The Blue In Your Eyes || Ashori
Several makeup bags laid open on Tori’s bathroom cabinet as all the makeup she owned cluttered the surface alongside various hair-styling tools and products that she didn’t even know she had until earlier that evening. “How do other girls do this whole looking like they didn’t try thing?” she whispered to herself as her eyes scanned the familiar face in the mirror that was still completely bare despite her time running short. She didn’t want her makeup to look like she had just gotten ready for prom or a red carpet, but that didn’t mean she was about to walk out with nothing on her face on a night as important as this one. Sure, Ashton had seen her looking like a mess more times than she cared to count, but the least she could do was try to look a little nicer than usual on this date that marked such a special event. She’d already picked out a simple strappy floral summer dress to wear for their night out, but that was only half the battle won. Now she’d have to try to get her hair to cooperate with a curling iron as well as attempt to follow a tutorial on YouTube to get the “effortlessly beautiful” look the video claimed to be able to help her master.
As the brunette managed to get the last section of her hair to curl to her general satisfaction, her eyes wandered to the clock on the bottom right corner of her computer screen where the video she'd been watching as still open. There were only fifteen minutes between now and when she was supposed to meet Ashton, the realization of which made her heartbeat speed up even more than it already had in anticipation for this day. “Three hundred and sixty five days.” The words ran through her mind as a smile came to her lips. It had been that long since the night that would go down as one of her fondest memories—the day the boy she now had fallen head over heels in love with had told her how he’d felt and when she’d been able to admit to the feelings she’d be harboring for him as well. If anybody had told her 366 days ago that today she’d be getting ready for an anniversary date with the one and only Ashton Fields, she wouldn’t have believed them. But it was real, even if would feel like just like a fairytale if she wasn’t lacking the fairy godmother that would’ve made her struggles with eye shadow monumentally easier.
It took Tori a solid five minutes after telling herself she was ready and needed to leave her dorm to finally set foot out. That time had been spent in front of her full length mirror debating on a last minute change into a black dress or putting on a different pair of shoes and trying to think if there were any last touches she could make to make herself look nicer for the evening. Finally she pushed herself to go lest she be late, and began walking towards Ashton’s dorm. She hadn’t even begin to let herself think about how nervous she was about giving him the present she’d prepared, that was a worry for later. With a shy knock on the door, she reminded herself that she’d had fun tonight regardless of what happened as long as the boy on the other side of the wall was by her side and that was enough to have some of the nerves subside while excitement took their place.