RPOV
I was sleeping peacefully, having wonderful dreams of beaches and swimming. The kind of dream you would never want to wake from. But, of course, something had to wake me up.
"ROSE!"
I screamed and almost fell out of bed. Looking up, I could see Lissa, my lifelong best friend, smiling down at me.
"Whaat?" I moaned. I just want to sleep.
Lissa chuckled. "Rose it's all ready one o'clock. You're sleeping the day away." What does she really want?
I frowned at her. "You've never bothered with me sleeping in before," I said slowly. "What do you want?"
"You remember Christian, right?" she said, she got a little fidgety. "From high school?" (Rose & Lissa are 21 yrs old)
"Ozera?" I crinkled my nose. "The pyro-maniac? What about him?"
Lissa squealed so loud I swear I would've gone deaf. "He's asked me out." She started jumping up and down in excitement. "I have to go shopping, Rose. The date's tonight and I don't have anything to wear."
I held my hand up to stop her. "I have a couple things to say first." Lissa nodded. "One, why would you date Christian. I mean, come on. You remember what he did to Eddie senior year don't you?"
Lissa grimaced. "Yeah, that wasn't pretty." She shivered.
"He set Eddie's hair on fire. He gave Eddie third-degree burns on his arms and legs." I looked at Lissa intently. Please, oh please don't date him, my mind begged. "I know I don't control your dating life, but please think this through." I sighed. "Number two, you don't have anything to wear? You? Your closet's stock-full of outfits and shoes and tons of other things. How could you, Lissa Dragomir, not have one thing to wear?"
Liss looked down. "I've worn them already. I don't like wearing the same outfit twice."
I threw my hands up. "Mix it up! Combine something. You don't need to be wasting your money on clothes." I stood up off my bed and placed my hands firmly on Lissa's shoulders. "And promise me, Lissa, you'll think this one through. I've always found your past boyfriends to be a little weird."
She laughed. "I'm sorry. And I promise."
"Thanks."
"But we can still go shopping, right?" Her green eyes lit up like a Christmas tree.
I smiled. How can I say no? "Fine."