Lilith and Ed took Laura out to the local mall. Lilith had never been to a mall and Ed hadn't been to one since he turned. Adam had taken Pina out to get ice cream and Jerry was at home, bonding with Cherry and Edward.
"Anywhere else you need to go?" asked Ed to Lilith. She shook her long black and teal hair and he kneeled to Laura's level. "Is there anywhere that my princess needs to go?"
"I wanna ride the ella later!" she said, grabbing her daddy's nose. "Wanna push the button!"
Lilith grabbed her hand. "You wanna ride the elevator?"
Laura dragged Lilith towards the elevator, Ed following. Lilith went to push the up button but Laura bit her arm. "I push the button, not you! I push the button. Not your turn, my turn!" Ed and Lilith usually wouldn't let that fly, but since she had no Pina to bite and order around, they let it slide.
The vampling pushed the button. Once, twice, over three times. and the elevator came down to pick them up. Ed stepped into the elevator and Lilith stepped in, Laura, would not. "I scared!" she cried.
"There's nothing to be scared of," said Lilith.
Laura began to cry. "It won't bite," cooed Ed.
"No! I scared!" screamed Laura. Lilith pulled Laura into the elevator and she grabbed at Ed's legs. "Pick me up! Pick me up!"
Ed did just that. "Let's go to the third floor, do you see a number three?" he cooed. He went to press the three when Laura cried.
"No! I push the button!" cried Laura. She did. "Again! I push it again!"
"What a big girl," said Ed as the elevator went up.
"I push three! I push three!" giggled Laura as the elevator started to rise. "The ella later go up!"
The elevator stopped and the doors opened. "Here we are," said Lilith.
"I wanna do it again!" giggled Laura. Ed picked her up and she pressed one.
"Okay, it's time to go," said Lilith once the elevator stopped and the doors opened again. She drug Laura out.
"But I wanna do it again!" cried Laura.
"But now it's time to home," said Lilith. "Don't you wanna see uncle Peter?"
"No go home! Go on ella later!" cried Laura tugging on her mother's arm. "Go again!"
"Next time," said Ed. Laura wasn't getting her way. She began to cry. "Next time, I promise."