Chapter 1 – Shopping spree's and shoe tragedies.

1st Chapter…yay!!

Disclaimer - see previous chapter.

Clary unwillingly climbed out of the taxi and onto the hot asphalt of the shopping mall car park. Isabelle was ready with her wallet in hand, and a smile plastered on her face.

"This will be fun." She said.

Together the two girls made their way across the car park and into the air conditioned mall. Clary was wondering which shop Isabelle would push her into first. She could see a range of dress shops, all of which Iz scanned her eyes over without a reaction. Once Isabelle got her bearings, she pulled Clary towards an escalator.

"Where are we going, Iz?" Clary asked, afraid to hear the answer.

"A shop called Beelo, it's awesome, but they don't always have what I want" she said.

Clary saw the shop from a mile away, with a hot pink interior, and loud music pumping from it, she groaned internally. It was going to be a long day.

Iz dragged her across to the shop once they were off the escalator, and Clary almost immediately got a headache from the music. She heard a gasp from the other side of the store, and Isabelle had picked up a hideous blue thing with almost no material attached to it.

"Clary! It would look so good on you!" Izzy called.

Clary walked over and looked through the rack herself, seeing if there was anything reasonable, whilst dismissing the idea of the blue dress. She pulled out a red strapless dress that was reasonably cute, but Isabelle though otherwise.

"It's too long, and the design is stupid" She said "Besides, the red would clash with your hair"

Clary put the dress back in its rightful place, and continued her search. As Isabelle said, there were a few cute things, but they were not what Clary wanted, and not what Isabelle would allow.

After about 15 minutes, Iz decided that they would find nothing in Beelo, and so she climbed on another escalator which took them up to another shop with a bright white interior, and a shop label which read Holler!. Clary was at least grateful for the fact that the music was not as loud.

Isabelle came across a cute hot pink dress that she adored as soon as they walked into the shop, which was covered in satin material. Isabelle squealed with delight and without another word ran into the change rooms to try it on.

Clary followed behind, to be her advisor.

Iz came out with the dress on, and Clary thought it looked stunning on her, it was a look that Clary would never be able to pull off. The pink dress was fitted and strapless, and had satin ruffles that clung to the bodice, and ran to about mid thigh. Isabelle couldn't stop smiling.

"It looks good on you, Iz" Clary said.

Isabelle's smile faded when she saw the price tag. She frowned.

"It's $299." She said. "If I buy this, I won't be able to buy shoes."

Clary saw her disappointment. "Iz, you don't need shoes. You have about 50 pairs of them at home."

"But none of them go with this dress!"

Clary sighed. "Iz, buy the dress, and you can take my shoe money. I can borrow a pair of your shoes. "

"Nah, don't worry Clary. I'll find another dress. Besides, you don't have my size foot, and I need a new pair of heels."

Clary rolled her eyes as she searched awkwardly through the shop to find something that she liked, while Isabelle disappeared into one of the racks. She returned five minutes later with 4 dresses slung over one shoulder. One was purple decorated with black lace, another was green with only one shoulder, the other two were plain black.

"Get into a change room and try them all on!" Isabelle yelled as Clary walked over to the change rooms. "Show me all of them!"

In the change room, Clary looked at her reflection. She had tried on the purple dress first, and she hated it. It was too….revealing for her liking. But she showed Isabelle anyway. When she walked out Isabelle scrunched up her nose, which was a relief, because it meant she wasn't going to bully her into buying it. The green one came next. Clary loved the colour, but the one shoulder was bothering her, and she felt it would fall down. Isabelle's reaction was the same as the purple dress.

When Clary tried on the black dress her eyes went wide. She thought she looked like a prostitute. They were way too short and neither of them had sleeves. She didn't even bother to show Iz.

The next store they ventured into was called Sarah's Wardrobe. Clary walked in and immediately fell in love. The dress was blue and black, and had little pleated fan-shaped decoration all over the skirt. The bodice was fitted and strapless. Clary's jaw dropped and she ran over to it. Isabelle followed close behind.

"Oh my God Iz! It's gorgeous!" Clary squealed.

"That is so hot!" Isabelle replied.

Clary looked at the length of the dress. "But I think it's too short for me."

Isabelle laughed. "Clary, honey, no dress is too short when Jace is your boyfriend."

"You're right" Clary laughed, as she ran to the changing rooms.

Once she had come out, Isabelle had found a dress. This one had a fitted gold sparkly bodice, and a black ruffled skirt. She smiled and gave Clary the thumbs up when she saw her.

Once she had changed back into normal clothes, Clary looked at the price tag on her dress, and was surprised to find that it was only $120. She still had money to buy shoes.

"That was successful" Isabelle said when they were walking out of the shop. "Now we have to do shoes."

Clary ran over to a shoe store and picked out a pair of 4 inch black heels that laced to her ankle. "I like these" she said. Pick some out for you and let's go. My feet hurt"

Izzy rolled her eyes and went into an isle. She came back two minutes later with gold heels that were unbelievably high. "Ok," she said "Time to go get ready!"

Clary sighed. The mission was only half over.