Took My Breath Away

Chpt. 12 ~ Jealousy Misleads

Kate's POV~

My feet hit the cold wooden flooring in my room and I shiver just a tiny bit. My fluffy eskimo slippers found their way onto my feet. I scurry to my dresser and pick out the first thing that caught my eye, a Nirvana crop top & a black silky skater skirt. Today Alexa and I have plans to go to the mall, I'll be able to find a Spring Formal dress. It took me 10 minutes to be fully ready ( new record ) and then I headed down our long windy stairs. My parents were up at the crack of dawn so I wasn't surprised to see them there. " Honey do you want some waffles?" my mum asked. " Oh yeah, that'd be great. Thank you." I answered.

"Looks like another great case. Of course. Anything else?" my dad had said. " What?" I asked and turned to him. Oh he's on the phone, course he is I thought as I rolled my eyes. " I saw that" my mum said jokingly. My mum was the type of mum you could tell anything, I'd say she's my best friend but..she's more than that...she's my mum. Although my parents are always working they care a lot about me and they make sure we do things as a family. They always are also on top of me with my work and extracurricular activities. " The movie I told you I've been filming is having a Premier this week. Everyone make sure that from 5-7 you will be free this Saturday." my mum told us.

" I wouldn't miss it for the world," I said while biting into my perfectly made chocolate waffles. " You're going to the mall today, right KitKat? You should find something" she spoke. I stopped, oh shoot...Alexa is going to be here any minute, better hurry. The doorbell rang through the whole house and I quickly stuffed the last piece of the waffles in my mouth. " Oh and Kate be sure to stop by the law firm after school tomorrow because Clarissa wants to see you about the internship." my dad added. I nodded and blew a kiss. As I somewhat skipped across my house to the door I finally swallowed the last bits of waffle remnants.

I swung open the very large door and found Alexa holding a vase that had tulips in every color imaginable with a stuffed bunny stuck in between them. On the front of the vase it read " You make me so hoppy Kate, will you be my Spring Formal date?". "Oh my go-" I stopped....wait Alexa is into me? " Uh I'm flattered but I just see you as a friend" I murmured still taking it in. " They aren't from me you silly goose. They're from Blake, see?" she said while pointing to a faint signature towards the side of the paper which I didn't see at first. "Did he ask you to give them to me?" I questioned. " Oh haha no, I was just bringing it to your attention because I saw them off to the side," She said smiling. Before I could say anything else she yanked me from the doorway and all the way to her car.

"Why don't you have a car?" she asked as I scooted onto the comfortable leather. "I don't think it's smart for me to get a car when I'll be moving next year for a college." I told her. " Ah okay, well let's get rolling. Gum?" She replied. "Yes please, and thank you," I spoke kindly with a grin.

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The mall was huge and had really great shops. As Alexa's 2 inch heels (just for the record she still wasn't as tall as me) clicked along the beautifully tiled mall we stopped in front of a shop with gorgeous dresses out for display. So far we had gotten about every other type of clothing besides a dress and that's what we came to the mall for. "Eeek we must go in there! This will most definitely be better than the jumper I bought earlier,"Alexa shrieked. I nodded in full agreement. We both stepped foot into the huge store. Alexa and I probably look like little 7 year olds in a candy shop I thought. A person who worked their made a beeline towards us at the front of the boutique and immediately asked us if there was anything she could help us with. " Well I'm looking for a very pretty, strapless, high-low dress," Alexa told the woman. " What about you miss," the lady asked politely. "Ah erm well...I'm not really sure so I think I'll just have a look around," I replied.