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A breeze blew past on took a few graceful hops, then slid like a snake through the air after Nona

"Fabulous," I -the door "Glad Nona has another new friend " Taking a deep breath to clearsmell of smoke, I squared my shoulders and walked into the on and caht

"Now," I said, sitting down at the corner booth and glaring at the five other teenagers there, "who says pink isn't a good color scheme for this dance?"

I threw my binder of materials down on our apartment's tired floral couch "Seriously, pink is a neutral color! And what's elegant about navy blue? No one ever says, 'Hey, you knohat's elegant? The Navy!'"

Arianna rolled her dead eyes "There is nothing neutral about pink They need a color that looks good as a background to any shade of dress "

"What color clashes with pink?"

"Orange?"

"Well, if anyone shows up in an orange dress, she deserves to clash Yuck "

"Chill out You can do a lot with navy "

I sank down into the couch next to her "I guess I could do navy with silver accents Stars?"

"Yawn "

"Snowflakes?"

"Gee, now you're getting creative for a winter formal "

I ignored her tone, as usual I was just glad she was here She'd been gone a lot lately "H softer Like a water and mist theme?" I asked

"Iactually kind of like that "