My Perfect Place

ANDREA’S POV

"That little demon!". I scream and walk straight to Annalia's room with my favourite jeans in my hands. I open the door and see her lying on her bed. I throw the already shredded jeans at her. She just turns, lies on her back put her hands at the back of her head and gives me a cheeky smile.

  "Aww, darling don't you like the new design it's pretty, isn't it too bad you can't wear it anymore?". She coos looking at the jeans and then turns to face me.

Ugh, I wish I can wipe that smile away from her face. "You tore my favourite jeans you idiot and you're smiling?" I scream into her face but I don't think it had any effect because then she starts laughing. I do the first thing that comes to mind, I drag her out of the bed by her legs but she is holding on to the sheets, that doesn't stop me.

She screams. "No, no, no, Rea please stop you're gonna kill me. She pleads still holding on to the sheets and trying to wiggle her legs free, but I do not budge I continue to tug. "Nah, I'm not letting you go, not until you provide a solution to that". I say puckering my lips and motioning to the jeans that were still lying on the bed.

  "Fine, fine I'll get you a new jean tomorrow". She still hasn't said what I want to hear. I hold her one of her legs in between mine so that my left hand is free and proceed to slightly twist the other. She wails. "Okay, Rea, I'll get your EXACT jeans tomorrow". She repeats, clearly emphasizing on the word  'exact'.

Now that's what I want to hear. I let her go and she breathes a sigh of relief. She glares at me. "What if I had hit my head on the bedpost and had a concussion".

"Oh please... You're being a drama queen. I want my exact jeans tomorrow Anna and I'm not kidding". I say sternly and return the glare.

She sits on the bed cross-legged with a slight frown. "I got back at you, but with a price. I can't believe I'm going to the mall tomorrow. Can't I just give you the money and you go get the jeans yourself". She says with pleading eyes.

  "Is mama too lazy to go out tomorrow?" I pout looking at her and she nods still giving me that pleading look.

  "NO, we're going on a shopping trip tomorrow Anna". I say smiling and dancing around.

She just grunted and laid on the bed, arms wide apart. "But... but... I don't want to leave my baby alone". She says referring to her bed.

I look at her and shook my head.

  "Lazy potato. You know what I've changed my mind we're going to the mall right now". I immediately grab her cell phone, run into the living room and out the door.

  "Arghh, come on". I hear her scream, I know that she'll definitely come out now that I have got her phone. Luckily I was wearing something nice, a black shirt and shorts that end just a few inches above my knees.

She comes out few minutes later wearing a joggers and a black shirt with her hair in a bun. If looks could kill, I would have been six feet under by now. 

  "I hate you". She spits as she locks the door of our apartment and proceeds to walk down the stairs. I just giggle, went after her and hug her from behind. "I love you too sis".

Annalia and I have been best friends for as long as I can remember. We are practically sisters. We get to the last stair and walk out the gate.

 "So stupid, are we taking a taxi or we're walking?" She asks

  "We're walking dummy". I reply with a grin.

She nods, put her arm around my shoulder and smiles at me. "Off we go then".

We are halfway in getting to the mall, I link my arm with Annalia's and start to skip. She just laughs and joins me. People stare at us as they pass by, we have got silly smiles on our faces  but we don't really care.

We get to the front of the mall and stop. "Rea, look... Ice cream". She says with excitement and then looks at me. Immediately I know what she wants what. "Alright, let's go". I say smiling.

We walk to the ice cream stall and place an order. "One strawberry and one vanilla with sprinkles please". The vendor nods acknowledging our order. A few minutes later he hands us our ice creams in a fancy looking plastic cup.

"Thank you". Annalia says giving him a cheeky grin and pays him.

  "Now we can go and get your stupid jeans". She smiles and walks down to the mall.

  "My Jean isn't stupid". I say as I walk by her side.

"It is"

"It isn't"

"It is"

"It isn't"

"It is"

"It isn't"

"It is"

"It isn't"

"It isn't". "Ha! You just agreed that my Jean isn't stupid". I exclaim.

"Yeah, yeah smartass you won this time". 

I put my arms around her and say, "You love me".

"Unfortunately I do". She replies with a funny frown.

I push the glass door to the mall open and we get in. We walk straight to the cashier's counter.

"Please where can we find the jeans rack". Annalia asks. 

This is actually our first time here. "Over there, by your right". She points to a corner few feet away. Annalia says 'thank you' and walks towards the direction, I follow.

Some minutes later and we still haven't found the jeans we were looking for. It is a stylish ripped designer jean.

Annalia looks at me and I can tell she really is sorry.

  "It's okay Anna, as you said before it's just a stupid jean I will pick another okay".

  "I'm really sorry, I didn't think it would be so hard to find. I shouldn't have torn..."

  "I'm serious, I will pick another jean I just liked it because of its designs. It's no biggie". I say cutting her off.

  "Okay fine, pick another let me pay and then we can go home".

I shuffle through the rack and see what I am looking for. I pick it out and turn. "See Anna, this one looks much better than the other". She gives me a small smile.

  "I know what you're trying to do Rea. In fact you know what pick up another jean with a different colour I'll pay for both".

I know she is still feeling guilty about what happened earlier but I knew it was a harmless prank and that was why I didn't bother. Sure it was my favourite jeans and pretty expensive but then anything that brings a frown to Annalia's face isn't worth it at all.

  "Yeah, one for you and one for me". I reply and turn back to the rack. She is about to say something but I cut her off. "Don't even object".

I find the perfect fitting jean for her and hand it over. "Come on, let's go to the changing room and try it out".

We come out of the changing rooms she is spotting a slight baggy red jean, it has a small rip at the knee and I am wearing a tight fitted slightly ripped jeans.  Well what can I say, I do have a thing for ripped jeans. We strike some poses in front of the mirrors and giggle.

  "Let's get crop tops to go with these". Annalia says, clearly excited. And that was exactly what we did.

We get to the counter and pay for the clothes.

  "Time to head home, I'm so famished". Annalia grunts and I couldn't agree more.

We will have to sleep early tonight so we would be ready for our first day in college tomorrow.