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blush.
                  Amber won't let us look at ourselves in the mirror until we are completely done with hair and makeup. When I'm finally allowed to check the mirror, I'm flabbergasted. I was transformed into a complete girly girl. We look like we are about to go try out for a beauty pageant. I'm overly excited to show off my transformation to the guy I love, Andrew.
     
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    I'm nervously waiting at Kali's house for the boys to show up. I can't help but have second thoughts about Andrew seeing me like this, it's not the usual way I dress. My hands are shaking as I pace back and forth. My body is taking complete control of me. My heart is racing a million miles per hour. I decide that maybe it would be best if I sit down. I have to keep telling myself that I look beautiful and Andrew will obviously think the same.
                  The door bell rings, and I jump. If it wasn't for Kali's high ceilings, I would have jumped through her roof and left a complete mess everywhere.
                  The door bell rings again a couple minutes later, and I now know both of our dates are downstairs waiting on us, and once we walk down the stairs, all eyes will be on us. It will be like a grand reveal of our radical prom changes. "Girls, the boys are here," Amber yells up over the stairs to us, interrupting my thoughts.
                  "Coming!" Kali shouts to her mom. Taking a deep breath she turns to me. "Ready?"
                  Kali looks every bit as anxious as I am. I nod my head and head toward the stairs.
                  I'm praying my legs don't give out, and I don't tumble down the stairs to my near death. I really don't want to spend the night at the hospital and remember this night as the most embarrassing night of my life. "Walk slow," I whisper to myself so no one can hear me.
                  Both of us begin walking down the glorious hardwood floors of the staircase. All I can hear is the tapping noises coming from our heels, and I only see three faces at the bottom of the stairs staring up at us.
                  My eyes catch Andrew's, and he's dressed in a nice tuxedo, holding a corsage in his hand. He looks handsome. It makes me want to skip the prom and go straight to Andrew's bed.
                  As I reach the bottom step, Andrew is standing with his hand out. I place my hand into his and Andrew kisses it lightly. "You look breathtaking, Nina. Absolutely beautiful. I just can't stop looking at you.” He opens the box with my flower and ties it around my wrist. It's a daisy. He remembered my favorite flower. I love it.
                  "Picture time!" Amber yells in excitement. She starts to arrange us on the stairs as couples. Kali and Troy are up front, with Andrew and I in the back. She then proceeds to get some pictures of just the couples, and some by ourselves. She goes a little photograph crazy. I find it funny, which helps ease my nervousness a little.
                  "The limo is waiting outside for you. Have a wonderful time. You all look magnificent!" Amber says. There's a limo out front? We're going to be taking a limo to prom? Being friends with Kali sure has its advantages.
                  I walk out the door with my arm around Andrew, and my jaw drops when I spot the dark black limo in the driveway. It's long and shiny, like it had just been waxed.
                  Climbing inside of it is somewhat of an obstacle with a dress on, but I manage.
                  "Blast the music, limo DJ!" Kali shouts. The limo driver blasts music that's on a radio station. It's Kali's favorite, "22" by Taylor Swift. Pop music is her music of choice. I enjoy listening to Taylor Swift. She's the only young woman that I know of in the music industry that didn't let fame and money take over who she truly is inside. She didn't go crazy and start living the