Chapter
4
Waiting until
Saturday was one of the hardest things Katelyn had ever done. Meeting Brian and
the others was all she thought about. Nothing else mattered to her. It was very
hard to conceal it all from her mother though. Several times Janet noticed
Katelyn just staring off into space, a dreamy smile on her face, and had asked
her what she was doing. Katelyn just had to pretend like nothing was going on.
But finally,
the big day came. Katelyn had her bag already packed three days before, so she
was completely ready by Saturday.
Katelyn could
barely sleep the night before and was up at six in the morning. She took a
shower and got dressed in a white tank top and a short pale blue flowered
skirt. She brushed out her short blonde hair and twisted the locks in the front
back into light blue butterfly clips. She carefully put on her make-up, making
sure she didn't put on too much, for she knew Brian didn't like when girls wore
too much make-up. She gave her face a light dusting of powder and lightly put
blush on her already rosy cheeks. She put eye-liner and mascara on, and
finished off her eyes with a frosted blue eye-shadow.
By this time,
it was after 7:00 and her mother had left for work. Katelyn put some jewelry
on: an illusion necklace with a silver heart on it, a silver ring with her
birthstone, an aquamarine, in it, and a silver toe ring, to go with her new
outfit. Then she slipped on white platform sandals on and walked into the
bathroom. She stood in front of the full length mirror and inspected herself
carefully. She looked perfect. The short, pastel skirt showed off her long
slender legs and the top was low-cut, but not low enough to make her look
trashy. She leaned closer to the mirror and saw that the bruise around her eyes
had faded to where it was no longer noticeable. She glanced down at her feet to
make sure the ice blue toenail polish she had on hadn't chipped off. It hadn't.
She looked completely pretty and put together. She went back to her bedroom and
grabbed her gray Sac purse. Then she glanced at the clock and realized it was
just barely 8:00. Her friend Jennie wasn't coming until 8:30 to drive her down
to the radio station, where they would be meeting the limo.
So Katelyn
went into the kitchen and grabbed a quick breakfast, then brushed her teeth and
sat down to wait for Jennie.
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