"What about this one?" asked my mother, her eyes opened wide, almost longing to please, holding up a light blue dress with silver ribbons on the bottom.
"Oh, that's I think I like this one better" I said holding up a lavender dress, dazzled with sparkling fabric wrapped around the waist, and an array of glitter fashioned in large amounts at the top that gradually spread apart as the sparkling glass descended toward the hem of the dress.
"That does look rather elegant", said mother with a last defeated look to the dress she was holding. Then she examined the dress I held up. She turned her attention to me "Why don't you go try it on?"
I slid the dress on easily in the changing room. It seemed to fit well. I turned to gaze into the mirror. The person staring back at me didn't resemble the same person who had originally entered the small room. The mirror showed a girl with lighter hue and a new glow in her cheeks. She was surrounded by layers of a lithe, lavender, dress, rippling out gracefully.
I stepped out of the changing room to find my mother standing nearby. She looked completely stunned.
"Why, Rachael. This looks simply stunning. Dan will definitely love you in this." She said, her eyes lighting up. "You've been doing so well with everything lately. Your mind problems have stopped, you've been making new friends in school and you even seem happier day to day. What I'm trying to say, is that I'm proud of you."
Ever since that incident at school, my mind reading had completely shut off. It was almost like having a bad cold and learning to breathe through your own mouth at first, without hearing people's thoughts. But gradually over time, I think I could live with it.
"Wow, uhh thanks mom" I said appalled, then walked back into the changing room. I carefully folded the dress up after I had completely changed and walked out of the dressing room.
'Come on let's go pay for this dress" she said beaming before I even opened the door to leave the room.
"Rachael, this does look amazing on you!" Alma exclaimed as I tried it on for her back at the house. "You're going to be the prom queen winner for sure!"
"Oh Thanks Alma, but prom queen doesn't really seem like me" I said while shrugging.
"Nonsense, All you do is get some votes and a crown, I won it when I graduated and I know you definitely can too." She replied while going through her paperwork for the office.
"You better enjoy al this while you can, because soon your going to be concerned 24/7 about your job, which you don't even have yet" she said in her matter-of-factly tone.
The horn of a hovercar started beeping outside, I stood up and glanced through the window to see Dan waiting in the driver's seat.
"Well actually Alma, when I was at the doctor's office, one of the workers offered me a job" I replied smugly as her face turned to complete shock.
"They…gave you a job…just like that?" she asked slowly .
"Yepp, and I didn't even mention it at all. Lucky break huh?" I said smoothly, trying to hide my conceit.
The horn to the car honked again. I didn't wait for Alma's reply, her face was still stunned from the news as I said goodbye to her. I exchanged farewells with my parents and posed for some pictures, before Dan finally escorted me to his car.
"You look breath taking, Rachael" he said unblinkingly, barely able to look away from where I sat on the passenger side.
"Thank you, Dan. You look really nice yourself", I said gesturing toward his suit and tie.
He smiled to himself and looked me over one more time before putting his keys in the ignition. And as we drove on he stole a few quick glances at me when he thought I wasn't looking.