Sleepover: Take Two - Completed

Sang Goes Shopping! (Again)

A Note:  This is like the second fanfiction I ever wrote, and completely unedited, so... ignore mistakes and bad writing please.  I like to think I have evolved somewhat!  :) 

I woke up as I felt the air shift in my room from the door being opened. I rolled over and opened my eyes to see Victor standing there. He smiled, his fire eyes lighting up in the way I loved as he saw I was looking at him.

"Hey Princess," he walked over to the bed and bended down, "time to get up. We have plans today."

I immediately perked up with curiosity, "What are we doing?" I asked. I loved doing anything with the guys; they were always so kind in making sure I was comfortable.

Victor hesitated slightly before he answered, "Gabriel wants to go shopping again."

Just those words struck terror into my heart. I turned back over into my soft covers and pushed my face into the pillow and groaned. Loudly. I hated shopping with Gabriel, it wasn't anything he did really, it just took him so long to choose anything. "Why?" I couldn't help asking, "I thought I already had enough clothes." I slowly took my head out of my pillow and faced Victor again who put a soothing hand on my back and rubbed in slow circles. He knew exactly what I was going to go through, having been through it himself, as all the guys had.

Victor sighed and sat down on the bed next to my, hooking my legs over his. "Princess, you know that with Gabriel no one ever has enough clothes. He also said, and I quote, 'She needs winter shit, all she has is summer clothing.' He wants to have input on everything you wear. It doesn't matter the time, day, year, or season. It is just how he thinks sweetie. Clothing is the one thing we give him almost total control over."

I couldn't help asking, "But not complete control?"

Victor laughed, "Sweetie, if we gave him total control over our clothes we would be wearing neon. Can you see me wearing neon colors, or North?" his eyes sparked with humor.

I let out a chuckle as well. North would never be caught dead wearing neon colors, it was hard enough getting him to wear the stupid uniform to school. I pulled the covers to the side and got up, stretching and grumbling as I did.

Victor watched me as I walked toward the bathroom. He spoke before I was able to, showing once again how in tune each of the guys was with me. "You take a bath and prepare for a day with Gabriel; I'll pick something for you to wear out of the trunk. When you get out, the clothes will be right outside by the door, and we'll be in the kitchen."

"We?" I wasn't sure if he was referring to just him and Gabriel, or if another one of the guys was with him.

"Yeah. Luke's here too. Don't you remember? You lost a race to Luke, and he wanted to come shopping the next time we went," Victor came over and kissed me on the forehead before leaving the room and walking down the stairs to where I guessed the other guys were waiting on the first floor of my house. My thoughts were a little jumbled as I quickly took a bath and got dressed, not wanting to keep them waiting for too long. I put my hair up into a clip even though I knew Gabriel would tease me about it and steal it from me, and then it would most likely be pick pocketed by Luke to use before he even knew it was missing from his possession, although Gabriel wouldn't care unless I was the one wearing it. I didn't mind though, in fact I enjoyed it when my Meanie teased me, it made me feel special. Actually, all of the guys made me feel special in different ways. Nathan when he chewed on my fingers, Silas with his bear hugs, Kota when he rubbed his nose so gently along mine. They each had their own special thing, or would I assumed, if they didn't already.

I took a deep breath and walked down the stairs after I grabbed a bag and out my phone in it in case one of the guys called or texted me. I walked toward the kitchen after hearing voices coming from that direction. When I entered I was greeted with huge smiles and hugs from Luke and Gabriel.

"Trouble, now that you are finally awake we can get started." Gabriel said as he sat down at the table and placed me on his lap.

"With what Meanie?" I asked, playing innocent because I knew how much things like shopping and doing my hair meant to Gabriel. I could tell he was excited, he was practically bouncing with extra energy this morning and he had a megawatt smile that he couldn't wipe off his face.

"We are going shopping, You don't have any winter shit, only summer clothes," he wrapped his arms around he as he said it. I looked over at Victor who mouthed told you to me. Gabriel didn't notice anything out of the ordinary as he continued telling me about his plans for the day.

"First we will window shop to see if the displays are any good. Then after that we will start going into all the..." he trailed off and I was going to ask him what was wrong but he spoke again. "What the hell did I tell you about wearing these clips Trouble? You guys have seen me tell her not to wear them right? I'm not just imagining it?" he looked toward the area where Luke and Victor were standing by the counter for confirmation They nodded, the traitors. "Trouble, Trouble, Trouble. What are we going to do with you?" he sighed in mock disappointment.

"Take me shopping?" I volunteered, trying to put on a happy face. It wasn't too hard, I loved spending any time with my boys, even if the activity wasn't ideal, well for me at least.

"Perfect answer. I knew she was smarter than the rest of you. C'mon Trouble, lets go." He stood and picked me up princess style in his arms. He carried me out of the kitchen while Luke and Victor followed, letting him lead the way. It was Gabriel's day after all.

We walked up to Victor's car and waited for him to open the door. Gabriel deposited me in the back seat and climbed in next to me on the other side. My breath caught as he leaned in really close to me and whispered in me ear, "You should really put your seatbelt on Trouble," he reached past my arm and grabbed the seatbelt. He pulled it across my body and locked it tight. He was so close to me that the smell of lilac and apricots invaded my senses. Gabriel always smelled different every time I saw him and I had begun looking forward to trying to figure out what he was going to smell like next. We drove on mostly in silence with Luke trying to change the radio station, and Victor slapping his hand away and grumbling under his breath as he did. We finally arrived at the mall and were lucky enough to find a good parking spot.

Before we got too far away from the car victor slid an arm around my waist and tugged me to a stop, "Just remember Princess, be patient with him. He doesn't try to act annoying on purpose, he is just really picky on what he wants people to wear, especially you. Trust me; you are everything he has wanted in a life size doll to dress up. Before we met you, whenever any of us went shopping with him he would moan about girls having too many styles and guys not having enough." he smiled reassuringly and let me go to catch up with Gabriel and Luke who were talking quietly about different styles of boots and jeans.

"I really want to try a dark wash skinny jean with a light brown like, a mocha or hazelnut colored suede boot," Gabriel was saying as I walked up.

"You know that I have no clue what you are talking about right? To me jeans are jeans and boots are boots," Luke looked confused and I decided to rescue him. I engaged the Meanie in conversation about clothes, a risky tactic, but it worked.

"What is the difference between jeans and skinny jeans Meanie? I know there are different styles, but that's about it." I smiled and Luke looked happy that Gabriel's gaze turned to me in response to my question.

"There are skinny jeans, boot cut, regular, and jeggings. Skinny jeans are more form fitting in the thigh and the calves. Boot cut are more fitted at the thighs and flare out at the knee. Regular jeans are not too form fitting, but not too loose. They are the goldilocks of the bunch. Jeggings are very form fitting the entire length of the leg." he hugged me tight to him with an arm around my waist, and opened the door to the mall. "Does that clear things up Trouble?"

I smiled at him and said, "Yep," but in all actuality I was just more confused, probably because I hadn't tried on any of the jeans or seen any pictures of them to get a good idea of what they looked like. He smirked, knowing that I was still completely perplexed. With me and Gabriel still attached at the hip, we started walking through the mall.

When we passed the Victoria's Secret store Gabriel nudged my side and said, "Good memories, right Trouble?" I immediately blushed bright red at his comment.

Luke asked, "What happened there?" he had a mixed look on his face. Confusion, curiosity, and... jealousy? I wasn't sure.

"That was our first stop on the original shopping expedition, because Sang didn't have any bras that fit right and I assumed the same with underwear." Gabriel explained.

"How would you know if her bras didn't fit right?" Luke asked.

"It's my job," Gabriel stated bluntly.

Luke shrugged and didn't push the topic, understanding that it was his job in the group and with Gabriel it was natural to know things like that. I couldn't help but smile and think about how if North were here instead he would have gotten irritated with Gabriel for knowing such private things and would have pushed the conversation quite a bit. Luke and North may be brothers, but they didn't have too many similarities.

We passed by a Macy's store and Gabriel halted and turned around to look at the display. he cocked his head to the side and examined the clothes on the mannequins. He turned to me and the guys and said, "This looks promising. Let's go in." He removed hiss arm from my waist and grabbed my hand instead, and practically dragged me into the store with him. Victor and Luke followed us chuckling, again letting Gabriel lead the way. He took me to the women's section and immediately started looking at all the different jeans.

"What do you think about these, Trouble?" Gabriel held up a pair of dark navy blue jeans and looked at me.

"They're nice, I guess," I said uncertainly.

"Come on Trouble, I already have a few things picked out," he gently pushed me toward the dressing rooms while he, Victor and Luke settled down onto the small couch outside the rooms to wait for me to try on the clothes Gabriel picked out. I took the items and walked into a stall. The first things in the pile were the dark pair of jeans he showed me and a gray shirt with a faint pattern on it that looked like leopard spots. I turned around in the mirror to try and see the overall outfit and what it looked like on me. I timidly turned the knob on the door and opened it to show the guys. They had been staring at the door just waiting for it to open and for me to show them what I tried on. Victor smiled faintly, knowing that I was uncomfortable in this situation, Gabriel stood up, appraising the outfit with a hand on his chin. Luke just stared at me, this being his first time shopping with me, and therefore it being his first time to see me in the process of getting new clothes.

"Turn around Trouble," Gabriel made a swirling motion with his hand. I turned slowly, used to this after three hours of it on the previous shopping trip. "I like the jeans on you, but the top isn't quite right." he frowned, and pushed past me into the dressing room. He held up a light blue blouse with a section of lace on the back and a few ruffles leading down the front of the shirt. He smiled and his crystal blue eyes twinkled. On and on it went until he had picked apart the entire women's section and then we went to the register to check out. There was a female cashier who eyed the guys and the amount of clothing they each carried curiously.

"Thank you Victor," I said quietly without looking at the price, knowing it would only make me overwhelmed at his generosity.

We walked out of the store, with Luke acting as Nathan had last time, carrying the bags. Next we went to Dillard's and Forever 21. Soon it was both Luke and Victor loaded down with bags, Once again Gabriel was going way overboard and Victor was letting him do it. We walked around for about two hours going into various stores before I started to whine a little bit. Victor hugged me to him while Gabriel was distracted searching through racks and said, "Just remember Princess, patience is a virtue."

"Oy! Trouble! Come over here, I found some more clothes I want you to try on!" Gabriel shouted from a few aisles over. I sighed, here we go again...