CH- 5
The next weekend Ms. Kim took Lane shopping. She told me when she would be there and where, and Mom and I showed up.
"Ms. Kim! What a...fantastic...surprise." My mom said, a big smile on her face.
"Wipe that fake smile off of your face, Lorelai Gilmore." said Ms. Kim sternly.
"Ma'am, yes, ma'm..." She looked at me and smiled. "So what are you two lovely ladies doing at the mall today?"
"We are looking for dresses. Lane needs a good dress for the Prom."
Lane came out of a dressing room. My mom barely squashed her laughter. Lane looked at her mom.
"Mamma, this is horrible." It really was. It was a putrid puke green, with horrid pink flowers the size of my hands on the sleeves.
I looked around and saw it. The dress for Lane. It was a soft, pale green, with a splash of tiny, pale pink flowers down the rouched left side and an assymetrical hem. It had spaghetti straps, but that was the only thing Ms. Kim could possibly object to.
"What about this, Lane?" I asked, holding it out for her.
"Oh, it's beautiful!" She took it and turned to her mom to see. "Mamma, please?" Ms. Kim looked at it.
"Try it on. No promises."
"Really? Oh, thank you, Mamma!" She hugged Ms. Kim, then turned to me and mouthed 'Thank you'.
I smiled and gave her a thumbs up.
Mom had mysteriously disappeared. When she came back, she had a huge pile of dresses.
"How about we have a Prom dress montage?" She said, holding up a funky silver dress with sequins. "C'mon! It's like 'The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly', but with Prom dresses! Fun, right? Oh, and I found coffee! Admittedly not as good as Luke's, but it's still coffee! Oh, and tea for Ms. Kim and Lane, here you go." She handed me mine, then offered one of the tea's to Ms. Kim.
Ms. Kim looked at it for a bit, then took hers and Lane's.
I leaned over and whispered in my mom's ear, "You spit in her tea, didn't you?"
"I was tempted, but no, she'd probably notice."
"Good"