A/N: Heyyoo! What's up? So I'm going back to school soon. That's why I'm going to apologize in advance just in case I don't get to update this fanfic regularly. I hope you understand.. ^.^ || Oh and I want to thank everyone for the reviews! :) || To Aprick, hey! thanks for coming up with that April/Rodrick name. I really didn't think of that haha :)) || To AnonFan, hi it's fine if you don't get an account for this. Don't worry about it! :)) || Okay, here's Chapter 7! I'm sorry this chapter's a bit blah. I hope you enjoy it though! :)

CHAPTER 7: Dark Expressions

"So… what do you think?" Mae stepped out of the dressing room swinging around in her red cocktail dress.

"It looks great on you!" Olivia exclaimed.

Mae smiled. "How about you guys? Do you think I should take this?" she asked us.

I nodded in approval, Anne gave a big smile and a 'thumbs up', and Claire said, "Yes, yes. Definitely!"

"Okay! I'll take this," the excited Mae jumped back to the dressing room to get changed.

It's about 2 in the afternoon. We've been storming through shops all day and we haven't even gotten lunch yet. Now all my friends have already bought their dresses and shoes… and here I am slouched on the couch being fickle-minded.

"Okay. We've all got our dresses except for one girl over here," Anne stood up with her big shopping bags as she beamed at me.

I straightened up, "I am so sorry. I really can't decide which dress to pick."

"How about we wait for Mae and visit another shop and get you something amazing? Sounds good?" Olivia suggested.

"Sure. Of course! I would love to hear your opinions," I sighed, relieved that these girls were here to help me.

After Mae paid for her dress and her shoes, the girls literally pulled me to this shop called Madame Selena's.

We were welcomed by a saleslady, "Good Afternoon, Ladies. How may I help you?"

Olivia pushed me to the front of the group, "We need to find her a dress…"

As if on cue, all my four friends said, "now."

"Sure thing," the saleslady led us to the racks where the dresses were. "You girls can start here."

Suddenly it felt like we were in a ten minute shopping spree. All my friends instantly became hyper. They were rushing around, pulling out dozens of dresses, showing them to me, letting me carry some while they looked for more, etcetera, etcetera.

After a few fast-paced moments, I found myself in the dressing room, trying out the first dress they picked for me. It was a light pink cocktail dress with green and blue beads all over it. I didn't like the style but I tried it on anyway.

The girls shook their heads almost as soon as I appeared in front of them.

I jumped back into the dressing room to try the second dress. It was sky blue with a big white ribbon on each puff sleeve.

I showed my friends and all I got was a bunch of "No's"

I tried on about thirteen more dresses and nothing seemed right.

"Well, that's the last one," I shrugged as I slowly walked back to the couches in my old shirt, cardigan, and jeans.

"Aww there's got to be something else in here," Mae turned her head from right to left, trying to look for a dress that would suit me.

"Okay maybe we can try the other shops," Olivia said.

"But we've been to all the dress shops. This is the last one," Anne told Olivia.

"Wait," Claire raised her hand. She was checking out some dresses which were far from the couches. "Why don't you try this?" she pulled out a stunning, short, gold dress from the rack and walked back to us. She stretched out her arm to give it to me.

"Sure," I gave a tiny smile and walked back to the changing room.

I put on the cocktail dress which reached up to my knees. It was actually strapless and almost backless if not for that crisscross strings thingy.

I showed myself to the girls… And I finally got amazed gasps and smiles.

"Perfect!" Claire shrieked and did her successful jump-clap dance.

"Beautiful," Olivia displayed her big grin.

Mae said, "Oh my gosh! Finally! One more thing missing…"

"The shoes," Anne handed me a pair of golden shoes with its thick heels at least 2 inches high.

I sat on the couch and tried them on. "Just the right size," I stood up and walked around to test the shoes.

"Alright, I guess I'll take this," I smiled and went back to the dressing room to change.

"Now that we're done shopping, could we please eat already? I'm starving," said Olivia who was rubbing her belly while I paid for my shoes and dress.

"Let's go to the food court, okay?" Anne replied.

We headed to the food court of the mall. There were lots of stalls there. I really felt like having burger and fries so I ordered that. Claire, Anne, Mae, and Olivia ordered their own preference.

Once I got my food, I looked for a table for the five of us. Luckily, I found a vacant one a few meters away.

I sat down and started eating. Soon, Claire came and sat down beside me. Anne, Mae, and Olivia sat together on the other side of the table.

"So we go home after this?" Claire asked while chewing her sushi.

"I guess so," Mae answered.

While eating, we talked about Heather's sweet sixteen which was in two weeks.

"Let's meet at my house. I'll use my car," Anne suggested.

"That would be convenient," said Mae.

We all agreed on the time. Then we had a chat about other stuff… Well, they did most of the talking.

This day was going well until the last person I wanted to see decided to show up.

"So.. What do we have here?" Rodrick smirked and took two pieces of fries as he sat on the vacant seat beside me. Behind him was his gang of dorks.

I rolled my eyes and was about to say something when Claire spoke for me, "Get lost, Heffley."

He ignored her and talked to me, "Why so hungry, Prescott?" he laughed at his own joke, his friends laughing too.

"Why such a pig, Heffley?" I answered sarcastically.

"Oooooh," Rodrick's friends laughed out loud.

"Hey, shut up!" he snarled at them.

He was about to throw another statement when Olivia interrupted him, "Look, Rodrick, just leave us alone okay."

"Yeah what are you even doing here?" Mae asked.

"Taking a break from band practice," he said proudly before standing up. "We're playing at Heather's sweet sixteen. And it's gonna blow your minds."

"Yeah, well, nobody cares," I answered back.

"Pfft, whatever, Prescott," he pulled my hair which was tied up in a ponytail.

"Ouch! What the heck is wrong with you?!" I yelled, causing some people to stare at us.

He shouted back at me, "What's wrong with me? No what's wrong with you!?"

We had this glare contest. He smiled like a madman and I just wanted to rip his head off.

"Okay, Rodrick. Just go," Claire pulled me away from him.

I noticed Rodrick glance at Anne, who was quiet all along. They stared at each other with a dark expression and his smile disappeared. "Let's go guys," he told his friends and they walked away.

I slumped back to my chair and sighed, finishing the last bits of my burger. We all finished eating in silence.

We got back to Anne's car and she started driving. Mae and Olivia were talking about stuff I don't really know. Claire, who was dozing off, was seated at the front beside Anne, who still hadn't said a word since Rodrick came by our table. I was seated beside Olivia, listening to music.

Then out of the blue, I asked a question before I could even stop myself, "Anne, what's with you and Rodrick?"

I regret asking her that. The other girls stared at me with a you-shouldn't-have-asked-that expression. Anne hit the breaks in front of our house and sighed but didn't answer.

"Sorry. Thanks for the ride," I got off the car and walked to my house with my big shopping bags.

A/N: And yeah. There it is! Btw, you can give suggestions for the story. Who knows? I might include them in the next chapters.. haha.. oh and please leave a review. Thanks!