AN: The First section of this chapter begins with a graphic nightmare sequence. If you find descriptions of someone being attacked and threatened disturbing or uncomfortable, I suggest you skip to the section that is not in bold lettering.

Anyway, enjoy the chapter.


Lisa slowly awoke from her peaceful sleep as she heard an odd sound. Slowly, she sat up on the bed and reached for her glasses on the bedside table; despite the night time darkness momentarily blinding her anyway. Lisa blinked as her eyes slowly adjusted to the dark; another odd Sound making her look around. She blinked at the sound of wooden floorboards creaking in the room.

"Hello?" Lisa asked; thinking one of the kids snuck in here. "That you, Wednesday?"

Lisa felt her insides turning cold when she got no response. Nothing could be heard but her own breath. She made a slightly worried noise as she laid on her side; closing her eyes in an attempt to get back to sleep.

"Thought you could hide from me, did ya?"

Lisa could barely let out a horrified gasp before she felt a hand force itself over her mouth; muffling her screams as her attacker wrapped one arm around her waist and stopping her arms from moving. Lisa felt her head being forced to the right; seeing a silhouette of the man attacking her from behind. Pale blue eyes glowed in her face while a Cheshire cat grin stared at her with sinister laughter through his teeth.

"You shouldn't have run away like that, Sugar." The attacking silhouette said through his teeth with a demented tone of voice as Lisa struggled. "I think someone needs to be punished."

The attacker quickly pushed Lisa forward; dropping her face first on the seemingly hard mattress before forcibly turning her on her back.

"NO, LET ME GO!" Lisa struggled desperately to get away as she shouted; hoping someone would hear her cries for help. "SOMEONE; HELP-"

Lisa was cut off as her attacker forced his hand over her mouth again; climbing on top of her legs so she couldn't move. Lisa tried to punch and defend herself; but the sheets of her bed came to life and grabbed her arms to restrain her. The attacker let out a sinister laugh as he used his free hand to lift her night shirt up; exposing her midsection as she let out muffled screams. The attacker let out a sinister cackle as lightning flashed outside; showing a demonic face for half a second as his ghastly grin grew wider.

"You should know your place by now, Lisa." The attacker threatened Lisa as he put a hand behind his back.

Lisa went silent and still as terrified tears began to emerge from her eyes. The shadowy attacker brought his hand from behind his back with an object obscured in the darkness. But a flash of lightning made it visible for a second; making Lisa go wide eyed in horror over what it was. A switchblade.

"You belong to me." The attacker spoke in a harsh whisper as he positioned the blade over her midsection. "Maybe you need a reminder."

Lisa quickly went back to struggling as her attacker slowly placed the blade against her skin; screaming through her muffled mouth as she felt the cold steel. Soon her screams filled the room as she felt a horrible burn on the skin of her stomach; thinking she was being sliced up by hot metal.

"GEETTT OOUUUUTTT!"


Lisa gasped for air as she sat up out of bed; the sound of demonic screaming erupting in the guestroom that shook the foundation. Lisa could hear that along with her heartbeat pounding against her eardrums; quickly realising it was morning as she looked around frantically and the shaking stopped. She quickly looked down and lifted up her night shirt; her breath slowing down when she found no fresh wounds or scars that she could feel with her hand. The young lady let her shirt fall down and exhaled when she realised it was just an extremely vivid nightmare.

"It's okay. He's not here. He can't hurt you." She quietly told herself as she laid back down.

Lisa did a couple of anxiety reducing exercises. She counted up to one hundred, tapped her fingers lightly against her thumbs one by one and tried thinking happy thoughts. pop tarts, drawing, singing, Japanese cheesecake; anything that reduced her stress. After a few minutes, Lisa got her breathing under control and sat up out of bed; leaning over towards the bedside table and grabbing her glasses and phone. She checked the time as she put her glasses on; finding out it was mildly early in the morning.

7:26AM

Lisa blinked as she looked at the time; thinking everyone was probably going down for breakfast right about now. She definitely was not going back to sleep after that horrible nightmare; putting her phone down as she got up and rubbed any remaining sleep her left eye before getting dressed; leaving the room and going downstairs. Maybe a decent breakfast would help her get over that horror movie in her head.

Lisa made it to the dining room just as breakfast was being served to the family; quickly being noticed by Mr and Mrs Addams as she came in.

"Good morning, Ms Lisa. Did you sleep well?" Gomez as he finished his morning paper.

Lisa wanted to answer. But she did not really want to talk about the bad dream she experienced.

"Like, the dead?" She said as she took a seat between Wednesday and Fester. "That was until I heard someone screaming 'get out' and it shook the room."

"Oh, that was just the house spirit; don't worry about it." Fester explained what that demonic shouting was earlier.

"He's usually quite grumpy before he has his morning coffee." Morticia added as Lurch placed a plate of today's breakfast in front of Lisa.

Lisa had a look at what she thought was bacon and poached eggs. Though she had a feeling it was probably hog bacon and poached ostrich eggs because the egg was quite large. But she did not really care as long as it tasted okay.

"I'd say I know how that feels, but I don't drink a lot of coffee." She replied as she grabbed a knife and fork to start eating.

"I know how it feels." Wednesday replied as she and Pugsley played with their food.

While Fester and Grandmama brought up a conversation about coffee with things like poison and Cyanide, Lisa dug into her plate and started eating; hoping focusing on food might get the images of her dream out of her head. But before she could even eat a small slice of bacon, she felt a tap on her shoulder. She turned her head to see Lurch standing there with a glass of pineapple juice; offering her a beverage as he held it towards her.

"Thank you, Lurch." She politely thanked him as she gently took the glass out of his hands.

Lurch let out a short grunt of acknowledgment as he started serving beverages to everyone else. But when he got to pouring a glass of blood orange juice for Pugsley, he started looking over at Lisa again. He noticed how deep in thought she was as she slowly ate her breakfast; like she had something lingering over her head that was bothering her. Lurch wondered if there was something wrong with her. But he quickly snapped out of it when he heard Pugsley calling out his name and turned to him.

"I think that's enough orange juice, Lurch." The boy said worryingly as he pointed to the glass.

Lurch was not sure what the boy meant until he looked at what he was pointing at; seeing the glass full and overflowing onto the table. The butler quickly took the pitcher away and grabbed a tea towel before the fruit juice could overflow off the table.

"Sorry..." He apologized before cleaning up the mess.

Pugsley just told Lurch not to worry too much about it. But Wednesday noticed the butler did not seem all there. She decided to dismiss the thought as she went back to her own breakfast. Morticia was about to dig into hers when she heard Gomez make a mildly disappointed sound as he looked at his paper.

"Something wrong, darling?" Morticia asked her husband what was troubling him.

"I was just looking at the weather report. It seems the lovely rain and thunderstorms are going to stop sometime next week." Gomez read the weather report again to make sure he was reading it right.

Everyone besides Lisa, Lurch and Wednesday let out collective sounds of confusion and disappointed. Lisa just watched in confusion while Wednesday and Lurch just shook their heads.

"So much for the lovely fall weather." Morticia said with distaste; dreading any sunny and warm day.

"It's still Autumn, darling. There will always be a cloudy and dark day for us. Along with those cool, dark nights." Gomez reassured his beloved as he gently held her hand.

Morticia gave her husband a subtle look of adoration as he gave her a gentle yet passionate kiss on the hand he held; whispering that she was as cold as a winter night. Lisa watched the sight with a raised brow. But she quickly looked away when Morticia noticed her staring.

"Something wrong, dear?" Morticia asked; thinking something was bothering Lisa.

Lisa shook her head.

"I've just got a lot on my mind." She said before eating a piece of her egg.

Lisa swallowed the piece of egg before she noticed Grandmama staring at her quite suspiciously.

"Do I have something on my face?" She asked; slightly uncomfortable with being stared at.

"No; I just noticed you're wearing the clothes you had on yesterday." The elder said as she pointed to Lisa's wrinkled shirt. "And the things that I think are yours are all in the wash."

Lisa looked down at her clothes; silently scolding herself when noticed how wrinkled her clothes were.

"Well, that's just great." She said with an annoyed sigh; realising she has almost used up all the clothes in her suitcase.

"You've gone through all your clothes already?" Morticia; wandering how much Lisa actually packed into her suitcase.

"I have a bad habit of wearing whatever I had on the day before when I'm running out or everything I wear is still in the laundry. Guess I should've packed a bit more."

Lisa looked down at her half-finished plate as she shook her head; thinking she was a complete idiot. But looked up and turned her head when she felt Wednesday tap her on the shoulder.

"If you're interested, the girls and I were going to go hang out at the mall after school." The child in black explained what she and her friends were doing that afternoon. "If you want, you could come with us and we could help you find some place to get clothes or anything you want or need."

Lisa let out a very quiet sigh as she shook her head slightly.

"I appreciate that, Wednesday. But I don't have any money." She explained briefly of her financial situation.

Gomez quickly intervened when he heard Lisa say she had no money.

"Why, that's not a problem at all, Ms Lisa." Mr Addams smiled as he reached into his suit jacket and took out a large roll of bills.

Lisa held her hands up as Mr Addams shouted 'catch' before tossing the money at her. Lisa gave Mr Addams a rather puzzled look before looking at one of the bills; her eyes turning weird and a loud gasp escaping her lips.

"Are these all hundreds!?" She questioned as she looked back and forth between them and Gomez.

"They're all real too." Mr Addams answered with a proud smirk.

Wednesday and Pugsley watched as Lisa shook her head and got up out of her seat.

"Mr Addams; I can't take this! It's too much money! There's gotta be at least a thousand dollars here!" Lisa tried to give the money back.

"It's two thousand actually. But no; I insist." Gomez insisted Lisa to take the money. "You should go out and have fun with the girls. Whatever you don't end up spending this afternoon, you can give back. Or you can keep; I don't mind either way."

Lisa shuttered as she tried to find the words to politely refuse; but Wednesday came up to her and made the decision for her.

"He's not going to take no for an answer. Just take the money and say thank you." The child in black gave the young lady the best advice she had.

Lisa fell silent as She looked back and forth between the money and Mr Addamss' insistent smile; thinking he was either really generous and nice, or he just had more money than he needed and just wanted to give some away. Or he was just that much of a good person. Lisa took a moment to think. She could use an afternoon out of the house, and she really needed to get some clean clothes and pyjamas; among other things she preferred not to mention. And maybe some shampoo and conditioner to wash her greasing hair.

"... Thank you, Gomez. I guess I could treat myself a little..." She said hesitantly; getting an encouraging smile from Gomez before she realised something. "But I don't know where the mall is."

"Thing can drive you there just after school finishes. He probably wouldn't mind." Morticia reassured with a little smile that was a bit hard to notice.

Lisa blinked as she realised what Morticia said. Thing; a severed hand was going to drive her to the mall later. She was about to question how such a thing was even possible until Pugsley interrupted with a question.

"Can I go too? There's this parrot at the pet shop that I need to settle an argument with." Pugsleys asked while explaining why he wanted to go.

"Only if you finish that bomb you started making yesterday, Dear." Morticia said to her son.

Pugsley let out a rather mischievous smile before ducking under the table; popping back up with a clock attached to a large bundle of dynamite; showing it off with a look of pride. The grownups looked at the completed project with proud looks while Lisa took a step back.

"Very good, Pugsley dear. You can go this afternoon." Morticia said with a nod.

Pugsley threw his fist in the air in triumph while Lisa gave Wednesday a look of uncertainty. Wednesday shrugged as she shook her head.

Parker looked around the drop-off area before looking at the time on her phone; wondering what was taking Pugsley and Lisa.

"Maybe the car broke down." Carrie theorized as she played with a stick she found.

"Nah, it's probably just after school traffic." Sherrie said as she leaned on a nearby pole.

"Does Lisa know what time we were coming here?" Parker asked Wednesday as she put her phone in her pocket. "We should've gotten her number."

"They won't be too long; don't worry." Wednesday unemotionally reassured as she looked ahead at her road. "Thing is probably driving. They would be here faster if Pugsley was driving.

Before the girls could speculate any longer, the beep of an oncoming car sounded in the distance. Before too long, the Addamses car could be seen coming at top speed braking right in front of the drop-off area with a screeching halt. In a split second, the back door opened wide with Lisa falling out onto the footpath; muttering something about solid land as she kissed the ground. Pugsley crawled out of the backseat with a smile on his face before turning back to the front window.

"Thanks for the ride, Thing." The boy thanked as the window rolled down to reveal Thing at the wheel.

"We'll see you back here in a few hours." Wednesday thanked the dismembered hand before waving goodbye.

Thing briefly waved goodbye to the kids before getting back and the wheel and driving off; leaving the group to their own devices. Lisa finished praising the ground as she took a few anxious breathes; looking up as Wednesday approached her.

"Thing went through a red light or two, I presume?" The child in black asked; thinking that was the reason Lisa was kissing the ground.

Lisa just nodded before struggling to get up. Pugsley and the girls quickly helped her stand up; adjusting her backpack as she let out a short groan of pain from bumping around in that car.

"least that wasn't the worst ride I've ever had." She muttered as she rubbed her back.

"I know! I love it when Thing drives!" Pugsley said with a grin.

Wednesday just shook her head as she crossed her arms.

"Well, come on; let's go have some fun." The twins said in happy unison as they grabbed Lisa by her hands; pulling her into the mall entrance.

Everyone followed the sisters as they practically dragged Lisa into the building despite her insistent pleas to let her go. But she was soon silenced as she got a look at what was inside. The twins let go as Lisa looked at the new environment that she was in. She had been to a mall before; but not for quite some time. She forgot about the busyness of it. People everywhere doing their own thing like shopping or just hanging out with other people. From what she could see above, this place had five levels; wondering where everything was and what was actually here. Parker quickly spoke up with the time on her phone.

"Okay; we've got at least three and a half hours. That's plenty of time to help you find some new clothes and we can just do whatever after that." Parker said as she put her phone away in her pocket. "Where do you want to go first?"

Lisa blinked as she glanced at her bag; remembering the large amount of money Mr Addams tossed at her. She frowned with uncertainty as she looked down at the floor.

"I don't know. I don't feel right about spending someone elses' money." Lisa felt wrong about it despite Mr Addams insisting on it.

"Father really doesn't mind. If anything, he probably wants you to treat yourself." Wednesday reminded Lisa of what he said this morning.

"Yeah, girl. You shouldn't stop yourself from having a little fun." Sherrie added with a reassuring smile.

"Loosen up a little. If he didn't want to spend it, he wouldn't have given you all money." Carrie added with the same kind of smile.

"And I've seen him put more than enough money in donation boxes at school. I don't know where or how he gets it; but at least he's not hoarding it to himself." Parker added with a personal opinion.

Wednesday watched as Lisa's uncertain frown softened into a thoughtful yet blank face; reconsidering that maybe it was okay. Just as long as Mr Addams did not mind. But maybe it would fine if it was not just herself having a good afternoon.

"Well... if you're all gonna help me find something, you guys should have fun too; not just me." Lisa thought out loud.

"Nah, that's okay. You guys have your thing to do and I have mine." Pugsley declined before turning around.

The boy raised a brow as he spotted the pet store. And the parrot he had a grudge against.

"So, we meet again, professor Know-it-all." Pugsley muttered before turning back to group. "If you'll excuse me, I have an important matter to attend to."

The girls watched as Pugsley walked off towards the pet store; loudly yelling out 'hey featherface, remember me' as he approached.

"He's really going to spend three hours arguing with a bird?" Lisa questioned in a confused and dull tone.

"It's a wonder they haven't called security yet." Wednesday commented before turning to Lisa. "So where would you like to go first?"

Lisa looked down at the floor as she thought of a good place to get clothes that she liked. It would have to be somewhere with t-shirts, comfortable pants and shorts, maybe some makeup that came in all colours of the rainbow. One place did pop in her mind. One that she had not been to in years.

"Is there a Mad Rockers outlet here?" She asked.

All the girls about from Wednesday smiled before taking Lisa to the closest escalator; taking her to level three and going passed a few girlish clothing stores. The twins kept getting distracted by all the jewellery shops and everything in their windows, but Parker quickly got them back on track before losing them. After going around the corner and past a electronic appliance shop; Lisa let out a little squeal as a smile spontaneously appeared on her face.

Right in front of the group was the entrance to the place Lisa asked about; with big red and sharp lettering reading out 'Mad Rockers' above the entrance and a sign reading Halloween season sale now on. Wednesday blinked as she looked at into the entrance; seeing some rather interesting things in there from where she was standing. One corner had a wall of T-shirts, tops and long-sleeved shirts with rather colourful images printed on them; colourful being a strong word. There where clothing items in there, but there were further into the store and she could not see much. Though from the excited smile on Lisa's face, there must be a lot of good things in there.

"Yeah, I've been in this place a few times since they put it in. I think you might like what they got here, Wednesday." Parker said as the group walked in.

"How so?" Wednesday asked.

"Cause this place is awesome; that's why!" Lisa answered excitedly before explaining. "They have a Mad Rockers in New York that I always went too when I saved enough money or got a really good pay check! They've got alternative shirt and clothing options, cheap jewellery modelled after famous movies and musicians, makeup that comes in almost every colour in existence, pins and buttons to put on your clothes or bag, pop culture toys; even novelty kitchenware! I even got my sneakers from there; look!"

The girls looked at Lisa's red shoes as she pointed at them; noticing that they were a bit dirty and worn.

"Might be a good time to get new ones." Carrie said with unintentional snark as she pointed at the dirty laces.

"Hey, don't be rude!" Sherrie almost snapped at her sister.

"No, no; she's right. I actually do need to get new ones." Lisa agreed with Carrie with a nod before a joyful smile came on her face. "Ya know... Maybe Mr Addams wouldn't mind if I didn't just treat myself. About you guys pick out some things you like in here and we'll just see what happens?"

Wednesday and Parker looked at each other in confusion while Carrie and Sherrie gasped; quickly knowing what Lisa was saying.

"You mean, we should have a shopping frenzy?!" The twins questioned in unison with bright smiles on their faces.

"Well, maybe don't go too crazy; I don't want to go back to the house with no change." Lisa laid down one rule.

But the twins let out excited squeals as they ran into the store; going all the way towards the makeup section at the back. Parker just shrugged with a little smile as her and Wednesday led Lisa inside.

"It's probably a good thing they're having a sale. We might be here for a while." Parker joked; getting a little laugh from Lisa while Wednesday just nodded in agreement.


The next hour and a half was nothing but an adventure through a shop that was so much bigger then it looked from the outside to the put where the girls made a plan to meet and wait for each other at the counter when they finished. Lisa ended up looking through every part of the store before she picked out any clothes she had her heart set on. Carrie and Sherrie went into the cosmetic section to find makeup that did not just come in red, pink or flesh colours; but almost every colour that currently existed and what was on a rainbow. Parker find an outfit she thought could go with her gothic punk image while Wednesday looked at the pins and badges; finding the image of a jack o lantern headed person holding a knife surprisingly enduring. After finding some things she liked that were also on special, Lisa picked out what she wanted. A black hoodie with a sugar skull printed on it, some t-shirts, long sleeve shirts and sleeveless tops with funny or punkish images on them, a few pairs of pants in black and dark blue along with a couple of pairs of shorts, a red funnel shirt, a few new pairs of Halloween themed pyjamas and a pair of black sneakers like her old ones; along with a few pairs of earrings shaped like Ziggy Stardust lightning bolts and bat winged jack o lanterns.

The twins finally picked out what they liked from the rainbow cosmetics and a couple of clothing items. Carrie picked out gold and sapphire coloured lipstick with purple nail polish and a pair of black and white checked shorts while Sherrie picked out purple and orange lipstick with gold nail polish with a pair of rainbow striped shorts. Parker found a nice denim vest and a t-shirt with a flaming skull on it that she thought would look great for Halloween. Wednesday actually found a dress that she quite liked. It was black with images of roses dripping what looked like blood from their thorns and it was sleeveless; being held up by fashionable yet sensible straps. And it had pockets. She decided to just get that along with some black nail polish that she thought Thing might like. After going to the dressing rooms and trying on what they picked out, the girls made their way to the counter and Lisa brought out the lump of cash Mr Addams gave her; getting a funny smile from the casher.

"Won big in a game of poker did ya?" She joked as she started scanning the items and putting them in reusable bags.

"Nah, I don't know how to play poker." Lisa joked back with a laugh.


Lisa looked over the freshly cooked pizza as the waiter placed it on the table; delighted grins appearing on everyone but Wednesdays face as the waiter told them to enjoy.

"Mom is gonna be so mad when she finds out we had Pizza before dinner." Carrie said with a mischievous giggle as she picked a slice.

"I won't tell if you don't." Sherrie shared the expression as she took a Bite from her slice.

Parker took a slice as Lisa took a sip from the chocolate shake she ordered; her eyes squinting as she finished and making a slight pained noise with her hand on her forehead.

"You should drink that a little slower. Then you won't get brain freeze." Wednesday commented as she took a slice of pizza.

"I do take it slow. I just get brain freeze no matter what." Lisa laughed a bit as she felt the headache going away; getting a slice of pizza and taking a Bite. "Man, this is surprisingly good pizza."

"I bet it's not as good as New York pizza." Parker wagered; even though she never went to New York.

"Is it true that New York has the best pizza in the world?" Carrie asked in genuine curiosity.

"No, Italy has the world's best pizza." Sherrie corrected her sister before finishing her slice.

"Okay. I meant best in the country."

Lisa took a second to think before responding.

"Well I gotta say New York pizza is pretty great. But don't say that to any one from Chicago." Lisa warned before explaining. "Apparently, there's some kind of debate about which is better. But they're just pizza done in different ways."

"You mean like how New York pizza is thin and easy to eat with one hand while Chicago pizza is big and needs to be eaten with knives and forks?" Parker asked; knowing what Lisa was talking.

Lisa pointed at Parker with a smile.

"Yes! That is quite right. They're both good in their ways. Like this Pizza right here." Lisa summed it up before eating the slice she had.

Wednesday watched as Lisa took enjoyment from the Italian meal. While she was watching, she took notice of the ring on Lisa's left hand. See knew it was there since she met Lisa; though she did not really take much notice of it until now. From where Wednesday could see, it looked quite expensive with the tiny ruby stone that was encrusted in it.

"May I ask you a question, Lisa?" The child asked before taking a small bite of her pizza slice.

"Sure, Wednesday." Lisa answered back as she took a sip of her shake.

"Where did you get that ring?"

Lisa stopped drinking when Wednesday asked her question. Lisa turned her heard as the girls started paying attention when they were eating.

"Come again?" Lisa asked Wednesday to repeat her question.

"That gold on her left hand. Where did you get it?" Wednesday asked again with an unemotional tone.

"Hey, I never noticed that before." Carrie said as she looked at Lisa's ring.

"It's pretty." Sherrie added as she also looked.

Parker just stayed quiet as Lisa looked down at the ring; almost looking uncomfortable before looking up and answering.

"I can't really remember." Lisa answered with an indifferent shrug. "I've just had it for a while. I'm actually thinking of getting a new one and replacing it."

The twins looked at each other in confusion while Parker decided to ask.

"So, you're planning on selling that one or something?" The goth punk asked with an assumption.

Lisa tried pulling the ring off her finger. But she made a struggling grunt and gave up after a couple of tries.

"I might get one that's not so tight when I do." She answered Parkers' question with what she thought she would do.

Wednesday blinked with a suspicious raised brow. She was about to ask something else.

"Stupid bird!"

But the sound of her brothers voice made her turn around to see him coming towards the group with his hands in his pockets with an angry and defeated look on his face.

"Lose your argument with professor know-it-all, Pugs?" Parker asked as the boy approached the table.

"That parrot is a total jerk!" Pugsley crossed his arms bitterly. "I said to him that it's not enough to just want a cracker; he has to earn it! But he just squawked 'Well, you're a pig nosed shorty' right into my face! Nothing will fix the disaster of an afternoon I've had. Nothing!"

Pugsleys sour sneer quickly turned into a grin of interest as he spotted the half-eaten pizza on the table.

"Hey, can I have a slice?" The Moody boy asked.

"Knock yourself out." Lisa insisted.

"He'll do that when we get home." Wednesday added; making Lisa give her a weirded-out stare.

Pugsley took a slice of pizza and sat next to Wednesday as he ate it. Parker looked at the time on her phone and shook her head.

"We've still got an hour and twenty minutes before Thing picks us up. Any ideas on how we're gonna kill time?"

"We could go see a movie." Sherrie suggested.

"Nah; not enough time." Carrie said a movie would be too long.

"Lisa might want to do something." Parker out; making Lisa look up.

Everyone looked at the young lady; waiting for to say something. Lisa took a few seconds to think before remembering something else she might want to do before the hour was up.

"Well, I think I'd like to get a new sketchbook and maybe some markers and pencils to go with it." Lisa recalled her sketchbook only having a few blank pages left.

"There's an art store right below us on the fourth floor." Carrie said with an eager smile on her face.

"We can go there." Sherrie had the same smile on her face.

Parker and Wednesday watched as Lisa took a moment to think again before coming up with something else.

"Is there a body shop here?" She asked with a growing smile on her face.

Pugsley looked up with a raised eyebrow while the girls told Lisa there was a body shop here in the mall. But all Pugsley thought was that they were talking about a place where they sold body parts. Though he just shrugged it off as he took another slice of pizza.

"Alright, that's do that." Parker shrugged indifferently. "We'll finish the rest of the pizza and-"

Parker stopped talking when she noticed the plate was empty. Everyone turned to Pugsley as he wiped his mouth with his arm; a satisfied smile on his face. He noticed everyone was looking at him; his smile being replaced with a confused look.

"What? Arguing works up an appetite." Pugsley spoke in his defence.

Wednesday rolled her eyes the other way while everyone gathered their things to leave the food court.

"I guess we can go now." Parker said as she stood up with everyone following suit; making Lisa quickly finish her chocolate shake with an unavoidable brain freeze.


Lisa had a satisfied grin on her face as she looked at all the things she got from the art store and body shop. A new sketchbook with large packs of markers and coloured pencils to go with it from the art store. At the body shop, she went wild. She ended up getting Strawberry shampoo and conditioner, strawberry soap, strawberry shower gel and strawberry and vanilla bath bombs. But Pugsley came up to her with a rather confused look on his face.

"So tell me if I'm wrong. The body shop is soap and shower place, and not a place where they sell body parts?" Pugsley asked, almost sounding disappointed at the fact that the body shop was not a body part shop.

"No. I actually thought that I few years ago too." Lisa responded to the boys question.

"What about those bombs you brought? Do they explode when you put them in water?"

Lisa raised a brow at the sinister smile forming on Pugsleys face. But she shook her head before explaining.

"Bath bombs don't really explode. They just change the colour of the bath water and make you small nice."

Pugsley stopped smiling and raised his arms with a confused grimace.

"Why call it a bomb then if it doesn't actually explode!?" Pugsley questioned the falseness of the name.

Lisa could not figure out how to answer Pugsleys' question. All she could do was laugh a little. Parker and Wednesday watched from the corner of the undercover pick up area while Carrie and Sherrie looked at the makeup Lisa brought for them at Mad Rockers. Parker noticed that Wednesday looked rather deep in thought. She also noticed that the child in black was also looking right at Lisa, or rather the ring on her finger.

"You alright, Wednesday?" The goth punk asked casually.

"That ring she has on looks way too tight." Wednesday pointed out. "She tried taking it off, but she struggled with it."

"So? She probably just wore it for a few years and grew too big for it." Parker reasoned before realising something. "She's pretty skinny though. It shouldn't be too hard getting a tight ring off with soap and water."

Wednesday wanted to speculate further; thinking there was more to it them then what Lisa told them. But the group heard the sound of a car horn coming towards them and saw a strong set of headlights coming their way. The Addamss' family car stopped in front of them; splashing a puddle of water in the gutter. The window came down to reveal Thing waving at them and gesturing them to get in and out of the rain. Wednesday decided to put aside the thought of Lisa's ill-fitting ring as everyone got in the car; telling Thing to drop off the twins at their home first. But the thought remained in the back of her mind.