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saw
the perfect dress.
    “Yeah,” I said as I walked over. I held it
up.
    “It’s a bit plain,” she said. “Try it on,
I’ll see if I can find anything else you might like.”
    It was baby blue with a black satin ribbon
around the waist. It went down to my knees and flew up when I
twirled. It was simple, but still pretty. I came out of the
dressing room; Grace came out at the same time. Her dress was
short, black and extremely tight.
    “Oh, that does look nice on you, but before
you decide try this,” she said to me as she handed me a shiny
purple ball gown. She looked over at Grace. “Oh wow, uh, Grace
maybe you should try on one of those.” She pointed over to some
longer dresses.
    “Oh, I think I like this one, but thanks.”
She walked away.
    “I don’t know…” I said with skepticism.
“Besides, are all of your guests going to be wearing dresses? If
they weren’t, I would feel really out of place in this. I mean,
don’t get me wrong, it’s beautiful… But—”
    “What, you think because we live in the
woods, we can’t host parties for which it would be appropriate to
wear a nice dress?” She stared at me with crazy eyes like I had
never seen, I felt my face flushing. “I’m kidding,” she laughed.
“You thought I was serious?” She asked, still in disbelief.
    I laughed back. It was real, but more of a
nervous laugh than anything.
    “I just figured if it was to introduce us to
your friends, it would be more…” I stopped to think of the right
word, “…casual.”
    “Do you know what day it is?” she waited for
an answer. I didn’t. It felt like I was caught in some kind of time
warp. “It’s Halloween. Every year, we invite our friends over on
Halloween. It just turned out to be perfect timing to introduce you
to everyone.”
    “So why aren’t we at a costume store?” I
asked.
    “Weren‘t you listening when I told
Annabelle?” I shook my head. “The younger kids wear costumes. My
friends and I decided to take the opportunity to wear fancy dresses
that would seem silly if it were any other day,” she waited for my
response.
    “That’s pretty cool,” I admitted.
    I couldn’t see anyone in the woods, wearing
the dress Annabelle was, or the one Elizabeth had picked out for
me, but for Halloween, I guess it kind of made sense.
    “Right? It’s not as fun for the guys; they
just follow our lead and wear suits.”
    “Ooh, how about this one?” Annabelle chimed
from across the room. I looked over. I was mortified.
    It was black lace intricately designed to
cover only the most necessary places. It was beautiful, but I could
never….
    “Try it on!” Annabelle urged, she started
whistling, and Lily joined in.
    “Okay, okay,” I grabbed it and went into the
fitting room. When I got it on, I was surprised, I looked… good.
Even better than that, what seemed revealing on the hanger covered
everything. I walked out of the changing room.
    “You have to get this one,” Annabelle said.
“You look amazing!”
    “I agree,” Elizabeth said with
excitement.
    “You do; you look great,” Lily complimented.
She was wearing the green dress I pointed out to her.
    “Well, at least no one will be looking at me
with you there,” I complimented back.
    Once we all found shoes, we went to a more
casual store. Everyone got a few pairs of jeans and some shirts. I
felt awful letting Elizabeth buy all of this for me, but she
wouldn’t take no for an answer.

    On our way home, Annabelle and Elizabeth
chattered on and on about the party. Decorations, hairstyles,
makeup, they covered it all. When we got home, Annabelle started
dragging me back to the house.
    “Let’s get ready together I can do your hair
and makeup….”
    “Wait a second,” I said, noticing Lily
walking back to her house. “Lily!” I yelled.
    “Huh?” She turned around.
    “You can come back and get ready with us;
Annabelle’s offering to do hair and makeup.”
    “Okay,” her eyes lit up. I didn’t