A/N- Thanks for all your wonderful reviews. Here's the chapter!

Disclaimer- JP is a Boy. FB (Funniebanana) is a Girl!

"I can't believe you thought this would be fun." Fang stuffed his hands deep in his filthy jeans' pockets. His hair was shorter, with some tan streaks. It looked like a hawk's plumage again. He drove the stylist crazy, bugging her about how he wanted it to look like a hawk. I guess he has a thing for birds.

Hmmm, I wonder why!

"It is fun." I said, pointing my toes. "What do you think of these shoes?" They were blue and orange Pumas, and I really liked them.

My hair was shoulder length and parted on the side, with layers. One side had jaw-length bangs that kind of covered my eye.

After we got our hair done we'd gone straight to a shoe store, to get some new shoes before we got new clothes.

Fang shrugged. "I guess they're okay."

I rolled my eyes. "I like them." I put them in their box and put it on the floor next to me. Then I looked around and saw Iggy's strawberry-blond head following a shorter, brown head.

Iggy had gotten his hair cut shorter too, so he and Fang had hair that was almost exactly the same length. But Iggy had gotten his hair streaked with fire red and black, so his head looked like it was on fire.

Nudge's curly hair was perfectly straight, and about shoulder length. It was cut in layers that framed her face in the front, and got longer at the back. Her stylist had told her that she should get some shampoo that kept volume under control or something, so, of course, she bugged me 'til I bought it for her.

They came up to me, each carrying a huge tower of shoe boxes. They put them down on the floor next to the stool I was sitting on. Nudge sat next to me, while Iggy went to stand by Fang.

I laughed. "Whoa, how many shoes are you guys getting?"

Iggy rubbed the back of his head. "Those aren't mine. They're all Nudge's. She made me help her carry them. My shoes are on the top of the pile."

I turned to Nudge. "Nudge, you know we can't get all these, right?"

Nudge sighed. "I know. But they were all so cute! Like, I got these heels, and they were A-DOR-ABLE! So I got them in six different colors."

"Nudge, first of all, no heels. Second of all, only two pairs of shoes at most. We can't carry more than that."

Nudge sighed. "Okay." She sat down and halfheartedly started going through her boxes. She handed me Iggy's, and I opened them to see a pair of Etnies. (A/N- You know, those skateboard shoes?) They were white with a big black "E" on them.

I looked at Nudge. "Did you pick these out for him?" I put them on top of my shoe box.

Nudge nodded. "Yeah, aren't they cool? They even fit him."

I laughed. "Yeah, that's kinda important, having shoes that fit."

I grabbed Fang's shoes. He had gotten Etnies too, but his were all black with a white "E". I guess they don't have many different colors for guys.

Nudge handed me a box. Inside were pink and white Pumas.

I smiled. "Good choice."

I handed the four boxes to Fang. "Go get in line. I'm gonna go get Angel and Gazzy."

He nodded and walked off, with Iggy following close behind. Nudge and I went to find Gazzy and Angel in the kid's department.

When we got there Total was lying on a bench, pretending to be a toy. None of the stores here allowed dogs, not even guide dogs. So Total had to pretend to be a stuffed animal.

I walked over and picked him up. I patted his head. "Where're Gazzy and Angel?"

Total shrugged. "They went into that aisle." He nodded his head in the direction of the aisle.

I handed him to Nudge and went over to the aisle. Gazzy and Angel were looking at a pair of shoes that cost $127.

"There's nothing special about them." Gazzy said, poking one.

He kind of had a buzz cut now, but it was a little longer. It was spiky, with brown tips.

Angel nodded. "I know! They're actually kinda ugly." Then she straightened up and turned around. "Hey Max, hey Nudge."

Her hair was just…hair. It went a little past her shoulders, and was a little curly. She was adorable.

Gazzy stood up too. "Are we leaving now?" He ran towards me and grabbed my hand. "Look at my shoes!" He had some black and red Heelys.

Angel was talking to Nudge, and showing off her new Nikes. I smiled. "Those are some good shoes, guys. Come on, we need to go meet Fang and Iggy at the check-out counter."

After buying our shoes, changing shoes, throwing away the old shoes, getting outside, finding all our umbrellas, and getting Total's fur out of Angel's umbrella we decided where to go next.

Well, we tried to.

"I wanna go to the candy store!" Angel stomped her foot.

"No way, Angel." Gazzy said. "I wanna go get some spray paint."

"Why?" Nudge asked, brushing a strand of hair away from her face. "Are you gonna go vandalize some buildings or something? Why don't we go get something to eat? I'm hungry."

Iggy rolled his eyes. "Is there a music store here? If there is, I wanna get a new CD."

I sighed. "Okay, guys, SHUT UP!! We'll get some candy after lunch, Angel. Nudge, we're all hungry, but we can't go into a restaurant dressed like this. Iggy, we'll get some CDs after lunch. Gazzy, why the heck do you want spray paint?" I rubbed a hand over my eyes. "We'll go get some new clothes first, then we'll go get lunch, get some candy, and some CDs." I looked at Gazzy. "No spray paint!!!"

Fang spoke up. "We need to go to a pet store, too."

I started nodding, then stopped. "Su- No, what? We are not getting another pet."

Fang rolled his eyes. "I know that. Total needs a collar, and a leash."

Total barked. "I'll get a collar, but no leash. I'll feel like a dog."

Gazzy hit his forehead with his hand. "Maybe cause you are one!"

"I resent that. You don't see me chasing cats."

"Guys, drop it. We're going to get some new clothes."

Everyone nodded, and we headed in search of a clothing store.

"No."

"Please, Max?"

"No."

We were at some clothes store. I'd made sure that everyone grabbed two pairs of jeans, two shirts, and a jacket, so now they were all looking for anything extra they wanted.

But now Nudge wanted to get a jean mini-skirt. I'd let her get a big fuzzy vest-thing, but no way was she getting a mini-skirt.

"Please?"

"Nudge, no. Final answer."

Nudge sighed. "Fine." She skipped off to help Iggy find a pair of sunglasses.

Then someone came up behind me and wrapped their arms around my waist. I yelped and started pushing at their arms, but stopped when I heard Fang quietly chuckling.

He rested his chin on my shoulder, and his warm breath tickled my neck. "Ready to go?"

I nodded. "I've been ready since we got here."

Fang let go of me and stepped away. "I'll go get Iggy and Nudge."

I headed off to find Gazzy and Angel, and soon we were on our way to lunch.

As we walked through the wet streets I thought I saw something out of the corner of my eye. We were walking right next to some alleys, and every so often I would see a flash of a coat, or hear someone's feet pounding the ground as they ran. But Angel didn't seem worried, Iggy didn't seem to hear anything, and Fang didn't seem to see anything out of the ordinary, so I thought I was just over-paranoid.

I decided not to look on either side, and listen only to the conversations that the flock was taking part in. I stopped seeing the mysterious follower, but I couldn't get rid of the feeling that something bad was about to happen.

After lunch we were heading back to the hotel. Iggy was listening to his new CD, on his new CD player. Angel was chewing on some Jelly Bellies, and Total was flaunting his new collar proudly.

Then Nudge came up to me and whispered in my ear. "Uhh, Max? I kinda need a new bra."

I blinked then smiled. "Oh, right, I do too. We'll go get them now." I called ahead to Fang. "Fang!"

Fang turned to look at me. "Nudge and I forgot something. We'll meet you at the hotel, 'kay?"

Fang nodded. "Do you think Iggy or I should come with you? We were just attacked by Erasers today. They might be close by."

I shook my head. "No, we'll be fine. We can take care of ourselves. See you guys later!"

The rest of the flock turned and headed towards the hotel, while Nudge and I headed back to the plaza.

After we bought what we needed we headed back to the hotel. But we were really tired of walking and carrying around heavy bags, so we took a short cut through an alley. The alley was poorly lit, a perfect spot for an Eraser attack, but I wasn't worried.

Then, all of a sudden, the hair on the back of my neck prickled. I turned to look at Nudge. "Nudge. U and A. Now!"

Nudge was just about to unfold her wings when someone blocked the entrance to the alleyway. No, wait, a lot of some ones. I snapped out an arm and grabbed Nudge's shoulder, silently telling her not to take off.

She pulled her wings in tight and we turned to run out the way we came. But more people were blocking that exit, too.

I put my bags down and got in a fighting stance. Nudge did the same, and we were just about to spring at some of the mystery people when someone stepped forward.

He had on a coat and a hat. I recognized the coat.

"Hey, you're that guy that's been following us around all day!" Then I saw the hat on his head. "And the guy I ran into earlier! Who are you?"

He laughed. "What, you don't remember me?"

In my book, when someone says that it usually means that that someone is evil, or did something to you at sometime in your life.

I pretended to nod, then shook my head. "Yea…no. I've met a lot of people, so if I don't remember you you're probably not that important." I imperceptibly inched in front of Nudge, so I could protect her in case this unknown person happened to be an Eraser.

Angel! I called in my head, We need help! Help us!

No answer. She must be out of range, I thought.

The stranger took of his jacket and his hat. "Well, maybe you'll remember this." He started talking in a high-pitched, girly voice. "'He looks like he got hit by a car!'"

He must have seen the bewildered expression on my face, cause he kept talking, but in his normal voice. "'I told you not to tell anyone about my little situation with Ortiz!'"

I was still confused, but then I remembered. I gasped. "No. Aren't you…"

A/N- HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Please don't kill me. The next chapter might be really short, but it'll be up soon. If you can guess who it is, and give me his name or at least where Max met him, I'll give you a…cyber-cookie!!! YAAAAAAY! Review, please. I want to make it to 200!!!