Chapter 4: The Photo Booth
When she walked through the door, Shi looked around at a deserted living room and dark kitchen. Beginning to wonder, she went to the garage door, and checked to see if the cars were gone. Nope, still there. Setting down her shopping bags, Shi pulled her hoodie off and hung it on the coat rack beside the door. That's when she heard rushing footsteps from the stair case.
"Where the hell have you been?" Abi's voice rang out. "What the hell is your problem, not waking me up like that?! What the hell…" Abi paused for a moment, spotting the shopping bag that Shi picked back up. "Is that?" she asked, smiling.
"Well…I figured you would be pissed at me, so…I got you an 'I'm sorry' present." Shi said, smiling.
"Aww…I like those!" Abi said, smiling.
Shi smiled, and handed the bag to Abi, who took it and went to sit down on the couch. Shi followed her and sat down beside her, sitting Indian style, facing Abi. Abi opened the bag and looked in, pulling out the two cds. Gasping, she looked over the two cds, then up at Shi.
"Trapt(1) and Murderdolls(2)?! How did you know?!" she gasped.
"Eh…lucky guess." Shi said, smiling innocently.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Abi cried, attacking Shi, knocking the two off the couch.
Just as they hit the ground, Jake came down the stairs and stopped dead, looking at the two girls.
"What the hell is going on here?!" he asked, getting squeaky.
Abi and Shi looked up at him, and smiled innocently.
"Eh…well…" Abi started.
"What's all the racket about?" Adam asked, showing up behind Jake. Then he noticed the girls. "Damn! Why didn't you tell me?! I want in on this!"
"No you aren't either! If any one gets in on this, its me!" Jake growled to him.
"What?!" Shi squeaked.
"What are we talking about here?" Eclipse asked, stepping out of Shi's room.
"Threesomes!" Adam said.
"Huh?!" Eclipse asked, looking over the railing at the girls. "Well! That's hot!"
"Eh…not what you think boys, sorry." Abi said, sitting up.
Unfortunately, Abi was still straddling Shi's lap, making all three of the boys eyebrows raise.
"Ooo!" they all said together.
"What? What am I missing?" Shadow asked, walking around the corner.
Spotting Shi and Abi, she stopped dead and her jaw dropped to the floor.
"Shi…when did you go bi?" she asked.
"I didn't! Abi, get off!" Shi said.
"Yes, Abi. Get off." Adam said, smirking.
Smack! Jake's hand collided with the back of his head.
"Ow!" Adam said, rubbing his head.
"Shut up." he growled.
"Well, Jake. I'm sure the same thoughts were going through that dirty little mind of yours." Abi said, standing up and helping Shi up.
"Eh, heh heh….no!" Jake said, smiling innocently.
"I can hear the lie in your voice, dear! Nice try." Abi said smirking.
Jake blushed several shades of red, and looked away. Eclipse and Adam smirked and turned to head back up the stairs. Shi laughed and looked at Abi, who smiled back.
"So…am I forgiven?" she asked.
Abi thought a minute, then smiled at Shi and nodded.
"Yea. Thanks a lot for the cds." she replied.
"No problem. Oh yea! That blanket that we got for Ryan, is in my car. I'll get it later if you want." Shi said.
"Ok. Cool." Abi said, nodding.
"Actually…Boys! And Shadow, what do you say to go and hang out at the mall for a bit?" Shi asked,
The boys looked at each other and then up to Shadow, then glancing back down at Shi.
"Sure." they all said together.
"Great! I'm bored, so lets go out for a while." Shi said, smiling.
"Sweet!" everyone said, heading for the upstairs.
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"Are we ready?!" Abi yelled from the garage door.
Shi and Shadow had given her their keys to go and start the cars while they finished getting ready and now she was standing and waiting by the door, ready to go. Jake came down the stairs wearing a black tank top, (that, mind you, fit tight around his upper body), and black Tripp pants, that's straps hung down the backs of his legs. Abi watched him as he came down, smiling.
"What?" he asked, a smirk crossing his lips as he made his way over to her.
"Did I ever tell you how much I love you in those pants?" Abi asked, wrapping her arms around his waist.
"Hmm…lets see…well, you've told me how much you loved me…but no, don't think you've told me how much you love me in these pants." he teased, wrapping her in his arms, and kissing her.
"Good, well then I love you in those pants!" Abi said, kissing him back.
Jake smiled and hugged her tight to his body, playfully nipping at her neck, making her laugh. Jake walked her backwards, his feet on the outsides of both hers, making her laugh more. Eclipse and Shi were the next two to come down, smiling at them, when Eclipse sat on the railing and slid down.
"WWEE!!" he cried, as he slid off and landed on his feet.
Abi and Jake turned around and watched as Shi did the same, only from the top of the stairs. And of course, Adam saw this and tried to skate down it on his feet, rather than sitting down. Sadly, he lost his balance and had to jump off over the railing, tripping over Kohna along the way and disappeared behind the couch with a loud THUD.
Shi, Jake, Eclipse and Abi howled with laughter, and even Adam was cracking up when he pulled himself up over the back over the couch. Shi and Abi doubled over, laughing so hard tears were rolling down their faces. After a few minutes, they all managed to control themselves, and stood up straight, panting. They all looked at each other and started giggling again, but managed to keep themselves controlled.
"Ok, that was hilarious." Abi giggled, looking back at Adam.
"And fun!" Adam yelled, making them laugh again.
Shadow and Shade soon came down and looked at the two tear stained girls.
"Why have you been crying? What have we missed?!" Shadow asked, panic gripping her voice.
"Relax, relax! Nothing bad happened." Shi said, smiling.
"Yea, other than Adam being a dumbass and falling off the railing." Abi laughed.
"Falling off the railing…Adam, were you trying to skate down it again?" Shadow asked, eyeing Adam.
Adam smiled innocently and nodded. Rolling her eyes and sighing, Shadow shook her head as she walked to the garage door.
"You are a dumbass, you know that?" she said.
"Yea, I know." Adam replied smiling.
"Good, now get your ass in the car. Lets go." Shadow said, holding open the door.
Adam raced out and jumped in the back seat of her car, and smiled out the window. Shaking her head, Shi opened the front door, and held it open for the others, who made their way out and over to her car.
"Just like a damn kid." she muttered, looking at Shadow.
"I know it. Oh well." Shadow said, smiling and heading out the door, Shade right behind her.
"You guys be good!" she called to the wolves and two panthers.
Locking the door before she closed it, Shi headed out to her car, where Abi, Jake and Eclipse were already waiting for her. Getting in, she lead the way into town.
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After stopping at their favorite Chinese restaurant, and having the usual, food fight, the group left for the mall. Eclipse at the moment, was chasing Shi around a small store, while she was tossing things back at him, making all the preps managing the store, very pissed.
"Come here!" he laughed, circling the small stand of pink and baby blue t-shirts.
"No! Catch me if you can!" Shi called, racing around that stand to another one full of girls underwear. "Look Eclipse! A thong for you!!" she cried, launching a pair of hot pink thongs at him.
Abi and Jake howled with laughter from the door way and Shadow and Shade started another chase through the store. The manager of the store came out yelling and cussing them out. Adam had apparently disappeared to the bathroom or something because he was no where to be seen at the moment.
"Get your gothic asses out of here! Or I'm calling the damn security!" she screamed.
"Ooo, Eclipse listen to this! We have prejudice prep here, who wants us to get our gothic asses out of her shit store!" Shi laughed, falling back against Eclipse, who wrapped his arms around her.
"So I noticed. What on earth should we do?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Oh, oh! I know, I know! Pick me, pick me!!" Abi cried, waving her arm in the air and jumping around.
Shi and Eclipse looked back at her and smiled.
"Get out!" the manager yelled, pointing to the door.
"Uh…no!" Shi said, breaking away from Eclipse and racing around the store again, him close behind.
"God damn it!! Get out!!" the manager screamed over Abi's and Jake's cheers and their laughter.
The other workers stopped and stared at them as they raced around, throwing clothes at each other and screaming.
"Amber! Call security!" the manager screamed.
The girl nodded and left quickly, calling security. Shi and Eclipse suddenly darted out the door, Shadow and Shade right behind them. Abi and Jake laughed and left as well, leaving the store to pick up t-shirts and other clothing strewn everywhere.
After terrorizing that store, they walked around for a bit, stumbling across a photo booth. Glancing at each other, a wicked grin crossed each of their faces.
"Lets see how many people we can fit in here, shall we?" Eclipse asked, climbing in.
"Certainly not all of us!" Abi cried, peering behind the curtain at him.
Eclipse looked around and smiled.
"Sure we could." he said, nodding.
"And how do you figure this?" Jake asked, appearing on the other side of the booth, sticking his head through the curtain.
"Well, this thing could normally fit at least three people, right?" Eclipse asked, looking at him.
"Yea…and?" Jake asked.
"Well, get your ass around here, and sit down next to me. Shi, you come around over here, and sit on my lap, Abi, climb on Jake's lap. Shade, you sit down next to Jake, and Shadow, you climb on his lap." Eclipse explained.
Jake nodded and walked back around the booth, climbing in and sitting down next to Eclipse as he had said. Shi went to the side that Jake had been on and climbed in, sitting on Eclipse's lap. Abi climbed in and sat on Jake's lap, while Shade squeezed in beside Jake.
People had gathered around watching them with amusement, waiting to see if they could actually fit every last one of them in there. Shadow smiled at them while Shade got situated, and held out his arms, showing he was ready for her. She slowly climbed in, being careful not to step on to many feet. As she sat down, there were sighs and grunts and groans from everyone in the booth. The girls tried fixing their legs to get comfortable, ending up resting their feet on one another's legs. Just as they got comfortable, they heard a sudden cry from outside.
"Wait for me!! Don't take any pics without me!!" Adam's voice rang out.
"Oh, fuck me!" Eclipse cried.
Adam suddenly dove through the curtain, and landed directly on top of the girls laps. Everyone groaned as they were squished even more. Even Adam groaned, and he had been the one doing the squishing.
"Damn you! That hurt!" Jake grunted.
"You?! He didn't land on you!" Abi cried, looking at him.
"Yea, well, your guys's knees didn't do me any wonders either, so shut it…" Adam hissed, breathlessly.
The people outside the booth laughed as Adam's feet where still hanging out of one of the curtains. Some one knocked lightly on the side and they looked at each other.
"Yes?" Eclipse asked.
"Sorry to disturb you, but we were just wondering how many people you actually have in there?" a young guy asked.
"Seven." Eclipse replied.
"Seven?! Damn!" the guy exclaimed.
"Here Adam, put this in the thing outside so we can get this over with." Shi said, handing Adam a twenty dollar bill.
Nodding, Adam gently climbed off the girls laps, and stepped out of the booth, slipping the money into the cash slot. The people outside stared at him in awe, and even a few punk girls laughed and giggled at him. He ignored them however, and climbed back in the booth, but more gently this time. As he stretched out over Shadow's, Abi's, and Shi's lap's, Shadow pulled the curtain back down around him so people couldn't stare in at them.
"Ok, Adam, set up the frame for a wide picture." Shi said, adjusting herself gently so she wouldn't hurt Eclipse or Jake.
"Kay. Got it." Adam said, pushing the buttons on the touch screen.
"While he does that, everyone else get ready to take the pic." Eclipse said, wrapping his arms around Shi.
Everyone gently shifted around getting as comfortable as possible in the tiny booth.
"Ok, its set." Adam said, laying back down.
Shi lay her head against Eclipse's and smiled, while Abi kissed Jake's cheek, looking at the camera out of the corner of her eye. Shadow and Shade kissed each other, also looking at the camera out of the corner of their eyes, and Adam just lay across the girls laps, smiling sweetly. The flash blinded them momentarily, but they ignored it and set up for the next picture.
"What now?" Adam asked, looking back at Shi.
"Um…" Shi thought.
"Oh, wait!" Adam said, turning back to the screen.
"What are you doing?" Abi asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Making a custom frame! It will be funny, promise." Adam said, smiling.
They watched the screen as Adam quickly typed in a title to the frame, and laughed. He had put 'Adam the Pimp' across the bottom of the picture frame and leaned back, like he was the 'man' of the bunch. Shi, Abi, and Shadow pursed their lips and looked up with their eyes, while all the boys tried to look like bad asses behind them. The flash blinded them again, and the picture printed out and landed in the slot outside.
"Ok, that was a good one. Lets see here…" Adam muttered, trying to think of something.
"Oh, I wanna make one!" Abi said, smiling.
"Ok, tell me what it is, and I'll type it in for you." Adam said, smiling back at her.
"Ok…hmm…make it another custom frame…" she started, trying to think of something.
"Ok…" Adam said, pushing the buttons on the screen.
"What are you gonna name it?" Jake asked, smiling at her.
"That's what I'm trying to think of right now…" Abi said, lost in thought.
When the screen came up to type in a name for the frame, Adam paused and looked back at her, smiling. She smiled back, still thinking.
"Oh fuck it! Name it 'The Best Day Ever'!" Abi cried, giving up on thinking of a good name.
"Ok then." Adam said, and turned back around, typing in the name on the touch screen.
Abi leaned back on Jake, smiling at the camera and this time, Eclipse kissed Shi's cheek, and she covered her mouth with one hand, pretending to look shocked. Shade and Shadow rested their heads together, smiling up at the camera. Adam laid on his back on their laps, and stared at the ceiling of the booth. Again the flash blinded them, but they quickly recovered.
For the rest of the amount of money, they came up with new and funny poses, funny titles and just all around had fun. But the real fun came when it was time to get out of the tiny booth. Adam climbed out first, and waited patiently, while the others slowly crawled out. He picked up the several printed pictures from the little slot, and looked them over. The people that had gathered were still standing around, and one girl even had her phone out, recording them.
Shadow slowly clawed her way out, and stretched stiffly. Behind her, Shade was tugging himself free, and put his hands on his lower back, like an elderly man, and stretched back, his back popping several times.
"Damn it! That hurt!" he grumbled, then went back to the booth to help the others out.
Abi grabbed Shade's hand, and he pulled her out of the booth, then helped Jake out. Eclipse and Shi slowly crawled out of the other side, also stretching and muttering about the pain in their backs and asses. The girl was still recording as Shi and Eclipse walked around, hands on their backs, and looked at the others.
"Seven people just crawled out of this tiny booth! How amazing!" she commentaried her recording.
"What are you doing?" Eclipse asked.
The girl turned her camera phone on him and smirked.
"Oo, and it was full of cuties!" she said.
Shi growled lowly and walked over to her, snatching her phone away from her.
"Hey! Give it back!" she cried, reaching for it.
Shi jumped away, and turned the phone on herself.
"Note to self! If she touches any of these 'cuties' that just crawled out of this booth, I'll beat her ass!" she growled, before slamming the phone shut, and throwing it back to the girl.
"What the hell is your problem?!" the girl cried.
"You apparently." Abi said, smirking.
"No one asked you!" the girl snapped.
"No, but you asked a question, so I answered it for you." Abi replied casually.
The girl stood speechless, staring at them, before storming away with a angry sigh. The people around them cheered and booed the girl as she disappeared. Abi smirked at Shi and then hugged Jake, as they slowly made their way away from the photo booth, still stiff and sore.
A/n: ok, i'm not exacty sure if you could really fit 7 people in a damn photo booth, but hey! they pulled it off! Anywayz, heres the next chapter!! Review for me!! LaterZ!