Piper was finishing up her makeup before her and Jackson headed to the party.

She wanted to be fashionably late so as not to be the very first ones there.

“Are you ready to go yet?” Jackson hollered from the kitchen.

“Yes, let me just grab my coat and purse,” Piper called back.

She put her red lipstick on and looked herself over.

Her blue lace dress hugged her just right everywhere and her golden hair hung in loose curls just below her shoulders. ...