Once I went to a shop to buy shoes.

There was a pair I immediately fell in love with. The decision of buying them was easy to make.

The question was: blue or red?

I spent half an hour trying first one pair, then the other.

I just didn't know what to do. Fifteen year olds are hard to please sometimes.

When I tried putting on one shoe of one colour and one of the other I finally had my answer: the opposite colours looked great together.

I stopped the first shop assistant I saw passing by and asked whether it would be possible or not to buy them like that.

She looked at me as if I had grown two heads.

I felt so unconfortable at that moment.

Was it something so unusual to ask? Was that something that weird to want?

I was so young at that time.

I felt so embarassed I just accepted her "no" and walked out of the shop quickly after buying the red pair.

It took