Chapter Eight:
One Week Later
"I can't believe you don't know how to shop for a seven year old girl" Lucy teased the silver haired teenager as they made their way around the shopping centre.
"Wanda normally picks the gift out" Peter sighed as they left another store after another bust
"Why didn't she do it this time?"
"She's kinda sick"
"Aw I hope she gets better soon"
"She will, any idea what to get her?"
"What does she like?"
"Princesses, dolls, tea parties, fairy tales and dressing up" Peter rambled off while Lucy just took his hand and pulled him towards another shop.
"So Lorna's a girly girl" Lucy smiled "That makes this a bit earlier"
"It does?"
"It narrows down what we are looking for"
"I already hate this shop" Peter mumbled under his breath when the brunette in a store that looked like it came straight out of the young girl's imagination. Lucy just rolled her eyes at the silver haired teenager while she looked around the shelves before picking up a pink princess dress
"What'd you think?"
"You can pull it off"
"For Lorna"
"She'd love it"
"Come find her size then Peter" Lucy said as she looked at a silver tiara from a nearby shelf when Peter appeared behind her holding the dress "Geez, give a girl a heart attack why don't you?"
"You finished?"
"Yeah, let's go pay"
"…"
"Peter"
"… Fine" was all the speedster said before going to the counter before coming back to the brunette looking slightly put out "Ready to go?"
"Gimme a second" Lucy said as she went and paid for the tiara before going back to the impatient teen waiting outside
"What were you doing? You took ages"
"Buying a tiara"
"Why?"
"You can't be a princess without a tiara" Lucy giggled as Peter wrapped his arm around her waist.
"That's sweet of you to get it for Lorna"
"She's a sweet kid, now come on I'm starving"
"We just ate earlier"
"Come on Peter" Lucy smiled as she dragged him to an ice cream van where she bought to cones and handed one to the silver haired teen
"Uh, thanks" Peter responded as they ate the frozen treat while sat on the bench "You ever like princesses and that sorta thing?"
"When I was younger" Lucy smiled "Hayley used to make me dresses inspired by fairy tales and then we'd have a tea party"
"She'd make them?"
"Used to say that it made it more magic" Peter smiled at the look in the brunette's eyes as she talked about the memories with her sister, before leaning over and licking a piece of ice cream of the corner of her mouth "what was that?"
"You had ice cream there" Peter smirked as the girl when cherry red and looked to the side.
…..
After getting back from the shopping centre and dropping Lucy off at her house, Peter headed back to Wanda's room and handed the gift that he and Lucy had chosen to Wanda
"What do you think?" he asked his sister
"I think that you should just ask her out" Wanda sighed as she lay on her bed "and not use Lorna as an excuse"
"I meant of the present"
"Lorna will love it, but we already got her that doll"
"You really think I should ask her out?"
"She likes you almost as much as you like her"
"How'd you know that?" Peter asked as he impatiently shuffled around, a glimmer of hope in his eyes.
"The fact that she puts up with you isn't enough?"
"Thanks for that"
"The way she looks at you and acts around you"
"She likes me?"
"Obviously Peter, you can be an idiot sometimes"
….
While her sister was out Hayley was looking through an old album, her fingers tracing the image of a nine year old Lucy dressed up in a pink frilly dress. Remembering how scared the girl was at that age with her powers and how much she has improved over the years, however her reminiscing was interrupted by the phone ringing
"Granger residence, this is Hayley speaking"
"Hello Hayley" a male voice said, causing the girl to freeze up as she recognised the voice
"What do you want from me?"
"You know what I want"
"I can't keep doing this forever"
"I know just until you don't want, oh what was her name again, ah Lucinda, knowing that you aren't really her sister"
"Hayley I'm home" Lucy's voice called out
"When and where?" Hayley asked the male in a hushed voice
"Same place as normal, week Friday, 1pm. unless you want the little freak to know that all the documents proving who she is, are all forgeries" was all the voice said before they hung up.
"Hayley you okay?" Lucy asked when she saw her sister breathing heavily leaning against the wall
"Yeah, long day" Hayley replied as she hugged the telekinetic girl "I love you Lucy"