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offered.
    He got up from the table, and I followed him
to the door. He walked at a normal pace, and it didn’t take him
long to realize my limitations. He chuckled and motioned for me to
jump on his back. He carried me back to the house, and let me off
once we were inside. It was much easier to walk on a flat surface,
though I still wouldn’t call it easy.
    I went into Grace’s room and tapped her
shoulder.
    “What—” Grace said, alarmed.
    “Were going shopping, you should get
ready.”
    “Ugh,” she whined.
    “C’mon were leaving soon.”
    “Are you okay?” she asked, sounding more
concerned about me than she had in a long time.
    “Yes and no, but I’m trying not to think
about it.” I walked out of the room to let her get dressed.
    She walked out of the room a few minutes
later, wearing the same sweat pants and sweatshirt she had on for
the last three days. I imagined she must have been wearing them for
far longer than that.
    “Hey, you know they have clothes in there you
can use, right?”
    “I’m fine.”
    “Alright, let’s go.”
     
    We met Elizabeth, Lily and Annabelle back at
the house. It wasn’t as long of a ride as I expected. First, she
took us to get lunch. It was at a restaurant in downtown somewhere;
I didn’t know where we were, but then again, it was rare that I
did. We sat out on the patio, not many cars drove by.
    “Okay, so the main reason I wanted to take
you girls shopping is, we’re having a party tonight. We want you to
meet all of our friends. Welcome you to the… well, neighborhood I
guess,” she joked.
    “That’s so nice,” Annabelle said. “I’m
excited!”
    “Great,” Elizabeth replied with enthusiasm,
and then she looked over at me.
    “You guys have been so wonderful to us; I
don’t know how to thank you,” I said, though I wasn’t a big fan of
being at a party with close to no one that I knew.
    “It’s no problem at all, really,” she
laughed. “But it would mean a lot to me if you all dressed up.” She
looked around at all of us; Annabelle couldn’t have been more
excited. I, on the other hand, was not too excited about dressing
up. “It will be fun,” she promised.
    When we were done with lunch, Elizabeth took
us to a fancy dress store. It was Annabelle’s dream come true. As
long as I could find some heels that weren’t five inches like
these; I figured I would survive. I could understand why a girl
like Annabelle was thrilled to be in here. The dresses were
gorgeous; I was starting to get a little excited, myself. Annabelle
ran from rack to rack, spouting out gibberish about the necklines
and material. I couldn’t keep up.
    “We have all day Annabelle,” Elizabeth
giggled.
    I went to a more modest rack. There were
plain blue and black dresses, most looked like T-shirts with
skirts. I turned around and saw Annabelle twirling around in a
beautiful, red dress. The style was called mermaid, as Annabelle
pointed out. It fit her perfectly until it puffed out just below
her knees. Grace picked a dress off the rack and hurried to the
dressing room. She stayed in there for a while; I was starting to
get worried. Then, I looked over at Lily. She was slouched over
sitting on the ground across the store; I went over to see if she
was okay.
    “How’s it going Lily?” I asked.
    “Leave me alone,” she snapped.
    “What did I do to you?”
    “It wasn’t bad enough that Dante is crazy
about you? You had to lead my brother on, too. Not to mention my
mom has replaced me with you.”
    “Lily, I didn’t lead Cooper on, and your
mother could never replace you,” she lightened up a little. I
grabbed her arm and dragged her over to a rack. “This would look
amazing on you,” I handed the dress to her. It was green, and it
sparkled. I almost wanted to try it on myself.
    “You’re right,” she smiled. “I’ll go try it
on.”
    “Scarlett?” Elizabeth said as she walked up.
“Haven’t you found anything yet?” I looked across the room and