Falling (Bits and Pieces, Book 1)

  24. ROUTINE

  Over the weekend, I went shopping with Lindsey, Cassie and Emily. Lindsey wanted to help me find a dress for the Winter Formal. I kept telling her it wasn’t a big deal since it wasn’t a real date. But, she didn’t accept my premise, neither did Cassie or Emily. So, I succumbed to peer pressure and shopped for the perfect dress.

  We went to three malls and I don’t know how many stores in each one. I tried on countless dresses. Surprisingly, I had fun doing it. I think it was the company, rather than the chore of searching through racks of dresses in dozens of stores and trying them all on. They definitely made it fun. I loved spending time with them and feeling like a normal teenager.

  Eventually, Cassie, Emily and I each found a dress. I loved my dress. It was a deep purple with silver accents. Next on our shopping list—accessories. It seemed easier to find matching accessories and shoes than to find the dresses. We did backtrack on the malls we visited, but that was okay. I was just glad that we accomplished our goal to have everything for the dance. It was great to have ‘girl time’. I never thought I’d think that. I never thought I’d have the chance.