Fables Academy (TWAU)

Chapter 3-Shopping!

(Update! I loved the whole idea with Bigby meeting Snow in the mall. But it wouldn't be possible with the next chapter. Sorry if this one is a little boring but I thought I had to add it. Easter holidays in two days! Enjoy!)

|Snow|

When we reached the mall, we immediately ran into Forever 21, where Beauty and Cindy started trying on several hundred dresses.

"Ok Snow, how's this one?" Cindy asked as she stared at her dress in the mirror.

"You look great in that," I replied unconvincingly in a drowsy tone, flicking through my magazine to find an interesting article. I didn't read Heat that often because it was usually all about celebrities and how good their lives were. Kim Kardashian's second pregnancy was probably the only interesting article in the whole magazine.

"You said that about the last one. Maybe if you looked up from your magazine, then you can give me an actual answer," Cindy snapped.

Letting out a long and exaggerated sigh, I sat up to admire her dress. It was an oceanic blue colour, which was long and sparkled whenever she moved. She had her arms folded and her eyes were narrowed.

"I'm sorry, it looks...beautiful on you. I mean it this time," I admitted hesitantly.

"Snow...why do I get the feeling that you're not enjoying this?" She walked over to me and sat down.

"I am. I just...have a lot on my mind, ok?" I tried to avoid her crystal blue eyes staring into mine. She was so condescending. How could Cindy tell that something was wrong? She wasn't psychic, was she?

"What do you think of this one?" Beauty strutted out and spun around like she was on the catwalk. Me and Cindy giggled at her, but I could tell she was still being serious and demanded an answer out of me just by looking into her deep blue eyes.

I inhaled quickly and said in awe, "You look gorgeous in that." Her dress was a pale, red colour and was about knee length. It was ruffled and had tiny gems covering the chest area.

"You're enjoying this? Because I can tell you look uncomfortable," Cindy sighed. She really doesn't give up, does she?

"I'm just not good with picking out dresses, that's all," I admitted in defeat. Nice lie Snow. Sure, there was lots going on in life right now and dress shopping certainly wasn't helping that, but life was tough and I had to get used to it unfortunately. Even if it involves gawking over how well-built Bigby Wolf is.

"Well that's because you haven't tried any on yet," she gave me a cheeky smile.

"Wait, but I-" she never let me finish. Instead, she pulled me off my feet and dragged me around, picking up the occasional dresses and putting them back again with a huff

"Ok, go try these on," she threw about five dresses into my arms and pushed me into the changing rooms.

I walked out and gave a spin.

"How do I look in this one?" I asked, strolling up to the mirror.

"Beautiful," they replied in unison. The dress was as black as my hair, and very long. It had a beaded belt around the waist and the bottom was sparkly. It reminded me of the night and the stars because of the different colours and beads.

"Really? Thanks guys," I blushed and did another spin.

"I forgot to ask, why are we trying on dresses anyway?" I asked as Cindy stood up to examine me.

"Prom Snow, you need to have a dress for prom of course!" She smiled and turned to admire her own dress.

"But prom is like, months away!" Beauty exclaimed. She pulled out her phone and started texting. No doubt her boyfriend. That girl was never away from her phone.