"Where do you want to go first?" Tasha asks once they get out of the car.
"I like hot topic," Sloane tries. She had never actually had enough money to buy anything from there, however.
"Oh, I've seen that store," Bree says, "I've never been in it though."
"It's really cool."
Hot Topic is just a couple stores down from the entrance, and they go right in.
"Wow, this is different," Tasha says. "See anything you like, Sloane?"
"Yes," Sloane says trying to hide her excitement. She hustles over to a rack that has plaid grey jeans and finds her size.
"This store is so cool. So edgy," Bree says and meets up with Sloane.
"Do you like these?"
"Definitely! Let's find a top to go with them."
Bree finds a plain black top that goes with them, and Sloane tries the the two articles of clothing on in the dressing room.
"Oh, Sloane," Tasha gushes when she comes out, "It's so nice to see you all cleaned up in new clothes."
Sloane tries not to be offended. How did I look before? She thinks.
"You look great. . .but there's one thing," Bree says. She's making a weird face.
"What is it?" Tasha asks before Sloane can. Bree leans closer to Tasha and whispers something in her ear. "You're right."
"What?" Sloane says.
"Sloane?" Bree says softly and walks right up to her. Bree whispers in her ear, "Your um…we can see your…"
"What?" Sloane asks again.
"Are you wearing a bra?" she whispers fast. Sloane felt really embarrassed at first, but being one to always hide her emotions, she brushed it off.
"Um, yeah no. I'm not," She shakes her head. When Sloane left her house – she would never call it a home- three years ago, she grabbed extra baggy shirts and sweatshirts, assuming to herself she would grow. When she had to buy something to wear, she bought baggy things again. She was used to it and had the same idea that it would fit her longer. Not wearing tight clothes, she didn't need to worry about her nipples showing through her clothes, she barely had boobs anyway.
"It's totally okay," Bree rubs her arm. "That's what we're here to do today. To buy you clothes."
"There's nothing to be ashamed about, Sloane. It's totally normal." Tasha adds.
Sloane just nods her head, afraid that if she opens her mouth, all the embarrassment inside her will just pour out. She turns a 180 to look in the mirror behind her. She immediately glances down at her chest. Yep, there they are.
"Don't worry," Bree says quietly to her. "We'll go to Victoria's Secret next. Right after we pay for your new, super cute outfit," Bree smiles at her, trying to cheer her up. Sloane forces herself to smile back. Bree closes the door so Sloane can change back into her old clothes.
After checking out from hot topic, they go straight to Victoria's Secret, just like Bree said they would. When they get in, Tasha asks a woman who works there to measure Sloane. It seemed so embarrassing at first, but there were plenty of people who got it done. After measuring her, the woman showed her to the 32As. Tasha let her pick out four, even though they were so expensive.
"Don't worry about the prices, sweetie," Tasha told her, but Sloane didn't want to depend on the money, or feel like she owed the Davenports anything. She's already starting to feel that way as it is. Davenport was extremely rich, though. Tasha went to go look in the women's section to give Sloane and Bree some privacy.
"You're like, the same size as me in everything," Bree says.
Once she picked four with the help of Bree, she tried those on too, but had a little trouble.
"How's it going in there, Sloane?" Bree asked from outside the dressing room door. It had been about a minute since she went in.
Sloane didn't want to say anything, but she had to. "A little help?" she squeaks.
"Open the door."
Sloane steps behind it and opens it with one hand just a little so Bree can squeeze in. Sloane had only the two straps on, and was clutching it against herself so she was covered.
"Don't worry. I didn't know how to put a bra on myself until last year."
"You're kidding."
"Nope. And I haven't done it since I learned it."
Sloane gives her an odd look.
"Hey, don't give me that look. Anyway, the capsule does it for me. We just have to make sure these fit you." Bree stood behind her, and for the first time actually looked at Sloane somewhere other than her face since she came in. She didn't want to make Sloane feel self-concious before, but now Sloane couldn't see her looking. Sloane's ribs stuck out a bit too far, and her spine was extremely defined. She tried not to gasp. Bree immediately felt extreme sympathy for Sloane. When was the last time she ate a good meal?
"Bree?" Sloane says.
"Alright, take the straps off. Try hooking it first."
Sloane did that, and found it way easier.
"See? Easy."
By two, the girls had blown through at least nine more outfits and grabbed a quick lunch. Sloane was exhausted, but still wanted to keep going. She had never been on a shopping spree before this. Plus, Tasha wanted to get her four more outfits to get her through two weeks.
Next, they went to The Shoe Dept. to buy some new shoes. Sloane's old converse were falling apart and covered in dirt. Sloane picked out two new pairs of high top converse; one red pair and one black pair. Tasha found some pink zebra print Vans she thought Sloane would like, and showed them to her.
Sloane loved them, but told Tasha, "Oh, I don't need three new pairs of shoes, Tasha."
"Don't be silly. Of course you can get all three," Tasha insisted. Sloane still felt bad about them spending so much money on her.
Sloane tried them on anyway, and they fit perfectly.
"Wow, these are so comfortable," Sloane says.
"That reminds me," Bree says, "you're going to need some sneakers for gym too."
"What do you mean? I can wear my converse."
"Or you can wear these," she picks up a pair of light blue basketball shoes on a near display table. Sloane makes a face. "You're right, these aren't really you. I'll look around."
A minute later, Bree comes back with another pair of light blue shoes with a green out sole. They're Supra high tops with black laces and two velcro straps.
"That's more like it," Sloane says and takes the shoebox from Bree to try them on. "These are wicked," she says after looking in the mirror.
"They look awesome on you," Bree smiles.
"Thanks."
"Alright girls," Tasha says, "Let's box these up and buy them. We've got to get to it if we're going to buy things for your room today too."
They pick up the pace and finish by three thirty. When they get home, Chase helped Sloane put all of her clothes into the system so she could use her capsule to get ready in the morning.
"Alright, done," Chase finally said.
Sloane got up off the only piece of furniture in her room, a black ottoman in the corner, and walked over to him and the screen.
"In the morning, just click wardrobe and pick what you want to wear by scrolling through like this." Chase selected tops and scrolled across the screen. Sloane could see the images of different tops she just got. "At night, just hit pajamas. got you some pairs of your own. They look just like ours." And with that, Chase hit a home botton in the top right corner of the screen and it dimmed to black.
Sloane grabbed her three old outfits out of her backpack on the floor and transferred them to a plastic bag. She was still wearing the fourth. She threw away her ratty old converse in the trash as soon as the got back from the mall. Good riddance.
"You sure you want to get rid of those?" Chase asks.
"Positive," she looks him in the eyes. Sloane noticed he was pretty attractive, despite his geekiness. She also felt suddenly embarrassed by her old clothes and shoes, especially compared to all of the new stuff she got.
"You want to test this out?" Chase asks, referring to her new clothes.
"Definitely," Sloane answers, wanting to get out of her baggy jeans and shirt. She walks back over to the screen, and selects a garment for each category, including undergarments. She was still embarrassed about him doing that part for her, but it was either him or Davenport. Chase stayed put where he was and didn't hover over her choice. She settles on her new favorite outfit. She does as Chase showed her before, and jumps in her capsule. Once she closes the door, the capsule steams up fast from top to bottom, then clears in reverse. She steps out looking all cleaned up in her brand new clothes, and now her hair is straightened.
Sloane catches Chase looking at her body and he has a smirk on his face. "It worked." He leaves her room and closes the door behind him.
Chase goes down to the lab after leaving Sloane's room and finds Leo and Adam.
"Hey guys," Chase says to them.
"Hey," Leo says.
"What are you doing?"
"Playing a prank on Bree," they both have smiles on their faces.
"And you didn't let me in on it?"
Bree walks in just then, "Hey what are you guys up to?" She stops. "Where's Sloane?"
"Nothing. In her room?" Leo says.
"Yeah, I was just up there."
"Oh." Bree walks all the way over to them. "Hey, what are you doing to my phone?!" She grabs it out of Adam's hand.
"Hey, I wasn't done with it yet," Adam says.
"Done doing what?" she slides it into her back pocket.
"Nothing," the boys say in unison. Bree rolls her eyes.
Bree leans over the counter. "Do you guys like Sloane?"
"Yeah, she seems cool," Leo says.
"Hey - she laughed when I threw Chase - I like her," Adam raises his palms.
"What about you, Chase?"
"I don't know."
"What?"
"I don't know. I feel like she's hiding something."
"Well you hide in your capsule everyday. What's the difference?" Bree jokes.
"Do you like her, Bree?"
"I already said. It's nice having another girl around."
"That's not what I asked."
"Yes I like her. She's different."
Eddie flashes on the screen behind them, "Donnie wants you all upstairs."
"Why?" Chase asks.
"Don't know. Don't care," and Eddie's gone.
Upstairs, Sloane's waiting on the couch talking to Tasha.
"What's up?" Adam says on all of their behaves.
Davenport says, "We're going to buy furniture for Sloane's room. Adam, we could use your help carrying stuff."
"It'd be my pleasure."
Bree walks over to stand by Sloane.
"No offense, but do I have to?" Chase says.
"Yes, we're all going," Tasha says.
"Fine, but I'm not watching Adam this time." A smile creeps on Sloane's and Bree's faces.
"Let's just go already," Davenport says and opens the front door.
Everyone files out and gets in the SUV, so with everyone in the car it won't be too cramped. Adam, Leo, and Bree get in the three middle seats with Leo on the hump. Chase and Sloane end up having to sit in the back together, which seems awkward to the both of them at first. Sloane faces out of the window on her right the entire time, and tries not to look at Chase. She hasn't been able to keep her eyes off of him ever since he came upstairs from the lab. Sloane saw he had major potential, but wanted him to lose the dorky polos and nerdy button ups. But maybe it's a good thing he isn't Sloane's type anyway, she wants the stability that the Davenports have. She almost wants to be a member of the family.
On the radio, a song Sloane's never heard before is playing, but Leo and Adam seem to know all the words.
"Will you two shut up?" Chase says, but Sloane keeps her eyes on the scenery. And that's when Bree joins in.
When they get to Lowe's, everyone gets out of the car and heads in. Sloane quickly realizes family trips are chaotic. Adam and Chase are fighting again, and Leo is begging Bree to run him a lap around the store.
"No, Leo, for the hundredth time," Bree tells him.
The first thing they pick out for Sloane's room, with Sloane's final decision of course, is a small red sofa. Tasha finds a couple of black and purple throw pillows for it. Secondly, Davenport picked out a nice TV stand so that Sloane could have her own Davenport Industries TV in her room, although Leo claimed it wasn't fair since he didn't have his own.
Soon enough, they found enough furniture for Sloane's room and finally went back to the house. Everyone helped carry stuff in, and Sloane still wasn't used to seeing Adam holding her new sofa on one shoulder and the TV stand on the other. Leo and Chase carry in a heavy box that has Sloane's new desk in it. Leo almost ruins it, but Chase says, "Leo!" once it slips, causing his melecular kinesis to automatically stop it from falling all the way down the stairs. Sloane carries in her desk chair, which is also in a box and Bree is clutching three pillows. They're all filing upstairs to Sloane's room cautiously, including Davenport with the last of Sloane's new stuff.
Sloane tries to not even think of how much this all must have cost.
When they drop everything off in Sloane's room, Davenport says, "Alright, have fun setting this all up, I've got. . .ya know. . .stuff to do," he finishes it off quickly and basically runs back downstairs. Adam sets the sofa down against one wall and Bree immediately lays across it, pillows still clutched against herself. "I love it in here," she says.
Sloane sits on the end of the sofa and makes herself comfortable by crossing her legs, "Nicest room I've ever had in my life. What was this room before I came, anyway?"
"Mr. Davenport's Zombie Pig appreciation room," Adam says, and Chase and him look at each other and fake shiver.
Leo points one finger to each of them, "Don't you diss Zombie Pigs."
"Okay, get up you two. I'm only helping if you guys do too," Chase crosses his arms over his chest.
"Oh okay," Sloane says leaning back some more, "You pick stuff up and I'll tell you where to put it." Bree laughs.
Adam picks up a tall purple lamp, "Where do you want this?"
"Aw, right over there," Sloane points to the far corner of the room. "Thanks."
"That's not going to work on me," Chase says as he lifts the desk box up off the floor so it's standing up. "Get up and help me put this together."
Sloane sits up, uncrosses her legs, but doesn't stand. "I thought you were a genius. Why do you need my help?"
Chase starts opening the box, "Nice try."
Sloane breathes out and stands up.
"Bree, Leo, grab the box for the chair and start putting that together"
Bree reluctantly stands up too, leaving the throw pillows behind. Her and Leo start on the chair.
"Hold onto the box so I can pull these boards out," Chase says, almost annoyed.
Sloane does as he says. She can't help but look at his biceps as he pulls out three heavy black boards at once over his head. When he sets them down and she finally looks back to his face, he's already looking at her. It's obvious he caught her looking by seeing his facial expression. He has a small smirk on his face, but his eyebrows are also slightly raised. Sloane tilts her head and breaks out a smile. tumblr_ Chase returns the look with . /tumblr_mckhrtmLL61qjlolco1_
Sloane looks away and scratches the back of her neck, "Aren't we gonna need like, a screwdriver or something?"
"We need one too," Leo calls over.
"I'll go get some," Sloane eagerly leaves the room.
"What was that about?" Bree, who is sitting on the floor with Leo, looks up at Chase.
"What are you talking about?" Chase says playing dumb, and Sloane is already back.
Sloane leans against the doorway, "Yeah I don't see anyone in the living room and I don't know my way around this mansion."
Without saying anything, Bree stands, runs extremely fast past Sloane, and comes back in a matter of seconds. She hands one screwdriver to Sloane.
"I love that," Sloane says and walks back over to Chase, handing it to him.
"Whatever," Chase says. "Let's just do this. I don't want to be renovating your room for the rest of the night."