Under Her Wing

Chapter 161

Amalia POV

"Message Effie and tell her we'll be about 10 minutes," Danielle said as we got into her car.

I took out my phone and did as she'd asked.

"Is there anything in particular you want to buy today?" Dani asked me after reversing out of the driveway.

"No I don't need anything really," I shrugged.

"Shopping isn't always about what you need, sometimes it can be about what you want," she winked.

"You're a very grateful girl Mali, you can treat yourself every now and again you know," Dani added.

"Wellll," I said slowly.

"Go on, what do you want?" Danielle smirked.

"Effie and I have been seeing everyone on TikTok getting the Sol de Janeiro sprays and I really wanna see what they smell like," I told her, knowing it was just a hype but secretly wanting to join in on it.

"We can head to Sephora then sweetheart," Danielle agreed without any hesitation.

"Really?" I asked.

"Of course, we can go wherever you want," she said, turning right down the next street.

"Is there anything you want?" I asked her.

"Not really, I've got a couple of events coming up and I might look for some ideas of what to wear to the conventions in summer," she said.

"You might need some new summery clothes too, although last years should still fit," Dani added.

"Look Effie's there," I pointed out as we turned down her street.

She was on her front lawn kicking a ball around with her older brother while she waited. Danielle pulled up outside her house and Effie kicked the ball back over to her brother before shouting bye and running towards the car.

"Hi sweetheart," Danielle greeted as she climbed into the back seat.

"Hi," she smiled, fastening her seatbelt.

"Ready to go?" Dani asked her.

"Yeah, I'm so excited. My mom never lets me go to the mall really. She says there's too much chemically crap in everything," Effie giggled, and I caught her rolling her eyes in the mirror.

"Everything should be organic," she added, pretending to do her mom's voice making Danielle and I laugh.

"What about your dad? Won't he take you?" Danielle asked curiously.

"Nahh he can barely bring himself to go to the grocery store, he'd moan the entire time. Dad orders whatever he wants online," she told us.

"Then we'll have to make the most of our girly shopping day then," Danielle said and she turned down the next street onto the main road.

"I bet Vittoria has already bought loads," I chuckled.

"Stefania's niece?" Effie asked.

"Yeah, we're meeting up with her and Chiara later," I said, mentally face palming for forgetting to tell her that earlier.

"Stefania's over on Greys," Danielle added. 

"Oh good, we need to see more of her on there," Effie said excitedly, her fangirl side coming out.

When we arrived, Danielle parked the car and turned around in her seat so she could talk to both Effie and I.

"You have your serious mom face on," I pointed out.