Setting: Orlando
I was upstairs getting ready to get in the shower when the phone rang. I thought Julez was gonna answer it, but I forgot she had a meeting to go to, so after the fourth ring I leaned across my bed and grabbed my portable.
"Hello??" I asked in my usual chipper manner.
"hey Kris…" I recognized that voice.
"Hey YoYo!!" YoYo was my good friend April, who I'd known since I was six years old.
"wassup Gurly??" She asked,
"Not much Chicka, why are you so happy??"
"Nothing really, just that, I got the day off, and…… Nikki's coming to visit!!"
"NO WAY!! Ohmigod!! It has been too long since we had the group all together!!"
"I know, but she won't be here until tomorrow.."
"But that means, that you and I can go shopping together like old times!!"
"yeah but what about Julez?"
"She's got a meeting so she won't be home for a bit."
"alright, so when and where do I meet you?"
"Come to my house in about 20, So I can shower and change. Aight?"
"Aight gurl. I'll be there in 20."
"okay, Bye Yo."
"Bye."
As I hung up the phone and got up, walking towards the bathroom, I stopped by my dresser and picked up a framed picture of my best friend and I that was taken at his 17th birthday party. Soon after that, he left, and the last time I heard from him, was when he was 19. He sent a pic of himself, and his group, and his cell phone number. I just never got the urge to call it. It seemed as though if he wanted to see or talk to me, he would've done that himself. I can't say that I don't miss him, becuz I do... He's now 21, and as handsome as he was back then.
I sighed and trudged to the shower. About 10 minutes later, I dried off and wrapped a robe around me. I walked into my room and picked out a cute outfit to go shopping in. It was my favorite pair of flared hip hugging jeans and a blue and white tank. When I was done getting dressed, I quickly blow-dried my hair and put it in a quick sloppy bun. I grabbed my purse and headed downstairs. April wasn't here yet, so I kicked back and listened to some music to pass the time. A few minutes later, I heard the doorbell ring. I stood up and grabbed my purse again, and headed for the door. As I opened the door, I was greeted by my best friend's familiar face.
"YOYO!!"
"KRISTA!!!" We laughed. She wore a light blue Fubu tank and flared jeans. She said,
"Now.. Who's car, mine or yours??"
"I wanna drive, so lets take mine, besides, it's got more room." She rolled her eyes then smiled. I drove a white drop-top Talon, while she drove a Red drop-top talon (we always have the same taste in alll things). When we both hopped in, I started the engine and popped in my C-Note CD. We were singing along to 'wait till I get home' when we heard a car horn beep. We looked over and saw a black BMW, It was carrying our good old friend Julie.
"JULEZ!!!" we cried as we drove by her and waved. She smiled just as her red light turned green. A few minutes later, and more songs on the track, we hit the mall. We found a parking spot not too far away from the entranceway. We joked and laughed all the way in.
"So April, are we gonna rate the guys again??"
"Sure why not.. That's always fun, and you make new friends.." we laughed.
"Speaking of which, hows Matt?" I asked her. Her face dropped.
"We, uh.. we broke it off. He was getting to demanding.."
"Oh, I'm sorry."
"Don't be, Sometimes when you rate these guys, you get a total loser.." She giggled nervously.
"Yup.. I'd say so." We saw our first bunch of hot guys, straight ahead of us. There were three of them. One with curly blondish brown hair, another with what seemed to be bleached blonde hair, and the last with short kinda spiky black hair. We were still quite away's away when April whispered,
"The brunette, an 8 , Bleach Blonde, 9 ˝ , the spiky haired one, an 8 ˝." I laughed, but didn't give my judgement, because we were getting too close. I smiled at them, which they returned. But the one that had the black colored hair struck my eye. He looked so familiar, but in a different sense. I knew I had seen him some where. He gave me a confused look also.
"Krista?? Are you all right?? You look like you'd seen a ghost…" April said almost worriedly.
"I'm fine really, he just looked so familiar. Oh well, Orlando Mall isn't that big of a place."
"Okay, which store first??"
"Umm. how about the tops and bottoms ®.. They got some pretty cool clothes."
"Alright." We found the store and walked in. I immediately walked over to the skirts and saw an adorable short skirt.
"Oh April, look!!"
"Oh how cute, try it on!!"
"Alright." I walked into the fitting room and put it on. While I was, I heard April say,
"Krista, put this top on with it." She tossed a shirt over the wall. I looked at it. A black matching tube top.
"Are you serious?!?!" I asked laughing.
"Deathly serious. Now I wanna see you in it! SO HURRY!!"
"Alright alright.. *laugh* Are you trying something on too??"
"Yup, you'll see when I come out."
"Okay." I put the shirt on, and made sure every thing was alright, then I stepped out.
"Hows it look?!?" I asked April as she too stepped out in a short knee length dress that was all dark green.
"You look fly chicka. How about me?"
"You look great." I turned to head back into the changing room, when I saw him again. He looked up from the jewelry he and his friends were looking at, I met his eye. I didn't want to stare, so I just walked into the changing room with out another glance. I changed out of the clothes and into my normal ones. When I walked out, I saw April waiting for me. I walked past the guy, who looked over at me. We paid for our clothes and left. We went on a shopping spree for about another hour, with tons of bags, after a while we decided to get a drink.
"I must be cursed" I mumbled under my breath.
"what??" April asked.
"I have seen that guy, so many times today."
"Oh yeah, him… his friend's are kinda cute." I laughed at her. When we got closer, I realized who it was…
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