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Chapter *7* "Ok, Drew you've got Chi Light"
"Nooo" I groaned, it was a very girlie costume with all sorts of flounces
and lace.
"Bernie you've got cat girl Merle"
"Great, that's dead easy!"
"Nina for you Ally"
"Should be a cinch"
"Rhod you will be the lovely Nuriko"
"At least it's not as bad as Drew's"
"Oh good, Maddy you've got Chi Dark, you're costume is nearly the same as
Drew's but in black"
"I really like Chi, this is great Drew!"
"You're not kidding, how did I get talked into this? I'll never get away
with it"
"Well even if someone spots that it's you, it is a costume party!"
"Yeah and I'll be dressed in lace and stuff!
"Quite griping Drew, Rhod's costume is really feminine too"
"But not as revealing"
"Well at least mines easy, I've got an old beach dress that's the
right colour"
"I know the one, that'll be great, mines not difficult either and I don't
think yours will be too bad Rhod, we might even be able to borrow a costume for
you"
"Time for you lot to go home"
Maddy's mum broke the discussion up just before eight.
"Whatever your plotting will wait till tomorrow"
"Yes mum"
"I'm sure you fixed it"
"Come on Drew, how could I fix it? I even tried to even the odds a bit for
you"
"How?"
"Well there were two male characters in the pick list, but no one picked
them"
"Well.."
"Look, there could be fall out for me too so I guess we'd all better make
sure we do a good job"
"I suppose, what about mum and dad?"
"What about them?"
"Well do we tell them or what"
"Nah, lets keep it between us and your mates unless we really have to tell"
"Ok then. I guess I'll manage"
We didn't get a chance to meet up again until Friday when the girls decided
to go shopping in Mansfield for costume material and stuff next day. Rhod had to
go visit rel's for the weekend and Saturday I went out with mum for our regular,
(well most weeks anyway) training ride. So it was Monday when we met up again as
a group, this time at Ally's house.
I was amazed by what they had already accomplished. Both Bernie and Ally's
costumes were nearly finished and Jules' was a good way along. Ally had asked Mr
Benson if we could borrow a costume for Rhod and he'd agreed that they could see
if there was something suitable on Wednesday lunch break.
Maddy and my costumes were going to take the most work and so far there was
just a bag of bits of lace and taffeta. The girls had got the material on the
market and had even found a pattern for a skating costume that they could use as
a guide. My input was so far was £10 towards materials and frankly I doubted
whether I could do much more.
"Look Drew, we've done everything so far, you and Rhod are going to do
something towards this"
"Like what? I can't sew" I stated
"Neither can I"
"We know that but we are putting you in charge of accessories"
"Eh?"
"You know, shoes, hats, gloves and stuff"
"We've even made you a list, here Rhod..." Bernie gave him a slip of paper
"you do Ally's staff, my tail and everyone's hair stuff, basically every thing
above the waist"
"You Drew get the rest, shoes, tights and stuff" my list was thrust in my
hand "everyone's sizes are on there. You should be able borrow a lot of it but
you will have to buy some of it, here's £20, you should be able to get most of
it for that"
I looked at the list; it was split by costume and detailed what I had to
obtain
All the info was there and whilst I thought I knew where I could get some of
the footwear, I was going to have to buy most of the hosiery. The look on
Julie's face told me not to expect any help from that quarter. It was going to
be embarrassing but not too difficult.
"We need the shoes next week but the other stuff isn't essential yet"
"Why do we need the shoes so quick?"
"We need to make sure at least your sister and Rhod's dresses are the right
length so you might as well get the rest but I guess they're not so essential as
long as we have the boots and flats."
"Now we've got that sorted we need your measurements Drew, so strip"
"Oh no!"
Jules came to my rescue.
"Come on guys, let me take him in the bathroom to do the measuring"
"Ok"
It looked like the next week was going to be interesting.
Maddy Bell 02.01.03 © 2003
To Be Continued...
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Gaby Book 1 - The Anime Days Chapter *7* What? by Maddy Bell Drew is just an ordinary thirteen year old. Well perhaps not that ordinary. The girls challenge him to wear an anime costume to the Easter dance, however they forgot to mention that he'd be going as a girl! Enter Gaby! First it was his friends, then it's his family — everyone seems to want Gaby around except Drew. And when perfect strangers think he's a girl, well the lad's got problems! Can he ‘kill' Gaby? Or will he get dragged ever deeper into girldom? |
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Chapter *7*
The images that greeted us represented quite a cross section of anime characters, but Jules had also selected costumes that she thought we would actually be able to make.
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| Drew and Maddy would be Chi light and dark respectively |
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| Bernie would be Merle | Ally would be Nina | Rhod had landed Nuriko |
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| Juliette had Yubi |
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| Bernie | flat sandals 4 | |
| thick tan tights | ||
| Ally | blue sandals 6 | |
| thick black tights | ||
| Rhod | flattish shoes or sandals 5 | |
| white socks or tights | ||
| Juliette | white knee boots 6 | |
| tan tights | ||
| Drew | white sandals or shoes 5 | |
| white stockings or hold-ups | ||
| Maddy | black sandals or shoes 41/2 | |
| black stockings or hold-ups' |
