A girl always needs a little love - Z. Timol (any book recommendations txt) 📗

love this show, even though it's about superheroes and stuff like that, it's really interesting.

 

''Oooh, I love this, leave it on'' Linda said

''I watched this episode already but I don't mind watching it again''

''Yeah me too. You know what really sucks?''

''Yes I do, the fact that this stuff is really catchy but the next season is only coming in a years time'' I groaned

''Yup, but I did see somewhere that season 2 is coming out 4 of this August''

''I hope so''

 

We heard footsteps coming down the stairs and then grandma came in dressed in a beige dress with black shoes.

 

''Looking on fleek my dear grandma'' I said

''Oh well thank you very much. Shall we head out?'' 

''Of course'' Linda said

 

I unlocked the door and held it open, we stepped out and Linda locked up giving grandma the keys. We took either side of grandma's arms.

 

''Shall we?'' she asked

''We shall'' I and Linda answered together

 

We laughed and walked towards the car.

 

Friends forever

 It was a windy day but the sun was out. It was cold but not bad at all, I liked this kind of weather, I also liked when it snowed. I and my family once went to Capetown and it was snowing. We took a drive to the top of the mountain and I played in the snow. I was about 5 or 6.

 

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''Mummy come play with us, please!!'' I begged 

''No Lizzie, it's too cold. You go play with daddy'' 

 

I was angry that she didn't want to come out to play with us, it wasn't fair. I shut the car door and walked towards my dad.

 

''Daddy! Mummy doesn't want to come out'' I cried

''It's ok cupcake, if she comes out here in the cold then Daisy can get sick. So it's better if she stays inside. You don't want your new baby sister to get sick, do you?''

''No I don't''

''Good then, come on! Let's play'' he said 

 

I smiled and threw snow at him but it wasn't a lot. He picked up snow and threw back at me, hitting me in the face. I laughed and jumped on him, making him fall to the ground. There was a flash, I turned around to see mom taking pictures of us. I pulled daddy and then smiled for the camera.

 

I love the snow

 

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I remember Daisy was just born then. We had cousins in Capetown, so we would go once a while to go and visit and they would come here too. I haven't seen them in a while actually, I wonder if they were here for the funeral. I was about to ask grandma but I didn't want to spoil the mood by bringing back sad memories so I left it. We were at a robot right now, these things take forever to turn green but so fast to turn red again.

 

''Lizzie? What do you say we stop at the gift shop first and get a gift for Marcus's dad?''

''That's great. We really need to find out his name, by the way''

''What? You don't know his name?'' Linda asked

''No, didn't have much time to get to know each other'' grandma said

''Not even their second name?''

''No Linda, but we'll find out today. You can even ask yourself'' I said

''So? What are we going to get him?'' she asked

''I don't know, we'll see if there's anything nice'' I said

 

There're two types of shopping that I love. Shopping for me and gift shopping. And I'm good at it too. But if you shopping for yourself or grocery shopping and ask me to tag along, I'll probably say yes, just to be polite, but I hate the idea of it. And it's even worse if the person is fussy.

 

''Maybe we can get him something that relates to ice cream'' I suggested

''We'll see''

 

We took the turn to 'The gift basket'. We always come gift shopping here. We parked and got off. I slipped on my sunglasses and so did Linda. Grandma locked the car and we went inside.

 

''Why don't you and Linda go one way and I'll go the other, that way it'll be faster. And whatever we like we'll put it in the trolley and bring it to the front and choose the best'' grandma said

''Sounds like a plan'' Linda smiled

''See ya next week grandma'' I joked 

''Mmmm'' she said walking away

 

I laughed and turned, pulling Linda with me. The shop was empty, thank goodness. I hate shopping when people are staring at you, waiting to look through the shelf you're busy with or you just hanging behind them pretending to look at something else while they're taking their sweet time at the shelf you want to see. No offense my fellow shoppers.

 

''So what should we buy?'' I asked

''I dunno, how about an ice cream scoop? You think he has that?''

''Linda, darling, sweety, he owns an ice cream shop, of course, he has one of those!'' I shook her

''Oh yeah, sorry I forgot''

''No problems sister'' I smiled

 

We looked through all the shelves and even bumped into grandma a few times.

 

''You girls find anything?''

''Still looking'' Linda said

 

Even though our trolley was halfway full. We put everything that we found interesting in the trolley, even if it was stupid for an old man like him, for us it was awesome. Half an hour later we were able to force ourselves to stop and go to the front to meet grandma and choose.

 

''Come on, I don't think our trolley can take this much pressure'' I pushed

''Yeah, you're right, come on''

 

We pushed it to the front to find grandma standing in front waiting for us. With one thing in her hand. One freaking thing!. I and Linda looked at each other, looked at our trolley then back at grandma, she was staring at us too with a smile on her face.

 

''So? What do you girls think?'' she asked holding the thing up

 

It was a gift basket, it had small ice cream ornaments, different kind of sprinkles, ice cream syrup, a recipe book, a mug and a certificate that said 'the world's best ice cream chef!'. It was a perfect gift.

 

''Oh just great!'' Linda muttered

''All our energy!'' I moaned

''You girls want to buy the whole shop?'' grandma joked

''Ha ha ha, very funny'' we said

''That's good, let's just take that and go'' I said pushing the trolley away

''Yeah, and we better go fast, I don't think that lady over there is very happy with the choice we made'' Linda said

 

I turned around to see one of the shop ladies frowning at us and the trolley. Well, missy, I didn't tell you to take this job so suck it up. 

 

''Whatever, she's getting paid, she better do her job'' I said

''Why don't you girls pick one thing each, anything you like from the trolley?'' 

''Can we? Thanks, grandma'' we hugged her

 

We looked through everything and decided on the friendship bracelets. It was a pack of 4 bracelets each and we just so happened to take two packs. So we each took one pack. We pushed the trolley aside and gave the lady a kind smile, she smiled back but not as kind. We paid for the stuff and walked out. Once in the car, we opened our bracelets. I gave Linda one of mines and she gave me one of hers. It had half a heart on each bracelet, in one of the halves there was the word 'friends' and in the other half 'forever'. If you took both the bracelets and connected the halves it would become one whole heart. It was cute. I had the forever part and she had the friends part. Plus it was magnetic.

 

''You girls remind me of I and my best friend when we were younger'' grandma said

''How so?''

''We also had friendship bracelets and all those girl stuff, we promised we would stay friends forever''

''What happened'' I asked

''Well we grew apart, we went to different colleges and got married in different cities. We would see each other one in a while but not as often. You see, even though we were far apart, we kept our promise. We promised to stay friends forever and we did''

''Where is she now?'' Linda asked

''Hhhh, she was murdered'' grandma sniffed

''What? How?''

''Well, it was a robbery. It took place at her neighbor's house and she tried to stop them because the police didn't get there on time but it was 4 against 1 so she lost''

''It must have been hard for her children and husband'' I said

''Oh, she didn't have children, she was barren and her husband died of cancer a year before she did''

 

That's terrible! I would die if anything like that happened to Linda.

 

''I'm sorry grandma'' I said

''It's ok, she wasn't really happy here, so maybe it was best for her to be in a place where she is. With her husband''

 

I looked at Linda, she was staring at me. I gave her a hug and then wiped the tears that escaped my eyes. We looked down at the bracelets and connected the hearts.

 

''It looks beautiful'' Linda whispered

''Just like our friendship'' I hugged her

''Friends forever?''

''Friends forever''

 

Indeed, forever.

 

 

 

Linda's Luck

I'm not really one for ice cream, once in a while is fine. I especially love the chocolate n chip, it's my favorite. I guess I got that from my father, he never used to eat a lot of ice cream just once in a while. On the other hand, my mom and Daisy were ice cream queens. I also took after my father in temper wise but otherwise I'm just like my mom. We parked outside the shop and got off.

 

''You think he'll be there?'' Linda whispered to me

''I hope so but if not, there is always extra ice cream!'' I replied

''Yeah right''

 

We stepped inside, it was not so busy, there were just about two families and one of them were get reading to leave. Marcus's dad was sitting behind the counter with his stick beside him and Marcus was taking the other family's order. I could feel Linda tense up beside me.

 

''Ouch you're killing my arm'' I whispered

''Oh sorry, I'm just nervous''

''Relax, be cool''

''I'm trying!''

 

I made her stand up straight and then walked towards the counter.

 

''Hello! How are you girls doing?'' Marcus's dad asked

''Fine and you? How are you feeling?'' I asked

''Oh I'm doing fine, thank you'' he smiled

''This is my friend Linda''

''Hi, sorry about your injury'' Linda said

''Oh, not your fault darling. Now, what can I get for y'all?'' He asked

''I'd like strawberry please'' grandma ordered

''I'll have chocolate chip'' Linda said

''Choc chip for me too please'' I said

''Coming right up, why don't you girls go sit down?''

 

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