Sisters Till Death

XIII

     "Melena you have to try this on! You just have to!" Jacob pouted.

     "Noooo." I protested. Me, Jacob, and Zoe had decided to go shopping.

     Well, I had to be convinced to even come along and even then it was under the condition that I wasn't going to try on or buy anything.

     Jacob's not abiding by the conditionsssss!

     "C'monnn Mel!" He kept trying, "You will look smoking hot in this!

     "That thing doesn't even have enough fabric to even produce heat, let alone make me look smoking hot." I replied. The "dress" he had picked out for me was an extremely short dress with really thin straps and it looked skin tight even without someone wearing it. It was a definite no for me.

     "Absolutely not." I stood my ground.

     Jacob groaned, "Ugh fine, but I will find an outfit for you!"

     "Fine." I gave in.

     "Eek!" He exclaimed, "Okay people! Project Mel is in full effect!" He dragged me through the boutique by my wrist and directed me to different articles of clothing. Each one he showed me was skimpier than the last. This place must be slutty heaven.

     "Fine. If you don't like any of these then what about this?" He held up a black sweater dress that stopped halfway down my thigh, which might be the longest thing I'll find in this place. It was pretty cute, though.

     "I guess so." I said still observing it.

     "Yes! Man I am good at this!" Jacob said excitedly, "Come on, let's go try it on."

     He dragged me by my wrist in the direction of the dressing rooms. "Oh wait!" He exclaimed as he ran in the opposite direction now and grabbed Zoey, who was trying on a number of dark sunglasses, by her wrist and ran back in the direction of the dressing room. Once we were inside one of the dressing rooms, he closed the door behind all three of us.

     "Okay, try it on." He said.

     "Um..." I looked at them.

     "I'm gay, remember." He responded to my gaze.

     "And I'm not gay." Zoey chuckled.

     I laughed. Something about them made me comfortable at times, "Okay." I said as I took off my shirt.

     "Um...Mel?" Jacob said.

     "Don't make fun of meee!" I exclaimed playfully as my shirt was surrounding over my head as I tried to take it off.

     "Honestly, your body's totally hot," He started, "but...um...what happened?"

     "What do you mean?" I asked as I got my shirt over my head.

     "Why do you have cuts and bruises on you?" Zoey asked.

     "Oh...I—I...um..." I stammered, not knowing if I should tell them or not. I decided to only tell them about the game, since they probably already knew about it, or at least Jacob would.

     "I did the stupid Beta initiation thing. I was in the woods for at least two hours." I answered.

     "The woods?" Jacob asked in a confused tone.

     "Yeah." I answered, confused at his confusion, "I had to run through the woods just to find a sash before I get captured. Like all the other Betas had to do."