JP for Jack, Willow and Joey by Storm and Mel
Jack new he was running a bit earlier when he returned to Joey's dorm. Of course, waiting in the reception area had been his plan until he saw a few guys going up toward the rooms as if it were no big deal. With a grin, he took the stairs two at a time, feeling the admiring looks on him as he did so.
Sorry ladies, He thought to himself before stopping in front of Willow and Joey's room and lifting a hand to knock. He couldn't help but think that Willow seemed nice but there was also something odd about how she and Xander were about some things. A mystery that he wasn't certain he wanted to see solved at the moment.
Willow was ready, she had been ready for about twenty minutes and had just been concentrating on a glamour spell. She was unable to decide what hair color she prefered to keep. Turning as the knock sounded she sighed and stood, moving over to answer it while at the last moment deciding to have it black with a red highlight. Opening the door she smiled and stepped back, "Come on in."
Turning she called out, "Joey, Jack's here." She walked back over to her book and again thought about it. "You can come in and close the door you know. You won't get into trouble and you won't have to worry about us attacking you." Willow joked as she placed her hand over the rose again and then closed her eyes. She'd ask Joey what she thought when the girl was done in the bathroom.
Joey sighed as she checked herself in the mirror one final time. She pressed her lips together. She didnt know why she was so worked up. It wasnt as if the only person she cared about liking her appearance was going to be there. No...he was on a boat on the high sees. And she was happy for him, she really was. She just missed him so much. She sighs as she gives herself a small smile in the mirror.
She takes a deep breath. "You can do this Joey". She reaches for the bathroom doorknob and opens the door. She immediately sees Willow. "Wow, you look amazing!" she says.
Willow glanced up as she heard her room mate's exclamation and smiled, "You think. I'll have to show you the tricks sometime." She grinned playfully as she motioned toward Jack who was standing there inside the barely closed door and looking at Joey with an appreciative expression. "I think Jack here will agree with me when I say you look absolutely gorgeous."
Jack walked over and embraced Joey, "The men in my dorm will end up being completely floored by the both of you. Too bad they all know I'm gay already, otherwise I could have a nice rep having you both on my arms." He smiled as he stepped back. "Am I too early?" He had made a call and he hoped that it would be enough to get the ball rolling and get someone there tonight as well.
Joey smiled at Jack. "No, your not early, and may I add you look very dashing Jack. Your going to break many girls' hearts looking like that" She smiles at him.
She goes to the bed to grab her handbag and sighs when she sees her reflection in a mirror. "I feel utterly stupid" She rolls her eyes. "I never wear make up. I think I should take this off right now" she adds. She turns to head for the door.
Willow shakes her head, "Joey, you look great. But, if you are absolutely certain that you want to take that off, go ahead. Then, when you come back out, I'll show you one of my tricks." Okay, so back in Sunnydale she'd kept her magic low profile, but she didn't want to be confined anymore. She loved being this far from the hellmouth, even if they were in some other dark place waiting for yet another dark evil to come along.
Jack sighed, "Joey, you look great. Just do whatever makes you happy. You look good with or without make-up." He grinned at her, glad that he hadn't even mentioned Pacey's possible appearance yet. If she was like this now, he could imagine how she might be if she had warning. She'd of course want to kill him if Pacey mentioned it.
Joey looks at Jack and raises an eyebrow. "Your being suspiciously happy Jack, and its very perculiar, let me tell you" She gives a thinking an expression before sighing. "Im going to take this crap off my face" She quickly heads into the bathroom and quickly starts scrubbing at her face with her makeup remover. When she was satisfied she had got every last bit of it off, she sighed happily.
"God thats better!" She smiles at herself before heading back out into the room. "Sooo much better." She looks over at Willow. "So what exactly did you mean by "trick"? As in a card trick or something?"
Willow laughed at Joey's question about her trick and stood, already having focused long enough on the spell she was about to use. "No, not quite. Close your eyes, Joey." She stopped in front of Joey and waited. She knew exactly what she was planning to do and Jack was standing there looking curious.
Joey looks very confused. "O....k...." She looks round at Jack. "Keep an eye on her will you Jack" she jokes. "Cos I have no idea what shes up to!" She turns back to Willow and closes her eyes nervously
Willow chuckles as she reaches her hand out, stopping just a couple of inches in front of Joey's face as she said simply, "As I will so mote it be." Her words were a soft whisper but as she slowly let her hand cross over Joey's face and hair without actually touching, she focused on what she was doing. Allowing the glamour spell to take over and not only change only slightly Joey's hair style and giving her color a little highlight, but she also focused on bringing out Joey's features. When she was done, she stepped back and grinned as she said, "Okay, no check out the mirror."
Jack on the other hand had been standing there watching what Willow was doing and unable to move with the shock of what he saw. He could see the instant things changed and when she stepped back he looked at her, "How?..." He couldn't bring himself to figure out just how to ask what he wanted to know. "Wow..."
Joey slowly opens her eyes. She turns to see Jack giving her a strange expression. "What?" she asks confused. "What did she do?"
She slowly turns towards the mirror and looks at herself. "Oh my..." Her eyes are wide as she takes in her new look. She swivels round and looks at Willow. "How did you...what did you...huh?" she says confused
Willow laughed, "Remember me telling you that I'm a witch? I just did a slight glamour spell. Which is how I look the way I do." She smiled and demonstrated on herself by altering the length of her hair and making it a bit longer. "See. It's harmless and it makes getting ready much easier. If you don't like it, I can undo it just as easily." Again, demonstrating she returned her hair to its normal length.
Joey blinks. "Wh..." She tried to regain her normal thought process. She takes a breath in and releases it. With that she turns to the mirror and smiles. "No I love it!" she says before turning back to Willow. She quickly pulls Willow into a hug. "Thank you so much. This is amazing!" She gives her a friendly peck on the cheek and then turns to Jack. "Well are we ready to go? I'm sure you don't want to be late for your big Omega house party! I mean think of all the opportunities to score you have" she jokes
Jack rolled his eyes as Joey's teasing as he shook his head, "You two women will have more luck then I will. Though, I admit the looking is just as fun as the score." He laughed as he put an arm around Joey's shoulder and looked at Willow. "Ready?"
"Yes, I most definitely am." Willow replied with a smile and nod before reaching for the small cape that she was going to be using with the outfit she had on. Of course, a little magic would make it look differently should she need it to later. She was getting to be more of a natural and less in need of actual items for her spells and she hadn't told the others all of what she could do now. "Oh.. please don't tell the others about me using magic... They worry about me when I do."
Joey nodds. "Oh no, of course we wont." She gives her a gentle smile as she checks she has everything in her bag. She looks over at Jack, "Is anyone else we know coming tonight?" she asks. "I mean Im not expecting Grams or anything...but I mean Dawson isnt in town or anything is he? Or Jen?"
Jack shook his head, "No, Jen isn't in town and Dawson ended up calling the other day and told Grams that he would be in later this week." He explained, not planning to mention Pacey. He had every intention of letting it be a surprise because he worried that she would try to get out of it otherwise. "Unless a miracle happens, its just you and I." And that miracle would be Pacey actually showing up as far as Jack was concerned. He had told Pacey that Joey would be there.
Joey nodds. "Oh...kay" she says flipping her hair back like she didnt care. Even though she did. And she couldnt put her finger on why. "Right well...lets go and get the party started" she said with a smile. She turns to Willow, "Ready to go make some guys want you?" she jokes. "I cant wait to meet the rest of your friends" she adds as she walks out the door.
Jack smiled and as he escorted the ladies out, was pleased by the responses that were given by the looks they were recieving as they walked past people. Once in the car, it didn't take long to drive to the Omega house. When they arrived, Jack held the door open and motioned, "Here's the Omega house. Welcome to my frat house." He grinned.
Willow glanced around and saw Angel and Buffy already there. "Ooh... looks like you'll have the chance to meet the others, Joey. They are already here. First, lets check out how people respond to your new look." She looked at Jack and said simply, "Introduce us to some of the frat boys will you?" At his nod and wary expression she simply grinned.
"You'd like to see what these guy's think too right, Joey?" Willow asked looking at her housemate.
