Conspiracy
Chapter 15
Raven looked over at the sales clerk who kept stealing nervous glances at her from behind the front counter of the boutique. Apparently she feared for her business now, but then again that served her good, Raven thought. She carried a few evening gowns and entered the change room next to Kyra's.
"How's it going in there?" Raven called through the wall, pulling her first selection off its hanger.
"Umm…first two were a no-no. I don't think that the navy looks too good on me. I don't have the right skin tones…" Kyra paused. "But you do!"
"I'm partial to my silver and black…" Raven said, then shrugged her shoulders. "I guess I could try on some colors just for the heck of it…"
"Of course you could. Besides, we're still undercover aren't we? You need to fit the characteristics of Raven Ravine." Kyra remarked.
"That's a stupid name. Who thought that up?" Raven said, digging into her pant pocket and pulling out the fake I.D. she had had created for her.
"I don't know. I thought it was you."
"Yeah right." Raven said, rolling her eyes. She pulled on a silver dress and stepped out of the change room. "Are you done?"
"Hang on…" Kyra said, a couple banging noises heard inside her changing room. Then she opened the door and stepped out. "What do you think about this one?" She asked, standing in front of the full-length mirror beside Raven. She wore a fluent, rose-colored gown with a slight shimmering quality that fell to her ankles. There were two thin straps on each shoulder and the cut was low in the front and back. Raven examined the dress Kyra was wearing and nodded her head in approval.
"That color is definitely flattering on you. I think you've got yourself a new dress!"
Kyra blushed slightly and twirled around in a circle. She had never owned a dress so elegant as the one she wore at that moment. Raven on the other hand had gone with her usual style. Short and skimpy in her favorite colors: silver and black.
"Try on a color. And something that's longer…" Kyra said, pointing to the short dress Raven was wearing.
"Do I have to? I like these dresses."
"Yes! Do you want me to get a third party involved in this?" Kyra asked, pointing to the sales clerk who was tapping her acrylic nails unceasingly against the tabletop.
Raven gave Kyra a weird look and refused to have the woman involved in anything unless it involved her father's credit cards. She kept her little dress on as she searched through the racks of clothing around the store. There were many pinks, yellows, browns and even oranges and bright greens.
"How nauseating!" Raven spat as she picked up a hot pink nylon gown. "I thought this was a boutique, not a sixties-style thrift store!"
"Um…I think this is the costume section." Kyra said, pointing to the sign above their heads.
"Oh…" Raven said, looking up at the large green sign. She shrugged and went in search in another part of the store. After a while of searching, Kyra grew extremely bored.
"Listen, I'll pick out the dress and you have to try it on. Deal?"
Raven looked at the petite blonde and hummed and hawed for a few minutes. "Alright, alright. Deal." She walked back to the change rooms and disappeared behind their thick, wooden doors. It wasn't long before Kyra too was walking back towards the rooms, a dark red dress in her outstretched arms. She held it under the door of Raven's change room. Raven took the dress hesitantly, but slipped into it quickly.
Kyra waited outside the room and looked over at the men's suites lining the far wall. Maybe she could drag Matrix into that store one day.
She snapped out of her thoughts when she heard Raven's door open. She turned her attention to her friend as she walked out into the light, clad in the red dress.
Kyra gaped. "Are you wearing colors!" She asked in mock surprise.
"Shutup." Raven said, looking down at the dress. She walked over to the mirror and held her semi-curly hair piled on top of her head with on hand as she stood side-ways and examined the back of the dress. It might as well have been a tube top that she was wearing; the dress was tight enough around the bust to stay up even without the two thin straps. The shimmering material clung to her skin to about her waist, then loosened up and flowed elegantly to the floor. The color brought out the natural rosy color in Raven's cheeks and ignited her eye color.
Kyra smiled. "That is sooo the dress for you! You're so lucky to have a friend like me."
"Oh yeah, real lucky." Raven said, trying to look sarcastic though she wasn't able to contain the smile that was forcing itself out.
"Well! Do you like it?"
Raven smoothed out the skirt of the dress. "Not bad for red."
"Good! We're buying it and you're going to wear it too!" Kyra said, stomping back into her change room to take off her dress.
"Wear it where?" Raven asked as she too traveled back into her change room and closed the door.
"I don't know. Something will come up."
Kyra changed quickly and was out well before Raven. She let her eyes wander around the other dresses around the room. Usually Mya would have been with them but the two girls ditched her. She was disturbed when she heard a jingling noise. Her eyes darted to the door where ironically Matrix and Mya were walking into the store.
"Hey Kyra! Where have you guys been? You left us at the café!" Mya said, raising her arms in the air in exasperation. Matrix walked in behind the talkative twenty-year-old and gave Kyra a curious look.
Kyra was about to reply when another jingling sound was heard at the door.
(Be ready for the coincidence theory in the chapter ; o )
Chapter 15
Raven looked over at the sales clerk who kept stealing nervous glances at her from behind the front counter of the boutique. Apparently she feared for her business now, but then again that served her good, Raven thought. She carried a few evening gowns and entered the change room next to Kyra's.
"How's it going in there?" Raven called through the wall, pulling her first selection off its hanger.
"Umm…first two were a no-no. I don't think that the navy looks too good on me. I don't have the right skin tones…" Kyra paused. "But you do!"
"I'm partial to my silver and black…" Raven said, then shrugged her shoulders. "I guess I could try on some colors just for the heck of it…"
"Of course you could. Besides, we're still undercover aren't we? You need to fit the characteristics of Raven Ravine." Kyra remarked.
"That's a stupid name. Who thought that up?" Raven said, digging into her pant pocket and pulling out the fake I.D. she had had created for her.
"I don't know. I thought it was you."
"Yeah right." Raven said, rolling her eyes. She pulled on a silver dress and stepped out of the change room. "Are you done?"
"Hang on…" Kyra said, a couple banging noises heard inside her changing room. Then she opened the door and stepped out. "What do you think about this one?" She asked, standing in front of the full-length mirror beside Raven. She wore a fluent, rose-colored gown with a slight shimmering quality that fell to her ankles. There were two thin straps on each shoulder and the cut was low in the front and back. Raven examined the dress Kyra was wearing and nodded her head in approval.
"That color is definitely flattering on you. I think you've got yourself a new dress!"
Kyra blushed slightly and twirled around in a circle. She had never owned a dress so elegant as the one she wore at that moment. Raven on the other hand had gone with her usual style. Short and skimpy in her favorite colors: silver and black.
"Try on a color. And something that's longer…" Kyra said, pointing to the short dress Raven was wearing.
"Do I have to? I like these dresses."
"Yes! Do you want me to get a third party involved in this?" Kyra asked, pointing to the sales clerk who was tapping her acrylic nails unceasingly against the tabletop.
Raven gave Kyra a weird look and refused to have the woman involved in anything unless it involved her father's credit cards. She kept her little dress on as she searched through the racks of clothing around the store. There were many pinks, yellows, browns and even oranges and bright greens.
"How nauseating!" Raven spat as she picked up a hot pink nylon gown. "I thought this was a boutique, not a sixties-style thrift store!"
"Um…I think this is the costume section." Kyra said, pointing to the sign above their heads.
"Oh…" Raven said, looking up at the large green sign. She shrugged and went in search in another part of the store. After a while of searching, Kyra grew extremely bored.
"Listen, I'll pick out the dress and you have to try it on. Deal?"
Raven looked at the petite blonde and hummed and hawed for a few minutes. "Alright, alright. Deal." She walked back to the change rooms and disappeared behind their thick, wooden doors. It wasn't long before Kyra too was walking back towards the rooms, a dark red dress in her outstretched arms. She held it under the door of Raven's change room. Raven took the dress hesitantly, but slipped into it quickly.
Kyra waited outside the room and looked over at the men's suites lining the far wall. Maybe she could drag Matrix into that store one day.
She snapped out of her thoughts when she heard Raven's door open. She turned her attention to her friend as she walked out into the light, clad in the red dress.
Kyra gaped. "Are you wearing colors!" She asked in mock surprise.
"Shutup." Raven said, looking down at the dress. She walked over to the mirror and held her semi-curly hair piled on top of her head with on hand as she stood side-ways and examined the back of the dress. It might as well have been a tube top that she was wearing; the dress was tight enough around the bust to stay up even without the two thin straps. The shimmering material clung to her skin to about her waist, then loosened up and flowed elegantly to the floor. The color brought out the natural rosy color in Raven's cheeks and ignited her eye color.
Kyra smiled. "That is sooo the dress for you! You're so lucky to have a friend like me."
"Oh yeah, real lucky." Raven said, trying to look sarcastic though she wasn't able to contain the smile that was forcing itself out.
"Well! Do you like it?"
Raven smoothed out the skirt of the dress. "Not bad for red."
"Good! We're buying it and you're going to wear it too!" Kyra said, stomping back into her change room to take off her dress.
"Wear it where?" Raven asked as she too traveled back into her change room and closed the door.
"I don't know. Something will come up."
Kyra changed quickly and was out well before Raven. She let her eyes wander around the other dresses around the room. Usually Mya would have been with them but the two girls ditched her. She was disturbed when she heard a jingling noise. Her eyes darted to the door where ironically Matrix and Mya were walking into the store.
"Hey Kyra! Where have you guys been? You left us at the café!" Mya said, raising her arms in the air in exasperation. Matrix walked in behind the talkative twenty-year-old and gave Kyra a curious look.
Kyra was about to reply when another jingling sound was heard at the door.
(Be ready for the coincidence theory in the chapter ; o )