Chapter 1
"Lily! Lily!" I heard my mom calling my name and groaned.
"What mom?" I asked covering the mouth piece on my phone quickly.
"I was about to go shopping sweetheart, would you like to go with me? We might get some new makeup and clothes and stuff!" She said barely glancing at the phone in my hand.
She looked so hopeful at the idea of going shopping with me I couldn't refuse even though I hadn't gone shopping with her since Christmas two years ago and hadn't wanted to since I was in 3rd grade, "Okay mom, just let me finish up this conversation," I said indicating to the phone.
"Of course dear I'll just go finish my makeup!" She said. I sighed mom already looked perfect why did she need more? But that was my mother, she looked absolutely perfect without anything on but she always wore some to increase the beauty and youth she had.
"I'm back Jen," I said into the phone after she left, "what were we talking about?"
"I was telling you about how Dean Berman kissed Hannah Joiner last night during the party. Can you believe that she actually slapped him when he did that! Oh what I wouldn't give to have his lips on mine!"
I shook my head laughing. My best friend Jennifer was probably the best looking girl at our school but because her father was a pastor at a local Baptist church, guys tended to steer clear of her. "You'll get there someday Jen," I replied.
"Hey Lil, maybe you could come over to my house later on in the day! We could watch a movie and gossip maybe go swimming. Oh maybe my dad will let you spend the night too!" I loved Jen's love for childish things like sleepovers even though we were sixteen. "Maybe I promised my mom I'd go shopping with her today but afterwards I might come over." I said to her.
"Okay! Hey girl I got to go do my chores so I'll call you later is two okay?"
"Yeah sure I should be home by then, Love you bye!" I responded
"Bye!" Jen sang before hanging up.
I shook my head laughing. Sure I had known Jennifer since we were in 2nd grade and we had been best friends since 4th grade but she never failed to crack me up.
"Lily dear are you almost done on the phone?" I heard my mom call from her bedroom.
"Yeah mom I'll be right in!" I got up and headed towards her room. She was sitting at her vanity table meticulously applying blush to her cheeks.
"There you are!" she said turning around her bright smile turned into a light frown. "I don't see why you refuse to wear makeup, your sixteen for goodness sakes! I mean I see most of the other girls at school wearing it why don't you?"
"I don't know mom I guess it never mattered much to me," I replied sitting down next to her, "are you ready to go?" She frowned at my reply but quickly brightened and nodded her head yes.
We got up and after she made a big fuss I ended up taking a handbag that she swore would look perfect with my outfit. "Now darling you are a girl you need to start acting like it!" she would argue.
"I look fine with out it and I am a girl just not a girly girl." I muttered under my breath as we walked out to the car.
At the mall my mom dragged me from store to store buying this and that and anything she thought would look good on me. By the time we stopped shopping for lunch around 11:30 I had 4 or more bags from almost every designer clothing store in the mall, nine new purses, 4 new pairs of shoes, 3 new pairs of sandals, my mom had talked me into a manicure and a pedicure, and a stylish new hair style, not to mention an assortment of earrings, rings, necklaces, and bracelets. "A girl must have the proper things in her wardrobe at home!" my mother announced when I complained about it all, "it is not like we have a shortage on money."
My dad was a hard working lawyer and one of the best around so we were never needing to save our money. I also already had two cars of my own to drive me places both nice and expensive. I had also inherited a fortune from my great grandmother when she'd dies five years ago being her only great grandchild everything had been left to me.
After lunch my mom ran off on her own to buy some things for herself and I was left on my own in the food court. I looked around for a place that sold coffee and got up when I saw one.
I walked up to the cashier and sent him a quick split second smile before asking for a cappuccino. As he handed me one a few minutes later he asked "do I know you from anywhere? You look familiar." I glanced up at him a huge smile spread across his face. "Well I know now you are little spoiled goody-goody Lily Wilson!" He chuckled. At my confused look he smiled and said it's me Red Hanker from your chemistry class!"
"Oh, hi Red thanks for the cappuccino! I said before getting up a rushing back to by table just in time to see my mom sit down.
"Lily! Lily!" I heard my mom calling my name and groaned.
"What mom?" I asked covering the mouth piece on my phone quickly.
"I was about to go shopping sweetheart, would you like to go with me? We might get some new makeup and clothes and stuff!" She said barely glancing at the phone in my hand.
She looked so hopeful at the idea of going shopping with me I couldn't refuse even though I hadn't gone shopping with her since Christmas two years ago and hadn't wanted to since I was in 3rd grade, "Okay mom, just let me finish up this conversation," I said indicating to the phone.
"Of course dear I'll just go finish my makeup!" She said. I sighed mom already looked perfect why did she need more? But that was my mother, she looked absolutely perfect without anything on but she always wore some to increase the beauty and youth she had.
"I'm back Jen," I said into the phone after she left, "what were we talking about?"
"I was telling you about how Dean Berman kissed Hannah Joiner last night during the party. Can you believe that she actually slapped him when he did that! Oh what I wouldn't give to have his lips on mine!"
I shook my head laughing. My best friend Jennifer was probably the best looking girl at our school but because her father was a pastor at a local Baptist church, guys tended to steer clear of her. "You'll get there someday Jen," I replied.
"Hey Lil, maybe you could come over to my house later on in the day! We could watch a movie and gossip maybe go swimming. Oh maybe my dad will let you spend the night too!" I loved Jen's love for childish things like sleepovers even though we were sixteen. "Maybe I promised my mom I'd go shopping with her today but afterwards I might come over." I said to her.
"Okay! Hey girl I got to go do my chores so I'll call you later is two okay?"
"Yeah sure I should be home by then, Love you bye!" I responded
"Bye!" Jen sang before hanging up.
I shook my head laughing. Sure I had known Jennifer since we were in 2nd grade and we had been best friends since 4th grade but she never failed to crack me up.
"Lily dear are you almost done on the phone?" I heard my mom call from her bedroom.
"Yeah mom I'll be right in!" I got up and headed towards her room. She was sitting at her vanity table meticulously applying blush to her cheeks.
"There you are!" she said turning around her bright smile turned into a light frown. "I don't see why you refuse to wear makeup, your sixteen for goodness sakes! I mean I see most of the other girls at school wearing it why don't you?"
"I don't know mom I guess it never mattered much to me," I replied sitting down next to her, "are you ready to go?" She frowned at my reply but quickly brightened and nodded her head yes.
We got up and after she made a big fuss I ended up taking a handbag that she swore would look perfect with my outfit. "Now darling you are a girl you need to start acting like it!" she would argue.
"I look fine with out it and I am a girl just not a girly girl." I muttered under my breath as we walked out to the car.
At the mall my mom dragged me from store to store buying this and that and anything she thought would look good on me. By the time we stopped shopping for lunch around 11:30 I had 4 or more bags from almost every designer clothing store in the mall, nine new purses, 4 new pairs of shoes, 3 new pairs of sandals, my mom had talked me into a manicure and a pedicure, and a stylish new hair style, not to mention an assortment of earrings, rings, necklaces, and bracelets. "A girl must have the proper things in her wardrobe at home!" my mother announced when I complained about it all, "it is not like we have a shortage on money."
My dad was a hard working lawyer and one of the best around so we were never needing to save our money. I also already had two cars of my own to drive me places both nice and expensive. I had also inherited a fortune from my great grandmother when she'd dies five years ago being her only great grandchild everything had been left to me.
After lunch my mom ran off on her own to buy some things for herself and I was left on my own in the food court. I looked around for a place that sold coffee and got up when I saw one.
I walked up to the cashier and sent him a quick split second smile before asking for a cappuccino. As he handed me one a few minutes later he asked "do I know you from anywhere? You look familiar." I glanced up at him a huge smile spread across his face. "Well I know now you are little spoiled goody-goody Lily Wilson!" He chuckled. At my confused look he smiled and said it's me Red Hanker from your chemistry class!"
"Oh, hi Red thanks for the cappuccino! I said before getting up a rushing back to by table just in time to see my mom sit down.