AN: Sorry for the long wait, here is a long chapter. ~CaitCait12

Sami:

New rule; don't leave Em and Brett alone together for more than five minuets. Like, damn there is so much tension in this room.

"So I guess we're ready to go?" Brett awkwardly asks.

"Yup." Em says with an icy glare. We all leave the room and go to the car. Brett gets the drivers side, Em quickly jumps in the back so I sit in the front and Leo sits in the back. Brett sets up the GPS and starts driving. He starts flipping through radio stations when I hear a song I love start.

"Stop! Play this one." I yell.

"Ok chill." Brett says and he turns up the station.

I start to sing, "Gonna make a heartthrob outta me, just a bit of minor surgery."

Its funny how music can change Brett, a second ago he was quite and reserved but now he joins in and sings, "I'll give you something to cry about, show some skin, it would be cache." He then pulls on the strap of my tank top and I swat his hand away.

I turn around and face Em to sing, "I guess you just fell off the bus, suckers well…"

Em joins in when we sing, "Payback is a motherfucker!"

By this time we've got the whole car singing, "I've been pushing for this for so long, kiss me just once for luck, these are desperate measures now." I laugh at Em's face when Brett blows her an air kiss. We might just have a little fun here in California.

Ok so here is a mall. I don't even remember the last time I was at a mall.

"Hey guys I'm hungry." Em states.

We all look at her and Brett says, "Well then, why don't you get something to eat?"

I punch Brett in the shoulder and say, "Don't mock her, I could go for some food."

Leo adds, "I need a coffee or at least some caffeine if you want me to stay awake today."

"Fine, lets go to the little café over there." Brett mumbles. Leo puts his arm around my waist and Em starts happily skipping ahead of us.

Once we got to the little café we sit in a four-seat booth. The café had an old western appeal to it, with wooden tables and chairs carved with designs and plush red leather seats. A girl, she looked like she could be about our age walks over to our booth. She has on a white blouse, a red mini skirt and some black high heels. Her hair is very long, almost reaching her waist with red streaks all throughout it. She was pretty, but more in a "I'll date you then make out with your best friend" kind of pretty. She has an eyebrow piercing and giant hoop earrings. She is of course eying Brett.

"Are you new? I don't think I've seen you around town before." She asks Brett with a flirty smile.

"Yes, we are." Brett says, returning the smile, "So I don't know the best thing to order here."

She leans over the table and whispers, "That matters what you want." She gives us the menus and winks before walking away.

"This is going to be a long quest." Em says, her voice dripping with deceit.

"But still not long enough." Brett says just to annoy her. If looks could kill Brett would be dead and Em would be a murderer.

"Just give me a damn menu." I say, Brett hands out the menus, "This is really expensive how are we going to pay for this?"

Em holds up a credit card and says, "Everything is on me, let's spend a lot of money today."

"Where did you get that?" Leo asks suspiciously.

"Mom's. I've had it with me forever. I don't think she'll mind if a couple thousand goes missing." Em replies.

"I think this is going to be a great trip to the mall." Brett says with a smile. Our waitress gets back and I notice that another button on her blouse is undone. Why does Brett have that effect on girls?

Em:

I look down at the menu. It's been three years; I haven't left CHB for three years. Nothing has really changed. Cell phones look different. Clothing style is more neon, but no drastic changes. And yes, I have kept one of my mother's credit cards. She has plenty of money; we'll only be putting a tiny dent in her piles of cash.

"Well I'll just have coffee." Leo says while placing the menu back on the table.

Sami frowns looking at her menu one last time before saying that she'll have a breakfast sandwich.

The slutty waitress writes down their orders and picks up their menus. "What about you?" she asks Brett.

Brett smiles at her. "I'll have a small coffee with sugar."

She smiles at him and I think I might vomit. I look at my menu again and say out loud before she forgets about me, "I'll have a large hot chocolate and a double chocolate doughnut."

"Is that all?" she asks.

"Yes that's it." I say sharply.

Brett laughs. I don't understand what's so funny? He shakes his head still smiling and says "I didn't think you were a chocoholic."

I cross my arms, " Well it's been a while since I've been at a café, I like hot chocolate. So... stop laughing."

The waitress gets back with our orders. She places everything down on the table and looks at Brett's t-shirt. "What's CHB?"

He looks down at his shirt, as if he forgot what he was wearing and looks at Sami.

Quickly Leo replies, " It's a band, not very popular."

"Oh cool." she smiles and walks away.

"We need to get some new clothes." Sami says.

"Yah. Don't want everyone asking what CHB means." I say, even though I wear a sweater over the t-shirt. We all need some clothes.

When everyone's finished eating and I've payed the bill we leave the café to go shopping for some clothes. First I run over to one of the bank machine things and place my mom's credit card in it. Yes, I have memorized the code. In no time I have two thousand dollars in cash.

"Okay, here's some money! Go get whatever the heck you want." I say while handing out some money to Sami and Leo.

"Thanks Em." Sami says before leaving with Leo towards some clothing stores.

Brett looks at me, waiting for me to hand over some cash. I frown shoving some in his direction. "Why thank you Em." he smiles and takes the money.

"Whatever." I grumble before walking away.

Where should I go first? I could use some more t-shirts, maybe another pair of converse shoes. I jog into a shoe store, but apparently I'm not alone. "Whoa slow down." Brett says behind me.

I spin around glaring at him. "Why are you following me?"

"Well I don't want to look like a loner." he says.

"So you're gonna follow me around? Great just perfect." I storm off towards the converse shoes.

I easily find knee high black ones and pick out my size. Brett looks at the shoes on the other side of the store. I wish I wasn't so mean to him, but he is annoying and I'm not a sweet person. I don't know why he bothers to hang around. Wouldn't being a loner be better than being stuck with me? I walk up to the cashier and buy my shoes; Brett walks up behind me with what seems to be those shoes all guys where to look cool. I hate those shoes. High top adidas.

I leave the store quickly; maybe he'll stop following me? I run into a store that looks dark and filled with teens. Darker gothic like teens. I guess I'll blend in a bit. Brett walks right by the store; he doesn't even see me. Yes! Got rid of him! Time to get some clothes.

There is some really awesome stuff here. I pick out a black tank top, black skinny jeans and a black t-shirt with a skull on fire on it. I leave the store and walk into the girls washroom to quickly change into my new jeans and t-shirt. I also leave my sweater off and put it in my shopping bag. I feel like showing off my new t-shirt.

I walk around in the mall, keeping a lookout for Brett. I really don't feel like talking to him. I walk into another store, this one is filled with teenage girls. It's not really my style, but there is some good stuff in here. I only buy dark gray jean short shorts.

After an hour or so, I have a bunch of new t-shirts and plenty of shorts. I don't really feel like buying any more clothes so I guess I should go find Sami and Leo.

I walk quickly through the mall, where are they? I walk by the big fountain in the middle of the mall and guess who I see there. Brett talking with girls; Slutty looking girls. Oh the joy.

He sees me though and waves for me to come over. I roll my eyes; I can't just walk away. Slowly I walk up to Brett and his parade of hoes, I do not smile, I just keep a dead serious face.

"Hi Em, I see you got a new t-shirt." he says.

"Hi. We have to find Sami and Leo. I'm done shopping. I want to leave. Now." I say without looking at the girls who are obviously confused that am talking to Brett.

"Already? Come on Em we've been here for like ten minutes." he protests.

"Two hours actually." I mumble.

"Okay fine." he says. "Bye girls, see you around."

I walk in the direction where there are some stores that I haven't checked yet. Brett follows me. Right away I see Sami and Leo walking out of a store.

"Hey guys!" Sami says happily.

"Did you get everything you need?" I ask. I really want to leave the mall.

"Yah, I guess."

"Then let's go." I say while walking towards the parking lot.

"And get to the hotel so we can get ready for the dance!" Brett yells happily.

Oh crap. I almost forgot about that stupid dance. When will this quest be over?!

Sami:

Brett and Em leave so it's just Leo and I.
"Well where to first?" I ask.
"Wherever you want to go." Leo smiles.
"Ok, follow me." I grab his hand and walk into the first teen clothing store.
"Just so you know I'm only buying a t-shirt." Leo says.
"Why?" I ask.
"Well I don't really need that much."
"Ok then." I give him a look and decide to shop around a bit. He just grabs a few different t-shirts and a pair of jeans. I on the other hand grab a few different outfits. We go to the change rooms. I come out wearing a tight fitting shirt.
"I like it." Leo shrugs.
"I don't think I do. It doesn't feel right."
"Then don't buy it."
"Ya but I do look good in it."
"If it makes you feel better you look good in anything."
"I'm getting something more comfortable then." I turn back into the change room and try on a few more outfits.
"How bout this?" I ask. I'm wearing an orange sparkly top with some white jeans.
"Fancy." He says.
"Well ya for the dance. Do you like it?"
"Ya I love it. Very Sunny!" He smiles.
"Ok I'm getting it." I smile.

We leave the store with a few athletic outfits and the one for the dance.
"I think you are a great boyfriend." I say to Leo as we walk through the mall.
"And why is that?" He asks.
"You sat around for almost an hour and watched me try on outfits!"
"I was with you so it was great." He smiles. I lean over and kiss him.
"Well then where do you want to go?" I ask.
"Is there a hardware store in this mall?"
"You're lucky this is a big mall." I say.

We go to the hardware store where Leo looks around at nails, screws, hammers and other stuff like that. I just tag along even though I don't really know anything about anything here. I look at some stereo systems and exotic plants. We leave the store without buying anything.
"Why didn't you buy anything?" I ask.
"Girls don't understand just looking do they?" He jokes.
"I guess not." I shrug.
"Well would you look at that." He gestures towards a group of people. I see Brett and a bunch of girls, no surprise. But then I see Em there too!
"Wow never thought I'd see that!" I laugh.
"Well sometimes people surprise you." He says as Em drags Brett away from the girls and walks towards us.