Chapter 13: Shopping with a shopaholic
"Musa! Riven!" Stella's voiced traveled down the hallway into the living room.
Musa groaned.
"I forgot Stella would be with them."
"Serves you right for inviting the girls." Riven smirked.
"Hallo, darlings." Stella purred as she entered the room followed by the rest of the gang.
"Who's them?" Layla asked as soon as she saw the boys.
"Eric, Jared and - what's your name again?" Musa pointed at each of the boys when she said their name but stopped at Andy.
"Andy." he sighed.
"Yeah, him."
"What're they doing here?" Sky asked.
"They're our cousins." Helia replied when he entered. "Eric, Jared, these are our friends. Stella, Brandon, Layla, Nabu, Bloom, Sky, Tecna, Timmy and Flora, my girlfriend."
"Hey Helia." the two boys raised their hands in greeting.
"Hi." Helia smiled and sat down beside Flora.
"Musa, isn't there anything we can do?" Stella whined for the umpteenth time.
"No." Musa had her head in her hand and she kept on changing channels much to the annoyance of Riven - and everybody.
"Then why did you invite us?" Stella complained.
"Ask your boyfriend." Musa snapped.
Stella turned to Brandon.
"What?" he asked.
"Why are we here?"
"Don't look at me, Sky said he wanted to come." Brandon pointed at Sky.
"Not me, Timmy!" Sky protested.
"Nothing to do with me. I was just helping a friend. Nabu wanted to come." Timmy said.
"Helia." Nabu bluntly stated and turned to him.
"Hey! It's not me. Brandon said he wanted to come." Helia jabbed his thumb at Brandon.
"I didn't! He said he wanted to."
"No, him."
"Na-uh, it's him."
The squabbling went on for a while and Musa sat back and smirked.
"Finally. Some drama."
"You got that right." Riven chuckled.
The girls giggled while Eric, Jared and Andy looked bewildered.
"No. No. No. No." Musa waved her hands in front of her. "Nononono. Not a chance."
"Aw, come on, Musa. Don't be such a party pooper." Stella pouted.
"No. I'm not going shopping with you." Musa declared.
"I agree with her." Layla said.
Stella had just proposed the idea of going shopping and Musa was horrified by it. Once Stella started to shop, it's next to impossible to stop her.
"Please?"
"No."
"Pretty please? Please. Please. Please. Please." Stella made a puppy dog face at Musa,
"Nope." Musa crossed her arms, and shook her head, popping the 'p'.
"You're no fun."
"Come on, Musa. Just this time." Bloom encouraged Musa.
"No. That's what you said last time."
"Don't be immature, Musa." Flora said.
Musa's jaw dropped.
"You're saying I'm immature? Well, tell you what, I'm not." Musa huffed and sulked. "Besides, Layla also said she didn't want to go, why aren't you accusing her?"
"Hey!" Layla gasped.
"Yes, you are." Helia teased.
Musa growled at him.
"Fine."
Stella's face brightened.
"But, if I have to go, then so does them." Musa pointed at the boys and smirked.
"No. No. Nonono." Riven cowered away.
"Nope" Sky shook his head.
"Don't even think about it." Nabu said.
"Uh, I don't think so." Timmy said hesitatingly.
"You can't do that." Helia gasped.
"B-but - " Brandon stuttered.
"Who's being immature now, huh? Huh?" Musa smirked and started up the stairs to change. "I'll be down in 10."
"If we have to go, then so does them." Helia jabbed his thumb at Jared and Andy.
Musa just shrugged in response while the two boys gaped at him.
"Have fun shopping, boys." Eric waved at them. "Musa, which one's my room?"
"Ask Sally."
"How much more to go, Stella?" Musa groaned under the load of shopping bags that Stella had piled onto her arms.
"Knowing her, probably still have about ten years or so." Riven muttered beside her.
"Why are we dragged into this?" Andy complained from the other side of Musa.
"Shut up." Musa snapped.
"Stella, sweetie, can we please take a break?" Flora asked sweetly.
"No." Stella replied haughtily. "I wanna go to that store. It have a 50% sale on every second clothes."
"But I'm tired." Layla whined.
"And hungry." Nabu nodded.
"Why can't you carry your own bags?" Jared asked.
"Because shopping needs focus. If I take my own bags, then I'll loose focus." she replied and walked faster.
The others groaned and trailed after her.
"Shopping with you is like going to hell and back." Jared slumped down in his chair and flexed his arms.
"You should try going shopping with her on a regular basis." Layla said and took a sip of her caramel mocha.
"How could someone shop as much as you?" Andy groaned as he eyed the shopping bags that took up the whole table beside theirs.
"That's because she's crazy." Musa commented and Stella glared at her.
"No sarcasm? No snapping? You're actually talking to me like any other normal person? That's a first." Andy smiled.
Musa glowered at him and he held up his hands in a surrender manner.
"Why did the boys get to go home?" Tecna complained.
"Because they get to." Stella replied.
"How unfair can she be?" Musa whispered to Layla.
"I heard that."
"You were meant to."
The Winx were following Stella around the mall while she went into boutiques and threw varies clothes at the girls for them to try - and buy.
"Well, look on the bright side." Stella smiled cheerily. "At least you don't have to carry the bags anymore."
"But we have to try on clothes, and that's worse than carrying your bags." Musa wailed.
"Hey!" Stella looked offended.
"What?"
"Shopping is a healthy past time."
"Yes, it is. But not with a shopaholic."
"Hey, Angel Face!" the Winx turned to see Jason and his 'friends' bounding up to them.
"Why are they here?" Bloom asked.
"I dunno, why don't you ask them?" Musa nodded her head at Jason.
"Hey! I got a question for you." he looked at Musa who raised an eyebrow. "Did it hurt?"
"Did what hurt?" Tecna asked curiously.
"Did it hurt when you - ."
"I don't know." Musa cut him off. "Why don't you ask my dad?"
"What about your mum?"
Musa's eyes flashed dangerously and the Winx took a step back. She growled and glared at Jason.
"Say one more word and I personally show you the gates of Hell." Musa snarled.
"Whoa, whoa. I was just asking." Jason held up his hands and took a step closer to Musa. "But, you do know that I like your attitude, right?"
"You do remember what happened the last time we met, right?"