Author's Note: This one takes place at Barnes and Noble, to which the TWS girls have once again escaped to. :D Agni wrote this one as well.


Agni and Blondie were sitting at one of the unoccupied tables in the Starbucks café in Barnes and Nobles. The blond girl looked up from sipping her drink.

"I have a spiced pumpkin latte, Blondie. It's quite epic." She felt the need to point out the obvious. The not-so-aptly named dark-haired Blondie shook her head with an exasperated roll of the eyes.

"You and your lattes, Agni, really."

Agni looked mildly affronted. "Lattes, my dear friend, are my lifeblood." She explained this slowly and evenly, as if she was used to telling people this oh-so-obvious fact of life.

"So, what does that make you?" Blondie wanted to know.

Agni grinned behind her cup. "Why, a latte vampire, of course."

"And I'm a …sugar vampire!" The other girl exclaimed, nearly vaulting out of her chair.

Agni snickered, and then cocked her head thoughtfully.

"And Riddler…"

The two girls looked at one another for a moment in confusion. Finally, Agni deadpanned:

"Riddler has fleas."

"Riddler has FLEAS!" Blondie shouted, red-faced and shaking with laughter. This time, she did fall out of her chair.

"Falvia is dead!" Agni exclaimed suddenly, pointing at Blondie.

"Falvia?" Blondie mumbled, playing along.

"Is now a vampire!" The other girl dramatically spread her arms.

Which only succeeded in making her laugh harder. One of the patrons nearby glared sharply at the two laughing girls and scoffed loudly. He left quickly. A few more people in the nearby area also decided it was pointless to stick around with all the noise and soon the place was deserted but for the two of them.

The two friends grinned at one another.

"LET'S DO THAT AGAIN!" Agni whooped, beaming at the fact that they'd been obnoxious enough to clear the room. Ah, sweet success.

"Yeah," Blondie agreed. "I wonder where Riddler got off to?"

Agni turned around to observe the store. "Hmm, let's go find her. I think I know."

Agni stood up and waited for the other girl to collect herself from the floor. She led the way to the entrance of the store and strolled outside. Once she was two steps from the doorway, she turned and looked back against the wall. Leaning against said wall, with her arms crossed over her chest, was Riddler.

Agni grinned. "Found her, Blondie!" she called out.

Blondie peeked out the door before stepping out and letting it close. She waved spastically.

"Riddler! Guess what? You have FLEAS!"

Riddler glared sharply. "I WHAT?"

"You have fleas," Agni explained patiently. "We were discussing this inside with the coffee. Speaking of which, you happened to be MIA for the duration of that particular conversation. Riddle me that one, Riddler."

Suddenly, the man who was irritated by the earlier antics of Blondie and Agni drove by in his car. He made a point to yell out of his open window angrily at them as he passed by.

"STUPID, OBNOXIOUS KIDS!"

Riddler leveled her two friends with a pointed look.

"You know you love us!" Agni grinned, waving a hand flippantly. Blondie was still laughing at the car.