Status: It's complicated

Chapter 13: A shoulder to cry on

Hello again! The last chapter we left Anna in the restaurant with her current boyfriend's ex-girlfriend and she just told her that she is pregnant. What is Anna going to do now? Let's continue.

"Alex .. I need to buy some stuff, free to accompany me?" Julie had called the leader, she had her day off today and it was a good time to get those things that she wanted. She tried calling her man, but he had dance rehearsal, she turned the attention to Anna, but she didn't sound too good. It's better to leave her alone for now. So Alex it is!

"Sure.. but wait .. I know Chan is not free today but where's Anna?"  Alex replied, he stopped using the laptop that was in front of him as he spoke through the earpiece that was stuck in his left ear.

"Anna doesn't sound good. She is probably down with a cold.." She explain as she got off her sofa and went up to her bedroom. Anna is sick? That was all in his mind. Is she all right? Liam probably knows she is sick right? Will he be there for her? Should I go over to her apartment now? He was interrupted when Julie shouted his name through his earpiece.

" Sorry, what did you say?" He asked through the mouthpiece..

" I said see you at 1pm" Julie emphasis her words again. Can he hear me? Is the signal bad?

" See you there" The gang always hang out at their usual mall from time to time, it was near from where they all stay and that mall has almost anything. From grocery, clothes, sportswear, shoes, designer products, school accessories, babies product, it's all there..

3 hours later..

" Wait! Alex, this look nice ..." Julie pointed to a 3 inch black base stilettos with flower prints on it, through the glass window. It honestly looked messy, it looked like as though the flowers were overcrowding, but it attracted Julie, apparently.

" Julie.. you bought a lot.." he looked down at the shopping bags that he and Julie were both carrying. Julie herself was carrying 4 bags. While he was carrying 5. This girl needed new shoes, new clothes, new bags. Everything. She was going all out to change her wardrobe.

" One more please?.." she looked at him with puppy eyes. Alex just shook his head and walked in the shop with her earning a bright smile from her. She immediately scoop the flower heels from the display shelf, walking towards the shop owner to get her size. Alex was still at the entrance of the shop, he was in, but not totally, it was a shoe shop for ladies and he knew Julie is fast when she decides on what she wants.

He placed the 5 shopping bags down and began to stretch his back. They have been walking for 2 hours straight. Sometimes he wonder if Julie had called him out with a motive, to help her carry things. There is no way she could carry all 10 bags by herself. Not Julie at least. Whilst stretching, he got his attention towards a particular direction. He must have been staring in that direction for a long time because Julie had come up to him with her new shopping bag.

" What are you looking at?" she went towards him, trying to look at the direction he was staring but he quickly got back his senses and picked up the shopping bags in the floor.

" N..nothing ..." he stuttered.. he tried to pull Julie to to the opposite direction from where he was looking but she was stubborn. Alex wouldn't stare at a particular direction for no reason. It must be important and interesting for him to do so.. she released his grip and walked towards the other direction..

I wonder what is he looking at too..

" Isn't this nice ??" Shirley had now brought a pink bikini, with a ribbon in between the cups, and two ribbons on the side of the lower underwear bikini, she turned it slightly to show Liam..