9) It's Never too Early for Frozen Yoghurt

I enjoy sleep.
My bed and I have a mutual understanding and connection nobody can break.
Our agreement is that as long as it keeps me warm and comfortable and I will never leave it.

Now, when someone tries to tear me away from my bed that is an instant invitation for me to kill them.

When my phone starts to ring I hope it's just my imagination at first. That is until it refuses to stop buzzing, this goes on for a solid 5 minutes.

Apparently, I have received 57 messages and 6 missed calls all from Zoe who was trying to get my attention. For what emergency you may ask. For shopping.

I personally not thrilled to hear her voice at 7:30 in the morning. Especially on a Saturday. Saturdays are the sacred sleep in days that I treasure very deeply.

Reluctantly, against better judgement, I decided to call her back. I'm not greeted with Hello or even a Good morning what I get instead is "You said we would go to the shops some other time, so here I am, " I looked out the window to see a bright yellow jeep parked out the front of my house.

I shake my head, attempting to wake up "When I said another time, I meant maybe after school next week. Not 9 hours later." I get back into my warm bed "It's way too early to go to the shops if you haven't noticed. They don't even open for another 2 hours."

"We can get breakfast. It's on me." She offers, obviously desperate as food bribes are a last resort.

I contemplate for a mere two seconds, easily considering that my bed is way too comfortable to leave but on the other hand, food.

"I'll be down in like an hour or so, I want to be happy for a little bit longer before I have to go outside into, " I cringe at the thought "the real world."

The line cuts off which makes me ecstatic that the conversation was over. Success! A bonus hour in bed!

I close my eyes and throw my doona over my head.

Peace at last.

A disturbing knock comes from the other side of my door.

Before I know it my door flies open and a heavyweight collapses on top of me.

The doona gets ripped away leaving me very annoyed, cold and sleepy. She is seriously going to pay for this later on when I have energy.

"This is your wake up call to reality sweetie," she says too brightly, considering what time is.

Whacking her in the head with my pillow seemed to be the efficient way to express my current hatred for my best friend.

After hitting her for the hundredth time I start to see the flaw in trying to kill Zoe with a pillow. Which so far has been proven to be ineffective.

Grabbing me by the feet she starts to drag me out of my bed until I'm on the cold hard ground.

She starts throwing clothes at me "Put something on. I don't care if you look like a hobo or like you're going to the Prince's ball. I just want to go get pancakes from McDonald's."

"Zoe," raising my eyebrows I look at her "Are you asking me out on a date?"

"If I was taking you on a date we'd be going to Subway hun. I'd even pay for extra avocado, " she tries to wiggle her eyebrow which fails epically as she pulls me off the ground.

"Extra toppings? You sure know the way to a girls heart," I say, finding something semi-sensible for going out in public in.

I choose a pair of loose shorts and a jumper that is way too big for me.

While slipping on my converses I put my hair up in a messy bun and grab my handbag as I run out the door.

"Let's go then. There's a stack of pancakes and hash browns with my name on it, " Zoe says as she revs the engine.

Mine and Zoe's stomach growl together in synchronisation.
We look at each other in confusion but quickly fall into a fit of laughter as we drive off.

***

It ends up that Zoe has a half decent excuse for getting me out of bed at this ungodly time.

A new discount clothing store is opening up at a mall half an hour away from us.
Why I am here for the trip, I still have no clue. Moral support maybe? I came for the food which I would like to point out I have not received yet.

I look down at my phone as it vibrates on my lap.

Mum: WHERE ARE YOU???

I knew I forgot to do something.

ME: sorry I totally forgot to write a note...going to the shops with Zoe

Mum: Oh. Good to know you didn't run away or kidnapped.

Mum: while you're there I'll send you a list of things I need you to get

Me: You realise that's a picture of our neighbour's dog?

Mum: Isn't he adorable in the hat?

Parents shouldn't own mobile phones.

Shaking my head I take out my purse to see how broke I'm going to be today.

"You seriously carry so much stuff in your bag. Think of all the excess weight you'd be losing if you just took your phone and purse, " Zoe looks over at my larger than an average sized handbag.

"Yeah, but carrying everything around means I'll always be prepared," I rummage through my bag "let's see; money, sunnies, tissues, glow stick, water, screwdriver, emergency medications. Oh, look breath mints," I pull out the small mints with smiley faces on them.

"Do you have a Swiss army knife. "

"No..."

"Well, I think you should always carry around one. You never know when you're going to need a corkscrew or a mini pair of scissors."

"Or a knife to stab someone, " I add on quickly "self-defence."

After driving around the crowded parking lot for what felt like a century in we find a spot the jeep barely fits into.

I look at my watch which shows 9:00 and also a sign I should be getting food very soon.

Getting Zoe's attention is harder than I thought as she has her eyes glued to her screen obviously going through the items she needs to find in the new shop.

"I'm going to get some frozen yogurt, my stomach is yearning for food right now. You want anything?" Scanning around I try to find a sign that points to the food court.

Zoe frowns as she looks into her purse "I need to get some cash out because both my purse and I are empty and need food. I'll be right back okay. Don't severely injure anyone while I'm gone." She walks off in the opposite direction.

"Can't guarantee anything, " I yell back to here drawing a couple odd stares from people passing by.

It probably isn't the best idea to split up while we're here. It's very easy to get lost or lose someone in such a large shopping complex.

After taking a few wrong turns I find a frozen yoghurt shop.

The heavens must be watching over me.

I walk into heaven on earth.

What more could you want from life other than frozen desserts and unlimited toppings?

I piled up my cup with a rainbow array of various yoghurts and topping that would most chance be equal to 3x the daily recommendation of sugar.

The whole place radiated happiness from the colourful seating to the lights and music. The only thing that didn't fit in with the joyful vibe was him.

I hesitate to walk up to the counter. Maybe I can just make a run for it and take the yoghurt with me?

Maybe if I just ignore him he won't notice me.

Slowly, I walk backwards, hoping not to make a sound or be seen.

"Isn't it too early to get frozen yoghurt?" I freeze and lock eyes with Sam who has a condescending smirk on his face.

"It's NEVER too early to get frozen yogurt with cookie dough. Plus, I didn't have breakfast and this is a great source of dairy," I point out while taking a large scoop of the sugary goodness and putting it in my mouth.

"You realise you have to pay for that. I should just charge you triple for eating before paying. Maybe I'll even put your picture on the wall of shame," he smiles wickedly.

Was that a threat?

"Demon spawn. BE GONE," I cross my fingers dramatically and wave them towards Sam.

He shakes his head in disappointment "Did you really think that was going to work? You have to try harder to get rid of me than that Mackenzie."

"Don't worry, next time I'll bring 'extra holy' holy water and some industrial rock salt. I might even throw in a couple verses from Latin cake recipes to make it sound fancy and give it flare," a smile tugs its way onto my face.

It's lucky nobody has come into the shop yet as I'm fairly sure they'd be slightly worried about the both of us.

"Will you try to exorcise me with all the gibberish that comes out of your mouth?"

I take another spoonful of fro-yo and shove it in my mouth. I should add more toppings and just leave.

"If I wanted to exercise you I would get an elephant to chase you around the shops, " I play the images through my head of an African elephant running a rampage throughout the mall.

"Ha I've never seen you do physical activity in your life." his expression look less than impressed "What makes you think that I find you threatening?" He scoffs.

I have three options at this point:

a- recognise that we should stop this petty rivalry and decide to become friends.

b- walk away with no response and without paying.

c- throw the frozen yoghurt at him.

I went for option d

Shaking my head I laugh softly "Oh don't worry Sam. I'll make you fear me when I throw you in front of a bus which is filled with Lego, " I say each word slowly to emphasise my point.

I raise my full cup of half melted frozen yoghurt and fling it at his face.

The now the purpley-brown liquid ran down his messed up hair, annoyed face and not-so-clean white work shirt.

Walking back over to the dispensers I fill a whole cup up with taro and then dump all the cheesecake and cookie dough on top. I look around to see a fuming Sam. Smiling, I turn back toward the exit and walk away

"Thanks again Sam for covering me in food. I thought I'd just repay your kindness so you could experience the joy of feeling sticky and getting food out of your hair." A smile creeps onto my face "Have a nice day."

After wandering around the shops for 45 minutes I start to assume that Zoe has gone on her shopping rampage.

I automatically go to the book shop and start to look over all the hard cover books that I want to buy.

Do you think if I come here at night time I can just steal the whole store?
On second thought I'd need to scan all the books to get my membership points up.

A hand grabs my shoulder which results in me spinning around and hitting them with my book.

"Owww" Zoe yelps rubbing her arm "how thick is that book?" she snatches the book away from me.

"It's only 700 pages. Wait, " reaching out I pull a chunk of blonde hair off her jacket "Is this a hair extension? Do I even want to know what happened?"
Wearily look at the extension which looks like it may have blood on it.

"This chick tried to grab a dress I had dibs on. We had a disagreement which lead to-"

"To what?" I squeak out "Fight to the death? Over exactly what would you almost kill a girl for? A dress you'll wear once?" Looking at the amount of bags she's holding, I'm assuming she bought out the whole store.

She starts to look through her multiple bags "Noo." She takes out a gorgeous white and black polka dot dress and hands it to me "I saw it and thought of you."

I admire the dress as I take the dress from Zoe, "Are you sure that's all you did to her? No kicking in the shins?" I inquire raising my eyebrows.

I look into the distance to see Aaron walking toward me with a girl that is definitely too old to be his 12-year-old sister.

As we approach I catch his eye with a simple wave. He instantly let's go of the girl's waist and puts a good distance between them.

"Mac!" He wraps his arms around me in a tight embrace "It's so good to see you. I really enjoyed going out with you yesterday."

I melt when I see his million dollar grin "Yeah it was definitely fun. I was going to say-"

He places his index finger on my lip "I'll see you after soccer practice tomorrow right?"

"I'll have to check my schedule, I've got heaps on at the moment, I may be able to pop by for a bit." I smile at his confused face, " I'll let you know okay."

He looks kind of taken back which is a good thing.

"Zoe and I have a lot of shopping to do but I will definitely message you later," I quickly turn around dragging a completely stunned Zoe with me. And leaving a confused Aaron and gobsmacked friend.

Zoe nudges me in the stomach "Mace, what exactly just happened? Wait you do realise you don't have a life? Why did you say that 'you'd have to check your schedule' we both know that you don't even own a calendar."

"Because I believe it's called playing hard to get or looking like you have a life. You should try it sometime," She tries to trip me over.

She shakes her head "You have such weird a weird imagination, no wonder you theories and tactics are crazy."

As we walk out of the shop, like any normal friend, I tried to trip her over. But being the clumsy person I am I fall over with Zoe onto the ground. "Well..." I fill the awkward silence "your life would be a lot more boring without me."

She hits me in the stomach. She didn't disagree...Just saying.

Cupcake Theory #9

Never underestimate a determined female. She will always get what she wants.

:):):)

Sorry for all the spelling mistakes. I seem to only notice them 2 weeks after I publish the chapter. This is what I get for writing on a phone. Stupid autocorrection that changes after I've fixed it (and my own terrible spelling)

If you see any mistakes feel free to point them out. It will be greatly appreciated

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