Chapter 4

"Should I wear this sparkly red shirt or this flower designed white shirt?" Brianna asked as she was holding up two really cute shirts. It was the Valentine's Day dance and it was a semi-formal one too. Brianna was not sure weither to wear a dress or a skirt or capris or long pants or shorts or skorts or just NOT GO! She was really freaking out over this.

It was Thursday night and tomorrow was Valentine's Day, the dance, and the most important thing, her birthday. She really wanted tomorrow night to be as special as it can get. In her whole life she wanted something this magical to happen, and it may just come true. Her and Sarah were in Brianna's room and they were truing to figure out the perfect outfit for Brianna to wear.

"Calm down!" Sarah said as she continued to ransack through Brianna's closet.
"How can I calm down? He basicly asked me to the dance! I've never been asked before..." Brianna sort of said to herself as she threw both the shirts down on her floor. Not one outfit that she had was good enough for this dance.

"How about we go shopping? We can find a beautiful dress for you to wear and it'll all work out," Sarah said as she pulled out a purple skirt. It had layers that were really thin and they sway as you take every step. Brianna had gotten that skirt in Jamaca and she loved that skirt.

"You can borrow that," Brianna said as she could tell Sarah had fallen in love with it, "And I don't know if I need a whole new outfit for this dance...".

"Yes you do!" Sarah said as she tried on the skirt overtop her jeans, "And besides you want to look great! You don't need much to do that anyways.". Sarah smiled at Brianna and then looked in the mirror to check out how the skirt looked.

"It looks great on you," Brianna said as she sat on her bed and looked at Sarah in her skirt.

"Thanks. But really, let's get shopping. I need to find a top to go with this, and you need to get a dress," Sarah explain as she took off the skirt. She looked back in the mirror to fix her hair and she grabbed her purse and said, "Come on! Let's just get going now."

"And how are we driving?" Brianna laughed. They were only 13 (14 tomorrow for Brianna), and they had no way to get there. Her dad was out, and her mom was at work. Her brother, who is 17, doesn't even have a permit, and even if he did he wouldn't drive them.

"We'll walk," Sarah answered simply. She always has an answer to everything, even if it's just a small answer. Brianna finally gave in, because after looking in her room for the past 2 hours, it was quiet obvious that she wasn't going to find anything that she would wear in front of Blake...or Zach.

Zach? Did she really just think about him? He really wasn't hitting her mind much this week. He even had one class with her, and even then she didn't think about him. Is she seriously doing this for Blake?...Or for him? She debated on who she was doing this for until they got to the mall. As soon as they hit the smell of new clothing and perfume, everything Brianna was so worried about just left her. They began to look through all of the clothing, until Sarah had found a rack full of dresses.

She pulled one out. It was gorgeous. It was a red, semi-low cut, and a swirl design all the way around the stomache. She couldn't help but stare at it. She knew if she put it on, it would look too great to be true. She already doubt herself. It wouldn't fit or something...She just knows.

"It looks too good to be true," Brianna said as Sarah handed it to her. She checked the size of the dress, and it was a size smaller.

"It's too small," Brianna said as she handed back to Sarah.

"What? No it's not! Brianna, you've actually lost a lot of weight ever since you liked Zach. It'll fit you, and if anything, it'll be too big," Sarah said as she walked to the dressing room. Brianna just laughed and followed her. She knew that she was going to get the dress on even if Sarah would shove it on her.

Brianna went into the dressing room as Sarah waited on the other side of the door. Sarah was talking on how excited she is to see her in it and how beautiful she's going to look. Brianna wasn't really listening as she put the dress on. She actually was able to zip it herself in the back! As she zipped it shut, she felt really good in it. Her eyes were closed the whole time since she was too afraid to look in the mirror. She unlocked the door and swung it open. Sarah started speaking right away, but Brianna didn't dare to open her eyes until Sarah had said, "IT LOOKS GORGEOUS!"

Brianna looked at Sarah and said, "You're just saying that...". Sarah gave Brianna a face that said "You don't like it?". Brianna turned into the dressing room and looked in the mirror. She did look great. Gorgeous was an overstatement, but she had always judged herself. She did really like it, however.

"Wow. This is really going to amaze Zach," Brianna said as she turned to Sarah and giggled.
"Zach!?" Sarah said really shocked.
"What?" Brianna said confused. Did she say Zach?
"Umm, you said Zach. I thought you were doing this for Blake," Sarah said now really worried.
"I-I-I am," Brianna stuttered. She did mean Blake. She did. Why did she say Zach?

Brianna and Sarah left the mall with the dress paid for and everything. It was on sale, and they had only paid $55 for it. Good thing too, Brianna thought in her mind, Because I wouldn't have let Sarah pay for a 150 dollar dress just for me when I can't even choose which guy I'm doing this for...