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"Let's go to the makeup section. We will come back later so that Melody can finally pick one out of fifteen pairs of shoes," Alice says, giving Melody a stolid look.
"Okay, decision making can be very hard," she defends. We all give her weird looks.
"What now?" Kevin asks, walking over to join us.
"We are going to the makeup section," Ayo replies with an amused expression and Kevin sends us a displeased look.
"Makeup? Geez, why would I want to lay eyes on all that paint and goo that make girls look like disco balls?" he asks and I gasp. Laughter floods out of the boys' mouths and Melody chortles along. Confused and frowning faces turn to her.
"He said disco balls," she says amidst giggles.
"And that was an insult," Lima says, lifting her palms skyward.
"It's funny," she says, walking past us towards the makeup area.
Fifteen minutes later.
"So, why did you not invite Simon?" I ask Alice. We are looking at some eye-shadow palettes while the others are discussing at a far shelf.
"Nothing," she replies with a shrug, still looking at the palettes. I look at her in surprise. She notices and laughs.
"Don't tell me you don't miss him," I insist, grinning when I see that my statement made the impact I wanted. She has a puzzled look on her face as she stares at me.
"It's not like he's out of town or something. I should see him today, even."
"Yeah, I know. It's just that you usually invite him for things like this. And whenever he is around, you spend more time talking to him."
"Well, he is not here, so I am talking to you," she states, beaming at me.
"You're a little quieter than normal," I state. We stare at each other for a few seconds and she sighs, breaking eye contact.
"I don't want to bother him. I mean, the other time, I told you that he's usually around to keep me company so I think I owe it to him to give him some space," she admits.
I give her an understanding look, "you're right."
"Isabelle?" someone says and we turn to see Ego, one of our classmates. As usual, she is with Titi, her bestie.
"Hey," I greet, smiling. I have been on speaking terms with them and although they can be very rough, they are actually nice. At intervals, they have invited me to parties but I have declined all of them.
"Girls, what are you doing here?" Titi asks.
"Shopping," Alice answers matter-of-factly. We all exchange handshakes as the others move towards to us to exchange pleasantries with them.
"You know," Ego begins. "I still can't wrap my head around the fact that boys use makeup," she finishes, looking at the boys. It is the girls' turn to laugh and the boys' to be offended.
"Whoa, whoa. No, we're not gay," Ayo says, pointing at himself and the other boys.
"Yeah, so you are free to accept our proposals," Kevin adds but gets elbowed in the side by Jasper. Everyone laughs.
"No be only," Titi says in vernacular. This is one of the few times I have heard someone speak vernacular.
"Hm. Your vernacular is coming up but you're still below me," Kevin mocks.
Titi's eyes narrow into slits as she takes challenging steps towards him. "Wetin you talk? You wan try me?" There goes the crazy part of her.
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