Shopping adventure, bitches.

[Esme Russel]

Esme's favorite place in the entire world was the mall.. Maybe it was because it reminded her that she was still teenager or her intense shopping addiction but none the less, she was happy to be here with good company and her lovely daughter. She was secretly hoping that Cici, too, would become fascinated in the world of shopping and follow in her expensive footsteps one day even if she knew that it was going to be hard for her and Jonathan to afford unless she somehow made it big and they became rich....

Hmmm.

She could work with being rich! Cici was looking super cute in her stroller as she sucked on organic veggie pop snax. Her pink sippy cup was filled with sugary lemonade which was probably not the best thing for her to drink now that she gave it a little thought but whatever, it was too late now. "So like.. I want ---" She stopped mid-sentence when she saw a sign for a sale at Claire's, "Oh my God! I need more jewelry!" She had a whole thing full of it.. She didn't need anymore, "No! A purse!" She was like a kid in a candy store... "Oh my goodness! Food court! I want a cinnobon!" Sometimes she forgot that she had to be a responsible adult and that she couldn't just buy everything that she wanted anymore.

She glanced back behind her and Jon at Tammy, Alvin, Becca and Cam, "What do you guys wanna do? I mean.. I bet Jon wants to go to Fredericks so we obviously can't forget that. I need a new candy thong because Jon went a little wild last night and he at-- I'll stop."

[Becca Barden]

Becca didn't know Esme extremely well. She had only known that she liked Mean Girls, and that she had red hair and was going to wear pink on Wednesday. When Esme texted her (don't ask how she got the number), Becca was hesitant to say yes to a mall trip. But, Esme mentioned that Cam was coming and... well, she couldn't resist. As much as she denied it, Becca had a bigger-than-huge crush and it was only to be expected that she wanted to hang out with Cameron as much as possible (all the while pretending that she didn't want to, because, that was how you get a guy, right?)

When she got to the mall to meet up with Esme and her boyfriend (husband?) Jon, she saw an immediate problem. They had a baby. She was beautiful, with feathery-soft light brown hair and big blue eyes, and an outfit that matched her mommy's. It hit her like a sack of bricks full of pain and sadness. Becca didn't want to look upset in front of her new-found friend, so for a moment she turned away and pretending to be checking her phone. Inside she was thinking all of the wrong things. She took half a minute to think about how she could have been like Esme, with a baby who rode around in a stroller and went everywhere with her, a daughter who was living and healthy and there to be loved and cared for. It killed her inside to know that baby Heather would have been a year old now. Esme's kid, Cici, looked about a year... She almost broke her phone because her fingers were clenched so tightly around it. Shoving it back in her purse, she went over to greet Esme with an enthusiastic hello that hid everything - she would not spend the day moping about what a terrible person she had been in the past. They were at the mall to have fun.

Soon enough everyone joined them and they were walking. Becca kept behind Esme and Jon, to avoid having to bring up memories by looking at Cici. She kept wondering "What color hair would Heather have?" and "What kind of snacks would my baby like?" so much that she had to take a few ibuprofen to calm her nerves. She realized that Esme was a huge shopper and the day was definitely going to be interesting with her. "Um, I don't care where we go, I'd just like to have some fun today," she piped up nervously, with a soft smile.

OOC://

ALL THE FAIL. I'm sick and tired sorry.

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