Life Size

Chapter 5

An hour and a half later, Shelby and I came back with a few outfits for Michael. It took us about half an hour to get to the store and look for outfits and then another half hour back. One outfit was a casual one with a fedora and sunglasses. The other was a suit, and he would wear a fedora with it. The third one was a street outfit, like a hoodie, some jeans, and sneakers.

"Here, Michael," I said, handing him the outfits, "Try them on." "Ok. Should I change in your bathroom?" Michael asked. "Oh, um.... That won't be necessary. Someone might come in the house any minute, you'd never know. We promise we won't look," I stammered, blushing.

Michael giggles, saying, "Ok." We covered our eyes, and I was trying not to look, but I could not help it. I peeked a little bit, and he's already in his boxers! Damn, I'm about to faint! After Michael was done putting the first outfit on, he said, "Ok, you guys can look now."

We both uncovered our eyes. Michael was wearing a white t-shirt, tan khakis, Sperries, and a fedora. "Do you like it?" I asked. "I don't think this is my style at all," he replied. "Well, which one of the two outfits do you want?" Shelby asked.

"I kinda like the hoodie and all that," said Michael. "Ok, put it on," I said. He took off the outfit he was wearing, and he put on the street clothes. "What do you think?" Michael asked. "I love it," Shelby and I said in unison.

"Awesome!" Michael exclaimed. I put a pair of sunglasses on his face, and I put the hoodie over his head. "Perfect! Now no one will recognize you," I said. "Hey, Carly," said Shelby, "I have to get back home before my parents get worried."

"Alright, Shelby," I said, "We'll talk to you later." We both hugged. Shelby then hugged Michael, and she left. "Alright, remember, if anyone asks, your name is Josh Perry," I said.

"Got it," said Michael. "Let's go," I said.
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We walked in the bookstore just 30 minutes later. "Remember, keep cool and covered," I informed Michael. "Yeah, got it," he said. We started looking everywhere for the book, and after a few minutes, we have no luck. "Ok, we tried," Michael said hopefully.

"Wait," I said, "Let's ask the clerk." We went up to the clerk, and I took out the book from my bag. "Excuse me. Is there a second book to this one?" I asked, handing the clerk the book.

"Ok, you want the second book to The Spell Book of the Living Dead, right?" he asked. "Yeah," I answered. "Well, the good news is that I just got a call about it this morning," the guy informed, "The bad news for you is that the load doesn't come until February." "Wow!" I said surprisingly, "That's 11 months from now, right?"

"Yeah," the clerk said. "Ok, thanks," I said, "Let's go." "Ok," Michael said. We left the bookstore. As we started walking back home, two boys started walking to us.