Katherine knew that this wasn't going to be the permanent end of the discussion, but she was glad when Annelise decided to forget about it for the night. She was never the type of person to worry about things too far in advance and especially with alcohol in her blood, she was content with things just being normal now.
Things almost felt right as the two girls stood in front of the mirror for a moment and evaluated their outfits and Katherine nodded in agreement when Annelise spoke of the dress. "Alice never fails to impress," she said with a laugh. It was surprising, but lucky, that Katherine managed to hold her tongue in the moment, because she was about to casually ask Annie where her mom even was. Tonight was an important night for the young Walton and although the dress probably helped her feel better, Katherine could only imagine that she would have preferred her mother's presence. It was a sensitive subject and not something that Katherine wanted to bring up moments before they would be leaving, though. "That dress is too perfect to be ripped off though, so make sure that tonight's Prince Charming is gentle," she joked. Annelise was always gorgeous, but over the summer, she had stepped her look up to be flawless. She was petite with curves in the right places, her hair was colored to the T, and the vibes that she radiated demanded people's attention. Every guy at Saint Jude's had probably dreamed about getting with her a year ago, and Katherine could only imagine the attention she would get this year.
When Annelise departed without explanation of where she was going, Katherine remembered that she had mentioned to Hana that she would do her makeup. It almost put Katherine back into a foul mood, but she did her best to resist the urge. Now that she had played everything off to Annelise as being peachy, she knew it was best not to make any more of a scene than she already had. She followed direction and headed downstairs, and minutes later, got into the limo with the other four girls. She pretended not to notice when Lexi sat next to Annie and Hana because the only reaction that she would have been able to give to it was a negative one. Instead, she took a seat on the side parallel to them, and turned her attention to Kenna. "You were so right. Those diamonds make that dress one hundred times prettier than it already was." Katherine had missed the unsupportive glances that Kenna had given her earlier as she downed drink after drink, so without that knowledge, she figured that she would be the easiest to hang out with tonight.