Feeling the breeze

[tori]

*Tori watched lola run to her bag and then off. She then shrugged and ducked under the water, she swam to the shore, making her hands and feet webbed to swim faster. Right before she left the water her hands and feet turned normal. Hopefully the people watching would just think she was a dang fast swimmer. But once out she ran towards the mansion.*

Oh, I hope I don't get yelled at for coming in wet. Or for tracking in sand.

*Just because she was an X-man didn't mean that she didn't get in trouble for possibly ruining the rug. But either way Tori ran to her room and showered, as fast as she could. She then put one of her bikini's on, knowing that she would get wet, weather or not anyone else did. She then put on some black skinny jeans and a tank top over the bikini top. After pulling up her hair in a pony tail she grabbed a beach bag and put a towel and brush in it. She then ran out of the school grounds. Running back to the beach she saw the two already under the pear. Once next to them, Tori leaned on one of the legs and pulled a water bottle that was randomly in her bag. Once she caught her breath she looked up at the two.*

Sorry, am I late?

[braxtongrace]

Braxton was a little surprised by the hissing, and the strange slits Lola's eyes became for only a tiny second. But it was enough for him to notice. Definitely mutant, he thought with a slight nod. But he randomly disintegrated things, and people sometimes, when he was startled, so he really couldn't complain about her hissing.

He honestly had no idea who the guy was she was talking about. Never heard of "Michael Kors" before in his life. But, he seemed important to Lola so that was enough to him. "A fashion show, huh? Oh well, if you designed it then it'll have to be entertaining enough for me," he just smiled at her.

That's when Tori came running up. Sorry, am I late? "Nope, but you missed Lola talking about some Kors dude who's going to come to her fashion show party thing." He wondered if Tori had ever heard of Michael Kors, and if she did then he knew he'd feel stupid. Oh well, he was used to that for the most part.

He turned back to Lola, "Why didn't you mention that you designed stuff to us before? When we were diving off into the water?" Not that he thought mentioning designs in the waves was normal, but that seemed really important to her. He wished he could find something he loved like that.

[mimi]

Lola's eyes went wide when Braxton referred to Micheal Kors as 'some Kors dude' and her mouth fell wide open. Well, it was obvious that he paid absolutely no attention to the fashion world. He probably didn't even know who Coco Chanel was either. However, she shrugged it off. He was a boy. And obviously a straight one at that. She had her fool-proof gaydar to thank for that. She rolled her eyes and looked at Tori, hoping that she might know something about the fashion world.

"Not just 'some Kors dude'. Michael Kors himself. He's even bigger than Calvin Klein! People are just more familiar with Calvin because he does fragrances and underwear and stuff for kids...please tell me you know who I'm talking about because if you don't I'll feel like I'm on another planet."

She arched a brow at Braxton's question. "I don't really spill my guts out on the table right when I meet people. There's a lot of stuff I don't exactly share right away, like the fact that my current career isn't exactly moral, but at least it's legal, and my family sucks."

"Anyway," she stated suddenly, hoping to get off the subject of her messed up past, "Since you two gave me the idea you'll get front row seats. I'd say you can come back stage, but...it'll be insane back there."

[tori]

*Tori thought. The name did ring a bell. She had herd those names before.*

I've heard those names but...well, you could say that I don't get out much.

*That was for sure true. She rarely watched TV or movies. And only got on the internet for school assignments or to e-mail her parents. She spent most of her time in the water. It was where she belonged. She was most comfortable in the water and was almost drawn to it. That was why she was wearing her swimming suit under her normal cloths.*

And I know a bit about fassion shows. There are some girls at the...place I live at. *Wow that was close. I almost said 'mansion.'* Plus I took a semester of a fission class in high school.

*She knew that things got crazy back there, because for the final of the class the kids had to put on a fission show. It was much harder than it looked. Luckily she passed. But as expected Tori was one of the swim suit models. All the girls who were in charge just thought that her body was made to be in a bikini...ironic right?*

[braxtongrace]

Braxton just smiled. He'd known that Lola would probably give him a look like that because he didn't know who Michael Kors was. But he was completely lost when it came to anything that girls liked. Or at least most things. When it came to clothes, fashion, makeup, or anything along those lines he was completely gone. But he didn't mind not knowing about those things. He didn't like those things for the most part. But he wouldn't mind a famous fashion show guy coming to see Lola's stuff. And if he was interested than her stuff be at least cool to look at, even if Braxton didn't know anything about fashion.

But at least he wasn't alone. Tori didn't know about them either, but at least she'd heard of them. That was a little bit better than him. And everyone at least has heard of Calvin Klein, from Back to the Future if from nothing else. Actually, that was the only time Braxton had ever heard of that name, not that he would dare tell that to Lola. Not unless he wanted to get another one of those gawking expressions. But he had to admit, he kind of liked that shocked stare she'd given him.

"I wouldn't mind front row seats. This sounds kinda fun," he admitted, even though he'd basically tuned Lola and Tori out for the past few minutes. He hoped they wouldn't notice. He'd really only caught the last line they'd said. But he wouldn't mind sitting next to two pretty girls for a while, even if it was for something fashion related.

[mimi]

Lola's mouth dropped open again, but she shook her head, as if shaking out the disbelief that they weren't well aquainted with Micheal Kors. They probably didn't know about Guccio Gucci or Ralph Lauren either. She just had to keep reminding herself that not everyone was a fashion addict like herself.

"I feel sort of like an alien, but that's ok."

She bent over and pulled two tickets out of one of her boots and handed one to each of them.

"Just give these to one of the massive men guarding the tent over there and he'll show you to your-"

She stopped abruptly when her phone went off, singing a Jace Everett song loudly into the sea air. Lola exhaled a sigh and bent over to retrieve it from her boot. It was funny how she never carried a purse when she wore a pair of boots. She never needed to. That and it was very unlikely that someone would steal her boots right off her feet where as someone stealing her purse wasn't that uncommon. In Alphabet City of all places too.

"Excuse me for a minute." She flipped open the phone and glared at the empty air in front of her. "Bos, you know exactly where you're supposed to set up. Why're you calling me?" She listened for a moment and then gasped. You would have thought that someone had killed someone else rather than the shoes to an outfit getting mixed up. "No no no no no! The Gucci boots were never even supposed to be put with any outfit! They are hideous and I will not see them in there. You tell them that the tan Gwen shoes were supposed to go with the demin mini and the green velvet jacket, not the Gucci boots!" It may have seemed like she was losing her mind, but her clothes were like masterpieces to her. Accessories could easily make or break an outfit.

"I've gotta go before they decided to do something else to ruin it all. I'll see you guys in like...half an hour."

It was then that she realized how little time she had. "Half an hour...I really gotta go."

And she did. She was at the tent in a flash, behind closed doors trying to make everything perfect.

[tori]

*Tori was almost surprised when Lola said she was like an alien. If Lola was an alien, then that made Tori a fish out of water. She knew every type of fish and creature under the sea. Not many people knew that. She smiled at Lola and watched her curiously. She was quite a colorful girl. She was so expressive and didn't care what people thought of her. Once she bolted off Tori gave a small giggle.*

Well she seems just about excited enough for everyone.

*She could tell that this was Lola's passion, she was so into it. But this seemed to be more of an event than a party. But Tori would just see how it played out. It would probably end up being lots of fun. Tori looked at the water, wanting to get wet again. But shortly turned back to Braxton.*

So what should we do for a half hour.

*She put her ticket in her bag, that way she wouldn't lose it. At least she hoped she wouldn't lose it. That would be a stupid thing to do. But getting all pruny all day because you spent to much time in the pool wasn't smart either.*

[braxtongrace]

Braxton just watched Lola closely as her expression changed almost every moment. It was very entertaining. But at least he was in no place for daydreaming instead of listening to her. He'd never have to worry about that, she was so enthusiastic. She could make any situation fun, he believed. Before he knew it she was on the phone with Bos and yapping about some boots. Gucci? What kind of name was that? Oh well, probably some other famous person that Lola would be astonished to find out he hadn't heard of.

And then, she was gone. Just like that. Braxton looked at his ticket a moment. What an interesting place to keep a ticket. At least she wouldn't loose it in her boot. Braxton thought a moment and looked at his clothes. No pockets... darn. He smirked slightly at Tori and stuck the ticket quickly into his sneaker. So what should we do for a half hour?

Braxton had to think a minute. "No idea. A half hour isn't much time to do anything that fun. Mostly that takes hours to really get a good taste of this place," he admitted. He smiled at her then, "Or... we could follow Lola. She's entertaining enough to keep up alive for the next half hour."

[mimi]

Lola had meant that the show would be starting in half an hour. However, guests were already beginning to arrive. The familiar figure of Heidi Klum caught her eye and she almost paused to complement her work in the modeling world, which was woven with the fashion world. Of course she needed to know her models.

She shook her head and in a flash she was past the entrance and backstage, shouting orders and fixing mistakes. Directing hair and make up, ensuring the models knew their line up. It was all much more stressful than anyone would assume it to be with as calm it seemed on the runway.

Lola was surprised that everyone was responding so positively to her. She was in a right state, nearly having a panic attack and screaming at everyone. She apologized to someone once after yelling at them and they gave her a flabberghasted look. It wasn't their fault they had the top on upside down. It was a complex piece, even though it was one of her favorites.

When everything slowed down and the only ones left working were the makeup artists she yelled over everyone and apologized, breifly explaining that she really wasn't 'as big a bitch as you saw tonight'. Once again, everyone stared at her awkwardly and it made her uncomfortable. It was then that Michael Kors took her arm and pulled her to the runway. She found the seats for Braxton and Tori empty and she wondered where they were.