How to help a shopaholic (nanowrimo13)

Step 11

Pretend to give her new clothes, use the old ones

I let out a long sigh as I was standing in front of my mirror trying to remove the color in my hair. Three showers yesterday and one this morning still weren't enough to get the annoying, clinging substance out of my hair and it was already frustrating me. I let my hands fall down in defeat and decided to leave it like that. Honestly blonde hair mixed with splatters of different colors didn't look that bad at all. I walked out of my bathroom and decided to put my plan into action. Right now I was wearing some shorts I believed I only wore two weeks ago and a black tank top but I had come up with the idea of stealing some of Matty's clothes. I grinned at that evil plan and slowly crept downstairs to see if he was around. I couldn't spot him in the living room so I quickly made my way over to the kitchen to see if he was hanging around over there. No Matty! As I was just about to turn around again a pink post it on the counter caught my eye. I walked closer to figure out what it was about and discovered it was a short note from Matty telling me he was out meeting Ky. I clapped my hands together happily and then walked out and up the stairs to Matty's apartment. I knew he would have his closet in his bedroom and it didn't take me long until I was face to face to his clothes. I searched through the top section and pulled out a black t-shit together with a red button down shirt which looked like Matty had brought it with him from Texas or so. I closed the door and decided to look for a fitting pair of jeans. As I pulled at a drawer I was greeted by some bottoms but not the kind of I was looking for. "Ugh, no, no, nothing I wanted to see!" I stated and quickly pushed it shut again. Matty's underwear wasn't exactly what I was looking for or going to wear! I opened the door next to the drawers and found the right bottoms I was looking for - his jeans! After going through all of them I decided to take some light blue pair which looked kind of baggy and would go perfectly with this whole look. Happily I closed the door to Matty's apartment and made my way downstairs and then back into my bed room. There I closed the door behind me and quickly changed into his clothes. I turned the inside of the bottoms of the jeans out a few times and fixed them at my hips with a belt. Then I put on the shirt and placed the fringe of it in my trousers before pulling over the button down shirt leaving the upper buttons open and knotting it und my belly button. Then I made some messy curls into my hair and gave them more volume before I threw them up into a messy ponytail. There was almost no makeup on my face and I really started to enjoy the whole look even though it was completely different to my style. I twirled around in front of the mirror one last time and then - after an approved smile from myself - I headed downstairs to grab a snack.

When I had just bit into an apple the doorbell went off and I let out an annoyed groan. I pushed myself off of the kitchen counter and walked over to the door. I was greeted by a Tracy, who was nearly killing me with her tight and surprising hug. "Hey. I missed you soooo much!" she stated still holding onto me like her life depended on me. I let out a chuckle and patted her back "I missed you too, sweets. But would you mind to not kill me. In that way you can still have me for a bit longer!" She took a step back and closed the door behind her "Sorry! I didn't mean to kill you." I let out another laugh but before I could response to that Tracy had already given me a once over-glance and rose her eyebrows in confusion "You are not wearing your clothes, do you?" I shook my head "Nope, those are Matty's!" At this her eyes grew to the size of two tomatoes and I couldn't help but laugh "Wait, did you two... you know, do it? Are you a thing now?" Now it was my turn to get huge eyes and heated cheeks "God no! What are you thinking? Well don't explain! No we didn't, I just figured that his clothes are quite cool and since that is the only way for me to get new clothes I decided to somehow... steal them from him?!" She erupted in laughter and when tears were about to stream down her cheeks she stated "You are hilarious! I guess I will stay here until he comes home just to see his face." I rolled my eyes but didn't say anything against it "Do you want to drink some tea? We could just chat about random stuff... Maybe the newest styles?" She recognized my hopeful look and nodded.

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We eventually landed on the couch, each a cup of tea in our hands and me listening to Tracy who was going on about her latest catch - a waiter from a sushi bar. She was somehow a slut when it came to boys. You know not in the way that she was always sleeping around and stuff but whenever she saw a cute, hot or whatever guy she flirted the hell out of him until he would eventually give her his number. Not that this was necessary most of the times since the boys were always all over her. "So and then he winked at me the entire time. Obviously I was so happy that I decided to come alone because after our visit the last time and we spotted him - you remember don't you? - I was sure I needed to get his number! However when I went to the toilet he waited for me and" Tracy stopped abruptly when the door opened and we heard Ky and Matty coming in deep into a conversation. Tracy raised an eyebrow at me and I responded in a whisper voice "Ky, Matty's best friend!" She nodded and we waited until the boys made their way over to the living room. "Oh hey! We didn't recognize you two over here!" Matty stated as they came in sight and made his way over to us. They both gave me a hug and after Matty was done hugging Tracy he quickly introduced Ky to her. She throw one of those smiles at him that I knew too well - he was her new target! Ky reddened two shades and quickly sat down next to Matty. Then his eyes landed on me "Wait, aren't those Matty's clothes?" I tried to hide the fact that I was blushing but before I was able to answer Matty responded "Yeah, you are right. I didn't even notice that. Why are you wearing them?" I flashed them a smile before answering "Well. Since I somehow needed the feeling of having new clothes I decided to borrow yours. Don't worry you will get them back! It is just to help me in this current situation!" They both started laughing and kept going on about how hilarious I was. When they stopped laughing Matty looked back at me "Oh before I forget it! I have got you some new clothes. Because I know how hard this all is for you and I wanted to give you a little present for your good work." My eyes lit up at this and I got curious at an instance. He held out a hand for me to get up and told the others we will be back in a second. We made our way up to his room and there on his desk was a huge bag saying "Ralph Lauren". My eyes lit up, my palms were getting sweaty, and my heart beat increased. He made a hand gesture showing me to go on and open the bag. There was no time missed as I made my way over to the bag and opened. Inside were five different clothes. One was a brown cashmere sweater, grey skinny jeans, a dress with long arms in a dark green, a pair of brown boots and a red handbag. My heart did backflips at the sight of it and a huge smile grew on my face. I turned and threw my arms around Matty's neck hugging him as tight as possible. He let out a chuckle "It is no big deal you know! I mean after all you still paid for them by yourself. Or your daddy paid for them but that doesn't really matter right now!" I let out a long happy sigh before responding "I know, but I am just happy about the clothes and you buying them for me and all!"  He picked up the bag and together we went back downstairs. "Look Tracy, what I got!" I stated as I sat back down next to her. I spread all of the clothes over the couch and waited for a comment from her. "Looks like he fooled you, sweetie. This dress? You were it to the brunch with my mother and her new lover last year! And the bag was the one you got into a fight over it with this woman three months ago. I believe all those clothes are from you" she stated after a while. My eyes narrowed at Matty who raised his arms in surrender "You are right! Matty! That is not funny." He laughed and then answered "Yes it is! The reason why I did this was to show you, you didn't even know all your clothes because you have too many! If Tracy wouldn't have been here I would have told you that myself at the end of the day. At least you remembered them after somebody else noticed. And Tracy I am impressed! I believed you were like Sammy and had so many clothes that you cannot even remember your owns!" Tracy shook her head "I am and I do - not that it is a bad thing or so - but these two clothes just happened to bring bad memories with them that is why I remember!" Matty nodded understanding. I remembered the brunch with her mother. She had begged me to come with her because she didn't want to go alone and if I wouldn't have come with her she would have cancelled it. She and her mother were never on good terms. But when they hadn't talked for two years - not even over Christmas or Thanksgiving - and her mom had come home with this new lover of hers - who was only five years older than Tracy! - Tracy was out of her mind! "Back to you Mr.! I get that you are trying to be a good coach but stop loving to make fun about me! Because for me it is not fun at all and it gets really annoying! The next time you do, I will be really mad at you and won’t talk to you for the rest of the time!" I stated. Matty came over to me and tried to pull me into a hug. The first time I managed to escape but when he tried once again he got a good hold on me "I am sorry, I didn't mean to make you mad! I just wanted to help you open your eyes and actually I believed you would think that it was funny too!" I rolled my eyes before hugging him back and letting out a laugh "You are really weird, Tylers!"