After eating they were getting ready to go to the mall when Shawn called Randy to ask a favor. Randy answered, "Hey Shawn what's up?" Shawn replied, "Randy can you get some guys together to do a little renovating?" Randy asked, "What type of renovating?" Shawn answered, "Well you've seen the room with the balcony facing the backyard. It is now Anika's room. The room next to it is empty so I wanted to turn it into a music room for her. Of course that is after making it sound proof. I wanted to know if you could do that while we're at the mall" Randy said, "Sure. I can get John, Dave, Mark, Glen, & Adam to help. Just head to the arena from the mall and we'll meet you there." Shawn said, "Thanks Rand." Randy said, "No problem. See ya at the arena." Shawn decided to take the Tahoe cause he knew he was going to have a lot of stuff and he wanted to be able to make sure it was safe while he was working. They loaded up and were off to the mall.
John, Dave, Mark, Glen, & Adam looked at Randy quizzically. Adam asked, "Randy what have you gotten us into now?" Randy answered, "Well Shawn needs a room made sound proof and painted. Now come on let's go to Home Depot to get the stuff we need." John looked at Randy and stated, "Why not?" Dave asked, "Why does he need a sound proof room?" Randy answered, "I dunno, but I told him we'd do it so come on." They loaded up in Randy's rental truck and were off to Home Depot. After getting everything they needed the went to Shawn's house. John used his spare key. They were in the process of making the room sound proof when John's phone rang. He saw it was Shawn.
The first stop that Steph, Anika, Paul, & Shawn made in the mall was Victoria's Secret. Paul & Shawn stayed outside. Shawn called John. He heard, "Yo, holla atcha boy." Shawn said, "John I need a huge favor from you. I need you to go to Music Emporium and get everything a musician would need. Like a keyboard, guitar, drums, mics, recording equipment, & stuff like that. There should be green & black paint in the closet. Paint the walls black with a green trim. Thanks. I'll talk to you at the arena." John asked, "Why?" Shawn answered, "Anika's into music so I figured I'd give her a room for it, and its gunna double as a dark room. I'll pay ya back tonight for the stuff you buy." The next stop was Hot Topic because as they were walking by it Anika saw a plaid skirt she liked. They went in and she tried on some other skirts and pants. She got 4 skirts, 3 tops, & 5 pants. After that they went to JC Penny. Anika got 7 tops, 4 capris, 5 pair of pajamas, 8 pair of shorts, & 6 pair of jeans. They saw Shoes on a Shoestring and went in. Anika got 2 pair of Nikes, 1 pair of combat boots, 2 pair of heels, 3 pair of dress sandals, 4 pairs of flip flops. Steph wanted to go into Macy's so Anika followed her. The only thing Anika didn't have for her wardrobe was dresses, dress pants, & tops. Steph helped Anika find 4 dresses, 5 pair of slacks, & 5 shirts to go with them. Steph found some things also.
John looked at Dave and said, "I, now know why Shawn wants this room sound proof. It's going to be a music room for his daughter Anika. Speaking of that Randy lets go grab some stuff from Music Emporium for Shawn. Guys there is paint in the close. Shawn said black walls & green trim." Mark, Glen, & Adam were painting while the other 3 went to the music store. John got a keyboard, drums, acoustic & electric guitars, 2 mics, & a small mixing board. He got a computer to put in there to. They got everything loaded up in the truck and headed back to Shawn's house to set it up. Mark, Glen, & Adam had all the painting done considering the other 3 were gone for 4 hours. Adam saw the other 3 and asked, "What took so long?" Dave answered, "We couldn't get John out of there. He bought everything for a budding artist. Will you guys help unload it?" Mark, Glenn, & Adam nodded their head. After 2 hours they had all the music supplies set up and ready. The other half of the room had photography supplies and stuff for developing pictures.
Anika, Steph, Paul, & Shawn went to Bed, Bath, & Beyond. While there Anika found a Boston Red Sox comforter. She loved the Red Sox. That was something that her mom instilled in her from a young age. She also found frog stuff for her bathroom. They had 2 more stops to make before they headed off to the arena. The first stop was Home Depot for some paint. Anika decided on Red, white, silver, and blue paint to match her Red Sox comforter. The last stop was Best Buy. Anika got a 36 in flat screen TV, a 12 disc CD changer, a video ipod, portable DVD player, computer, laptop, DVDs, CDs, a surround sound system, & a DVD player. Shawn decided on going one more place before they went to the arena. Shawn stopped at Cingular to add Anika to his plan. She got a black moto razor. While Steph was helping Anika pick out accessories, Shawn called the guys. He called John to see how it went at Music Emporium.