AN: sorry for bothering you with an AN note, but I just wanted to respond to one of the "Guest" comments. As you may know, English is not my native language, I know I have made some typos in the chapters, but I do try my best to proofread it. So, if you do see me writing some words wrong over and over again or using a phrase wrong or any other grammatical mistakes, please tell me. I would like to improve my writing in English and that would most definitely help me.
Amy POV
I pull up to the mall where Callie and Mariana are suppose to meet me. The parking lot is full of cars and people are coming and going. I reach for my bag and get my wallet out. I did listen to what Callie said, I took all my credit cards with me.
I get out and head to the mall to look for the two girls. I don't see them anywhere by the entrance, so I get my phone out and start to call Callie. She picks up after few rings and from the sound in the background I can already tell she was inside the mall
"I just walked up to the mall. I am at the A entrance. Where are you two?" I ask stepping inside the mall
"We are both inside already. We are a shop call…pss Mariana! What is the shop called we are in?!-" there was a small moment of silence and then Callie answer "Mosaic"
"You do realize I have no idea where the shop is located, don't you?" I ask her as I walk up to the widow of a YISK store and examine the pillows that were put out to see
"Now that you said that. Yes…I do realize that. Okay, um, well where are you exactly?"
"Inside by the A entrance of the mall. At a YISK store" I say as I walk to the other side of the window where some slippers were put out "Do you need slippers by any chance?"
"No, I don't! Stay there. I will come get you. Don't move a muscle! And don't buy me any slippers" I looked over to the other side of the hall once she said that
"Got it. Not moving." I hang up and put the phone in pocket
As I wait for Callie, I walk over to the other side of the hallway. There was one clothing shop right next to where I stood. I walked up to the window and looked at the mannequin.
One of the mannequin was wearing, what I thought, was a simple yet elegant dress. I was actually considering going in and maybe trying it on. It can never hurt to try stuff on, you can never know how it looks on you, until you try it on.
Then came a voice from my side "What are you doing mom?" Callie was already here. That means the shop was really close.
"I was…" I turn to her and then point back to the mannequin "Doesn't this dress seem nice? I think I should—"
"No, forget that dress" Callie said and grabbed me by my elbow and pulled me away
"Don't you think I should try it on at least?" I ask her as I was being dragged away from that shop by her
"That dress is way too short for you mom. Too much skin" She said and finally let go of my elbow as I was now willingly walking after her. She sounded like my mother, when I was buying my prom dress.
"Hey, I used to have dress just like that…length wise" I argue back as we make a turn in the hallway to the left
"Thank god for past tense" she chuckles back and I frown my eyebrows at that "Hey, I rocked that dress! I looked smoking hot in it!"
"Mom, you are way better than that dress. That dress…is not for you" She said and turned in a shop and I followed her in.
I was walking after Mariana and Callie who were taking the lead on this one. Both of them were walking faster than me and I was slowly falling behind. My feet were hurting for no good reason, my hands were tired from carrying the bags around. I was hungry, I was exhausted from the long day and I was sick and tired of changing in and out of clothes. I had tried on some 20 dresses already, but none of them were, as Mariana put it – good enough for me.
We already were in like 10 shops and I already had two new, black, high heel shoes and a formal, black pencil skirt and a blouse that goes with it. But that apparently wasn't what I needed for the date.
"Oh, this is the right place!" Mariana said and turned into some shop. I stopped at the entrance and looked inside. This place was full of dresses, all kids of dresses. Long, short, knee length, gowns, dresses with flower patters, laced dresses, tight fitting etc. I will probably be here till the mall closes. And that was in about 2 hours.
I walked in and looked around for the two girls. Callie already had 3 different kind of dresses in her hands, Mariana just now handed her another one.
I walked closer to them and I heard Marina say as she was holding another dress "Oh, this is nice. Definitely need to try on this one!" She handed the dress to Callie.
Callie walked over to me "Take these…go try them on!" we exchanged the thing we were holding. I took the dresses and Callie took the shopping bags from me.
"Start with the black one, with the laces!" Mariana called as she yet again had 2 dresses in her hands. She worked fast.
"Callie, please remind her, that I want to get home. Preferably today" I whisper to Callie
Mariana had walked up to us and shoved now the three dresses new dresses to me "Then go start trying them on, Amy! You are the one wasting daylight! Chop, chop!" She said and then gave me a small push to the dressing rooms
I was standing in the dressing room, wearing a knee length, dark blue dress, that was black on the sides. It was covering my shoulders just slightly. It was tight fitting to my body. It looked simple, yet it was fancy and elegant at the same time. And it was very comfortable and I felt good in it.
I run my hands over my side to my hips, checking how the dress fits me. I turned my side to the mirror to, not going to lie, to look at my ass, how good it looked in this dress. I could actually say – this dress compliments my ass, not only that, it complimented my whole body. This dress was that good.
The dressing room doors opened and two heads peaked in
"Oh! This is perfect!" Mariana called out first and opened the doors wider to the dressing room. Callie leaned inand zipped the dress up fully. Now it fitted me even better.
"It looks so good on you, mom" Callie said now looking at my ass too
"You think?" I ask and give them a full 360 turn
"This is a keeper for sure!" Mariana said, her eyes glowing of joy
"Try with the black shoes!" Callie said and I once more put on the new, black high heel shoes on
"Not going to lie" Mariana whisper to Callie as I was putting the shoes back on again "Her ass looks so good in that dress. And holy hell, she is in top shape"
"I heard that!" I said to both of them and stood up with the heels on. Great, now I looked even hotter. I guess my self-esteem was not something to worry about.
"Hot damn" Callie said looking at me "That is a YES for sure!"
I looked at the right side of the dressing room. 2 dresses were hanging there already, that we all agreed that I needed to buy.
One was a black, lace cocktail dress, knee length, covering my shoulder nicely. With a nice neck line, that didn't give away too much, but also gave a good tease. Other was also tight fitting, also knee length dress, but it was in much more lighter color, it was a red dress. Apparently, that is what I look the best in - knee length, tight fit because of my fit body.
"This is going to cost me. Say goodbye to college Callie" I said as neither of these dresses were cheap. But as Mariana put it, it is better to buy few expensive dresses that fit you good, than many cheep that doesn't.
"The hell with college. We are getting this dress. Hurry up, the cashier said they are closing in 10!" Callie smirked and then helped me unzip the dress and then grabbed the dresses that I am not going to buy and left me to change on my own.
Mariana said to her on the other side of the doors as I was wiggling my way out of the dress "We need to go and buy some accessories!"
"Were there any in this store?" Callie asked her back
"I think I saw some by the cash register...at that end wall" Mariana said and I heard heel pair walking away
"Mom, we are going to be at the accessories!" Callie informed me and then I heard how she hurried away too
"Yeah, okay!" I call back as I hang the dress back up and get dressed back in my clothes. I gather all my stuff and then get the dresses. With the 3 dresses, we picked out, I head over to cash register
Mariana and Callie had chosen few necklaces and bracelets for me. The cash register lady smiles at me as I walk up and place all the dresses on the counter
"What's the occasion?" she asks me as she takes the dresses and scans the prices
"Um…first date…kind of" I said as Callie walked up with the stuff the two of them got for me. She placed all of the accessories on the counter and then she and Mariana went to just browse some more dresses, while they waited for me to pay.
"I haven't been on a date for over 20 years" I comment some more as she was now folding one of the dress neatly to place in a bag
"The fashion changes a lot in 20 years" the cashier smiles at me as she scans the next item
"That it does. That's why the big shopping spree" I say and get my wallet out
The price just kept climbing and climbing. I couldn't look at the number on the screen so I just kept my head down. I handed her my credit card, when she was done scanning. Weirdly enough I did it willingly.
"I think…" she said and I heard her press few buttons on the cash register "I could give you a small discount"
"Oh…Thank you. That's really kind of you" I said and then she took my card, I punched in the code, got my card back, the check and grabbed all of my bags
"Have a nice day—evening and thank you for shopping with us" The woman said smiling
"Thank you. Have a nice evening too" I said politely back and get the new bags
"Callie! Mariana! Come one you two!" I called at them as I was walking out. The two girls run up to me and then Mariana continued
"We didn't buy you a new purse. We could go purse searching tomorrow"
"No, I have a black purse—"Mariana looked like she was about to say something, but I just kept going "it is a good purse and it looks still new and it will go along with all of the dresses. I don't need a purse, Mariana"
"What about everyday—" Mariana started to say, but I interrupt her
"No. I have purses" I said back putting a stop to the conversation softly "You helped me out already. Thank you for that. I mean it. I don't think I would have bought one dress if I had gone alone. So thank you to both of you. But still, the shopping spree is over. And I will most likely call you Mariana, when Callie will needs her first date black cocktail dress" I said and looked between the two girls
Callie blushed once I mentioned her future first date, but Mariana already looked like she was waiting for the call. She had that spark in her eyes. Callie was right, Mariana was the go to person.