"I love the mall! Don't you?" Jackie squealed happily as if she was in heaven. Well, to her shopping was heaven. Especially if it was with her soul mate.

Randy rolled his eyes. He could not believe Jackie had dragged him here. He was a guy and hated shopping. On the plus side, he did get to spend time with Stacy. He looked over at her. She was laughing at something Test said. God, she was beautiful.

"Let's go there!" Jackie said, pointing to the rather expensive boutique. Without anyone answering, she already rushed inside eager to look at the new clothes. Randy and the others followed her inside. She was sorting through the racks trying to find a dress in her size. When she found one she liked, she turned to Randy. "Randy, buy me this," she told him.

He looked at the price tag and his jaw drop. "This wasn't part of the deal," he whispered in her ear through gritted teeth.

"I know but if you want it to be believable, you have to be willing to shell out a few bucks. Don't be a cheapskate." Jackie looked at Test and Stacy and smiled sweetly, trying to show nothing was going on.

"Fine," he said reluctantly. He sighed. Love was costing him a fortune. He hoped it was worth it.

After a few hours of shopping, they decided to stop for lunch at the food court. Randy asked Stacy wanted she wanted to eat.

"Shouldn't you being asking Jackie what she wants to eat?" Stacy asked.

"Oh, yeah…right." He looked at Jackie, who was looking at Test. "Jackie," he called. She didn't hear him. "Jackie!"

"Huh? Oh…what?"

"What do you want to eat?"

"Whatever's fine," she replied dismissively then turned her attention back to Test.

"How about some Chinese?" he suggested. The gang agreed and Randy went to stand in line. After a couple of minutes, he returned with two plates of food. "Here are the dumplings you wanted," he told Stacy and handed them to her.

"Thanks," she replied.

"And Test you wanted fried rice with soy sauce. And here's your eggrolls," he said finally and handed them to Jackie.

"But these have shrimp in them. I hate shrimp," she whined.

"Well, I'm not getting you anything else so deal with it," he whispered trying to keep his voice low.

"I could trade with you if you want," Test offered.

Jackie beamed at his kindness. "Really? Wow you're so nice. Unlike somebody," she said glancing at Randy.

Randy pretended he hadn't heard and asked Stacy how was the dumplings.

"Oh, they're great. Want some?" she asked him.

"If you don't mind." He cheerfully picked up a fork and speared a juicy dumpling and put it into his mouth. Somehow, it tasted particularly good today.

"You know you owe me," Randy said to Jackie as they went back to the hotel, making sure Stacy and Test were out of earshot.

"For what?" Jackie asked innocently, as if she didn't know what he was talking about.

"Oh, I don't know. Maybe the $500 dress you just had to have and the lunch and everything else you bought today," he reminded her.

"But you're my boyfriend," she pouted.

"Hello!! We're just pretending, remember?"

"Fine, I'll give you the check tomorrow. Boy I have never seen such a cheapskate before."

"And I've never seen such a gold digger like you before!" he retorted.

"I am not a gold digger!" she replied indignantly.

"Right," Randy said skeptically and crossed his arms

"I'm going to sleep now. Good night!" She walked away angrily, never seeing anyone so infuriating as him.