Chapter 14

Shopping

Shopping- The activity of visiting shops and stores to look at and buy things. It's better than staying at home, alone, but not my ideal pastime.

"Don't we already have dresses from that one photo shoot?" I asked Alicia, Megan, and Arabella as we walked into the mall. They just ignored me.

"Some of us didn't get to keep our dresses." Megan snarled at me. Everyone, meaning the designers and photographers, loved me; so I often received some free stuff to keep to keep me coming. Megan was the only one that has a problem with me getting everything for free. "Why are you even shopping with us?"

"I have to get a new dress because I grew two inches, so now the dress looks funny. I could probably alter it, but I don't have enough time. The dance is tomorrow." I replied. Megan's face softened a bit, but you could still tell that she was jealous of me.

"Let's see what this store has." Alicia said, dragging us all into Macy's, the ultimate dress finding shop. We came here every time to look for dresses, and this time was no different. "No one else wear red!" Alicia shouted. "I called it first!" I couldn't help but giggle at her enthusiasm if finding a dress. "Oh, look at this one!" Alicia said walking over to look at a dress. It never took long for something to catch her eye, usually because she wants the boldest colors out there that just scream for attention.

"It's really pretty." I agreed with her. Megan and Arabella nodded their heads in unison, also agreeing. It was a bright red halter top. The top part had a sequin design, while the bottom portion was a satiny material that had a slit on her right leg that started at her hip.

"What do you guys think about this one?" Megan said as she pointed to a gold colored dress. Megan's, too, was a halter. It has several ribbons around the waist with the last one forming a bow. This dress had a cape-like shape to it where the shortest part was at her knees, exposing the front, while the bottom trailed down to her ankles. It was made out of a flowy material that was absolutely beautiful.

Arabella had trailed off and was absolutely intrigued by a white dress. It was short and had a gold neckline. The dress was bunched up together at the bottom and came up mid thigh.

While Arabella, Megan, and Alicia went to go try on their dresses, I was still searching for my perfect dress. I finally came across my amazing dress. The top half was white with black ribbons crisscrossing each other, while the bottom half was black and puffed out. It was strapless and only came down to my mid thigh.

"What do you guys think of this one?" I asked my friends as I walked out of the dressing room.

"It looks good on you, but it doesn't have any color." Arabella stated.

"Yeah, it blends in a lot with your hair." Megan said.

"I think it looks good." Alicia said. "Besides, you're the only one that could pull off that outfit. It's like what a guy would wear, but in girl form."

"But even if you wear it, you should at least add some color." Megan added.

"Yeah, green would look lovely with your eyes. They're like emeralds!" Arabella said, but when she looked at my eyes, her expression twisted. "Wait a minute!" she said. "You're eyes aren't green, they're this hazely color!"

"Um…" I fumbled. What was I supposed to tell them? That I was a vampire?!? Because that went over sooo well with Alicia. I could also sense that Alicia was nervous, too. She just looked down at her nails, pretending to be very interested in them.

"Did you get contacts or something like that?" Megan asked.

"Uh, yeah. Do you like them?" I asked.

"No." Megan replied curtly. "Get rid of them."

"If I don't have contacts, then I can't see. I'm sure you wouldn't want me walking around running into things." We, at least Alicia and I, know that this is a lie. I have perfect vision; I take that back my vision is better than perfect. There is also no such thing as a clumsy vampire.

"Fine." Megan said, "you can keep them." As if I have a choice. I can't just magically change the color of my eyes.

We walked out of the store, after paying for our stuff and decided to get something to eat because it was getting late.

"Hey, guys, look who it is!" Arabella said, pointing to a group of small people.

"Oh no." I said under my breath.

"What is it?" Alicia whispered into my ear.

"They want to kill me." I told her. When I had realized what I had said, I laughed. How many people say that and actually mean it literally? Not many.

"I'm sure that there are a lot of people that want to kill me, too." Alicia chuckled.

"I meant that literally." I told her.

"Oh." she said, "that's always good to know."

Pics of the dresses are on my profile.