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Samantha Harvelle sat in silence as her mother, Ellen, drove her and her younger sister Jo to pick out new clothes for the school year.
Ellen sighed and tried to get Sam to open up, it was so unlike her to be this silent for so long. “You do know that the move was NOT your fault, right?" She asked suddenly, the this time was silently implied Sam thought to herself as she nodded before looking back out of her window just in time to see a little hole-in-the-wall thrift shop.
She tapped on her mother's arm and pointed at the thrift shop and looked at her with a painfully hopeful expression on her face before saying, “That's where I want to go." Ellen smiled as she pulled into a parking space since both her girls had found stores close to each other. They agreed to meet back at the car when they were done shopping.
Sam watched her mother and sister cross the street then safely enter the store her sister wanted to shop in before entering the thrift shop. As soon as she entered she was greeted with a sweet voice saying, “Welcome to Beach City Thrift, My name is Piper can I help you find anything?" The voice came from a blonde pixie like girl with an infectious smile. Sam returned her smile and replied that she was good for the moment, but thank you.
Twenty minutes later Sam's arms filled with her bounty she walked up to the front counter, Piper smiled as she took the articles of clothing from Sam. Sam bit her lip and decided to ask the question on the tip of her tongue.
“Hey Piper, do y'all have any kilts or combat boots?" Piper smiled and set Sam's clothing behind the counter with a colorful piece of paper on top of it before leading Sam to a back room that turned out to be her idea of heaven. Sam hugged Piper before jokingly asking her to marry her which caused Piper to laugh loudly. “Unfortunately I'm quite happily taken, but I hope that won't keep us from being friends." She replied with a smile, Sam pouted for a moment before laughing softly and agreeing to being friends.
Sam began picking through the racks of kilts and other various articles of clothing and shoes. Roughly 45 minutes later she went back to the counter, paid for her items, exchanged numbers with Piper she returned to the car to find her mother and sister already there. So after storing her purchases in the trunk they headed home where they had a enjoyable dinner.
Before going to bed she laid out her clothes for the next day. She climbed into bed since, joy of joys, she had to be up early for the first day of school; She was SO looking forward to that.