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I wake up to hear my phone vibrating on my night stand. I reach over and see that it's Roxas calling. At first, I was irritated that he woke me up at 7:00 am, but after his first few words, I smiled at his sweetness. He said,
"Hey, morning sweet stuff! Sorry to call you this early, but… I really want to know, do you wanna get some dinner with me later?"
"Morning to you too sweetie, and I'd love to."
"Great! I'll pick you up in 12 hours. It's gonna be formal soooo… WEAR SOMETHING SEXY!"
"ROXAS!" I blushed furiously, even if he wasn't there. I could also hear his cute laughter through the phone; it died down as he started to speak again.
"Haha, no but it is formal Nami, besides, I think you're always beautiful, no matter what you wear. Love you lots, see you at 7!"
"Mmm. Love you too Roku, bye."
I felt my face heat up when he uttered those last few sentences. That boy sure knows how to make me fluster. I set my phone's alarm and put it down and rolled over, drifting off to sleep again. I smiled to myself,
I really do have one of the best boyfriends in the world, even if he won't kiss me.
I ended up waking up 3 hours later. I went straight to the bathroom, my hair was a mess. I ran into my closet, looking for a nice dress to wear for tonight – nothing. Looks like I have to call in the expert. I decided to brush my teeth and get ready for the day before I faced my personal stylist. No matter how long I tried to drag this out, I ended up calling my expert in a mere 5 minutes.
"Hello?" I heard a light voice chime.
"Kairi! Hey, before you say anything. I need your help. I need you to come over and no, I will not tell you what it is but I need your help ASAP. We need to go shopping as well."
From the other side, I could hear running foot steps, the slam of a car door, and the screech of tires on pavement. I laughed at my best friend's immediate reaction.
"I'll be there in 2 minutes honey. By the way, is this about Roxas?"
"…"
"That's what I thought."
I swear I heard Kairi slam the gas pedal down to the floor, and then I heard the car door slam outside my bed window and Kairi looked up and waved enthusiastically, phone still on her shoulder. I hung up and laughed. I made my way downstairs, kissed my mom and dad good morning and told them I was going shopping with Kairi. I also told them about the date I had with Roxas tonight. My mother turned around with a knowing smile on her face. My dad cleared his throat and straightened his newspapers. I smiled at them and bade them goodbye. As I left the door, I was immediately dragged to a sleek shiny red car and placed into the passenger seat. A hyper red-head fastened her seat belt and sped off to the mall. I opened my mouth to say something but was cut off by Kairi. She just made gibberish noises every time I started to say something and when I gave an exasperated sigh, she looked over at me and winked. She said,
"I know exactly what you need."
I smiled, knowing that she was definitely right – she hasn't been wrong so far. I turned my attention back to the passing scenery as Kairi zoomed past all traffic. When we stopped at a red light, I noticed a couple, around the same age as Roxas and me, holding hands. In a few seconds, the boyfriend swooped down and landed a chaste kiss on the girl's lips. She blushed and giggled as she returned the kiss. I sighed deeply and Kairi turned to me.
"Still nothing?"
"No…"
Kairi gave me a knowing look, I had told her about all about Roxas and my little situation. When I turned my attention back to the road, we were already pulling into the mall parking lot. Jeez Kairi definitely speeds… As soon as we parked, Kairi pulled me out of the car and urged me into Express. She sat me down on a chair, greeted the store owners, and started to rake through the dresses. I stared at her, flipping through the dresses at amazing speeds that I couldn't even comprehend. I pulled out my phone and started sliding it up and down until Kairi shouted,
"I FOUND IT!"
I glanced up and saw her pull out a sleek red lacquer colored dress. It was strapless, silky, and had an embellished waist band. There was a broach on it but Kairi plucked it off like it was nothing. My eyes widened and I was about to say something when she pulled me into the dressing room.
"Haha Nam, it's removable, I'm just gonna leave it here. I'm gonna sew on a nice white lily here where it used to be. Now, try it on! I spent forever looking for this! I'm sure you'll look SEXY in it!"
Kairi gave me a wink and left me to undress and try the dress on. When I closed the door, I could hear her furiously texting away, I wondered to who, but I guessed it was Sora, her boyfriend. Those two were inseparable, only on rare occasions like now when they were apart. Most likely because Sora was still sleeping; it was the weekend after all. When I pulled the dress on, I looked in the mirror. It was comfortable, formal, and overall, a beautiful dress; but it was $80, no way I'd be getting that today. When I walked out the room to tell Kairi, but she was already at cashier, pulling out her credit card and pointing at me, or rather the dress. I rushed over to stop her but she shushed me. She winked and said,
"Early birthday present, y'know?"
I shook my head and tried to get the cashier to redo the transaction but she said no can do. I sighed and turned back to change, missing that Kairi and the cashier exchanged looks. When I exited the dressing room again, Kairi was waiting at the door with a dress bag ready. I handed it to her and kept walking out of the store. Kairi waved to the cashier and ran to catch up with me.
"I can't believe you just bought me an $80 dress."
"Oh believe me, I didn't."
"Huh?"
"Oh look! Fossil, let's go get you some jewelry to go with this dress!"
I was still confused but was already being pulled away by Kairi into Fossil, she picked out a heart pendant and a wine colored headband with a crystal bird attached. She just turned around and squinted at me, placing the items where they would go on me, turned back around and raced to the cashier. This time, I saw her whisper something in the cashier's ear. Her eyes widened and giggled and nodded. Kairi smiled right back and mouthed what I thought was a "Thanks". I tried to stop her but she shrugged my attempts off and I gave up. There was nothing I could do to stop my expert. She received the jewelry from the cashier and gently handed me the bag. I dropped the bag into the bigger dress bag. We walked out of the store and Kairi looked at me closely, and asked,
"Nam? You look really tired, Starbucks?"
I merely nodded as we trudged our way into the station. Kairi agreed that when we got our drinks, we could head over to her house, bring all her make up to my house, and get ready for 7 pm. Upon receiving our drinks, we slowly walked back to Kairi's car. When we just shut the door and started pulling out of the parking lot, I swear I saw a familiar head of blond spikes, next to him, chocolate colored ones. I opened my mouth and asked Kairi,
"Kairi, was that just Roxas and Sora?"
"Hmmmm?"
While responding, Kairi stepped on the gas pedal and we zoomed back out onto the freeway. I narrowed my eyes but said nothing further. It was a long while until 7…
Author's Note: Because I suck at describing the dress, find it on express. com. and search for "Embellished Waistband Strapless Dress", it's the red one :)