**CHAPTER 12; THE MALL**
******CHAPTER 12; THE MALL******
"So where do you wanna go?" Courtney asked them all. "I dunno somewhere fun because all we have been doing is making out." I replied. "You act like that's boring!" Greg said sarcastically. And they all laughed. "Let's go to the mall!" Courtney and I said in unison. "The mall?" Chris said with a shocked glimpse on his face. "Yes, the mall what is wrong with the mall?" I asked confused looking over at Jesse and Sara who were too busy making out to even know what day it was let alone listen to what we were talking about. "Nothing it's just the mall is made for girls." Greg said. Me and Courtney just stared at him like he was stupid. "Okay, Okay let's go to the mall." Greg said nervously. "Wait what?" Jesse said as he and Sara took a break from tonsil hockey. "We are going to the mall!" I exclaimed. "Awesome!" Sara jumped up excitingly. "Lemme go and fix my make-up!"
They all got into the cab one by one. "Geez doesn't this bring back memories?" Greg asked me with a devilish grin on his face. Courtney just looked at Chris disgustingly. "Do you have to pee again?" she said with a chuckle. "No I don't have to pee again!" Chris said saracastically. Greg and I just laughed. "So where are we going again?" Jesse asked. "THE MALL!' Greg and Chris shouted. "Ooooh...I was just testing you! It was ALL A TEST!" Jesse said sarcastically. "Sure Jesse..." Courtney said with a smirk on her face. Once we got to the mall..we walked in and debated where we wanted to go first. "What about Sam Goody?" Frankie suggested. Then Courtney, Chris, Greg and I all said in unison "PAC SUN!" After that, we decided that the four of us would go to PAC SUN, and the other 6 would go to Sam Goody and we would meet back up with them in an hour.
As we were walking, Chris had his arm around Cori and Greg had his hands on my waist. "Holy sh*t!" I said quietly. "What?" Greg asked curiously. "My ex-boyfriend is over there!" I said pointing in the direction of the food court. There was my ex with a couple of my friends. Greg just looked at me and smiled. "Hold up! We gotta look at the rings!" I exclaimed. We walked over to the stand that sold the rings, and I started to look at a couple. Courtney did the same and Chris and Greg just watched us. Then I felt someone tap my shoulder and say "Hey Lauren," I looked over to see that it was my ex-boyfriend,David. "Hey," I said smiling. "What's up?" he asked calmly. "Umm..nothing much," I said and my hands started to shake. Greg saw that I was getting a little nervous and he slowly walked over to me and put his arm around me. He looked at my ex and said calmly,"Hey..I'm Greg..Laurie's BOYFRIEND," David just looked at me and smiled. "Hi," he said quietly. David saw that Courtney and Chris were standing next to me and he said hi. While David was saying hi to Chris and Courtney, Greg pulled me close and we started to make out right in the middle of the mall. Greg obviously knew that David saw and he slyly said,"Oh sorry...I didn't know that you were still here," I just stood there and tried to keep a straight face. "Well umm...we gotta go," I said, trying not to laugh. "Yeah..okay..bye," he said and walked away to his friends who saw what had just happened. As soon as he walked away..all 4 of us started hysterically laughing. "That was so mean!" Courtney sarcastically exclaimed. "I know," Greg said. "But the
look on his face was priceless," he said laughing. I looked over at David and his friends giving us dirty looks. Chris looked over at them when he saw the look that they were giving us, and he gave them the middle finger. We just laughed and walked away. A few minutes later, we actually GOT to PAC SUN, and we started to look around. Me and Cori were looking at the shirts and for some reason, Chris was looking at the girls' bathing suits. "Do you think I'd look fat in this?" Chris asked trying not to laugh, while holding the bikini up to himself. "Oh..my..God," me and Cori said in unison. "Chris ur such a dumbass,"Greg said. "Shut up," Chris replied. "Hey Chris come over here!" Courtney shouted. "Yeah sweetie?" Chris responded in a really hot voice. "Sweetie?...That's a new one but I like it!" Cori said sarcastically. "Knew you would!" He joked back. "Oh god...I think they are starting to act like us?" Greg said scared. "Haha maybe....is that a bad thing or a good thing?" I asked. "I dunno but I don't think it's good." Greg said and we laughed.
"Oooh I like this suit!" Courtney screeched. "Awww...DAMN that would be hot on you!" Chris exclaimed. "Why thank you!" Courtney said back with a devlish grin. "Oh Court!...That is the bomb!" I said. "Okay since everyone LIKES it I think I will go and try it on!" she said. "Okay I will go with you." I told her. "Okay thanx!" Cori said. "Ok try not to miss us" I said to Greg. "But how could we not?" Chris said back. And they laughed. A half hour passed and we had tried on 8 different suits. "Gawd LAUR-IIIIEE....how much longer?" Greg wined through the door. "Well, guys...seek and you shall fine!" I said through the dressing room door. "Laurie now YOU know when THEY know we are changing they get stupid....make sure they understand you!" Courtney laughed. "Oh...yea!" I laughed. "Come on in guys." I yelled through the door. "Oh day-um! Courtney!" Chris said. "You like?" She asked. "Hell yes!" He replied. "Well, Greg what do you think?" I asked, referring to the bathing suit that I tried on. Greg just stood there with his mouth wide open. "You-you-you-you look so....so...." He stuttered. "I will take that as a 'I like it Laurie.'" I said. "Yeeeaaa!" Greg said.
"So me and Courtney will change and be right out." I said. "Do you have to change?" Chris asked. "Oh God Chris...YES!" Cori said laughing. So after I had my clothes back on I helped Court with the knot in her strap. "Why isn't it coming out?" She asked. "I don't know hold still!" I yelled. "OK we are coming back in there!" Chris yelled. "No!" I screamed. But they were already in and all you heard was a click. "What was that?" Cori asked. "The door locked!" Greg screamed. "Noooo it didn't." Chris said. "Yea it did!" Greg exclaimed back. "DAMN..DAMN...DAMN...DAMN!" Chris yelled. "Chris baby calm done!" Courtney said. "We HAVE to find a way out!" I shouted. "Well look for way out!" Chris said.
"OKAY!" we all yelled. "LOOK!!!!!...I found something!" Courtney screeched. "What?!?" We all turned around and yelled. "It's a VENT! And it's big enough for us let's go in!" She called. "You are crazy right?" Laurie asked. "No, I am not lets go in!" Chris yelled. So Courtney went through first with her cardigan on because she couldn't bare go through a dusty vent with just a bikini on. Then Chris went through...do you have to ask why? The Laurie then Greg. "Ewww...this is SO GROSS!" Cori yelled. And she echoed. "Ooh that sounds cool!" She said. We all laughed. "I know what we can do?" I said. "Hey Greg!" I exclaimed. "Yea?" Greg asked back. "Do you wanna buy a duckie?" I asked. "A what?!" Greg laughed. "A duck!" Courtney called back. "Does it quack?!?" Chris yelled back. "Of course it quacks..." I laughed. "Then I'll buy it!" Greg yelled as he laughed! And we all busted up laughing!
"Mmmbop...da duba dop...ba du dop..ba duba dop...ba du bop...ba duba dop..ba duuuu yea ee yeah!" Courtney sang. "Leave it up to Courtney to start singing!" I laughed. "WHAT?!?" Courtney asked. And we all laughed."Hey baby are we almost there?" Chris asked. "I think so all i can see is darkness up ahead!" She called back. "DAMN!" Greg yelled. "All you do is curse huh? Damn this and damn that.." Courtney called back. Then everything went quiet. "Ha-ha chill Greg..I was just playin," she replied. "Damn" Greg mumbled. "So are we almost there yet?" I asked. "I think so! Lemme try and scoot ahead!" Courtney yelled. "Wait! I think I found something!" she exclaimed. "What?" we all asked in unison. "Wait..aaahhh!!!" Courtney screamed as we saw her shadow go down. "Courtney...uh...COURTNEY??" Chris called down. "Umm..I think I'm alive!" she called up. After, we all slid down to where Cori was. "Are you okay?" I asked curiously. "I'll live!" she chuckled. Then we all saw Courtney have a weird expression on her face. "What's the problem NOW Courtney?" Greg asked. "Chris you idiot!" Courtney exclaimed. Chris just looked at her with a confused expression on his face. "Wait..what?" he asked. "You put your knee on my bikini strap, and when I fell down the vent, it came undone!" she exclaimed, half laughing. Once again, we all started laughing."Do you know what they other 6 are gonna think if we tell them that we had to go in a vent b'cuz we got locked in a changing room?" Greg said. "They probably won't be a surprise to Sara, Nik and Larissa," Courtney said laughing. "Oh my God..I'm soo sorry!" Chris said. "LET ME HELP YOU!" he said eagerly. "Umm..naw that's okay..I can do it by myself..I'm a big girl!" Courtney said sarcastically. "You DO know that Jesse would pay anything to hear OR see all of this happening right?" Greg said starting to laugh. "Yeah..we know!" I joked.
"Hey..hey!!" Cori called. "I think I found the other part of the vent!" We all stopped. "You did!?!" Greg asked. "Yeah..I did!" she yelled back at him. "Yes! I was getting sick of looking at Chris' butt!" I joked..then we all busted up laughing again. "But uh..Laurie..." Greg started. "Greg..shut up!" I sarcastically replied. "Hey..I didn't say ANYTHING..." he joked. "OK I have heard enough of this..Courtney are we almost there?" Chris asked. "Yeah..we are riiiight..here!" She said in a high tone. "But uh..Chris, I need your help opening the vent!" she strainted, trying to open the other end of the vent door. "Umm...I can't get past you unless you lay on your back!" he called up to her. "Why?" Courtney asked. "Just do it!" he said forcefully. Without hesitation, Courtney lay on her back and Chris slid over her to get in front. "Oh..my...God!" Greg exclaimed. "I know..Chris did NOT just crawl over Court..I think I'm scared!" he said laughing. "Well..he did Greg," I joked. "Uhuh..well..I'm gonna deal with you later!" Greg said giving me a devilish look. "Okay guys! I got it!" Chris said as he opened the door. After we had all cralwed out of the vent into the dressing room of "Express," Courtney politely said,"Okay..everyone turn around 'cept Laurie cuz u gotta help me Laur!" Then she motioned for me to come over to her. After I tied her strap..we looked around the store. "I wonder what the rest of the guys were doing while we were on our little umm...adventure," I said.
