Chapter 45

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June 22, 2019

Material girl- Madonna

We were in the mall to look for a birthday present for one of my cousins. It was me, you, Ryan, and Andrew since you had just picked them up from some football program that they were doing. We got them some Auntie Athenae's pretzels to keep them distracted as we looked at some stuff. We browsed and browsed as they munched away.

"Are you actually gonna get her something or are we simply just looking at stuff?" you questioned as you threw an arm over my shoulders while I shuffle through a rack of shirts.

"Two birds, one stone, baby."

"Can we go to the movies?" Andrew randomly blurted as Ryan and him looked at us with a soft grin and doe eyes.

"Yeah. We'll just meet up after you're done."

"Okay. Bye!" Ryan cheered as they ran out of the store and towards the movie theater.

You turned back to me as I took a plain black crop top off the rack. We continued to look through the store and it definitely turned more to shopping for me than for a birthday gift. I continued to shuffle through the racks of clothes as you pulled random ones off the rack and jokingly saying it was the prettiest thing ever before putting it back.

"Omg! Hi T!" some girl shouted as she made her way over to us.

I gave you a look of confusion as you greeted her back. I shrugged it off once I saw your fake tight lipped smile towards her. I turned back to shuffling through the clothes as she, one sidedly, chatted with you. After a moment, she said bye and walked away from you. You turned your attention back to me as I held more clothes.

"Who was that, T?" I imitated as you chuckled,

"Melissa. Are you jealous, A?" you imitated back.

I shook my head and laughed before making my way to the fitting rooms.

"Don't be jealous, sweets. You're the one I'm following around." you state as I get into one of the fitting rooms as you stand outside.

I tried some of the outfits I had picked out on to see if they fit and showed you some, to which you said to get everything by the end. However, I left with just three tops and no birthday present.

"She's gonna just get $20 for her birthday." I laughed as we walked out of the store.

You took the bag from my hand and chuckled at the comment as we wandered around the mall. You did some shopping of your own too. We went into Champs for you to look at some shoes since you want new shoes.

"Hi. Welcome to– Oh, hey Athena." DJ greeted us.

I had been friends with DJ since sophomore year, but you didn't know that. I greeted him back with a smile as you looked around the shoes. We chatted a bit before he went off to greet another customer.

"Mhmm... you seem to be popular." you murmured as you looked at a pair of Nikes.

"Aww. Are you jealous, baby? You're the one I'm following around afterall."

You chuckled at my retort and continued to look at all the shoes. You got DJ to get some of them in your size to try on as I sat on one of the benches.

"Let's get something matching." you blurted out as you tried on some shoes.

I just shrugged and muttered that we could as you finally choose the pair you wanted. You returned all the other shoes to DJ and grabbed the box of the pair you wanted to the cashier. After checking out and saying bye to DJ, we continued to wander around. We went into Swarovski to simply look around.

"That's so pretty." I stated, pointing at the rose gold rare ring.

You asked one of the sales people if I could try it on as I nudged you not to do it, but it was too late since she had gotten the ring out already.

"Of course. What's your ring size, honey?" the sweet lady asked as I told her that I didn't know.

She ended up grabbing some different sizes to try on. I was today's year old when I found out my ring size was seven. I thanked her as she put the ring back in the display case before she walked away to help someone else. I wasn't gonna get a ring that cost $60. I didn't need it. We got out of the store and just sat at one of the benches as we waited for Ryan and Andrew.

"You wanna go to dinner with me and my cousins on Tuesday? It's for her birthday." I invited.

"I can't. I'm helping Coach Miller with Varsity tryouts."

"Alright. Another day of interrogation practice for you." I joked.

From where we sat, we could see Andrew and Ryan walk out of the theater. They didn't see us as they shot us texts asking where we were. We responded that we were sitting at the bench in front of the theater. As soon as they spotted us, they bolted over and squeezed themselves on the bench.

"Alright, where to now?" Ryan asks.

"It's time for me to go home. Shopping is exhausting."

"I bet your wallet is exhausted." Andrew teased.

I nodded with a smile and we stood up to get to the cars. Your brother split from us to walk to your car as you walked me to mine.

"Now don't keep the little Schusters waiting."

"They can wait all day if I want them to," you joked as you gave me a kiss.

"Tell your cousin I said happy birthday."

"I will." I giggled as I pulled you into another soft kiss.

"I'll see you on the fourth or sooner, baby," you softly grinned down at me before letting me get in the car.

"Drive safe and text me when you get home. See you later alligator. Love you."

"I will. Love you. See you in a while crocodile."

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