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A week later, I baked a cupcake and lit a candle that sunday of the week and surprised Julia who was snoring her nose off. I slapped her butt swiftly but loud enouh to wake her up with her fist ready for a fight. She relaxed when she noticed the lit candle and cake in my hand and beamed with surprise.
"Oh my God!, Naomi, you remembered". She covered her mouth with her hand with her eyes wide open looking from me to the cake in my hand as I stared at her with a confused face and icing on my finger.
"Are you ever gonna stop overreacting and reminding me every year about this. OI only forgot your birthday twice, and I would have forgotten this one too if you had shut up for a second about some concert. Now my brain is all concert, concert, conceerrrttt".
"Well, I got free tickets and a pass, I think I have every right to keep mentioning it", She danced through her last sentence on the bed and I giggled.
"Are you gonna blow this candle or what, I wanna eat the topings." I whined
"Excuse you, is that my cake or yours", I stared down at her," okay fine", she laughed, made a wish in her head blew the candle. We ate the cake together and took our showers in turns. I put on my glasses, made a huge bowl of popcorn, crossed my legs on the couch in front of the tv and grabbed a remote. I switched on the tv and watched my favourite tyler perry series, for better or worse.
Julia came in wrapped in a jumpsuit and started pulling out dresses to fit in. She walked over to me and stood in front of the tv blocking my view. I raised my hands in protest then she cut them off,"Are you kidding me Naomi? are you gomna sit there and watch tv while I frustrate myself in between what to wear for my concert".
I took off my glasses and sighed,"Okay Julia, what do you want me to do?".
"I want you to help me pick out a dress then I will do the same for you. We are gonna have funn...", she squealed. I looked at her with a confused face and a continuous head shake.
"No no no no no noooo Julia, I'm not playing dress up with you because I'm not going anywhere with you and the other girls". Julia turned sad all of a sudden and dropped down on the couch and slouched next to me. I offered her some popcorn and she took it anyway.
"How can you do this to me today of all days. How can my best friend, my truest love, my one and only.."
"Okay enough Julia, is not working on me anymore. Look Juls, you of all people know how my father gets when I go out of my own way to places even I don't find fun. He will make a big deal out of nothing and ruin my mood for hi he will affect you even more. Besides, you have a whole navy fun gals going with you, oh and we are supposed to pass by the church today, dad is gonna freak out if we don't".
"I already have an excuse for your dad and mine. Naomi, is my day, and I just don't want to spend it with some crazy friends but all of them and you make the team complete. I know your dad will throw a fit but still, you can't just leave me out there alone, your best friend concience won't let you", she made a pout with her lips and gave her best puppy dog eyes ever which will make me a wicked friend if I said no to that.
"You are not gonna stop making that face are you, Juls, this is crazy, can't we just hang out here like always".
"Naomi, I won't always get opportunities like that, I promise, as soon as I get his autograph backstage, we will leave".
I thought about it for a while then I imagined, a few minutes won't hurt right. I will call mom to explain later. "Fine", Julia screamed in excitement, jumping from couch to couch blowing my ears off. This is gonna get me in deep trouble with my oh so perfect family.
My mother had sent a bunch of new dresses for me to wear to church but I hadn't used too many. I pulled out my closet and handed Julia the dresses to choose one for her killing concert. She was excited, and it was obvious, we played dress up for almost four hours without having lunch as the time kept running. Nicole, lisa and Ella were already blowing our doorbell off which I could swear the neighbour next door would have already called the cops. They came in with their dresses neatly in their bags still with labels as I kept rolling my eyes at Julia who continued turning down dress after dress. I was hungry, and Julia was crazy. All of them were crazy oh and their dresses were to die for. I still couldn't believe they went extra high on their budget just for some concert. I said no to every dress they chose for me till I run out of nos for the last dress. It was a black figure hugging silky off shoulder maroon dress. The back has a little lower drop revealing a little bit of skin just the right amount for me to not say no. It was a little above my knees and very soft to comfort. The shoes had a diamonds splits behind and on each side with the right length of heel size, mannn I hated heels but this length waa perfect. I wore only a diamond necklace and a friendship bracelet. The rest of the girls, I couldn't put into words. Of all five of us, Julia stole the spotlight and it was her day. She looked soo prettty in the lace short.
Neither of them wanted to drive so I did, after all, I was the only one in a hurry to get this done and over with.
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THE CHURCH GIRL
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