Like a tattoo
Chapter three
When Faith woke up the next morning, she was feeling good, this was unusual, well lately it was. Rubbing sleep from her eyes she stumbled out of her bed and padded over to the bathroom. Stepping into the shower, it cleared her senses and woke her up. The hot water running down her body felt good, like she was cleansing inside and out, washing away the past. Starting anew. She was looking forward to walking around today, getting to know places and people. She was desperate for connections here. Friends. They could have been your friends last night. She shook the thought away. No they couldn't have been, she wanted female friends, no man was getting close to her for a while.
When she got out she padded back into her bedroom, over to her wardrobe. She didn't have many clothes, mabye she would buy some more today. Sha had to leave most of them back in England. She couldn't bring everything. She decided to buy some new underwear aswell. It always made her feel better, the silk, the lace, thong, short, full cup, ballconette. It brought her joy touching the fabrics, trying them on and handing over her card, walking out the door with her new purchases. Yes. She thought. Today calls for new underwear I feel great, I'm starting to relax and I deserve a treat. Pulling on a black summer dress she decided to let her hair flow looses around her shoulders, it was slighlty wavy when it dried naturally and looked really cute. She applied a bit of mascara and some lip gloss, slipped on her shoes, grabbed her bag and keys and left the apartment.
When she got to Whispering Pines she found somewhere to park and stepped out of her car. Lighting up a cigarette and leaning back she looked around, it was bigger than she thought it would be. She started to walk towards an area she could see a few shops and noticed one of them was an underwear store. She smiled to herself and walked towards the window. Looking in the shop, she felt like a kid looking in the window of a sweet shop, it was so colourful, pretty. Sh couldn't contain it anymore and rushed inside. After about an hour she stepped back out of the store laden with two big bags of underwear. She didn't think about how much she spent, she knew she couldn't afford it, not atleast until she got a job. But she wasn't too bothered, she would sacrifice good food for underwear. It was worth it. Plus she was sure she would find a job soon. She had to, right?
Wandering around she spotted an ice cream stand. She wanted one. She wanted to feel like a kid again. She wanted to make the most of this good feeling that had swept over her, she didn't know how long it would last. She didn't know why it came and she didn't know when it would end. She hoped it wouldn't end. Paying the man she found a bench, set down her bags and sat down. She wasn't paying attention to her surroundings or she would have realised she was sitting right outside Gas Chamber Ink.