"Well? Which shirt was better, the green one or the pink one?" Madison asked him, turning in a circle. Riley crossed his arms over his chest, and frowned angrily at her.
"Whatever, I don't care. The green one looked better. Can we go now?"
Madison shook her head, and quickly headed back into the changeroom. "I still have a few more stores I want to go to today. And besides, it's only two o'clock."
Riley rolled his eyes, and pulled out his cellphone. Ben picked up on the third ring.
"Hello?" Ben asked. Riley gave a sigh of relief. "Ben, oh my God. Madison is driving me crazy. We're clothes shopping, and it's so boring. Help me!"
"Did she say when she'll be done?" Ben asked, but Riley cut him off. "Yeah. After she visits a few more stores. Please, come over here, and you can convince her to take a break so we can grab some lunch." Riley begged him, knowing how stubborn his sister could be.
When he closed his cellphone, and put it in his backpocket, he turned around and ran into Madison. She was grinning at him, her hands full of clothes.
"Here," she told him, handing him a pile of clothes.They went through the till, and met Ben outside on the sidewalk.
Riley let Ben choose the restaurant to go to lunch, even though Madison tried to protest under the argument that she was the guest, and it would make more sense if she chose the place. Ben ended up choosing a really nice family restaurant that served great hamburgers.
Riley thought he was partially influenced by Madison, who had spotted the restaurant as they were driving by, and commented that it looked like a good place to eat. After driving around for another twenty minutes, Ben pulled into the parking lot of the family restaurant.
"Pushover," Riley muttered, as he jumped out of the vehicle behind the other two. Ben didn't even turn around, as he yelled "I heard that!" in a very Riley-type fashion. Madison looked from one to the other, with a wide grin on her face.
Amazingly enough, Madison actually listened to Ben when he tried to convince her to lay off shopping for the rest of the day, and to go to the park for a few hours.
"How did you do that?" Riley asked him, as he watched his sister hop into the backseat, and grab his ipod. Ben looked at him for a moment, before smiling.
"It's easy. She wants to spend time with you. Come on, we have a park to go to."