We step in and Adam breaks off from our group immediately. He wanders off somewhere and I feel just a little bit lonely. Just a bit...
But the second thing that I feel as soon as I enter the mall was the very... pungent smell of artificial floral scents. I gag. "It's hard to imagine that some women, scratch that, teenage girls, smell like this on purpose."
"You got that right Hazel." Ruby agrees. "So where do you want to go?"
"Umm I've never been to a mall..." I reply silently.
"Hm?" She blinks once, hoping she heard wrong.
"I've never been to a mall..." I say again.
"Ahh, I must be hearing wrong. Tell me one more time so then I can clarify."
"I said, I've never been to a mall!" I whisper shout.
She face-palms herself, letting it slide down till her hand flops down. "Aren't you like, twenty-three?"
"Twenty six..." I correct her.
"And you haven't been to the mall?" She says in disbelief.
"Nope."
She takes hold of my hand and we head into Victoria's secret. There was lingerie and women's undergarments everywhere! This was so embarrassing! They just looked like they were for show! Not even for support, not that I needed it anyways with my A-cups...
"Why are we in here? This is weird!" I tell her.
"Because you don't know how it feels like to be a woman, not to mention a teenager."She spitefully fights back. "Now try this!" She hands me a red bra and I didn't take it, I ran outside the store like a weirdo. But in all reality, I think it is a normal first visit action, especially when you're friend decides to throw a bra in your face.
"Why'd you run out? You needed to try on the bra!" Ruby exclaims in disbelief.
"How about... no."
"I'm gonna drag you back in there."
"No, let's go somewhere else." I whine.
"Why? You need bras to go with outfits!" She says like it's the most obvious thing in the world.
"I'm fine the way I am!"
And then she drags me to Ross. "You like to be on a budget right? This place ?" She motions to Ross. "Is perfect because it sells brand names for lower prices now come out with three complete outfits. Or else." She glares me in the eye. I surrender to her death stare and walk in. I guess I need some clothes...
I basically mixed matched until it looked nice and bought a new pair of shoes and walk out after I pay. I paid $78.68!
"Gimme the bag." Ruby demands.
"But why? I got three outfits." I fight back.
"Nope, I wanna see your choices."
"But—!"
"No buts!"
"Fine...."
She only gives an ok to one of my outfits and returned the other two only to come out with four more. All in my size, and somehow in a fashion I like. Maybe she knows me better than I know myself? So I have two bags in my possession and Ruby has yet to go on her spree. I'm done for the today so I look at her. "Hey when are you going shopping? I have change so if you want, you can have it."
"Hazel, let's go," She says in a depressed manner. She grabs my arm and drags me towards the food court. I was confused but the. I saw her eyes, hurt extremely evident. I look behind me to see a man with blonde hair and a girl hanging on to his arm like it's the last time she'll live. Ugh, talk about clingy.
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Unravelling My Past
Fiksi UmumHazel Lynch just graduated from college and is off to a rocky start. She found her job, has an apartment, lives as a single woman. Unsure, giving, needs support, wants something or maybe even a somebody to give her a sense of security. She has a sec...
