FIFTY-SIX | Going Back To School

Alaila took her time to make me up. And while I tried to hasten her up, she ignored me.

"Alaila, can you at least hasten up a bit? There is no time. I can't keep Axel waiting. He..."

"Axel will wait. You don't have to worry about it"

"Can you..."

"If you want me to hasten up, you will have to keep quiet and stay put"

I sighed. "I will but please..."

"I will hasten up," she said. I watched Alaila through the mirror as her hands worked like magic on my face. "Just a little touch and we are done"

Alaila spent a few more minutes before announcing that she was done and I breathed a sigh of relief.

"What do you think?" she asked as I stared in the mirror.

"It's beautiful but I think it's a bit much. It's..."

"Since you call it beautiful, that means you love it. And that you love it means we are done here. I am going to get the gown" she said walking away. She returned a few minutes later with a blue dress and handed over the dress to me. "Put on this dress. It will fit you perfectly". I sta