testing angular service internal method calls

I have the following simple service

app.factory('Shoes', function() {
    function a() {return 12;}
    function b() {return a();}

    return {
      a: a,
      b: b
    }
  })

I want to test if the method a is being called when I call method b. My test looks like this:

describe('Testing a Shoes service', function() {
  var service;

  beforeEach(module('plunker'));

  beforeEach(inject(function(Shoes) {
    service = Shoes;
  }))

  it('.b should call .a', function() {
    spyOn(service, 'a');
    service.b();
    expect(service.a).toHaveBeenCalled();
  })

});

But the tests fail. Relevant plunker is here.

Question is how can I test this kind of interactions?