Author's Note: I can't wait to get all this up! That's why I've been posting four chapter at a time. But, I ran out of uploaded chapters at eighteen! So, here I am, formatting frantically in the middle of the night, trying to get all 171 pages (handwritten) into the computer. And this chapter is only, like, 120! I've got a lot of work to do.
Chapter Nineteen
Shopping Spree!
BANANA REPUBLIC
"Preppy…clothes…Bright…colors! I need black!"
'Sara, please calm down," Taro said quietly.
"Right. Sorry."
Hiei looked around. "We've all gone to hell…"
"I'm surprised Martha Stewart isn't here," Aragorn said.
Legolas clucked his tongue. "You should know she's at K-Mart."
Haldir walked around uncertainly. "Where are we?"
Legolas sighed. "You need to get out of Middle-earth more often."
"I do not! I am totally hip to the doings of Man…dude."
Faythe sighed. "Man, just shut up." She looked at a shirt that intrigued her, but quickly put it back when she saw the price. "Damn! That shirt was about $30!"
"Really? Wow, that's cheap!" Legolas exclaimed. He scurried over to that rack and plucked three of the shirts in various colors from the rack.
Jake cleared his throat. "Pick one."
Legolas looked from shirt to shirt, indecisive. "I don't know!"
"I would choose the red one," Taro told him.
"Good choice!" Legolas said. He put the other two back.
"Are we done now?" Hiei asked.
"Nope!" Legolas said cheerfully. He threw the shirt to Jake and ran deeper into the store.
"Jake, go pay for that," Sara said. "We're already behind, I'll get Legolas. The rest of you get back on the bus."
The others nodded, but Sara had already left to find Legolas.
"Hiei," Haldir said. "That is one controlling woman you have there."
"I know," Hiei answered. "I know."