Not One of the Girls - Part 2

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THIS LINE - Billie and Anna wanted to go and do some running when we got back, so Jess, Kelly, and I went round to Jess's house. 

CHANGED TO - and I went round to kelly,s house.

Billie was going to meet us there. She so like fit that she runs every morning, and we figured that she'd probably decided to run to the mall. Like yuck! Can you imagine it, on a hot day like that? Turning up at the mall in a tracksuit and all sweaty and stuff.

Anna agreed to go off and find her while Kelly, Jess, and I started shopping. Like the other thing wrong with running to the mall was that Billie wouldn't have her mobile with her! Can you imagine going to the mall without a mobile phone? It was totally bad, almost like going naked!

Jess wanted to look at underwear, and Kelly and I tagged along. Jess reckoned she'd grown a bra size over the past couple of months, and wanted some new ones. I looked at her and had to agree that she was getting bigger. I was glad I didn't have boobs like that! She was like a C cup or so, at thirteen if you can imagine that? Kelly and I giggled that she wouldn't ever need a boob job unless it was one of those reducing ones.

They had a sale on, and there was a big sort of bucket full of knickers at half price and less, and we had a rummage through it. Now don't think I'm a pervert or anything, but I sort of liked girl's knickers; well, unisex ones I mean. When I bought my first pair, my Mum nearly went ballistic and called me all the names under the sun. But they're more comfortable than standard boy's only pants, so I like them. But the main reason I wear them is that I do most of my shopping with my mates, and I just can't be bothered to drag them off to boy's shops for smelly pants! It's a lot easier for me to get my underwear where they get theirs, to that's what I do! My Mum still buys me some boy's stuff from time to time, bless her, and I have to admit, it's useful for school, on gym days at least!

My cell phone rang. It was from Anna. She had found Billie, and they were waiting down at the food hall for us.

We found Anna and Billie sitting at a table when we got to the food hall and went over to join them. Our worst fears were realized. Billie was wearing trackie bottoms and a smelly old black T-shirt. Her hair was short anyway, but you could see that it had been sweated in. What was she like? She thought running was more important than shopping, and that was up to her, but you couldn't sort of combine outfits for the two! I mean, it's not as if the rest of us tried to join her running in four-inch heels! So why did she think she could come shopping wearing trackie bottoms? We were shamed.

Kelly and I went up to the counter to get some shakes. To emphasize this, the woman behind the counter asked us ladies what we wanted, and Kelly and I fell into fits of giggles before being able to tell her.

We took the shakes back to the table and sipped them through straws. Billie was going on about the town carnival in a couple of weeks, and about how we should go in the parade.

We then had to think about what we might go as. Billie suggested Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, and I said, like, hello? We'd need eight of us to do that, and there were only five of us!

Then Kelly suggested we go as the Spice Girls because there were five of them. They'd just broken up and were a bit old hat, but Jess and Anna thought it might be a runner if we were serious. I coughed and pointed out that I wasn't really a girl, but they said that didn't matter because I could easily pass as one if I dressed upright. I was a bit uncomfortable about that. I mean I didn't normally dress up as a girl, even if I liked unisex knickers. I wouldn't say I'd never worn a skirt because that would be a lie. I'd tried them on in shops sometimes, just to keep the other company,

We were talking about who could be which one. I said I should be a Sporty spice because she was the most butch, and she wore trousers a lot of the time. Since I was the only boy, that made sense. Billie didn't agree, because she'd set her heart on being Sporty, and the rest of them agreed with her. She was more used to wearing tracksuits and stuff, and anyway, she was a lot more sporty than me. I wasn't very happy about this, but I let it go.

I didn't really want to be Posh and tried to say that maybe we should go as S Club or some other band that had boys in it, but they were too into being the Spice Girls by then, and just ignored me. We started talking about costumes. Kelly suggested we look through some back copies of magazines to see what else she had ever worn, and then maybe Jess could wear that. We all agreed that was a good idea.

All their eyes then fell on me. What was I going to wear? For some reason, my Mum's warning that they just thought of me as one of the girls kept running through my mind. So I suggested I could wear a black halter neck top over a pair of jeans. I even had a black halter neck top that I had worn once or twice, so it wouldn't be difficult to put the costume together. But they thought it was a rubbish idea. Posh wore Gucci dresses, and that was the look I should be after. Otherwise, Jess pointed out, people might not know who I was supposed to be. I said that there was no way, and I mean no way, that I could afford a Gucci dress. That cut no ice either; apparently, any old Little Black Dress would do the trick. So I said hello, I'm a boy you know. I don't actually have a Little Black Dress!

Well, apparently that wasn't a problem either. Kelly even had three or four, so I could borrow one. The thought ran through my mind that maybe I could borrow one of Anna's. That might be quite nice, going round to her place, and trying on one of her dresses. But  wasn't her size. She was right of course; I was a size eight. I knew that from when I'd borrowed a dress to try and get into the club. Anna, like, wasn't an eight, she was a bit bigger than that. Billie was a lot bigger than me as well, and Kelly, although she wasn't any taller, was a bit buxomer. So that meant I'd have to borrow one of Jess's. She said I could come over any time and try it on, which was kind of her.

We spent about four hours going around, which isn't bad for us, almost a rush in fact! I got myself a cute little powder blue jumper with pearl buttons. It didn't really go with my top that day, but I had some white ones to wear with it. It was sort of ballet style, if you know what I mean, wrapping over on my tummy. Anna said I looked cute in that as well, and that made me smile.

Billie and Anna wanted to go and do some running when we got back, so Jess, Kelly, and I went round to Jess's house.