Overstimulated

Advancement

Poems by Rupi Kaur from The Sun and Her Flowers

Aurora sat patiently on her bed Saturday night as Kailoni and Jade rummaged through her closet in search of something for her to wear for girls' night. They had been planning this since Tuesday when Tosha had sent a calm message requesting to see everyone at some point over the weekend which resulted in a tizzy of chatter, gifs, and quickly made memes that had Aurora's phone dying almost every two hours. They finally settled on meeting at her place at noon so they could all make the trip to Philo to visit Navarro Winery together.

Which is how Aurora found herself watching two of her best friends throw random things out of her closet close to three hours before they were even supposed to be leaving.

Kailoni emerged holding an emerald green cropped sweater.

 "I bought this for you several months ago and I have yet to see you wear it, hoe!" she snarled waving the clothing around in Ari's face.

She plucked the item from her hand and stretched it out in front of her. Why hadn't she worn it?

"I didn't have any bottoms to go with it?" she gave, trying to supply a reasonable excuse for not rocking the cute top.

Jade joined them, a pair of Lucky jeans hung over her arm. She looked at the shirt in Aurora's grip and gasped. 

"Oooh bitch, I have a bag and a pair of Louy's in my car that would match that perfectly." She dumped the jeans in Ari's lap and ran from the room.

Kailoni laughed, "That girl forever having accessories in her car."

Aurora laughed and picked up the jeans she didn't remember buying them. 

"You know J. She believes she can take over the world with the right pair of heels."

"She may not be wrong though," Kailoni said. "You should go put that on now before she comes back with a $2,000 dress she unearthed from her back seat."

"Ugh," Aurora moaned and hefted herself off her perch on the bed making her way to the bathroom. "You right. Last time she came back with a dress I ate peanuts the whole night so it wouldn't pop. I got hips, unlike her ass."

Kailoni's giggle followed her. 

"I'll be sure to let her know you said that."

Ari playfully slammed the door on that knowing how upset her friend got any time she mentioned her slim figure. She shimmied her way into the form-fitting jeans, snorting at the "Lucky You" written inside the zipper, and pulled the sweater over her head being mindful of the perm rods in her hair. Her girls had made it a point to come over and dress her in order to make sure she wouldn't default to her usual cozy attire.

Aurora rolled her eyes at the thought while checking her face in the mirror. Truthfully, she didn't mind the poking and prodding her friends were putting her through. It felt like a long time since they all got together at NV lounge, and if she had to put on a little to hang out with them she was cool with that.

A quick succession of knocks on the door was all the warning she got before Jade burst in with a few shoeboxes tucked under her arm.

"You is kah-ute, baby boo!" she exclaimed sitting the boxes on the counter and pulling out the pair on the bottom. "Try these." Jade lifted the lid on the signature golden box and Aurora gasped. They were beautiful, the green and black colors swirled together mimicking the pattern of a peacock's feather and the heel wasn't as killer as she feared.

"They're gorgeous," Ari said, gently lifting one from the box.

Jade shrugged, She didn't have the same appreciation for them as her friend, and pulled the other shoe out.