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him, getting tears all over Festos, too. “Aw, man.” He complained, but his arms came around both of us, so we knew he didn’t really mean it.
    The night picked up from there. The flood I’d let loose made me feel loads better. My Midol kicked in, too, and we managed to find a long-sleeved dress that really made me look good. Finally, it was on to finishing touches. I leaned back against the bathroom counter, holding still as Theo put smoky eye makeup on me. “Do I want to know why you’re so good at this?” I asked, as he expertly smudged the corners.
    “Nope.”
    “Thesi used to wear eyeliner all the time,” Festos said, watching the proceedings.
    My mouth fell open and I jerked my head to Hannah, totally incredulous. She stared back at me from her seat on the edge of the tub, her expression identical.
    “You lie,” Hannah accused Festos.
    “Swear on the Styx,” Festos replied, giving the sacred oath of the gods.
    “And you kept this from us?” Hannah asked Theo.
    “I wasn’t going to wear eyeliner at Hope Park. Our school isn’t that progressive. And thanks for moving your head,” he groused. “Now I’ve got to do it over.”
    “But I could have been watching you wear it since we’ve been at Fee’s,” I protested as he clasped my chin in his hand to keep me still so he could fix his work.
    “You get enough pervy thrills voyeuring when Festos and me kiss. I’m not encouraging any other kinks of yours.”
    Hannah cocked an eyebrow. “They been kissing much?”
    Festos nodded enthusiastically before I could answer. “Tons.”
    Theo let go of my chin, stepped back, and looked at me for a moment. “We’re good,” he said and checked me over again. “Nyx good.”
    Fee squealed and turned me around to face the mirror. Staring back at me was a really hot stranger with whom I was quite willing to get more familiar. My eyes were huge and all mysterious. My royal blue dress was crazy scandalous. For me. The long sleeved top was loose and blousy, but it turned into an über-tight mini skirt at the hips. While the neckline in front was high, the back plunged down to my waist. There was no bra-wearing tonight.
    Hannah had helped paint my nails and toes a matching blue, and I wore very low heeled silver sandals since I wanted to be able to dance. With all the running and weight training to amp my strength and stamina, my legs looked crazy sexy.
    I wore my hair down, the loose curls tumbling to my shoulders in the best sultry bedhead imaginable. My only jewelry was Hannah’s silver cuff over the top of my right sleeve. And of course my sapphire pendent, which I never took off. I had the pendent tucked under my dress. Shimmery lip gloss completed my va-va-voomness.
    “I love it!” I clapped my hands in delight and beamed at my friends. “Seriously, you guys. Thank you so much. For everything. I really did need this. Need all of you.”
    They shrugged it off in varying degrees of modesty, except for Fee who announced, “D’uh. That’s why I suggested it.”
    I flung my arm around his neck. “Okay hot bunch, let’s dance, drink, and be merry for tomorrow—”
    Theo cut me off with a shake of his head. “Don’t even finish that bad paraphrase.” He left the room.
    We waited with Festos in the living room while Theo got dressed. Festos rocked a kind of retro 80s London vibe. He wore dark green slightly baggy pants that were a bit long through the crotch and rolled up at the ankle, revealing black wool socks and matte shoes. His shirt was the same green as his pants, topped with a short fitted charcoal jacket, and matching scarf.
    He’d rolled the cuffs of both his shirt and jacket back in a jaunty “couldn’t care less” kind of way and topped his blue hair with a fedora that matched the color and fabric of his jacket.
    “Admire me all you like, kiddies,” he encouraged from his sprawled out pose on the low red leather love seat.
    We did, until we saw Festos bolt up, and turned to see what