A/N- I think I'm gonna end this story soon. So enjoy it while it lasts! lol. jk. This chapter is gonna be mostly Marissa and Summer bonding. Then maybe the next chapter will be Seth and Ryan. Not sure. I dunno if I will do a Ryan/Seth chapter cuz I might not have that much to write about considering Ryan doesn't talk that much. lol. hehe. Keep reading, I appreciate your reviews! Thanks so much!!
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Summer Paradise in December
Ch. 17 – Shop 'till you Drop
Marissa and Summer decided that they were going to have a girl's day so they ditched the guys and headed for the mall and the beach.
"Oh my god!" Summer exclaimed. "This is going to be the best day ever. Shopping and tanning with my best friend in the world. We are due for some best friend bonding anyway. Why not do it over shopping and relaxing on the beach?"
Marissa just turned her head and gave Summer an "aren't you a little over excited" look as she continued to fumble around in her lime green Miu Miu purse.
"Coop", Summer said. "Are you almost ready? I want to hit the mall as early as possible.
"It's 8:12 am. You can't get much earlier than that", Marissa stated without looking up from her purse.
"Finally", Marissa said exasperatedly as she pulled her American Express card out of her purse.
"Ok, now that you have money, let's go!" Summer said impatiently.
Summer and Marissa walked to the lobby and out the front doors of the Le Meridian hotel and out to the car. Summer climbed into the driver's seat and Marissa got in on the passenger side. Summer took the car out of park and backed out of the parking lot. The two friends drove down the road in silence for a while when Marissa finally spoke.
"Sum, what exactly happened between you and Seth", Marissa asked her friend. "I didn't really get the details."
Summer just stared straight ahead at the road for a few moments, not really wanting to explain the details. Finally she spoke. "Seth and I were going to go to the pool. But Seth was being slow so he said I could leave while he was in the shower. So I did. Then I was laying on one of those recliner things and this guy came up and started flirting with me. The he asked if I wanted to get in the pool. I wasn't into him; I just thought he wanted to be friends. So I got in and then he started tickling me and he wouldn't stop. The finally he stopped and he started kissing me and he wouldn't let go. Then Seth walked by and got all pissed. Then I slapped the guy and got out of the pool and ran off to find Seth," Summer finished. "That's it."
"Wow", Marissa said in a whisper. "That explains why Seth was so mad."
"It's not like I did it on purpose Coop", Summer defended herself.
"I know", Marissa said. "But he saw his girlfriend kissing another guy. He didn't know the story and it probably looked pretty bad to him. Plus, what would you do if you caught Seth kissing Anna?"
Summer scoffed and gave Marissa a look of disgust at the mention of Anna's name.
"Exactly", Marissa stated.
Summer pulled into the parking lot for the mall and found a parking space easily. She pulled into the rectangular opening, put the car in park and opened the door and hopped out. Marissa got out on the other side or the car and the two walked arm in arm to the mall entrance. Summer opened the door to Bloomingdales and took her rose tinted Gucci sunglasses off of her eyes.
"So, where should we start Coop", Summer asked Marissa.
"How about shoes", Marissa suggested.
"Works for me", Summer agreed.
Summer and Marissa walked towards the shoe section of Bloomingdales. They tried on pair after pair of dress shoes, sandals, boots, everything.
"How do these look Coop", Summer asked while modeling a pair of hot pink Marc Jacobs heels. "Wouldn't they totally go with my D & G denim mini and my white Gucci halter with the pink bow?"
"Totally", Marissa agreed.
"You should get a pair too Coop", Summer suggested.
"I don't know", Marissa said. "Hot pink's not really my color."
Forty-five minutes later Summer was five pairs of shoes richer and thirteen hundred dollars poorer. She had gotten a pair of hot pink Marc Jacobs. A pair of pink suede Prada boots and a pair of red leather Prada boots. She also purchased a white pair of Casadei boots and a pair of white Jimmy Choo heels. Marissa had picked three pairs of shoes, two of which were Prada and one that was Marc Jacobs. They moved on and ended up in the Everything but Water bathing suit store. They shopped in there for a while then emerged with five new bathing suits between the two of them totaling over five hundred dollars.
"I'm hungry Coop", Summer whined. "Wanna go to the food court?"
"Yah, I'm getting kind of hungry too", Marissa agreed.
The two walked to the food court and decided on Stir Fresh Asian Cuisine. They ate their food then headed on to the sunglasses store. Summer picked two pairs of Fendi sunglasses and Marissa didn't get anything seeing as she didn't really wear sunglasses all that often. The two moseyed into an Accessory store and Summer decided she needed a new cell phone case. She picked out a black Gucci one. Marissa got a matching case that Summer coaxed her into buying. Summer also purchased a blue Gucci belt and a diamond studded Gucci watch. Marissa bought a Prada belt as well as a cow skin Prada wallet.
The only thing left to buy was clothes, so the two walked back to Bloomingdales and went directly to the clothes section. They zoomed in and out of the dressing rooms and tried on shirt after shirt. Marissa purchased a silver Voyage long sleeved shirt, some Richmond denim pants and a pair of DKNY blue jeans. Summer got a cream colored Moschino patchwork t-shirt, a black Moschino cardigan and a pair of DNKY jeans. On their way out they stopped in the hand bag section and each purchased two Gucci handbags.
After their day long shopping spree they had probably dropped around six thousand dollars on clothes shoes and accessories. Summer wouldn't be in trouble though. Her dad wasn't around enough to even examine the credit card bill. All he did was grab the bill, look at the amount owed and pay it. Even if Summer did do some excess shopping and her father noticed, he wouldn't dare confront or chastise her in fear he would ruin what little relationship they had left. Though Marissa's dad was having financial problems, her parents had set up special accounts for herself and Caitlin when they were young and she had enough money left in that account to take her on several shopping spree splurges. Summer and Marissa walked back to their car and headed back to the hotel.
They got back to their hotel around noon and decided they would relax on the beach for the rest of the day. They set their numerous shopping bags down in their rooms and changed into their new bathing suits they had bought earlier that day and each packed a beach bag then met each other by the bridge outside their bungalows.
"I am so tired Sum", Marissa complained as she leaned on Summer's shoulder.
"Duh Coop, that's why we're going to relax on the beach", Summer stated obviously.
They arrived at the beach and decided on a piece of beach distant from the sea. Marissa laid out her towel and Summer did the same. Summer removed her shorts and shoes and laid down on her towel. She flipped her sunglasses down over her forehead and closed her eyes. Marissa followed suit and after about twenty minutes, both were flipping over onto their stomachs to avoid getting a burn on their backs. At three-o-clock they packed up their camp and headed back to their rooms.
Summer put her arm around her best friends' shoulder as they were walking back to their rooms. "This was an awesome day Coop. We should do it again sometime."
Marissa just smiled and nodded her head. They got back to their rooms and both passed out instantly on their king sized beds due to extreme exhaustion from the day's earlier activities.
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A/N- Another chapter done. This chapter was soooooo easy for me to write. Probably because it was about shopping. And what girl doesn't love shopping? lol. hehe. About the sequel, give me your ideas b/c I am going to be starting that story soon. Once again thank you for being such loyal readers and don't forget to review. Thanks!!