"Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bell rock," Madison sung along to the music from the radio.

We were in the car, and Lisa came with us so she is driving. Hailey came too, but she was a little nervous at first because of Lisa. Then she learned that Lisa is a teenage girl trapped in an adult body.

"Why do I have the feeling we are going to regret this?" Nichole whispered to Hailey.

"Because Madison is going to drag us into every store in the world to find a dress for one night," Hailey whispered back.

"I can hear you two," Madison said, turning around to look at them.

They smiled sheepishly, and Madison rolled her eyes. Anna was showing me some pictures of her previous dresses she worn to winter formal and prom.

"That was is super cute," I complimented on one of her dresses.

"Thank you. It was one of my favorites," she replied.

"Girls, we have three hours to find your dresses because the mall closes at 6," Lisa said.

"Three hours?!" Nichole and Madison asked at the same time.

"The mall is going to be the death of me. Make sure that is written on my headstone," Nichole said, and we all laughed.

"How am I suppose to find a dress for everybody in three hours?" Madison asked.

"Calm down, Madison. We'll find them," Anna told her.

She laid her head back on the head rest, and she closed her eyes.

Hailey and Nichole start to talk about a movie that was on Netflix.

Twenty minutes later, Lisa parked the car in the mall's parking lot. We got out of the car, and we walked into the mall's entrance.

There was a lot of people here for 3:30. Madison pulled us into the first store that had dresses in it.

She looked through the dresses, and she made us try on several dresses. She even changed into five dresses.

"I love this one!" Hailey exclaimed, stepping out of the dressing room.

It was a dark blue dress, and it had silver jeweled crossed on the back. It fit her curves, and she looked amazing in it.

"You look beautiful in it," Lisa commented.

"Thank you," she said, looking at it in the mirror.

"My turn," Anna said, walking into the dressing room.

A few minutes later she walked out in a gray dress that has a jeweled chest. It had slits on the sides. She looked amazing.

"OMG! You look so sexy!" Madison exclaimed while Anna twirled around.

Anna smiled, and she went to look in the mirror.

"Hopefully this will be the one," Nichole said, changing into her fourth dress.

She walked out, and she twirled around. It was a black v-neck dress with jewels on the top. It showed the upper part of her back. She looked beautiful.

"I like it on you," I said while she thought about the dress.

"It's comfortable, and it's really cute," she said.

"I though I never see the day you would say the word cute," Madison said, dramatically.

Nichole rolled her eyes,"Well, I'm buying this."

Next was Madison. She had two dresses in her hands, and she went into the dressing room.

Then she walked out in a pastel pink dress with no straps. It had jewels around the neck and under her chest. When she turned around, there was jeweled straps on the back. She looked cute.

"That is so cute!" Anna exclaimed.

"I think this one is the winner," Madison said, looking at herself in the mirror.

"Finally! It took you twenty dresses to find the winner!" Hailey said, and Nichole snickered.

"Hey, some of us are extremely picky about dresses," Madison said.

"Now it's Campbell's turn!" Lisa said, handing me a light blue dress.

I walked into the dressing room. There was a rod with clothes people didn't want, and there was a bench for you to set your clothes on. I stripped from my clothes, and I put the dress on.

It was a light blue dress with beads on the top and a little bit on the the bottom. There was a blue ribbon tied around under my chest. It showed my back, making me feel weird.

I walked out of the dressing room, and I twirled around to show Lisa and the girls.

"It's so pretty on you! And it matches your eyes!" Lisa said with a huge smile.

"I like it, but the back part is not my cup of tea," I told them.

"It's okay if you feel uncomfortable in it. We'll get another one," Anna said with sympathy in her eyes.

Sympathy. I hate that word.

I shook my head,"Nope. This one will work."

"You sure, Campbell?" Lisa asked.

I nodded,"Yeah."

"Alright then let's go check out," Madison said.

We all nodded in agreement, and I went back into the dressing room to change back into my regular clothes. The dress came with silver heels which I have a feeling I'm going to have a hard time in.

Once we paid for the dresses, we walked out to the car. It started to get dark outside, and I was exhausted.

Shopping for dresses can take energy out of people.

I climbed into the car, and I buckled my seatbelt. I put the dress on the little hook by my door before putting my earbuds in my ears.

Watermelon Sugar by Harry Styles blasted in my ears while I drifted off to sleep.

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