The next day at Foster's, Frankie grumpily headed to the bus with Mac and his friends following her.
"I can't believe we had to postpone Adopt-a-Thought Saturday so we can take your girlfriends out to the mall." she grouched.
"Come on, Frankie." said Mac. "The girls haven't been anywhere beside Foster's."
Then he paused for a moment.
"And Raven is not my girlfriend!" he added.
"Are you sure?" asked Frankie. "Because you guys have been spending a lot of time with them lately."
"That may be true," replied Mac. "But Raven already has a boyfriend...Named Dexter."
"While Apple has tons of admirers," added Wilt.
"Si," agreed Eduardo. "Because she is muy popular."
"CO CO CO CO CO CO CO CO COCO." added Coco.
"Well, let's hope we don't get into trouble after what happened last time." said Frankie as she recalled the last time they've been to the mall.
It was Madame Foster's birthday, and Frankie had to hurry to the mall to get some streamers for her birthday party. But she didn't expect Mac and his friends to tag along. Then pretty soon, chaos ran amok; Bloo kept on kicking people on the shins and calling them rip-off artists for pricing up everything he needed to make his own massage chair for Madame Foster.
Bloo, however, let out a scoff. "Pshaw! What's the worst that can happen?"
His friends glared at him until a familiar voice rang out, "Once upon a hi, everyone! Sorry we're late."
It was Apple, and she was leading Raven, Maddie, Ashlynn, Briar, Blondie, the O'Hair twins, and Melody Piper, daughter of the Pied Piper, towards the Foster's Bus.
"This isn't a field trip, Apple," said Frankie. "I thought it was just you and Raven."
"I know, Frankie," replied Apple. "But you know how Briar is when it comes to shopping."
"Haven't you heard the expression, 'Shop till you drop?'" asked Briar.
"Apple!" fumed Frankie.
But Apple just flashed a big smile on her face until Frankie gave in.
"Fine."
"Really?"
"Yes!" replied Frankie as she got on the bus. "Just get in before I change my mind."
"Thank you, Frankie." said Apple.
"You sure like to get your way, do you, Apple?" asked Wilt.
Apple let out a chuckle. "Well, you know me, Wilt. I'm thoughtful, and beautiful, and I sing the most wonderful songs about woodland creatures."
Then she cleared her throat and began to sing. "All the doves love to fly and the hares love to burrow!"
"Of course, sometimes, she can be a little annoying." explained Raven as she shooed away the doves that landed on her hair.
"I know how that feels." replied Mac.
"Come on, Raven. You know how much you love my singing." said Apple, giving out another chuckle.
"And you know how much you love how I get into mischief, right, Mac?" asked Bloo.
Raven and Mac looked at each other, then turned to their own friends and said together, "Yeah, not really."
Before anyone could get in the bus, another voice rang out. "Wait up, girls! I'm in!"
"Ahh!" shouted Eduardo as he hopped into Wilt's arm. "It is a bug!"
"It's not a bug, Ed. Its..." explained Wilt until he saw that the bug was actually Faybelle. "A girl with wings?"
"Who are you expecting, slim?" asked Faybelle. "The moth?"
"Uh, who's-" began Mac
"Faybelle has a thing about inviting herself." explained Briar. "Kinda part of our Sleeping Beauty story."
"Oh, come on." said Faybelle as she wrapped one arm around Briar and Mac with the other. "With Farrah taking a break, this crew needs a fairy."
"JUST GET IN THE BUS!" Frankie called out.
Everyone got in the bus as fast as they could, but Bloo stopped Faybelle from getting in. "Not you!"
"Get in the bus! Get in the bus! GET IN THE BUS!" repeated Frankie.
Apparently, she was not having a good day already.