On the second day after we
returned from my parents, I did some cleaning at the apartment. The house had
gathered some dust since we left and some clothes needed to be washed. Fred had
already left the house to go and meet his pal from work in town. I was so happy
when he left. I needed some time to myself too. After I was done with the
chores, I prepared some salad and ate it.
I looked over at the clock hanging
on the wall. It was 2pm. I was bored. I didn’t have any new movies in the house
so I just relaxed on the couch while listening to music. I picked up my phone
and went through my twitter account. After I was done, I decided to call Ann
and see what she was doing. Maybe we could spend some time with each other.
“Hey Ann.” I said over the phone.
“Hey dear, how are you?” Ann
responded.
“I’m doing okay.” I replied.
“What are you doing?” She asked.
“I am so bored. Fred left the
house to go see a colleague from work and I don’t have anything else to do.”
“I also have nothing to do. Mind
if we go shopping?”
“Yes, that would be a great idea.”
I replied.
“Cool! Then get ready and meet me
at my apartment.”
I quickly had a shower then wore a
funky top with some skinny jeans. As I was leaving the house, I noticed the
keys to the new car. Fred had not left with it. I picked them up and drove to
Ann’s house with the new car. How else could I enjoy the present if I don’t do
a drive in it? I texted her and she came down the stairs towards where I was
standing.
“Wow, nice car!” She shouted.
“Yea, it was the gift that I was
telling you about.”
“It is a beautiful car.” She
added. “Are we going shopping with it?”
“Yea, get it.”
We drove to town and got a place
where we could park the car. We alighted and started walking towards the
business district. Ann was in a purple dress top with some black tights. She had
on some ballet shoes. Her belly was really huge. It seemed that she always
looked different every time I saw her.
“So give me the whole story.” Ann said.
“What story?” I asked.
“What happened between you and
Fred?” she asked.
“Oh that. A lot happened.” I replied.
“Details please?”
As I recounted the story to her on
what went on, I felt the pain again. Ann was also making weird expressions with
her now fat face of disapproval. I had put on a strong face trying to pretend
nothing happened but talking about it now made it seem it had happened.
“I’m so sorry Kate.” Ann said
patting me on my back.
“Thanks.”
“Sometimes men act silly at times.
We just have to be strong to take it all.”
We entered the first shop and
started looking at the clothes hang up. Most of the clothes here were for
expectant mothers so Ann got a little overjoyed on seeing this. She tried a few
dresses. I suggested she takes the black and white dress. It fitted her better
and could accommodate her growing belly. She agreed and paid for the dress.
We did several rounds at the shops
and I also managed to get a black pencil skirt. After about three hours, we
went to have a snack at one of the several eateries. The day was really
beautiful. The sun was just disappearing on the horizon. It was the cue for us.
We needed to get home.
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