Follow The Current

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"Your present is at my house, I'll give it to you later." She says, laying down next to me.

I sigh, "I told you no presents."

"And I didn't listen." She replies.

I laugh, "My parents said that too."

"What'd you get?" She asks excitedly.

"A new camera." I smile.

"That's so cool! You take amazing photos, I can't wait." She says.

"So, what's the plan for today?" I ask.

She thinks, "A nice lunch, then I take you shopping."

"Shopping? On my birthday?" I whine.

She rolls her eyes, "Don't get your knickers in a knot. You'll be fine."

I glare at her, "I'm counting on that."

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"Hey Abs?" I ask as we scan the menus.

"Yeah?" She replies, as she literally licks her lips looking at the food options.

"Your mum's into all that closer meaning stuff right?" I ask.

She looks at me and nods, "Yeah, why?"

I shrug, "I just had a weird dream last night, I wanted to see if I could ask her about it."

Abby nods, "You should be able to tonight, she'll be thrilled. She loves talking about dreams the most."

"What are you thinking of getting?" I ask.

She purses her lips and frowns, "I'm thinking the house burger, what about you?"

I put down my menu, "The pancakes."

She frowns, "Isn't it lunch time?"

"Hey, it's an all-day breakfast and it's my birthday." I reply.

She just laughs, "Sure."

After a very nice lunch, or late breakfast in my case, we walk down the small street mall we have.

"As part of my present, I want to buy you a dress." Abby says as we walk.

"A dress? I don't need a dress." I reply.

"Too bad, it's what I want to do." She says.

She then pulls my hand and drags me into a cute little dress shop, "This is the one I wanted."

I look around and my eyes are bombarded with colour, racks and racks of colour.

How did I never know this place even existed?

Dresses are everywhere, short, long, wedding, ball, cocktail, casual, the list goes on.

I give myself a second to take it all in.

"Okay," Abby claps, pulling me out of my trance, "Let's begin."

She grabs a few that she likes and tells me to do the same, although I don't take nearly as many as her, and she pushes me into the change rooms to try the mountain of dresses on.

After about an hour, we narrow it down to three.

The first one is black, it's fitted and shows my curves nicely, with small cut-outs near my waist. It has small sleeves, a high neckline and comes to mid-thigh.

The second one it's more of a peachy colour, and is long at the back getting shorter as it comes to the front. It's strapless with a sweetheart neckline and a beaded waist line.