"Gosh, my head is splitting." Scarlet groaned putting her head over Grace's shoulder.

She has been complaining since she arrived at school.

"Carly, alcohol is not good. Why consuming something so poisonous with zero benefits!?" Grace hopelessly devoted to pull her out of the habit patting her head sitting on the school front stairs'.

"Tell me saint, is drinking alcohol a sin ? Because from what I've heard is not a sin." She made a fuss over it.

"It may or may not be a sin but the effects from it will cause a person to sin. Ever heard of gluttony?" Grace  asked at the end.

"Okay, I may be drank a lot yesterday but tell me that is not Doe I know." She sniggers.

Grace whipped her head to the direction of the front gate and her words caught up on her throat.

The last time she saw Dorothy wear the skin tight dress was in junior school, although it was a bit lousy back then but right now it clings like a second skin to her slender body.

Trust me, this is the last time am wearing it Gee. I won't put this piece of close again.

She sweared on the first day of their Senior year when she wore that.

"Girl you are on FIRE. I'll help you count how many head turned checking u out." Scarlet sat upright whistled eyeing her up and down her red short sleeve dress which reached at the middle of her thighs hugging her figure perfectly.

Guilty written all over Dorothy face, unable to reply anything but pulling down the very short dress which is stubbornly crawl up her body.

"Doe, are you comfortable!?" Grace asked with concern.

"I had no idea that it will be this short when I walk." She tried to make excuse.

But last time you said you won't wear it again." Grace remind her.

"This morning I thought maybe I lose a little pounds that's y I put it on." She whimper regretting her sturboness.

"Losing pounds!? You!? Girl, can't you see all the extra meat on your bones!? Scarlet hissed massaging her front head after using much energy for kicking some sense in her.

"Are you calling me fat, Scars!?" Dorothy face heated, to the rate of smokes to emerge from her ears.

When trying to put it on a dramatic way.

"Guys, it's not afternoon yet but you already arguing. Please let's stop." Grace as always tries to calm them down pulling them inside school walls to their lockers.

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Why are you so disobedient, are you taking my love for granted Dorothy?

No, I thought it'll fit me after taking ten steps or more for stretching out.

Don't you know that you yourselves are GOD'S temple and that GOD'S Spirit lives in you? 1 Corinthians 3:16

Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what GOD'S will is- his good, pleasing and perfect will. Romans 12:2

Words knocked at Dorothy's mind effortlessly.

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"Hi girls... whoa" Charity waved her hand jogging to their direction at the lockers and stop her tracks, cautiously she took steps and went to stood with uncomfortable Dorothy.

"Girl, wow." She giggled as always.

"The way to own the dress is to be confident in it but I can tell you really wish for a land to break loose and swallow you." Added eying Dorothy from head to toe.

Charity deep her hands in her wide white jeans which she paired with black sleeved fitted blouse over her black camel flats.

"Thank you Cherry, that helped." Dorothy said with a smile which doesn't comply with what meant.

"Even if people are usually dress to impress but the truth is when you dress you express. Before you speak people define you by the way you dress, our clothes say alot about us. Let's be careful on what we wear." Grace emphasized look in turn to her friends lingering her stare to Dorothy.

"The mother of advice, counseling and guidance." Scarlet make a board on air and rolled her eyes.

She ignored Scarlet "I've a cardigan if you'd like to put it on." Grace offered removing her cardigan which covered her upper body left her with her favorite mint green short sleeve dress reaching up below her knees.

"You'll make her ruin her dressing code."

Scarlet tried to snatch the cloth before Dorothy hand take it but Dorothy beat her to it and pull it on over her body.

She sent Grace a grateful smile.

" I wouldn't want you to look now but you need to look now." Charity pull the cardigan arm nudging Dorothy.

"Huh." Dorothy gaze at Charity quickly before looks at where she pointed.

Pale blue eyed boy made his appearance to the group, too late to escape, Dorothy smiled nervously.

"Brown, you ditched me last week." Andy pouted.

"We are fine Andy, thanks for asking." Scarlet interrupted the boy.

Andy scratches the back of his neck, his cheeks tainted pink "Sorry, tsap gals." He smiled look at them in turns.

Grace smiled, Charity offered a little wave and Scarlet scowled.

"I-I-... um I had an emergency." Dorothy stutter scolding herself for her poor choice of excuses.

"You should have text me." Andy decrease the gap between them for Dorothy liking.

She looked at her friends for help but all of them pretend to be busy with something.

Even Grace was  busy zipping up and down her backpack, because she finds hard to lie and she is a bad liar.

"Am sorry Andy, I forgot how you saved your contact in my phone." Dorothy chuckled nervously, her face heated red but still she had to admit.

"Brown, everyone knows my nickname. Are you saying that to wipe me off you? " Andy face drop, hurt written over his face.

"Andy No, am sorry but I didn't do it on purpose." Said Dorothy trying to convince the pale blue eyed boy.

"Okay whatever, you know where to find me if what you said is true." Andy offered a tight lipped smile walk past them.

"Girl, you are impossible." Scarlet laughed.

Charity giggled along and Grace just shook her head.

"What!? What I was supposed to say you tell me." She huffed.

"Wait, what's Andy nickname by the way.?" Dorothy blinks to her friends.

"Hot stuff." All three girls said at the same time.

"See, even Grace knows." Scarlet smirked.

Grace sighed "It is hard to miss when half of the girls in our class calls him that."

"But I never heard that." Dorothy shrugged

"How can you hear that when you were a loyal girlfriend and all over  Greenwood." Scarlet smirked.

"Don't... say his name." Dorothy warned.

"Am I allowed to say Daniel Stanford's name because apparently he is coming our way." Charity hesitated her eyes glued to past Dorothy's back.

"That is our cue to go to class girls." Dorothy pulled her friends along with her escaping

Grace whined disapprovingly but still it was Dorothy business she can't intervene.

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