Say My Name

Chaper Six

The rest of the week went by excruciatingly slow. Betty sat in the front row of her biology class and had her face buried in her textbook when she felt a light tap on her shoulder. She turned her head to look behind her and saw Veronica's lightful smile. "Let's go shopping for homecoming dresses after school today," Veronica whispered loudly and held her thumbs up in the air. Betty looked around the silent room, making sure no one was disrupted by Veronica's loud whisper.

She took a moment to think about her afternoon schedule and realized she didn't have any plans waiting for her after school. She was usually the busiest person when it came to homework, extracurricular activities, and additional tutoring sessions her mom always has had scheduled for her.

Betty sighed, shook her head teasingly at Veronica and smiled. "Fine," she said in a loud whisper, and Veronica excitedly crashed her hands together, creating a loud noise. Betty let out a snort before she speedily covered her mouth. The whole class turned and looked at them. The two girls continued to laugh silently into their palms.

After school, Veronica took her to the mall, and they hit multiple dress stores before finally entering one they both seemed to like. There weren't many pink dresses to choose from, which made Betty indecisive. Veronica handed her a light pink strapless dress that would come down to her knees, and Betty shook her head at it right away. "No, I'm not wearing that."

She huffed out an aggravated breath and groaned. "Come on. This is the dress, I'm telling you." She aggressively pressed the dress against Betty's body and walked away from it so that Betty would have no choice but to grab it. She sighed and held it up in front of herself while looking in the body length mirror.

"It's strapless, Veronica. I'm not going to be able to pull it off. I'll look like a ballerina threw up on me."

Veronica glared at her with annoyance, unamused by Betty's comment. "Fine. Try this one." She took another pink dress off the rack and handed it to her.

Betty held it up in front of her body, admiring it in the mirror, and she smiled at how perfect it looked dangling right in front of her. The dress was a little poofy at the bottom, and it had light pink flowers covering the torso. She looked in the mirror at Veronica, who had a disgusted look on her face. Betty turned around to face her and rolled her eyes. "What?" She snarled, causing Veronica to jump at Betty's aggressive tone. "I just don't think that dress would look... flattering on you." She raised one eyebrow and glared down at the little pink flowers covering Betty's torso. "Maybe you could try a different color?" Veronica's voice was higher when she asked that question, which gave her the impression that she was a little skeptical about asking it.

"I don't know, V... I only ever wear pink. I just don't think any other color suits me well."

"Well... How about you try these on..." Veronica grabbed a few random dresses that were different colors from the dress rack and handed them to Betty. "...and I'll be the judge of that statement." She smiled at her, and Betty couldn't help but smile back. "Fine."

"Yay!" Veronica said eagerly and clapped her hands together.

In the dressing room, Betty grabbed the first dress that was lying on top of the stack. It was green, tight, and had sparkles all over it. She wasn't too fond of the color on her but knew Veronica wouldn't let her get away with turning her nose up at it before she even tried it on.

The dress was on, but the zipper was still down. She moaned and groaned trying to get the stupid thing up. "Urgh," she said in frustration and walked out of the dressing room. "I need help."

Veronica raised her head from her phone, face lighting up immediately as soon as she saw Betty standing in her dress. "Wow, that looks amazing."

"I can't get the zipper up. I think I'm too big."