I pulled my shirt off and unhooked my bra, dropping it to the floor before pulling the halter top on. I looked in the mirror. The shirt fit perfect. I opened the dressing room door and stepped out to where Jade and Melody were waiting.
“Look at you!”
“That is so you!” Jade smiled at me. “You should totally get that.”
“Yeah, I think I will.” I smiled at myself in the mirror as I moved from side to side to see how it looked at all angles.
“Look at this. I think I am going to try this on.” Melody held up a tank top with fringe at the top. “I think it will go perfect with my black motorcycle jacket.”
“What about you, Jade? Find anything yet?” I asked before going into the dressing room to change back into my clothes.
“Not yet.” She smiled as she walked back to the clothes racks to look.
I finished changing and went out to help Jade find something.
“So, how is everything going, Faith?” Jade asked as she was flipping through a rack of shirts.
“Pretty good, actually, I think this is the first time in three years that I can actually say that.”
“So what’s the real reason for girls’ night?” She eyed me suspiciously.
“I just wanted to get out of the house, you know, have a little bit of fun for once.” I smiled, hoping she couldn’t see through me. I knew eventually they would find out the real reason I wanted to go out. Bryce.
“Not buying it, Faith.” She eyed me again before going back to browsing the clothing rack. “But I will let it slide this one time.” She gave me a wicked grin.
“Faith! Look at this.” I heard Melody from across the store. “Come here.” She called waving her hand for me to join her. She was holding up a dark, gray, distressed, faux leather jacket. “This will go perfect with that shirt. Here, try it on.”
I slid my arms into the jacket. It fit me perfectly. I walked over to a mirror to see how it looked. The jacket looked great and would definitely go with my outfit for tomorrow night. I took the shirt and jacket to the register and paid for them as Melody was still trying on clothes. Jade had finally found a few things to purchase, and was also ready to check out and move on to the next store.
“Melody, are you about done in there?” I asked, standing outside the dressing room.
“Yeah, hold on, just a few more things to try on and I will be ready.”
“You know she is going to be in there for at least another twenty to thirty minutes.” Jade laughed as she sat down in a chair outside the dressing room. “Have a seat, it’s going to be a while.”
“Is she always like this?” I asked as I sat in the chair next to her.
“Yes, she is. Just a heads up, if she asks you to go shopping with her, only say yes if you have all day to do it.”
“Oh, hey, can we stop and see Lola? I want to get a few new outfits,” Melody said through the dressing room door.
“Yeah. If you hurry up, she isn’t open much longer,” Jade answered. “Maybe this will get her to hurry up,” Jade added.
“Oh crap, I’m hurrying, I promise!” We could hear Melody stumbling around the dressing room.
“Are you sure you are okay in there?” I asked her.
“Yeah, I tripped trying to get these pants off.”
Jade and I both laughed.
“I can’t believe she can walk and run in six inch heels, but put her in flats or barefoot and she can’t walk without tripping.” Jade giggled.
“Seriously, we were at the pet store getting cat supplies when she bought a betta fish, and the poor little fish almost took a few tumbles out of her hands until I talked her into putting him in the cart.”
“She has always been clumsy, ever since I first met her.” Jade smiled and shook her head.
“Okay, I’m done, just need to put my clothes back on.”
Melody came out of the dressing room with her arms full of clothes and hangers falling all over the place. “Shit,” she said as half of the items in her arms fell on the floor. We finally got her
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