Chapter 7: A Girls' Night Out
The following Saturday night, my best friend, Erica Homeson and I met Sarah, James, and Henri on Craig Street in Oakland. First, we went to the comic book store, so James and Henri could look at comic books. "Hi, guys," I greeted my male friends. "How was the football game today?" "Great, Angel," Henri replied. "Now, we want to look at comic books about football, if we can find any," James informed me. He then found a comic book. "Ah, one of my favorites!" he exclaimed. "Archie and the Big Game!" "You always used to love football as a kid," I then told my friends. "Yeah, especially the day I baby-sat Henri," James told me. "We couldn't get tickets to go to a big football game, so we ended up making our own game of football in the backyard." "Sounds great!" I then replied. "Sarah and I are going out to eat with my other best friend, Erica Homeson, so I guess we better get going now." I then waved good-bye to James and Henri, and then went out with Sarah and Erica to Little Asia for dinner first. "So, you must be Erica Homeson, Angel's best friend from Highland Park," Sarah pointed out. "And, you must be Sarah Phillips, Angel's childhood best friend from around here," Erica pointed out back. "You know what? I am actually more in the mood for Mexican food tonight than Chinese, so can I join you guys for dessert?" "Okay, Erica," I then told my friend. "You can join Sarah and me at Razzle's Frozen Yogurt for dessert." Erica then went to a Mexican restaurant to get a rice bowl, while Sarah and I stopped at Little Asia. I ate a chicken and broccoli rice bowl, while Sarah got a plate of Chinese chicken over steamed brown rice. "Ah, another just-us girl moment," I happily stated. "Just like when you braided my hair and painted my fingernails one marvelous evening." "Yes," Sarah remembered. "As a matter of fact, you are wearing your exact same outfit from that day: your pink butterfly shirt, your black pants and flats, and your hair is even curled!" Sarah then looked down. "Hey, this is what I wore," Sarah remembered. "I miss LuLu's Noodles," I told my friend. "That restaurant was cited for unsafe procedures for handling food, including mice and flies in their food." "I know," Sarah agreed. "I used to love their food, too." "Still, this is very good Chinese food," I told my friend. "Little Asia really has good chicken and rice," Sarah told me. We then continued to eat. "Hey, let's go find Erica, and get some frozen yogurt, shall we?" We then got up and Erica found us standing outside the restaurant. We then went to Razzle's Frozen Yogurt across the street. I picked out a bowl of vanilla frozen yogurt with all my favorite toppings: pineapple, blueberries, strawberries, grapes, rainbow sprinkles, even Oreo cookies! Erica got twist frozen yogurt with caramel apple syrup and pecans. Sarah had vanilla frozen yogurt with caramel apple syrup, as well. "Does Angel always get this many toppings on her frozen yogurt?" Erica asked Sarah. "Yes, because she loves all those foods very much," Sarah told Erica. "Don't you, Angel?" "Yes, I do, Sarah," Angel replied. "I don't think it's very healthy, though," Sarah admitted. "But, I won't tell Angel what to do since she is a nice girl and she loves all those foods very much!" "I think Erica should get together and do makeovers with me sometime," I told Sarah. "That's okay, Angel," Erica told me. "I am not really that much into makeovers." "Angel also has 2 other friends whom she likes to hang out with," Sarah explained to Erica. "Carly Shay and Alex Russo." "How old are they?" Erica asked. "Carly is 22 and Alex is 23," I then explained to Erica. "They're probably the same age as my other good friends who Angel also likes: Jessica, Garrett, Colleen, and Jeremy." "Angel was telling me about your friends, too," Sarah then remembered. She then took a bite of her frozen yogurt. "Mmm, this is really good!" "I am not a big fan of caramel apple syrup," I told my friends. "But if you girls like it, that's fine!" I then yawned. "I guess it's time for us to get home and to bed, huh, Erica?" I then asked my friend. "Yeah, we should," Erica agreed. "Bye, Sarah!" I then told my friend. "It was nice meeting you," Erica stated. "Bye, girls!" Sarah replied. "Good night!"
