[Natalia] He Could Be The One

[Claire Jayne Madden]

Claire ran her hand through her hair and shook it out as she got out of her car. She puffed out her cheeks as she headed up the steps quickly. Talia usually had something for her to wear, and she might even be able to talk her into doing her hair. Natalia had this great way of making your hair pull off that ‘messy, yet looks like I did nothing at all to it, even though it took a half hour’ look to it, that Claire herself could never manage. She hummed quietly to herself as she stepped inside and kicked the door shut behind her. Claire took three steps at a time as she tried to get to her best friend even faster, too excited to find out what she would be wearing tonight since she’d be hanging out with Anthony.It was a little strange that her best friend, was also best friends with the guy that she was crazy head over heels in crush with, but Natalia never seemed to care. She finally quit humming and belted out singing as she threw open the door to Natalia’s room. “ Everywhere I go he’s always on my mind and.. I’m goin’ crazy about him lately and I can’t stop myself from how my heart is racin,think I’m really diggin on his vibe.He really blows me away…hey!”. Claire smiled as she finished and did a small, quick curtsy.

“ Don’t judge my outfit. I knew I was coming over here to get clothes and just went straight to my laundry hamper.”. Claire plopped down in the middle of Natalia’s bed and stared up at the ceiling for a while. After a few moments her phone off indicating that Anthony had messaged back on her profile, and she smiled as she read it, typing back quickly. He may have been adorable, but he was still kind of dorky. Aight? Really? Claire dropped her phone back on her bed before she looked at Natalia. “ Do I get choices?” she said sweetly before she offered a dramatic smile and hopped off of her bed. If there was a friend to steal clothes from, there wasn’t a better choice than Natalia. She literally had everything, and she looked killer in all of it, too.


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[Natalia Anne Richmond]

Natalia loved her best friend, thats why whenever she asked if she could borrow clothes, Nat never minded. Claire and Natalia had been close for awhile. All the years Natalia knew Claire, she knew Ethan, Claire's older, gorgeous brother. Natalia had always had a thing for him, but she would never let him know that. He was older and wiser and wouldn't go for her. Or so she thought. She was older now and it had seemed that he had noticed her. Claire always made fun of Talia for liking her brother and she was used to it. Her crush had never gone away and now it was even bigger, if that could happen. Natalia always smiled when the occasion had anything to do with Ethan. He had asked her to hang out with him tonight since Claire was going to be with Anthony at their house. Of course she would! She was totally freaking out, but she could NOT let him now that. She replied back with a simple answer and walked back over to her closet. She heard her best friend coming up the stairs and she continued pulling clothes out. Just then Claire walked into her room singing "He Could Be The One" from Hannah Montana. Natalia peeked her head out of her closet when she had finished singing, "Hannah Montana? Really?" she asked with a smirk

Natalia looked at Claire's outfit as she told her not to judge it. "I would never judge you or anything you wear. Besides, you look cute. I love those boots." she said as she walked back into her closet. Man she really did have a lot of clothes. "And just look at one I'm wearing. You can't judge me." Just then she heard a beep on her computer and she ran out of her closet and over to it. It was a notification from Ethan. Natalia got a big smile on her face and replied back to him. She turned to Claire, still smiling, leaving Ethan's page open on her screen. She walked back towards her closet, "I'll pick something out for you on one condition......You have got to help me find something to wear." she said still smiling.

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[Claire Jayne Madden]

Claire put her hair up in a ponytail and smiled at Natalia questioning her over singing Hannah Montana. ”Some of it is really catchy and I like it… you’re welcome for buying all of those damn cd’s” she said before sticking her tongue out at her. Sometimes it was strange being friends with someone that was so famous, but it never seemed to go to Natalia’s head. She was still her best friend who hadn’t changed once success came for her. ”Thanks,” she replied as Natalia complimented her boots and lifted her leg up in the air to look at them. She lifted her head up off of the bed as Natalia walked into the closet and surveyed her own outfit. “ It’s not bad, you look comfy,” she said. But just as quickly as she was finished speaking she heard Natalia’s computer go off, followed by Natalia barreling out of her closet and to her computer. “ Jesus, where’s the fire?” Claire asked as she dropped her legs out of the air and stood up lazily.She narrowed her eyes as Natalia said she needed something to wear tonight too, causing Claire to look at Natalia’s computer screen.

“ My brother. Really?” Claire winced in disgust before she looked back at Natalia. ‘I seriously don’t get it, Talia. He’s…so….gross…” She ran her hand over her face, trying to shake off how gross it was that Natalia liked her brother. I mean seriously, she could have anyone in the world, and Ethan was nothing special. Claire rolled her eyes before she caved in, like she always would for her best friend. “ His favorite color is dark blue. You’ll look gorgeous in it,”. Claire shook her head as she went into Natalia’s closet to try and find something for her to wear since she was hanging out with Ethan tonight. Anthony was like a brother to Natalia in so many ways, also so it was sort of weird that they had both fallen for someone so important in eachother’s lives.

[Natalia Anne Richmond]

"Your brother is not gross." she said with a smile. "He's sweet and kind and caring and genuine and down to earth and..." Natalia stopped herself and looked at Claire. "Sorry." It was a little weird that she had a thing for her best friend's brother, but she couldn't help it . If Claire really had a problem with it, then she would back off, but she seemed to be okay with it. Natalia had never really asked Claire about that situation, maybe she should have.As far as Natalia knew, Ethan was just a friend....who she had a huge crush on, but just a friend. She had a feeling that she liked him way more than he liked her. That's why she never really let it show too much that she had a thing for him when she was around him. She didn't want Ethan to get all weird about it. There she went again, getting all wrapped up in her thoughts. Claire said that she would look gorgeous in dark blue. "Oh boy." she said to herself as she looked at her section of just dark blue clothing. Yes, her closet was color coded. OCD kicking in.

Natalia looked over at Claire as they were looking through clothes, "You don't have a problem with me liking Ethan...do you? Because if you do, I can totally stop."she would do anything for her best friend. She just hoped that there wasn't an issue. Natalia moved to the other side of the closet to grab some shoes for the outfits she had already picked out for Claire. They were best friends that wore the same size clothes and shoes, it always worked out great for them."Okay, go sit on my bed. I have some things for you to pick from." Natalia called out as she grabbed a few last minute things for the outfits. Natalia laid out four outfits. "If you don't like 1, 2,3 or 4 we can always go get more." Natalia had plenty more clothes to choose from.

[Claire Jayne Madden]

Claire lifted her eyebrows as Natalia began to list off the charming characteristics of her brother. ”Seriously how do I not see this side of him,” she said with a slight shake of her head. “No.. you can’t help who you like, I know that first hand.. Claire took in a deep breath and sighed as she looked through the closet. “ You have my whole hearted permission to get all twitterpatted over my brother,” . Claire watched Natalia as she flowed through her closet, picking out different things and laughed as she told her to go sit on her bed. “ Okay, okay”. She sat back down tiredly and played with the ends of her hair as Natalia finished picking things out for the outfits and laid them out. “Ooh..” she said as she eyed the dress immediately and stood off the bed. “It’s good to show off leg, right? Hey stud.. we’ve been friends for a while now, but look.. what is that..an ankle? You want to reconsider how you feel about me? Well let me show you a knee, slick” she said sarcastically as she picked up the dress and held it against herself before going to look in Natalia’s full length mirror.

Claire hung the dress up on the mirror before she took her boots off and set them aside. She took her flannel shirt off quickly and kicked off her jeans before she took the dress and pulled it on to get the full effect. She did a few turns in the mirror before she turned to look at Natalia for her final stamp of approval. “ What are you and my brother going to do anyways? Dinner? Bowling? What exactly?” She stepped back over to the accessories that Natalia had spread out and stared placing them on slowly, stepping in to the pair of heels that Natalia had apparently picked out for that dress. “ I think he just broke up with that girl he was dating,” Claire said as she looked up at Natalia. She had never liked Ethan’s girlfriend, and was glad to see her go. She sat down at Natalia’s vanity and pulled her hair up, then dropped it back down as she tried to decide what to do with it for the night.

[Natalia Anne Richmond]

Natalia looked over at Claire, "Because you're his sister. It'd be weird if you saw those things." She smiled as Claire said she had her permission, "I wouldn't really worry about it though, he's probably not that into me. I'm probably just a phase." Natalia watched Claire look through the outfits and then grab the dress. "I was hoping you'd pick that one." She smiled as she heard Claire talking to herself, but talking about Anthony. "He is going to die when he sees you in that. Just um, don't do anything in it or near it...That's expensive and not something I'd want to hand wash out, ya know?" there was a sense of sarcasm in her voice. She loved giving Claire crap about her and Anthony. She did it to her, so it was just fun payback. Natalia walked into her bathroom and grabbed all the hair supplies she could fit into her arms, she knew that she was going to be doing Claire's hair too. It was a given. She set them down on the vanity and then looked over at Claire with the dress on. "Looking good girl. That dress looks great on you! Damn! Anthony will not be able to look away from you." she smiled and then grabbed her make up out of one of the drawers and put it on top of the vanity.

Natalia walked into her closet, "I'll do your hair after I get dressed." She looked through her clothes once more, this time it was for her. She heard Claire ask what the would be doing. "Um, we're going to the movies," she called out, "He said he wanted to get out of the house while you had your company. I don't blame him." Talia grabbed a pair of shorts and slipped them on. Then she put the shirt on and grabbed the heels and stepped out of her closet. She stepped into the heels as she looked at Claire, "I know you said he liked dark blue, but I am dying to wear this shirt and it's not a date. I don't want to dress like I'm expecting it to be, but I;m not going to dress like I don't want to look good for him either. I feel like I'm neutral." She walked over to the vanity and started brushing Claire's hair. "Well you never liked her anyways." she said about Ethan's ex. "What are we doing to this?" she asked with a smile as she continued to brush Claire's hair.

[Claire Jayne Madden]

Claire stretched her arms out in front of her and yawned as she waited for Natalia to come out of her closet. Meanwhile she looked at some of the different perfumes on her vanity and lifted a few of the different bottles to her nose to sniff it. She sprayed some of the Princess perfume on her wrist lightly before she brought it to her nose and smelled it again, settling on that one. Once she placed the bottle back down she looked back over at Natalia as she came out of the closet. She couldn’t help but roll her eyes with a smile, “ Yeah in order for any of that to happen Anthony would have to notice that I’m a girl and not some frat buddy” She whistled as she looked over Natalia’s outfit, “ Ow, ow!” she smirked, giving Natalia a thumbs up. It didn’t hurt that Natalia was naturally gorgeous, plus she had killer legs so shorts were a really good idea for her body type.

Claire turned back in her seat to look in the mirror and relaxed as Natalia began to brush her hair. “ Yeah but I figured you’d be more amped about that piece of information than I was. He doesn’t seem to upset about it. Which I thought would please you as well. She’s tried calling the house a few times but I just delete the messages on the answering machine” Claire looked at some of the make up on the counter of the vanity and played with some of it, testing some of the eyeshadow on the back of her hand. “ Um.. I don’t know, which do you think Anthony would like more?” She picked up one of the lipglosses and tried it, debating which would look best with the dress. Meanwhile she picked out a few shades that would look good with Natalia’s outfit. Just because she wasn’t wearing a blue shirt didn’t means he couldn’t wear some type of light blue in her eyeshadow. Claire smiled to herself as she separated the colors to get them ready for Natalia.

[Natalia Anne Richmond]

Natalia brushed Claire's hair as she tried to think of something to do with it. There was so many things that Anthony liked. She tried to figure out his favorite. "Anthony doesn't see you as a frat buddy, trust me. He wouldn't look at a frat buddy the way he looks at you, if he did, then he'd be pretty gay." Natalia said with a small laugh. Anthony liked Claire a lot, and Natalia knew that. She didn't understand why he always seemed to try and push her away. Maybe it was because of his past, who knew? Claire's next comment made her smile. "Well of course that information makes me very happy. I never liked her either, so I'm glad to see her gone. And besides, if he needs a shoulder to cry on, I'll be right there." she said with a smile and she looked at Claire in the mirror. "but seriously, I think I just thought of the perfect hairstyle for you. don't move." she said as she placed the brush on the vanity and walked into her bathroom. A few seconds later Natalia came back out with her curling iron. She plugged it in and then placed it on the vanity.

Natalia went back to brushing Claire's hair. She loved doing hair. Maybe when her acting/singing career was over, she'd take on Cosmetology. Natalia pulled some hair back, leaving some bangs in the front. She placed a ponytail holder around that hair and then placed a few bobby pins in there. She picked up the curling iron and felt to see if it was hot, "Ow. Crap!" she said laughing. "I think it's hot." She curled the bangs in front and smiled. They looked great! Natalia moved to the back and curled a few pieces back there. She looked at Claire in the mirror and smiled, "There." She looked beautiful.

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[Claire Jayne Madden]

Claire smiled as she watched Natalia brushing her hair in the mirror. It felt like such a common sight that Claire could probably sit herself down in front of Natalia’s vanity on any given day, and Natalia wouldn’t even think twice about it, just start working on her hair. “ He looks at me like I’m a child. Or an amusement.And please… I only want him to look at me the way you look at Ethan”she said with a small laugh. Claire wasn’t sure how Ethan thought of Natalia, though she was aware of a few comments he had made. They’d see pictures of Natalia from a performance or on an interview, and lately he’d say things like ‘She looks really pretty there’, or give an approving nod at the way she looked. Which was strange to Claire because he never really seemed to notice any of that stuff before. Claire snapped back to focus as Katrina started talking about Ethan’s ex girlfriend. “ She told him that his love was measured by the amount of gifts he bought her and he just “ didn’t try enough”.” Claire said as she used finger quotes around her words. “ What a princess..” she said with a tone of distain clear. Claire yawned as Natalia disappeared, reappearing seconds later with a curling iron.

Claire smiled as she watched Natalia work on her hair. Her best friend was seriously so talented at just about everything she attempted. She laughed as Natalia burned herself and shook her head. “Be careful, I don’t need any of your entourage coming after me for damaging the goods” she said sarcastically as she winked at Natalia. Claire turned slightly to look at her hair before clapping her hands together excitedly. “ I love it!”. Claire sat up from the chair and hugged Natalia quickly. ’Leave your hair down,’ she said simply, knowing that Ethan would think she looked gorgeous with her long hair down. Claire took in a nervous breath. ‘ Okay.. we’re both hanging out with manwhores tonight. If for any reason either of us decide to give up our chaste lifestyle, ditch the chastity belts.. we have to give each other the details. And I’m talking about you because I’m not slutty enough for Anthony to even want to try and get in bed. But you? You’re gorgeous enough to pique Ethan’s interest”

[Natalia Anne Richmond]

Natalia smiled when Claire said she loved her hair. "You look beautiful." She looked in the mirror and just fluffed her hair a bit when Claire told her to leave it down. Natalia loved her hair and she was thinking about leaving it down, but now it was a definite. Natalia couldn't help but smile when Claire said the would be hanging with man whores. Natalia knew Ethan slept around, but she figured that he wouldn't make the move for it tonight and if he did, then he wouldn't pressure her to do anything. "Come on, you know Anthony wants to have sex with you." she said with a smirk, " you're hot. Why wouldn't he?" Natalia picked up the eye shadows that Claire picked out and started applying some to one of her eyes. "And besides, just tease him, a lot. Make him want you so bad that it hurts. Then leave him high and dry. He'll go crazy thinking about you." That was one good thing about being Anthony's best friend. Natalia knew all of his sex stories, even though she didn't want to, and she knew what would get to him.

Natalia finished the eye shadow on the first eye and moved on to the second. "I am not having sex with your brother. I am going to keep my virginity for a long time, thank you." Natalia wasn't ashamed of being a virgin. "Your brother wouldn't want to have sex with me anyways. This isn't even a date tonight. He just wanted some company while you did your thing." Natalia finished up her second eye and closed the eye shadow before putting it down. She picked up the eyeliner and made sure it was sharp enough. After applying the eyeliner to both eyes, she applied mascara and put it down to look at herself in the mirror. God she looked hot. She looked at Claire, "Girl we look hot!"

[Claire Jayne Madden]

Claire looked at Natalia like she was speaking like an alien as she talked about Anthony and what to do with him. “ Tease him. Leave him high and dry? Talia yesterday I was reading TigerBeat. I don’t even want to know how I’m supposed to know if he’s high and dry or not” she said sarcastically before she shook her head. She sat on the edge of the bed as she watched her put on her make up, watching to make sure she put on the light tinted blue eyeshadow she had laid out for her. “ I guarantee you that my brother would sleep with you given the chance. And that is the strangest sentence I have ever said in my entire life,”, Claire said giving herself a puzzled look. She knew that Ethan hadn’t asked Natalia out on a date persay, but come on. Who were they kidding? “ Yeah.. going to the movies. He’s driving you around. He could’ve asked annnyonee else but he asked you. His younger sister’s best friend. I know that Stefan and I hang out but come on. If he was trying to fill the void during an evening.. he would call Hillary. Not me. Because he doesn’t want to get in my pants.”

Claire smiled as she thought of Stefan. That boy is sexy as hell but she just never thought of him that way. She’d rather see him eating entirely too much food and lounging out like a pig than to see him rip his shirt off. “ How do you do it?” Claire asked as she looked up at Natalia.Talia may have been a virgin,but she knew what sexy was; atleast a lot better than Claire did. She batted her eyes dramatically at Natalia as she did her best to faux-seduce her. “ My my what gorgeous eyes you have Natalia..” she said,doing her best to not laugh at her attempt to woo her best friend. “But seriously. Pretend I’m Ethan so I know what moves to put on Anthony”. Claire stood up and smoother out her outfit before she placed her hands on her hips and looked at Natalia. Talia always looked gorgeous, so for her to say they looked hot was sort of silly. She could say that about herself every day.

[Natalia Anne Richmond]

Natalia looked at her best friend, "You know you read Cosmo too." Talia laughed. Claire knew exactly what to do, "you're not that innocent." Natalia looked over at her best friend again, "Don't ever say that again. You just weirded us both out." she laughed. "We just won't talk about me and your brother, if we ever do anything because that would just be weird for you." Natalia rolled her eyes at Claire's next statement. "It's not a date. Just hanging out. Like you and Stefan." she used Claire's own example against her. "We're not going to kiss or have sex. It just wont happen. Friends hanging out. That's it." She turned back to look at Claire.

"How do I what?" she asked. Natalia didn't do anything, she was just herself. "Just be yourself. Wear confidence. Confidence is sexy." she said with a smile, "at least that's what I've been told." Natalia laughed at Claire when she batted her eyes. "Stop doing that." she laughed again. Her best friend was trying to seduce her. Claire's next comment took Natalia back, "Look you don't need me to show you anything. You know what to do." Natalia headed towards her door, "Let's go."

[Claire Jayne Madden]

“ More innocent than you! You at least sell sex with your image,” she said as she stretched her arms out in front of her tiredly. “ It’s not like me and Stefan at all. I don’t look at him like he’s a piece of steak and I haven’t eaten in weeks,” Claire said with a slight lift of her eyebrow in Natalia’s direction. Of all people, she didn’t understand why Natalia liked her brother. She could literally have just aboutanyone in the world, and she liked Ethan? He was so gross. And Natalia was so pretty, and awesome. She was definitely out of Ethan’s league in Claire’s opinion. She watched as Natalia seemed to be finishing getting ready to leave, and was soon heading for the door saying that they should go. “ You think I know what to do,” she muttered under her breath,” I’ll probably bust him in the forehead with my forehead doing something stupid,”.

Claire went downstairs quickly and ran out the door towards her car. Now that she was wearing a different outfit and had her hair done she was more hopeful about tonight, but also more nervous since it was actually going to happen. She’d hung out with Anthony before, but she still couldn’t help but feel nervous every time she saw him. She wondered if it was the same way for Natalia with Ethan. If it was then she really couldn’t blame her friend for how she felt about him; it wasn’t like you could choose who you fell for. Claire puffed out her cheeks as she waited for Natalia to get into her car, pushing through a few music stations. When nothing good was on she decided to be a bit facetious and took down one of the Hannah Montana cd’s and placed it into her sound system, giving a sweet smile at her best friend as the all too familiar tunes began to blast through her speakers.