6. Sunflowers

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29th July 2013

I fell asleep just as my mum came in to check that I was still asleep. I was awoken at 11am by my phone ringing loudly,

"Hello?" I asked in my deep morning voice,

"Good morning," Georgia said,

"Good morning to you too,"

"What are you doing today?"

"Nothing that I know of,"

"Great! You can come shopping with me, Shannon and Megan,"

"Shopping?" I questioned, I'm not much of a shopper I buy my clothes online mostly,

"Yes! Pick you up in an hour,"

"Okay see you soon,"

"Byeeee!" She said dragging out the 'e'. I rolled out of my bed and walked to my bathroom to make myself look a bit more presentable. The 3 of them alone are pretty but put them together they look more amazing, with me there it's going to look like I'm the annoying friend they've dragged along to make themselves look prettier.

I threw on Michael's plaid shirt over my loose black t-shirt then put my black jean shorts on. I was pulling my black and white vans on when the doorbell rang downstairs. I quickly ran down the stairs, failing because I fell over 3 steps, and opened the door to Georgia who was fiddling with her phone,

"Hey you! Are you ready?" She asked sliding it into her back pocket,

"Yeah, do I look okay?"

"Yeah you look great," She said, I nodded my head and grabbed my credit card and keys,

"Okay let's go," I said locking my door,

"We're meeting Shannon and Megan there,"

"Okay," I said smiling at her. We spoke about everything for the whole car ride, there was never a silent moment.

Shannon, Megan and Georgia dragged me into a shop that I only ever walk past because the people in there are quite intimidating. They pushed me towards the dressing room and told the girl that they were getting the dresses for me.

To: Lauren 

From: Michael 

Where are you? Xx

To: Michael

From: Lauren

In a dressing room waiting for the girls to pass me dresses x

To: Lauren

From: Michael

Great I'll see you later x

He'll see me later? I was about to reply but the girls burst into the dressing room with 5 dresses each.

"15?!" I exclaimed,

"We'll be right outside," Megan said shutting the door over with a big smile on her face.

I pulled the first dress over my head, it was black and had a lace top and lace sleeves that went to my elbow.

"How do I look?" I asked,

"I like that one!" Shannon answered,

"Me too, try the red one on," Megan said, Georgia took a picture and tapped away on her phone. 14 dresses later I came out and we decided by look at the pictures on Georgia's phone.

"I really like the dark blue one," Megan said,

"The maxi or the bodycon?" Shannon asked,

"There was that option?" Megan asked, we laughed and Georgia's phone buzzed, she showed the girls and they nodded their head,

"The blue and white lace," Georgia said,

"You think?" I questioned,

"I know!" Georgia said reassuringly. I nodded my head and got it out of the dressing room,

"You go pay for it, we'll clean up in here," Megan said,

"Okay, I'll meet you at the front?"

"Okay," Georgia said smiling at me. I walked out of the dressing room and over to the cashier. After I had paid I waited by the entrance for a good 10 minutes. I walked back into the shop and asked the dressing room worker if she had seen them and she told me they left the shop 15 minutes ago. They had left me? I knew it was too good to be true. Why the hell would they want to be friends with me?

I walked home from the shopping centre. I wiped the tears that fell from my eyes, I'm so embarrassed. Georgia was taking pictures of me in the dresses it was all just a joke. When I arrived at my house it was about 5pm so it was just getting dark, the first thing I noticed was lanterns dangling from some sort of strings on either side of my path.

"What the hell?" I questioned. I walked up my path and into my house, the lights were dimmed and similar lanterns were placed around the hallway.

"Hello?" I called,

"Lauren," Calum said coming out of the living room,

"Calum what's going on?"

"The girls are upstairs in your room waiting for you," He said before walking into the kitchen. I frowned and ran up the stairs. When I walked into my room I saw Georgia looking through my jewellery box, Shannon looking at my makeup and Megan rummaging through my shoe rack.

"You left me," I said,

"You'll understand why later," Shannon said grabbing my hand and sitting me in a chair,

"What are you doing?"

"Your makeup,"

"Why?"

"You'll see," She said facing me away from the mirror.

20 minutes later she moved onto my hair, she curled it and then smiled.

"Put your dress on," Georgia said, I ran to the bathroom and put the dress on, carefully so I didn't ruin my hair, and then ran back to my room where Georgia gave me a love ring and some anchor earrings.

"Shoes," Megan said handing me them,

"What's going on?" I asked sliding the heels on,

"You'll see, go to the garden," Georgia said. I followed them down the stairs and into the kitchen,

"Go on," Shannon said motioning me to the sliding doors that led to my garden. I took a deep breath and walked to the door pushing it open.

My garden was full of fairy lights, various coloured lanterns and different species of plants, it varied from roses, to tulips, to orchids and to, my favourite, sunflowers.

I walked further down my stone steps and stopped when I saw it, or should I say him,

"Michael?" I said.

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