Ecie & Esme III: Forever and a Day

Five

'What are all of these boxes?' Lauren asked as she walked through their front door. 'There are like twenty of them here.'

'Hey Lauren,' Ecie smiled. 'Did you just finish at work?'

'Yeah,' Lauren said sitting down in the living area. 'The store was so busy today and half of the orders didn't come in as expected.'

'That's a bummer,' Ecie said. 'Did Holly go into crazy boss-mode?'

'Like you have no idea,' Lauren laughed. 'She was snapping at everyone and just completely interfering in everything.'

Ecie laughed. 'Well that's normal for her.'

'Hey Lauren,' Esme said walking into the living area with two mugs of hot chocolate. 'Do you want anything to drink?'

'Yes please,' Lauren said. 'But just water or something.'

'Sure thing,' Esme said getting her a tall glass of water. She returned a few moments later and set it down on the table. 'Do you want to help us sort this stuff out?'

'I am so exhausted from work and everything,' Lauren said. 'So I think I'll pass this time. What are all these boxes anyway?'

'Clothes,' Ecie said tearing open the first box. 'Cassie sends us loads of stuff.'

'How come?' Lauren asked. 'You've got enough to open your own store.'

'She gets a ton of free stuff,' Esme laughed. 'Most stuff she doesn't like or wear so she sends it all to us.'

'That's very lucky,' Lauren said. 'So this is where you get most of your designer stuff from?'

'Pretty much,' Ecie said looking through the first box. 'There is just too much stuff in this one.'

'So what do you do with all your other clothes?' Lauren asked. 'You must have loads because I've never seen you guys wear the same thing more than once.'

'We give all our old stuff to donations and shelters and stuff,' Ecie said. 'We do it a couple times a month.'

'That is so crazy,' Lauren said as she watched Esme and Ecie sort through the first box. 'There are so many clothes in there.'

'Okay,' Ecie sighed. 'What we should do is go through one box at a time and see what's inside each one. Then we'll take them to the closet and see what clothes either need to be replaced or added.'

'Cool,' Esme nodded. 'Where did we put those bags?'

'Which ones?' Ecie asked. 'Do you mean the bright orange Longchamp ones?'

'Yeah,' Esme said getting up. 'We change where we put them every time.'

'You're right,' Ecie said getting up as well, scratching her top lip. 'We're going to need a real big bag for all our old clothes.'

'I know,' Esme said. 'What about that brown Mulberry bag.'

'Do you mean the Clipper weekender?' Ecie asked. 'I think that might be in the closet.'

'Yeah,' Esme replied. 'Should I get it?'

'You know what?' Ecie said thinking quickly. 'Why don't we just do everything out here? It gets so dark and gloomy in the closet and I hate all the lights being on and stuff.'

'Okay,' Esme nodded. 'I hope you realize how long it'll take to bring out all of the clothes.'

Ecie shrugged. 'I don't really care.'

'Will you guys need any help?' Lauren asked looking at them.

'If you wouldn't mind,' Esme replied. 'This is going to take a couple of days.'