"Great! I can pick you up at noon then?" Lila asked. I nodded. "That isn't too early after your date?" I asked with a sly smile. Lila giggled, and blushed slightly. "No, it'll be fine." She said. "Well then, I am thoroughly excited," I told her. Lila and I talked for the rest of the hour about all the places we were going to check out tomorrow. I'm actually very excited about it. I haven't been shopping since Vanessa and I were friends. Even then, I didn't have fun. Vanessa only dragged me along to have someone with her. We never went to the places I liked. When the bell rang, we all gathered our stuff to leave. "Oh, I forgot my history book in my locker. I'll meet you guys in the parking lot." I said to the group. "You want one of us to go with you?" Leo asked me. I shook my h

