Josephine slid across the hardwood with her socks, coming to a stop she glared at the dog that was standing seven feet in front of her wagging his tail, a shoe in his mouth.
“Duke I swear. This isn’t a game. I don’t need you destroying another shoe, plus I don’t have time for this. Savannah is going to be here soon, so be a good boy and Drop it.” If dogs could smile, Duke would be grinning as he took off running again. A groan followed by a few curse words escaping Josie’s mouth as she took off after her pit bull. He was typically well behaved and really good at listening to commands, he had been trained and raised in a military house. But it seemed to be that when it came to Josie’s shoes everything he was taught was forgotten.
The chase had been going for at least ten minutes now through the Erickson household, a slight trail of chaos following the two as they ran through the house. Finally getting an opening, Josie jumped and basically tackled Duke to the ground. The dog just thought it was part of the game as he began to wrestle free from her grip but Josie just grabbed her shoe and tried to pull it from Duke’s mouth, thus they reached a stalemate as they both held onto the shoe tightly. Duke growled playfully at Josie and Josie growled back at her dog, a slight grin on her face. Even if it was her shoe, she loved playing with her dog.
Savvy made her way down the street, walking towards the Erickson household with a spring in her step. She and her best friend didn’t live too far from each other, which was nice for days like today when the sun was shining brightly and the redhead wanted to get a little bit of exercise. After all, she was going to be drinking at the party tonight and she wanted to burn off some calories before she consumed anything. Additionally, she couldn’t drive over, because she was being
picked up by a very special someone for a very special reason.
Although she was extremely excited to get to spend some extra time with Trevor before the party, nerves coursed through her veins at the thought of hanging out alone with him. What if they had nothing to talk about? What if she said something stupid? Different scenarios ran through her head as she walked up the front steps of the house that had become her second home over the past 6 months since she moved to Beverly Hills. Not bothering to knock, Savannah turned the knob and pushed open the door, coming face to face with Josie playing with her beloved pup.
“Hi love,” She greeted, slipping off her shoes in the entrance way.
At the sound of the door opening Duke’s ears perked up and he let go of the shoe when Savannah spoke up, bounding over to the redhead happily, his tail wagging back and forth.
“I Win! That’s a forfeit Duke. The shoe is forever mine, as it should be.” Josephine pushed herself off the ground and smiled at her friend, shoe in hand.
“Hey girl! Ready to get all done up for your pre-party date and possibly post party date?” Josie wiggled her eyebrows suggestively.
Savannah bent down and rubbed Duke’s belly, letting out a laugh at the dogs excited nature. Looking up at Josie, eyes wide like a deer in headlights, she stood back up and sighed.
“I’m so not ready for this,” She exhaled, running her hands through her hair. She meant it both literally and figuratively, as she had yet to do her makeup or pick out an outfit in addition to her reckless nerves.
“You’ve gotta help me, or else there will be no post party date, or date on Friday, or anything ever.” “You know I will always help you Sav.” Josie walked over to her friend and grabbed her hand,
“Now let’s go get you looking all fly so he can’t keep his eyes off you-” She paused for a moment looking over her friend.
“Scratch that, so he can’t keep his hands off you cause darling, he already can’t keep his eyes off you!” Josie winked before pulling Savannah through the house to her room.
Pushing Savannah gently into the chair in front of her vanity, Josie ran off to her closet. Going straight to the back she smiled to herself as she went through a section of clothing hanging in her closet that was different than the rest of her clothes. It was clothing Josie had bought specifically in her friend’s style and size for whenever she stayed over and in case of times like this. She’d already surprised Savannah with it, yeah it was a bit weird and excessive but Josie had gotten bored one day plus she just loved her friend so she decided why the hell not.
After grabbing a few things to create a few outfits, Josie walked back out to her friend, a grin on her face.
“So you got options! In your fashion style and size, a part of your section in my closet that I have kept secret for a moment like this.” As she spoke, Josephine laid out the outfits on her bed shoes, accessories, and all.
“Sooo… What do you think?” Savvy followed Josie up to her room, making herself comfortable in front of the girl’s vanity. Gazing at her reflection in the mirror, she sighed, nerves becoming more and more present. She was getting all worked up about what to wear and how to look, but she knew that wouldn’t matter at the end of the day. Still, Savvy wanted to look and feel her best going into this. When her friend reappeared, tons of options in hand, she stood up and meandered over to peruse the outfit choices. Somehow, Josie got Sav’s style down to a tee, as all of these would be something she would pull out from her own closet.
“Aww, Josie, you shouldn’t have…” She started, looking back up at her friend with a smile. Sav was lucky to have Josie as a friend- especially since she went out of her way and did such nice things for her like this. Her eyes darted back to the clothes, trying to decide what to try on first.
“Hold tight, I’ll try some stuff on.” Grabbing outfit
number one, she headed to Josie’s closet, pulling on the top and jeans. Reappearing quickly, she gazed at herself in the mirror, admiring her reflection, but scrutinizing the outfit.
“Although I love the shorts, I think it’s a little too casual. I could definitely dress it up a little bit. She murmured to herself, playing with the hem of the shorts. This would be something she’d see herself wearing to school, but today was more important than that!
She grabbed
option two, the dress having stood out among the rest of the choices. A dress would be cute, right? Returning to the closet, she slipped the thin fabric over her head and pulled on the matching sheer cardigan. Stepping out, she once again didn’t think this was the right look. She didn’t want to dress up too much, and besides, it was still January, and Beverly Hills was surprisingly colder than Texas during this time of year. Savvy didn’t want to be cold, they were getting ice cream!
“This isn’t right either.” She grumbled, shaking her head as she gazed at herself in the mirror. Picking up
option three, she tried it on like the others, and yet, it still didn’t scream ‘I’m going on a date with Trevor and I look great’. Admitting defeat, she flopped down onto the bed,
“It’s no use, I’m a lost cause. Game over, I’m not going.” She complained, her voice very muffled as her head was buried in Josie’s bed sheets.
Watching her friend silently as she tried on each outfit Josie couldn’t help but think her friend looked great in each outfit but she could tell that Savannah wasn’t feeling any of the outfits. When her friend decided she was done and that she wasn’t going, Josie just shook her head as she stood up.
“You are going. No ifs, ands, or buts!” Jumping up onto the bed and standing above her friend she looked down at her,
“Now get your booty up and into my closet! We are going through every item I have for you and all my clothing if we need to. An outfit exists that will make you feel good and make Trevor go ‘Hot Damn!’” To emphasize that she would not take no for an answer, Josie began jumping up and down on the bed to bounce her friend.
As the bed began to bounce, Sav groaned, too frustrated to move herself from Josie’s path of destruction. However, after being moved around, she obliged.
“Okay, okay, I’m going…”Flipping over, she grabbed one of the pillows off of her friends bed and chucked it in her direction, not bothering to aim.
“Can I wear a paper bag? Maybe that’ll do the trick.” Savannah sighed, sitting up properly and looking up at her friend. With a final loud exhale, she stood back up and meandered into the closet once more in search of the perfect outfit.
“Will you notice if I just take up residence in here? Lord, you have SO MANY shoes…”Catching the pillow her friend threw at her Josie jumped to the ground tossing the pillow back on the bed carelessly.
“I mean if you just wear a paper bag and nothing else…” She trailed off winking at her friend as she went ahead of her to her closet and began looking through the different clothing.
“Honestly, I probably wouldn’t notice. I could probably make furniture out of all my shoes and it could be like a mini apartment. And yes I know I have a lot of shoes, I take pride in my foot apparel… plus I keep having to replace the shoes Duke decides to destroy….” Josie turned and looked back out to her room where her dog was currently taking up residence on her bean bag.
“Little brat…” She muttered before turning and looking to the redhead.
“Now tell me, what vibes are you wanting to put off tonight?”“He’s lucky he’s cute.” Savvy stated, gazing over lovingly at the adorable pup lying comfortably and quietly, a stark contrast from before. Looking over her shoulder at Josie, Savannah sighed, rummaging through the closet whilst talking.
“I don’t know,” She started, leafing through item after item,
“I just want to wear something that’ll make me feel confident. I like Trevor a lot and I don’t want to mess things up before they can even begin.” She turned around completely, looking her friend in the eye.
“He’s special- I can’t ruin the chance I’ve got here. I-” Savvy started to say something else, but something behind Josie caught her eye. Moving around her, she plucked the
dress off of the wire hanger and held it up against her body.
“I need to wear something like this.”Josie nodded, listening to her friend as she looked around the clothes in her closet trying to figure out the perfect thing for her friend to wear. It was when her friend found a dress for herself that the wheels in Josie’s mind really got turning. Taking one long look at the dress, she pieced together the other parts of the outfit in her head before even turning to get them. Making her way from one section of her closet to another, grabbing shoes, a jacket, and some accessories, Josie got the things that she felt would complete the outfit. Turning to her friend with all the items in hand, she wore a grin.
“Try it on with all of these.” Is all she said before shoving the things into Savvy’s hand and exiting the closet.
In Savvy’s eyes, Josie was a outfit making machine. Not even two seconds after she had spotted the perfect dress, her friend had already accessorized it perfectly, coming up with an ensemble that the redhead could have only dreamed about making up herself. Slipping everything on quicker than lightning, Sav emerged from the closet wearing the clothes, an excited smile beaming on her face.
This was the kind of outfit she needed; it was casual enough to make it seem like herself, but dressed up enough to show Trevor that she put effort in. And she wanted to make sure that he could tell. Bonus: It was perfect for the party.
“I love this, do you?” She asked Josie for her approval, sitting down at the vanity and looking over at her friend expectantly. Next was hair and makeup, which would be a breeze in comparison to this.
“Girl I loved everything you tried on, but this one is especially perfect for tonight. I could tell from the moment you walked out that it was the one. It enhances your natural confidence and beauty! Now for hair and makeup I say we go loose curls and just the lightest touch of makeup because it would be a sin to cake your gorgeous face.” Josie walked over to her friend and turned her so she was facing the mirror, her hands on the red heads shoulders. When she finished talking she winked with a playful smirk on her face before going and plugging her curling iron in.
“I thought so too. I feel like this one is me, but the enhanced version of me.” Savvy replied with a bright smile, even brighter than the one before. Looking over to her friend, she truly realized how lucky she was to have someone so caring on her team. Her worst fear of people abandoning her was the last thought on her mind when she was around Josephine, since she knew that they’d remain friends- best friends- for a very long time. Heck, they’d probably have rocking chairs next to each other in the nursing home.
“Loose curls sound good to me. I seriously don’t know what I’d do without you Josie.”“You’d die of boredom without me.” Josie joked as she picked up the curling iron and got to work on Savannah’s hair. After years of dance competitions she had gotten the art of doing hair down to a tee. With the redhead’s hair being silky smooth and not like Josie’s coils at all, the process went quick and easy. The curls turning out perfect in Josie’s eyes, no where near as perfect as her friend though. She had always dreamed of getting to get to do girly things with a best friend when she was younger. Living in a military home being raised by just her father with an older brother made it so things were always more rough and dirty during her childhood. She didn’t mind roughhousing or training with her father and brother, but she always wanted a connection with another female. Luckily that is what she got with Savannah and she knew that their friendship would last years.
“There you go. Hair done! I can do your makeup too if you want but I feel you are better at natural makeup than I am. You know the only makeup I tend to wear other than eyeliner is dance makeup and well that’s usually… you know… intense.” Josie made a face when mentioning the dance makeup she has had to do, internally cringing at the thought of some of the worst looks she’s had to wear.
“Yeah… You should definitely do your own makeup.” Josie giggled and smiled at Savannah.
Savvy admired her curls in the mirror-
damn Josie was certainly good at doing hair. Much better than Sav would ever be. Checking the phone, she realized she didn’t have too much time left before her prince charming showed up, so her makeup would have to be a little rushed. Quick under pressure, she pulled out her makeup and began applying it at an accelerated speed, all the while making sure it remained up to her standards. Foundation, concealer, eyeshadow, eyeliner and mascara made their way onto her face, seamlessly tying everything together. Exhaling a sigh of relief, she checked the time on her phone, and was pleased to find out she had five minutes to spare.
“Trev’s gonna be here any minute. Any last adjustments?”Speak of the devil, and a particularly angelic redhead shall appear. Trevor Wells had been by Josie’s house once or twice before, but that was a long time ago, so he still had to GPS his way there. An army green Jeep pulled up to the curb beside the Erickson’s driveway before the engine fell silent. Inside the Jeep, Trevor nervously ran his his palms over his thighs. Should he have prepared more? Like… brought flowers? He was overthinking things, probably, this was only their first date. Semi-date? Holy crap, he was going on a date. Sighing at himself and his inability to be as cool as someone like Damian in this situation, Trev stepped out of the vehicle and made his trek towards the front door. Trevor paused a moment before ringing the doorbell and then immediately put his hands in his pockets while he waited for
her.
The sound of the doorbell echoed through the entire house, and Sav’s face paled immediately.
“Oh jeez, no time for last minute adjustments. It’s go time.” Looking over at Josie nervously, Savvy inspected her reflection in the mirror one last time.
“Guess it’s now or never.” Gathering her purse, wallet, and phone, she made her way down the stairs and towards the front door, hoping Josie was not too far behind. Taking a deep breath, Savvy turned the knob and opened it to find herself face to face with Trevor. God, could he be
any cuter?
“Hi,” She stated casually, a smile forming on her lips.
Josie followed behind Savannah after the doorbell rang, biting her lip to hold back a huge grin at the thought of the two seeing each other. They were two cute, awkward redheads, and she knew it would just be the most precious thing ever. They already were the most precious couple in her mind and they weren’t even dating. When Savannah opened the door, Josie decided that for the meantime she would stay silent and in the shadows for now. But she wanted pictures of the two before they left and she would make herself known then.
Trevor didn’t know what he had expected. Perhaps for Josie to have answered the door? Instead, he was face to face with his dream girl looking… very much so dreamy. Trev took his hands out of his pockets and stood up straighter, feigning confidence. Silently, he just stared with a slight smile on his face until she spoke. Right, he shouldn’t just stare, say hi, Trevor. Yikes.
“Hi.” He responded in greeting.
“You look… great. Really great.”Only six words had come out of Trevor’s mouth, and Sav was already the color of a firetruck. Her crush has just told her she looked great! Wow, what a date this was going to be. Sav looked down bashfully at the ground, a shy laugh preceding her response.
“Thanks,” The redhead looked back up at him for only a moment, just so she wouldn’t turn more red than she already was. Gazing over her shoulder at Josie, Sav gave her a little wink in thanks. She would have looked like a hot mess if it weren’t for her bestie coming in to save the day.
“Um, shall we?” Savannah asked nervously, wanting to make an exit quickly before Josephine could do anything embarrassing- she
knew she would if given the chance.
“Hold up. You two don't get to go anywhere, not yet. First ya girl is gonna need some pictures of her favorite redheads!!!”
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