The Better Me

Chapter 13 | Girls' Day Out

"This looks good on me"

Glancing away from what I was doing, I stared at my mom wearing the outfit she had selected to try on, it was a backless red thigh length dress with some floral designs on its silk, the outfit was nice but the style did not really go well on her, so I gave out a disapproving gruntle.

"Horrendous I might say"

A glare from her shut me up immediately.

Admiring the dress in front of the shop's mirror, she said. "What do you know about clothes Reggie? This outfit looks absolutely stunning on me, ain't that right Sofia?"

"Yes Diane, you are totally rocking that sexy dress mami!"

My eyes widened as I heard the loud tone of Sofia's response, the other women shopping in here gave her annoyed stares but the Latina didn't even spare them a glance as she focused back on the rack of clothes before her.

Martina, who had gone to the restroom for a second, joined my side with a smile on her face. "I forgot for a while how loud Sofia tends to be sometimes"

Bringing out a green blouse that caught my attention, I replied, "Wait until she gets into a fight with someone, that's when you'd know how loud she can really be"

Raising the shirt in her face, I asked. "What do you think of this?"

"You are the fashionista here"

"Mom doesn't seem to remember that" I said with a chuckle, then added "Anyways, it still wouldn't hurt to get a different opinion from someone else"

She stared at the outfit for a second before commenting. "I like it..."

"But..."

Her face scrunched up a bit as she analyzed it, then looking up she finally said. "Too green"

Hearing her say that, I immediately placed the shirt back to the rack I took it from.

Martina's eyes widened in surprise, "Why did you put it back? I just said it was too green not that it was ugly"

Shrugging my shoulders as I searched for another shirt, I said. "Anything too, I don't like it, trust me Marti, take it from a designer"

Our short interaction was interrupted by the arrival of Sofia. She was holding up a red leather mini skirt in one hand and a black lace crop top in the other. "What do you guys think of this combination, sexy right?"

"Too sexy" Martina answered.

"If you find these too sexy, then you should check out the rest of Sofia's closet" I told her.

Raising a brow, Sofia said. "It's not my fault girls, a woman's body is like a blank paper, you make it beautiful by adding and mixing up various combinations of colours and blah blah"

"Blah blah?" Martina asked in confusion.

She shrugged her shoulders as she replied, "It was something said by Reggie but I forgot the rest of the statement"

Typical.

"So back to the question, how's this dress?"

Martina was the first to give her opinion. "It's not really something I'd wear but it would look definately gorgeous on you"

Smiling at the compliment, Sofia said. "Gracias Marti" then turning to me, she once again asked, "Well what do you think?"

"If I said it was horrendous, would you still take it?"

She did not hesitate before responding, "Of course I would still take it"

"There goes my opinion"