We hit a Gap store first that was right next to the lot we were parked in and if I thought they'd gone mad in the mall, it was nothing compared to in there.
First thing, in roughly three seconds, everyone, and that includes Jacinth disapeared.I am serious, I just blinked and they were gone.I thought carefully for a second then headed to the jeans section where I found AJ and Jacinth.Then I went over to where the t-shirts took up almost a quarter of the ground floor. Aaron, Mindi and Nick were there.Then I went upstairs to the formal wear and it took some searching but I found Howie lookin at some suits. I smiled to myself and went over to the ladies section of formal wear and looked at some blouses. I needes a blouse to match a suit I'd bought to wear to a soiree I'd been forced to go to. I found the perfect shirt almost immediately, it was
I smiled to myself and went over to the ladies section of formal wear and looked at some blouses. I needes a blouse to match a suit I'd bought to wear to a soiree I'd been forced to go to. I found the perfect shirt almost immediately, it was white and 100% silk and they had it in my size. But unfortunately, as I'd feared, I didn't have enough money with me to buy it. I sighed and made a mental note to come back for it sometime soon.
"Boo!" I swear I jumped a foot. I'd never heard Howie coming and he really scared me since he was so close I felt his breath on my ear.I turned around with my hand on my rapidly beating heart."Don't do that. The last thing I need is a heart attack at my age." He gave me one of his rather cute smiles and if I hadn't still been trying to get over the shock, I might almost have forgiven him. Instead, I retreated downstairs to join the others.
"Hey, Nicky!Come here a sec." I had barely gotten off the elevator when I heard AJ calling me.I headed over to where he was holoding up two pairs of jeans."Which do you prefer?" he asked holding them up. It wasn't that hard a choice. "The white ones. The other pair looks like they've been dragged through the mud."I told him decisively."Okay." he said"I'll go try them on."
When he came back I absolutely stared. Not at the jeans, they looked good but at AJ. He'd been wearing two shirt but now he took off one and was only wearing a vest. It looked like he'd lost a lot of weight just by taking off the shirt and and I was amazed."What? They look good to me. " he said looking worried.that broke me out of my trance."What!Oh, sorry. The jeans look great, it's just that..." I searched for words," you're... thinner... than I thought." He laughed."Oh that. I was worried for a second there.yeah I'm no Hulk but I'm not a 97 pound weakling either." I didn't doubt that, because the other thing I'd noticed were his very evident muscles, also hard to notice because of a very interesting looking tatoo collection.
When he changed back we headed over to the others and Aaron was looking around a growing pile of shirts that his brother was adding to. The others were nowhere in sight.I helped him carry them and predictably when we left we were laden with bags.
We decided to go for lunch but stopped in a Sam Goody store on the way there and bought about 50 CDs between us. Nick was in Heaven when he discovered some Mettalica CD he'd been looking for for while.
When we finally got back we were all more than ready to eat."McDonald's here we come!"