A/N: Hooray! The next chappie! Thanks for the reviews :)

Rei was in better spirits the next day. She was back to her normal self. Minako would still give her the occasinal "Are you OK?" And Rei would simply just say "Yes." Usagi would sometimes get courious and ask "What? Why are you asking Rei if she's OK?" Rei told Minako to not tell anyone about what happened the other day, so Minako kept her lips shut. So, with that drama over, everything was back to normal. Usagi and Minako making fun of Mrs. Tenohamu, Ami was studying, Rei was herself--- which was grumpy, Makoto was always smiling, and Naru... well, no one seemed to know about Naru lately. Naru felt lately that she wasn't there, not part of the group.

"Hey! Usagi!" Minako cried as she ran past all the students in the hallway.

"Hey, Mina-chan!" Usagi waved. Naru was also next to Usagi, but Minako didn't say anything to her.

"Do you want to go to the mall tonight at five o'clock? Everyone's coming!" Minako said.

Usagi was beaming. "You bet! Are we all meeting there?"

Minako nodded. "Yep! Right near the food court."

"Great! I'll be there!"

"Can I come?" Naru asked.

"Oh! I can't wait! They're having a huge sale at Delia's! They have the best clothes there!" Minako said, not hearing what Naru had said.

"Can I come?" she asked once again, this time, a little louder.

Minako blinked. "Uh... yeah, sure. Just don't be late."

Naru nodded slowly. "O... OK."

"So anyway," Minako said to Usagi. "We have to go to Delia's, JC Penny, Hot Topic, and Newberry Comics! Those are the best stores!"

"Right! I can't wait! I love Friday's," Usagi smiled.

"Ah, I know!" Minako giggled.

While Usagi and Minako were busy gossiping, Naru felt a little upset. She felt like her friend's were ignoring her. She just hoped that everything will work out tonight.

Minako tapped her foot impatiently. It was half past five, and still no sign of Usagi nor Naru.

"Where is Usagi?" Minako asked.

Rei rolled her eyes. "Who knows. She could be in New York by now, who knows."

"I told her five o'clock!" Minako cried.

"Hey, everyone!" cried a voice. Minako whirled around to find a beaming Usagi running towards them.

"Usagi-chan! You're late!" Minako said.

"I know! I'm so sorry! My mom took forever getting ready, and there was so much traffic!" Usagi cried.

"Well, it took you long enough, Odango," Rei said.

Usagi smiled. "So is everyone here?"

Makoto shook her head. "We're still waiting for Naru."

"She's really late..." Ami said looking at the ground.

"Well, maybe we'll get started with the shopping. This mall closes at eight o'clock! She'll come soon and find us. It's not like this is a big mall, anyway," Minako said.

"I guess you're right," Usagi said.

"C'mon! I've been waiting all day for this! Let's get started with the shopping!" Minako smiled.

As soon as the five friends left, Naru came walking in the mall. She went over to the food court and waited.

"I'm kinda late... I wonder where they all are..." Naru pondered.

Five-forty-five. Still no sign of the five friends. Naru was about to give up on waiting when all of a sudden she saw all five of them walking out of Hot Topic.

"Hey!" Naru cried. "Usagi! Over here!"

Usagi turned ariund to find Naru. "Naru-chan!" she said as she ran over to her.

"W... where were you guys?" Naru asked. "You told me to meet you near the food court."

"We were waiting. For a while, actually. But... you didn't come. So we just started to shop while we waited for you," Usagi explained.

Naru nodded slowly. "O... OK..."

"So do you wanna join now?" Usagi asked.

"Uh... no. I'll just go home. I'm fine," Naru said looking at the ground.

"C'mon! It won't be any fun without you!" Usagi exclaimed.

"No... I gotta go. Thanks anyway."

Usagi frowned. "Well... OK."

And with that, Naru stormed out of the mall, not looking back at her friends. "That was a total nightmare. I can't believe that they started shopping without me! I'm so pissed off." she thought. "All they did was ignore me this whole week! And now this! I'm so mad...!" she clenched her fists. "I'll give them a piece of my mind... just wait and see..."

A/N: Heyy! Sorry if this chappie was a little bit short. But don't worry, I have many great ideas ahead! And I'm planning on doing something with Haruka and Michiru. I also have something planned with Usagi, Mamoru, Motoki, and Makoto! Yay! Keep on the reviews! I love you all

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