Evas Wish

XIII

Eva and Elaine were at the mall looking for ball dresses. Eva hated shopping and had put it off for as long as possible but the ball was this coming weekend so she had no choice. Elaine, on the other hand, had been kicking and screaming that Eva goes shopping for the past few weeks before all the other girls took the best dresses.

Elaine had been window shopping for the past three weeks and still couldn't find anything, which made Eva cringe even more. Eva just wanted to go into the first shop and come out with a dress, though she knew it would be impossible with Elaine.

When Joseph asked Elaine to the ball, she literally jumped on Joseph and showered his face with kisses. Eva couldn't help but laugh as Joseph moved his face every time Elaine got too close to his mouth. She couldn't help but think he was either loyal to a fault or gay as can be.

But when Elaine heard that Avery had asked Eva to the ball, she attacked her sister with glee. Elaine couldn't believe her sister was asked by one of the hottest guys in town and was quick to question if she could exchange her ball partner with Eva's. That caused Joseph to roll his eyes and throw a pillow at face.

Even though Eva wasn't excited about shopping, she was really excited to go to the ball. It would be her first and last, but she was determined to make it a night she would never forget for the rest of her life.

"You know you're crazy right?" Elaine said to Eva as they walked into the first store, "I can't believe you're doing this."

"I know I'm crazy," she laughed, "but at the end of the day, I'm still going to the ball with the hottest guy in town."

Elaine gave her sister a drool stare before dragging her to the dress rack. Eva had made certain plans for the ball, Elaine didn't agree with her plan but she couldn't say no to her big sister after all she had done for her.

"Try this one on! It's beautiful," Elaine pushed a red lace dress into Eva's arms.

"And so the torture begin!" Eva whined.

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After twelve stores, forty-eight dresses, and seven hours they still hadn't found anything. Eva was tired and hangry, all the while Elaine was still in her element adamant to find her sister a dress.

"Within the next thirty minutes, if we don't find a dress, we're going home," Eva whined.

"I'm sure we'll find you something, just stop your whining already."

"Whatever, just hurry up," Eva retorted.

Eva had tried on a blue cocktail dress, baby blue mermaid dress, and two-piece crop top dress. Eva was satisfied with the mermaid style dress, but Elaine commented it wasn't her colour. As Eva was changing out of the last dress she had on, Elaine was still looking around.

Elaine was skimming through the rack when a sale's lady knocked over a flower arrangement off a table. When Elaine looked over there was a rack behind the lady that caught her eye. She walked over and asked why these dresses were hidden in the far corner. The sales assistant explained it was the sampling and damaged racked.

Elaine shrugged and moved to have a closer look at the rack, desperate to find something. Something shiny caught her eye and she moved to grab it. Once she pulled it out and took a good look at it a knowing smile fell upon her face.

"Excuse me, what is wrong with this dress?" she politely asked the sale assistant.

"Beautiful dress isn't it?" she complimented, "The zippers come off it, but that's easy to fix."

Elaine checked the size, size 12 it read. 'Perfect' she thought.

"We'll grab this, thank you."

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