Choices

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Monique Pov

I decided that I would go to the mall on this wonderful Friday afternoon in August. I asked Amina if she wanted to come but she had to do something important for her mom. She didn't really go into specifics, but it's cool I understood. I grab my backpack purse with my essentials inside and catch a bus.

At the mall I walk from store to store browsing. I found a couple of dresses, shorts, pants, and some cool shirts from Forever 21 and Macy's and bought them. I visited Victoria's Secret and got some new panties and bras. I visited Bath & Body Works to buy some perfumes, including my favorite sweet pea perfume. I even found a body wash and lotion of that scent, I was hype.

I decided to check out Footlocker. I first checked out the women's side, but didn't really find anything I liked. I switched over to the men's side, because they usually have better shoes for men then they do women.

I eye these black, white and gold Nike Hyperrevs. I pick them up and admire them. I hear someone ask "Can I help you with anything?"

"Yea I w-Trevaughn." I smiled.

"Monique." He mocked.

"What are you doing here?"

"You don't see this uniform?" He raised his eyebrow.

"I did." I laughed out loud. "I don't know why I asked. But when did you start working here? Cuz I never seen you here before."

"I just started a few weeks ago. This job pays more and give me discounts on the shoes. Imma shoe fanatic so..."

"Yes, I know exactly how you feel, like shoes give me life."

"Right." We laughed.

"Trevaughn!" Tre turned around and I saw some lady from across the room tapping her watch.

He turned back to me. "That's my boss. She wants me to get back to work. So, are you gonna buy those, or were you just looking?"

"I'll buy em. Do you have these in a nine and a half?"

"Well those are men's shoes so they would be a seven and a half in women, that cool?"

"Yea."

"Aight, I'll be back."

"Mhm." I nodded. I sat down in a bench waiting for him to return looking around at parents buying shoes for their little ones. That made me start imagining what life would be like if I had a family of my own in the future.

I was in the backyard of my own house. I saw a guy walking up to me which I recognized to be Trevaughn holding a baby boy. He looked to me and said I love you. He waved his hand in my face.

I blinked and saw Trevaughn holding a box of shoes. "I got ya shoes," He looked at me curiously. "Are you okay?"

"Yea, yea. Give me the shoes so I can try them on." He hands me a shoe. I put it on. It was a good fit but to be on the safe side, I'll get it in one size bigger. "Could I get these in a eight? These are kinda small."

"Aight." He put the shoes back in the box and went into the back. I don't know what to make of that daydream I just had, so I'll just pretend it never happened. But we made a cute baby though, or at least in my head we did.

I meet him at the register, on the way I picked up a pack of black Nike ankle socks. He ringed me up. "$127.50" I swipe my credit card. "Okay, shortie got bank."

"Shut up Tre." I laugh and get my stuff. "Alright, I'll see around."

"My shift ends in about forty five minutes, you think you could wait up for me?"