Chapter one hundred thirty-one: "Who You Calling Heavy!?"

Strange, since this morning I have been sneezing quite a lot
Is someone talking about me?

"You ok? You've been sneezing a lot" Aiden asked me while we were eating breakfast at the dinner table

I scrunched up my nose "I'm fine, I don't have an allergy or anything"

Yara and Peter came back to Mira and Max's home to bring breakfast and to also eat with us, they introduced themselves to the sibling and Daisy who freaked out when she saw Peter as she stepped out of the bathroom.

Wyett calmed Daisy down and they all talked it out with each other from accidentally scaring her, After we all ate breakfast Daisy and Yara hooked their arms around me "We're going shopping" Mira announced to me

"But didn't me and Daisy already have a dress?" I asked being the confused person I am

Yara looks at Daisy "I apologize you have to live with her"

Daisy shrugs "It's fine, I got used to it for 6 years in elementary"

I yanked my arms from their grip "If you guys are gonna insult me I'll just go back to my room in Daisy's home" I stomped my way to the door until Mira stopped me "Sorry about them, we're going shopping to find you a dress for the orchestra performance"

"As the pianist of the coveted spot in the school orchestra, it's only fair for you to stand out just like the person playing the cello" Max explained to me while he and Peter get along in finishing all the food on the plates

I chuckled a little "So what? Are you guys gonna find me a gold dress and have me wear it to the performance?"

The three girls laughed at me "Penelope what do you take us for? We won't dress you in a cheap gold dress so don't worry" then they started shoving me out of the house and into a taxi that will take us to a boutique

The boys stayed at home while the taxi was taking us to the boutique. When we finally arrived there the place was small but the dresses were almost like they were made by a luxury brand.

The design and even the fabric of the dress were exquisite, there were many designs to choose from but I think any dress looks fine but the three insist that they won't stop until they find the perfect dress for me. The owner of the shop even stepped in to help us find a dress

Soon after a 2-hour long search a staff member of the shop went to the back storage room and found a dress in a box that was left there untouched by dirt or dust, the dress was lovely

It was a glitter champagne color dress with a halter neck style that leaves the back open, and the front was an almost low v cut but not too low that it was showing the valley of my breast

I tried on the dress and coincidentally it was my exact size, there were only two of these dresses left at the back that were different sizes. One of them is my size which was perfect so we paid for it and went home to

Mira told me that the orchestra would always wear formal clothes even if they were performing on the beachside when the sun starts to set tomorrow, since we finished purchasing the dress I thought we were finally finished but I guess I was wrong

Mira and Daisy wanted to try out what style they were gonna do with my hair

"But I need to practice the piano"
What's the point in looking pretty in the concert if I'm going to embarrass myself in playing the notes wrongly

Yara stopped the two from pulling me "She's right, it's a performance tomorrow not a beauty contest. We can just style her hair while she practices playing piano"

Mira stopped hooking her arms with me "So where are we gonna find a piano for her to practice with? I know we don't play the piano even Daisy's family doesn't"

Yara clicked her tongue multiple times "Have you guys forgotten? We have a musician in our group. We can just borrow his piano in his home"
That's right, Aiden has a piano at his new home

"I'll get my hair tools at the salon, meet you guys at Aiden's home" Mira said then started running in the direction where the plaza was located

"It's just a performance tomorrow, you guys don't need to trouble yourselves for styling me"

Yara and Daisy sighed simultaneously then looked at each other "I supposed Will hasn't told you yet, hasn't he?" Daisy said to me

I slept early that night so I didn't know what happened that made them act so excited about my performance tomorrow, we all walked to Aiden's home was only a walking distance. I called up Aiden to ask for his gate password so we can get in

The boys told me that they were gonna go to Aiden's home too to try out all of his instruments, I opened the door and entered like I own the place since I was told by Aiden that I can treat his place as my home if I want

I headed straight to the white piano and pulled out my phone since I took a picture of the musical notes, Yara went to the couch and pulled out my dress and lay it flat so she could take a picture of it

"What are you doing?"

She giggles "Taking a picture for the ATM"
Why do I have an ominous feeling that there is another meaning behind those words

"ATM? Is someone paying for my dress?"
Wait a minute, I paid for my dress with the extra money that was given to me by Olivia and Ted

Yara looks panicked "No" then she blew a raspberry "As if someone would pay your dress for you but who would do that?"

"True without Cloud and my family here who would" I chuckled and Yara followed me with a nervous laugh
She's hiding something

I squinted my eyes at her and when I was I was about to start interrogating her when suddenly the door opened with Mira coming with her hands full of hair tools "Alright time to get to work"

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Playing the piano while someone was styling my hair was no easy feat, I have to be careful from being touched by the hot flat iron from styling my hair. The boys were messing around in the house and we're now playing video games on the flat-screen TV

We heard Yara's phone buzz and she read a message

"Who's it from?" I asked, I stopped playing the piano to rest and to see what my hair has become from all the styling they've done

She closed her phone and shove it deep in her pants "No one just a mistake send, say how about an elegant low bun? It would look good on her" she suggested to Mira

"I can do that, I have a dozen styles of low bun in my head right now. We can go through each and every one of them" Mira's fingers were touching my hair and I avoided it

"How about you sum it up to three? Because I feel like I want to sleep from how much you guys are touching my hair and being touched by my hair is my weak spot so I get sleepy easily"

Being brushed, combed, or even playing with my hair can trigger my sleepiness quickly

I can feel my eyes close and Daisy was just trying to help me stay awake by talking to me long enough to fight my drowsiness

Aiden, Max, Peter, and Wyett saw me looking like a corpse that was beings styled

Peter decided to be the brave man and speak up "Penelope is sleepy, look at her soulless eyes"
Nice description Peter

Yara and Aiden looked at Peter with an "mmm-hmm" face "Peter, her eyes are always soulless" Aiden told him and that is when I finally stood up

"Who at you saying soulless again?" I rolled up the sleeves of my sweater that Olivia came by to give us our clothes

Aiden and Peter back up to a wall, Aiden gave me a nervous grin "Aren't you?"

I cracked my knuckles "Let's try shall we?"

My feet moved on their own to get close to them until Wyett put his arms under my armpits to stop me "Alright let's get you to bed, you will have a big day ahead of you tomorrow"

Max held both of my feet up in the air "I'll help you since she is a bit heavy"

"WHO YOU CALLING HEAVY!?" I yelled at him and he was startled at how loud my voice was