Ecie and Esme I: One Day Like This

August Sun: One

'What do you think about this?' Ecie asked holding up a navy blue tank top. 'Keep? Or to The Poor House?'

'To The Poor House,' replied her twin sister, Esme, looking up from a magazine. 'So what do you think about going to that beach party tonight?'

Ecie shrugged as she threw a pair of jeans into The Poor House pile. 'I've got a shift down at the store this afternoon and I don't know how tired I'm going to be.'

'How many hours are you working?' asked Esme. 'The party starts at eight. There's going to be a bonfire and s'mores and everything. You don't want to miss out do you?

'I guess not,' replied Ecie. 'Do you have any idea what you're going to wear?'

'I was thinking of raiding mom's closet,' replied Esme turning the page. 'But I could come down to the store later and see what you've got new in stock.'

'Do you know who else is coming?' asked Ecie as she threw down a whole neatly stacked column of clothes to the floor and kicked them towards The Poor House pile.

'Truman Adler, Grayson Booker, Coleman Holmen, Martina Scotch, Jessica Rah, Paul Messer, Lucy Hal, Jennifer Fox, Catherine Roster,' replied Esme. She put the magazine down then shook out her shoulder length brown hair and sighed. 'Who's the really hot guy on the football team you have a crush on?'

'Langley Duke,' replied Ecie pushing more clothes into The Poor House pile. She nodded. 'What about Verd? Is he going?'

Esme shrugged as she got up from her padded wooden chair and shrugged. 'I don't know. He was supposed to stay over last night, but I think he had chores or something.'

'Oh right,' Ecie nodded. 'Can you believe we'll have to go shopping when mom gets back? We are giving away all of our clothes to The Poor House.'

Esme looked at the large pile her twin had accumulated then looked up at the blank shelves in their large walk-in closet. 'When does mom get back?'

'Tomorrow morning,' Ecie replied, starting on the shoes. She picked up a pair of white canvas plimsoles. 'Do you know if dad's around?'

Esme shook her head. 'They never go at the same time,' she replied. 'Did you go surfing this morning?'

'Yeah,' replied Ecie. 'It was nice to have an empty beach.'

'Who did you go with?' asked Esme sitting back down and watching her sister.

'Smith,' replied Ecie. 'We went to Huntington.'

'Smith? I can't believe that guy has a last name for his first name,' Esme laughed. 'That's so weird.'

Ecie rolled her eyes. 'So what do we need to bring to this beach party?'

'Food,' replied Esme. 'When did you say you get off?'

'Seven,' replied Ecie. 'What time are we going?'

'About nine,' replied Esme. She looked down at her peeling red black nail varnish. 'I'm gonna have to get these looked at this afternoon.'

'I think we're done for now,' Ecie announced as she pulled out the last of their shoes. 'I'm going to stop by dads on the way to the store.'

'What are you going to wear?' asked Esme. 'You've just thrown all of our clothes out.'

'Oh snap,' Ecie replied looking at the floor then at the shelves. 'What does mom have?'

They left their closet and walked through Esme's bedroom and into their mother's bedroom.