"No, Benny," Jen told the captain of the football team. "You CANNOT bring Skippy to the party." Skippy was a two year old kangaroo, the Clownton Joeys' mascot.She giggled softly as she imagined the damage Skippy might cause; then she recalled three years ago when her parents were away and she'd thrown a party. The football team brought over a huge barrel filled with rum and everyone had gotten thoroughly drunk.When her parents came home, the house looked like it had been hit by a hurricane. Dad had been furious; he'd grounded her for the next six months and she'd had to clean up the mess instead of Martha.
That wasn't going to happen this time. JayJay had reminded her to call Mom and Dad and they'd both warned her about what would happen. Jen promised there'd be no alcohol and they'd have the place cleaned up when they got back from Dad's business trip.
Jen closed her cell phone and looked into the mirror on her vanity. This wasn't going to be anything fancy; she'd be wearing the same outfit she wore to JayJay's meet. Still, she wanted to look nice. She'd shaded the spaces between her eyebrows and eyelids deep blue, glossed her her clown mouth, and put on big black false eyelashes. As a final touch she dusted her big red nose with glitter powder, and painted her nails glittering red.
Jen went through her CD's, trying to find appropriate music for the party. Maybe she'd start the evening with some calliope music, then some jazz. And add some KISS, Pink, and ICP just to liven things up.
JayJay had just gotten out of the shower; he wanted to look nice for Pinky. He dried and brushed the curly red hair around his head, then poured some scalp gel into his hands. He sighed as he rubbed the gel onto his pate; he always loved the cool clean feeling it gave. Fianlly JayJay patted his face with cologne and sprayed on deodorant.
He was glad he'd reminded Jen about what happened three years ago; if that happened this time HE would be in trouble along with her. Jen did get him to agree to help pay for the pizza that would be delivered later tonight. JayJay patted his pot belly in anticipation; he loved pizza.
Towel wrapped around his waist, JayJay walked into his room. He got on his clothes: baggy blue jeans that wouldn't need suspenders, yellow button up shirt, red and white checkered socks, and bubble toed blue clown sneakers.
JayJay looked in the mirror. The gel he'd rubbed in made his shiny bald head even shinier, and highlighted the rest of his face. He looked like a goofy and silly clown guy(and on clownworld, goofy and silly means hot and sexy). He honked his nose in approval at his appearance, and walked out the door.
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It had been nearly half an hour into the party. Most of the Clownton Football team had come, along with JayJay's teammates on the unicycle team and the cheerleader squad. Quite a few from Lou Jacobs also arrived, and even some from Bozoville Tech, just to show there were no hard feelings about last night's game. For the most part the guests were eating potato chips and cotton candy, drinking soda, and making small talk. There was some grumbling that there was to be no alcohol but not too much; Jen's father had gone to the family's of all the guests from the party three years ago and presented them with bills for the damage they'd caused. No one wanted that experience repeated.
"So Jen," said Ginger Molloy, "I hear your brother's got himself besotted with an auguste girl."
Jen groaned a little; she really wished she didn't have to invite Ginger. Ginger's mother was a harlequin, a rare type of clown considered to be whiteface that had very garish face coloring with small feet and long pointed noses that didn't honk. Harlequins tended to be very wealthy, and to look down those long pointy noses at other types of clowns such as augustes and especially hobos-and sometimes even other whitefaces. Ginger had certainly gotten her share of that snooty attitude; Jen could see her looking at the auguste and hobo guests with disdain. But if she hadn't invited Ginger, her rival for the captaincy of the cheerleading squad would likely try to ruin this party just to one-up her.
Accordian music for 'Lady of Spain,' sounded from the doorbell. "I'll get it," said JayJay. He opened the door. Standing there, with her sister, was Pinky.
Pinky was wearing a white babydoll dress with pink polka-dots bordered with pink ruffles. She's added a touch of glitter around her eyes and cheeks making her whole face shine. She wore pink and white striped socks and high heeled pink mary janes. Her hair had been moussed and fell free past her shoulders. A bow rippon that matched her dress topped Pinky's pretty pink bouffant. JayJay sniffed; Pinky was wearing bubblegum-scented perfume.
He thought she was cute before. Now-she looked gorgeous.