Chapter 8

Judy Witwicky walked down the stairs into the kitchen and watched as Sam and Mikaela cleaned up the rest of the dishes. She had been upstairs getting ready for the day.

"Mikaela dear. Even though you're kicked out of the house, do you think your father would let you come back just to pick up some clothing? I'm sure you don't really enjoy wearing Sam's clothes." She asked.

"Well, as much as I love wearing Sam's clothes, I think I need to stay away from my father for right now. Going over there would just cause more problems." Mikaela answered.

"Okay then. Well then Sam you're going to have to entertain yourself for the rest of the day because Mikaela and I are going shopping!" Judy clapped her hands excitedly and Sam rolled his eyes.

"Oh. Mrs. Witwicky. Really, you don't have to. I don't want you spending that much money on me." Mikaela tried to explain to her but Judy wouldn't hear any of it.

"Dear please.You are definitely worth it and it's not like it's no fun for me. I get to go shopping with the daughter I never had." She told Mikaela. Mikaela was stunned for a second. She couldn't remember the last time her father had told her that he loved having her as a daughter and now her boyfriend's mother already is welcoming her into the family.

"Well….If you put it that way. Of course I'll go with you." Mikaela smiled. Judy jumped happily again and ran upstairs to go get her purse leaving Sam and Mikaela alone in the kitchen.

"Mikaela….What am I going to do while you're gone?" Sam whined to her. This time Mikaela rolled her eyes.

"I'm sure you can manage. Do something with Bee. Or watch TV or something. Trust me, you'll figure something out." Mikaela told him.

"Ugh. Fine. I guess you're right." Mikaela smiled and kissed him on the lips.

"Of course I am. I'll see you when I get back okay. In decent clothes this time." She told him.

"You don't have to wear any clothes at all really." Sam told her. She smacked him on the arm.

"You're ridiculous Sam Witwicky." She kissed him one more time and then met Judy at the front door of the house.

Judy and Mikaela were walking into the mall to begin Mikaela's mini shopping spree. Mikaela couldn't believe her luck and how nice the whole Witwicky was being to her while she was going through her problems with her father. The two women stopped in a clothing outlet and started picking a few things out for Mikaela to wear. They stayed there for two hours before buying three bags of clothes and then moving on to the next store. Judy stopped outside of the shoe store and told Mikaela to go ahead in while she went to the store next door for a minute. Mikaela agreed and began looking for shoes for herself. She spent a few minutes looking and settled on three pairs, so she sat down and tried them on. As she was trying on the shoes, she heard some whispering a few feet away and glanced up to see if they who it was. She had to do a double take because she couldn't believe that Victoria, her father's girlfriend, and her two teenagers, Alyson and Jake.

"Well, well, well. Isn't it Little Miss Runaway?" Victoria asked her children loudly when she saw Mikaela look up from her shoes. Alyson and Jake laughed at her.

"Mikaela, I just wanted to thank you for the new room. Your father let me have yours and everything in it. Do you know what my favorite thing in your room is Mikaela? It's your jewelry. Especially that diamond necklace. Dave said your geek of a boyfriend gave it to you. I'd give him one thing; he has great taste in diamonds." Alyson laughed at the look Mikaela gave her when she held up the necklace that was around her neck. Mikaela could see that it was the necklace that Sam gave to her for her eighteenth birthday two months ago. Mikaela quickly ran out of the store and began to cry when she knew that Victoria and her children couldn't see her anymore.

"That bitch! I can't believe she took my room, my stuff, my necklace!" The thought of her necklace around her neck made her cry harder. She found a restroom in a department store and sat down on the couch that was provided in it. She stayed there for a half and hour before washing her face and taking a deep breath. All she wanted right now was to go and kick Victoria, Alyson and Jake's asses and then go back to her house and get all of her stuff. Despite this, she still feared for her life and going back to her house wouldn't help that fear whatsoever. She decided she looked okay enough to go and find Judy and then get out of the mall. If she couldn't make Alyson pay for what she did to her, the next best thing was to be held by Sam. She walked out of the department store bathroom and started looking for Judy which didn't take long, because Judy was looking for her too. Judy spotted her across the mall and ran up to her.

"Oh! Mikaela! I was looking all over for you! I found some great shoes in this one store for you, and I found you more shirts, shorts and pants. I found a surprise for you too! Did you find anything at the other shoe store?" She asked excitedly. She was oblivious to the fact that Mikaela had been crying. Mikaela shook her head no.

"Mrs. Witwicky, is it okay if we finish up our shopping trip?" Mikaela asked her. Judy finally saw how Mikaela had been crying and jumped into protective mom mode.

"Mikaela, what happened? Are you okay?" She asked worriedly. Mikaela shook her head no again. A few tears escaped again.

"I saw my dad's girlfriend and her kids. They were being rude. The daughter told me that my dad let her move into my room. She was wearing the necklace Sam got for me for my birthday. I can't believe it. The one day I took it off, I just couldn't see this coming." She was full blown crying again. Judy hugged her tightly.

"Mikaela I'm so sorry. It's not your fault that you took the necklace off. Sam knows that you loved it and that you love him. Even though you haven't told him yet. Sweetheart, it was rude of your father's girlfriend to do that to you, but you have to forget about it. Even though your father still isn't welcoming you back home yet, you have to understand that we love you and you are welcome into our home anytime. We won't get tired of you, especially Sam." Judy told her. Mikaela laughed.

"Yeah, I guess you're right. Thank you Mrs. Witwicky." She told Judy.

"You're very welcome dear. And please call me Judy. Mrs. Witwicky makes me feel so old." Judy said. Mikaela laughed again. Judy took Mikaela's hand.

"Come on, let's go home. We can get the rest of your clothes another day. And I can go to Wal-Mart tonight to get you a new toothbrush and hairbrush and anything else you might need. They walked mother and daughter out of the mall with their clothes, on their way back home.