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“I don’t know…” While my mood has been improving thanks to my antidepressants and therapy sessions, I don’t want to push myself too hard since there is a fine line between stepping out of my comfort zone and getting sucked into a black hole of panic.
“It’ll be good for you to go out, even if it’s for a little bit.” My sister rummages through my luggage, throwing expensive designer clothes everywhere in the process. Where I am organized to a fault, Lily is the human equivalent of an F5 tornado, wrecking my system of packing cubes and colorcoded outfits within a few seconds.
Honestly, it’s impressive given how long it took me to pack everything.
Lily peeks over her shoulder. “What are you doing sitting there? Get out of bed and go work on your hair and makeup.” She claps her hands together and yells, “Chop chop!”
I wrap a throw blanket around my shoulders. “I don’t want to see people from town yet.”
She frowns. “Why not?”
I stay quiet.
She rolls her eyes. “You care way too much about what other people think of you.”
“No, I don’t.” My tone comes off annoyingly defensive.
“Then why else would you have spent the last week holed up in here, finding every excuse to avoid going into town?”
I scratch my nose with my middle finger.
Lily chuckles as she tosses a jacket on my bed. “It’s okay.Little sister is here to save the day.”
“How?”
She holds up a sparkly dress in the air, scrunches her nose, and tosses it on top of the growing pile beside her. “Consider tonight your first lesson in the subtle art of not giving a fuck.”
“But—”
Lily holds up her hand. “Give me thirty minutes. If you hate it, then you can come home.”
“What’s the second option?”
She cracks her knuckles. “I will change the Wi-Fi and streaming passwords, hide your collection ofSilver VixenDVDs, and steal your entire overpriced skincare routine.”
“You wouldn’t dare.”
“Are you willing to bet your Dyson Airwrap on it?”
“And people think big sisters are the bullies in the relationship.” I stick out my tongue.
She tugs on the blanket until it slips from my hold and lands on the floor. “Come on. Tonight will be fun, I swear. Plus, ladies drink for free.”
I fidget with one of my rings. “I shouldn’t really be drinking with my medication.”
“I won’t tell anyone you’re sipping mocktails if you don’t.” She winks.
As much as I want to say no, my sister’s excitement won’t allow me to. “Okay. Fine. But only for one drink.”
“Sure. Yeah. Whatever.” She pulls out a red dress from the bottom of my luggage. “Yes! This is perfect.”
“And what am I supposed to be?”
She pulls a triangular piece of paper from her jacket pocketand pins it to the strap of the dress. “I’d rather you be surprised by whoever guesses it right.” She throws the dress at me.
“Lily!”
She rushes out of my room, yelling, “You’ve got fifteen minutes to get ready, so get to it!”
