Advice From A Stranger

I hand the cashier the money for the dress. He smiles sweetly at me and hands me the bag with the dress that will be the death of me if my parents saw it. I still don't know how I let Trish convince me to buy this. She said that this dress was the only one available and suitable for tonight's party. And personally I have no idea if she was right or wrong because I had never been to one of those parties. But if you see how the dress is, you'll understand why I'm so freaked out about wearing it. Its strapless, shows my whole back, shows some of my cleavage, and is just a little tinzy bit below my underwear. You could practically say I'm naked with it.

I actually didn't want to go to this party anymore. I don't care if it's the first popular party I got invited to, I don't want to show my body off in this dress. No.

"Ready?" Trish eyes the bag as I come out the store. I feel like choking her. How did I let her convince me to buy it? These are the worst forty-five dollars spent in my whole seventeen years of life.

"Let's go buy the shoes now!" she grabs my arm and we head off to another store. We had been in the mall for the past three hours and the only thing we've bought is this stupid dress and now some shoes. I could have been writing music or reading a good book, but no I was here stuck in this stupid place where people wasted all their money.

"This store is amazing! Come!" Trish drags me into this store called Traffic. As soon as we enter the door, she goes off wandering searching for shoes. I stand next to the door eyeing everyone in there. Most of the girls there were all teens with happy faces. I honestly don't get how girls could be so happy at a shoe store. Don't get me wrong, I love getting new clothes and shoes but I hated shopping for them.

As I stand there next to the door, pair of black-n-white and black-n-red flats captures my attention. Both pairs look comfortable and soft. And as soon as I see the price of them, I fall in love. Only fifteen dollars! Bam! Found my shoes! But I don't know which pair looks better with the dress. The dress was red but wearing all red would be too reddish and wearing the white ones would maybe look bad. I turn to look for Trish but she's lost somewhere in the store. I turn back to the shoes and observe them. Well, I have more white clothes than red so I can wear the white ones at any time.

"I suggest you take the red ones," I hear a male voice next to me. I turn around and see a familiar blond boy leaning against the entrance's wall with a Converse bag and a smirk on his face.

"Do I know you?" I ask him putting both shoes back. He scratches the back of his neck and looks at me right in the eyes, "do I know you?" he asks me instead. I raise my eyebrows and turn back to the shoes ignoring him. I know I have seen him somewhere but I can't picture the place.

"The red ones look better with your skin color. I'm sure your boyfriend would approve of that too," he whispers right next to my ear. I turn to look at him and his smirk widens.

"I have a red dress. Wouldn't that be too much red?" I find myself asking for his advice. He's a stranger and I'm asking him for advice!

"The more red, the sexier you'll look," he says looking straight into my eyes. This boy has some nerve. I'm pretty sure he's here with a girlfriend. I mean, this is a store only for girls. Why else would he be here?

"Ok… Would it be too much to ask for another opinion?" I find myself asking him again. Why was I asking him this? Why am I having a conversation with myself like this? Gah Ally!

"Go on," he winks at me and leans against the wall. I have to admit, he looked pretty good himself. Anyways, I take out that stupid red dress and put them next to the flats. He observes them carefully and another smirk appears on his face. But this time his eyes go dark. Wanting?

"Hmm," he licks his lips. Normally I would be creeped out by him but I found myself liking him, liking the way he looked at me. His eyes go from the dress to me. The way he looked at me right there threw me off. It's as if he wants me more than anything right now. Like if I was his number one priority right now. Like he was imagining me in that dress.

"So?" I break his stare. He chuckles and nods, "go for it. Your boyfriend is gonna get the best night of his life tonight," he says. I blush a little and shake my head timidly, "I don't have a boyfriend." He stands straight all smirks and flirting coming off his face.

"You don't have a boyfriend?" he asked confused. I shrug and look down at the flats. Why was I having this conversation with this stranger?

"A girl like you has no boyfriend? Seriously?" he asks again. I look up at him, "why are you so surprised?"

"A girl like you, so—" he is interrupted by a girl calling out his name. I turn around and see a blonde girl walking towards us with a huge smile on her face.

"Honey! I found shoes! You think these look good?" she puts the shoes on, ignoring me. I knew he wouldn't be here for his own pleasure. This amazingly attractive dude had a girlfriend. And here I was sorta opening up to him and asking for his opinion on a dress and shoes.

I bite my bottom lip, half smile at Austin who is still looking at me ignoring his girlfriend putting on her shoes. I walk away and buy the shoes. As I pay the cashier, Trish comes with a pair of shoes in her hands. She pays for them too and we head for the entrance. There is no sight of the blond dude and his blonde girlfriend. But as soon as we get out the store, I see blond boy sitting at the bench in front of the store. I try to ignore him afraid his girlfriend might pop up somewhere. But he kept making noises and I couldn't help but look at him. He was calling me. I looked around for Trish and saw her distracted by the sunglasses store.

I walk over to blond boy and stand in front of him, "what do you want? Your girlfriend is going to come here any moment and I don't know you and I don't want any problems." He chuckles and extends his body on the bench.

"Aren't you going to thank me for my amazing advice?" he asks cockily yet with another smirk. I roll my eyes and smile as sweetly as I can, "thank you for your amazing advice, blondie!"

"Ehh, that thank you wasn't enough," he says without amusement in his voice.

"What? A thank you is a thank you dude," I tell him crossing my arms across my chest. He stands up from the bench and comes to me until we're inches apart. Surprisingly my breathing gets uneven and I feel my heart pound faster every time I could feel his hot breath on my face.

"Nope," he says looking down at me. Sheesh he was mad tall! "Give me a kiss. That'll be a good thank you." WHAT?! A kiss?!

"You're playing with me right? A kiss when you have a girlfriend?!" I step away from him. Every step I take back, he takes one forward until I hit the wall behind me.

"Chill. Just a kiss on the cheek and that'll be a good thank you for me," he smirks. I roll my eyes, tip-toe and give him a quick kiss on the cheek. He smiles, winks, and walks away. And it was there that I realized that for the first time, I felt butterflies in my stomach-the good ones- with a stranger.

Who knew that all of today's events and me liking the mall for the first time was all because of an advice from a stranger?

So this is the first story where the plot is originally mine. I don't know where this story is going to go but I actually have some few ideas.

Anyways, your opinion will be greatly appreciated and thank you all for reading this! :D

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(I didn't expect it to be this short but I'll try to make it longer next chapter :) )