A/N: A super quick update because I love this story at the moment :)

Thursday morning found Kat, Viva and Tali on a bus, heading out of Wicklow.

"I don't know why we couldn't wait for the weekend," Tali complained. "We have all holidays to go shopping."

"We're not shopping, we're buying things for our drama project. So technically, it's schoolwork." Kat said.

Tali rolled her eyes. "My mum'll kill me if she finds out I skipped school."

Kat laughed. "C'mon Tali, walk on the wild side." she said.

Viva was busy putting a new tape in the camcorder.

"And, we're on the bus, going to buy party supplies," she said, pointing the camera at Kat and Tali. "What are we buying?" she asked them in an interview-esque voice.

"Well, we're buying some absolutely killer outfits," Kat said."And huge amounts of junk food. And something if we get thirsty," she smiled mischievously and pulled her fake ID out of her pocket, flashing it at the camera.

"We can't put that in the movie," Viva said. "We're showing it to Mr. Lucemberto, remember?"

"Whatever," Kat said, putting the ID away.

Viva rolled her eyes and turned the camera to focus on Tali. "What are you buying Tali?"

"Well, apparently, I need to buy an Artemis-attracting-outfit," she glared at Kat, who shrugged innocently. "Which will probably be some horrible, ugly thing. And then of course we need to find us a venue."

"That'll be easy," Kat said confidently. "There's heaps of places in Leinster. We'll find somewhere."

They reached their destination- the biggest mall in a 100 kilometer radius of Wicklow Secondary. It wasn't actually that big, but it would do.

"Okay, let's go." Kat said, and they all marched it.

"We'll start with clothes," Viv said, panning the camera around the mall.

"Yep," Tali agreed, "And Viv, you don't have to film absolutely everything."

"You never know what might be important later," Viv said defensively. "All our planning needs to be documented."

They headed for the girls clothes section. Tali smiled, in her element. Shopping was her second favourite activity. After acting, of course.

"Tali is our priority, so we'll do her first," Kat said. "Do you think Artemis will like... this?" she pulled a hideous orange shirtdress of the rack.

Tali baulked. "First of all, Artemis won't like orange, second of all, Artemis won't like shirt dresses and third of all, I wouldn't be seen dead in that!"

Kat sighed. "Fine, you find one then."

Viva smiled and flicked through the outfits.

"What colour do you think?" she asked.

"We can worry about colour later. The style's more important." Tali replied.

"Okay, what style then?"

Tali pouted. She flicked through the dresses, but nothing looked good.

"What about something more traditional?" she said.

"What, like a ball gown?"

"No, not a ball gown. Just... something simple."

Tali wandered between the racks, searching.

"What exactly are we looking for?" Kat asked.

"I'll know it when I see it," she replied.

And then she saw it. A simple, pretty dress that was just above knee length, sleeveless and gathered at the bottom. The colour was an oddly familiar blue.

"Found it," Tali called. Kat and Viva hurried over.

"What do you think?" Tali asked, finding her size and holding it up against herself.

"It's nice. Pretty. Artemis will like it." Viva said approvingly.

Kat stared at it.

"It's a nice colour," she commented. "I feel like I've seen that blue before. Do I have something in that colour?"

"No," Viv replied. She knew Kat's entire wardrobe by heart.

"I think I've the colour before as well," Tali said. "Don't know were though."

Kat stared at the dress for a moment longer, and then blinked and said,

"Well, Viv and I have to find dresses, and then we'll all go and try 'em on."

"Okay, ready?" Viv called from outside the change room.

"Ready." Kat replied.

"Okay, one, two, three!" Viva said.

Kat threw back the curtain and stepped out of the change room.

"What do you think?" she asked as she posed like a model while Viv filmed.

The dress she'd picked was short and strapless, and covered in reflective sequins. The whole think glittered when she moved.

"It looks great," Tali said. She sat next to Viva in her dress, having already modeled it. She loved it, and was surprised that she'd found something nice that Artemis might like. If he liked anything, that was...

"Okay, my turn," Viv said, handing the camera to Tali. Kat sauntered over and sat next to Tali on the waiting stool.

A moment later, Viv called out, "Okay, ready!"

"One, two, three!" Tali and Kat yelled in unison.

Viv emerged in a flowing white dress that looked beautiful on her skin.

"Wow Viv, you look amazing!" Kat said.

"Don't sound so surprised." Viva joked.

They took their dresses and heading off to the food section. Kat got a trolley, which Tali prompted sat in.

They went up and down the aisles, throwing in chips, lollies, cupcakes and soft drink. Tali held up the dresses to stop them getting squashed, squealing as packets of food rained down on her.

One of the aisles had recently been mopped. Pushing aside the 'Caution: Wet Floor' sign, Kat and Viva took a run up and slide down the aisle, crashing into the shelves on the other end. They ran off as they heard store attendants approaching.

At the checkout, the woman appraised them critically.

"Shouldn't you be at school?" she asked them.

Kat looked at her innocently. "We're doing a school project."

"Really," the woman replied, unconvinced. "And what project would that be?"

"We're doing a study into the friendliness of store staff." Kat said brightly.

The woman scowled. They paid quickly and left.

"Next stop, the party venue," Kat said.

They all headed to the best known one- a big building used for all sorts of functions, just out of the town.

The place wasn't booked for Saturday night, and so they made a booking with the friendly man on the desk.

"How many people are you expecting to attend?" he asked them pleasantly. "We have a maximum of two hundred."

"That should be fine," Kat said. "We won't be having more than one hundred and ninety-nine."

The man smiled and laughed.

"Okay, the venue's your from seven to two." he said.

They paid and thanked him.

"Are we going home now?" Tali asked as they left the building.

"One more thing to do," Kat said.

They headed back into town and went to the local bottle shop. Kat browsed through the aisles confidently, picking out vodka, beer and mixed drinks. She took all of it up to the counter. A bottle of extremely expensive champagne was advertised behind the man's head.

"We'll have one of those as well please," she said.

"Kat!" Viva hissed, "We can't afford that!"

"Chill, I've got it covered." Kat whispered back.

"Can I see some ID please?" the grumpy-looking man said.

Kat handed over her fake ID. The man examined it, and the passed it back, satisfied.

"That'll be $110," he said.

Kat handed over a credit card. Viva knew it wasn't hers, but she didn't say anything. In truth, she didn't blame Kat for stealing from her dad. It wasn't like her dad ever bought her anything, or even cared about her at all.

Kat signed the receipt and they took a bag each. Laden down with their shopping, they made their way back to the bus stop.

"Well that was fun!" Kat said happily.

"We just need to invite everyone, and hope that Artemis comes, and then we can commence Stage 2." Tali said. She made a face.

"Don't worry Tali. You're an actress. You can do anything." Kat said.

Tali smiled. It was true. Pretending to like Artemis would be no problem. Not for her.

A/N: I forgot to say last chapter- reviewer who calls themselves Bob, a while ago you reviewed and said this was 'the best Mary-sue story ever written'. Is this a compliment or an insult. because i know that no one likes mary-sue stories, but you said it was the best mary-sue story, and you had been complimentry of my story previously. please review and tell me if you like the story or not, because i am very confused. thank you!

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