A Sweets Life-Chapter 3

She was torn. What does one wear to their first time shopping as a girl?

“Candy! Are you okay, sweetie?”

“Yeah, Mom! I’ll be down in a few minutes!”

Oh, the heck with it. I’ll just do the denim skirt and a T-shirt, and my wedges. If I’m gonna do this, let’s do it girly!

Decision made, she was dressed quickly, and headed down the stairs.

“Dang, girl, what took so long?” Jenna said, smiling. “Just kidding, sweetheart. I know you’re nervous.”

“Mom, I’m just a scared as you are.” Candy said, as her mother kissed her forehead. “But I have to do this. I’m a girl from now on. I can’t let my fear hold me back.”

Jenna was very proud of her beautiful daughter, and she hugged her to give her strength.

“Besides, Robin’s gonna be here soon with Tina and Jenny.” She laughed. “If I tried to hold back, she’d just drag me to the mall!”

Jenna snorted. “No doubt! That girl is a force of nature! I’m so glad she’s your friend, though.”

Just then, the doorbell rang.

“I think the tornado has arrived,” Candy said, smiling. She opened the door to her three friends. “Hi! We were just talking about you!”

“Uh-oh!” Jennifer said, smiling, “Totally innocent! Anything bad, Robin did it!”

They all laughed as Robin faked a pout and playfully slapped Jenny’s shoulder.

“I represent that! Things just . . . happen, sometimes!”

“Uh-huh. Homework mistakes, bad hair days, nuclear war. . .” Tina ticked off on her fingers.

“Hey!”Robin protested. “Not since that ONE time!”

Jenna smiled. “Lord, give us strength! I’m not sure the world is ready for you four!”

“It’s okay, Mom.” Candy smiled. “We keep the world safe from boredom!”

“Yeah!”

“Right!”

“Well, let’s head out! Time to shop and pillage!” Robin called.

“Wait!” Candy yelled, as she suddenly stopped. “I don’t have my pillaging license!”

Jenna laughed. “Get in the van!”

As they walked out to Jenna’s old minivan laughing, Robin held Candy’s hand.

“Don’t worry,” she said. “You can borrow my student pillaging permit!”

“Cool!”

“Good lord!” Jenna said, looking at the sky. “Are you girls like this all the time?”

“Mother!” Candy said, with a snooty attitude. “Only on days that end in ‘y’.”

Everyone giggled madly as they got in and settled into the van.

“I can do this, I can do this, I can do this . . .” Jenna repeated, quietly, and she laughed. “Suuuure I can.”

As they made their way to the mall, Robin laid out the assault plan. She decided to begin the attack at the JC Penney store, then work their way down thru the mall, stopping at the food court for some lunch, then hitting the Cinema 8 to see a movie and rest their feet. Afterwards, a skirmish at Victoria’s Secret, followed by a clean-up swipe at a few other minor stores, finishing with a stop at Claire’s, then home again to rest, recuperate and relax in front of the TV for a while at Candy and Jenna’s house. Jenna even volunteered to make pizza rolls for everyone, which brought unanimous approval.

Everything went well, and they had quite a bit of fun shopping thru the different stores for interesting or important things, although they didn’t actually buy much. Jenna was a bit nervous at first, but Candy was so obviously a girl that no one paid any attention to her, except for a few boys who checked out the four very pretty girls as they walked through the mall. The girls saw them, but pointedly ignored the boys, then giggled to themselves while they shopped in the next store.

Jenna was pleased that Candy seemed very relaxed. Everything just seemed so normal. Well, as normal as you could expect when shopping with four teenage girls. They had deliberately chosen this mall so that there was less chance of meeting any of their friends, and so far, it seemed to be working well. No one had bothered any of the girls, and there had been no problems or confrontations. Maybe Jenna’s worries were groundless. She certainly hoped it was so.

They had a quick snack at the food court, and then headed in to see the latest “blockbuster” hit at the cinema. Afterwards, they had differing opinions. Robin and Candy liked the movie, but Jenna, Tina and Jenny found it a bit boring. At least the popcorn was good.

The Victoria’s Secret store was a shock to Candy. She knew there were a lot of different kinds of lingerie, but . . . WOW!

As they made their way through the last few stores, someone called out to Tina.

“Oh, wonderful. It’s Britt, the school’s own Miss Rumor.” Robin said. “Ms. Mason, could you meet us at the Claire’s store? We don’t want her to wonder why you are with us-that might cause too many questions.”

“Good idea, Robin.” She walked away, and loudly called back, “Nice seeing you girls! Talk to you later!”

“Hi, Robin, Tina! I didn’t think I would see anybody from our school all the way out here!” Britt seemed very friendly, almost relieved to see familiar faces. “I’m sorry, I’m not sure we’ve met?”

“Oh, you know Jenny of course! She was in our third hour math class! This is a new girl who’ll be going to school with us in the fall. Candy, this is Brittany Jennings. Brittany, this is Candy Mason.”

“Hi Candy! Wow, you’re very pretty! I hope we have some classes together!”

Candy blushed. “Thanks! I hope so too, Brittany!”

“Oh, please, just call me Britt, like everyone else!”

A woman called for Britt, and she waved. “That’s my mom, gotta go! It was nice seeing you girls, and nice meeting you, Candy! See you around!”

The girls waited then they all let go of their breaths that they had been nervously holding. They walked over to Claire’s, where Jenna waited nervously.

“Everything okay?” She asked.

“No problemo, Ms. M.” Jenny said. “Candy did everything right, so now Britt knows that a very pretty new girl will be going to our school in the fall.”

“I don’t think we could have arranged it better if we tried.” Robin smiled. “Now it’ll get around town quickly, and no one will be surprised when they see us with a new girl around town. It’s just perfect!”

“I just hope she doesn’t try to connect Andrew Mason with Candy Mason.” Candy said. “That could make things very interesting.”

“Britt’s nice, but she’s kind of an airhead.” Tina said. “I don’t think she can put 2 and 2 together. It’ll be all right, don’t worry about it!”

“Eventually, you know, someone is GOING to figure it out, Candy.” Robin said to her, bluntly. This kind of put a quick damper on things, but Robin quickly took control. “We have to find the best way to control things so it comes out our way.”

They finished their shopping, and made their way to the van quietly, everyone deep in thought. They had a lot to think about.

End Chapter 3- Much more ahead!

~Surprised myself! I had a dream, and I had to write this down quick! Don't get used to it!~