After getting Tassi and Frae, Brooke drove over to the high school to get Ora and Dallie with the same excuse, then the elementary school to get Dezzy. A whole afternoon of shopping, what could be better? Lucas would probably kill her if she took Rikard out of school to go shopping. This was Dezzy's first time and was really nervous she would do something wrong.
"So Tassi what did you do this time?" Ora asked from the front seat.
"According to old fart bag, many things, I swear, she's just jealous she can't look this good, or wear these types of clothes and shoes, so she takes it out on me," Tassi explained.
"I think that for once you should actually follow all the rules, she'd probably faint, or makeup a new rule that your breaking, half those rules in that book principals have made up because of you," Dallie said, next to Dezzy.
"I told you that you should have gone to class, did you listen no, you had to go and flick somebody off," Frae said, putting her two cents in.
"Aww come on, they asked for it," Tassi sad putting her feet up on the back of the chair in front of her.
"Don't worry bout it Tassi, in middle school none of that shit goes on your permanent record, but maybe in your case, the history books," Dallie said, making light of her and Tassi always getting into trouble.
Brooke pulled into the parking lot and parked. Nobody made any signs of getting out of the vehicle. Frae reached under the seat and pulled out a bag. Inside there was a multiple of binders, labeled all sorts of things, she opened them and took things out of different ones, and then got out an assortment of pens. Dezzy got nervous. A car pulled in next to them. "Okay Dezzy before we go, you need to take this, and this, sign here with this pen, and there with this one," Frae said giving her the assortment of papers and pens, Dezzy got all mixed up and confused, so Frae explained it as she went trough every single sheet of paper, then filed them in a manila folder, and they all got out of the car. Dezzy looked down at the papers she was left with, a map of the mall, emergency numbers of everyone, the sales ads, things like that. She also noticed the people from the next car got out as well. Haley and Cindy. Brooke called them on her way to get her bunch. Cindy was Frae's age, twelve. "Are we all ready," Brooke asked looking around at everyone just standing there.
"Sure thing, lets go," Ora said walking ahead of everyone.
"Wait, time back here no later than five-thirty, okay," Brooke said looking especially at Ora.
"Awww, mom, we usually stay till like seven, why so early?" Ora whined.
"Because if daddy notices we're gone, we'll be in big trouble." Brooke explained. Ora really walked fast now. Dezzy watched, Tassi and Dallie headed toward the Hot Topic entrance, Ora, towards DEB, Frae towards the bookstore, Haley and Cindy towards the main mall entrance.
"Babe, you're going to go get run over," Brooke said coming up to her, slipping a credit card in her hand, "go have fun, trips on daddy," and Brooke went in a different direction after they reached the sidewalk. Dezzy took her time walking around. She found the gap and walked inside. Walls upon walls of clothes, and racks throughout the store. She didn't really have much clothes, not like her sisters. She was shocked, obviously from not getting out much. She looked at all the different colors and styles of clothing. She quickly found an outfit she fell in love with, but realized, she had no idea what size she was, so just grabbed a random size to start with, and to her luck it fit, but that was enough clothes for her, for one day, she got them and left.
Dallie and Tassi were having a blast in Hot Topic, looking at all the new t-shirts, and accessories. Of course they had connections to things before hey actually came out, to sell, and that's what they were looking at, and finally settled on things they liked. It was food court time. They went through every stall, from McDonalds to Subway, getting an assortment of items. They literally took up the biggest table there, shoving a couple together, to fit it all, so many types of fries, and different sodas and smoothies, some subs, chicken, burgers, and they ate most of it, and never lost their petite figures, surprisingly.
Frae was looking at all the new releases of books, she needed a good read, or a couple good reads. It was her favorite store, it had a café in the middle where she would read the newspaper after making her selections. She would never actually get coffee but hot chocolate and a corn muffin.
Tassi and Dallie made their way to the music store, checkin out all the new tunes. That's when they split up, they had totally different tastes in music, but it was okay, but they had to hurry, since it was almost five, and had experienced what it was like to not be there on time, left behind.
Ora wasn't paying any attention to time, but buying a whole new end of spring/ early summer wardrobe, when she finally looked at her watch, and quickly finished up, not to be left behind, again.
Dezzy made it to the car, after only going to that one store, because it really tired her out. When they got home, it was just minutes before Lucas and Ricky got back from basketball. They were all modeling their new clothes, so he knew.
"Don't worry Broody, I'll model mine exclusively for you later," Brooke whispered in his ear and winked.
"Daddy, don't you just love this skirt," Aurora said twirling around in her new black mini. He just stood there.
"Don't you think it's a little short?" Lucas said, finally.
"Of course not silly," Aurora said laughing, "You should see Dallie, her and Tassi, oh and Dezzy got the cutest little outfit, she has some fashion taste, but all Frae got was some stupid books, like a gazillion pages long." "I don't think there is a book a gazillion pages long," Lucas tried to explain.
"Ask mom, she so agrees with me, Frae gots some books a gazillion pages long, now I need to go put all my new clothes away, ciao daddy," Aurora said, leaving with her shopping bags. Dezzy walked in, holding her old ragged teddy bear that she's had since she was born.
"Daddy," She started, a little afraid.
"What Dezzy," Lucas said pulling her onto his lap.
"Ricky said that the circus is coming to town, and I asked Dallie about it and she said it was a great idea to go to the circus, cause all the lions and tigers eat all the little kids and the clowns laugh at their misery, is that true daddy?" "Course not baby, Dallie's just playing a trick on you, she's being mean, you want to go to the circus?" "No! The lions and tigers are going to eat me," Dezzy shrieked.
"The lions and tigers won't eat you, they don't eat people, we can all go, I'll protect you myself." "What about mommy, will the lions and tigers come after mommy," Dezzy asked.
"No, they don't like mommy." "Why not?" "Why don't you go ask her." She skipped away, obviously happy with the answers to her questions. Dallie came in with her nine year old brother slung over her shoulder.
"Here dad, keep this rat out of my room," Dallie said dropping him on the floor, head first.
"MAGDALENE MAE SCOTT you DO NOT drop your brother HEAD FIRST on the FLOOR," he said, practically yelling.
"Okay, next time I catch this rat in my room I'll drop him head first out the window, which FYI is a second story window," Dallie said going back to her room. Drama, drama, drama. Ricky was trying to sneak out, not being noticed. He was hoping to avoid the trouble he was known to get himself and others in.
"Not so fast, why were you in Dallie's room?" Lucas asked, noticing him trying to sneak out.
"Nothing, honestly, I went in there to find my ball, I know she stole it, she took it when I took her Tims, boy was she pissed when I took them, or was it when I took her new MP3, maybe it was then, or when I listened in on her phone call to some boy." "You do know you just turned yourself in right?" Lucas said stopping him before her told everything he's ever done to her.
"Hey dad, Ora's friend is comin over tomorrow, Danny," He said going upstairs.
"Hold up, how do you know this?" Lucas asked.
"I heard her talking to mom about some Danny."
"So Tassi what did you do this time?" Ora asked from the front seat.
"According to old fart bag, many things, I swear, she's just jealous she can't look this good, or wear these types of clothes and shoes, so she takes it out on me," Tassi explained.
"I think that for once you should actually follow all the rules, she'd probably faint, or makeup a new rule that your breaking, half those rules in that book principals have made up because of you," Dallie said, next to Dezzy.
"I told you that you should have gone to class, did you listen no, you had to go and flick somebody off," Frae said, putting her two cents in.
"Aww come on, they asked for it," Tassi sad putting her feet up on the back of the chair in front of her.
"Don't worry bout it Tassi, in middle school none of that shit goes on your permanent record, but maybe in your case, the history books," Dallie said, making light of her and Tassi always getting into trouble.
Brooke pulled into the parking lot and parked. Nobody made any signs of getting out of the vehicle. Frae reached under the seat and pulled out a bag. Inside there was a multiple of binders, labeled all sorts of things, she opened them and took things out of different ones, and then got out an assortment of pens. Dezzy got nervous. A car pulled in next to them. "Okay Dezzy before we go, you need to take this, and this, sign here with this pen, and there with this one," Frae said giving her the assortment of papers and pens, Dezzy got all mixed up and confused, so Frae explained it as she went trough every single sheet of paper, then filed them in a manila folder, and they all got out of the car. Dezzy looked down at the papers she was left with, a map of the mall, emergency numbers of everyone, the sales ads, things like that. She also noticed the people from the next car got out as well. Haley and Cindy. Brooke called them on her way to get her bunch. Cindy was Frae's age, twelve. "Are we all ready," Brooke asked looking around at everyone just standing there.
"Sure thing, lets go," Ora said walking ahead of everyone.
"Wait, time back here no later than five-thirty, okay," Brooke said looking especially at Ora.
"Awww, mom, we usually stay till like seven, why so early?" Ora whined.
"Because if daddy notices we're gone, we'll be in big trouble." Brooke explained. Ora really walked fast now. Dezzy watched, Tassi and Dallie headed toward the Hot Topic entrance, Ora, towards DEB, Frae towards the bookstore, Haley and Cindy towards the main mall entrance.
"Babe, you're going to go get run over," Brooke said coming up to her, slipping a credit card in her hand, "go have fun, trips on daddy," and Brooke went in a different direction after they reached the sidewalk. Dezzy took her time walking around. She found the gap and walked inside. Walls upon walls of clothes, and racks throughout the store. She didn't really have much clothes, not like her sisters. She was shocked, obviously from not getting out much. She looked at all the different colors and styles of clothing. She quickly found an outfit she fell in love with, but realized, she had no idea what size she was, so just grabbed a random size to start with, and to her luck it fit, but that was enough clothes for her, for one day, she got them and left.
Dallie and Tassi were having a blast in Hot Topic, looking at all the new t-shirts, and accessories. Of course they had connections to things before hey actually came out, to sell, and that's what they were looking at, and finally settled on things they liked. It was food court time. They went through every stall, from McDonalds to Subway, getting an assortment of items. They literally took up the biggest table there, shoving a couple together, to fit it all, so many types of fries, and different sodas and smoothies, some subs, chicken, burgers, and they ate most of it, and never lost their petite figures, surprisingly.
Frae was looking at all the new releases of books, she needed a good read, or a couple good reads. It was her favorite store, it had a café in the middle where she would read the newspaper after making her selections. She would never actually get coffee but hot chocolate and a corn muffin.
Tassi and Dallie made their way to the music store, checkin out all the new tunes. That's when they split up, they had totally different tastes in music, but it was okay, but they had to hurry, since it was almost five, and had experienced what it was like to not be there on time, left behind.
Ora wasn't paying any attention to time, but buying a whole new end of spring/ early summer wardrobe, when she finally looked at her watch, and quickly finished up, not to be left behind, again.
Dezzy made it to the car, after only going to that one store, because it really tired her out. When they got home, it was just minutes before Lucas and Ricky got back from basketball. They were all modeling their new clothes, so he knew.
"Don't worry Broody, I'll model mine exclusively for you later," Brooke whispered in his ear and winked.
"Daddy, don't you just love this skirt," Aurora said twirling around in her new black mini. He just stood there.
"Don't you think it's a little short?" Lucas said, finally.
"Of course not silly," Aurora said laughing, "You should see Dallie, her and Tassi, oh and Dezzy got the cutest little outfit, she has some fashion taste, but all Frae got was some stupid books, like a gazillion pages long." "I don't think there is a book a gazillion pages long," Lucas tried to explain.
"Ask mom, she so agrees with me, Frae gots some books a gazillion pages long, now I need to go put all my new clothes away, ciao daddy," Aurora said, leaving with her shopping bags. Dezzy walked in, holding her old ragged teddy bear that she's had since she was born.
"Daddy," She started, a little afraid.
"What Dezzy," Lucas said pulling her onto his lap.
"Ricky said that the circus is coming to town, and I asked Dallie about it and she said it was a great idea to go to the circus, cause all the lions and tigers eat all the little kids and the clowns laugh at their misery, is that true daddy?" "Course not baby, Dallie's just playing a trick on you, she's being mean, you want to go to the circus?" "No! The lions and tigers are going to eat me," Dezzy shrieked.
"The lions and tigers won't eat you, they don't eat people, we can all go, I'll protect you myself." "What about mommy, will the lions and tigers come after mommy," Dezzy asked.
"No, they don't like mommy." "Why not?" "Why don't you go ask her." She skipped away, obviously happy with the answers to her questions. Dallie came in with her nine year old brother slung over her shoulder.
"Here dad, keep this rat out of my room," Dallie said dropping him on the floor, head first.
"MAGDALENE MAE SCOTT you DO NOT drop your brother HEAD FIRST on the FLOOR," he said, practically yelling.
"Okay, next time I catch this rat in my room I'll drop him head first out the window, which FYI is a second story window," Dallie said going back to her room. Drama, drama, drama. Ricky was trying to sneak out, not being noticed. He was hoping to avoid the trouble he was known to get himself and others in.
"Not so fast, why were you in Dallie's room?" Lucas asked, noticing him trying to sneak out.
"Nothing, honestly, I went in there to find my ball, I know she stole it, she took it when I took her Tims, boy was she pissed when I took them, or was it when I took her new MP3, maybe it was then, or when I listened in on her phone call to some boy." "You do know you just turned yourself in right?" Lucas said stopping him before her told everything he's ever done to her.
"Hey dad, Ora's friend is comin over tomorrow, Danny," He said going upstairs.
"Hold up, how do you know this?" Lucas asked.
"I heard her talking to mom about some Danny."
