Duh. It wouldn't be much of a story if she didn't!

Fortunately for Stephanie, she didn't have to search for long. bimbocity was just around the corner. Joanne wasn't kidding: garish was the right word to describe the store. She almost turned around when she saw it. Bright pink walls and fixtures assaulted her vision. The word, 'bimbocity' in all lowercase, white, bubble letters was about the only reprieve from the bright pink. Still, Stephanie really wanted some gum and she had the coupon, so she figured she could probably handle the pinkness for long enough.

"Oh, hi!" heard Stephanie when she walked into the bright store. "Um, welcome to bimbocity!" Stephanie looked towards the voice and nearly laughed. They were really doubling down on their "bimbo" esthetic. From her curly, platinum blonde hair, to her white mini pencil skirt, the employee was bimbo from head-to-toe.

"Umm,hi!" said Stephanie, sarcastically mirroring the woman's energy. She wondered if the bimbo would catch on. She decided to adopt a heavy valley-girl accent to further amplify her jest, "My friend said you have, like, these totally tasty energy drinks! I was just wondering if you had, like, bubble gum too!"

The bimbo smiled widely. "Ohmigod! You must be talking about the girl that was just here! Do you work with her?"

Stephanie nearly lost it. The woman had no idea she was being disingenuous. Making fun of this woman straight to her face was definitely worth the trip. "You remember Joanne?" squealed Stephanie, "Yea, she defs told me to come here."

"Well, you're in luck! We have bubble gum and it's delicious!" She teetered towards the aisle where people line up to pay. Her heels were so tall and her boobs were so big that Stephanie had no idea how the physics worked to keep her upright. The slim brunette followed the bimbo into the aisle.

"Right here!" announced the employee. She grabbed a pink bar from a shelf and handed it to Stephanie. "There are other flavours and whatnot, but this is totally my favourite!"

Stephanie had to fight the urge to roll her eyes while reading the packaging. On the pink wrapper was a cartoon woman with pink bubbles all around her head. If she didn't know any better, Stephanie would have sworn they modeled the cartoon after their employee. The gum was called, "Bubblehead." She took a moment to steel her composure before responding. "Oh em gee! Bubblehead? That's, like, so cute!" Maybe she was laying on the valley girl accent a little too heavily, but the bimbo didn't seem to notice.

"Uh huh! It is! And it's so yummy too! Try one!"

"But I haven't, like, paid yet or whatever!" Stephanie knew the girl wasn't the brightest bulb in the box, but she didn't want to take advantage of her.

"Oh, whatever!" said the employee, "Give it a try! If you don't like it, you don't have to buy it! Pinky promise!" She held out her hand and extended her pinky. Her nail was bright pink and almost an inch long.

Stephanie couldn't believe the woman wanted to make a pinky promise. She probably hadn't done a pinky promise since seventh grade! She just smiled and hooked her own pinky around the bimbo's. "Hey, if she wants to give me free bubble gum, I'm not going to refuse," thought Stephanie. Her hands tore at the pink wrapper and pulled out a cube wrapped in another thin wrapper. The smell of the bubblegum instantly hit her nostrils. She usually preferred mint over the classic bubblegum flavour, but this smelled particularly nice. It seemed to wake her up and calm her down all at the same time.

She unwrapped the piece and put the pink, chewy, sugary gum in her mouth. Stephanie was planning on playing up how much she liked it for the bimbo sales associate, but her actual response was enthusiastic enough.

"Wow!" she announced, "This is actually really good!"

"Told ya!" giggled the employee, "You just enjoy that! I'll be right back." She quickly walked away to greet another customer who had just entered the store, leaving Stephanie to experience Bubblehead bubble gum for the first time.

Stephanie's tongue began tingling in excitement. The gum was sweet, but not obnoxiously so, and it was the classic bubblegum flavour, but it was really, really really good. Her mind exploded in wonder. What really was the bubblegum flavour? What was it modeled after? It wasn't just a basic flavor like strawberry or banana. It was more complex than that, yet so captivatingly simple.

She looked at the package for the flavour. It read, "Pink Obsession."

"Pink! Of course!" thought Stephanie, "It is so obvious. The flavour is pink. Just pink! I love pink!" She giggled at the realization and looked up from the packaging. Pink was everywhere. The gum was pink, the walls were pink, even the booby sales associate's shirt was pink.

Stephanie loved pink. She had never really appreciated it before and for the life of her she couldn't understand why. Pink tasted so good. It was so yummy. "It even looks yummy," she thought giddily.

Without thinking about it, Stephanie pursed her lips and blew a big bubble. It burst with a loud pop and released a plume of sweet, yummy, pink aroma. The gum stuck to her lips and her nose. She giggled as her tongue darted out and pulled the yummy pinkness back into her mouth.

She loved pink. Like, so much. Looking around, Stephanie loved to be surrounded by the sheer pinkness of the store. Everything was pink, and pink was so pretty. She looked down and her smile faded into a frown. Why wasn't she wearing pink? There was all this yummy, lovely pink around and she was wearing blue and black?! She felt uncomfortable in her clothes. She needed new ones.

"Umm, excuse me!" she called out, waving at the employee in her pretty pink blouse.

"Yea, Hon? How's the gum?" The lady walked over and Stephanie couldn't help but notice how her bouncy boobs made her yummy pink blouse look even yummier.

"Oh!" Stephanie had to gotten she was supposed to pay for her gum. She blew a bubble and giggled, "It's actually, like, super yummy." Her speech patterns were no longer intentionally dumb, and the irony was completely lost on her pink-addled brain. She put on an over-emphasized pout, "But, like, my clothes are totally awful! Can I buy some new stuff!?"

The employee smiled. "Of course, cutie! What do you like?"