Elly In Bloom by Oakes Colleen

Author:Oakes, Colleen [Oakes, Colleen]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781621119661
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2012-09-15T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER

EIGHTEEN

As evening clouded over, Elly struggled to find both an appropriate outfit and mentality for Isaac’s band gig. Staring in her mirror, she declared “This is not working.”

The empty apartment concurred. Elly had on a black pencil skirt with tan boots and a white peasant blouse. It was good in theory, but she looked like a frumpy kitchen maid. Or worse. “Ugh,” she uttered and tore off her shirt.

Maybe her blue sleeveless top? She pulled it over her head. Nope. Now she was the blueberry girl from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, only with worse hair. Elly slumped on the edge of the bed. Cadbury trotted over and happily gave her toes a tongue bath.

“What am I going to wear to this stupid club?” she moaned. She reached over and grabbed the phone.

Kim answered quickly, “Sean, I dropped this kiwi and I can’t pick it up. Hello?”

“Hi, it’s me. What can I wear that doesn’t say ‘I just found out that my ex is getting married to his mistress’ or ‘I’m a train wreck’ or ‘today I barfed at a wedding?’”

“No Sean, I can’t just pick it up, it’s directly underneath me – do you want me to kill our baby picking up a kiwi? Elly, go to your closet. Do you have that black cap-sleeved shirt that I bought you last year?”

Elly walked to the closet and pushed her hangers back, one by one. “Yes.”

“Okay, now wear your dark boot cut jeans, a pair of black heels and your pink cashmere scarf. Tie it around your neck and wear those dangly gold coin earrings. Oh no, I just dropped the knife.”

Elly pulled on the jeans and tied the scarf around her neck. Slipping on her heels, she spun around and checked the result out. “Okay, I look sort of cute. Well, passable. You’re good.”

She could hear Kim chewing. “Yes, I know. Remember, don’t bring up the Aaron thing tonight. It’s Isaac’s night to shine.”

“You don’t have to worry. I don’t want to EVER talk about Aaron with him.” Elly raised her eyebrows in the mirror. “Okay, well, I better run. Thanks for the clothing advice. And for everything else in between.”

“Uh-huh. Sean – the water is boiling over!” And with that, the phone clicked to a dial tone. Elly had just enough time to pluck her eyebrows before she heard the doorbell outside the shop.

“Coming!!” she yelled, as she grabbed her purse, slyly tucking a book inside. It wasn’t that Everest Oppressed was boring. It was just the three opening bands that she had to watch first, just to get to their set that she couldn’t stand. She ran down the steps and out the door, to where Isaac was waiting, looking dapper in tight jeans and a loosely buttoned plum colored shirt. He placed both of his arms around Elly, pulling her face close to his.

“I missed you,” he murmured, kissing her cheeks, her closed eyes, her chin and then finally her lips. Elly surrendered to his warm mouth.

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