5. We need to talk

ANNA

I was able to convince Alice to go to the mall without me even after she had tried everything she could to get me to go with her. It was a little difficult to get her to go by herself and she even went as far as telling me that walking around and doing some exercise was a very good a way to relieve my stress and help with my cramps but I immediately knew she was only pulling my legs so that I would agree to go shopping with her.

After she had left, I busied myself with anything I found interesting and I eventually fell asleep while reading a novel on my phone. When I woke up, it was already past three in the afternoon and almost immediately I did, I heard a knock on my door.

"Come in," I said, inviting whoever it was in.

Alice walked into my room with a wide smile playing on her lips and with two huge shopping bags on both her hands.

"Hello, my lazy little sister. How are you feeling now? Are you still in pain? Did the pain relief meds have any effect at all?" Alice asked