Black Veil Tea Party

-Ashley's POV-

I followed Claire to the costume chest, though it felt much more like approaching an execution stand.
"Alright, here it is!" She announced, stopping in front of a large, dark chest. I gulped. "Hm, let's see," she pondered, opening it up and tossing things out, searching for just the right fit. After a couple minutes of digging through it, she held up a pale pink tutu with lacy frills around the edges.
"Uh, no," I told her as nicely as I could. "I am not wearing that." She opened her mouth, probably to continue the scream threat, but I cut her off. "Go ahead, scream all you want, but there is no way in hell that I am going to put on a pink frilly tutu, ok? I'll have a tea party. I'll play dolls with you. I will not dress up," I finished firmly. She closed her mouth with a sigh, reaching into her pocket.
"How much do you want?"
"What?" I asked, confused.
"How much money do you want? I'll pay you to wear this," Claire answered. Wow, she's really serious about this, I thought.
"You don't need to do that, you just need to understand that you don't always get your way with things," I said, still surprised that she was this desperate.
"Trust me, I don't always get my way," she laughed, but there was a hint of sadness in her eyes when she continued. "Look at this chest." She dragged her fingertip along the top and showed it to me. It was covered in dust. "I haven't had the chance to look at these costumes in years. Mom and Dad are always busy with work, like right now, he's on a business trip. Since it's a three day weekend, I don't have any homework, so I actually have free time today. I never get to play games like this. I was hoping that Mom would play with me, but I know that she has things she would like to do, too, so I forcefully dragged you guys into this because I figured you have more free time, so you could take some time to do this with me. It's ok if you really don't want to, though," she sighed, starting to fold up the costumes. I suddenly felt guilty. Claire was an only child, she didn't have any siblings to play with. How long had it been since I had spent time with kids?
"Hey, what are you putting that away for?" I asked gently. "We've got a tea party to attend." She grinned one of the biggest smiles I'd seen in a long time, causing a flowery feeling to burst inside of me.
"Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you!" She cried, giving me a quick hug.
"You're welcome," I laughed, hugging her back. "Just as long as I can wear that over my other clothes."
"Yup. Oh wait," she gasped for a moment, unfolding one of the fallen items. "Do you think, um, maybe, you could wear these, too?" Claire held up a pair of sparkling faerie wings.

-Andy's POV-

Jake, CC, Jinxx, and I were all joking about what Claire was going to do to us while taking pictures of CC's fabulous hair and posting it on Instagram, much to his dismay. However, we completely exploded with laughter when Ashley entered the room wearing bright pink, sparkling faerie wings and a pale, pink, frilly tutu.
"Princess CC, I believe you forgot your crown," he giggled, handing CC a plastic, silver tiara.
"Why, thank you, Princess Ashley," he responded, positioning it ever so carefully on his head. Ashley gave a little curtsy.
"Oh my god," I laughed, taking out my phone to film it. This was all just too much.
"Hey, Claire," Jinxx said suddenly, noting my actions. "Don't you think Andy could use a little more makeup? He needs a touch up, if you know what I mean." I pressed pause.
"Jinxx don't you dare."
"Hey, you're right, Uncle Jinxx!" Claire exclaimed in realization. "Andy, come with me, we need to make you a real princess!" Before I could say a word, she had grabbed my hand and dragged me halfway out the room.
"I will murder your children," I called to him as she lead me on.

Notes

Gave Claire some backstory so she didn't seem too bratty... my sister's not like this at all, this new character has taken on some different qualities and evolved. Anyway, hope everyone has been enjoying this story!!