Shopping Excursion – Part One

Oh, God...Shoot me now, she thought, taking the keys out of the ignition of her vehicle. For five miles straight...she had had to listen to Bohemian Rhapsody NON-STOP. That wouldn't have been so bad, except for the fact that none of these men could carry a tune in a BUCKET!

Kelly undid her seat belt and turned in her seat to face her passengers. She was pointing at them as she spoke, the sunlight glinting off the metal of the keys in her hand through the moon roof. "Rule number one," she stated sharply, looking at each one in turn with a glare that brooked no opposition. "We stay together. Anyone wanders off, and I have to call Security to find ANY ONE of you, we are leaving this mall, and we are NEVER coming back. Do I make myself perfectly clear?" She finished with a deceptively sweet smile, nodding when three startled men nodded in response. "Okay! Good! Now, rule number two: The clothing mannequins look very lifelike to you, I'm sure, so...Gwaine, no flirting-PLEASE!- with any mannequin. You can do far better with a live human being. Arthur, you cannot cover them up. They are there for clothing display, and I don't care how offended you are over this. And Merlin?" The black-haired warlock looked up expectantly. "No playing musical clothes at any time, I don't care if nobody catches you. Store managers will be very pissed off if their clothes start hopping all over the mall, showing up in different window fronts!"

Merlin had the nerve to pout, until Kelly shot him a glare. She took a breath and pointed again. Going over the rest of the rules took about five minutes, and brooked some arguments toward the end, but all three of Camelot's citizens quickly learned who was in charge of this brave excursion.

Merlin was the first to race in through the heavy glass doors, and his eyes lit up like a child's at Christmastime. Lights were everywhere and of so many different colors, music filled the air, and there were hundreds of people, all ages and walks of life, just strolling along inside this magnificent building.

The warlock was drawn to the babbling water fountain at the center of the corridor. After a moment spent studying the fountain, he blurted, "Arthur, LOOK! Gwaine!" His tone was urgent sounding, so of course they raced over, looking over his shoulder to peer into the watery depth. Merlin looked at each man, and then back to the shining metal pieces on the fountain floor. "They're so rich, here, that they literally throw away their gold!"

Both Gwaine and Arthur looked simultaneously confused and impressed with the wealth of this nation.

They moved on down the corridor, trying to stay as close to their 'tour guide' as possible, knowing she meant what she had said back in the Nissan. You didn't trifle with Lady Anderson, not when she set the rules down in this world.

"Oh, I think I'm in love..." Gwaine all but squealed like a girl when he saw the storefront for Victoria's Secret. After seeing that, he couldn't stop looking over at the doctor, his eyes trying to see past her fairly conservative clothing.

"What?" Kelly spun to face Gwaine in exasperation. "Why are you looking at me like that, Gwaine?"

"Oh! N-Nothing-I-I just..." Gwaine bit his lip before he asked quietly, "Do you wear things like that under your clothes?" He timidly pointed toward the store in question.

Kelly watched him for a moment, very tempted to slap him across the face...but she instead smirked, turning on her heel to walk. "Wouldn't you like to know," she threw over her shoulder.

"Yes, I would! I asked, didn't I?" Gwaine shrugged. He got that slap anyway, as the Prince came up behind him. "Ow!"

"That will be the least of your worries, Sir Gwaine," Arthur growled into his Knight's left ear, "If you address my wife-to-be in that manner again. Mind your station." He glared at Gwaine and strode ahead to walk with Kelly.

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