Makeover

(Clarissa)

The mall is packed. I have never seen so many people cramming themselves into one place at the same time before. There are stores clustered together, lines of them, everyone different than the last. How do people decide which one to go into? Would we be visiting each one, because that would take all day to do and even then, I doubt we would get done. I look at Kitty who is holding Jax's hand. "Where do we start?" I asked her.

Honestly, I am kind of excited, this is my first time being in a mall and the first time I can pick out my own clothes.

"I love Hot Topic." Kitty gushed but looked at me, frowning in concentration. "You are so pale Clarissa, is that your natural hair color?" she asked.

I felt dread build in my stomach, "Yeah." I say quietly.

"Cool, I wish my hair was that color." She says smiling kindly at me.

That was not what I was expecting, most people call me a liar, and that no one's hair could possibly be that color naturally. "Thanks, I like yours, looks like blood." I say without thinking.

Kitty and Jax stop to look at me and then burst out laughing, "You're right." She admits shaking her head, "Let's go, I have the perfect place to start."

I find myself standing in a changing room as Kitty slings outfit after outfit over the top of the door. "Are you sure about this?" I ask holding up a white low-cut t-shirt and a pair of dark denim shorts.

"Yessss, try it on and then let me see it." She says on the other side of the door.

Looking at the tag of the T-shirt I am surprised to see it is a small, all my clothes were Larges, did she really expect me to fit into this stuff? Biting my bottom lip, I sigh and slip the T-shirt on over my head and pull the shorts on. I turn to look at myself in the mirror and cock my head to the side. The shirt is not too tight, it fits me kind of perfectly, and the shorts come well above my knees. I have never worn anything above my knees before or something that I could see my curves in. It was literally just a t shirt and shorts and already I was feeling different. I open the door to see Kitty standing with Jax outside, they turn to look at me, both silent.

"Wow…they actually fit! I knew you were hiding a killer body under those frumpy clothes." She is ecstatic as she hits Jax who was standing there just staring oddly.

"Uh, yeah what she said." He agrees.

I am blushing in embarrassment at their compliments. I guess it is a compliment, I know my other clothes were horrible. I smile at her, "I really like it, I know it's just a t shirt and some shorts, but I have never worn anything like it before."

"Alright go try on some other things, this is so much fun, you are like my own personal barbie doll." She laughs.

I join her laughter and make my way back to the dressing room.

I grabbed a few plain t shirts white, black, and grey. A couple pair of shorts and skinny jeans that Kitty swears makes my butt look huge. Presently I find myself trying on a strapless black dress, it hugs my body, caressing it gently. I shiver a little looking at myself in the mirror, it sucks to me like a second skin and comes high up on my thighs. Never in my life have I tried anything so scandalous on, my heart is beating in my chest at the thought of people seeing me in it. My mother would crap bricks if she saw me in this. I look almost disturbing in this dress, my pale skin against the black, it is kind of exciting. I step out so Kitty and Jax can see it, timidly I gage their reaction, rubbing my arm with a hand absently. "Oh my gosh, you are sexy!" Kitty enthuses.

"You sure it's okay?" I ask shyly.

Jax clears his throat a little and nods, "You look…nice." He gets out rubbing the back of his neck. "Maybe get that one and the white one." He suggests and I am a little surprised to hear it.

"Great idea." Kitty agrees. "You look like a demonic Goddess in this one and in the white one you will look like Angelic Temptress."

I grin, "whatever you say."

"Alright so we got some shirts, shorts, pants, dresses, what are we missing?" she asks putting a finger to her chin. "Ah, we need to hit Victoria Secrete."

"What's that?" I ask curiously.

Jax looks uncomfortable and Kitty laughs, "Come along Clarissa," she says taking me by the arm, "Jax we will meet you afterwards at the food court." She waves him off.

Oh, good lord, I am surrounded by the most intimate undergarments ever. I feel a blush creep up my neck as I look at all the bright colors of bras and panties. I have only had beige and white under clothes before, I did not even know that they could come in these colors. "Alright girl, I have seen your underwear drawer, it is very blah." Kitty shakes her head at me.

"When did you go through my things?" I ask raising a brow at her.

Looking slightly guilty she shrugs, "That's not the problem right now, the problem is the fact that you have a drawer full of grannie panties."

I blanch a little, grannie panties? "Alright well lets fix it." I put myself into her capable hands which she is all too willing to accept.

Carrying all the bags to the food court I am so relieved to sit down for a minute. Shopping was exhausting, it was a little unbelievable that people did this all the time. I ended up getting a red lace push up bra and pantie set along with a black set. A few pair of different colored thongs, and a strapless black pushup bra. According to Kitty, it is imperative that a girl have at least one strapless bra and thongs because of pantie lines, which looked trashy. On the way to the food court, we had walked by a shoe store and I had to get a couple pair of stilettos to go with my dresses and I settled on a pair of low top converse and white Vans sneakers.

"Got a lot of stuff today." Jax muses looking at all the bags sitting around us.

I sigh, "Yeah couple hundred bucks."

Kitty stretches out in the seat beside me, "All in a day's work, you needed this Clarissa, you are going to look so hot now." She said matter of fact.

"No arguments here." I put up my hands in agreement, "Thank you guys for being so nice to me, you didn't have to be." I whisper shyly.

Kitty leans over and gives me a big hug. "When I got paired with a freshman as my roommate, I was a little concerned but when I seen you, I just knew that there was a reason you were put in my life."

Jax shrugged his shoulders, "You're okay." He said gruffly.

Kitty smacks his arm playfully, "Which means a lot coming from him." It felt weird bonding so quickly with what until the other day were complete strangers, but I felt comfortable around them. I was grateful for Kitty's bubbly welcoming personality, it made me feel as if I could be whoever I wanted to be. I think I needed that in my life right now. "Now we just need to do something about your hair, you can not wear it in a bun, it will not go well with your new outfits." She eyes my hair, and I can see the wheels turning.

I groaned inwardly but gave her a little smile.