it.” Wylder elbowed her in the side.
“Check with your roommate,” Lillian said. “Devyn can probably go with you.” Devyn and Wylder were her neighbors, and they were a constant reminder of how grateful Lillian was to be a senior and no longer required to live with a roommate.
“She’s already shot me down.” Wylder tossed her blond dreads over her shoulder.
“Don’t you have a ton of guy friends on the hockey team?”
“Yeah but they’re all heading to practice, and I’m bored.”
“Maybe you should pick up an extracurricular?” Wylder seriously needed some direction in her life. The girl was always bored and kind of lazy.
“No way. I’m not the joiner type. Too bad you’re too busy for coffee. I guess I’ll catch you guys later for dinner. Oh, by the way, you should know your mom is lying in wait in your room. She’s got a billion ugly white dresses for you to try on.”
“Cotillion dresses.” Lillian’s stomach sank to her toes. “Ugh, maybe I do want to get coffee.”
“You have my sympathies. Moms are complicated, aren’t they?”
“You have no idea.”
“Good luck with that. I’m going to attempt sneaking off campus to find some normal people to hang with.” Wylder left her at the entrance to their dormitory.
Lillian trudged up the stairs to her suite on the third floor. She normally took the elevator but any excuse to delay a visit with her mother was a good choice.
“Lillian?” Devyn called from the stairwell one floor up.
“Yeah, I know. I have a visitor.”
“I brought you a protein shake and some of my workout clothes if you want to make an escape.”
“Thanks, Devyn.” Lillian met her on the next landing. “But I better get it over with. She’s here to talk about the debutant ball in Lexington in a few weeks.”
“You’re a deb this year?” Devyn tapped her riding crop against her shiny leather boots. “Been there. It’s the worst. I’m just glad I had cotillion last year.”
“You’d think my mom would rather I throw myself into practice than parade around a bunch of rich people at her country club.”
“It’s a pain, right? We’ve both got bigger priorities this year.” Devyn shrugged. “Gotta get to the stables. Good luck with your mom.”
“See you at dinner.” Lillian took the last flight of steps at a snail’s pace. Devyn was the closest thing she had to a friend at this school. They understood each other in a way none of their peers did. They had a drive few other girls their age could comprehend.
“Well it’s about time,” Daria Preston snapped the second Lillian stepped into her dorm room.
“Hi, Mom. I didn’t realize you were stopping by.” Lillian ignored her mother’s tapping, disapproving foot. “It’s nice to see you.” She dropped her messenger bag into her desk chair and kicked off her shoes. Her feet made her look like she was an accident victim. Bruised and swollen in places, and cracked and bleeding in others, she had the feet of a dedicated ballerina who worked tirelessly at her craft. Sitting on the floor, Lillian rubbed the arch of her foot, working out the stiffness. She had to tape up her feet to prepare for her class with Katrina later.
“Leave that for later.” Her mother took the surgical tape from her daughter’s hand. “We need to pick a dress for cotillion.”
Lillian eyed the rolling rack of fluffy white dresses her mother had brought with her. “It’s weeks away, Mom. You didn’t have to make a special trip for this.”
“You’ll need alterations, and we can’t risk not having the perfect dress, dear.” She snapped her fingers, gesturing for Lillian to stop her foot stretches and get her mind on fashion.
“You know I’ll wear whatever you choose. They’re all lovely.” Lillian feigned interest in the dresses. “Which one do you like?”
“I need to see them on you, dear. Start with this one.” Her mom pressed a long white Grecian style dress into her arms and ushered her into the bedroom. It was going to be a long afternoon.
“I have practice soon, just so you know.”
“I called Katrina on my way in. She’s going to let us practice late this evening. The janitor will be there to lock up when we’re done. Now go change.”
“Okay.” Lillian reluctantly stepped into her bedroom to try on the first of more than a dozen dresses. So much for having dinner with Wylder and Devyn tonight. She would be lucky if she had dinner at all.
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Author, Christina Benjamin, lives in Florida with her husband, and character inspiring pets, where she spends her free time working on her books, eating chocolate and drinking wine.
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