"Come on Max, please?" Angel asked.

"No." I said, crossing my arms over my chest.

Nudge frowned, a pleading look in her eyes. "But it'll be fun! There'll just be me, you, Angel, and Ella, and it could be, like, girl time, and, Angel and I really need new clothes and isn't like we're gonna get attacked or something because we've been here for, like, weeks and we haven't been yet and it'll just be a really quick trip and you don't have to, like, try on clothes or anything but at least come so we--"

"I could hardly understand you with all the 'likes' you used in that sentence," I interrupted.

"If anything happens, you can totally blame it on me," Ella put in hopefully.

"Okay. So, let me get this straight. You want me to go the mall with you, which is crowded with people that may or may not have an extreme desire to kill us, and then if the building suddenly spontaneously combusts, I can blame it on you?" I said.

"Yup. But nothing will happen, Max." Ella said.

"If I had a nickel every time I heard that," I muttered. Then, in a louder voice, I said, "Fine. We can go, as long as you all stay with me at all times, and Nudge and Angel try to seem normal to some extent. As in, don't control the cashiers to let you have stuffed animals for free"—I gave Angel a meaningful look—"or go all magnetic on me and attract all the silverware in Zellers or something." This time, I gave Nudge the same pointed look.

All three of them nodded excitedly, and ran downstairs to tell Mom.

I sat in my room, considering whether I was absolutely crazy for doing this, or the absolute freaking kindest person I knew.

"You're taking them to a mall?" Fang asked, slight disbelief in his voice.

I looked up. "Uh-huh. And if you make any comments about it, I'm dragging you with me."

"Are you sure this is a good idea?"

"Nope."

Ella called from downstairs, asking me if I was ready and to hurry up.

"I'm coming!" I called back, and sighed. "Fang, if I come back wearing nail polish, or a bow in my hair, or those lacy socks that girls seem to be crazy about, call the police. And maybe the paramedics."

Fang nodded.

"And wipe that smirk off your face," I said, without looking at him.

Nudge, Angel and Ella chattered nonstop while they were there. I, however, was wound as tight as…well, there's no simile I can give you. I was just really tense.

"…Don't you think, Max?"

"Huh?" I was brought back to earth with Nudge's voice.

Ella sighed and rolled her eyes. "Never mind. But you're biting your lip so hard it's bleeding, I don't know if you noticed."

I let go of my lip and immediately did taste blood. Oops.

"Let's go to this store," Ella said, dragging me to a store I didn't see or care to know the name of.

"Hey, this place is nice." I heard a muffled voice say. I jumped.

"Angel, is Total in your backpack?" I asked, hoping against hope the answer was 'no'.

Angel looked down guiltily. "Well, he was supposed to stay quiet," She said significantly to her backpack.

"Well, I forgot. Sor-ry." Total huffed "You'd think she'd appreciate that I can talk at all. Now let me out." Angel sighed and unzipped the backpack.

"Angel, no--" I started.

I was too late. Total bounded out of the bag, yapping excitedly.

"Oh, man," I groaned. "Total! Get you furry butt back here!" I yelled, earning me quite the looks from all the shoppers in the store. I smiled innocently at them, and then continued to run down the aisles after Total, the Nudge, Ella, and Angel right behind me.

He turned a corner suddenly, and I did as well, but, of course, the floor was wet from just being mopped, so I slipped and hit a counter, knocking down the contents of it.

Just so you guys know, apparently ceramic tabby cat figurines are every breakable. I learned that the hard way.

Cursing under my breath, I picked my way through shattered pottery feline body parts to where Total had ran to.

I collided with someone. I stopped so fast that Angel, Nudge, and Ella ran into me.

I looked up. A security guard was holding Total, glowering at us.

"Hel-lo," I said in a sing-song voice, giving him an uneasy smile.

He continued to glare.

"Well, you have something of ours, there," I pointed to Total. "Any chance you'll give back our dog and let us off with a warning? No?" I sighed. "Well, then, I don't usually do this, officer, but we're kinda in a hurry, so…" I trailed off, and kicked the security guard in the groin. He went down on his knees in pain. I grabbed Total and sprinted out of the store with the other three girls.

"You suck," I concluded to Total, who rolled his eyes.

Apparently, that security guy had reinforcements. They cornered us. From all sides.

Yes, we could have flown away, maybe. But first of all, the ceiling was pretty low, and we were indoors. Second, we had Ella with us. Thirdly, we didn't have slits in our shirts for our wings, in the hopes it would hide our wings enough for us to look relatively normal (I mentally scolded myself for doing this. How stupid could I get?). Lastly, I had told Nudge and Angel to act normal, therefore it would be pretty hypocritical for me to snap out my wings and get the heck outta there.

So, anyway, they took us away.

Did you know malls have jails? Well, they do.

Guess where I spent an hour sitting, waiting for my mom to come free us?

Fang was going to kill me.

"I always knew my life would end like this," Total wailed dramatically.

"Oh, Total, don't worry. Your life isn't going to end like this. It's going to end with me standing on your neck," I said bitterly.

He said nothing.

My mom burst in with a security guard.

"Oh, hey, Mom," I said casually, like I always spent my time in a cell at the mall.

"What happened?" She asked, seeming angry.

I remembered what Ella had promised me. "It's Ella's fault," I blurted, then smiled at my half-sister sweetly. She rolled her eyes.

Ah, sisterly love.

A/N: Yeah, this chapter was basically just a filler, sorta. Haha. Review anyways, please! (: