Perfect Imperfections by Mariah Ankenman

Author:Mariah Ankenman
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9798988173762
Publisher: Mariah Ankenman

CHAPTER 18

“Eleanor Constance Clark, don’t you dare wear jeans and a shirt tonight! You’re going on a date you cannot dress in animal puns.”

Ellie pulled the phone away from her face as her best friend’s loud demand pierced her eardrum, causing a slight ring.

“Ouch!”

“If I don’t yell, you won’t listen.”

She touched the screen to enable speakerphone so her eardrum wouldn’t burst before her date and set the cell on her dresser.

“I have nothing else to wear,” she complained, digging in her dresser drawers. “He’s already seen me in the black dress you gave me. The only other date-ish outfit I have is my peacock dress.”

The short skater style dress with a peacock-patterned print was her only concession to dressing up. It wasn’t nice or fancy, but it sufficed when she needed to wear something formal, like at the zoo fundraiser dinner last month. Paired with her black lace shrug, the outfit could pass for fancy.

“Perfect! Wear that.”

“But you said I couldn’t wear animal puns.”

“It’s animal print, not a pun. And you look amazing in it. The blue and green hues complement your eyes. Really makes them pop.”

She had no idea why people said that. She’d never noticed anyone’s eyes pop because of a certain color they were wearing. Wasn’t eye popping a bad thing? Something you should see an optometrist about?

“Okay, so the peacock dress. Do I have to wear heels?”

“Doll-face, you don’t have to wear anything you don’t want. You called me for advice and I’m just giving it. Take it or leave it.”

That was certainly thoughtful considering Cam nearly shouted her head off five seconds ago when she suggested just wearing what she had on at work that day.

“Then I’ll wear my black ballet flats.”

“The ones with the bow on the toe? Those are adorable.”

Perfect. Just what she wanted to be on her date with the most attractive man she’d ever kissed. Adorable. Ugh! For once in her life, her desire to be seen as sexy might override her love of comfort.

“I also have those silver heels from my cousin’s wedding two years ago.”

She’d worn them once, gotten the worst blisters ever, and shoved them as far back in her closet as she could, vowing to never again let them see the light of day.

“Oooo, those are hot. Are you sure you can walk in them?”

“I thought you wanted me to be sexy.”

“I want you to be yourself. If he doesn’t like you the way you are, then he’s not worth it.”

She opened her tiny closet door, getting down on her hands and knees to shove piles of old schoolwork and worn-out textbooks out of the way. Geeze, she really needed to throw a lot of this stuff out. She graduated years ago.

“A date is a chance to put your best foot forward,” Cam continued as Ellie carefully dug through years of crap to find those damn shoes. “But you don’t want to give a false impression of yourself. That’s why an animal print dress is perfect for you.

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