Fresh Start

The Mall

Alex called whoever had that party for me and asked if we could come over. They said we could stay for as long as we wanted. We packed for a few days because we didn't want to be stuck in that stuffy hotel room the whole time. I didn't really have many clean clothes so I took everything that was clean and all of my shoes. Calum noticed that my suitcase was kind of empty.

"Hey, you wanna go shopping?"

"It's okay, you don't have to spend-" I looked at him. He was thinking. Or I thought he was. Then he picked me up and put me on his shoulders.

"Calum, stop! What are you doing? Michael! Help!"

Nobody came to save me. Calum held onto my legs as tight as possible and walked over to Liz. "Liz, doesn't Skylar need new clothes?"

"Now that you mention it, she didn't bring much here." Then I realized something.

"I left some stuff at home. I have to call and see if I can get it."

"Okay. Nobody's in a rush."

Calum didn't put me down. I rolled my eyes and pulled my phone out of my back pocket.

"Hello?"

"This is Skylar."

"Hello, Miss Hemmings." They already know?

"I'd just like to know if I can get my stuff from where I live."

"Used to live," Calum commented.

"Used to live," I corrected myself.

"What time do you want to stop by?"

I looked at Luke, who just walked into the room. "In about forty?"

"Okay, I'll meet you there."

"Thank you."

I hung up and said, "I call shotgun. Luke can drive."

"NONONO NO NO NO NO." Ashton walked into the room and yelled no that many times?

"What did Luke do?"

"He's not the best driver."

"Okay..."

"It's true," Calum added.

"Come on guys, that was one time."

"Nope," they said simultaneously.

"Fine." Luke stomped out to the elevator.

"Jay, can we use the minivan," I yelled.

"Sure," she yelled back.

Calum, Ashton, Michael, and I walked to the elevator that Luke just closed.

"Let's take the stairs and scare him."

We jumped down a whole flight of stairs and then ran down the next one and continued the pattern until we got to the garage. When we opened the door we ran to the elevators and pressed the button for the one that Luke didn't take. It opened and we hid in there until we heard the other one come down and open. There was a peephole so I got on Calum's back and looked through it. Luke was walking toward the minivan. Alex pressed the button to open the door and when Luke was only a few feet away the guys quietly ran up behind him and Michael lifted me off of Calum's shoulders and sat me backwards on Luke's head to mess up his hair.

"No!"

He tried to take me off but it was too hard because I wasn't facing the minivan. I laughed and then put my hands behind me and covered his eyes.

Luke's hair was flat so I tried to get off of his head but I didn't want to fall. "Can someone help me?" Without warning Luke threw his head back