"Are you an eighty-year old woman?" River asks, making me shake my head. "Then why on earth would you pick that out?" He takes the shirt that I had in my hand and puts it back on the rack.
Right in this moment we were deep into shopping, and river was not to happy with some of the clothing objects I was picking out (for example a purple vest that I'm pretty sure my grandma has an exact replica of in her closet.)
After about 40 minutes of shopping I realized that 80's fashion 1) looked amazing on me & 2)was very fun to shop for. River and I had picked out some pretty rad looking shirts and a couple pairs of mom jeans. Who needs a female BFF to go shopping with when you have River Phoenix ya'know.
I was trying on a long sleeved blouse that I was very very pleased with, but I wanted a second opinion so I opened the curtain to reveal a River standing on the other side. "What do you think?" I asked smiling, I really like it. "I looked up to see River looking at me rather disgustingly. "What do you not like it?" I asked disappointed.
"No! It looks great, I just saw someone that I, and I know you would probably not want to be associated with," he said.
"Who is it??" I whisper-yelled looking over the clothing racks.
"A couple of mean girls from around town," he rolled his eyes. "C'mon, we should get going, I want to introduce you to some of my friends."
"Okay, can I just try on one more dress?" I pleaded, holding up my finger.
"Uhgg, fine just hurry. In starving." He replied.
As I was working on getting the yellow sundress with flowers on, I heard voices outside. I really wanted to see what River thought of the dress so I opened the curtain once again, but it wasn't River.
"Well hello gorgeous," said a wide-eyed Corey. Yes Corey Haim.
"Oh my," I said shocked. "Wh-what are you doing here?" I asked stumbling over my words.
"I was hanging out with a couple of my friends," he pointed over to a group of teens standing across the store. "Are you here alone?" He asked looking around.
"Uhh, no," I said looking around as well, because River disappeared.
"Well who are you here with?" He giggled, waving an arm at the empty store besides his friend group and me.
"Well I'm with my uhm, aunt!" I said in a high tone making him jump back and raise his eyebrows. "Ha sorry, but yea I'm, uh, with my aunt. She's in the shop next door." I stammered.
"Well if your aunt doesn't mind you could come hang out with us," he shrugged. "I wanna get to know you more." Those words literally made my heart melt, I mean, no teenage boy had ever wanted to get to know me better.
I looked over at the group of teens to scope them out before I gave him an answer. I mean, I really wanted to see what I was getting myself into. That's when I locked eyes with her. My mother. Or as I had to know her as, Lisa. She smiled, and rushed over to me.
"Girl, that dress is the hottest thing I've ever seen. You have to buy it!!" She gasped looking me up and down.
"Hey, hey, hey, don't scare her away with your obsessed fashion brain lid," Corey said gabbing Lisa's shoulder.
"Oh can it Corey. You can't deny she looks really good in this dress," she said. Before he could agree with her though, someone interrupted. It was him again. The man whom I got my last name from. Of course, he doesn't know that.
"Hey guys, can we please get the shirt lis wanted and go. My stomach is about to eat itself I'm so hungry," my father said. "Hey you're that chick from the party," he pointed. "Yeah Corey told us a lot about you last night," he nudged Corey's arm and raised his eyebrows, making me ultimately wanna puke. I mean c'mon, my dad is talking about a dude liking me. I mean, he doesn't know he's my dad so I guess it alright, right?
Anyways. Corey gritted his teeth, and elbowed Daniel in the side. "Hey, hey I'm sorry man," Daniel said holding his side.
Before I could give Corey an answer on whether or not I was going to hang out with them, another voice chimed in. "Hey wait a minute, it's Corey's Wisconsin chick from last night," Wil came nudging in between Lisa and Daniel.
"Uh yeah, I guess that's me," I waved, awkwardly.
"Okay guys can you please just get what you need to get and go, and please for the love of god stop hounding this girl," Corey said motioning them away.
"Geez, I'll see you around Wisconsin," Wil said waving to my, while being pushed by Corey.
"I am so sorry," Corey said, turning around to me.
"Oh, it's fine, I'm just, not used to getting that sort of attention back home," I said shrugging. "But to answer your question, I can't hang out with you guys today, I'm sorry.
"Oh, it's fine," he said kinda disappointed. "Well pinky promise we'll hang out soon," he smiled , holding his pinky up.
I laughed, holding my pinky up, "I promise," I smiled. Suddenly I heard a sneeze in the changing room next to me. River.
Corey looked at the curation beside me and we both laughed. He was probably laughing at the fact that there was a random stranger listening to our conversation, and I was laughing at the fact that I was pretending to to know who it was.
"Well I'll see you around," he said walking away, right before turning around again. "By the way, that dress does look really great on you," he smiled, that award winning smile before turning and walking away, this time for good.
I waited until he was out the door, and with his friends before I turned to the changing room where River was.
"River, river. I know that's you," I said folding my arms.
He opened the curtain, and peaked over my head. "Are they gone," he asked.
"Obviously," I stated. "Know can you tell me why you hid from them?" I asked him.
"I don't know, can you tell me why you lied to me, Ms. Wisconsin?" He asked me, obviously fuming.
"Shit," I said, under my breath, realizing my own lie I was caught up in.
I'm either gonna have to tell him the truth or lie...again.
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A/N hope you all enjoyed!!!! my messages are always open if you need to talk!! xoxo
~w/ peace & love, ash.
