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Rachel lifts her face up as she applies the gloss carefully. She looks at her brows before she wraps up the rest and pats her hair too. Her hand grabs her sling bag as she looks at the view from the car and she can wait to join in.

Her family's chauffeur parks the car at the space reserved for it. Rachel pops out of the car in a yellow off shoulder dress and dark sandals. She faces the large building and a smile brightens up her face.

Finally, she walks through the grand building as she tries to hide her curiosity walking forward to the customer counter. The women staying at the counter have a Princess Patty boutique batch on their baby pink suit and there hairs are tied in an adorable bun.

Rachel has cold shoulders as she stands in front of them, she clears her throat before speaking.

"Hello, how may I help you?"

A gingered hair woman asks.

"I have an appointment with Patty girls...Rachel says."

"Oh! Can I have your name, I'll have to check for approval. She answers."

Sure, it's Rachel Hobbins, Hobbins with a double "b"

"I will check that up right now, the woman says as he focuses on the computer."

Rachel uses the moment to stare at her reflection through her phone, oh, gosh–she wants to look perfect.

The woman removes her face from the computer and stares back at Rachel.

"You are on the list, please come with me. The woman says as she steps out of the counter and Rachel follows her."

The woman accompanied her after the passing many doors in the grand building. Finally, the woman opens the door for her into a room where several other girls are sitting and being confident as ever, Rachel walks in with her head held high and picks a seat.

She's early!

There are several other girls who are dressed more proudly and some even elegantly. There's silence as everyone is competing and no one wants to make friends cause it's a personal dream; and everyone wants to make their dream come true.

The silence continues as everyone is way before time expected–you know first impressions and all. And hence, they are seated hoping they can win out whoever that are picking as a suitable competitor.

Finally, a tall slender woman walks into the room with two others, the women dressed behind her are clad in dark uniforms. While, the slender one that stood at the front is wearing a kimono and her eye bore into the ground like she has dealt with an amount over and over again.

"Welcome, everyone to Princess Patty! Her voice is loud and authoritative, it holds enough chill to eager everyone's attention."

Here, we are all gathered to choose the next Patty girls for this season. And three beautiful girls in this room will hold the honored title. She says.

She can see how everyone's shoulders are straightened or is it tensed–the woman can tell how the rumors of the boutique had put much impact on them, it is an honor for her.

"I am Elena, and i will choose one of you for this honored title. Ladies, stand."

The girls stand after they hear the command and she folds her hand, raises her chin and claps her hands swiftly.

For this first mission, I ask each of you to pick a piece of paper from my assistants over here. If you will...she says to them and immediately the colorful pieces of papers are shared between the girls who's faces are filled with puzzled looks.

Now, as you each have that paper in your hand. I need you make a design that you think is suitable for our next collection give the name, sweet essence.

The time is twenty minutes and your time starts now. She says and exits the space.

The room is filled with murmurs as everyone is busy trying to do something and make something out of a piece of paper to actually makes sense–it should have something to do with "sweet essence" as the name goes.

Rachel looks at the magenta paper in her hands and she can't think of something. Her legs tap the floor as she doesn't remove her eyes from the paper. All her life she has been preparing for this day and now it was in her hands–where are you inspiration?!

Sweet essence!

Sweet like sugar, essence like um...vanilla essence?

Or the essence to something, the reason for the sweetness.

Um, what could be an essence to something sweet, cause it make people happy? And so what I do to make this piece of paper into something of happiness.

Rachel scratches her hand as she wonders how she could even wraps the piece of paper together to form something. And then something pops up in her head, she bends to her gown and draws out a loose thread continuously.

The wool she brings out seems fair enough and then she uses it to form a design on the piece of paper–she wants to make it simple but the little paper only makes it more complicated.

Atlas, she has made something out of it and she looks at the other girls she is impressed with what she has made until her eyes catches someone she recognizes.

It is Kate Kristin, a cheerleader from her school and she can't even decipher know surprise she is to know that she and her may have the same hobby in the slightest. Rachel carries her gaze away from her and focuses back on her work of arts

Elena walks back into the room and everyone stops what they are doing.

"I hope you guys have something that will wow us."

She says as she moves unto the first person and collects their paper design. She doesn't look at it a second time and puts it into a box held by the woman on the left.

Elena walks again and again, picking up some more paper designs and placing them in the left side of box. After a while of left boxes, she is where Kate is and she takes as a second glance and puts it into the box at the left.

Everyone is stunned by Elena's action and by now they now that whatever goes into the left box is one of failure.

And then, Elena collects Rachel's design and there is a twinkle in her brown eyes as she stares at it.

She puts it into the right box too and then, Rachel exhales.

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