Author's Note- Hope you all like this chapter and again sorry for such a long wait.

Chapter Four - Shopping Time Part 1

Sarah and Alexis arrived at the mall about 20 minutes after leaving Sam and Sarah's house.

"Sarah we are we gonna go first? This place is so big!" Alexis said still looking around. It'd been a while since she'd been to the mall.

"Well that's up to you. Where do you want to go first?" Sarah asked as she held onto Alexis's hand.

"I don't know there so much to choose from." Alexis answered

"Alright why don't we walk around and if you see anything you like we'll check it out, that sound good?" Sarah asked.

"Yup." Alexis said as they continued walking around.

"Oh look puppies!!" Alexis exclaimed excitedly and pointed towards the pet shop where small labs were in the display. "Can we go in there? Please aunt Sarah pretty please!"

Sarah smiled at her niece. "Sure sweetie we can go in there."

"Yes!" Alex said and let go of her aunt's hand and rushed towards the store and stopped to look at the animals in the front.

"Alex wait up!" Sarah said following her. "Don't run off like that. It's dangerous." Sarah said. Not only talking about regular stranger danger but she also knew about the supernatural dangers.

Sam had resisted at first but had eventually explained everything to her about him and his family, hunting and what really existed and what didn't.

"Sorry." Was all Alex said as she continued going from one glass window in the shop to the next looking at all the animals. "Aunt Sarah can I get one? Please!" Alex said turning around and using her puppy dog eyes.

Sarah laughed and shook her head. "Sorry hun. That's not going to work this time. Having a pet is a big responsibility. Maybe when you're older. Besides it'd have to be up to your dad not me." Sarah explained.

Alexis sighed and pouted for a moment then got over it. "Fine then." She said and looked at the small kitten in the cage. "I'll be back for you ok buddy. You can count on it." Alexis said to the animal and then turned to her aunt. "We can go now if you want." She said.

"Ok let's go." Sarah said and Alex took her aunt's hand and they exited the pet shop while Alex threw one last look at the small orange and white kitten.

Once they got out of the pet shop the continued to window shop. "I don't wanna go in there." Alexis said and pointed to one store.

"Which one?" Sarah asked.

"That one!" Alexis stated and pointed to the store and Sarah had to laugh and thought that maybe it was almost too late for her niece.

"What's wrong with that store honey it looks pretty nice to me." Sarah said and started towards it with a slightly slower Alexis.

"I can't even say its name and it looks weird." Alex said as they entered the store.

"It's called Hollister." Sarah said and looked around for a moment.

"Ok we came in and saw it now let's go!" Alexis said and started pulling on her aunt's arm.

"What's the rush?" Sarah asked although she had to admit she was highly amused by Alexis' reluctance.

"It's weird and creepy. I just don't like it."

"How's it creepy?" Sarah asked and Alex stopped trying to get her aunt to move.

Alexis looked around for a moment then pointed at the maniquins. "Look that's weird and creepy, A statue with no head." She said and knew she wasn't going to get out of the store anytime soon. She might be young but she knew that much.

"You've seen those before all clothing stores have them. Nice try though. Now come on let's have a look around" Sarah said and she walked around. "Oh look this is cute and so it that. Plus it's pink!" She said over enthusiastically.

Alexis just raised her eyebrow at her aunt and crossed her arms. "I don't like pink, it's yucky!" she stated.

Sarah shook her head and could tell they weren't going to get anywhere at this rate. "Alright come on let's go. Also pink is not yucky. It's a very pretty color and I think it'd look nice with your hair color." Sarah said and she led her niece out of the store.

Alexis had a smile on her face as the exited the store. "Ok pink isn't yucky. Happy?" she said and looked around. "I wanna pick the store since you picked that place." She said and they continued to walk. Alex heard music and looked around and her eyes brightened and she pointed out another store. "There! I wanna go in there! It has the shirts daddy wears!" she said and started dragging her aunt towards it.

It was now Sarah's turn to feel uneasy. "You sure sweetie. It looks kind of… Oh I don't know creepy?" she attempted.

"Creepy? Try cool!" Alexis said. "Come on let's go to Hot…" Alexis started and then studied the words on the entrance of the store for a moment. "To.. Hot…Top… what's it say?" she asked giving up.

"It says Hot Topic, and are you sure?" Sarah asked and Alex just nodded her head eagerly and they entered the store and immediately heard loud music.

"Awesome!" Alexis said and looked around the store with a still uneasy Sarah.

"Oh Aunt Sarah look at this can I get it please?" Alex asked as she held up a far to large Metallica t-shirt.

"Do you really have to get that one?" Sarah asked her with a raised eyebrow.

"No.." Alex said and looked around some more and after a few minutes she held out another one. "This one! Can I get it pretty please!!" Alexis said.

Sarah looked at the shirt and sighed. It was much better than the last one which had, had skulls and blood on it. This one on the other hand had. The words 'Pink Floyd' on it in pink and above that a neon interpretation of the classic album cover from Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon with pink metallic accents.

"Sure I guess… only if you are willing to try everything I give you to try on." Sarah said. If she had to buy a shirt like that then she was going to at least get something out of it as well.

Alexis just nodded. "Alright deal." She put her hand out in front of her and her aunt shook it.

"Now let's just get it in a smaller size so it doesn't look like you're wearing a tent." Sarah said.

After finding the smallest size in the t-shirt and paying for it they exited the store with a smiling Alex who held her shopping bag and an optimistic Sarah.


Author's Note –

Alright so what do you guys think? Again sorry for taking so long. I was busy all summer long and family things have been happening but I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Let me know!

-Rebecca