let's go spend someone else's money... (Maddie)

[Penelope Marie Gatina]

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So, what could be better than going out with your best friend to your favorite designer’s store and spending the gift card for three thousand dollars that a guy to whom you have no emotional connection whatsoever got you?

I’ll tell you what: Not a lot of things.

Steve was madly in love with Penelope, and his way of showing it was by presenting her with lots of expensive pieces of clothing, shoes, and –her personal favorites- gift cards to the big stores in the city, Betsey Johnson particularly, she just loved her fun, flirty, colorful dresses, and she really loved spending time in that store, it made her feel like she was a life size Barbie doll in a pink doll house.

She got out of bed and stretched lazily on her way to the bathroom, in a very cat-like manner. It was unbelievable how –despite her dark history with cats- she still acted like a cat in so many occasions. Just for starters. There was the fat that she used of her sexiness to lure unfortunate men to her, and just like a cat, they would only stick around while it was good for her, and the second she got sick of them, she would either walk away or make sure they did.

She made her into the bathroom and took a long shower, enjoying the hot water on her skin, it was very soothing. She finished showering and decided to blowdry her hair. Not that it was necessary, it was straight whether she did it or not, but she figured it would look better if she did it at home, than to go out and let it dry by itself. After she got done with her hair, she went to pick out something to wear. Steve had gotten her the cutest BCBG dress, and there was a pair of shoes she’d been dying to wear. She got dressed quickly, her outfit came together almost by itself, and it looked incredible.

She put on her eyeliner and some mascara, she didn’t wanna go all out on make up, she was only going shopping, after all. She texted Maddison to let her know she was on her way to the elevator and left her apartment, locking the door and dropping the keys in her purse, then making her way to the elevator, her heels clacking with every step she took. She walked past a mirror on the hallway and admired herself for a moment.

Even if she didn’t have that pendant hanging on her neck she would get lots of male attention like she usually did… except maybe when Maddie was with her, the girl looked like a freaking Victoria’s Secret model! But Penelope didn’t care, she and Maddison actually got along really well, and Maddie was her best friend, so even though she would normally freak out about second in any category, but she was alright with Maddison being prettier, just as long as she had that necklace on, everything would be fine.

When she was on her way to the elevator, she ran into the single hottest guy she had ever seen on the building, and she had also never seen him there before. So she decided she would pretend to be a friendly neighbor and go greet him. The greeting quickly turned into a conversation, and before she noticed she had already been there talking to him for about twenty minutes, which meant Maddie was probably waiting for her for about twenty minutes.

She said goodbye to him quickly, and they exchanged phone numbers, then she continued her way to the elevator, running a hand beneath her hair and flipping it without looking back. That was a sure way to get some male attention, and if this worked like it usually did, she would most likely get a call from him withing the next hour or so.

She got to the lobby and pulled her sunglasses out of her bag, but help them in her hand until she got outside. She walked up to a potentially aggravated Maddison and smiled at her, ”Sorry Maddie, I got caught up with something on my way down.” she said, apologizing genuinely, although she would probably forget that this even happened as soon as they got to Betsey Johnson.

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