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As agreed over e-mail, Wanda comes over to help Alex get ready for prom.



Armed with a bag of make-up, various tools of hair care (some might call them torture instruments but she was not one of them) and other tools of the trade, Wanda stopped by Alex's door. Juggling everything, she ended up knocking on the door with her foot and was glad she'd worn boots instead of sandals.

Jumping up from where she had laid out her dress on the bed so Wanda knew what she was working with, Alex jumped up to answer the door, Crush on her heels. She was wearing some of her own clothes, a now oversized sweatshirt and a pair of board trunks drawn as tight as they would go. She was really oddly excited about the prospect of Wanda doing her hair...but then everyone had always said Alex was in love with his hair.

"Hey Wanda! Here, let me help you!"She said as she opened the door and grabbed some of the things from her to help. "Crush, go lie down."She commanded so the dog wouldn't trip either of them up. Giving his owner a pouting look, the Golden went and flopped down on his bed.

"Hello Alex." Wanda grinned at the dog--she rather liked animals. "I am not sure who's more excited about my visit, you or Crush." Ducking inside, she turned and got a good look at Crush's owner and her smile widened. "Well, you turned out to be one very hot woman, didn't you? How often do you get to hear that kind of compliment?"

Laughing, Alex shut the door again, but let Crush slip back in as the Golden had quickly realized he had a friend in Wanda. He settled down on the bed opposite the dress, having already been told not to go near it. Alex himself spun playfully, grinning at Wanda's compliment. "Thanks! I know, ain't it cool? This is too much fun!"

"Now that's the spirit." She and Alex had never really interacted much and Wanda was starting to wonder why that was. "Let me just put the rest of this down and...oohh." The dress on the bed was very, very hard to miss and Wanda immediately honed in on it, stopping by the foot of the bed. "Oh Alex, I think I may just have to declair love upon your dress. This is fantastic and it will suit you immensely."

If anyone was going to try and have fun in any situation she got herself into, it was Alex. And if Wanda was the same way...they needed to interact more as there were many in the mansion that didn't think that way but probably should. And Alex was extremely happy at the approval at his dress, since Shiro had sputtered everytime Alex tried to get an honest answer out of him. Seriously, even he wasn't that bad when he'd gone shopping with Lorna when he was normal. "You like? I can't get a straight answer out of Shiro so your approval means a lot since it's the only opinion I've had."

"Shiro having a little bit of cope failure?" Wanda guessed, putting the rest of what she had been carrying on the bed next to the dress. It was purple, it was cut in all the right places and the material was to die for. "If I could marry an inanimate object, this would be it. I like very much." She paused to give Crush a good skritch behind the ears before turning back to Alex. "Did you have anything in mind for a hairstyle?" she asked gleefully, rubbing her hands together.

"It's too bad being female made me short, or I'd gladly give it too you. It may be too short now." Then she playfully rolled her eyes, giving a small giggle. "Just a little. As in not at all." Crush huffed softly as if in agreement. Then Alex ran her hands through her just longer then shoulder length hair. She was used to having long hair, but this was much longer then she was used too. "No idea. I bow to the greater knowledge of a master." She said with a bright grin and a small bow.

Wanda bent over the dress one more time and then straightened, walking over to get a good look at Alex. "Well, there is always wearing it down, though that is a bit boring. May I?" With permission, she gently put her fingers in the hair and played with it for a second. "You've got a graceful neck in this body, shame to let that go to waste. We can always put it up in a fancy bun. Hair's out of the way and it lets everything else be shown off."

Having turned around to accommodate her, and hide the small grin of pleasure at someone running
their hands through her hair, Alex looked over her shoulder. "Scott always did call me a show off." She winked with a grin. "Sounds good. Something up and fun sounds perfect!

"Far be it from me to deny you any chance of showing off," she teased back, removing her hands carefully to avoid tangles. "Let's get you into the dress first because from there, I will put a towel over you to make sure I do not get any make up on it. Now that would be a shame worth crying over."
"Sounds like a plan." Alex said as she began removing her trunks. A little struggling and help from Wanda, was it Alex's fault she'd never worn a formal dress before?, later, she had it on. "Somehow that was easier in the store. Is that some freaky clothes think like how they fit in the store and never at home? Happened to Lorna all the time. So! Where do you want me?" She asked, looking around the room she shared with Shiro.

"It is a bit like getting your hair done--it is like magic there but a pain in the butt once you're actually home." Wanda gestured to the bed. "As long as Crush can stay off of you, that will be the best place to do this. Hair first and then make-up. Where do you keep your towels?"

Alex was a typical guy and while she loved her hair. she'd never gotten it 'done' so she decided to just believe her. She nodded outside into the common room. "The closet between ours and Tommy's room." Then she glanced at Crush who she swore was smiling at her. "I think he's enjoying this too much to move so he should stay on his end of the bed."

She chuckled as she popped out, returning with a large town. Draping the towel over Alex's shoulders, back and front, Wanda reached over to grab the hair instruments. "This is going to be fairly easy to do," she told him, gently scooping his hair of his neck. With a few twists and turns of her wrists, she managed to get the hair through the bun holder and into place. There were a few strands around it free but it was actually cute, the ends flowering out.

Biting her lip, she managed to not make a small noise of pleasure as Wanda messed with her hair.She was so in love with her hair, male or female. Alex blinked. "is that it?"

"You were not cursed with a head full of hair that eats things," Wanda responded wryly. "And a bun is a simple thing, really. The bun holder is one for a prom occassion, very fancy looking but will not detract from the dress." Shuffling, she came around him and sat on the bed, rubbing her hands together. "Makeup?"

Okay the hair she could handle...makeup was still slightly scary. She looked at it, took a deep breath and gave a wide smile. "Lay it on me."

Chuckling, Wanda grabbed for the makeup kit. "I promise to be gentle." Winking, she took another good look at the dress, Alex's coloring and dug through the bag. Colors that would compliment him but not be too outlandish. It was a prom and, well, deep down he was a boy after all.

Coming up with a few things, she chuckled. "You still have your tan in this body, I see, that will help. And try not to flinch while I do this. I do not wish to draw lines all over your face."

"You kidding? I worked years for this tan. I'd better." She kidded but then sat still, trying very hard not to fidget but some of the things coming at her face were slightly frightening. Mascara brushes were things from nightmares!

She only nearly poked out Alex's eye once, she was very proud. Leaning back, she capped the lipstick and grinned. "Oh, you look fantastic if I do say so myself...and I do. Go on, you can go look now."

Slightly worried, yet trusting Wanda, Alex carefully got up and moved into the bathroom. She gasped when she saw herself. "Oh. My. God. Wanda. It looks awesome." SHE bounded out with a big smile. "Thank you!"

Wanda laughed, nearly giggling herself as the glee just rolled right off of Alex. "You are very, very welcome. You look like you could knock them and you just might with Shiro."

Alex gave her a big, yet careful hug. "I hope so! I'm hoping to make it up to him tonight."

Hugging him back, just as careful, Wanda grinned. "I am going to be very, very good right now and not say anything..."