“How are you even getting all the money for this?” I asked Ashley, gesturing to the bags in both of our hands. I had only bought a couple of items on this shopping trip because Ashley had insisted on buying most of it.
“I have loads of money saved up for a rainy day. And judging from the looks of your wardrobe, torrential rain is pouring down.” She commented. I ignored the quip about my tasteless wardrobe as she made jokes like this all the time... Plus, I agreed with her.“Anyway,” Ashley continued. “Consider this your early birthday present.”
Oh yes, it was my birthday in a couple of months. At the start of September. Because I had so much going on with my life, I hadn’t begun to consider what I would do for my birthday. All I have thought about nowadays was West Side Story, graduation,
