Dave and Laura were walking through the Beverly Centre shopping mall on the cusp of Beverly Hills and West Hollywood. It was a beautiful Wednesday afternoon in the middle of July and most of the college students were winding down from a year of hard work.
Laura and the rest of the seniors at UCLA had an end of year party in a few days and she managed to convince her boyfriend Dave to come out shopping with her for a new dress.
Like most guys Dave didn't particularly enjoy following his girlfriend round shopping. Laura would visit all the stores, try on a million things and only make her mind up at the end. However being the cunning man he was, he agreed on the premise that he would get to pick out some new lingerie for her to wear to spice things up in the bedroom.
Laura's phone beeped to signal a WhattsApp message from her best friend and housemate Angela. They had been good friends since the first year of college and kept it going ever since. They shared a house together in Westwood, a North Western LA neighbourhood, home to a stylish student community and a bevy of stars.
Laura clicked on the message with a photo attached.
"Hey Laurz! Just bought this black and blue dress for the party. Have you got yours yet? x"
Angela texted back. "Emmm it's white and gold love!"
"Nooo, it's black and blue!" Laura insisted.
Laura wasn't an argumentative person, far from it but she had an issue with Angela calling the dress black and blue, as she clearly saw it was white and gold. Her face screwed up as she wandered if Angela was winding her up or got hit with a temporary case of colour blindness.
"Babe." Laura turned to her boyfriend Dave. "Angela just texted me a picture of a dress she bought. What colour is it?"
"It's black and blue."
Laura stopped, lifting her hands up slapping it on her thighs.
"Are you kidding me?" she said disappointed.
"No," replied Dave.
"Have another look."
Dave looked again. "Oookkk, emm. It's clearly BLACK & BLUE. "
"No it's not. It's white and gold. What's wrong with you?"
"What's wrong with me? What's wrong with you? How is it white and gold?"
"Because it IS!"
Laura huffed and puffed and carried on walking. "I dunno what's wrong with you but you need to get your eyes tested!" Laura said flustered.
"Whatever. You're the one who needs your eyes tested. Me and Angela both think the dress is black and blue. Who's the odd one out?"
Dave was studying maths at college. This gave him excellent analytical skills and he could be very direct at times. Laura on the other hand was less direct as she liked to let things happen and fall into place. However she could rise to a challenge if necessary, like in freshman year when she organised a beach volleyball fundraiser to save endangered seals on the beaches of LA. His comment was executed in style and this could only call for one thing.
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The White & Gold People
Science FictionA simple dress causes a huge debate across the world as some see it as black and blue and others see it as white and gold. The white and gold people suddenly start to get even stranger visions and develop super human abilities making the black and b...