PREPARING

ANGEL

I woke up to the bed moving violently underneath me. I groaned as I looked over and watched as August jumped up and down on the bed.

"Morning sunshine. Or should I say, afternoon." She giggled as she stopped jumping and plopped down on the bed right next to me, causing my body to bounce and I landed on the floor in a heap.

"HEY! What was that for?!" I yelled as I untangled myself from my blanket.

"Happy birthday bestie!" She giggled as I stood up and stretched.

Oh shit. I forgot it was my birthday.

'Dumb ass!'I heard someone say.

'Hey that's rude!!' Someone replied. I looked around, confused.

"Did you hear that?" I asked looking at August. She looked back at me weirdly.

"No?" She paused then her eyes widened.

"Oh my goddess!" She screamed suddenly, causing me to cover my ears. It seemed louder than usual.

"Jeez. Can you be any louder?!" I winced as my ears were still ringing.

"You know how your parents said your half demon and Angel?" I nodded.

"I bet the voices you're hearing are them!!" She squealed jumping on the bed again.

Is that true?

'Duh' the first voice said. 'Im Jezebeth. Your demon side.'

'I'm Arella. You're Angel side. Nice to finally meet you.' Said the second voice.

Oh wow. I was not expecting that.

"Soooooo? What are their names??" August asked. I focused back on her to realize her face was just inches away from mine.

"Arella and Jezebeth." I said, smiling softly.

"Ooooo so pretty!" She screamed. Causing my ears to ring again

"Could you not? That seriously hurts my ears!" I yell back at her. Feeling instant regret when she cowered back. My eyes went wide.

"I'm so sorry!" I whispered walking over to her and hugging her tightly.

"You're okay! It's just, when you did that my wolf automatically submitted to you. Usually that only happens with Alphas..." she said with a puzzled look on her face.

"Well. That's weird." I said.

'Not really.' Said Jezebeth.

'Yeah. We are both technically royalty where we come from.' Added Arella.

Oh wow.

"According to my girls, I'm technically royalty." I told August. She looks at me wide eyed.

"That's awesome but...you've only got about 2 hours to get ready for your date tonight bestie..." she said. Pointing at the clock.

"WHAT THE HELL AUGUST?!" I ran to my closet. Trying to figure out what to wear.

"Don't worry. I got you already." August said as she pulled out a beautifully wrapped box. I looked down at it then smiled at her.

"Thank you.." I said as I opened it. Revealing a beautiful black knee length dress with a fitted bodice and a flowing skirt. It seemed to shift black to red when you looked at it from different angles. With it, a pair of heels. Not too tall. Thank god. And a beautiful red diamond necklace of a wolf howling at the moon.

"Oh my god. Thank you so much. They're beautiful." I told her with tears in my eyes and hugged her tightly.

"You know I love you bestie. Now go take a shower and get dressed. I'll do your hair and makeup when you get out." She said as she pushed me towards the bathroom. I walked inside and gave her another smile as I closed the door behind me.

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I smiled at myself in the mirror. August has straightened my hair and gave me some smoky eyeshadow with red lip gloss. I looked so much different than I usually did. I wasn't used to dresses so it did make me slightly uncomfortable.

"Do I look okay?" I asked shyly.

"Girl you look amazing!" She squealed. A knock sounded downstairs.

"I'll get it for you." She grinned at me and winked. I laughed.

"Thank you." I said as she walked out of the bedroom. I looked at myself in the mirror again and smoothed down my dress. As nervous as I was, I was also excited too. I took a deep breath.

Here we go.