Mieri sat on her bed staring at her laptop deciding what the itinerary would be for the week. She had heard that Spyros was having a concert in Rome that weekend and she had been promising to take Alex for a while it’s seemed like the perfect excuse to see him again this time on her own turf where she was considered to be quiet the catch and not the somewhat out of place foreign girl who spoke funny.
She had already called her father an cleared it and made flight reservations for them late Saturday night that would have them in Rome with enough time to get ready for the concert and have a light supper first. Mieri’s mother had been staying in Vince so the loft in Rome was empty currently she would need make a note to call the cleaning service and have them open it up and stock it with all the amenities that young teenage girls would want. Mieri added that to her list that was actually getting to be kind of long:
Things to DO
1. Call nanny service for Antonio
2. Call Fernando and have him bring all her formal dresses to Rome and pick up a few in Tammy’s and Alex's size *****don’t forget lots of shoe choices
3. Help Alex get her passport around
4. Order transportation car and driver for the week
5. Call Maid service for Loft **** ask to stock with foods
Mieri couldn’t help but think about the last couple times she had seen him he was very good singer and how could he have know of her lullaby it was kind of common but still what where the chances that he would singer her most favorite. He had to have asked around hadn’t he? Mieri was running the question threw her mind several times and had not heard her cell going off from the incoming text signal so when her phone rang she jumped with a startled concern because it was so late no one should be calling unless there was a problem.
Mieri answered the phone “ciao?”
Antonio’s voice was rich and clear on the other end “Mimi? Are you ok you didn’t answer my text that’s not like you?”
Mieri spoke back instantly relaxed “Oh Antonio I am sorry I have been distracted getting ready for my visit I don’t want to forget to do anything.”
Antonio’s light laughter filled the phone “ah sissy I can’t wait to see you again I have missed you so very much but mother tells me you are planning to go to a concert? You hate going to those things what has changed?”
Mieri knew instantly her brother was going to be a problem on this one so she tried to think on her feet and respond with something that made some sense. “I wanted mother to be happy that I was coming home and culturing my friends. I want to be able to bring them home when ever I want so we need to be able to make a good impression.”
Antonio laughed at her “TSK TSK Mimi lying to me you know I am not so naive to not know that there is a boy involved somewhere.”
“SI Antonio but please I am begging you don’t tell father I don’t need the headache of trying to convince him he is a good boy not yet anyways. Let me make sure he is decent enough to go to battle with papa for.”
The rest of there conversation was pretty normal ending with the, I love you’s of siblings. It was 2:00 am before she turned her light out and tried to sleep. Tomorrow was going to be so busy.
Mieri woke up at 6:30 am not enough sleep for all she had to do today but it was going to have to do. She climbed out of bed and went for the showers. Mieri stepped out of the dorms pulling her wet hair up into a pony as her feet hit the pavement. She was always happiest when she ran, the feel of the ground under her feet and the wind on her cheeks. Today’s run would be shortened only enough time for five miles instead of ten. Mieri decided that if she ran by the Government building in Talos and picked up a passport application she would save a lot of time. Mieri’s hand knocking on Alex’s dorm door seemed very loud, she hoped it wasn’t too early, it was 8:30 am after all that’s not too early is it.
Mieri smiled at Alex’s roommate who answered the door a bit sleepy. “Um Ciao is Alex around?” all Mieri got was a grumbling incoherent mumbling about the third bed. Mieri walked over to the bed Alex was sleeping in and shook her lightly.
“Ciao Bella I have the application for your passport and they need 48 to do a rush so we have plenty of time to get it done if we turn it in today by noon I have the check we just need a copy of your birth certificate and some school records and your hero ID. “ Mieri waited for Alex’s mind to catch up to where Mieri was already moving at 150%.
Off to Rome?
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Re: Off to Rome?
Alex had a problem with getting up in the morning: the morning part.
She loved her sleep and had a late night getting the last of her homework done. It was easy stuff. Math cam naturally to her and it only took her a half hour to do it. The problem was she stayed up till one goofing off on her laptop.
A sleepy Alex walked in her PJs to meet Mieri at the door. Despite having her hair up for the night, it still looked like messy.
"Hey Mieri," she said looking at her friend. "What's up?"
"Ciao Alex, it's time to get up we have so much to do today!" Mieri said with a wide smile on her face.
Mirage went off back to her bed without a word rather than playing door stop.
"We do?" Alex asked, her brain not quite up to speed.
"If you want to go to Italy on Sunday you do; yes." Mieri beamed. "Now get dressed so Mirage doesn't kill us." Mieri grabbed the clean cloths out of Alex's dresser and shoved them into her friend's hands pulling her up to her feet.
"Oh....Oh! Right." Alex looked at the clothes that Mieri had picked for her. It was a plain pair of pants and t-shirt nothing too fancy. This was totally unlike Mieri.
"Geeze you must be in a hurry. You didn't try to sneak a skirt in or nothing." Alex said as she stuck out her tounge at her friend as she started dressing herself.
Mieri turned around and gave Alex some privacy to get dressed
Alex snickered and quickly got the clothing on.
Mieri smirked. "We have a lot to do today. You in a skirt would slow you down. So I made a calculated choice to keep you in pants today, otherwise that skirt would have gone well with the shirt I picked." Mieri pointed to the lovely blue skirt on the floor even though she didn't think it belonged to Alex.
Alex rolled her eyes and started to get a pair of sneakers on. She paused, thought better of it and grabbed the boots Mieri had given her instead. "So what's on the agenda today?"
"Well you need traveling clothing and probably good luggage so that you can pack unless you have some of your own?" Mieri waited for Alex for answer.
Alex shock her head. "Um, no. Most of my stuff here came in cardbroad boxes and a UPS shipping label."
"Exactly!" Mieri said with glee, "you need luggage and traveling clothing so we have a whole day of shopping."
"Wait...Travel clothing?"
"Si, you have to have something clean and wrinkle prove to changed into at the end of the ten hour flight so you don't look a mess when you get off the plane."
"Well when in Rome," Alex said with a smirk as her brain finally got up to speed.
"Exactly" Mieri said as they made there way to the cafeteria to fill out the forms for the passports. It was already nearing 10:00 am and that only gave them 1.5 hours till they had to head to Talos to get the paperwork in. "We must hurry."
She loved her sleep and had a late night getting the last of her homework done. It was easy stuff. Math cam naturally to her and it only took her a half hour to do it. The problem was she stayed up till one goofing off on her laptop.
A sleepy Alex walked in her PJs to meet Mieri at the door. Despite having her hair up for the night, it still looked like messy.
"Hey Mieri," she said looking at her friend. "What's up?"
"Ciao Alex, it's time to get up we have so much to do today!" Mieri said with a wide smile on her face.
Mirage went off back to her bed without a word rather than playing door stop.
"We do?" Alex asked, her brain not quite up to speed.
"If you want to go to Italy on Sunday you do; yes." Mieri beamed. "Now get dressed so Mirage doesn't kill us." Mieri grabbed the clean cloths out of Alex's dresser and shoved them into her friend's hands pulling her up to her feet.
"Oh....Oh! Right." Alex looked at the clothes that Mieri had picked for her. It was a plain pair of pants and t-shirt nothing too fancy. This was totally unlike Mieri.
"Geeze you must be in a hurry. You didn't try to sneak a skirt in or nothing." Alex said as she stuck out her tounge at her friend as she started dressing herself.
Mieri turned around and gave Alex some privacy to get dressed
Alex snickered and quickly got the clothing on.
Mieri smirked. "We have a lot to do today. You in a skirt would slow you down. So I made a calculated choice to keep you in pants today, otherwise that skirt would have gone well with the shirt I picked." Mieri pointed to the lovely blue skirt on the floor even though she didn't think it belonged to Alex.
Alex rolled her eyes and started to get a pair of sneakers on. She paused, thought better of it and grabbed the boots Mieri had given her instead. "So what's on the agenda today?"
"Well you need traveling clothing and probably good luggage so that you can pack unless you have some of your own?" Mieri waited for Alex for answer.
Alex shock her head. "Um, no. Most of my stuff here came in cardbroad boxes and a UPS shipping label."
"Exactly!" Mieri said with glee, "you need luggage and traveling clothing so we have a whole day of shopping."
"Wait...Travel clothing?"
"Si, you have to have something clean and wrinkle prove to changed into at the end of the ten hour flight so you don't look a mess when you get off the plane."
"Well when in Rome," Alex said with a smirk as her brain finally got up to speed.
"Exactly" Mieri said as they made there way to the cafeteria to fill out the forms for the passports. It was already nearing 10:00 am and that only gave them 1.5 hours till they had to head to Talos to get the paperwork in. "We must hurry."
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Re: Off to Rome?
Mieri got out to the curb in front of the dorms waiting for the other girls to come down. The Taxi was already late but that was typical. It wasn’t long before Alex and Joni came walking up with their bags in hand, Tammy was the last to show but was packed and ready to go as well. Mieri greeted the other girls but her mind was not on her friends and the upcoming ten hour flight they were about to be on, no her mind was on Will and Spyros.
How had I gotten myself in to this mess with two boy’s no less? Had I been trying so hard to forget Dominic that I hadn’t noticed myself flirting with them both? Mieri was thinking to herself when the taxi had arrived. By the time Tammy got Mieri’s attention the other two girls had all the bags in the trunk and where sliding into the back seat.
“Oh sorry Tammy I was lost in thought it’s been a wonderful night. Did you have fun at the sock hop too?” Mieri said as she slid into the back seat next to Joni giving Tammy the more comfortable spot in the front of the car.
The girls all talked and giggled on the way to the airport the excitement was running all over them. Mieri noticed that Joni was being a little quiet but chalked it up to nerves about flying. At the airport Mieri pulled out the credit card and her ID to pick up the tickets. She was a little disappointed that her Daddy had said no to her using the company Jet. She knew that it wasn’t her personal transportation but it would have been so much cooler to have her friend travel on a private jet. Instead she was checking into United and picking up the tickets to Rome. Mieri handed out the tickets to the three girls they were all sitting together. It’ wasn’t hard to get her dad to agree to first class tickets so they could at least face one another and talk and visit in comfort on the very long flight.
Once on the plane the girls continued the laughing and giggling except for Joni again she was quiet Mieri was starting to worry that perhaps Joni wasn’t having fun. It was only a couple hours into the flight but one by one the girls drifted off into sleep. Mieri was glad to be going home and that they were all getting some sleep. The next day was going to be very busy once they touched down in Rome and got on their way.
The stewardess was very sweet as she woke the four girls up, there was about two hours left in the flight and the mid flight meal was just being served due to a kitchen malfunction. Mieri ate and then excused herself to the rest room returning a little while later in a clean satin dress and high heels. Her hair had been put up and it looked as if she might be trying to impress someone. The jeers and snickers from the other girls only made Mieri blush a little as she explained she was scared her mother might be there to greet them and she wouldn’t approve of Mieri getting off the plane in cloths she had been wearing all night.
Mieri tried to hide the disappointment in her face as she realized the only one there to greet her and her friends was the driver who had been hired to escort them all around the city of Rome. Mieri had promised a long driving tour of the city but on the marrow because if they didn’t get them self’s ready for the concert quickly they would be late.
It wasn’t long and they had arrived at Mieri’s loft. It was spacious three bedroom two story apartment in the heart of Rome. The ceilings where high and all the rooms where white as snow the only accent color were black. All the pictures where black and white the vase’s of flowers where black and even the flowers them self’s where white roses and black lilies. The house had that never been lived in feel to it the museum show room quality feel. The feeling of a house that didn’t belong to a family. When Mieri showed the girls into her bedroom it was different there was color in this room pinks and greens. It was obvious despite the lace, satin, silk and more shoes then you could count that this room had been lived in and enjoyed by someone with feelings. Mieri just smiled ear to ear and said to the girls “welcome to Rome! We are going to have so much fun No?”
Mieri walked over to her own dress that was hanging on her closet and felt the fabric, sighing softly. So few opportunities to wear such wonderful clothing in America... It was spaghetti string V-necked dress with a scalloped back drooping down to show off a crisp euro tan that was just beginning to fade. It was green; not deep green, dark green or light green or even neon but the dusty aged green of the moss from the forest floor. Not many people could pull that color off, but with Mieri’s dark curly hair and deep blue eyes it magnified her most basic beauty. She was going to be stunning in it.
Mieri started to get ready doing her hair and make-up and offering to help the other girls as they needed it and before long all four of the girls stood in the most beautiful dresses and eloquent evening wear and where waiting for the driver to call up and tell them that he was ready to take them to the concert. Once there Mieri would find Spyros and hope that her present had arrived as ordered.
How had I gotten myself in to this mess with two boy’s no less? Had I been trying so hard to forget Dominic that I hadn’t noticed myself flirting with them both? Mieri was thinking to herself when the taxi had arrived. By the time Tammy got Mieri’s attention the other two girls had all the bags in the trunk and where sliding into the back seat.
“Oh sorry Tammy I was lost in thought it’s been a wonderful night. Did you have fun at the sock hop too?” Mieri said as she slid into the back seat next to Joni giving Tammy the more comfortable spot in the front of the car.
The girls all talked and giggled on the way to the airport the excitement was running all over them. Mieri noticed that Joni was being a little quiet but chalked it up to nerves about flying. At the airport Mieri pulled out the credit card and her ID to pick up the tickets. She was a little disappointed that her Daddy had said no to her using the company Jet. She knew that it wasn’t her personal transportation but it would have been so much cooler to have her friend travel on a private jet. Instead she was checking into United and picking up the tickets to Rome. Mieri handed out the tickets to the three girls they were all sitting together. It’ wasn’t hard to get her dad to agree to first class tickets so they could at least face one another and talk and visit in comfort on the very long flight.
Once on the plane the girls continued the laughing and giggling except for Joni again she was quiet Mieri was starting to worry that perhaps Joni wasn’t having fun. It was only a couple hours into the flight but one by one the girls drifted off into sleep. Mieri was glad to be going home and that they were all getting some sleep. The next day was going to be very busy once they touched down in Rome and got on their way.
The stewardess was very sweet as she woke the four girls up, there was about two hours left in the flight and the mid flight meal was just being served due to a kitchen malfunction. Mieri ate and then excused herself to the rest room returning a little while later in a clean satin dress and high heels. Her hair had been put up and it looked as if she might be trying to impress someone. The jeers and snickers from the other girls only made Mieri blush a little as she explained she was scared her mother might be there to greet them and she wouldn’t approve of Mieri getting off the plane in cloths she had been wearing all night.
Mieri tried to hide the disappointment in her face as she realized the only one there to greet her and her friends was the driver who had been hired to escort them all around the city of Rome. Mieri had promised a long driving tour of the city but on the marrow because if they didn’t get them self’s ready for the concert quickly they would be late.
It wasn’t long and they had arrived at Mieri’s loft. It was spacious three bedroom two story apartment in the heart of Rome. The ceilings where high and all the rooms where white as snow the only accent color were black. All the pictures where black and white the vase’s of flowers where black and even the flowers them self’s where white roses and black lilies. The house had that never been lived in feel to it the museum show room quality feel. The feeling of a house that didn’t belong to a family. When Mieri showed the girls into her bedroom it was different there was color in this room pinks and greens. It was obvious despite the lace, satin, silk and more shoes then you could count that this room had been lived in and enjoyed by someone with feelings. Mieri just smiled ear to ear and said to the girls “welcome to Rome! We are going to have so much fun No?”
Mieri walked over to her own dress that was hanging on her closet and felt the fabric, sighing softly. So few opportunities to wear such wonderful clothing in America... It was spaghetti string V-necked dress with a scalloped back drooping down to show off a crisp euro tan that was just beginning to fade. It was green; not deep green, dark green or light green or even neon but the dusty aged green of the moss from the forest floor. Not many people could pull that color off, but with Mieri’s dark curly hair and deep blue eyes it magnified her most basic beauty. She was going to be stunning in it.
Mieri started to get ready doing her hair and make-up and offering to help the other girls as they needed it and before long all four of the girls stood in the most beautiful dresses and eloquent evening wear and where waiting for the driver to call up and tell them that he was ready to take them to the concert. Once there Mieri would find Spyros and hope that her present had arrived as ordered.
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Re: Off to Rome?
How best to describe this situation? Out of your element? No, more like out of your league.
Joni stared at the sky blue gown hanging before her. It was probably more expensive than the entire contents of her closet, save the thermal gear (which she also still felt uncomfortable wearing). It also looked amazingly delicate. She'd probably give it frost damage if she dared to put it on.
What was she doing in Italy at all? Alex she knew, of course; Tami, sort of; but this was Mieri's vacation, and Joni knew her only in passing. So why had she been willing to pay who knew how much on plane tickets, food, concert tickets, and now this dress, all for Joni?
The flight had been awkward and silent while she tried to puzzle it out. Hadn't helped that it had been her first flight ever -- thermal tights under two additional layers to make sure she didn't give the other passengers hypothermia -- but when you couldn't fight off the nagging voice saying you were on it because some horrible mistake had been made, that any minute Mieri would ask why Joni was on the plane instead of Dominic... She'd been quiet as the others talked, and then she'd stared at the plane ceiling long after all of them had dozed off.
The gown stared back at her, indignant that it even had to be in the same room as her. She wondered how much of an ungrateful bitch it would make her to refuse it outright. She definitely couldn't ask Mieri to let her fly back to America that night, the rescheduling fees would be outrageous, but maybe she could just stay in the apartment for the evening. She couldn't imagine her unsophisticated self wearing that gown. Or on the streets of Rome at all. People like her didn't take trips to Europe.
She finally reached out to touch it. It felt like silk. She couldn't possibly...
"Joni, do you need help?"
She started. Mieri had come up behind her, clad in a green dress that made her look every bit the debutante. She belonged her.
"The bodice can be tricky. I can lend a hand."
Joni couldn't voice a good objection, and soon she found Mieri carefully slipping the gown around her. Her eyes darted around helplessly; Tami was absorbed with her own gown, Alex was in another room entirely.
Mieri finished a last adjustment and turned Joni to face the mirror. The gown still looked as beautiful as it had on the rack, but above it was still Joni's pale face with the chubby cheeks and silly ears. Pearls before swine.
"'Why' what, Joni?"
"What?"
"You muttered 'why?' just now. What are you asking 'why' about?"
"...um... nothing. Just talking to myself."
Mieri smiled at Joni before speaking again. "It's all a little overwhelming, no? Once we are done tonight, we can leave most of this behind and go to my family farm. We will all be more comfortable there."
Maybe.
Joni stared at the sky blue gown hanging before her. It was probably more expensive than the entire contents of her closet, save the thermal gear (which she also still felt uncomfortable wearing). It also looked amazingly delicate. She'd probably give it frost damage if she dared to put it on.
What was she doing in Italy at all? Alex she knew, of course; Tami, sort of; but this was Mieri's vacation, and Joni knew her only in passing. So why had she been willing to pay who knew how much on plane tickets, food, concert tickets, and now this dress, all for Joni?
The flight had been awkward and silent while she tried to puzzle it out. Hadn't helped that it had been her first flight ever -- thermal tights under two additional layers to make sure she didn't give the other passengers hypothermia -- but when you couldn't fight off the nagging voice saying you were on it because some horrible mistake had been made, that any minute Mieri would ask why Joni was on the plane instead of Dominic... She'd been quiet as the others talked, and then she'd stared at the plane ceiling long after all of them had dozed off.
The gown stared back at her, indignant that it even had to be in the same room as her. She wondered how much of an ungrateful bitch it would make her to refuse it outright. She definitely couldn't ask Mieri to let her fly back to America that night, the rescheduling fees would be outrageous, but maybe she could just stay in the apartment for the evening. She couldn't imagine her unsophisticated self wearing that gown. Or on the streets of Rome at all. People like her didn't take trips to Europe.
She finally reached out to touch it. It felt like silk. She couldn't possibly...
"Joni, do you need help?"
She started. Mieri had come up behind her, clad in a green dress that made her look every bit the debutante. She belonged her.
"The bodice can be tricky. I can lend a hand."
Joni couldn't voice a good objection, and soon she found Mieri carefully slipping the gown around her. Her eyes darted around helplessly; Tami was absorbed with her own gown, Alex was in another room entirely.
Mieri finished a last adjustment and turned Joni to face the mirror. The gown still looked as beautiful as it had on the rack, but above it was still Joni's pale face with the chubby cheeks and silly ears. Pearls before swine.
"'Why' what, Joni?"
"What?"
"You muttered 'why?' just now. What are you asking 'why' about?"
"...um... nothing. Just talking to myself."
Mieri smiled at Joni before speaking again. "It's all a little overwhelming, no? Once we are done tonight, we can leave most of this behind and go to my family farm. We will all be more comfortable there."
Maybe.
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Re: Off to Rome?
Holy crap…
Her own eyes couldn’t believe the reflection in the mirror was actually her.
This is a Valentino gown? According to the tag anyways.. Wow… This is like a dream..
Turning and twisting, Tam admired the burgundy silk gown that Mieri had clearly thoughtfully picked for her to wear. The strapless dress was ruffled and gathered in a V-shape (which is signature to the line) where it came together about her midsection and then parted again putting a fair empathizes on her shape. Long white insulated gloves covered her hands and her hair was styled slightly covering one eye while framing her face.
Mike would so kick himself for not being here.
She smirked at that thought while holding back chuckle pondering what the reaction would have been.
Can’t wait for next Monday!
Grinning to herself, she ruffled threw her red suitcase and pulled at simple necklace. Clasping it around her neck, didn’t take to long for the short sliver chain to get a little frosty along with the sliver around the red heart shaped stone given to her at the sock hop by her date. Oddly enough, it worked with the outfit.
Huh, I’ll have to let James know this goes with Valentino.
Stuffing her regular clothing into the open suitcase she spotted Mieri aiding with Joni’s dress and they appeared to be just finishing up. Joni’s dress looked like it was fit for a goddess; it almost seemed to have a floaty feel just by looking at it. The sky blue gown complemented her features and skin tone. Mieri also looked amazing in her dress with its star burst mid section which accented all of her physical features. The color wouldn’t be Tam’s first choice of green but it went with Mieri skin color and really brought out her eyes. They’ve only been in the city for a few hours and she could tell this trip was going to be epic by all her standards.
I totally have to find a way to repay Mieri for this.
She wouldn’t lie to herself, she didn’t see this coming. Mieri was an awesome nice girl and Tam wanted to get to know her better outside of “Truth or Dare”, but a trip to Rome? A shocked excitement had come over her when Mieri extended the invitation for her to come along. Go over seas for the first time in her life.. Heck ya! Tam felt like a little girl again, everything was exciting right now.
I totally have to make sculptures of us like this.
Tam laughed inside her mind.
I’ll call it "Princesses in Rome!"
Tam rummaged threw her suitcase some more trying to keep the clothing inside and pulled out her camera and a pair of black and blue goggles. Another smile crept on her face as she started looking for a purse to put them in, since she didn’t have one. Maybe it was the dresses that distracted her from noticing them at first but she finally noticed… the shoes. Tam stared blankly at the sheer number of them. Wasn’t quite a sea of them but there was a lot. Carefully she stepped around them lifting her skirt a bit so she could see where she was stepping. A smirk crept over her face
“Hey Mieri! Do you wear all of these? I bet you could run a shoe store!” A giggle escaped her lips just after.
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Her own eyes couldn’t believe the reflection in the mirror was actually her.
This is a Valentino gown? According to the tag anyways.. Wow… This is like a dream..
Turning and twisting, Tam admired the burgundy silk gown that Mieri had clearly thoughtfully picked for her to wear. The strapless dress was ruffled and gathered in a V-shape (which is signature to the line) where it came together about her midsection and then parted again putting a fair empathizes on her shape. Long white insulated gloves covered her hands and her hair was styled slightly covering one eye while framing her face.
Mike would so kick himself for not being here.
She smirked at that thought while holding back chuckle pondering what the reaction would have been.
Can’t wait for next Monday!
Grinning to herself, she ruffled threw her red suitcase and pulled at simple necklace. Clasping it around her neck, didn’t take to long for the short sliver chain to get a little frosty along with the sliver around the red heart shaped stone given to her at the sock hop by her date. Oddly enough, it worked with the outfit.
Huh, I’ll have to let James know this goes with Valentino.
Stuffing her regular clothing into the open suitcase she spotted Mieri aiding with Joni’s dress and they appeared to be just finishing up. Joni’s dress looked like it was fit for a goddess; it almost seemed to have a floaty feel just by looking at it. The sky blue gown complemented her features and skin tone. Mieri also looked amazing in her dress with its star burst mid section which accented all of her physical features. The color wouldn’t be Tam’s first choice of green but it went with Mieri skin color and really brought out her eyes. They’ve only been in the city for a few hours and she could tell this trip was going to be epic by all her standards.
I totally have to find a way to repay Mieri for this.
She wouldn’t lie to herself, she didn’t see this coming. Mieri was an awesome nice girl and Tam wanted to get to know her better outside of “Truth or Dare”, but a trip to Rome? A shocked excitement had come over her when Mieri extended the invitation for her to come along. Go over seas for the first time in her life.. Heck ya! Tam felt like a little girl again, everything was exciting right now.
I totally have to make sculptures of us like this.
Tam laughed inside her mind.
I’ll call it "Princesses in Rome!"
Tam rummaged threw her suitcase some more trying to keep the clothing inside and pulled out her camera and a pair of black and blue goggles. Another smile crept on her face as she started looking for a purse to put them in, since she didn’t have one. Maybe it was the dresses that distracted her from noticing them at first but she finally noticed… the shoes. Tam stared blankly at the sheer number of them. Wasn’t quite a sea of them but there was a lot. Carefully she stepped around them lifting her skirt a bit so she could see where she was stepping. A smirk crept over her face
“Hey Mieri! Do you wear all of these? I bet you could run a shoe store!” A giggle escaped her lips just after.
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Re: Off to Rome?
Mieri blushed a little at Tammy’s comments about the shoes. “No they are not all mine, my mother she gets sent lots of things to wear. Like gifts, she is seen in society a lot and some designers will give things to her just so that their clothing will show up in the papers. Also these dresses, mine is on loan from the designer I asked my mother to call a favor in for me. I wouldn’t pay these prices for clothing my mother might but I have learned to shop at the mall with Alex.” Mieri giggled to herself.
“You know I should maybe go check on Alex and make sure she doesn’t need any help before we are ready to go. “ Mieri stepped away from Tammy and Joni and smiled. She had invited them to come along because Alex was her best friend and she would do anything to make her happy when Alex asked if they could come it wasn’t even a question. Maybe this trip would be a nice way to get to know them more personally to form a close relationship with Tammy and Joni like she had with Alex after all they were very good friend’s to Alex and Alex and I are friends so there has to be some common links.
“Ciao Bella’s I will be back once I have Alex in her dress.” Mieri left her bedroom and her two obviously somewhat bewildered friends.
“You know I should maybe go check on Alex and make sure she doesn’t need any help before we are ready to go. “ Mieri stepped away from Tammy and Joni and smiled. She had invited them to come along because Alex was her best friend and she would do anything to make her happy when Alex asked if they could come it wasn’t even a question. Maybe this trip would be a nice way to get to know them more personally to form a close relationship with Tammy and Joni like she had with Alex after all they were very good friend’s to Alex and Alex and I are friends so there has to be some common links.
“Ciao Bella’s I will be back once I have Alex in her dress.” Mieri left her bedroom and her two obviously somewhat bewildered friends.
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Switched Alex
Re: Off to Rome?
Alex sat on the bed in Mieri's parents room, waiting for Mieri to help her. Getting the dress on had been easy enough but putting her hair into anything other than a ponytail was beyond her.
She looked at the makeup table in front of her. It was all foreign. She knew what most of the items on the table were for, but their application was outside of what she felt confident doing. People told her she was a pretty canvas, but she need Mieri to be the artist.
Alex stood and examined herself in the mirror. She was in a black, strapless dress that closely hugged her curves until it reached her knees. From there down, it flared to twice its width, with a sheer mesh covering the fabric.
"Gah," she thought to herself. "This stupid thing won't let me take a full stride. Sheesh. The things girls wear for boys."
She rolled her eyes subconsciously at the mirror, only to be surprised by the scene reflected back to her. In the dress, even that action made her look attractive.
"Okay," she thought with a wry smirk, "now I can see why the boys hit on me."
"Are you ready, Bella?"
Mieri's voice startled Alex, but she turned and nodded. "Ready as I'll ever be. What you do you have planned for me?"
Mieri beamed. "You are going to be a bellissima. I am going to be putting your hair up to show your slender neck and leave falling wisps to accent your magnificent eyes. And your make-up will finish off the complete package, no?"
Alex blushed as Mieri started gathering up the tomboy's hair. Then Alex winced as Mieri pulled hard before using a bobby pin to hold part of Alex's hair in place. "Is it suppose to hurt when you do this?"
Mieri giggled. "Si, but a real bella you will make."
Alex's face twisted with each pull and tweak. She was proud she only said "ouch" the one or two times when Mieri pulled especially hard. By and by, Alex was transformed into the ideal of feminine.
"Wow..." she said as she marveled at her reflection. She raised a hand to touch her head but her friend gently stopped her.
"You must not damage the styling, no?" Mieri said cheerfully as she picked out the right tone of foundation and the application sponge. She began to smear it on Alex's face. "Society will wonder if you are royalty, Bella."
Alex rolled her eyes. "I doubt that."
"Shhh. I will mess up if your mouth is moving."
Alex sat back and tried to relax. It was hard not to talk. She had a habit of thinking out loud. Words were the palette she painted her feelings with.
"How can girls stand to do this every day?" she wondered silently.
Mieri grinned at her friend as she lightly dusted Alex's cheeks with blush. "You are almost done," Mieri said, "You just need lipstick, eyeshadow, and clip-ons."
"'Clip on' what?" asked Alex.
"Earrings," Mieri replied. "Unless you wish to pierce your ears."
"No!" Alex yelled without really thinking first.
Mieri giggled and took out the lipstick and lipliner.
Alex sighed. "This is going to be a long night," she thought.
She looked at the makeup table in front of her. It was all foreign. She knew what most of the items on the table were for, but their application was outside of what she felt confident doing. People told her she was a pretty canvas, but she need Mieri to be the artist.
Alex stood and examined herself in the mirror. She was in a black, strapless dress that closely hugged her curves until it reached her knees. From there down, it flared to twice its width, with a sheer mesh covering the fabric.
"Gah," she thought to herself. "This stupid thing won't let me take a full stride. Sheesh. The things girls wear for boys."
She rolled her eyes subconsciously at the mirror, only to be surprised by the scene reflected back to her. In the dress, even that action made her look attractive.
"Okay," she thought with a wry smirk, "now I can see why the boys hit on me."
"Are you ready, Bella?"
Mieri's voice startled Alex, but she turned and nodded. "Ready as I'll ever be. What you do you have planned for me?"
Mieri beamed. "You are going to be a bellissima. I am going to be putting your hair up to show your slender neck and leave falling wisps to accent your magnificent eyes. And your make-up will finish off the complete package, no?"
Alex blushed as Mieri started gathering up the tomboy's hair. Then Alex winced as Mieri pulled hard before using a bobby pin to hold part of Alex's hair in place. "Is it suppose to hurt when you do this?"
Mieri giggled. "Si, but a real bella you will make."
Alex's face twisted with each pull and tweak. She was proud she only said "ouch" the one or two times when Mieri pulled especially hard. By and by, Alex was transformed into the ideal of feminine.
"Wow..." she said as she marveled at her reflection. She raised a hand to touch her head but her friend gently stopped her.
"You must not damage the styling, no?" Mieri said cheerfully as she picked out the right tone of foundation and the application sponge. She began to smear it on Alex's face. "Society will wonder if you are royalty, Bella."
Alex rolled her eyes. "I doubt that."
"Shhh. I will mess up if your mouth is moving."
Alex sat back and tried to relax. It was hard not to talk. She had a habit of thinking out loud. Words were the palette she painted her feelings with.
"How can girls stand to do this every day?" she wondered silently.
Mieri grinned at her friend as she lightly dusted Alex's cheeks with blush. "You are almost done," Mieri said, "You just need lipstick, eyeshadow, and clip-ons."
"'Clip on' what?" asked Alex.
"Earrings," Mieri replied. "Unless you wish to pierce your ears."
"No!" Alex yelled without really thinking first.
Mieri giggled and took out the lipstick and lipliner.
Alex sighed. "This is going to be a long night," she thought.
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Re: Off to Rome?
It wasn’t long before all four girls where in the lobby of the opera house waiting to be shown to the box level, third box on the left, Box 5, it was the information on the tickets that Spyros had left at the curtain call for the girls. Mieri didn’t say much during the performance which consisted of a "progression" along Italian geographic musical styles, starting in Sicily and moving up until reaching the Alpine regions. The music was mostly violin but with one or two vocal songs accompanying them.
The box had a love view of the stage although Mieri seemed a little pre occupied with the box directly across from them and the woman with striking resemblance to her. At the end of concert, Spyros' came out to give a call out, saying that he would be performing an additional song on request of a special friend of his. He then sang from Scene 2 of the first act of Luci Mie Traditrici by Salvatore Sciarrino. The smile on Mieri’s face didn’t leave threw the entire piece. After which she stood and appropriately clapped.
Mieri made her way out of the box seating area and into the lobby. She had hoped her parents where coming over to meet her friends it wasn’t until her father and mother stood before them looking at her that she realized how horribly bad an Idea it was to want her parents to meet her friends. Mieri’s father looked down his nose at her tanking her by the arm and pulling her in for what looked like a very forced embrace whispering something into her ear. When she backed away from him it was obvious to anyone around that Mieri was very unhappy.
Her mother broke the silence by introducing herself to Mieri’s friends cordial and friendly as ever her mother had a way of making anyone feel welcomed. Her father followed suit with introductions and then they politely excused themselves leaving behind one last warning for Mieri and a wish of good fortune for the girls. “Mieri I do hope your friends will have a most pleasant time here in Italy and that you will show them a wonderful time, But remember what I said daughter of mine.”
Mieri turned to her friends probably the most unsure of herself ever infront of her friends and forced a sweet smile.
“So shall we go back to see Spyros? He has invited us to a reception as his guests?”
The box had a love view of the stage although Mieri seemed a little pre occupied with the box directly across from them and the woman with striking resemblance to her. At the end of concert, Spyros' came out to give a call out, saying that he would be performing an additional song on request of a special friend of his. He then sang from Scene 2 of the first act of Luci Mie Traditrici by Salvatore Sciarrino. The smile on Mieri’s face didn’t leave threw the entire piece. After which she stood and appropriately clapped.
Mieri made her way out of the box seating area and into the lobby. She had hoped her parents where coming over to meet her friends it wasn’t until her father and mother stood before them looking at her that she realized how horribly bad an Idea it was to want her parents to meet her friends. Mieri’s father looked down his nose at her tanking her by the arm and pulling her in for what looked like a very forced embrace whispering something into her ear. When she backed away from him it was obvious to anyone around that Mieri was very unhappy.
Her mother broke the silence by introducing herself to Mieri’s friends cordial and friendly as ever her mother had a way of making anyone feel welcomed. Her father followed suit with introductions and then they politely excused themselves leaving behind one last warning for Mieri and a wish of good fortune for the girls. “Mieri I do hope your friends will have a most pleasant time here in Italy and that you will show them a wonderful time, But remember what I said daughter of mine.”
Mieri turned to her friends probably the most unsure of herself ever infront of her friends and forced a sweet smile.
“So shall we go back to see Spyros? He has invited us to a reception as his guests?”