This was so nice. I loved having a friend as great as James. We could just allow ourselves to goof off in front of eachother, without a care in the world about the people who were probably staring.
And goof off we did! We deserved it, after all. Our impeccable teamwork shown off earlier that day needed to be rewarded.
First, we were off to the clothing shops. We always hit these first, so we had the energy to try on clothes.
We started off in a competition to find the fanciest outfits, keeping them secret until we revealed ourselves wearing these very expensive clothes. I wondered what it'd be like to be able to afford these outfits. Who cares? They're all tacky anyway. We both laughed hysterically after exiting our respective changing rooms. We looked in the mirror and pretended we were a rich couple, trying to look as snobbish as possible.
Rinse and repeat, this time we tried to find the most ridiculous outfits. Next we chose clothes for eachother, and the results were haularious! We actually got kicked out of the store for 'being too disruptive'!
Next, we headed to this shop that sold the most ridiculous 'as seen on tv' products. There was always new items there for us to try... and laugh at. As soon as we walked in, we saw a giant poster of a girl wearing a bright orange rubber thing over her mouth. Apparently it was supposed to make her lips bigger? Either way, it looked haularious. As we explored the new products, we noticed that they were letting people try out hover boards! We had to get in on that!
Long story short, we fell... a lot. But we also had tons of fun. That was, until James flew head-first into a pyramid of boxes. He was fine, nothing a bit of ice wouldn't fix, but we had to re-pile all of the boxes.
After that, we decided to dine-and-dash at a nearby sushi restaurant. It was one of the few restaurants in town that we weren't banned from. We both sat down, ordered and peacefully waited for our food to arrive.
"Say, Jess?" James started.
"Hm?"
"Thank you for helping me find the courage to ask Jenn out, I know you didn't do much, but you really helped."
"Oh... No problem. It's about time you had a girlfriend." I joked.
James laughed a bit. "You know, you're like a sister to me... You always help me out when I need it, even if I don't know that I need it."
I suddenly got very nauseous. I honestly thought I would vomit. Dispite this, I smiled.
James' expression changed to concerned. "Are you alright?" He asked. How could he tell???
"Yeah, I'm just feeling a bit off today." I lied. At this moment, I wished James couldn't see through me. I hated being pitied, but at the same time, it did feel kind of nice having him worry about me. What am I saying?
"Is that all?"
I forced a smile. "Yup! I'll be back to normal after a good night's rest." I said, a little too enthusiastically.
James frowned and shook his head. "No Jessie, that's what you said yesterday. Are you sure you don't need me to take you to the doctor?"
Now I was getting a bit annoyed. Imagine being so weak that you go to the doctor with a stomach ache. "I'm fine!" I raised my voice a bit, startling James. I sighed and tried to calm down a bit. "Let's just see what another day brings us."
"Alright."
I silently cursed myself out. We were having a nice heart-to-heart, but then I ruined it by being sick. How could he even tell that I was nauseous?
Just then, the waitress came back with our food. "For you, sir." She gave James his food first. "And for your lovely lady." She passed me my food and smiled. "Do you need anything else?"
James and I shook our heads, as we had already started eating.
"You two lovebirds enjoy!"
We stopped eating to laugh at her comment. People always said stuff like that whenever we were seen in public together, and it always made us laugh a bit. It was extra cute coming from the small, old waitress. She was nice, if we had the money I'd tip her.
After we finished eating, we waited for the perfect moment to leave. We chose the booth closest to the back doors in advance, so when the moment arose, we were gone.
On the way out, I noticed that Jenn had been sitting in the booth across from us, with what I could only assume to be her family. I wonder how long she was there. We made eye contact for a moment, but I didn't think much of it and we left.
Luv ya!
Buh-bye!
