13 Thirteen

Christa looked at herself in the mirror, she couldn't believe what she was wearing. A soft, custom made red dress was draped around her body. It looked as if it had come straight from 'The Red Carpet', with the immaculate design. In fact, she herself looked like she had just walked off the runway. Bella had some people come and do her makeup and hair, and she could barely even recognize her own reflection, "Hey Bella!" She yelled.

"Yeah?" Came a response from the bedroom.

"Are you sure this is free of charge?" Christa asked. She knew she had signed a contract, but she couldn't help but feel guilty for not paying anything for an item as luxurious as the dress.

"Yup! Don't worry about it!" Bella answered as she made her way over to the living room. She looked at Christa's dress approvingly, "It looks good on you."

Christa blushed, "Well you look good too." She admired Bella's pastel blue dress. It had similar designs as Christa's, which she could only assume were on purpose.

"Oh my," began Bella, faking disbelief, "did I just receive a compliment from you?"

Christa rolled her eyes and laughed, "Am I not allowed to give out compliments?"

"Well, of course, but I never thought this honor would be bestowed upon me!" Bella made dramatic hand gestures to emphasize the occasion.

"Oh be quiet." Christa said playfully, "Are we gonna go to this thing, or what?"

"There's actually something we forgot to do."

"And what's that?" Christa asked skeptically.

"Well, we haven't really rehearsed how we're going to act when we're there." Christa shook her head, trying to cover her face, "Like are we gonna hold hands, or hug, or kiss? We need to establish that we are an item." Christa blushed even more when she heard those last words.

"I-I mean, we don't need to do anything too crazy, hugging and holding hands is fine!" Said Christa nervously. Bella came closer to her, and put her arms gracefully around her waist. Christa's heart pounded in her chest as Bella leaned in closer. She didn't want it to happen again, not like how it did with Shay.

She was about to push away when, "Boop!" Bella tapped the tip of her nose and grinned. Christa looked at her with relief and disgust, "Pffft- You actually thought I was gonna try something?!" Bella burst out laughing.

"No, ugh-I mean if you're gonna do something like that, then at least go through with it!" Christa pouted, blushing.

"So you wanted me to?" Bella asked, suddenly serious.

"What?!? Hahahahaha! No- I would have pushed your sorry face away if you even tried!" Said Christa, suddenly not sure if she would have.

"This," Bella announced, "is no laughing matter. If my girlfriend wants kisses, she gets kisses!"

She tried to mimic what she had done before, pulling an embarrassed Christa into her arms, but as she leaned in, "You lost your chance." Christa slid out of her grasp and stuck out her tongue teasingly, "Shall we go?"

"Yeah, hehe. Let's go!" They walked out the door, and headed downstairs to a limo that was waiting outside. Christa couldn't help but notice, that although she sounded cheerful, Bella looked a little sad.