"No, Tally, don't go! You'll miss the best part of the bash!" Peris cried out as Tally made her way to the door. "They haven't even brought out the good champagne yet," he said with a pout as they reached the door.

Tally laughed and kissed her best friend on the cheek. "You'll see me tomorrow, silly." She said with a smile. "I'm just not feeling very bubbly right now. I don't want to be the bogus friend who ruins everyone's night."

"You won't ruin the night," Peris said lamely, even though they both knew it was true. Pretties didn't stick around if they were being bogus. They left the bash and let everyone else stay bubbly.

"I'll see you tomorrow, Peris. I'll be fine." She said with a smile. He finally nodded and let her go.

As she walked into her room, Tally got a ping from Peris. He was bubbly as ever, telling her that she was already missed. She knew that leaving was smart. No one likes a bogus friend.

The ping ended with "best friends forever!" and she smiled. Tally was finally pretty, and she could spend the rest of her life with Peris and all their new pretty friends here in New Prettyville. This is what she wanted to do for the rest of her life. She smiled again, and let the happy-making thoughts lead her off to sleep.

When she woke up the next morning, she was aware of two things. Her pounding headache, and that someone was at the door. She checked with the building and saw that it was none other than Peris. She made a finger gesture and the door slid open.

"Morning, Tally-wa." He said in a gentle voice. He held out a cup to her, and she took a sip. The Bloody Mary slid down her throat and she could almost feel her headache lessening.

"Thank you," she said gratefully. She smiled up at him and he smiled back, looking into her eyes. She let all of her happy-making thoughts from the night before take over her mind, and laughed in delight when Peris did a double take.

"Tally! Your eyes!" He exclaimed. She'd just gotten the surge, but had forgotten to tell him.

"Bubbly, huh?" She asked. "They change with my mood!" Tally absolutely loved her new eyes. With every mood she went through, her brown eyes would tint with a color that matched them. Green was happy, pink was thrilled, blue was bubbly, things like that.

"Very bubbly," he agreed.

"You should get it too! We can match." She said with a smile. His eyes lit up at the thought, and Tally could already picture them tinting slightly green with delight.

"Speaking of bubbly," Peris gushed, "guess who's going to a bash at Valentino tonight?"

Tally knew her eyes flashed a bluish-green color as surprise washed through her. "Peris. Did you get into a Valentino bash?"

"No, Tally-wa. We got into a Valentino bash." He said with a grin. Tally's eyes tinted a dark blue as the information and the joy made its way through her brain.

"We're going to a Valentino bash?" She exclaimed. "What's the dress code? I need to get an outfit right now." She jumped off her bed and ran to the wall where she could request the perfect outfit for the bash.

Peris ordered breakfast for the two of them and told Tally the theme. "It's masquerade! Isn't that bubbly?"

"What color mask are you wearing?" She asked as she flipped through the mask section.

"I was thinking golden, but so many people are going to wear that. It's bogus." Peris said. There was a ping from the door and he got up to let the breakfast drone in. Tally stepped away from the wall to pick up a muffin and a Bloody off of the platter and considered what Peris said.

"What about silver?" She asked, thinking of a pretty silver mask she saw on the wall a few seconds ago. She could find an eye color to match that. Maybe the blue-green of flirtatious. That wouldn't be too difficult to keep up throughout the night…

"…Or what about animal print? I suppose that wouldn't be too pretty-making, though." Peris said. Tally realized that she had zoned out for most of what he was saying. That was bogus.

"What about matching colors with some black lace around them?" Tally asked. Peris smiled into the bite of his muffin he had just taken.

"That could be pretty-making," he said. "What color were you thinking?"

"What about dark blue?" Tally asked. "You could go get the eye surge and they could match our eyes!" She said, getting excited. Peris smiled.

"How long does it take?" He asked.

"Not long, maybe only ten minutes or so. It's not like you'll feel it or anything," She said excitedly. She ran to the wall and got a simple outfit to wear during the day, and changed in the bathroom. Her headache was long gone, and her spirits were lifted.

When she got back into the room, she found Peris waiting for her by the front door, finishing his muffin. She remembered to grab two calorie purgers before they left to go to the hospital. Peris smiled as she handed him his purger, and they made their way into the slightly chilled spring day.

They got to the hospital a few minutes later, the slidewalks depositing them neatly in front of the building. As they headed up to the surge floor, Tally could barely contain her excitement. She was starting a trend! Bubbliness overtook her and she was sure that her eyes were tinted a deep blue at the moment.

Once they got to the correct floor, Tally was instructed to wait in the lobby. Peris made his way back to the room where they do the surges and she was left alone. She decided to check the news feeds for anything major happening right now, but wasn't surprised when she found nothing. The city didn't really ever have much going on, besides killer bashes, of course.

She was so engrossed in the news feeds that she didn't notice other people entering the lobby. She did notice, however, when a boy sat himself down next to her. She jumped in surprise, and he chuckled.

She looked over at him, her eyes flashing from green to orange with annoyance. He stopped mid-chuckle, captivated by her eyes.

"Your eyes are so pretty-making!" He exclaimed. The orange faded and was replaced with purple. "Oh!" He let out at the change. "They match your mood?" He guessed.

Now Tally let out a chuckle. "They do!" The purple faded back to green as she relaxed. His presence was comforting, somehow.

"I like them a lot," he continued. "Did you come up with that yourself?" He asked.

"I did," she said with a smile. "My friend is getting them right now." She admitted. "What's your friend in for?" She asked, curious.

"She's in for her eyes, too." He said. "She won't tell me what she's getting done though. 'It's a surprise' she says." He shrugged.

"Well, I hope it doesn't take too long." Tally said, the bubbliness she felt around other pretties settling over her. "I want to see them!" He smiled.

Just then, the door opened, and there was Peris, his eyes tinged with green. "Tally!" He said with a smile. "It worked!"

"Of course it did, silly." She said with a laugh. She turned to the boy next to her. "This is my friend, Peris."

"Nice to meet you." The boy said. "I'm – " Just then the door opened and a girl walked out. She batted her eyes at the boy.

"Okay, are you ready?" She asked. He smiled and nodded excitedly. "Are you sure?"

"Yes! I want to see them!" He chuckled.

"Okay, okay," she said. She leaned in close to him, and he looked into her eyes. Tally and Peris looked, too.

"Is that a clock?" Tally asked before she could stop herself. The girl nodded enthusiastically.

"But…" She trailed off.

"They're backwards!" The boy next to Tally exclaimed. The girl nodded again.

"How pretty-making," Peris said. She turned to him and smiled.

"Thanks!" She said. She stuck out her hand. "I'm Shay."

"Nice to meet you, Shay-la!" Peris said with a smile. "I'm Peris, and this is Tally." He said, gesturing to Tally.

"Hi!" Tally said. "Your eyes are really bubbly."

Shay smiled. Tally's eyes had turned purple with interest at seeing Shay's eyes, but they shifted back to green after meeting Shay.

"Oh!" Shay exclaimed. "Yours are too!" Tally smiled. Silence fell over the group, and Shay turned to the boy and asked if he was ready to go. He nodded, and they made their way to the door.

"Wait!" Tally called out. They stopped. "I didn't catch your name," Tally said to the boy.

He smiled. "I'm Zane."