Second Date

Chapter 3: Bitch, Please.

Chapter 3: Bitch, Please.

Wendy Darling was a multitasker. Coached as the Lost Boys mother while simultaneously adventuring with Peter Pan, Wendy was a multitasker of professional standards. She was also somewhat of a perfectionist with a competitive streak. So, when Peter Pan's Thursday night Last-One-Out-Of-the-Dressing-Room-Is-A-Rotten-Egg challenge swung around, Wendy made sure she won. It was really that simple.

"What's this make it?" Mulan squirmed into her sports bra as Wendy ducked under Merida's blow drier. She almost got lost in Merida's hair. "O for what?"

"Peter zero." Wendy flapped her nightgown. She crinkled her nose at the wrinkles. "Wendy a million. Goodness - these wrinkles. This will never do. Well, if I suppose if I'm to beat him..."

"And make it zero to a million and one?" Mulan laughed as Wendy skipped around Merida and Rapunzel. "Aiya! Wendy, that must kill Peter to have you win!"

"Atta girl." Merida muttered from under her hair.

"Well..." Wendy called from the bathroom stall. She hated to change in public. "Well he is Peter Pan. He's wonderful at everything else. I might as well have a little glory. Oh dear. Has anyone seen my sash?"

"Negative! But here!" Rapunzel flung a pink ribbon over the stall. "You can use this one!"

"Thank you!"

"Np!"

"Girl." Tiana looked at Rapunzel through the mirror. "Stop speaking in abbreviations! I swear you talk more like Flynn every day!"

"Lol!" Rapunzel giggled, amused by her comeback.

Tiana smiled. "And stop laughing at your own jokes!"

Rapunzel giggled more.

"Okay dudes." Mulan flipped her hair into a bun. "Get a move on. I'm done for the night but Rapunzel's still got the Princess Parade thing. So let's - "

Mulan stopped. "Oh. Hey. Princess Ariel. Tinkerbell."

The girls turned. Ariel and Tinkerbell were glittering in costume at the end of the aisle, clearly dressed for the Princess Parade. Ariel smiled broadly. Tinkerbell sucked her cheek.

"Nice warrior outfit, Mulan." Tinkerbell jerked her head. "Men's Locker Room is that way."

"Can I have a locker next to yours?" Mulan said.

"Atta girl." Merida muttered from under her hair.

"Umm we're busy!" Tiana swiveled her head and snapped her fingers in the mirror. "And Wendy's on a timed schedule to bust Peter Pan, so Honey back off with the poison yo and let us do our thing, oh-kay?!"

"Atta girl." Merida muttered from under her hair. They loved it when Tiana got sassy. Always a good show.

"Tinkerbell." Ariel scolded. Brightly, she returned to the girls. "Sorry. I'm just here for Rapunzel? Rapunzel, you wanted me to braid your hair for the parade?"

"Ooooo!" Rapunzel bounced up and down. Excitedly she patted the bench. "Yes, yes, yes! Do it, do it, do it! Thank you, thank you, thank you! Oooo I can't believe it! It's gonna look soooo good!"

"Must be some hairdo." Mulan mused, a wary eye still on Tinkerbell. "What's the type of braid?"

"Fish tail!" Rapunzel squealed as Ariel lifted her aquamarine skirts over the bench. She was wearing flip flops underneath. "Fish tail braid all the way down! Thought we'd try something new! Thank you Ariel! Thank you!"