"Come on, no more texting. Go get dressed, and be ready to leave in twenty minutes." Emily said, taking my phone from my hand and pulling me off the couch. "We are having a girls only day."
"Wow, you are going a to go a whole day without Sam?" I asked bracing my arm for the smack I knew I would receive from Emily.
"Yes, and you'll have to go a whole day without Jake," she said in the same tone of voice, sticking her tongue out at me.
"Easy for me. Billy is dragging him out today to go finishing anyway," I told her matter-of-factly, as I walked toward my room.
"Mhm, sure. Just be ready to go shopping soon. We're going to Port Angles for a day of shopping, movies, and spa relaxation like we used to do when we lived in the city," she said with a smile.
"Sounds good to me," I agreed before I continued following the hall to my door.
Emily and Sam's house officially felt like home to me. I had been here for four weeks, with it now being the last week of July, now and I definitely didn't want to leave any time soon. I had gotten a part time job at a local dinner her on the reservation. I had turned in two of my portfolios for my art class, and Jake and me had become really good friends, though according to Emily she knew that we were more than friends and I just wasn't telling her.
I grabbed a pair of skinny jeans from the dresser along with a white lacy camisole and a light blue over sized jersey. I slipped on my new outfit and proceeded to pull my blonde locks back into a simple ponytail. I opted for no make-up today and slipped my phone into my purse after texting Jake back one more time.
"Quick enough for you?" I asked grabbing a granola bar off of the counter.
"I'm impressed," Emily said with a laugh before she grabbed her purse and we headed out to the car.
The ride to Port Angles was, with no doubt, a long ride, but I found new places around the reservation that I could check out when I had free time.
"I say we shop first and then get pampered," Emily said as she pulled into a parking spot next to a clothing store. "Plus you'll need some new clothes soon. Summers aren't to long up here and the rain will get to you quick."
"Oh joy, the great season of rain, right?" I asked hearing of many rainy days in a row from Emily when she had come up here before.
"Yep. Rain boots, thick jackets, and umbrellas will become your new friends until you get used to the rain." She said as she opened the door for me.
"Yay," I said sarcastically, "But it has to better than the city winds?"
"Yea," Emily said with a smile, "Here, instead of being sweapt off by a tornado to Oz, we simply float there."
The laughed along with her as my eyes scanned the tasteful display of summer clothes.
"This way," Emily said as she linked her arm with mine and headed towards the juniors section.
I wasn't in need of to many new clothes since my parents had sent me some of my other things for my stay out here. Between my parents, Emily, and Sam everyone was happy with me spending a few more months up here, as long as I was doing some form of studying and work, which I didn't mind one bit.
By the end of our first hour I had picked out two pairs of rain boots, a pair of thicker work boots, a pack of colorful socks, and a separate bag full of other random clothing articles to try on, and Emily her own pile of clothes as we headed to the dressing room.
"I love this store solely because I could buy everything I need off of the clearance racks and never really have to look anywhere where else for clothes," Emily said with her own pile in hand.
"That or you end up buying twice as much as you planned on, but you still pay the same amount," I added.
"True," she said as we made our way into the dressing room.
About twenty minutes later we had officially tried on all the clothing we had brought in with us, and we sill had quite a bit of it as we headed to the cash register.
As we headed to the car we decided that we would go for manicures and pedicures once we put our five billion bags in the car, well mainly my five billion bags, but that is just
getting technical.
Once the relaxation started, it didn't stop for the rest of the day; it was nice.
After we had our nails done, facials were in order before we headed to the movies. We saw your typical chick flick where the girl falls in love with the guy and they live happily ever after, one were you wish you were the girl, and that you lived in the almost fairy tail world.
"Where is Sam?" I asked as I sat on the couch with Em, he had been gone all day, since
before we left.
"Oh, he's probably still at work," she said, her gaze following my eyes to the clock
on the wall.
"Wow, I would hate to have to work hours like that," I said, it was already eleven and
we left around nine this morning.
"Yea, its one of those jobs where you don't really get to quit," she said, "Well it wouldn't
really be worth it."
"Oh, ok," I said trying to make sense of it in my mind.
"But he gets a lot of time off in between days that he works most of the time, and his work is really laid back about other things," she said thinking each thing through before saying it. "And he gets to come home for lunch. So, its like a nice break between the beginning and end of the day."
As she said that, I glanced around the room. The house didn't look like it had been touched since we left this morning.
"Well I am going to head to bed after I take a shower, but I'll see you tomorrow," I said
to Emily as I gave her a hug.
"Ok dear, see you in the morning."
"Don't stay up to late," I said.
"Ok mother, don't worry, I'll be in bed by midnight," she said sticking her tongue out at
me.
I made my way back to my room after I had showered, and I sat down on my bed in my pajamas, with my bag of new clothes sitting to my left and my cell phone with an unopened text message from Jake.
Once I had responded Jake's text message about some bonfire that all of the native people did every year. He wanted me to go; according to him the first time is always fun to go to and hear the stories, but after that it gets old, well the stories do at least.
I told him that I would go this year only so it wouldn't be so boring for him, and so I meet more people. I figured since I was going to be staying up her for a while, I might as well meet people.
As I started folding and putting away my new clothes, I noticed that there was a small slip of paper at the bottom of my bag.
"Be careful. Take precautions." I read from the paper, "Animal attacks that were brutal and gruesome have been reported not to far from Port Angles. Be safe when you are out and about after dark of in the woods of the surrounding areas."
I made a mental note to myself to tell Emily about this if she hadn't already known about it. She didn't go to Port Angles often, but just in case she did, I would rather be safe than sorry.
After putting the note on my nightstand, I ran my brush through my still damp hair before I decided to braid it. Putting it in pigtails to either of my head would ensure a nice beach-y wave to my hair instead of a chaotic curl that tangled my hair the majority of the days.
Once my hair was braded and the majority of the energy had been drained from my body, I finally curled up in bed wanting to read but deciding that sleep was most likely a better alternative for me since not only was the bonfire tomorrow night, but I also was scheduled to work from 10 AM to 3 PM tomorrow.
After shutting off my light, the deep sensation of sleep quickly took over.