The Snapchat Mistake That Lead To Ethan Wacker

Chapter 10 A Sister Outing

I wake up and go do my morning chores with Alex. I get a shower and get dressed to go to the mall with Emily and Alex when I get a  text from Aubrey asking if I wanted to hang out today. I ask Emily and Alex if Aubrey can come, they say yea it doesn't matter. I FaceTime Aubrey and ask her if she wanted to go to the mall with us. She said yes. We get in the car and I sit in the back and Alex sits in the passenger seat. We pick up Aubrey and go to the mall. We go into Rue 21 and Emily and Alex kicks me out because they were buying me something for my birthday. Aubrey and I just start to leave to go to the food court and Aubrey being herself yells into the store from the entrance, "Your present won't be as good as mine!" We laugh and run to the food court. We both get a smoothie and meet up with Emily and Alex at Bath and Body Works. Emily ends up getting herself something and I get a candle. Aubrey tells me that I don't need another candle since I have like 20 other candles but I get it anyways. 

We look around in other stores for awhile. We look at shoes and other fun stuff. It's about 2 so we head to the food court and we each split up to get different food. Emily gets Panda Express, Alex gets Subway, Aubrey gets McDonald's, and I get Taco Bell. We get a table and eat our lunch. I am just scrolling through social media while I eat. I get a text from Ethan. He says I have a serious question to ask you. So I quickly finish the last bite of my taco, take a sip of my Dr. Pepper and go to the bathroom. I text him back, "What is it? Is everything okay?" I wait for a reply but I don't get one back right away so I just look in the mirror and fix my hair. I get a reply, he says, "We have been talking for a while now and I like you and you like me at least I hope so, and it got me thinking if we were a thing like a boyfriend and a girlfriend and I couldn't figure it out so I wanted to ask you what you think we are?" 

I think to myself that I didn't want to sound like mean or anything. I want to be his girlfriend but I don't know if he wants to be my boyfriend so I end up just texting him, "I like you too, I don't want to sound mean or anything but in my opinion, people aren't dating till one of them asks the other if they want to" He quickly responds with, "Okay that helps me a lot." I didn't exactly know what that meant but I say okay. I go back to everyone else and Aubrey and Alex are talking about something the disagree about and Emily is texting someone on her phone. I sit down and we decide to go to a couple more stores. Aubrey ends up getting a shirt and this cute nick nack for her room. On our way home, my mom texts us a list of things we have to get at Walmart for the party tomorrow. 

When we get to Walmart, Alex follows Emily to get the lists of stuff and the cake while Aubrey and I go to the snack isle and get popcorn, cookies, chips, and some other snacks. We get to the checkout and Emily has to pick the slowest cashier so Aubrey, Alex and I leave Emly and go to the game room and mess around with the couple of quarters that we have. I get a yellow sour gumball, Alex plays this dinosaur game and gets a piece of candy and Aubrey gets this red sticky hand thing that she flings around and it sticks to things. First, she tries it on my like any normal friend would do then she tries it on everything and it pretty funny. Emily finally finishes paying and we all walk out of Walmart like we are a hipster gang. I tell Emily to pop the truck and when I open it I see a case of propel water. I say, "What is this?" She replies while laughing, "It is my stash of water." We all laugh and load the stuff into the truck. 

When we are almost home, Alex gives me a blindfold to put on, like the sister that I am, I ask why, and she replies with, "It is a surprise."  Emily reassures me that it is okay so I put it on. I ask Aubrey if she has anything to do with this. She says, "No I am totally confused too." Alex says, "We didn't tell Aubrey because we know she would tell you." I and Aubrey laugh because we know that she probably would. Aubrey and I tell each other everything. I feel the car pull into the driveway, and I ask Aubrey what she sees. Emily says, "Don't tell her anything or you will ruin the surprise." I plead, "Aubrey tell me to tell me, you gotta tell me." She says, "No." I joyfully tell her, "If you don't tell me I am not your friend anymore." She says, "I don't believe you and you will be glad I didn't tell you." Emily parks the car. 

I start to feel nervous because I don't know what is gonna happen. I have no idea what to expect since the last time they blindfolded me, it was an early birthday present and I don't expect for my mom and grandpa to get me anything else. Plus, Emily and Alex said they got me something at the mall. I hate not knowing, I start to feel my hands shake a little. I don't know if they are going to prank me or if they are gonna pour something on me. I don't know anything and I hate it. All I can see is blackness and it bothers me.