Witch Weigh (A Paranormal Romantic Comedy) by Mickelson Caroline

Author:Mickelson, Caroline [Mickelson, Caroline]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Bon Accord Press
Published: 2012-04-23T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

“Tessa, my dear, I’ve got the perfect costume for you.” Claudia straightened from the box of costumes she’d been bending over. Her shirt was a shiny orange satin fabric and she wore black leggings. Two black triangle pieces of fabric were pinned to her chest pockets. A green ribbon was threaded through her hair, a floppy bow atop her head. Grudgingly, Tessa had to admire the way Claudia walked around as comfortable as a runway model when she was past middle age, plumper than plump and dressed as a pumpkin. The woman was just plain comfortable in her own skin, and Tessa envied that.

Claudia inspected a voluminous piece of black fabric before she wadded it up and tossed it in Tessa’s direction.

Tessa held up the fabric and tried to make sense of what it was supposed to be. “You want me to dress up as a shower curtain?”

Claudia laughed. “Don’t be silly. Slip the robe on.”

Tessa did, but only because she had less than half an hour to get into a costume before the masquerade themed dinner. Costume parties were for children. But if she didn’t show up in a costume she was worried she’d miss dinner, all two lettuce leaves of it.

She turned sideways in front of the mirror and tried to figure out what the robe was supposed to change her into.

“Here, you’ll need this.” Claudia tossed her something black. “I’m a genius. This is the perfect costume for you.”

Claudia’s grin was telling, as was the pointy black hat in her hands. Tessa shook her head. If her Aunt Trudy and those old crones she hung out with could see her like this her punishment should be considered complete.

“Put it on,” Bethany said. “You’ll look cute.”

Perfect. She was now cute. Life was peachy. She started to put the hat on but stopped. Screw peachy. She was a real witch, damn it, and she didn’t have to sink so low as to dress up like some pathetic cartoon character. She needed her magic back. There just had to be a way.

“What else do you have in the box?” she asked Claudia.

“What do you see yourself as?”

“A Greek goddess,” Tessa answered.

Claudia laughed. “Actually, now that I’ve gotten to know you better I think you’d make a great pirate. But if you don’t want my assistance then I’m going to help Bethany instead.”

“Good idea,” Tessa said. Bethany needed all the help she could get. For some odd reason though, Tessa left the sentiment unspoken. Normally a comment like that would have rolled off her tongue.

She turned her attention back to the box of costumes. She pulled out a red sequin dress and held it up. Low neckline. Check. High hemline. Check. Size Twenty. Crap. Too Small. Still, she might as well try to squeeze into it. Everything else in the box was matronly and frumpy. She headed for the ladies locker room.

Tessa nearly broke a sweat trying to get into the dress but she managed to wiggle it down over her hips, which left only the side zipper to struggle with.

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