Chapter Ten
Hanna Harnett
Part Two
After we had put our
clothes away, made our beds, and tried desperately to personalize
our rooms, I spent lunch with Dawn, Kate, Britney, and Alicia (the
dining with your
dormies rule obviously wasn’t enforced… at
all) while onlookers and outcasts stared in jealousy at the Alpha
table. I was gaining fast status and within the first fifteen
minutes of lunch, I kicked Britney out of the Beta spot in the
clique (Charlotte spent half of it alone, the second half she spent
in her room, probably crying her Cali eyes out. I have no idea how
Taylor spent her lunch, maybe beating up some nerds). As we were
clearing our trays of the disgusting cafeteria food, Dawn pulled me
aside and told me she was going to the party with Jake, and to look
for her once I got to the party with Damien. (Yeah, right!) I just
nodded and mumbled a half-hearted ‘sure’.
Afterwards, I walked to my dorm with the occasional excited
pirouette, and took a bubble-bath in the claw-foot bathtub that
had to be a hundred years old. It was chipped and
stained, but gave tons of steaming-hot water. With my
hair twisted in a (yellow) towel and my body wrapped in another
(yellow) towel, I picked out two dresses. Wishing I had my
friends there to help me decide, I stared at my options. There
was a gorgeous white floral dress from Charlotte
Russe, or a
less fancy Abercrombie dress with a white racerback top tucked into a
navy and white polka-dotted skirt. Sighing and throwing both
outfits back into my dresser, I picked out dark
jeggings
(Hollister) and a pale blue Abercrombie V-neck shirt with bright
flowers designed on the front. I paired them with navy braided
flip-flops, and my hair was pin-straight and shimmering halfway
down my back. The single feather beaded into my hair were blue
and black striped, and thin, so it looked more like a headband
when I twisted my side-bangs back, which I almost always did. My
make-up was pale and perfect, and as I glanced at my reflection
in the mirror, I saw Charlotte watching me sullenly, and Taylor
looking at me quizzically through slitted eyes. Whatever.
>>Rules aren't the only things broken
here...♥