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Everyone knew that Shelby and Kathrine had a crush on each other. Everyone but themselves. It was funny how they perfectly paraded around each other. Always having one excuse or another as to not confess.
But Shelby made the mistake of promising Scott, the person who will force you no matter what, that she will confess by December. And here they were, December twenty first, and not one move made. At least on Kathrine.
“I will murder you.” Scott threaten, holding Shelby from escaping, so close to chocking her. This was going to be her doom. And she hasn’t even gotten to go on one date with Kathrine! Which is the reason why this is her doom thou..
Off to the side, laughing at this tragic scene, was Gem and Sausage. Who for some reason decided to help the elf instead of her.
“Stop laughing and help me!” The witch declares pathetically, struggling against the hold. If only the people roaming the streets cared to help her.
“Why? This is so much funnier.” Gem states, her wings fluttering with excitement. Shelby fought against her friend’s hold, to which he tightens, practically straggling her.
If someone didn’t know any better, they’d think their fighting.
At some point Sausage had start cheering on Scott, just adding to the chaos. The off handed curses in English and other languages were slowly gaining volume.
If anything, they might need to move this to a ring, proper fights and all that. That or they get forcibly stopped.
Gem sighs dramatically, “Children, children! This is not a place to be fighting.” They both glare at her before Scott drops the witch to the ground as she yelps, turning her glare to him.
The elf sticks his tongue out at her, hitting the back of his hand on her forehead.
“Rude.” She grumbled from the ground, dusting us her hands. The collector only rolls his eyes, flicking her forehead. “Hey! What did I do to deserve this bullying?!”
They all raise their eyebrows at her. “Yeah, yeah.” She sighs out.
Getting Shelby to listen was a challenge only Scott has ever been able to work with. And that was only sometimes.
“Even Jimmy realises how pathetic this is.” Sausage pointed out, not making the situation any better. And how did Jimmy even find out?!
This was going to be a long day, wasn’t it?
𖧷 ꕤ ✿ 𑁍 𖡼 𖧷 ꕤ ✿ 𑁍 𖡼 𖧷 ꕤ ✿ 𑁍 𖡼
Today was not going good for Kathrine. First Lizzie had came over, nagging her about her love life. Then Joey, who had been flirting her not even a month prior, was teasing her about having a crush on Shelby.
Oli had broke in at some point too, how she didn’t know. Seriously, what is with these people?!
But the final nail in the coffin was Jimmy. Forever obviously and stupid Jimmy was even trying to get her love life in order.
Now that was true madness! They weren’t even letting her leave her own house. Her house! In her empire! As if Kathrine needed more of a reason not to confess.
They had locked her, with them, inside her bedroom. Could this count as kidnapping? Wrongful imprisonment? What ever it was, Kathrine wasn’t happy about it.
She sat crisscross on her bed with a pout. “Oh come on Kath! You just got to man up!” Oli exclaimed from his pillow prison.
“Uhm, woman up. She’s not a man Oli.” Lizzie deadpans from the throne she made of pillows. The amount of pillows they stole from Kathrine was just criminal!
They had been pitching ideas left, right and center for the last hour or so. This was going no where in her opinion.
“Are we done yet?” She whined, it was getting kinda of tiring at this point. Freedom felt like such a foreign concept at this point, and Kathrine would wallow in her pity until they let her go.
This was taking too long. “I’ve got things to do!” She brought up.
“We do too. But this is far more important.” Jimmy pointed out from his spot on the floor. The only one not to steal a thousand of her pillows. But the avian did steal her blanket.
“Oh come on! Even I realised how sad this is!” Jimmy groans out, laying flat on his stomach.
“I’m not the only one! What about Jimmy and his forever pinning Scott?!” Kathrine blurted out before remembering that just last week, those two had went in a date.
“Pretend I didn’t say anything.” She groaned out, hiding her face in the very last pillow she had on her bed as they laughed at her.
By the the time they stop she was ready to die. She was hopeless, wasn’t she?
“That says a lot that even Jimmy was able to get a date before you.” Joey croaked, he was laying right next to her.
And that confirms it, she’s definitely hopeless. “I mean, have you seen Jimmy?”
“What’s that supposed to mean?!” Jimmy argued back, wings flaring up slightly. Joey only shrugs, not giving a proper answer.
The avian deflates back, his wings spreading over him like a blanket.
And yet again they were listing off ideas, and she might as well just disappear at this point. Sink into the group to escape.
This was going to be a longer day then most, it seemed.
𖧷 ꕤ ✿ 𑁍 𖡼 𖧷 ꕤ ✿ 𑁍 𖡼 𖧷 ꕤ ✿ 𑁍 𖡼
It was time for the annual Christmas party, and usually Shelby wouldn’t mind waking up at the most ungodly hours just to party.
But now? With the threat that Scott will strangle her if she doesn’t stop being a coward and confess. That was all she need to not want to go for the first time in years .
But then there was also the threat of not going, missing out on her chance and still being strangled by Scott.
So that was why she was currently crying as Scott had her switch from outfit to outfit to find one she liked. And was actually good looking.
“But what if she doesn’t like me?!” She croaked out as they tried another hairstyle.
“We have ice cream.” Scott answers simply. Trying to make the hair look decent.
“What if she never talks to me again?!” She cried out again as Scott searched for another outfit.
“Then I’ll force her too.” He deadpans, pushing her into the changing room again.
“What if she actually says yes?! Where do I go from there?!” Shelby exclaimed. This would be her first time dating.
“Go on some dates, find a good pace.” He suggests, fixing the last few details of the dress.
By the time she had stop mopping, Gem had come with accessories. And when she says accessories, she means accessories .
There was probably more accessories just right here then she’s ever had in her life! “Gem I could kiss you.” She says without thinking.
Gem grimaces, patting her head. “No thanks. But you could kiss Kathrine.” Shelby’s quick to yell out an apology, with Gem reassuring her it’s alright.
Scott is quick to going through them to see what matches both the outfit and hairstyle.
At least as the witch dies she’ll be pretty
𖧷 ꕤ ✿ 𑁍 𖡼 𖧷 ꕤ ✿ 𑁍 𖡼 𖧷 ꕤ ✿ 𑁍 𖡼
“I have nothing to wear!”
Kathrine flopped on her back onto her bed, pouting. Jody lets her hair as a mother would.
Her friends doing nothing to help. All of them already have their outfits planned and prepared to put on after helping her.
Which was going nowhere because Kathrine is extremely indecisive.
It was mostly the same group as last time, except Oli wasn’t there. “Yeah yeah and I’m a cat.” Lizzie deadpanned as she sorted through skirts and dresses.
“But you are a cat!” Jimmy called out from… somewhere. The princess wasn’t sure where he had went. Only trying to survive whatever this is.
“Shapeshifter! You know this!” She yells back with no real heat in her voice. Shaking her head the shapeshifter brings another option.
An almost teal dress with white polkadots. “So? I’m thinking we can wrap the fake lights around her arm or something.” Maybe death would be okay.
“Absolutely not.” Joey deadpans, rolling his eyes. “We are trying to get her the girl, not a best friend.”
And then they are back to arguing about outfits and styles. Going through every skirt, dress and dress adjacent the princess owns.
“What about simple?” Jimmy suggests, pointing to one of the jean skirts. “We don’t want her to seem like she’s trying too hard.”
Lizzie brings forth a maroon red shirt with white polkadots. “This and the Jean skirt with the fur?” She suggests.
“And the Santa hat!” Oli yells from in the window. What’s with this man and sneaking in her house?
At least if she has to die, she’ll die pretty.
𖧷 ꕤ ✿ 𑁍 𖡼 𖧷 ꕤ ✿ 𑁍 𖡼 𖧷 ꕤ ✿ 𑁍 𖡼
The princess has been running around for a while. Switching from engaging with her friends to hiding from Shelby.
As much as she’d love to just to be dating already, it’s hard. Too hard just to say how you feel. To spill your guts on the floor.
It was getting tiring with all the running around she has been doing. Katherine was wondering around, looking for somewhere to sit.
Maybe she should just go home now. Not like the plan was going to work, and that’s not even to mention-
“Oof! Sorry!”
Katherine really needs to start watching where she’s going. When the princess looked up, she saw a mistletoe and in front her was-
“Shelby?!” Okay. Not the best thing to do. Maybe should’ve ran just then, save herself the embarrassment.
“Oh! Uh..hi Kath!” The witch replied nervously. She started pulling at her sleeve, as if she was uncomfortable.
“Hey..” Katherine said after a moment. After she stands, the princess gives a hand to her crush , maybe girlfriend , future lover , friend.
“Sorry about that. It’s just that..” she points up towards the mistletoe. The blush on both their faces spoke for itself.
“Oh! Im so sorry, we don’t have to if you don’t want to.” Shelby apologies, almost hesitate to walk away.
Now or never. The princess takes a deep breath in. “No it’s fine. Unless you don’t want to…?” She offers nervously.
“I mean I wouldn’t offer, unless-“ and who knows who moved first. (It was Katherine. She kissed her after so long.)
Maybe it was short, maybe it was long. It felt like forever before either of them moved away.
“Sorry- I uh.” Shelby apologised, pulling at her sleeves again.
“No need to apologise! Just uhm.” The awkward silence hung over them for a moment. Neither saying anything.
“Just. What does this make us now..?” Katherine pushed out with a deep breath.
The princess hopes she didn’t make it anymore awkward.
“I- girlfriends?” And yeah. That sounds right.
“Okay. Okay . We’re girlfriends?” The princess tests, just to make sure.
“Yeah. Girlfriends.” The witch laughs like a love sick idiot.
And maybe they both were. Stupid with love.