Hey hey hey, my baby antelopes! What's up? I am soooooo sorry that this update is over two months late, but I was distracted

Inner Kiwi: I'm sure everyone was happy to not have to read the garbage you call a fanfiction.

You're so mean to me! Anyway, without any further delay, here's chapter 5~!

Gilbert regretted his decision as soon as the van pulled out of the driveway.

Like, don't get him wrong or anything, it's not like he was a stranger to shopping. One doesn't end up lookin' so sexy-fresh without hitting quite a few malls, after all. It wasn't even that the didn't like shopping, because in all honesty he didn't mind it. It was just that he hated shopping with the girls, which was a whole different ballgame altogether.

When he went out shopping by himself, or even with a couple of the guys, it was quick. Grab what you want or need, pay, get out, done, wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am. But with the girls and/or Feliks, it was just hours upon hours of wandering around and trying on this and that and asking for different sizes and does this come in another color and agonizing over whether it makes them look fat or not and finally buying whatever it is and then it's off to another store, and generally, Gilbert tried to avoid the process. In fact, he wouldn't have thought twice about blowing off the girls' invitation in favor of dicking around with the guys, but, well... he couldn't just leave poor Mattie alone with the sharks, now could he? Especially not when he knew about the special "right of passage" all the boys had to go through on their first shopping trips with the girls + Feliks...

Either way, he now found himself, an hour later, bored out of his mind, trailing the girls with Mattie at his side as they walked through the mall.

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Matthew followed his companions into American Eagle, A sulking Gil right beside him, trailing him toward the men's section. Truth be told, Matthew had been pretty surprised when Gilbert had joined them on their shopping trip. Despite the fact that he was obviously pretty well-dressed (at least compared to the majority of teenage boys at their school who seemed to think khaki pants and flows were high fashion), Gil just didn't strike him as the kind of guy who went shopping for fun, which he suppose had been confirmed by the surprised yet smug expressions on most of his companions' faces. Matthew wasn't exactly complaining though, even if he HAD been hoping to talk to the girls and Feliks and Toris about his hella huge crush on Gilbert and maybe get some advice on how to figure out if his feeling were possibly reciprocated. Still, spending time with the other boy was worth the change in plans.

Turning from his thoughts, Matthew flipped through the racks, pausing occasionally to inspect some of the shirts that caught his eye. Suddenly, he heard a burst of giggles followed by excited whispering coming from where the girls, Feliks and Toris had gone. After a moment, Lili called him over. Beside him, he felt Gilbert tense.

"Shit," He groaned, rubbing a hand over his face. Matthew raied a questioning eyebrow at him but Gill just shook his head, his face apologetic, and lead him over to Liz and the others. With one final confused look at Gil, he shrugged and turned to the tall Hungarian girl.

"Yes?" Matthew asked. Liz smiled at him innocently, although the effect was kind of negated by the fact that she was obviously hiding something behind her back.

"So, we didn't tell you this, but there is a little initiation us shopping buddies put all the boys through the first time they come shopping with us, and, seeing as how this is your first time, it's your turn," she explained, and Matthew felt something akin to dread starting to build in his stomach.

"Uhm, w-what kind of 'intitiation' are we talking about here?" He stuttered.

"Don't worry about it, broski, it is like totally no big deal at all. It's not like we're going to like, hurt you or anything, you just have to try on this totes cute outfit we picked out for you," Felik jumped in, sensing his distress. Somehow, Matthew still wasn't convinced. Gilbert must have seen his unconvinced expression, because he just sighed and put a reassuring hand on his shoulder.

"Feliks is right, Birdie, it isn't that big of a deal. A little embarrassing, maybe, but I promise you won't get hurt," he told him, before adding "Besides, it's not like you have much choice. It's a mandatory first trip experience,"

After seeing the others nod in agreement, Matthew just held out his hands, recieving the mystery article of clothing from Liz, who smiled at him kindly. Quickly, he retreated into the dressing rooms. After he closedand locked his his stall, he took a deep breath, then slowly unfolded the garment. Somehow, he wasn't surprised to find that it was a dress. He quickly slipped out of his clothes, thanking Big-Lesbian-Jesus that he'd shaved his legs and under arms recently (hey, don't look at him like that- armpit hair is unsanitary, and everything feels better with smooth legs) as he gently pulled on the dress. He struggled for a moment with the zipper, bending and and twisting until the stupid thing was all the way up, before finally turning and looking in the mirror.

He was surprised to find he actually liked the way the dress looked on him. It was a layered white floral lace with sheer lace cap sleeves and a scoop neckline. He loved the way it hugged his upper body before falling away at his hips, and the way the skirt flared slightly. He loked pretty damn cute, if he did say so himself. However, that didn't take away any of the embarrassment he felt at the thought of anyone seeig him like this, especially Gil. Maybe they would just let him take it off without showing them...?

As if sensing his thoughts, Liz called out, "Don't you dare think of taking it off without us seeing it first, Matthew Stephen Williams!"

Sighing, Matthew swallowed his pride, steeled his nerves and unlocked the dressing room door, before cautiously peeking his head out.

"P-ppromise you won't laugh?" He asked timidly, nibbling his bottom lip. After receiving nods all around, he stepped out fully, tensing as he waited for them to break their promises and bust out laughing.

After a full two beats of silence, he heard someone suck in a breath through his teeth.

"Ho. Ly. Shit. Mattie, you look incredible!" Bella exclaimed. As if breaking the flood gates, everyone else started pouring out compliments as well.

"Like, OMG absolutely perf-"

"-Like an adorable little doll-"

"-If you were a girl I'd totally-"

"-Very, very cute-"

"-dunk you in my coffee-"

The only one who remained silent through out the whole thing was Gilbert, whose face was as red as a maple leaf, his jaw scraping the floor. Everyone (esides Matthew of course) could practically see the hearts in the poor lovesick fucker's eyes. Finally, everyone else grew silent and Matthew turned to Gil.

"W-what do you think, Gil?" He asked, a blush adorning his face.

"I think... I think... you should buy it,"Gil stammered out, his eyes superglued to the Canadians form.

And that is how ten minutes later, Matthew added a dress to his wardrobe.

Okay, so that was SUPPOSE to be longer, but I am trying to stretch out my burst of inspiration so it won't be another nearly 3 month wait for the next chapter. Once agan, sorry for that guys! School is a son of a bitch. As is writer's block and procrastination. Also sorry if this chapter wasn't very interesting or funny or whatever. Lately I feel like I've lost that little spark of humor that was in most of the previous chapters. And I promise I'm not going t make the crossdressing into a "thing" (even though I love imagining Mattie wearing girl's clothes like dresses and skirts and cute shirts because I fucking HATE boys fashion.) because I know that's not what you guys signed up for. I just had the idea since last chapter and it provided a lot of content so I said "fuck it". I'm thinking of writing a crossdressing!Mattie fanfic in te future, but I havent decided.

Inner Kiwi: Holy shit quit rambling on, no one want's to read your long-ass author's note, Outer Kiwi.

True... Anyway, see ya next time, guys! I love you all, thanks for not abandoning me even though I'm the worst person ever!