walk away | z.m.

five | contradictions

Kill me, please I'm begging you.

I'd rather shove my tongue at the edge of a revolving door than stand here while Kara and Lola shove clothes inside my dressing room. We've been at it for nearly two hours and I'm already tired of this hellish activity people like to call shopping.

"Come outside so I can have a look at you" Kara shouted from outside.

"I think it's missing the lower half" I whined tugging at the end of the shirt, yes I'm going to go with shirt. Because there is no way this thing I'm wearing is a dress.

"Stop complaining and walk out now" Kara demanded. I could almost see her with her hands on her hips and a scowl on her face, impatiently waiting for me outside.

With a load groan and heavy feet I walked outside in this God awful "dress". I twirled quickly and threw my hands in the air, "There, you've seen it. I'm changing now, goodbye."

I turned around and hid back inside the dressing room, throwing the dress off me with great difficulty. "If you don't buy it, I'll buy it for you."

In the period of time we've been at the mall I've learned that Lola and Kara are loaded. Apparently they're parents own some sort of prestigious lawyer buffet together. They've know each other since they were in diapers. They're moms are best friends and their families are pretty close. I thought it was pretty cool they've stuck together this long. Though Kara claims she doesn't really have a choice I know she really is fond of Lola.

"No you're not and I'm not taking it either." I said with a heavy sigh exiting the dressing room and hanging back the dress where it belonged.

"Please!" she whined yanking the dress of the rack and hugging it to her chest.

"No" I shook my head and crossed my arms over my chest.

"Too bad I don't care" she turned around and made her way to the checkout line.

"Kara stop it, I mean it I'm never going to where the thing anyways" she ignored me humming some unrecognizable tune and looking away from me.

"I'm tired of carrying around your shit" Lola appeared out of nowhere carrying our bags. Every time we entered a store Kara would shove her bags for Lola to carry, along with mine. "Here you go" Lola said as she shoved various bags to my chest. I groaned picking them up from her hands. I didn't mean to buy so many things but Lola and Kara kept insisting they were essentials.

"And this is yours" Lola continued flinging two bags at Kara with a fake smile.

"Can we please leave the store- no wait let me rephrase that. Can we please leave the mall all together?" I asked hopefully as I shifted with all the bags in my hand.

"Not until I purchase your late birthday present. I cannot believe you didn't say anything." It sort of slipped during small talk earlier that my birthday was yesterday. Kara scolded me like a child when she found out. She claimed birthdays are of up most importance and that they should be celebrated. It wasn't a big deal to me and when I voiced that thought out loud, I swear she almost had a seizure right then and there. But it seems as if this was becoming a common thing between us, I mean, them making a big deal out of things and me simply brushing them off.

"Lola can you please reason with her, frankly I don't know how else to tell her-" Before I had the chance of finishing my sentence Kara cut me off.

"Don't you dare say it's not a big deal." She raised a finger at me warningly. "I'm getting you this dress as a gift, end of story."

I looked at Lola with pleading eyes but what I received in return was a sorry smile. "Um ha ha" she laughed nervously with her hands behind her back.