Part 2: The Makeover

Alison

As she walked away from Dean she headed towards her dorm room and as she entered her room her phone started to ring, it was her father so she tapped the answer button.

"Hi dad how are you?"

"I'm great and how is my shining star?"

"I'm great dad so how come you're calling? ..... not that I don't like it but I mean we just spoke on the phone yesterday."

"Well I am calling to tell you that I want you to come home this weekend, some of my old buddies are in town and I want to introduce you to them."

"Sure dad I will be there I'll leave early Saturday morning then we can have breakfast together."

"Perfect, I can't wait to see you, I have to go now, Ali. I have a meeting in a few minutes, have a good day bye."

"Bye, dad." And with that, he hung up.

She then laid on her bed and looked up to her ceiling then her eyes wandered to her plain white walls. She checked her schedule and debated with herself whether or not to paint her walls and rearrange her room a bit. Since it was just Thursday and she would only have one class the following day in the afternoon which meant that she could sleep in if she got tired.

"Hmmm, you know what Ima do it"

At that, she pulled out the paint and paint supplies her father had helped her get which was still in the corner of her room even though she has been in the dorm for a bit over a month now. She opened the plastic covers and covered her closet, bed, and desk so they wouldn't get stained with paint. Then she changed into an old t-shirt and shorts, then she put her hair into a messy bun and she began to open the cans of paint. As she opened them she realized that the paint was teal, she stirred the paint then she set off to work and began painting the walls.

As she was painting she discovered a window was located directly behind her closet so she opened it and let in some fresh air. Four hours later she stood in the middle of her room admiring her work because she had painted her room alone and it looked great. As she waited for the paint to dry she searched her wardrobe for the set of light pink curtains she had bought over her summer break, she was then on her phone searching through Pinterest for ways to decorate her bedroom. She fell in love with the idea of decorating the walls and her bed frame with fairy lights so she put on her white converse and grabbed her wallet and phone then headed out to buy some fairy lights.

When she returned to her dorm she set off to work and started by moving her wardrobe desk and bed around then she began to set up the lights. As she was setting up she stumbled across two boxes and placed them aside deciding to check what was in them the following day. When she had finally finished redecorating her dorm room she realized that it was already close to midnight so she gathered her pj's and took a nice long warm shower and as she was she became grateful once again to her dad for getting her the amazing dorm because it was spacious and it had its own bathroom.

As she stepped out of her bathroom she couldn't help but be proud of herself because she loved her room's new look and she wanted to show it off to the one person who she knew would still be up at midnight, her best friend Anna she picked up her phone and snapped pictures of her room and sent them to Anna. Ten minutes later Anna was calling and Alison couldn't help but laugh to herself.

"Ali !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you finally decided to decorate your room at last what took you so long?"

"Anna I'm glad to see your happy lol I just decided that I should give my room a makeover since I had nothing else to do."

"Finally you are making a change, so tell me have you opened the boxes I hid in your room?"

"So those are the two boxes that I found"

"You found omg! Ali, are you sure you're even human? How could you not notice 2 boxes in your room?"

"To be fair I just thought that they are the boxes that I didn't unpack"

"Ali what do you mean didn't unpack school has been on for over a month now and you are just finishing unpacking what the hell????????????"

"Anna stops judging at least I decorated my room I didn't even do that last year....."

"Ali I am shocked"

"Whatever Anna be happy, at least I did it today"

"Okay then well you must be exhausted so I'll let you sleep BUT PROMISE ME YOU WILL CHECK THE BOXES TOMORROW"

"I promise nen sweet dreams"

"wait I'm", and with that Alison ended the call and put her phone to charge then went off to dreamland.

Dean

After Alison was out of his view he opened the door to his dorm room with the key that was given to him at the office and as he began unpacking he kept thinking.

'I can't believe she walked away from me, I even waited for her to turn back but she never did, she is the first girl to ever walk away from me. And what was the problem between her and that girl Tina? God, what is up with this girl? All I know is that she has a temper and apparently she and Tina don't get along.'

'Here I thought I'd get to have a drama-free year, I guess I have to wait and hope I get what I wished for.'

He sighed and admired his dorm, it was meant for two students but since he started a month into the semester he got the room to himself, its walls a simple shade of blue and wooden floors and 2 single beds one on each side of the room and a small bathroom. He pulled out his phone to check the time and he was relieved to see that it was just 7 pm. so he decided to take a shower then try to finish the song he was currently working on.

"why oh why did you walk away

don't walk away without telling me why

don't leave without a word

no no no no

don't leave me stranded without saying a word"

'Ughhhhh I swear to god she is even messing up with the lyrics I need to sleep this off'

***beep, beep, beep***

"Ugh, what time is it? Why did I put my alarm for 7?"

"Oh yeah, I have class at 9, guess the only good thing about this is that my first class is on a Friday."

With that he sat up and freshened up, then he got his wallet and headed to the cafeteria to see what they had for breakfast. As he entered the cafeteria he noticed that it was practically empty but instead of questioning it he went ahead and bought a breakfast burrito and headed off to find somewhere to eat in peace. He found a corner seat that wasn't occupied and he also realized that people were to some extent avoiding it. The moment he sat on the corner seat he noticed some people were giving him weird looks but he just shrugged it off and took a bite from his burrito and that's when he realized why not one was in the cafeteria, it's because the food is terrible, he gagged and threw away the burrito in disgust. He sighed and he saw the clock on the wall showing that it was 8:30 am. so he decided to go off campus after his class to buy something to eat.

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Alison

*yawn*

Alison stretched her limbs and climbed out of bed then she checked her phone to see if she had any messages.

Dad

'I'm looking forward to tomorrow don't forget.'

Anna

-how dare you hang up on me

you truly are rude

If you want to change up your look a tad bit I'd suggest you check the two boxes and don't forget to send me pictures. Luv you a lot <3'

The first message she responded to was her father's saying a simple me too, then she began to think what if she finally did change her look a bit, but she thought about she always wore simple t-shirts and jeans with shoes and her classic ponytail, she never wore makeup unless for a big event but most importantly she dressed for herself and no one else and it's what she was most proud of but Anna had always told her that it wouldn't hurt to put the effort in what she wore.

'what can I change? I love my clothes the way they are, I mean why leave comfort?'

She then remembered what Anna had said so she took a deep breath and opened up the first box and on the very top of the box was a note.

Dear Alison,

I know at some point you will want to change your look a bit and knowing you you're just going to try out new pink lipsticks and lipgloss and probably finally put effort and find different ways to your hair apart from your classic ponytail so I took the liberty of buying 20 different shades of pink lipsticks and lipgloss and a few headbands so you can finally let your gorgeous auburn locks down. Oh, and how could I forget? In the other box, you will find the 2 dresses and heels I bought for you so you can have them to wear to dances or whenever you get the chance. Muah luv you. Thank me later.

Your bestie Anna

P.S. I used your money to buy the stuff <3

'I should have known only Anna would buy these things as a gift but use my money' she smiled.

She then opened the other box and took out the dresses and heels, they were gorgeous the first was strapless and white with yellow flower pattern cocktail dress. The second was also a cocktail dress but it was red and backless, it came with red pumps and white strappy heels to match.

She put the dresses on hangers then into her wardrobe but she made sure to put the red dress way to the back because she knew she wouldn't wear it anytime soon. She then placed the heels alongside her other shoes.

After she took a long relaxing shower she checked the time on her phone and it was just 9 am so she left her hair loose but put on one of the headbands Anna had given her and she added on the lightest lipgloss and she took her wallet and went off to the cafe near the school.

After she had her brunch she walked to her dorm to grab her bag and books then went off to her class for the day.