“White is merely the absence of color—or wait is that black?” Pause as the dhampir presses her lips together in a teasing smile. “Either way I don’t care and neither should you because I am totally revamping your wardrobe and you will love it I promise. Even you have a surprisingly large lack of faith in me, your best friend who not only has saved your life more than once but has an ah-mazing fashion sense.”

” no, you had it right. besides, i don’t wear all white. “ no, she had some
pastels in there, too. ” hey, now, you’re only putting together one outfit !
not my whole wardrobe. “ despite the banter, lissa still smiled, shaking
her head at rose. ” yes, but i had to have bought at least a third of your
wardrobe. isn’t that payment enough ? “ she was teasing; she knew she’d
never repay rose back for saving her so many times, but that the best she
could do was stay by her side.
Tipping her head to the side, dark hair shifting down her
shoulder the dhampir smiles at her best friend. “Have I
ever told you I’m always right? Because well I am and
if I have told you it’s because it’s true.” She says clasping
her hands together before carefully studying Lissa.
“I totally have an idea, come to my closet.” Her tone
took on a darker more ironic sound covered with what
could only be called an overly cheesy Transylvania
vampires accent as she led the Queen back towards
her room.

she lets out a laugh at rose’s ridiculous accent and follows
rose to her room. she peers into the other’s closet when
they get there, raising an eyebrow. ” oh my gosh, rose. do
you even own any white ? “ she’s merely teasing her as she
plops down onto the bed.
Rose lifts her hands in a defensive manner.
“Whoa—hey I never said everyone should
dress like me but I also didn’t say it’d be a
bad thing so…” She offers Lissa a teasing
smile. “Maybe you should just let me update
your wardrobe a little, badass queen would
so suit you.”

while she did like the ring of the title ‘badass queen’,
she took a moment to pause and think it over. she
always thought that darker colors would make her
look even paler than she was – but couldn’t be certain;
she’d never tried. it didn’t take her long to come up
with a compromise; lissa had always been good with
compromises. ” one outfit. one outfit, rose, and if i
like it, i’ll spice up my wardrobe a little. “
Lissa should’ve realized that this would be
a loaded question.
“Well personally I think everyone could
benefit from changing their wardrobe just
a little bit, but hey to each their own right your highness?”

she rolled her eyes at the use of rose’s ‘your
highness’. ” so everyone should dress like
you ? “ she didn’t mean this offensively, of
course, she was just teasing her. ” i don’t
think i can pull off dark colors, rose. “
“Has anyone ever told you
that you wear to many pastels?
I mean this in a loving way of course.”

she knows rose has nothing but
the best intentions in telling her
this, and she raises an eyebrow.
” are you saying i should change
my wardrobe ? “