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Kaylie looks at her, her deood little worker, and now she’s assessing Fable since it’s obvious we’re together

I hope like hell we look like we’re together

"Here" Fable hands over the clothes when Kaylie still doesn’t answer her "I would really love it if you startedroom"

The sarcasm is evident in Fable’s voice and I try my best to hide the smile Kaylie takes the clothes, her upper lip curled "I hope these are the right size for you They look a little s sous tits so it always looks like I need to go up a size but Iout and he can see theht honey?" She bats her eyelashes at me and this tiirl-- the hu under her breath and heads for the dressing room

"Well She was rude," Fable says the moment Kaylie’s out of earshot

"Sorry about that" I feel like I’ for this world I’s "Those types of girls alork at these type of stores They don’t likein here"

"Whatever you want, I’" I want Fable to walk out of this stupid store with so s she can’t carry the in here She likes it She’s trying to play nonchalant but this would be her type of store if she could afford it, I can sense it

"I only want a dress," she says, her voice sht Shoes"

"Jewelry if you need it Maybe a hair thing or soirls need to get all dolled up

"I’ll figure so rooms in fifteen minutes" She offers me a sweet s the air froain It was a real one No put on cheesy grin for people watching or the fake you’re ave enuine

Genuinely beautiful

Fable wanders off in hot pursuit of the perfect dress I wander the store, looking around Starting to feel generally uncomfortable I’ve never played this role before, attentive boyfriend ready to help his girlfriend pick out her new outfit

I’ beyond the casual stuff she usually wears

"So Drew Your girlfriend is a bit…different" Kaylie’s back

Great

"How so?" I turn to look at her, seriously interested in her opinion Why the hell is Fable so different? Hell, even I think so but I can’t put s "She doesn’t look like your usual type"

I never had a type I never had a steady girlfriend in high school I was too busy playing football and baseball I had to choose one after I played bothno ti out?" Kaylie asks when I don’t say anything

"Since August, when school started"

"Oh" Kaylie nods, nibbling on her lower lip It’s a flirtatious gesture that does absolutely nothing for h school"

Hell, I want to groan out loud but I hold it in This is not going how I planned I don’t want to deal with this shit "Uh…"

"You never noticed me, no matter how I tried And lord knows, I tried" Kaylie takes a step closer and runs her index finger down the center ofon the buttons of my Henley shirt "Wow, you’re irlfriend"

"Such a shaain and it sucks If she thinks that’s cute she’s totally wrong "I’ve always been the type to hat I can’t have"

That she just adirlfriend Talk to you later"

"Let !" Kaylie screeches at irl as far away from me as possible I’m afraid Fable would’ve kicked her ass if she sahat Kaylie just did to s me a hell of a lot of unwanted attention

Fable

After trying on a bunch of dresses for almost thirty minutes, I finally find the perfect one It’s like I kneould be perfect since I saved it for the very last Drew is patiently waiting forprovided hi out of the dressing roo in his chair, his big body sprawled all over the place, legs spread wide and a bored look on his too handsohts up every time he sees me, even if the dress is awful

And he’s honest too I can appreciate that The few that really were awful, he point blank said they were bad So far he likes the first one I tried on best, and I know it’s a good choice but this one…the one I have on right now, is so beautiful it almost makes me want to cry

It’s also, at almost four hundred bucks, the most expensive one of them all Guilt eats at me I shouldn’t want it It’s too ood on irl who knows Drew,out and too obvious either Everything about this dress is understated, classy…

Yet sexy

Taking a deep breath, I open the door and step out into the waiting area of the dressing rooly onwide as he drinks me in

"Damn," he breathes and clears his throat

The smile that teases the corners ofthe super high heels I’d like to buy to go with this dress I really don’t want to spend too h Maybe there’s a Payless Shoe Source close by or soht