AN: Hey guys! The Real Ginger posting! So Memory (IRL) won't be posting anymore, her 'rents are SUPER strict and banned her from both AND anime/manga. I know, sucks, right? But She's still going to be writing a lot, so have no fear!
Iggy: Aww, poor Mem! And what's manga?
Ginger and Mem: HUH?!
Ginger: ONLY THE BEST KIND OF BOOK IN THE WORLD!
Mem: AND ANIME IS THE ANIMATED FORM OF IT!
Ginger: It's a japanese form of art. It's fudgin' awesome, man!
Mem: Sometimes, you seriously scare me, Igs.
Iggy: Yeesh! It was just a question...
The second we get back, Max hops into her sleeping back and passes out. We all play various card games for a while, until Iggy asks if he can talk to me in private.
"Ooooooooh!" Gazzy teases, making kissy faces at him. Nudge hits him in the back of the head. "Gazzy, you're so immature." She says.
Iggy and I walk out of the flock's hearing span in silence. We sit down and look at the sunset, which just started about 5 minutes ago.
"So, um, I was wondering… maybe sometime we could like, um…" he clears his throat, and then tries to continue. I kind of feel bad for him, he must have been working up the nerve to ask me out all day, and so I help him a little.
"We could go see a movie." I suggest. "There's a theatre in town. Mem, Fish and I go to it all the time." I try to remember the movie that Fish said he really wanted to see.
"Maybe we could see the Avengers?" I say. Yeah, I think that's the one.
"Oh, um… yeah! Sounds great! So, tomorrow night?" he asks, sounding relieved. "Sounds good to me." I tell him. We walk back, and Nudge immediately pulls me over and starts asking me a bunch of questions.
"So what did he say? Did he ask you out? Did you say yes? Oooh! Where are you going? Are you going out to dinner? Or maybe a-"
"OKAY! Slow down, speed racer!" I say, grabbing her shoulders. "One question at a time!"
She looks up as if she's thinking, and then asks me what happened. I'm not so sure that I want to tell her, but I do anyway.
"Omigosh, you just HAVE to go shopping! If you do, then can I come? Please please please please please pleeeeeeeeaaaasssee?" she asks, jumping up and down.
"Umm, I guess?" I say. "YAY!" she yells, rushing back to the fire pit to roast s'mores with everyone else. I follow, unsure that bringing Nudge on a shopping trip is the best idea.
After everyone had stuffed themselves with marshmallow-chocolate-graham cracker sandwiches, we all go to sleep. This is the first night that I've been able to sleep since the eraser attack.
When I wake up, Nudge is standing over me, Fish's wallet in hand. "AAAAHH!" I scream, bolting upright. "What the?" I look around, but everyone's still asleep.
"Come on, Ginger! Let's go!" Nudge says, taking off. I run my fingers through my hair, trying to get as many knots out as possible. When my hair is okay-ish and my fingers aching, I take off after her.
When Nudge and I reach the mall, there are barely any cars in the parking lot. We don't see any people, so we land on the roof of the parking garage. We walk towards the elevator and push the button. It takes like 5 minutes just for the light that means the elevator's coming to turn on, so we just take the stairs because it was taking way too long.
When we reach the entrance to the mall, Nudge's eyes are wide. Since we didn't eat breakfast, we decide to stop at the food court to eat. We head towards the Panda Express to grab food, considering it's the least fatty of all the restaurants in the court.
There's barely anybody here, considering it's nine a clock on Wednesday morning, so we have no problem finding a table. After we've filled up, Nudge makes a beeline for the Forever 21. I've never been in here, considering I usually settle for a graphic t-shirt from Delia's, but Nudge insists that we go there first.
The second I walk in; I notice the TV screen showing us. I check how I look, and of course, I look like crap.
We walk to the women's section, and Nudge grabs about half a million shirts, shorts, and dresses. We have to take the handicap dressing room so there's room for all of them.
We start with the dresses, since Nudge really wanted me to try one of them on. She hands it to me and turns away so I have some privacy.
It's a strapless dress that goes down to my knees and is a deep purple color. It fits me perfectly, except at the top. I'd either have to hold it up the whole time or stuff it with something. I show Nudge, and she shakes her head and turns back around. I grab an aqua dress that hugs my torso, but flows out by my waist. Nudge nods, claiming that it's perfect, until I step over the heater while walking around in it, and it flies up and I have to hold it down. Nudge laughs and hands me a shirt and jean shorts.
The shirt is strapless also, but fit's me perfectly. It's silver and really sparkly and the shorts go really well with it. Nudge takes one look and says that I look too skimpy and that if she didn't know better, she'd think I was a stripper. One look in the mirror and I completely agree.
Next up is a pretty white silk blouse with a black skirt that goes down to my knees. It's really tight, though, and I can barely walk in it. Nudge claims the shirt is too frilly, and we move on to the next.
After we've tried on almost all of the clothes, Nudge hands me a beautiful turquoise romper The top is lined with a light purple ribbon and bow and it brings out my eyes. I love it, and Nudge does too.
"Iggy's going to faint when he sees you in that!" she exclaims after I've changed into my regular clothes and we're out of Forever 21.
"So, what should we do now?" I ask. So far, we've bought the romper, shoes, earrings, and a matching necklace. My legs are starting to get tired and I can't stop yawning.
"We could get our nails done." She suggests, looking at a mannequin in a shop window as we pass by. She starts to head into the store, but I quickly grab her arm and pull her back on track.
"Nah, I have this really cool trick I like to do with my nails. I can show you if you want." I say, plopping myself on a bench. "But we might need to go get some nail polish, my old collection was destroyed by the erasers." She sits down next to me and looks up as if she's thinking.
"I don't think I know any stores that sell nail polish." She says after a while.
"Well, I do!" I say, pulling her up by the arm. We walk to my favorite store ever; Polish and Prime, and I guide her straight to their polish wall.
"Whoa! It's like a nail polish rainbow!" she says, picking up a deep purple color. I check out the blues and greens for something that matches my outfit. I find the perfect teal-ish color that compliments my eyes and we head back to camp.
One problem: there's nobody here. "Where is everyone?" Nudge says. I know we're in the right place, because there's our fire pit and the tree with the weird trunk, but there's nothing else here.
We look around and find a note stuck to the tree.
Dear Nudge and Ginger,
We found a cave about a mile and a half from our old campsite. Fang and Fish found it while looking for firewood. Wait here for Fang and I if we're not back before you guys get here. We'll be there in a bit.
-Max
"Well, isn't that great." I say, plopping down on the ground. Nudge sits down next to me. "Well, I suppose we could do our nails while we're waiting." She says, taking out the new polish we got.
AN: Like the little shopping trip? It was fun to describe! And don't forget to check out my other fanfic on Soul Eater!
Ginger: Yup, cause I'm just that cool!
Iggy: I checked it out, and it was actually pretty good. But I have a question...
Ginger: Yeah, Ig?
Iggy: Who the hell is this Soul guy? And why is he better than me?!
Mem: Well, for one, he can see, second; he's super cool, third; he's better-looking than you, fourth; he plays piano and Ginger's must have for a boyfriend is that he plays piano (true story there) and-
Ginger: SHUT UP! Iggy, we aren't even together!
Mem: *cough* not for long *cough*
Ginger: *death glare towards Mem* We aren't! I promise!
Iggy: Okay, I trust you. Kind of.
Ginger: *hug* thank you for understanding.
Mem: Oh, barf!
Extra Author's Note-from Mem
Hey guys, I still write, but Ginger posts. just clearing that up. Thanks!