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Chapter 25
Despite my amazing night with Damon I was still very eager for the concert tonight. Even if Selena was going to be there, I had never been to a concert and everyone couldn’t stop talking about how amazing The Riot was live. For the first time in my life I was going out with a group of girls. As Selena had ordered at practice, we were all getting ready together. I felt shy as everyone chattered excitedly around me. Girls were changing, doing each other’s hair, and fixing their makeup. I had decided to wear my white bandage dress for the concert. It was really the only thing that I had that was dressy and everyone seemed to be going all out for the night. I had bought some mascara at a drugstore and was trying to apply it carefully when one of the girls stepped up behind me.
“I kind of hate you right now,” she said smiling.
“What do you mean?” I asked.
“You have got to be the must stunning girl I have ever seen; you don’t even need that mascara!” she answered.
I blushed. I thought she was beautiful herself. She had shoulder length strawberry blonde hair that she was wearing pin straight. Her eyes were a bright spring green and she had a button nose with a smattering of freckles. She was wearing a black halter-top with tight leather leggings and knee high boots.
“I’m Lexi,” she said with a grin. “I didn’t get a chance to say hello to you during practice, but you were amazing out there. Selena has got to be shitting herself now that she has competition.”
I didn’t know what to say. I had never had a girlfriend, and I was sure my social ineptness would scare her away. I ended up just smiling at her and laughing self-consciously. She didn’t seem to notice my awkwardness however. Instead she picked up a curling iron and began to curl my hair. It felt strange having a possible girlfriend who I could do things like get ready with. As she curled my hair she chattered away.
“Just wait until you see the lead singer of The Riot,” she exclaimed. “He gives Damon Pierce a run for his money. Of course he and Damon are best friends and Damon sometimes sings in the band with him. Just imagining them side by side… holy hotness,” she said fanning herself.
I laughed. I couldn’t imagine someone even coming close to Damon’s level of gorgeousness. Lexi finished my hair and I gaped at the mirror. I had never had the chance to truly dress up and I hardly recognized myself. I had curls falling softly down my back. My mascara had made my unusually colored eyes pop and Lexi had even lined them with a little bit of eyeliner to make them stand out even more. Lexi had lent me a light pink lipstick. I still felt like me, but like a much prettier version of myself. I smiled at Lexi through the mirror.
Just then Selena called out that it was time to go and we loaded into cars. Lexi and I made sure to get in a car away from Selena and Eric’s bitchy red head (I kept forgetting her name). The cars Selena had mentioned turned out to be limos. The girls chattered and giggled to each other and someone had popped open a bottle of champagne and was handing out glasses of it to everyone. Loud music was banging through the speakers and the atmosphere felt frenzied with excitement and energy. I slowly sipped my champagne as I listened to Lexi talk to the other girls. The girls we were riding with seemed much nicer than Selena and her crew.
The ones sitting next to us introduced themselves. There was Kacey, a stunning petite brunette with hazel eyes, Lauren, an auburn headed girl with dark green eyes, and Marin, a tall, leggy girl with bleach blonde hair and chocolate colored eyes. All three girls were super sweet and made sure to include me in their conversation. They were of course going on and on about Mason and The Riot and how he was friends with Damon and Beckham Stone. I didn’t let on that I knew Damon and leaned closer to listen.
“I would literally let him do anything to me,” yelled Lauren, sloshing her champagne a bit in her excitement.
“So would I,” squeaked Kacey.
“Maybe Selena has surprise backstage passes and we can get close to him,” said Marin.
All three girls stopped and pondered that scenario for a second.
“Ahh, either way this is going to be a night to remember ladies,” cried Lexi, bringing us all together for a toast.
I laid back in the seat and stared out the window as the city passed by. By the end of the ride I was laughing along with the girls, feeling like I belonged on the team for the first time.
