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Kala walked down Willow Street having decided to spend a more relaxing day shopping. All of her girlfriends had been busy, which almost put her off of it, but shopping could still be fun alone, right? Besides, you never knew who’d you’d run into and she frequented the various boutiques enough to be on friendly terms with the employees. So it wasn’t like she wasn’t going to enjoy herself. Besides, she needed some new shoes for school and while classic black was, well, classy, she wanted to buy something a little different from what every other girl was wearing.

Her gold pumps clicked on the sidewalk with her steady pace, large printed designer bag swaying from her right shoulder. Kala’s blue eyes were distorted by her large pink sunglasses to beat the early morning sun. She was finishing up her extra sugar extra cream coffee when she found the place she was looking for. She tossed the empty coffee cup into a nearby bin and walked into the store. The cute blonde-haired employee greeted her when she heard the door bells jingle and Kala offered a good morning to the girl and a big smile. She plucked the sunglasses from her nose and folding them placed them into her bag. Kala was such a morning person.

Kala’s eyes slid away from the super cute merchandise just demanding to be bought to an equally cute girl that had to be around her age. She had a small cherubic face and a head of adorable curls. She offered the girl a friendly grin and one of her milky brown hands, gold bracelets jingly as she did so. “Yes I was abandoned, “She said dramatically,”but it seems maybe we were fated to meet. I’m Kala Cherian.”

“The tides have turned my friend.” She said, cheeks rosy from her smiles. This was lucky for sure. While she had been content enough after calling half her contact book to find somebody to come with that there were none available, this was a more favorable outcome. She grasped Eve’s arm gently, tugging her toward a display of shoes.

“Myself, I am looking for some nice shoes for school. I’m attending Crystal Academy and thought that I might stray from the crisp black and go for something with a little more color. What brings you to the shopping district?” She glanced back at her companion. She secretly hoped Eve might be a Crystal girl too, that way they could run into each other at school.

Kala’s day just doubled in goodness. Maybe she should make a habit of doing some lone shopping and picking up a stranger along the way. “That is fantastic.” She beamed. “We will have to get together at school. I didn’t bring my palmpilot today so I can’t, for the life of me, remember my schedule, but maybe we can get some coffee after a nice morning of shopping and exchange information?” She was not going to let this girl go. They were like sisters, twins even. Kala could tell, even if they’ve known eachother all of seven minutes.

She nodded, “Of course, who doesn’t love a nice shopping day for just the sake of shopping?” Her eyes quickly surveyed the lined shelves until they landed on a nice pair of shiny blue shoes. Those were perfect! She gently let the other girls arm drop to get a better look. Kala examined one of the shoes. It was an odd brand, but she was all for trying new things, and it was so shiny. She was sure it was the same blue as her Crystal uniform just more metallic. She searched for the blonde employee. The blonde glanced at Kala and called out that she would get here size, which the girl knew already.

Then turning to her new companion she held up one of the metallic sky blue shoes and asked, “Do you like these?” While Kala didn’t dress up only to please others, their opinions were important to her. Besides, Eve had some rockin' style.

The employee brought a shoebox over to Kala, opening the lid and exposing the crystal blue treasure inside. “Thank you!” Kala exclaimed, her eyes bright. She was never this lucky to find something she was looking for the first try. These were the ones! She sat on the closest cushion seat, laying the shoebox next to her. Someone may think that she was making a big fuss over a pair of shoes, a piece of clothing that covered your feet, but everyone knows the shoes can make or break an outfit, they are the perfect accessory.

“It helps that our uniform is much lovelier than any other schools, I’m sure, in the whole country.” She pulled off a shining gold pump, and plucking the right shoe from the box and slide her dainty size six foot into to it. Finally, having donned both shoes, she stood up and in a very model-esque runway walk strode down the isle and back. “Well, I think I’m in love. I’ll take these.” She said and walked, with a hop in her step, back to the seat to remove them and replace the gold ones while the employee took the shoes to the counter. “I’ll pay for these and then we can be off! Have anywhere in mind?”

Kala nodded, “That sounds perfect!” She handed the blonde employee her card and waited patently while she bagged them. “One can never have too many accessories.” The long band of gold bracelets that wrapped her wrist jingled as if to agree.

“Here you go.” The employee said cheerfully. Kala took the bag, thanking the girl and then offered her arched arm to Eve. Kala was a very open person. She didn’t respect ones personal space as much as she should but she always means well by it. The same went for touching a person. She had no problem with kisses, hugs, holding hands or anything of that sort. So walking arm in arm with someone was completely normal for her.

“So..” Kala started as they headed out the door and onto the sunny street, “my lost twin, what is that you like to do when you aren’t looking fabulous and shopping?” She was grinning, and couldn’t help herself; this morning had been and hopefully will continue to be perfect. It was a great morning; the streets were occupied with other hopeful shoppers though not to the point of feeling crowded. Most of the shops were open, and the smell of coffee and cake filled the air. She breathed in deeply.

“I’m a bit of a seamstress myself. I love designing clothes as much as I like buying them! One day, when I’m famous and the most wanted celebrity designer, I’ll make you a gorgeous rose gown, because I think rose would suit you well.” She pointed out. “You know you are very pretty, you’d make a lovely model.”

Kala listened to her friend, “My, you seem to have many talents. I’d love a garden, but I’m not much for digging around and knowing when to water and when to plant, and it’s just too much for me. I bet you have some lovely flowers at home. I love this little ones that snap. My mother is an excellent cook and she bakes quite well, I have not, I fear, inherited this talent. I love watching that show on tv where they make all those crazy cakes. How is that even possible? I think I should ask my parents for something like that when my birthday rolls around, maybe a dress one? That would really be soooo cute!”

She laughed, “I’ll keep that in mind, I already have one volunteer now!” She avoided walking in the puddle of who knows what that was caked on the floor, and stopped for a second. “Hmmm, I could have sworn this was where the shop was.” She furled her eyebrows as she scanned the shops. “Ah, there it is.” The storefront was painted a pale purple with a pale blue-curtained display window in which all that could be seen from across the street were the reflections from the gold and silver. The silver lettering read, “Iced.”

“This store is amazing. Have you been here before, oh I bet you have.” She made her way toward it, Eve in tow.