Little update. If there's someone who can make Julie reconsider how much she's showing, it's gotta be LulaXD

Disclaimer: The Plum universe belongs to JE.

After a very relaxing quickie in the shower, Ranger was on his way to take care of business and I headed to Rangeman for Julie.

"Hi!" Julie was obviously glad to see me. She was back in her teeny tiny shorts and Ranger's T-shirt had been cut in two, the front and back pieces held together by knotting the fabric together.

"Hey." I filled her in, saying she was going to be staying with me until Ranger got back. She smiled, liking the idea. I told her we were going to the mall so she could load up on essentials.

Before the mall, we stopped at the Bonds office. Julie didn't mind the detour.

Connie and Lula were inside the Bonds office, the AC blasting. I shivered when we went inside, despite being in jeans and my stretchy tee.

"Hey girlfriend!" Lula said in an 'about time' tone. She was dying to get out of the office and get to planning her birthday trip. "Killer boots." Lula told Julie.

"Yours are pretty awesome too." Julie admired Lula's knee high leather boots. I can't believe those are comfortable in this heat. "I'm Julie." She introduced herself.

"Ranger's daughter?" Connie asked. I nodded.

"I can see the resemblance." Lula said. Julie didn't look comfortable with the whole 'you're Ranger's daughter' bit, so she asked if we could go to the mall. "That's perfect." Lula said it was as good a time as any to buy herself a new outfit.

We all trooped out of the office and piled in car. I pulled my red Jeep Cherokee away from the curb. I bought it last month with my capture money for a high bond. I loved it! It was almost new and drove smoothly, unlike the POS SUV I was driving prior to this one.

S&R

It took about an hour to get Julie everything from undies to shoes. She still stuck to mostly shorts and tank tops, but at least they covered more this time. The tanks would leave her arms bare, but they wouldn't expose too much cleavage. The shorts came down to about mid-thigh, fair enough.

Lula on the other hand, dragged us through many stores in search of the perfect outfit.

"What do you think?" Lula modeled us a tight black spandex mini-skirt and neon lime colored wrap sleeveless top.

"Um…" An acre of thighs showed along with endless squished boobs.

"Might be a little too much, even for you." Connie grimaced.

"It's just like Julie's." Lula defended and I had to stifle a laugh at the way Julie paled. The teen unconsciously tugged on her tiny shorts, definitely not liking the comparison.

"Not the same." Connie coughed out the comment, signaling Lula to buy whatever she wanted. When Lula went back to the changing room, Connie cut her eyes to me. "I'm all for showing off what you got, but sometimes you have to know where to draw the line."

"Uh huh." Julie was still in shock. Can't blame her. You never get used to getting too much of a load of Lula-ness.

We grabbed a quick lunch at the food court once we were done with the clothes shopping.

"Will you still be able to go to Atlantic City if you're watching over Ranger's daughter?" Connie asked me as we waited for Julie and Lula to bring dessert.

"Ranger will be back tomorrow, so yeah." Lula's birthday is on Friday and the celebration will take place that day, with us returning on Saturday night.

The others came back. Julie handed me an ice cream cone and Lula gave one to Connie.

"This girl's got game." Lula announced, pointing at the piece of paper Julie was holding.

"This is nothing." Julie said. I took a look at the piece of paper. There was a phone number scribbled on it and I immediately cut my eyes to the drooling kid behind the register at Yummy Ice Cream.

"He didn't even charge us." Lula enjoyed her free ice cream, uncaring that the Grand Opening of the ice cream place was just last week.

I lapped at my free ice cream too, knowing that Ranger was going to have his hands full with the teen and the males running after her.