Friends & Paradise

Chapter 23 - One Original Thing (Natasha's POV)

As we walked inside the mini-mall, we were just awestruck. It looked amazing.

It was an open mall, with the views of the beach, and the resort on the back. The sun was shining, the skies couldn't be more blue, no clouds in sight, and the place wasn't even that full, which just made the shopping more fun!

"Okay, so, where should we go first?" Amber asked while standing in front of the whole mall, with a map on her hands. I walked towards her and snatched the map from her.

"Amber, couz, learn to have fun! Let's go wherever want! Let's go!" I said, and then pulled her by the arm along with my friends and Amanda.

The first store we walked in was Tommy Bahama. This store was decorated with wooden floors and beige walls. There were two sofa chairs on either side of the front door. On one side of the store was full men's clothing, and on the other side, was full women's clothes. We walked towards the women's clothing, and began looking through the racks.

As I was looking, I saw this really cute navy blue halter dress. It was form-fitting yet had a little flow on the skirt. The top of the dress was strapless, and in the middle, had a small triangle that was where the string to tie it around the back was. I took it out of the rack and studied it a little more. I'll try it on later. I kept browsing.

Then, I found a nice pair of jean shorts, and a nice strapless blue floral shirt to go with it. I looked for my friends, and saw that Amelia didn't have a lot in her hands, but Danielle had a few more items than me.

"Are you two ready to start trying on things?" I asked.

"Sure!" Danielle said excitedly.

"Let's go." Amelia said while walking towards the dressing rooms.

In the dressing rooms, I started trying on the dress while my friends tried on their first outfit.

"Ready?" I asked them.

"Yeah." They both said.

"Okay." I said, and then the three of us came out of the dressing rooms wearing our first outfit. "What do you guys think?"

Amelia studied the dress, and then said, "I think it looks good. It brings out your eyes."

"Thanks."

"I love it, it looks good." Danielle said.

"Thanks."

"Now, what do you think?" Danielle said, while modeling a layered white skirt with a turquoise halter top.

"I love it." I said.

"Thanks."

"It looks good on you." Amelia said. "Okay, now me."

Amelia was sporting a pair of jean shorts, and a purple spaghetti-strapped shirt that was loose on the bottom.

"I like it. It's very beach-like." I said.

"Thanks." Amelia said.

"It brings out your tanned skin." Danielle said.

"Thank you." Amelia said.

Then, we all went inside the dressing rooms again, and changed into our second outfits and gave our opinions. Amelia and I finished with our outfits, and we were taking both outfits. Meanwhile Danielle was still trying on a few more outfits and showing us, we took a seat on the stool they had in the dressing rooms. Finally, Danielle finished and we payed and then met Amber and Amanda outside.

Our next store was this beach-wear store called Mademoiselle. We ended up buying more bikinis, and a few more sundresses. I took another pair of flip-flops, these were a little more decent. Then, the five of us sat down at Jamba Juice and enjoyed a nice smoothie after a hard day at the shops.