"I don't think you are," Alicia said. "You're pretty."

"...thank you," said Luisa.  "Not as pretty as you two, though."

"It's not a contest, silly," Alicia said. "I'd say you're equal to us."

"...Well, maybe?" she said.  "Still jealous, though."

"I guess it can be worked on," Alicia said.

"Now I'm wondering which one of us she's jealous of," Rosa teased.

"Don't be mean," Alicia said.

"Sorry," said Rosa.  She ruffled Luisa's hair.  "...it's very flattering, though, Lou."

Luisa was blushing intensely, now, and couldn't look at either of them.

"Let's get the clothes payed for and then we can get something nice to eat," Alicia said.

"...really, 'have something to eat,'" said a voice behind her.  "It was looking more like 'have a threesome,' don't you think?"

"It sounds like there's a little yappy dog somewhere," Alicia said, not turning around.

Luisa was now staring at the floor, unable to meet anyone's eyes.  Rosa seemed to be staring at the ceiling.

"...Looks like a couple of 'yaps' have hit a few guilty consciences," said Jeanette.  "I wonder what Harold would think of that?"

"I'm not dating Harold and I don't think it's any of your business," Alicia said, whirling around and getting in Jeanette's face. "I don't want to have to deal with you and your stupid popular girl crap."

"Touchy, touchy!" laughed Jeanette.  "So which part bothered you most: Mentioning Harold, or correctly calling out your impending threesome?"

"I'm not even going to dignify that by answering it," Alicia said.

"Naturally," said Jeanette.  "Well, I won't tell Harold. He's already annoying enough.  Working him up would only make things worse."

"Thank you for that at least," Alicia said.

"Don't misunderstand me-- you all annoy me," said Jeanette.  "But not enough to go out of my way to make that much trouble for you."

"Thank you anyway," Alicia said, before turning to the others. "We're done here, grab your stuff and meet me at the register."

"Absolutely," said Rosa.  Luisa was still blushing and looking at the floor.

Alicia went to the counter and took out her credit card.

"Put these on the same bill."

The outfits were quickly purchased.  Quite cheaply, too.

"So..." said Rosa.  "Now what?"

"We get far away from here and see a movie or get some food or something," Alicia said.

"Food would be good," said Luisa.  "What kind of thing do you want?"

"Chinese would be good," Alicia said.