I arrived at Starks house and rang the doorbell. I waited patiently, until the door opened quickly. I saw Pepper walk away and head down the long hallway. I raised my eyebrow and continued to stand where I was.

"Let yourself in Tianna.." I heard Pepper yell from the kitchen. I shrugged and stepped in, closing the door behind me.

I walked down the hallway, the sound of my heels bouncing off the high ceilings. Once in the kitchen, I sat on a bar-stool that was at the island along with other stools, in the middle of the room. I placed my briefcase on the counter and popped it open. Pepper handed me a cup of coffee and leaned against the island. I took out my daily planner and deleted the things I've already done.

"I'm assuming you got the sketches I sent in the mail." I said through the silence. Pepper scurried out of the kitchen and arrived back with some papers in her hand.

"Yes, I did. I don't understand why you didn't just deliver them yourself. Wouldn't that have been much easier?" Pepper said and spread them out over the island. I ignored her question and sipped my coffee quietly before I decided to speak.

"I came to a decision that the bedroom would be on the modern side and the living-room would be on the classy, old fashioned side. I know the perfect stores where I could get some of the furniture re-done and what not. The painters and movers are coming in tomorrow. Tony is going to have to sleep in a guest bedroom for a couple of days, if that's alright with him of course."

"I'm sure he won't mind. But I can't wait to see the over-all finish. Do you think you'll have time after you're done with all this to come take a look at my place?" Pepper asked. I chuckled and nodded in reply.

"Where is Tony, by the way?"

"Sleeping."

"Not anymore." A groggy voice said from the doorway. We both looked to see Tony standing there. "The sound of high-heels woke me up." Tony looked at me, then down at my feet. I could feel the heat rushing to my cheeks as I blushed.

"Sorry..." I sputtered.

Pepper chuckled as Tony walked passed her to the coffee machine. He poured himself a cup of coffee and leaned against the counter. His eyes gazed at the pictures on the island. He pushed himself off and walked behind me, then leaned over me and grabbed the sketches. I could smell what was left of his cologne from the night before. Tony looked over the sketches and nodded in approval.

"Hmm, these are good. At least you understood what I meant by looking lived in. Is it just me, or is there a tint of Spanish in this sketch for the living-room?"

I felt my body tense up, anger beginning to fill in. I shifted uncomfortably in my seat and snatched the sketches from his hand. I placed them back in my briefcase as the room filled with tension. I could tell Tony was smirking, just by the way Pepper cleared her throat. She took the empty coffee cup out of my hand and placed it in the dishwasher, along with her own.

"Uhm, Tianna, we should get going to those stores you were telling me about earlier." Pepper grabbed my arm and yanked me to the doorway, the same way Jill did the week before. I turned around to see Tony leaning against the island now.

"The movers and painters will be here tomorrow, so you'll have to sleep in a guest room. I'm sure this place is full of them." I said, barely wanting to even be in the same house as him, let alone the same room.

"That's fine with me. Oh, Pepper."Tony said, then sipped his coffee and watched us over the rim of his cup.

"Yes?" she answered. Tony placed his coffee on the island and smiled, crossing his arms.

"Why don't you and Tianna take the day off? You two have certainly earned it." I narrowed my eyes at him. I knew there was going to be a catch.

"Really? Cool! Come on Tianna, we can go to that new mall they opened. I've heard they got the best stores for shopping!" Pepper grinned at me.

"Yes, there's also a nice little Spanish cafe there as well. I'm sure Tianna would love to go." Tony smirked, knowing he urked me more than he should.

"Oh yes, I just love the taste of spanish coffee. It tastes so much better than the regular stuff." I said in reply, and this time it was me who yanked Peppers arm quickly before Tony could say anything back.

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We arrived at the mall and couldn't help but squeal. This mall was huge! I could definitely see why everyone was talking about it. There was tons of natural light that made the mall look less dark than the other malls did. There were fountains in every center of the mall. The stores were jaw-dropping and we realized the whole mall had a theme to it. Beverly Hills.

Pepper and I headed to the store called Drab to Fab. We looked around the store and tried on several garments of clothing. We just couldn't decide on what we wanted because everything was amazing. We agreed that we would buy the whole mall if we could! We left that store and walked into another one.

"Hey, Tianna! Look at this dress." I turned and looked at the dress Pepper was holding.

"Oh wow. I think that would look perfect on you. Go try it on! Quick!" I rushed her into the changing room. I waited as she changed into it and gasped when she stepped out. "Jesus. Pepper, you look gorgeous!"

"You really think so?" Pepper twirled in the mirror and grinned.

"Of course." I turned my head and saw the most hideous dress I've ever seen. "...Oh my god!" I burst into laughter and took the dress off the rack. It was puke green with tons of ruffles everywhere and had a big orange bow tied at the back.

"Try that on! I dare you." Pepper was back in her normal clothes and was now pushing me into the dressing room. I put the dress on and slowly walked out. Pepper quickly covered her mouth, trying hard not to laugh. I looked in the mirror and covered my eyes.

"Who would even buy this? I mean really, it looks like a color-blind person designed it. No offense to the color-blind, but yeah!"

"I agree. Bridesmaidzilla walking." Pepper chortled. I stuck my tongue out at her and continued browsing while still wearing the ugly dress.

I found a sexy black dress that was a wee bit too short for my liking. It had some flare at the bottom with a slit on it. It looked a lot like a Salsa dress, the kind the real Salsa dancers would wear. It had thin spaghetti straps with a bit of sparkles on the fabric. Pepper snatched it out of my hand and smirked. I shook my head, knowing that she wanted me to try it on.

"If you don't try it on, I'll buy that ugly dress and make you wear it outside!"

"You wouldn't..."

"I would!"

"Fine." I took the dress back and changed into it. A couple minutes later I stepped out, a bit embarrassed that I had more skin showing than I was used to. I stood in front of the mirror, trying to pull the dress down a bit so it wouldn't show my thighs as much.

"Tianna, I think I just turned into a lesbian." Pepper said with a serious look on her face. I widened my eyes. "I'm just kidding, but that's how good you look in that dress!" I sighed in relief.

I put aside my insecurities and began to realize I did look good. This dress made me want to take dancing lessons! The thought of Carlos popped into my head and I grinned. I had Pepper take a picture of me in the dress on my phone and then texted the picture to Carlos captioned "Want to teach me how to Salsa?". He replied back with "Definitely."

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We left the mall with 3 shopping bags in each hand. We were on our way back to my place where we decided we would have a sleep-over full of movies and popcorn. We had just pulled in to my garage and got our bags out of the trunk. I unlocked the side door to the house and motioned for Pepper to go ahead. She went in as I followed and set the bags on the floor. We walked into the living-room and sat on the couch, exhausted from our shopping day.

"Did we just become best friends?" Pepper asked and smiled.

"Indeed we did." I smiled back and popped in a movie.