When Della got home, I decided to follow Dex's advice and end the pity party. I tried on one of the 12 gorgeous gowns she got me, the fanciest of them all. 

"I'm surprised you actually only got 12." I tell her after I change. 

"Oh you look beautiful!" She cried. "And I didn't want to overwhelm you with choices. I think I might have done that to Sophie the first time I went shopping for her." She giggled. "Oh, and Biana's home if you want your hair or makeup done. I'm sure she'd love a new canvas." 

"Ok. I think I'll head to her room." I replied. I took one last look at myself in the mirror trying to memorize every detail of the dress. It was hot pink and came to just below my knees. The off the shoulder sleeves compliment my curly brown hair and weird green eyes, and they'll pop even more when Biana applies some eyeshadow. Maybe she can even cover the fact that I spent the last few hours in tears. I knock on the door. 

"Come in!" 

"Hey…" I say shyly

"Lori! You look beautiful!" 

I blushed at the compliment. "I was actually wondering if you could help me with my hair and makeup? I know that the you in my universe really liked giving makeovers, and was really good at them too…" I trail off. 

"I thought you'd never ask!" As we start the makeover, things are pretty quiet. I remember how I used to gossip with Biana whenever we did this. 

"So, obviously I'm new here." I tell Biana as she blends my foundation. "I'm officially putting you in charge of catching me up on all the gossip." 

"You mean like the dating and crush stuff?" 

"Mhm. I want to know everything I missed." 

"Then we'll be here a while." She giggles. 

"Don't tell me everyone here is just as oblivious as they were in my universe." 

"They're probably worse," she admits. "Let's start with just our group, though that's probably the worst. Sophie is still head over heels for my brother, even though they dated for a while and she was the one to break them up. And of course he can't see that. I know he still likes her too though, and it takes everything I have not to just sit them down and tell them they are meant for each other. By the way, they're cognates, as Fitz will mention any time you try to split them up. Anyways, Keefe also likes Sophie, and of course she can't see that. Fitz also likes Linh, but I'm trying to gently guide him towards Sophie, because Tam probably won't let Linh date, so asking her out is asking for heartache. Although sometimes I do think Tam likes someone, I just can’t tell who. And I think that's all the drama that's going on right now. Oh, can I trust you not to tell who I like? I really need to tell someone, and Fitz will probably kill him, and Sophie's always busy being the moonlark, and…" 

"You can trust me." I say. I like that I don't have to say much around Biana. She does enough talking for the both of us. 

"It's Keefe." She says. "But his creepy mom did something to him so he can 'fulfill his Legacy' and he's been passed out at Havenfield for days." 

"She did it to him here too?!" I get angry. I hated seeing Gisela take advantage of him. 

"Unfortunately." She says as she starts adding blush to my cheek. "What's this?" She asks when she finds my scar concealer. 

"Nothing." I say hurriedly. But it's too late. She peels down the patch to reveal my swan shaped scar. 

"Who did this to you?" She asks. "and don't bother lying. Remember that I have scars too." I shove away the images of Biana lying in a puddle of her own blood at the Lodestar Initiative headquarters. I put the patch back on. 

"I'll tell you while you work." I say. She keeps putting on blush and eyeshadow while I tell her a summarized version of the story behind it. When I finished, she gave me a giant hug, which felt nice. 

"I'll be right back." I say as I run to my room and grab my hairpin. "Can you put this in my hair?" 

"It's so pretty! Of course I can." She said, "Where did you get this?" 

"Well, my universe's version of… you gave it to me." 

"Oh. Well, apparently other me has great taste." She says. I laugh. The first laugh I've had since I got here. "put on this lip gloss and we'll be done." I do as she tells me, then look in the mirror. 

"Wow… I'm…" 

"Beautiful." She finishes for me. I turn around and hug her. I feel beautiful. 

"Thank you. I needed this." I say. 

"Anytime." She says as she hugs me back.