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Chp. 10: The Dresses

"Aaaahhh I'm gonna be late!" I yell.

Jess and I were supposed to pick out my dress this morning but she overslept and we didn't have time before selling. I've been looking forward to this all day. Well really since I found last night.

"No ya won't" She reassures me. It doesn't help at all.

"I only have 2 hours so yes I will"

"You just have these 4 dresses left ta try on"

I see 3 dresses sitting on the bed next to her.

"4? I only see 3"

"That's cause I have a special one for you at the end." I try asking more about it but she doesn't budge. Guess I'll just have to find out.

"Ooh try on this one!" Jess points to a dark blue denim dress. It is short like the others since I hate long dresses. It has thin straps, buttons all the way down, and ruffles near the top.

"I love this one" She says as she hands me the dress. I grab it and walk into our bathroom. I strip down into just my underwear and put it on. It fits pretty well and it falls just above my knees.

I walk out of the bathroom after adjusting it a bit and Jess looks at it. She gets up and starting circling me and focusing hard on every single detail. It's like she's studying for a big test or something.

"What are you doing" I ask her.

"Studyin it" Told ya.

"I don't like it" she says as she sits back on my bottom bunk.

"I thought you just said you loved it" I laugh. Man she's bipolar.

"I did but now I don't"

"Uhm ok. Which one next?"

"This one"

She gives me another dress and I walk back into the bathroom.

This one is bright red. It is shorter than the other one which isn't a problem. Flaunt what you got right. It has 2 bands around the waist with a tiny bow in the middle of both. It is a low cut v neck with 2 big bows taking the place of the straps.

If I'm being honest I really like this one. I feel like it really represents me well.

I change into it and admire myself in the mirror. I have never really thought of myself as pretty but this dress kinda makes me believe I am.

I walk out and Jess looks at me.

"It's cute but it just doesn't feel right"

"What? I really like this one"

"Next!" She says as she waves her hand in the air. Ok whatever. I laugh and look at the remaining dress.

It's sparkly which immediately draws my attention to it.

I walk into the bathroom and once again change into the dress. I get a closer look at it. Yeah I own it but I usually don't get to wear what I buy myself because of my mom.

The dress has a sort of paisley design on it. It is sort of plain besides being as shiny as hell.

I don't know how I feel about it to be honest. I start changing into it and there's a knock on the door.

"Yeah Jess?" I don't get a response back so I walk out. I have the bottom half of the dress on and I'm just in my bra. It's fine because eventually she's gonna see me like this so what's the point.

I walk out of the bathroom and I see Jess talking to someone else who's back is towards me. I can tell he's a newsie but I'm not sure which one. Jess sees me and nods her head weirdly. Looking back it was obvious she was telling me to go back into the bathroom. I, of course, figured that out too late. The boy she is standing to speaks.

"Jess what are you doing?" He turns around and sees me. I quickly cover up my top half. I can tell it's one of the older newsies. He quickly covers his eyes.

"I'm just gonna go" He keeps his eyes covered and tries to walk out of the door. He trips and falls on the dresser.

Idiot. I think to myself. He finally makes it out of the door and Jess closes it and we both burst out laughing.

I finally get the top half of the dress on my body and she helps me zip it up.

"I mean the dress is pretty" She says unconvincingly.

"It doesn't look good on me though" I say what we were both thinking.

"Yeah..."

"Ok so where's this mystery dress" I ask her.

"Close ya eyes" I close my eyes and wait for her to hand it to me. She hands it to me. I open my eyes and it's a beautiful green and gold dress. It is green and has gold roses on it. It has spaghetti straps and I can tell it's a form fitting dress. Green may not be my favorite color but it's a beautiful dress nonetheless.

"I'm gonna be freezing in just this" It may be warm during the days but it's pretty cold during the nighttime. Then I think of something.

I go over to my dresser and pull out a long sleeve black mesh top.

"That's gonna look so cute together"

"Ok i'll go try it on"

I change into it and look at myself in the mirror. I actually look really good. This is the dress.

I walk out and Jess's jaw drops. I think that's a good sign.

"Yes" Is all she says but I know exactly what she means.

"This is the dress"

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Just some cute Camryn and Jess bonding moments. Sorry I know this chapter is bad but I haven't edited any others yet. I'm so sorry please forgive me :( but don't forget to vote and comment. Im gonna post the dresses in the next chapter for reference.