Chapter 13

A/N It has been forever since I've written anything for Out of My Life. I apologize for the long wait. This is a seasonal chapter for Halloween.

Cammie woke up to the loud shrill of her phone going off from a new txt message. She groaned. Why did she have to receive a text message at 7 in the morning on a Saturday? Sliding out of bed, she slowly made her way over to her dresser. Her feet made small slapping thuds on her wooden floor since she was too tired to pick up her feet high enough to be quiet. Her eyes still squinted from adjusting to the bright morning light coming in from her window, she checked her phone.

Guess what we are doing today! We, my darling are going shopping! :D Meet you at the mall at 11:30. Our mission: find a cute Halloween outfit for you to wear that will get Zach's attention.

-macey

Cammie set a quick alarm on her phone to go off at 10:00, and raced back to bed to duck under the warm covers.

10:00 came too soon and the alarm on Cammie's phone went off. She quickly got showered and picked out a cute but comfy outfit to wear to the mall. She went down the stairs and tried skipping the last five stairs at the bottom, like usual. Her goal was to be able to get to at least eight stairs. She felt like an awesome gymnast when her feet landed firmly on the floor, and she lifted her arms up straight in the air to finish off her landing.

"Cameron, some day you are going to hurt yourself jumping off those stairs." Her mom called from the kitchen.

"Don't worry mom. I won't get hurt." Her mother turned around to give her a disbelieving look. "Pretty soon I'll be a pro at stair jumping." Cammie winked slyly at her mother and walked out of the house.

Macey was waiting impatiently along with Bex and Liz in the middle of the malls food court waiting for Cammie to show up.

"Mace can we get some food since Cams taking so long to get here?" Liz said.

"No. We need to find a cute Halloween outfit for Cam today. This means we need to stay focused. No food breaks. No bathroom breaks. Got it?"

"Wow Macey, you didn't put this much effort into setting up my homecoming dinner with Grant last year, and this is just Halloween." Bex fake complained, but her comment resulted in the famous McHenry eye roll.

"I didn't put so much effort into planning your dinner date before homecoming because one: you already had a beautiful dress bought before I could select one for you and two: because Grant already liked you. Cammie, on the other hand, has neither a cute outfit or the reassurance of Zach liking her already."

"Since when does Cammie want Zach to like her?"

Macey paused and stared at the two girls, "Well…she doesn't. Yet. I think she will though. Just give it time."

Bex and Liz smirked a little at Macey, but she chose to ignore them. She turned around just as Cammie came into the mall.

"Ugh! There you are! Thanks for wasting our crucial shopping time!"

Cammie's eyes widened and she laughed, "Sorry girls. I had no idea that picking out a Halloween costume was so important." She gave each of her friends a hug.

"Oh Cam, how blind you can be at times." Macey sighed. "Let's just get going now. " She grabbed her friends' arms, and they started.

"There is no way in hell I'm wearing this!" The girls heard Cammie shriek from the dressing room in the enormous costume store. Liz immediately scampered over to the door.

"Cammie what's wrong with it?"

Cammie dramatically threw open the door and Macey and Bex felt their jaws drop. Macey was speechless and Bex grabbed her throat to keep from choking while attempting to hold back her laughter. Cammie was dressed up as Alice in Wonderland. The costume included a blue and white puffy dress with sparkles on it along with high ankle socks and a huge blue bow in her hair.

"I just think…. Ummm that the costume may be more common with younger children." She gave Liz and soft smile that resembled a grimace.

"But I think it looks adorable on you!"

Macey scoffed "Okay. Seriously, any girl dressed in that DESERVES to fall down a hole." Liz quickly gave up. She went back to her seat and slumped in her chair.

"Oh! My turn to pick a costume!" Bex jumped up and sprinted off, quickly disappearing down an isle. Only one minute later, she returned and handed Cammie a long bag that had no tag to tell what costume it was. Cammie shut the door to change. Macey took deep breaths in to prepare herself for what Bex had just chosen.

"You've got to be kidding me. Really, this has got to be some joke if you considered this costume for me Bex." Cammie stood in front of her friends as they rushed through their purses to find their camera phones. They immediately started taking pictures. Cammie was dressed as the Neytiri character from the movie Avatar. Her skin was replaced with blue cloth covering her body with fake stripes running across her torso horizontally.

Bex laughed. "This is so going up on the internet." Cammie tried to lunge at Bex but realized she couldn't because her foot was currently standing on her own tail.

Through gritted teeth she said, "Not that I CARE what I look like for Zach since we are just friends, but Macey please tell me you have a costume for me to try on."

Finally Macey's moment had come to dive in and save the day. Her costume choice would save many innocent people from the scaring mental images that would be engraved in their brains after seeing Cammie dressed as an Avatar character. She just smiled, nodded, and got up to retrieve her choice.

Two minutes later Cammie emerged once more from the dressing room in the perfect outfit to impress any guy. Cammie stared at Macey in amazement. "You my friend are amazing!" Cammie was dressed up as Aphrodite the Goddess of Love. She wore a short silky white dress with gold sashes. She had Roman looking sandals and a shining gold crown that accented her long light brown hair. She ran forward for a hug. Bex and Liz chimed in, "Cam you look amazing!"

Cam smiled brightly, "Thanks guys! I love the costume."

"And it will definitely get the guy's attention." Macey pointed out.

"That's true, but I'm being honest with you guys. I don't have feelings for Zach in that way and neither does he. He's my best guy friend."

Macey's voice took on a serious tone when she looked in Cammie's eyes and told her, "Things could always change."

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