"Wait, let me get this straight," said Collins over the phone. "You guys want to throw a party at the hotel?"583Please respect copyright.PENANALBllqNHNBw
"Yes," I answered slowly. "We do."583Please respect copyright.PENANALaShKSYXQj
"And what makes you think I'm going to allow that?"583Please respect copyright.PENANA6z0vG1AQBr
Zoey leaned in closer to me and answered, "because you are invited."583Please respect copyright.PENANAynxFEB3hmd
Collins laughed. "Are 583Please respect copyright.PENANAVaLnNTLN36
you serious? Just because you're inviting me to your party doesn't mean 583Please respect copyright.PENANAo8tUH8jIrM
I'm going to allow you to throw a party."583Please respect copyright.PENANAYwI54H1NZs
Zoey looked at me with a hopeless look on her face. I on the other hand wasn't giving up. I turned to look at Mike.583Please respect copyright.PENANAQrYH7Hmznr
"Hey, which piñata do you think is best? One with rainbow colours or the all red one?" Mike asked.583Please respect copyright.PENANAEYQ6HGsIO0
"You guys want a piñata?" Collins asked sounding confused. "Are you already buying stuff for the party?"583Please respect copyright.PENANABq3bGfiYyt
I didn't answer him right away as I answered Mike, "let's not make it a Mexican party, Mike. We can leave it out."583Please respect copyright.PENANAtRAeX8g7wX
"But Daniel really wants one," Mike insisted. "He said he hasn't had candy in a long time."583Please respect copyright.PENANAAqEdGYqcN5
"Ya, a piñata will be awesome," said Zoey.583Please respect copyright.PENANAGMht5ZK0g1
"Hello, is anyone listening to me?" Collins called out.583Please respect copyright.PENANACPKgwxvYnZ
"Yes, Collins, we already started buying stuff for the party," I answered.583Please respect copyright.PENANAFU3SyWxSNl
"Gosh, what to do with 583Please respect copyright.PENANAiTqDoi9Dts
you monkeys," Collins muttered. "Okay, you can have your party. Let me 583Please respect copyright.PENANAVnRXayevTR
talk to the hotel manager to give you guys a permit. You don't want to 583Please respect copyright.PENANA8cdD3q7bR1
end up in a cell."583Please respect copyright.PENANADBZVQBosn4
I smiled. "Thanks, Collins."583Please respect copyright.PENANAzOGtMq29ZU
"Whatever. Just don't tear up the place, will you?"583Please respect copyright.PENANAHoYwPbBI95
"We promise," said Zoey.583Please respect copyright.PENANACaco0WEjND
Collins cut the line and the five of us, Toxins couldn't stop smiling.583Please respect copyright.PENANAJMVXB6A5yf
"Well, that went well," I said.583Please respect copyright.PENANAH53Z8cXOsw
"How did you know he wasn't going to refuse if he thought we were already buying stuff for the party?" Zoey asked.583Please respect copyright.PENANAmPXRtKjINK
"There was nothing he 583Please respect copyright.PENANAtvLs4HIUkQ
was going to do about it even if we were to bring all the party 583Please respect copyright.PENANAMa7diQP844
decorations back at the hotel without telling him in the first place. He583Please respect copyright.PENANAWSe2XomLLJ
would still say yes no matter what," I answered.583Please respect copyright.PENANA25r2ze4rDs
"I told you Sam had it all figured out," said Daniel.583Please respect copyright.PENANAF8EXHcEjOd
"Now that that's been sorted out, we better get shopping," said Christine.583Please respect copyright.PENANAy87ULw11ar
The five of us all came 583Please respect copyright.PENANATk0W4Itswi
out of the car parked in the parking lot of the mall. We hurriedly 583Please respect copyright.PENANAXrK2WUlEks
walked up to the entrance to avoid any of our fans from spotting us.583Please respect copyright.PENANAckyaxSrcWh
As soon as we entered the mall, I turned to look at the others before we could go any further.583Please respect copyright.PENANAWLF1gc4mny
"Okay, so how is it going to be?" I asked. "Should we we split up and buy what we need or stick together?"583Please respect copyright.PENANATjcB5gSli9
"I think we should stick together," said Christine. "We can't split up and just buy what we want. We didn't even make a list."583Please respect copyright.PENANA1oB5Gk54OT
"I agree. At least if we are together, we can remind ourselves of what we need," said Zoey.583Please respect copyright.PENANAxQ6Agg2ULf
"Okay, then sticking 583Please respect copyright.PENANAzROtazcmQY
together it is," I said. "We better hurry. We only have three hours till583Please respect copyright.PENANAujLA4VVbSz
twelve so we better be done with shopping within an hour and a half."583Please respect copyright.PENANAtOWoYRzuyw
To make our shopping 583Please respect copyright.PENANAXB8mtWeokT
more easier, we quickly found ourselves at a party supply store. Daniel 583Please respect copyright.PENANAeTWh9Qjt58
first got red ballons. Lots of them because he was so excited about the 583Please respect copyright.PENANAU4uWrKNQY7
party. They were almost too much that I had to put some of them back on 583Please respect copyright.PENANAI1KvlR8gFB
the shelves when he wasn't looking.583Please respect copyright.PENANAc0EGWkIikb
We even got red 583Please respect copyright.PENANA2yjO169xYs
confetti. That was all on Zoey. She's a huge fan of such. She reminded 583Please respect copyright.PENANAEbtyJ10aov
me of the old days when we used to make confetti out of cut out paper 583Please respect copyright.PENANAQhiuk2mdl7
and put glitter on them. She really liked glitter. She still does, 583Please respect copyright.PENANAi53cnV09uF
though she seems not to show it sometimes.583Please respect copyright.PENANASZ9p54Nz6J
Mike was lucky enough to even find an all red piñata. I raised an eyebrow but didn't ask any questions.583Please respect copyright.PENANAcRdDJh6zB7
"You don't seem pleased that I found a piñata," said Mike.583Please respect copyright.PENANA8tAyRo5I4l
"Oh, I'm scared for 583Please respect copyright.PENANA7YodxgqiMc
Lee," I said. "She's really going to faint when she sees we actually 583Please respect copyright.PENANAllZ3p4kQo4
found one. We aren't Mexican, you know?"583Please respect copyright.PENANAErV0Jif9oZ
"No, but it will be good to have a good sense of mixed culture."583Please respect copyright.PENANAnCbdeUeHuU
"That I agree. You can put the piñata in the trolley."583Please respect copyright.PENANAyJTI9e5vOW
Mike did just that and 583Please respect copyright.PENANA61Y3B7LfVE
went off into another aisle to see what other supplies he could get. I 583Please respect copyright.PENANAx1aBA3gtWh
was the one slowly pushing the trolley and looking around as well.583Please respect copyright.PENANAt5H44GZTpo
Christine came to me with red party hats.583Please respect copyright.PENANAvExdjlypIT
"How many are in each packet?" I asked.583Please respect copyright.PENANAsUtlMWYxRa
"Ten," Christine answered. "Just got some more just in case."583Please respect copyright.PENANA4onzqfKCJA
"In case what?"583Please respect copyright.PENANAUxXIqcZxbh
"In case some get to spoil their party hats. Especially the boys."583Please respect copyright.PENANA4PkLTm6Uw5
"You're right," I said. "I've no doubt Seungri and Seunghoon will do so."583Please respect copyright.PENANAcuqZtDR6Tw
I felt my phone beep in my purse and when I retrieved it, I found Lee was calling.583Please respect copyright.PENANA0ax7kVAiAg
"Lee is calling," I said.583Please respect copyright.PENANAkNaMCs2dOn
"I'll go check for more supplies," said Christine as she disappeared down an aisle.583Please respect copyright.PENANAkTzoXLa9TM
"You guys just never 583Please respect copyright.PENANAx0IUHySrh7
stop surprising me," said Lee immediately I answered her call. "I was 583Please respect copyright.PENANANKhVFQ6kkD
just in the middle of a pedicure when Collins called telling me that 583Please respect copyright.PENANAANgq2yleOP
you're throwing a party."583Please respect copyright.PENANAX7aPyKvHiw
"Ya, we are," I said.583Please respect copyright.PENANAgnVIcz4usT
"All I wanted was for 583Please respect copyright.PENANA7iD6sNYtqa
you to go and have a normal fun time with BigBang. Not decide to throw a583Please respect copyright.PENANAocVHA15wW2
party out of the blue because you wanted to."583Please respect copyright.PENANAQUDvBroBgb
"If I told you what really happened, you're going to have a huge laugh," I said as I rolled my eyes.583Please respect copyright.PENANAeBy6Qms0if
"Don't tell me, save if 583Please respect copyright.PENANAR40PInKPKa
for after the party. I called to ask if you need anything or else if I 583Please respect copyright.PENANA0WTyAU6SYf
don't help, Collins might just fire me."583Please respect copyright.PENANA8An68c7Szw
"You know he wouldn't." I583Please respect copyright.PENANAYfgeu6fJhi
thought for a moment. "In fact, you can help us, Lee. And it will be 583Please respect copyright.PENANAqp7LQIIzM3
the easiest thing to do because you don't need to move out of that 583Please respect copyright.PENANAcVJi1MkVyi
beauty salon at all."583Please respect copyright.PENANAD6PNkeW7ax
"There is no way that can happen." I could already imagine Lee making a corky smile and shaking her head.583Please respect copyright.PENANA33H264XHMk
"We need food and snacks for the party. Just enough to carter twenty to twenty-five people. It shouldn't be all that fancy."583Please respect copyright.PENANAPa1gHwPUlC
"Okay, I know of a catering business around."583Please respect copyright.PENANAGeiLvkkpSx
"Can they prepare something in two hours? The party's at twelve."583Please respect copyright.PENANAbt5vUHCq9a
"Sure they can. It's not583Please respect copyright.PENANAUsXi5yib6y
one of those massive dinner parties so you need some light food and 583Please respect copyright.PENANAcZH7fI0Um7
snacks. They might have something in store for a regular party. I'll 583Please respect copyright.PENANAs4Y68RyxnB
call them." 583Please respect copyright.PENANAKF2ybpTmXM
"Ya, you do that."583Please respect copyright.PENANAa3URU2Bcym
Lee paused for a moment. "You're right. I don't have to move out of here at all."583Please respect copyright.PENANA0pJvryzOAv
"Told you. Tell me if they agree to do so."583Please respect copyright.PENANActDSCoRpIU
"Okay. Am I invited to the party?"583Please respect copyright.PENANAcSr0v81mxC
"Of course you are. You're no stranger. Just one thing though. Come dressed in red."583Please respect copyright.PENANAzHhL0eqdtW
"Red? Why red?"583Please respect copyright.PENANAp7qQENuZIL
"Well, it's the theme for the party."583Please respect copyright.PENANAqA0QIFtZGX
"I wonder why you chose the color. You guys mostly fancy blue or purple."583Please respect copyright.PENANA8O7WcyqtPc
"The colour choosing is part of the long story."583Please respect copyright.PENANAwjPiZB7RvK
"Would you need a white and red cake to go for your party?"583Please respect copyright.PENANA5d8YKFHHSP
"Mmmm baking cakes is a lot of work. A cake would be nice but I bet these guys would expect a big one for the party."583Please respect copyright.PENANAR5ZNGfmnLn
"Leave that to me. I know a bakery that sells already made cakes and I bet they have a red and white one."583Please respect copyright.PENANAoZQIIQC4Gc
"Thanks, Lee."583Please respect copyright.PENANAMZlFivTXJq
"Don't mention it. What's a party without cake?"583Please respect copyright.PENANAkGfrPuUKad
Lee cut the line and I 583Please respect copyright.PENANA9UIUjCCCIO
put my phone away in my purse. I continued to push the trolley when Mike583Please respect copyright.PENANAChA6TKlsj2
and Daniel appeared in front of me all of the sudden. I almost bumped 583Please respect copyright.PENANAwIZF3LFTZA
into them with the trolley.583Please respect copyright.PENANAWDruGtI8T4
"Whoa, you two, I would have run you over," I said.583Please respect copyright.PENANA2eesDgl01L
"Thank God it isn't a car," said Mike.583Please respect copyright.PENANAKfrNEbYlxO
I rolled my eyes. "What's up?"583Please respect copyright.PENANAlh3SAQZQli
"Guess what we found?" Daniel said as both him and Mike raised what they were holding in their hands.583Please respect copyright.PENANA3ujrxRIR3f
"Oh, confetti guns," I said with a smile. "This is going to be fun."583Please respect copyright.PENANAN6cOem0cz7
"Cool! Confetti guns!" Zoey appeared behind me with party blowers.583Please respect copyright.PENANAPmYrcww9fI
"We're so going to make a mess at the party," said Daniel.583Please respect copyright.PENANAJGb98b0u3P
"All the more for Collins to hate us," I said.583Please respect copyright.PENANAihy7bpxERu
"So what are you saying?" Mike asked. "We shouldn't get them?"583Please respect copyright.PENANAe027efv3no
"Of course we can, it's a party after all."583Please respect copyright.PENANAGqrHRvvEGe
"Yes!" the two boys cheered as they put the confetti guns into the trolley and ran off.583Please respect copyright.PENANAbZWvK1qPKC
"Aren't we almost done 583Please respect copyright.PENANAyXOMg5s5bL
here?" Zoey asked as she came over to the trolley to put in the red 583Please respect copyright.PENANAvV5hZLXXE7
party blowers. "I mean, we are almost at the end of the store."583Please respect copyright.PENANAn16pWOpb0g
"I think we got all that583Please respect copyright.PENANAOzfxDi23Fo
we need," I said as I looked into the trolley. "But let the others 583Please respect copyright.PENANAKTIVvtP7Ui
scavenge through the last aisles and see what they get."583Please respect copyright.PENANAQmBWJbMHAY
"I wanted to ask about the food," said Zoey. "You know there's no party without it."583Please respect copyright.PENANAW6hI315bQU
"I know. Lee called to ask what else we needed and I told her about the food and snacks. There might even be cake."583Please respect copyright.PENANAjgfCPHjZyH
Zoey's eyes lit up. "Cake?"583Please respect copyright.PENANAbhNq2a5Et3
"Did someone say cake?" 583Please respect copyright.PENANAOtKJMlNaoS
Christine poked her head round the corner of a shelf, with an excited 583Please respect copyright.PENANALyiHRs8cbX
look on her face upon hearing the word "cake."583Please respect copyright.PENANAjtywcliq0f
My two brothers appeared from the last aisles with red party streamers as they sang Flo Rida's song "Cake", "I only came for the cake. Ca-ca-ca-cake Ca-ca-ca-cake!"583Please respect copyright.PENANA72QfBiw7li
"Okay, looks like I 583Please respect copyright.PENANAhQCZxQhXMN
shouldn't have said that," I said as I looked at my two brothers sing 583Please respect copyright.PENANAltMPsd0sIu
and dance to the song waving the streamers around.583Please respect copyright.PENANA9mjw2qEDvY
Zoey laughed. "There's just no party without cake," she said.583Please respect copyright.PENANAes1Dztdrht
"I wonder what's so special about it," I said as I stared off into the distance.583Please respect copyright.PENANAwERui3hfJY
"No one knows," said 583Please respect copyright.PENANApGRD53DWk2
Christine as she came with red party ribbons and put them in the 583Please respect copyright.PENANAlCLTZdyPhC
trolley. "Most people only come for the cake."583Please respect copyright.PENANAAqkqQ6L9Ij
"I didn't came here to party," sang Mike as he slowly approached.583Please respect copyright.PENANAlUkStefNxd
"I didn't come here to stay," Daniel continued, following Mike.583Please respect copyright.PENANAK19MvsUqNC
"I came to the leave with somebody," sang Mike.583Please respect copyright.PENANAh8pcaeE271
"I only came for the cake," the five of us all responded at the same time.583Please respect copyright.PENANAjYQ830ZPes
I smiled. "Okay, are we done?" I asked.583Please respect copyright.PENANAIsWNI3DRIy
"Looks like we are," said Mike. "That's if you want me to get some party costumes at the end of the aisle."583Please respect copyright.PENANAQmZqqwW51M
"No!" the four of us answered. Mike raised his hands in surrender.583Please respect copyright.PENANAV4xazgs9kM
"Alright, I was only kidding," he said.583Please respect copyright.PENANAAU36P16TAB
"Let's pay for this stuff," I said. "And who wants to go shopping for red outfits?"583Please respect copyright.PENANAJxbnbPKgKC
All the four Toxins raised their hands. Come to think of it, I also had to find something red.583Please respect copyright.PENANAO3UKQSxPtg
"Okay, let's pay and put all this in the car. We will only have forty minutes to get clothes and whatever that is red."583Please respect copyright.PENANApbv3WnDfue
"Aye, aye, captain," said Daniel.583Please respect copyright.PENANA4dmBRjzlNc
We quickly went straight583Please respect copyright.PENANAy4dvibopE7
to the counter and after loading stuff in the trolley again, we quickly583Please respect copyright.PENANAJ1UGTuj4RY
rushed out of the store, again with the intention of not being seen so 583Please respect copyright.PENANAabGNDUNgjk
easily by passersby.583Please respect copyright.PENANAP61m9c45QN
As soon as we were done 583Please respect copyright.PENANAoa47GUQK7s
packing the party supplies in the car with the help of the chauffeur, we583Please respect copyright.PENANACKFjWSUe13
went back to the mall and this time to get clothes. The four of us 583Please respect copyright.PENANA1l6t6fwxdQ
split up, Zoey, Christine and I went one way, my two brothers went 583Please respect copyright.PENANA1DDAaWOL5U
another.583Please respect copyright.PENANAXz4qmKunHS
Surprisingly, as many 583Please respect copyright.PENANAJQIuqG53NS
boutiques that we visited, the girls and I couldn't find anything 583Please respect copyright.PENANAAnA3ul6JXC
dazzling in red. There were red dresses, red t-shirts and shirts with 583Please respect copyright.PENANAD3U5l8vQJi
fancy red skirts and pants alright, some with a touch of white or black.583Please respect copyright.PENANAKYgeWYh6GA
But we just couldn't find the right outfit. The only thing we managed 583Please respect copyright.PENANA3dwdF2Jibi
to come out with were red shoes.583Please respect copyright.PENANAKjkRm1zRjL
"This is getting 583Please respect copyright.PENANAWnauEiLRet
ridiculous," said Zoey as the three of us were walking around each with a583Please respect copyright.PENANAv51t6lBsdf
bag that had a pair of red shoes. "We're running out of time and we 583Please respect copyright.PENANA5zVZUvKZgN
can't seem to find the right outfit."583Please respect copyright.PENANACbfC09FAjK
"Shouldn't we have just 583Please respect copyright.PENANAZDXRfL8p64
changed the theme colour?" Christine asked looking at me. "Because I saw583Please respect copyright.PENANAf2nzlgmVsj
a sparkling blue flared summer dress in one of the boutiques."583Please respect copyright.PENANALPi2pItGGf
"You would have looked like a fairy," I said. I knew the dress she was talking about. She couldn't get her eyes off it.583Please respect copyright.PENANAV0PRqEoZyx
"I feel we're looking for the wrong thing here," said Zoey.583Please respect copyright.PENANAF1srZ9gmY7
"I feel so too," I said.583Please respect copyright.PENANAFgFGyT7hgb
"You know the offer is 583Please respect copyright.PENANAW66JU2NFxC
still on the table for getting those costumes we found at the party 583Please respect copyright.PENANA8rDUbmGTzh
supply store," said Mike as he and Daniel came from behind.583Please respect copyright.PENANAKQ4gOfy2OG
"Really?" Zoey turned to look at him. "We said no."583Please respect copyright.PENANApt00yEiGPG
Mike smirked. "I don't know about you ladies," he said, "but Daniel and I already have what we need."583Please respect copyright.PENANAdWYhgskHvF
"Lucky you," said Christine. "We only managed to get shoes but the outfits we have seen just aren't right."583Please respect copyright.PENANAD1L0ZkGuF3
"Well, there are still plenty of places to look," said Daniel. "It ain't the end of the world."583Please respect copyright.PENANApShBAoc9s8
"But the question is where?" I asked as I bit my lip deep in thought. I quickly pulled out my phone.583Please respect copyright.PENANAxESEcPserm
"Are you calling a fashion designer?" Zoey asked.583Please respect copyright.PENANAxbCVNfdzhk
"No, I'm calling Lee. 583Please respect copyright.PENANArNST1tFdHq
She must be somewhere around this mall." I put the phone to my ear. Her 583Please respect copyright.PENANAXf2L4t4NOT
phone began to ring at the under end.583Please respect copyright.PENANAkuYgAlbJv0
"Are you sure?" Christine asked.583Please respect copyright.PENANAwi8eFryqgG
"Hi, Lee," I said as soon as Lee picked up the call. "Where are you?"583Please respect copyright.PENANAe5aMrAgA3y
"Looking for something red, where else?" she answered.583Please respect copyright.PENANAjv8BrbhaOP
"Okay, where are you, exactly?"583Please respect copyright.PENANA4nSKdSYY4I
Lee paused. "Wait, you think we are at the same mall?"583Please respect copyright.PENANAAuXu0BX669
"You are at the Myeong-dong shopping mall, aren't you?"583Please respect copyright.PENANAZtwVsqkDMJ
"I'm not going to ask how you guessed."583Please respect copyright.PENANATk0LpZMcqS
"Well, we all like coming here." I shrugged my shoulders. "Didn't have to guess."583Please respect copyright.PENANAp3bknGF9YF
"Okay Miss Smarty Pants, why do you want to know where I am?"583Please respect copyright.PENANAS3BEec4jy5
"The girls and I are stuck and we need to find a red outfit quick. We don't have much time."583Please respect copyright.PENANAbAVSYVaHEO
Lee gave us directions to which boutique she was in and we found it within a minute. Surprisingly, she wasn't that far.583Please respect copyright.PENANAhF2y6JJ2Sp
"Hey, guys!" Lee called out to us when she noticed us enter the boutique.583Please respect copyright.PENANAowo0CPf5ni
Zoey rushed over to Lee as she was looking at a gorgeous sparkling red high low dress.583Please respect copyright.PENANAHEHtxWv5yH
"Are you going to get this, Lee?" Zoey asked, her eyes were filled with wonder as she looked at the dress.583Please respect copyright.PENANAu7ErjLA72o
"Oh, no, you can try it," said Lee. "I already picked a dress."583Please respect copyright.PENANAHtrXMFoOp0
"Thank you." Zoey quickly unhanged the dress from it's hanger and she quickly went to the dressing room.583Please respect copyright.PENANAWo9hNSLNZW
"Well, lucky her," said 583Please respect copyright.PENANAbad1CsfXRl
Christine as the rest of us got to where Lee stood with Zoey. "Looks 583Please respect copyright.PENANAhuJGgsylWq
like she found what she was looking for."583Please respect copyright.PENANAAdvw07C95G
"And you haven't," Lee mocked Christine with a smile.583Please respect copyright.PENANA0WUo6jz2xF
"Ya, ya, ya, let me get 583Please respect copyright.PENANABk1Ihlt7eU
right to it," said Christine, trying to rub off Lee as she went in the 583Please respect copyright.PENANAKXl0F0gjI9
aisle looking for something red on the clothes rack.583Please respect copyright.PENANAGPWIJXYusZ
"We don't need to worry about checking for anything," said Mike. "We men have it all handled."583Please respect copyright.PENANAzT5jRabrKC
"Stuff for men or boys aren't that hard to get," I said as I looked at my brother.583Please respect copyright.PENANAcBtiNBSADF
"As long as it's smart and sensible," said Lee.583Please respect copyright.PENANAuyxLzipy7W
"Okay, we get you're trying to say that finding girl stuff is hard," said Mike.583Please respect copyright.PENANAV2kyRp0QZZ
"It is," Lee and I said at the same time.583Please respect copyright.PENANAyc4zpbQNPu
"Okay, Sam, why don't you look for something?" Daniel reminded me. "We're running out of time."583Please respect copyright.PENANAdK8GEPP0sV
"Oh, right," I said as I looked around wondering which way to go until I finally picked a direction. Lee followed behind me.583Please respect copyright.PENANApvBnNgZ5x2
"How come you girls couldn't find an outfit?" Lee asked.583Please respect copyright.PENANAtfAnoriQiT
"Maybe it's because we didn't find a nice fancy boutique like this one," I answered as I noticed a red and white dress.583Please respect copyright.PENANAF6a8SUPlsF
"All boutiques are nice and fancy."583Please respect copyright.PENANAdlmOZChd6q
"Well, this one is extra fancy by a long shot."583Please respect copyright.PENANAuAPEBHsdnI
Lee nodded her head slightly as she looked at a gorgeous blue summer dress. "You might have a point."583Please respect copyright.PENANADLzOAnSwRD
I kept on looking in the583Please respect copyright.PENANAK6eN4xFQVp
clothes rack for anything red until Zoey appeared at the other end of 583Please respect copyright.PENANAm6COfPbSBV
the aisle all dressed up in the dress she picked.583Please respect copyright.PENANAXsWGUDr4Cn
"How do I look?" she asked as she twirled around.583Please respect copyright.PENANAYIaf6zdzGL
"It's gorgeous, Zoey," I replied honestly. Her high low dress looked stunning.583Please respect copyright.PENANATVctDzbrlO
"I like it," said 583Please respect copyright.PENANAjDjBFaeVcD
Christine as she appeared standing next to Zoey admiring the dress. "And583Please respect copyright.PENANAKiu4BLE0Al
they are really going to match with your heels."583Please respect copyright.PENANAEQmwy14aRH
"Thanks," said Zoey with a smile.583Please respect copyright.PENANAqpDXswibvu
"Too bad you don't look like Cinderella," said Mike.583Please respect copyright.PENANAtNo0RpLsJG
"I didn't ask for your 583Please respect copyright.PENANAW1dd8fFd02
opinion," said Zoey looking at the other side, where Mike was probably 583Please respect copyright.PENANAvs0Vmo3zF6
standing. "And besides, Cinderella wore a blue dress."583Please respect copyright.PENANAGInNnPp6oX
"But I bet she looked more prettier."583Please respect copyright.PENANAi2iUrOGgAr
Zoey didn't say a word as she quickly turned around with her dress and headed back to the dressing room.583Please respect copyright.PENANA5o0nsOdZvg
I went back to looking for a dress when I said, "you really shouldn't be too hard on her, Mike."583Please respect copyright.PENANA85vciCPDGl
"I tell him that everyday," said Daniel at the other end.583Please respect copyright.PENANAU3uVaGTEqD
Christine soon appeared with a red halter neck backless skater dress.583Please respect copyright.PENANAbEPH7p41LE
"Hey, do you think this will look good on me?" she asked Lee and I.583Please respect copyright.PENANAHC9ORutObm
"If you ask me, that looks super cute," I said.583Please respect copyright.PENANAobKp7Wugkq
"You should try it. I bet it will look fantastic," said Lee.583Please respect copyright.PENANAIjk2gCNQ8A
Christine ran off to the583Please respect copyright.PENANAbw9vwFl94R
dressing room and at the same time, Zoey came back with her dress in 583Please respect copyright.PENANA2K4DQbl6qw
her hand and back in her usual clothes.583Please respect copyright.PENANAzIjNyvp3IO
"Found anything yet?" Zoey asked as she looked at me.583Please respect copyright.PENANAHbMiLbITBs
"Sadly, no," I answered as I turned round the corner and entered another aisle.583Please respect copyright.PENANAtXxtso36B9
"Well, there must be something for you. Let me pay for this and then I'll come help out with Lee."583Please respect copyright.PENANAkJNnFRnZbn
"And you better hurry," Mike announced. "We only have 10 minutes."583Please respect copyright.PENANAfL7nNEBRLr
"Well, time seems to move slow on my part," said Lee as she joined me and Zoey went to the counter.583Please respect copyright.PENANAx9dh7QpssU
"I feel the last four 583Please respect copyright.PENANA3oPVHNmrg1
minutes I've been here, I ve been searching forever," I said as I drew 583Please respect copyright.PENANA5RxllLlmvf
out a red top that didn't feel right still.583Please respect copyright.PENANA6zuZKJPti2
"Don't worry, the place has plenty of stuff."583Please respect copyright.PENANA3bCz215GTz
"Ya, but we have to go and decorate."583Please respect copyright.PENANA8IcEzTtudi
"The others can leave and you and I can stay here. The others can decorate without you."583Please respect copyright.PENANAVy6uw1kjVo
"No, we need Sam around for the decorations," said Daniel.583Please respect copyright.PENANAVjSPkbaIef
"True," said Zoey from the counter.583Please respect copyright.PENANAA7RKBqinXZ
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without me, guys," I said to them intently looking at the clothes in 583Please respect copyright.PENANAvIf0nSbayO
front of me. There was nothing red so I moved on to another clothes 583Please respect copyright.PENANAMQ4km3YzbK
rack.583Please respect copyright.PENANAZHqJnFlLyB
"And you don't have to 583Please respect copyright.PENANAgEvST68h7v
worry about the food and snacks. The people whom I hired are already on 583Please respect copyright.PENANAUFIYfRZcFp
it and the hotel knows that they will be expecting them."583Please respect copyright.PENANAQ6nHt69PnN
"What about the cake?" Mike asked.583Please respect copyright.PENANAKn6Bo6bH7Y
"Don't worry too much about the cake. It's bad luck, you know?"583Please respect copyright.PENANAcHeFxOVg90
"I've never heard anyone say that in my entire life," said Zoey as she appeared in the aisle Lee and I were in.583Please respect copyright.PENANAqHF9TMhWJS
"Me neither," said Daniel.583Please respect copyright.PENANA05bNMCsV0e
"Well, now you know," said Lee.583Please respect copyright.PENANAv943oRfKWc
"Gosh, there is nothing 583Please respect copyright.PENANACkGt9KoRNo
red here," I said. I was ready to give up. We were almost coming to the 583Please respect copyright.PENANAd6PP7ayiFU
last aisle of the boutique. I didn't feel so lucky this time around.583Please respect copyright.PENANAFl95VCEb5q
"Don't say that, Sam," said Zoey who was on the opposite side of the aisle with Lee.583Please respect copyright.PENANAbd7KRypELU
"Let me go in the last aisle."583Please respect copyright.PENANAbQ9ZpJb6RZ
Just as I was about to 583Please respect copyright.PENANALE1fUZuk77
turn round the corner, I abruptly bumped into something face first and I583Please respect copyright.PENANAs62ySpN0Ng
almost fell to the ground but kept my balance as I took a few steps 583Please respect copyright.PENANACpKNTRWnkf
backwards.583Please respect copyright.PENANARGYR15Fo5f
"미안, 너 괜찮 니?" ("Mian, neo kwaenchanh ni?") ("Sorry, are you okay?") asked the voice in front of me as I held my face.583Please respect copyright.PENANAqNVbEy8qOV
"네, 괜찮나요," ("Ne, kwaenchanhnayo,") ("Yes, I'm fine,") I replied though the bump really hurt.583Please respect copyright.PENANAq1KzwkBq40
"Sam, what is it?" Lee asked as she came over to me. She probably hadn't seen me bump into the person in front of me.583Please respect copyright.PENANAiQd4EY3CXk
"It's nothing, I just bumped into someone," I said as I looked at Lee, still holding my head.583Please respect copyright.PENANALAstYkZFtb
"Oh, hello," said the lady I bumped into. "I didn't notice it was you."583Please respect copyright.PENANAFl2fVVdLrt
I looked at the person 583Please respect copyright.PENANAujBTVMHOyJ
in front of me and I felt my face turn pale for a second. Lee also 583Please respect copyright.PENANAT8GavcS3f3
paused as she realised who I had bumped into.583Please respect copyright.PENANADIGWL2p4HF
"Hey," said Zoey as she 583Please respect copyright.PENANAiOpg4CT6bS
came towards Lee and I. "Are we still looking for the dress or...... oh,583Please respect copyright.PENANAEoajhCXhmJ
my gosh, you're from RedVelvet," Zoey couldn't believe her eyes when 583Please respect copyright.PENANAVFKfhaJ1bt
she saw who Lee and I were looking at.583Please respect copyright.PENANAjUF5Lv86Nl
Yeri giggled and said, "yes, and you're Zoey. From The Toxins. I'm such a fan."583Please respect copyright.PENANA2WUPJ71Nq1
"We are also fans of you too," said Zoey almost stammering.583Please respect copyright.PENANAwqORDX6I5j
"Ya, we are," I said, with a surprised look on my face.583Please respect copyright.PENANAHrwGOBHllO
"The girls are not going to believe this when I tell them that I just met you guys," said Yeri.583Please respect copyright.PENANAOYWsPCzYPy
"Where are you, Yeri?" came a voice from the last aisle.583Please respect copyright.PENANAAEVH3eIVuO
"I'm here, come and see who I just met," Yeri called back.583Please respect copyright.PENANAJ4IipKQQoU
"Hey, Sam, did you find something?" came Mike's voice. I could hear his footsteps and even Daniel's coming from the other side.583Please respect copyright.PENANAnKoMdss5Ov
"Who are you talking about now?" came the person who called Yeri and appeared round the corner. But the person wasn't alone.583Please respect copyright.PENANAwvd19LZ25G
Immediately my two 583Please respect copyright.PENANASuomLlW6c4
brothers appeared behind Lee, Zoey and I, four other members of 583Please respect copyright.PENANAN1JoZko4Ek
RedVelvet appeared behind Yeri. For a moment there was silence.583Please respect copyright.PENANAg28lqrp9Av
Then all of the sudden, a583Please respect copyright.PENANA5lCQDyA1X7
little scream came out of nowhere. Everyone turned to where the noise 583Please respect copyright.PENANAlpSEEXQv2x
was coming from. It was Christine.583Please respect copyright.PENANAH00qw1JZxE
She quickly covered her 583Please respect copyright.PENANA1bz29zgryX
mouth and gathered herself together. "Sorry, I couldn't help myself 583Please respect copyright.PENANAuz31Yudnj6
after seeing RedVelvet," she said after she uncovered her mouth.583Please respect copyright.PENANACEiSNOPBcS
"I'm also as surprised as you are, but I didn't scream, did I?" Mike asked.583Please respect copyright.PENANAY1MkMijfXT
"Spare her," said 583Please respect copyright.PENANAF44aQyROb0
Seulgi, with a smile. "We are all girls and it's quite hard to keep 583Please respect copyright.PENANAKgTwu2McSX
ourselves contained when we see famous people."583Please respect copyright.PENANAVxwrPwkg56
"This is so weird," said Daniel. "I'm Daniel and I'm a fan of you guys."583Please respect copyright.PENANALFcqf6P5M4
Joy and Irene giggled. "Same here," they said at the same time.583Please respect copyright.PENANA7wSGiC0yeG
"Isn't this funny?" I asked. "Us meeting RedVelvet, when we are actually having a red themed party today?"583Please respect copyright.PENANA2G3QZtoMHV
"Ooooh, ya!" the four Toxins slapped their foreheads.583Please respect copyright.PENANA6PfdTCEQLk
"You're so right, Sam," said Christine. "I didn't even notice."583Please respect copyright.PENANAy67cv5zlN4
"You're having a red themed party?" Wendy asked her eyes glowing with excitement. "Cool!"583Please respect copyright.PENANAi8QTNQyfY6
"Ya, we are, so we were all looking for something red," said Lee.583Please respect copyright.PENANAG3HVBu79W4
"That looks good on you, Christine," said Yeri as she walked over to Christine to look at her dress.583Please respect copyright.PENANAK7aRfDhNQv
Christine blushed. "You even know my name?" Yeri smiled and then Christine said, "oh..., ya, thanks."583Please respect copyright.PENANAQ3hHxYw4uS
"But we have a problem though," said Mike. I looked at him as I knew what the was able to say.583Please respect copyright.PENANACNVzCrqkpp
"What is it?" Seulgi asked. "Haven't you found something red, yourself?"583Please respect copyright.PENANA6Q0lmI4xdO
"I already did, thanks. 583Please respect copyright.PENANAAVi68qdA1Y
I'm talking about my sister. She hasn't found anything yet and we have 583Please respect copyright.PENANAeHYiA3iu0F
to go back and prepare for the party."583Please respect copyright.PENANALl37sihWC9
"Oh." Seulgi, Irene and Wendy looked at each other, then at me.583Please respect copyright.PENANACxR9QipbMZ
Joy soon snapped her fingers, drawing all our attention to her.583Please respect copyright.PENANA78GQ1EPR29
"I think I know what will suit her," said Joy.583Please respect copyright.PENANA68VcEclG0g
"You do?" Daniel and Zoey asked at the same time.583Please respect copyright.PENANALUDcbFEIoM
"I saw this dress in the aisle we were in. Come, Sam, and I'll show you."583Please respect copyright.PENANAD07hlsZRIS
Joy turned around and I 583Please respect copyright.PENANAht4UQ1eahu
quickly followed her. She got to a clothes rack where there were red 583Please respect copyright.PENANAvkXO8WWU2h
dresses through and through. She looked among them and checked before 583Please respect copyright.PENANAu9eo42WFkA
she drew out the one she was looking for.583Please respect copyright.PENANA1BYqz3pPvu
"Here you are," she said with a smile on her face. "You will look really pretty in this."583Please respect copyright.PENANAECfLvBefPn
She gave me a red short 583Please respect copyright.PENANAP13pws54A3
sleeveless prom dress. It was really pretty because of the design. And I583Please respect copyright.PENANAfYKut5RA2z
had to admit, I fell in love with it completely.583Please respect copyright.PENANAZvoaSitbpx
"Wow, it's so pretty," said Zoey as she came over to look at the dress.583Please respect copyright.PENANAG3z5mbA0kR
"It will suit her," said Seulgi. "Nice work, Joy. You picked the right dress."583Please respect copyright.PENANAr34TI4V1TO
"Yes, thank you," I said. "I almost gave up looking."583Please respect copyright.PENANAPMvp9Bai6T
"You're welcome," said Joy as she gave me a hug.583Please respect copyright.PENANAmKnWCVeTJw
"Well, I bet even if we weren't here, you would still find it," said Yeri.583Please respect copyright.PENANAaxeQQDrySv
"Maybe," said Mike. "But you just made finding the dress more easier because we have to go."583Please respect copyright.PENANAnp7qwxD4GV
"Oh, ya, the party," I slapped my head. "We have to put up the decorations."583Please respect copyright.PENANAN245gEYLIm
"Would you like to come?" Lee asked, addressing the question to RedVelvet.583Please respect copyright.PENANApQ4NsncEzn
"Us? To the party?" Wendy asked.583Please respect copyright.PENANAgzekDCACpg
"Ya, it will be nice if you come," said Zoey.583Please respect copyright.PENANAfBNJIEDTqB
"As much as we would love to hang out with you guys at your party, I'm afraid we have to go back to the studio," said Irene.583Please respect copyright.PENANAtPRanVHrGC
"Oh," said Christine looking a little crestfallen. "It would really have been nice if you came."583Please respect copyright.PENANAfl9pZrLIKI
"Maybe some other time," said Yeri. "I for one would really like to hang out with you guys."583Please respect copyright.PENANAcLnN7awrzA
"Ya, we do too," said Daniel.583Please respect copyright.PENANAgdcC1t2Q23
"Okay, let me try and see if the dress fits," I said.583Please respect copyright.PENANAdf7ttYVJt7
"Of course it will fit," said Zoey. "The dress is just your size."583Please respect copyright.PENANAlRPyuFe502
"Really?" I looked at the size of the dress by the tag at the back of it. "Even if it is, what if it's too big on me?"583Please respect copyright.PENANAsmxdY46hAH
"Whenever I get you a dress, I never check the size because I know you perfectly. We have to go. We don't have much time."583Please respect copyright.PENANAubOunJSxmK
"Fine." I rolled my eyes. I couldn't believe I was agreeing to this but right now, we were late.583Please respect copyright.PENANAd04QrUyJFN
"Christine, you better change out of that dress," I reminded her.583Please respect copyright.PENANANeKMfM1nZU
"Wait, before we all go, can we take a quick selfie? All of us?" Joy asked as she excitedly pulled out her phone.583Please respect copyright.PENANARM1nmx4bb9
"Sure," said Daniel. "But let's not take more than one. We all are running really late."583Please respect copyright.PENANAXhlxwpGW3f
We quickly huddled ourselves together and with smiling faces, looked up at Joy's camera.583Please respect copyright.PENANAh2iAJf52zS
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