Chapter 4: Going Shopping!
After their nightly experiences with Roy and Ed, the group headed to bed. The movie Adam had picked out was boring enough to put Shi, Abi, and Shadow to sleep before it even got started. Eclipse, Jake, and Shade carried the three sleeping girls up to their bedrooms, and Roy and Ed also disappeared to their room.
The next morning, Shi awoke before the others, and headed down to the kitchen to start the coffee. As usual, Abi awoke to the smell of coffee and soon joined her, but before she headed down, she heard soft voices from the boys room, and stopped.
"I can't believe you told them." Ed was saying.
"Ed, I only told Shi, and she told me that this is a judgmental free house, and that if anyone was bothering us about it, to tell her. Besides, everyone seemed ok with it." Roy explained.
"Except for the one." Ed muttered.
"Jake? No, he was fine with it. You heard Abi." Roy replied.
"I don't know. Its just…" Ed paused, and sighed.
"I know. But, I had intended to tell you about it later, and explain it, but…that kind of got shot in the ass…" Roy muttered.
"Ya think…" Ed grumbled.
Abi heard him get up and go to the window. She listened a bit longer, before heading down to join Shi in the living room.
"Look, Ed, I'm sorry…But I just didn't want us to hide it anymore if we didn't have too. And Shi…she seems to understand and be more open that some of the others, except for Abi of course…but…I don't know. I figured that since we are staying in their home, they at least had the right to know…you know?" Roy explained.
"I guess…I just sometimes wonder what Jake is thinking…he didn't seem to happy to know." Ed muttered.
"I think he was telling the truth, about being caught off guard. I think he'll be fine." Roy said.
Ed was silent for a moment, then sighed. His footsteps echoed out to Abi, as he went back to the bed and sat down.
"Ok. I'll stop flipping out on you now. I'm sorry about that anyway." he said.
"Its ok. I understand. But, they where eventually going to find out anyway. Who knows what might have happened, if I hadn't told Shi about it before Jake read our minds. Plus you know I don't care who finds out and what they think. The only reason i did this time was-" Roy said but Ed cut him short.
"We need a place to see. True." Ed muttered. "I smell coffee…." he added quietly.
Roy chuckled and Abi heard him stand up. Quickly, she headed off, going down the stairs and heading into the kitchen. Roy and Ed came out of their room, and went downstairs as well. As they came into the kitchen, Abi and Shi looked up at them and smiled.
"Coffee?" Shi asked, pointing to the freshly brewed pot.
"Oh yea!" Roy said, heading for the pot of coffee.
Shi, who was sitting on the counter, smiled, and picked up her own cup.
"Where are your cups?" Roy asked, looking at her.
"Oh, yea. Sorry." Shi said, setting down her cup and opening the cabinet beside her.
Abi giggled as she got things ready to cook breakfast. Ed watched her, and sat down at the table, out of the way, as she moved around. Roy made himself a cup of coffee and sat down at the table with Ed.
"So, sleep well?" Shi asked, smiling.
"Like the dead." Ed said, smiling back.
"Same here." Roy said, sipping at the hot coffee.
"Ed, would you like some coffee?" Shi offered.
"Na, I'm good." Ed said, shaking his head.
"Ok then." she said, shrugging.
"I do have to say though…" Ed said, then hesitated.
"What's that?" Shi asked, looking at him.
"Well…living in the same clothes over and over again…doesn't really appeal to me, you know?" he replied.
"Exactly." Shi said smiling. Then she glanced at Abi, who was smiling back. "I foresee a trip to the mall today." she added.
"Yay!" Abi said happily.
Roy and Ed chuckled at them, and looked around at the well lit kitchen. Ed spotted a newspaper on the table, and looked at Shi, his eyebrows raised.
"How in the hell do you get news papers out here?" he asked.
"I haven't got the slightest idea….they just show up." Shi said, shrugging.
"Uh-huh…I guess some little punk got brave." Ed said, with a light laugh.
"No shit." Abi and Shi said together.
"So…" Roy started, then stopped to think about what to say. "When are we leaving for the mall?"
"As soon as everyone is up and ready to go." Shi said, taking a sip of her coffee.
"Do we have to drink blood again today?" Ed asked, looking slightly sick.
"Only if you want too. But you have to drink it every now and again, just so you don't flip out on humans, since we interact with them all the time, and so you don't get to weak." Shi replied.
"Oh, I see…So, as new Vamps, should we drink it before we go?" Ed asked.
"Might be a good idea, but you don't have to if you don't want too." Shi said.
"Ok…well…we'll think about it…if you say it's a good idea, we might as well." Roy said.
"Ok, well, take your time." Shi said, smiling.
"Breakfast is ready, if you want to go shake Eclipse out of bed. I'll go get Jake." Abi said, looking back at her.
"Ok." Shi said, slipping off the cabinet.
"Help yourselves boys, we'll be right back." Abi said, following Shi out of the room.
"Kay." Roy said, standing.
"You're actually hungry for once?" Ed asked, looking slightly shocked.
"Yea. Remember what Shi said? I'm healed now." Roy said, getting a plate from the drain rack.
"Oh yea…I'm so used to taking care of you, and practically shoving food down your throat." Ed teased, getting up and going over to the drain rack.
"Very funny." Roy remarked, smiling.
"I know." Ed said, quickly kissing Roy.
"Risky, risky." Roy teased.
"Well, hey. If they know about us, no need in hiding it anymore." Ed said shrugging.
"True, true." Roy said, scooping up some scrambled eggs onto his plate.
After he was done getting food, Roy went and sat down while Ed got his food. Footsteps where heard, and Eclipse soon emerged from upstairs, only in his night pants, as usual, and smiled at the boys.
"Good morning." he said, then yawned.
"Good morning to you too." Roy said.
"Same, same." Ed said through bites of food.
Eclipse chuckled at him and got a cup of coffee before jumping up on the counter where Shi had been sitting. Abi and Jake soon came back, but Shi didn't.
"Where's Shi?" Roy asked, looking around.
"Eh? Oh, she's waking up her sister and Shade." Eclipse said.
"And spaz attack?" Ed asked, raising an eyebrow.
"She's gonna get him too." Eclipse said, nodding.
"Ah…" Ed said, and a loud thump was heard from upstairs. "Sounds like she got him already." he added.
"Yea, so it sounds." Jake said, looking up at the ceiling.
"Here, eat." Abi said, handing Eclipse, Shade and Jake a plate.
"But I'm not hungry at the moment…" Eclipse said, but took the plate.
"Eat. We're going out today, and we aren't stopping for food until we get done shopping for the boys." Abi said.
"Ok, ok." Eclipse said, nodding.
They all ate in silence for a bit, until Adam raced around the corner, already hyped up.
"Coffee, coffee, coffee, COFFEE!" he yelled the last sliding around the corner and sliding to a stop with the walls help, making the others laugh.
"Like hell! Get your ass over there and eat." Abi said, pointing to his plate on the table.
"FOOD!" he yelled, racing to the plate.
"Dear God help us all." Eclipse said, shaking his head.
Shi soon came back in, with Shade and Shadow behind her. Kohna and Lucky were already waiting at the door, mewing loudly. All the wolves lined up behind them whining.
"You mean to tell me, that the fucking panthers are house trained too?" Ed asked, looking at Shi.
"Yep." she said, smiling and leaving again to let them all out.
When she came back in, Abi handed her a plate of food, which she took and ate, standing next to Eclipse, who had stole her spot. After eating, everyone headed to the living room, except Shi, who always stayed to help Abi with the dishes.
"You know, you can go in there too. You don't have to stay and help me all the time." Abi said, smiling.
"Yea, but I don't feel its right. I mean, you cook for us, and sometimes clean…this is, after all, all of our house now, so I can help." Shi said, returning her smile.
"Aww, ok." Abi said.
After the dishes were done, Shi and Abi headed into the living room to relax for a few minutes, before getting ready to go. Roy and Ed sat together on one of the couches, while Adam sprawled out in the floor. Shi, Eclipse, Jake, and Abi all took one couch, leaving Shadow and Shade a couch of their own to stretch out on. After about an hour of relaxing, Shi stood up.
"Well, I'm going to go get ready." she said, starting towards the stairs.
"Ready for what?" Shadow asked.
"Oh yea. You two weren't down here when we talked about this, but we're going to the mall today, to do some shopping for the boys. They don't have anything else to wear." Shi replied.
"Oh, well why didn't you say so sooner? I'd have gotten my lazy ass up and went to get ready." Shadow said, sitting up off of Shade.
"Because, we all were being lazy asses." Shi said, laughing.
"Ok, point taken." Shadow said.
"I'm comin with!" Eclipse said, jumping up.
"Same here." Shade said.
"Me too!" Adam said, getting to his feet.
"Not with me you aren't." Shadow said shaking her head.
"Me either." Shi said.
"Damn it all. Why are you guys so mean to me?" Adam teased.
"We aren't mean. But you need to find a girlfriend." Shi said, looking at him.
"No one loves me…" Adam said, making a puppy face at her.
"Bullshit!" Abi suddenly yelled, throwing her arms around his neck. "I wuv my Adam…buddy…thing…" she said, trying to think of something.
"Oh, gee thanks…now I'm a thing." Adam said, shaking his head.
"Oh, shut up." Abi said, ruffling his hair.
"Doesn't bother me when I just woke up." Adam said, smiling at her.
"Damn it." Abi said, putting her chin on his shoulder.
Jake walked up beside them, and looked at Abi. She smiled back at him, gaining a smile from him, before he headed up the stairs.
"Abi! Come shower with me!" he called from their room.
"Well…someone's jealous." Adam muttered.
"I heard that, and no I'm not!" Jake hollered.
"Damn!" Adam said, laughing.
"Coming!" Abi yelled.
"My ears!" Adam yelled, covering his ear.
"I'm sorry!" Abi cried.
Smiling, she raced up the stairs, disappearing around the corner. Roy and Ed sat staring at them, a sudden smile spreading across Roy's face.
"You guys are comical." he said.
Shi smiled back at him.
"Thanks." she said.
Roy nodded his reply, as she turned to Eclipse.
"Shall we?" she asked.
"We shall." he replied, heading up the stairs.
"How bout you?" Roy asked, looking at Ed.
"Sure." Ed replied, smiling.
"If you want, there are some of our brothers clothes in the closet in your room. That was his room." Shadow said, also heading for the stairs.
"Ok. Thanks." Roy and Ed said together.
"No problem." Shadow said, nodding.
Everyone quickly showered and dressed and met back down in the living room. Shi waited at the top of the stairs, while Shadow let all the animals in.
"Kohna! Lucky! Come on." she hollered.
The two panthers raced up the stairs to her, and followed her into her room, where she shut and locked her bedroom door. As she came back down, Ed and Roy looked at her, puzzled.
"Um…we have a small problem." Roy said.
"What's that?" Shi asked.
"I don't like these pants…they tink!" Ed said, shaking his leg.
Abi and the others laughed at him.
"We can't go…" Roy muttered, dropping his head.
"Why not?" Shi asked, slightly worried.
"We…don't have any money at all." Roy said sadly.
"Ah, that's not a problem." Shi said, smiling.
Roy and Ed looked at her, confused. Abi and the others laughed lightly at their expressions.
"Why's that? You going to steal us clothes?" Roy asked, raising an eyebrow.
"No silly. We're buying." Shi said, heading to the door.
"Oh, no. We couldn't allow you to do that." Roy said, following her.
"Sure you can. We have plenty of money to go around." Shi said, opening the door to the garage and heading out.
The others followed her out the door, Ed and Roy tagging along behind.
"Ok, but we'll keep the prices low." Ed said.
"Nope, nope, and nope." Abi said, smiling.
"What?" Roy asked.
"Get what you want, whatever it is. You like it, grab it." Abi replied.
"But…" Roy said.
"No buts. Abi is right. You see it, you like it, grab it." Shi said, opening her car door.
Ed looked around outside the garage doors.
"Damn! We do live out in the sticks!" he cried, making the others laugh.
Abi climbed into the backseat of Shi's car, Jake climbing in on the other side. Adam too climbed in the back, but Jake was in between the two, so Abi couldn't reach him.
"Damn it. Jake, trade me places." she said.
"Uh, no." Jake said, smiling at her.
"Damn it all." Abi muttered.
"Hehe…Thanks Jake." Adam said.
"Yea, yea, yea." Jake muttered.
Eclipse and Shi got into the two front seats, as Roy and Ed climbed into the back seats of Shadow's car. Backing out, Shi lead the way into town, where the fun awaited them, and Roy and Ed enjoyed themselves for the first time in a long time.
Shi here! hope you liked it! we where slightly disappointed that we didnt get any reviews...
Eclipse: yes...it hurt our feelings.
Shi: well, review this one for us, ok?
Ed: I'm leaving if you don't review,
Roy: Edward you're not going anywhere.
Ed: ssshhhoooosshhhH!!
Abi: oh my goodness! Just review
Jake: yes please