Kelsey yawned. “When will you be home?”
“Uh… We’ll probably be busy. You know how it is.” Ryder told Kelsey.
“Oh, uh okay. I guess I’ll eat dinner with Hannah then.” Kelsey frowned. “We’re going shopping, I’ll see you later.” She hurried out of the kitchen.
Once she made it out to the truck with Hannah, Kelsey opened the door of the truck and slid in numbly. Hannah sensed the change of mood in her friend and began to wonder.
“Kelsey, are you okay?” She asked cautiously. Kelsey had seemed fine before she went to talk to her brother but now, something was just off.
Kelsey sighed, a tear slipped from her eyes as she slowly raised the key to the ignition Hannah reached over and grabbed her friend’s hand. “Kelsey, let me drive.”
Kelsey nodded and slid toward the center of the truck while Hannah hopped out and raced around to the far side. “Come on Kelsey, talk to me.” Hannah sa id as she started the truck and pulled out of the driveway. Kelsey remained silent. Hannah sighed. Together the girls drove to the mall.
The girl s were walking through the mall, entering their third store, when Hannah just had to ask, “Kelsey are you going to pick something?” Hannah asked curiously.
“Go ahead.” Kelsey murmured.
Hannah’s face lit up and she greedily grabbed at clothing. “You should have said something sooner!” Hannah complained; her arms now full of clothing. “I guess we have to go back to a few stores.”
Kelsey’s father had given her a credit card telling her to spend as much as needed on her wardrobe. “You should have known.” Kelsey muttered. She really wasn’t interested in changing her wardrobe but her father and friend had insisted. Hannah nearly died when Kelsey openly refused.
Once the girls had purchased as much as they could in their hands they went out to the truck and dropped off the bags. “You want to get lunch before we continue?” Hannah asked. Kelsey simply nodded which made Hannah groan.
Hannah snapped her hand around her friend’s wrist yanking them both to a stop. “Kelsey.” She said in a firm tone. “I am demanding you tell me what’s wrong.”
Kelsey frowned looking up at her friend’s worried expression. With a huff Kelsey spoke “I think my brother hates me.”
“What?” Hannah chuckled. “He’s your twin you two are like …” Kelsey interrupted.
“He’s not coming home for dinner… I’ll be all alone.” Kelsey whimpered.
“Awe sweetie, he’s just having a guy’s night. I’m sure it’ll be better as school goes on. He’s not used to having a sister around.”
Hannah pulled Kelsey into a hug. “Yeah I guess.”Kelsey’ murmured. “Thanks Han.”
The two girls ate their dinner together then continued to shop; Hannah insisted her friend had a few more pieces to get before they left.
When they were finished shopping Kelsey said goodbye to Hannah, “See you later Han.”
“Later Kels, make sure you wear the outfit I picked out.” Hannah said as she walked toward her home next door.
“Yeah, yeah, yeah.” Kelsey laughed softly.
The girls waved bye to each other then Hannah made her way home while Kelsey went the other direction. When Kelsey entered the house she groaned. Kelsey stomped up to the house bags in hand and slammed the door as she continued up the stairs to her room, she was alone. She wasn’t in the mood for anything but sleep now at least at the ranch she had Annie to keep her company if nobody else.
She made her way up to her room dropping the bags onto her bed. Kelsey had made sure to find a store with hair dye and bought something as close to her normal color than she could. She stripped down into clothing that wouldn’t get damage by the dye and proceeded to dye her hair.
Deciding she needed to put away the massive collection of clothing , Kelsey pushed her ear buds of her mp3 player into her ears beginning to dance and sing to the beat while her hair was coloring. Once her hair was