Built For Failure

Chapter 4

In 30 minutes, we're pulling into the parking lot of our mall. Mom pulls up to the front of it and we hop out. "Just send me a text when you're ready to go. I'll probably be across the street in Michael's and Walmart, who the hell knows where else I'll be." I nod and we walk into the mall after shutting the car doors and mom pulling off.


"Let's go to Rue21 first, we may have some luck there." Raelyn picks up her speed as she spots the store, causing us to have to almost run to keep up with her long legged ass. This isn't a track run, I don't know why she has to walk so fast. We walk into the store and she's already picking out dresses to try on. She has a pink one, blue, red, and black dresses to try on in the matter of 10 minutes; I haven't really found anything that fits my size. This is why I hate to go shopping.


Aspen picks up a black dress and a red one, walking over to the fitting room.


"Hey V, I'm going to go try these on. Do you want to stand outside the fitting room to judge how they look on me?" She looks at me and I agree to do it.


She goes into the room and tries on the pink one first, I tell her that it's a beautiful dress, but that I think it'd be best to try on one of the others she has. Going through all of her selected dresses, she didn't find her perfect dress and I could tell she was a little discouraged. "I thought I was going to find the right dress, but apparently not."


I rub her shoulder. "Rae, we have other stores we're going to check out. It's completely okay, you'll find your dress soon."


Aspen steps out in the red dress, it's beautiful but I'm not sure if it's the right one for her. She looks in the mirror and cocks her head to the side, slightly shaking it as she goes back in to try the other one. When she steps out with the black one, Raelyn and I's jaws instantly drop. She looks absolutely amazing, so damn beautiful; that's my best friend.


She looks up at the two of us. "This is the one. I'm picking this one because DAMN do I look fine. Hot damn." I burst out laughing and Raelyn just shakes her head. Aspen comes back out and walks over to the cashier, placing her dress on the counter to be purchased.


After she pays, Aspen and I grab hold of Raelyn's hands, wandering over to Charlotte. Raelyn is looking at the wide range of different colored dresses and picks out a short light blue dress. When I say this dress is beautiful, it's honestly gorgeous; the flowery vine lace detail makes the dress pop.


I can instantly tell it's the one, the dress that will fit both her figure and personality. She looks up at me with hope in her eyes and quickly runs over to the fitting room to try it on. I walk over and sit down in the area in front of the rooms and when she walks out, tears prickle my eyes. I glance over at Aspen and her reaction is about the same.


She turns and looks into the mirror, bringing her hands up to her face and tears fall from her eyes. "Oh. My. God. It's gorgeous. I love it V, I love it. This is the one." I nod in agreement with her. "It's absolutely beautiful." She heads back into the fitting room and takes the dress off, coming back out with it on her arm.


"You picked the right fucking dress right there, you hot bitch. I love it and I am SURE Kai will love it even more. Both on and off you." Aspen looks at me out of the corner of her eye and I lightly slap her arm as Raelyn blushes profusely.


We walk to the check out area and she places the dress on the counter for the cashier to ring up. She looks at Raelyn and smiles. "You have beautiful taste, you're going to look so stunning when you're wearing this dress." She thanks the cashier and pays for the dress.


"Okay Vera, it's your turn. Time to find your dress." I glance over at Raelyn. "And where will that be? We've gone into two stores and I've had zero luck so far. I kind of want to give up. I'll try looking online or something." She sighs and places her hands on her hips. Aspen looks me over.


"I know a place we can try looking, let's go to Ross. I know we can hit the jackpot there. Let's get your mom to come get us!" I called my mom to come pick us up. She answers almost immediately and says she'll be out front in 5 minutes. We make our way out front and sit on one of the benches.


I check to see where the nearest Ross is and find out that there's one not too far away. Mom pulls up and we hop in, informing her that Ross is the next stop. She happily drives us there and even gets out to come in with us. We grab some shopping carts and head straight for the dress section in hopes of finding my dress there.


I grab a few different colored dresses, including white, pink, red, and an emerald green dress. Walking into the fitting rooms, I save the green dress for last and try on all of the others first. The first three dresses are misses, I'm not feeling the connection with them. When I put on the green dress, a smile instantly comes to my face because I have that feeling.


Walking out of the fitting room, I stand in front of mom, Aspen, and Raelyn. They all look at me and my mom full blown starts bawling her eyes out. They all run towards me and hug me. "My daughter is all grown up! You look so fucking beautiful, drop dead gorgeous." Mom says as she kisses the side of my head.


Aspen steps back and whistles loud. "Hot damn mamas, you look fucking perfect. Alex better recognize what he has!" Raelyn agrees and stands there speechless, I turn around to go take the dress off. Coming out, I place the dress in the cart. We all split up and the girls and I went to the shoe section.


After looking for 10 minutes, all three of us were able to find a pair of shoes to go with our dresses. This saved us so much time and made things less stressful. Now the last few things we have to get together are appointments for hair and nails. Oh, and informing our partners of our colors.


"Hey V, what happens if Alex doesn't show up for homecoming?" Aspen asks, looking over at me.


I stop what I'm doing and ponder my thoughts. Well, there are two options: don't go or find someone else. "I have someone else I can ask if he doesn't want to show up and put our relationship first. But if the worst comes to worst, I'll just not go."


Aspen and Raelyn narrow their eyes at me. "I think the fuck not. You are coming. That's final, Vera Ashe."


I throw my hands up. "I don't know what to do! I mean, I hope he can come, but I've stated how I truly feel about it. I have someone else I can talk to, but I'm afraid when I'm with Alex."


Aspen shrugs. "If he doesn't show up, who gives a fuck?"


As if on cue, my phone vibrates. Incoming call from... Fridays Guy.

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So... What are we thinking?


I'm SO excited to show these outfits but I'm not doing it yet, bare with me! It'll come in the future, I promise.


Vera and Alex, yay or nay? Not feeling him? Yes, no, maybe so?


Who do you think the call is from?


So many questions, so many answers, and some interesting chapters ahead.


Thanksies for reading my book, and these chapters! Let me know what you think.


Much love,


♡ Miya