Ashina's Quest: Chapter 6

Mom and I are at the mall. She wants me to look hot tomorrow. I'm not particularly excited about it. Maybe once I get my daytime outfit, then my formal gown for the party, I will feel better about it. No telling. I see a leather store and say, "Mom, can we get a leather outfit for tomorrow?" Mom smiled and said, "I had a leather outfit for my seventeenth birthday too. Let's see if we can find something sexy, but classy too. I wore a little leather skirt, a leather tank top that zipped up the front, and a pair of thigh-high leather boots to school on my birthday." I said, "I bet that looked amazing on you!" She said, "I wore it again on my first date with your father. He literally stopped breathing when he saw me in it." I laughed and said, "I can only hope that I get that kind of mate."

We walked into the leather store and mom and I take a deep breath, just taking in the smell of leather. We both love that smell so much. We look at each other and laugh. I said, "We are too m