Together Again II Mat Barzal

Four: Mat

We went to the mall and Shreya and Bela led me in a million different directions.

"Oh my god! Is that-" Shreya looked through one of the windows of a store.

"The most beautiful dress ever!" Bela finished Shreya's sentence.

"Oh god," I said as they dragged me into the store.

"Look at this one," Bela said, eyeing a big, sparkly, blue dress. It looked like that one princess who I forgot the name of. Shreya was already holding four dresses that were way too expensive for the ten bucks she had in her pocketbook.

"I'm trying these on," Shreya said. "You coming?"

"What the hell do you need to try on dresses for?" I asked.

"Uh, because I'm a princess and I like to feel like one," Shreya said.

I rolled my eyes.

"C'mon, Mat, can we try on a few?" Bela asked.

"Fine," I said, sitting down on a cushioned chair. "Don't take too long, though,"

Shreya and Bela went into the dressing room and tried on their dresses. When they came out with the first one, I almost dropped my phone.

"Holy shit," I said. "You guys look gorgeous,"

"Thanks," Bela blushed.

"Even you, Shreya," I said. "Damn,"

Shreya smiled.

Bela took out her phone for a mirror picture. She dragged me in. I posed in between the girls with my tongue out and my eyes closed. Bela flipped the camera around and took a selfie with the three of us. She took one more with her kissing one of my cheeks and Shreya kissing the other. I put my arms around them and smiled.

"Okay, next one," Shreya said, bringing Bela into the changing room.

Of course, they didn't buy any of the dresses but when they were done at that store, I pulled them into a small sporting goods store.

"This is where the good stuff is," I said, leading them to the Adidas section. I flipped through the rack of clothes and found a nice black sweatshirt. "Look at this beauty,"

"That's nice," Bela said. "Too bad you're leaving for Seattle soon, or I would've taken it already,"

"I thought you guys broke up," Shreya said.

"We did," Bela said. "I'd still take his hoodies though like I did in High School,"

I put the Adidas hoodie back.

"Instead of buying you guys something, how about you pick out one of my hoodies from home?" I asked.

"Really?" Bela asked.

"Yeah," I said. "You can pick any one that you want,"

"I'll take cash instead," Shreya smiled.

"I'll give you the gray one you've been obsessed with since we were freshmen," I said.

"I'm not obsessed with that one," Shreya said. "I don't have weird obsessions with my friend's clothes,"

"Oh, come on, you're just as bad of a liar as Bela is," I laughed.

"Hey," Bela smiled.

"Fine," Shreya said. "I'll take the gray one,"

"I knew it," I smiled.

"I've gotta think about that," Bela said. "I like all of them,"

"Take your time, Bela," I said. "We only have until the end of the day,"