"I'll probably be needing to go to a speciality place anyways," Elle replied to the first Claire with a shrug of her shoulders. "I got most of what I wanted at Victoria's Secret a few weeks ago when Dean gave me that gift certificate."

Which in retrospect, it was kind of weird that he had given her a two hundred dollar gift card before they had been official or anything, but she was trying not to dwell on it. It had been nice, either way. She wasn't used to people doing nice things for her.

That was probably part of the reason why she felt so uncomfortable as the other Claire took her arm. She was surrounded, so to speak. Which wasn't really so bad, she supposed, but it made her feel awkward. How was she supposed to act shopping with a couple of...friends Were they really friends? The whole concept felt foreign.

"I was thinking of getting a corset, something special for Valentine's. And Dean wanted me to pick up some more costumes to wear."

She mentioned it casually, like it was no big deal. Just because the other two were virgins didn't mean she had to pretend like she was one