Jade stared at her megar amount of clothing and almost screamed in frustration. She had nothing that was bar-worthy. In fact, she had practically nothing at all.
Slamming her dresser drawer shut, Jade slapped her hand over her mouth and screamed. The sound was muffled so only she could hear it.
Taking a deep breath, she tried to calm herself down enough to think of a solution to her problem. There was only one solution – she needed to go shopping.
"UGH!" Throwing open the doors, she walked into the living room to find the boys waiting for her.
"You ready?" Jacob asked excidedly.
Jade looked at their outfits and giggled. "Did you all co-ordinate these outfits?" they were all wearing jeans and muscle shirts with button down shirts over top, all unbuttoned to show off their muscles.
"Why? Does it look like we did?"
"Slightly. But who cares, you all look amazing. Okay though, I have a problem. I need clothing. I need to go shopping, like before we hit the bar. I refuse to walk into a bar dressed like this."
Quil swallowed. "Are you saying that we have to walk in a clothing store with you and watch you try on millions of outfits?"
Jade laughed. "Nope, all I'm saying is you have to come with me to a clothing store so I can buy something. I'm not sure what I want to buy, but I have a general idea, which should make the trip easy."
"Alright, we'll do it." Embry said. "Lets go."
"Yeah! You guys rock!" Jade skipped out of the house and into the truck.
Following her, the boys piled in and Quil started the truck. Jacob was in the front with Quil, so Jade and Embry were squashed together in the backseat. Neither minded really.
After a very bumpy twenty minute ride, Quil pulled up in front of a little shop about two blocks away from the bar. Once everyone piled out, Jade led the way into the shop.
"Just look around and don't embarrass me or break anythign alright?" Jade whispered to the boys before walking away towards the back of the store.
Scanning the clothing that was jam packed on the racks, she carefully made her choices.
Do I want the plaid skirt with the cute pockets on the side or the black denim mini with the cool designs? Jade thought to herself as she weighed her options.
Embry suddenly walked up to her and put something in her hands. "Here, wear this one." He whispered. Jade looked down into her hand. Embry had given her a tiny denim pleated mini skirt with rinestones on the back pocket in a butterfly pattern.
"This? Are you sure?" Jade turned around, and literally had her face in Embry's chest, he was standing that close to her. She took a step back and looked up at him. "Are you sure about this skirt?"
"Yup, I'm one hundrend percent positive. You'll look amazing in this, trust me."
"You seem so sure of that. For all you know its not even my size." She flipped ove the tag and stared at the size number. "Okay, this is just freaky, how do you know my size?"
"Lucky guess. You wear boy cargo shorts all the time, so its not like I could have snuck in your room to try to figure out your size. Now come on, go try it on." He shoved her gently towards the dressing rooms.
"I have to find a shirt first. I won't be going topless to this bar, I promise you that." Turning towards the racks of shirts, she pulled one off and held it up before returning it to the racks. Yellow was not her favorite color that's for sure.
"Hey Jade?" Quil walked up to her as she was looking at a black silk halter. "Do girls actually wear this?" he held out a very sexy looking bright pink lacey thong.
"Oh my gosh Quil! Go put that back right now! You should never ever touch one of those ever again. Wait till your married. And yes, some girls do wear those."
"Do you?" Quil asked, not budging a muscle.
"Do I what?"
"Wear this?" he held out the thong.
"I am not answering that question. No go put it back." But her face was getting redder as she spoke.
Finally settling for a red and black corset-style top, she stepped into a dressing room and closed the curtain. Slipping on the denim mini and corset top, Jade carefully laced it up. It was much more easier said than done, and she ended up wrestling with it for about five minutes before it would finally tie properly.
Stepping back a tiny bit, Jade looked at herself in the floor length mirror.
"Damn, I look hot." She giggled to herself before pushing aside the curtain and stepping out. "Hey boys!" she called. "How do I look?"
Their jaws hit the floor as they gawked at her.
"I'm taking that as a yes I look okay?"
"Wow, you look like a girl." Jacob managed to spit out.
"Thanks, nice knowing I normally look like a boy! But seriously, how do I look? Do I look bar worthy?"
"Umm DUH!"
"Thanks Jake. So I guess I'll go buy this. Oh, and Embry, pick your jaw up from the floor." She grinned to herself as she walked up to the front counter.
"Hey, I know this sounds awkward, but can I buy the clothing I'm wearing, and keep it on. Like I'm going somewhere in about two minutes, and I need to wear this. Can you like just scan it, even though its on me?"
The teenage boy looked like Jade just handed him an award. "Yeah," he stared at her like she was some piece of meat. He reached out his hand towards her and she drew back slightly.
"I need the tags," he said, "So I can actually scan the stuff."
"Oh, yeah." She held out the tag on her shirt, and the boy scanned it. Coming around, the boy leaned over and put his hand on her waist, acting like he was looking for the tag. His hand finding it, he carefully took his time scanning the price tag.
Jade grimaced, she felt like the boy was about to molest her. When he finally drew his hand away, Jade stepped back.
"Ummm, the total is thirty-four dollars and twenty three cents. Are you gonna pay cash or credit?"
"Cash," Jade heard Embry say as he walked up to the guy, pulling out his wallet. Handing him thirty-five dollors, he said quickly, "keep the change." Draping his arm around Jade's shoulder, he led her out of the store.
"Hey, I can't leave now. I need my other clothing. I'll just store it in the car okay?" She wrigged out of Embry's death grip and scurried back into the store.
Dashing to the dressing room, she grabbed her bundle of clothing and ran out the door, the boy at the counter keeping his gaze fixed on her.
"Okay, I'm good now. So are you boys ready? I know I am."
"Yes we are. Here I'll just throw your clothing in the back seat, the bar's right across the road. Why don't you, Embry and Jake get in line, I'll join you all in a minute." Quil reached for her clothing.
Handing it to him, Jade started across the street with the boys, leaving Quil with the car. "Why is he volunteering to deal with my clothing?" Jade whispered to the boys.
"He wants to call little Claire and tell her goodnight. He misses her."
"Awww that is so adorable!" Jade squeeled, walking to the end of the line of the bar. Sliently thanking the fact that the line was very short, she eagerly awaited her fist time in a bar.
Even though the line was short, it took ten minutes for them to finally get up to the front. Quil had just joined them two minutes before, after a lengthy conversation with his three year old lover. Jade decided it best not to ask what he could possibly be talking to a three year old about.
Finally, it was their turn to go in. the man at the door looked at them once, and unsered them in.
"There are perks to looking older," Embry whispered to Jade as he steared her toward the bar. "One of them is getting in a bar, the other is the drinks."
Jade giggled softly as Embry ordered three bears. "What do you want?" he asked her.
Thinking quickly, she grinned. "I'll take a grey goose, dirty." Winking to him and the bartender, she waltzed over to where Jacob and Quil were seated.
"When do they come on?" she asked loudly to the boys. The music was progressively getting louder, and more and more people kept walking in, making conversation quite dificult.
"Right about…now." Jacob said as a familiar tune started playing in Jade's ear.
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A/N: sorry its taken me forever to update. I had a really bad weekend – something bad happened to me. So I've been dealing with all the emotions and problems from that. But I didn't forget about you guys who read what I wrote! I'll try to write more, but don't expect an update until Sunday, I'm going out of the country until then.