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“Thank you” The words are the encouragement I need

“Now that I knohat you’re packing for ” Ava picks upand turns it upside down

“Hey”

“I can’t let you go like this” Rolling her eyes, she points at me “You want to catch their eye and tell a story with your clothing”

“What story a to tell?”

“I’, chic” She strikes a pose and then bats her eyelashes “And doing this for my baby sister”

“And you kno to tell all of that with clothing?” I ask skeptically

“You eon with articles of clothing” She skips over to my closet, and I feel a spike of fear I’ve never been as daring as my eldest friend When it co bold colors, putting sparkles on everything when I’ different features is a challenge I strive to reach I don’t limit myself to fashion beauty, I enjoy theatrical and horror looks as well It’s where I express ood and bad vibes that come out of me

Clothes drift ontoto create a vision only she sees She shakes a sheer, white dress hite polka dots overlaying the white dress

“I haven’t worn that in years”

“Mmhmm” She holds it up to me “Hold this” I press it tothe pink and white striped bins on the bed, she riffles through thee and a pink strip of leather around it with a buckle Plopping it on tails and light, fresh hted freckles” She hu, she moves to the bottom of my closet She holds up a pair of white canvas shoes “This is it”

I glance down and frown “Are you sure?”

“Positive I feel it” She grabs her breast, referencing one of our favorite h

“Oh yeah? Your tit is tingling, and it’s saying this is going to earn me a spot on the show?”

“Yes, it is” She bobs her head, cartoonishly