

As for Ann, she was just so perfect in the trumpet gown she put on. The sky Blue just made her golden-brown hair to shine so bright. Her pale skin radiated even the more. Her necklace made a difference, the earnings she wore as well. But her shoes… Did she really have to wear flats?

He was almost forgetting the person he was talking about. Annabel Wen, the weirdest girl on the planet. She had her own style, her own character, even though everyone is unique, this one's uniqueness is more than unique. It’s unique among all other uniqueness.

“So how do we look?” Ann asked as they stood beside him.

“Too bad for the men there. These two ladies are all mine.” He whispered to their hearing and they laughed, making their way out for his car that was parked outside, a white Hyundai accent.

“Now this is what we call a ride. How about we go and crash a party, Annie?” Lea asked Ann who just smiled and they rushed to enter the backseat, without waiting for the driver to open the door for them. Brent just smiled and walked to the backseat and joined them. Once the driver took off, the chatted happily about what happened during the day.

Ann mentioned the fact that she met someone at the mall but she just spent time insulting him, to avoid the blush that could come on her face. Despite her really extremely pale skin, whenever she blushed, she turned very red like all red skinned people.

“He was dumb. Probably he thought I was dirt and that’s why he couldn’t utter a word to me.” Ann told them.

“That’s how rich guys behave. Why didn’t you just tell me? I could have helped in one way.” Brent told Ann and she laughed it off. Even if he would, he would have just been sent to the back because the guy she saw, was extremely rich. No doubt that Brent us rich as well but the guy she saw, he could buy the three of them… according to her thought though.

“How many minutes till we reach there?” Lea asked.

“A few more seconds.” Brent replied and Ann sighed deeply. Her first time to attend a party. Isn’t it awesome?

***

“How are the twins, Martha?” Margaret, Lea’s mom asked Ann's mom who stood at the door and was welcomed into the house. Her eyes beheld tremendous sadness and we’re red. She had been crying before she visited her very good friend. She knew the only person to turn to was the one person that stood by her side even when the church couldn’t reason with her.

“Hey, are you alright? Lea and Annie have gone out with Brent. Jakob is at work, he’s on a night shift today. Come in.”

“The twins are very fine. I left them at home when they were sleeping. I-I, I am not fine, Margaret.” Martha cried again and Margaret just ushered her in. The state in which she was in, wasn’t very good and Margaret wanted to find out why and what happened?

“Do you need anything?” She asked Martha who shook her head in denial.

“I saw him. I saw him Margaret with his new family. He has a daughter who is just as Annabel… He, he, ….” Margaret just shushed her and held her friend.

Now she understood better. This woman, got married to a man, who just wouldn’t stop hurting her feelings…