I threw myself onto the red velvet couch of my father's living room with the TV remote in my hand. Switching the television on, I started channel surfing, trying to find something interesting to watch. One after another, I kept changing the channel. Nothing seemed to get my attention, of it was just that I wasn't paying any attention to the TV. My head was racing with a wide range of random thoughts.
The dinner... this would be a new experience for me. Back in California, my mom and I barely got invited to our neighbors' homes for dinner. We would stay to ourselves most of the time. I didn't even know half the families living around us. We weren't very social. Now, I'll be going to Harry Styles' house for dinner. It seems like quite a jump for antisocialness to dinner with famous people after meeting them for just a day. I smiled to myself. My mother would have loved to meet the Styles'.
My mother... oh, I missed her so much! I've only been away from her for two days, but it's been feeling like years already! My mind wandered off to imagining what she might be doing right now. Would she also be thinking of me? Does she miss me? She must be feeling so lonely. She's got no one to keep her company. I wonder how she's doing. I would call her, but it's probably midnight there right now. She must be sleeping.
I switched the channel once again. This time it was some British News Channel. I hated watching the news. I was about to switch the channel again, but the News anchor's change of subject stopped me.
"Our curly haired hottie from the boy band, One Direction, Harry Styles, was spotted hugging kissing the cheek of his Irish super model, Terra Layden, at the Dublin airport yesterday before he boarded his flight to get back home to Cheshire. Terra says goodbye to Harry at the airport with a little more than a simple goodbye wave. Harry's girlfriend, Stella Chanter, didn't seem to make it to the airport. Harry and Stella have been dating for four months, now. Have they decided to call it quits? Is Sterry still alive or has it turned to Terry? Or is this whole thing just a rumor? Harry and Terra can just be friends, after all." the anchor concluded with a picture of Harry and Terra hugging at the airport.
The public keeps an eye on every single move they do. I wonder if Harry has even a little bit of privacy in his life. It's not fair to him. It was just a small hug and a kiss on the cheek. Everyone does that. The French do three! This was important enough to make the news? Harry wasn't cheating on his girlfriend. He isn't that sort of a person. Or is he? He's a player, according to a lot of my friends. He's had over six girlfriends, or supposed girlfriends, in two years.
I switched the channel, trying to change the direction of my thoughts. I didn't want to worry about Harry's life. I've got my own life to live at the moment.
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'RRRIIIIIINNNGGG!'
I shot up to the sound of the doorbell ringing. The room was dark. The sun had already set. The TV was still running, being the only source of light in the room. I must have fallen asleep on the couch. I yawned, trying to adjust my eyes to the light.
'RRRIIIIIINNNGGG!'
The doorbell sounded again. I groaned, getting myself off the couch.
"I'm coming! I'm coming!" I called, walking into the entrance hall and pulling open the door.
"Hey, Aly," my dadsaid, walking in.
"Hey," I replied.
He put down his bag and took off his coat, putting it on the coat hanger.
"So what have you been upto all day?" he asked.
"Uh... other than dozing off while watching TV? Nothing much," I said.
"Oh, so you're well relaxed, aren't you?"
"I guess I am,"
"So are you ready for the special dinner?" dad asked me, removing his tie and belt.
"Oh yeah! I totally forgot! What's the time?"
"It's 6:30," he said.
"Oh no! I have to get dressed! Be right back," I told him, panicking at the second.
I sprinted up the stairs and into my bedroom. I locked the door and pulled open my suitcase. I still hadn't unpacked and my clothes lay in a messy pile in the unzipped suitcase. Frantically shuffling through the clothes, I finally pulled out my favorite red skinny jeans and a white lace top. I quickly changed my clothes and put on a pair of white sandals.
I walked over to the dresser my dad had laid out for me in the corner of my room and looked through the drawers, trying to locate a comb. I put my hair into a neat pony tail with a headband as a finishing touch. Putting the comb back I looked through the drawers some more to find some powder. Pulling open the top most draw, I found all the makeup accessories piled up methodically in it. I sighed. Dad shouldn't have bought all these. I wouldn't find much use for it, anyways. Shaking my head, I dabbed some powder on my face, just to cover up the tiredness in my face, and shut the drawer.
I walked back downstairs and found my dad in a formal black pant and T-Shirt, putting on a coat on the coat rack by the door.
"Ready?" he asked as I joined him.
I nodded, "Yeah."
He frowned at me, "Where's your makeup? You know, lipstick, mascara, blush, all those?" he asked.
Well, he clearly knew a lot about women. Just not a lot about me.
"I don't think that's really necessary. I mean, why hide your natural beauty with a bunch of accessories and expect to be liked by everyone? People say you should be liked for who you are. But if you put on loads of makeup to be liked, how is the being yourself, exactly?" I explained.
This was the speech I gave everyone whenever they asked me about me and my makeup. It did get on some people's nerves at times, but I was just being honest, right?
My dad smiled. "You are really different than most girls, you know that?"
I shrugged.
"Well, then. Let's go!" he said, opening the front door for me to pass through.

Notes

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