Second Chances

Chapter Four: Natalie

We walked into American Eagle first. I found a good pair of jeans and two cute flannels. We then went to JC Penny and bought a pair of shoes. We then went to Rue 21 where I spent most of my money. I bought shoes, shirts, jewellery, pants, shorts, jackets, perfume, etc. After a few more stores, we left the mall. When we got outside, it was getting dark. Not that I really noticed because tons of cameras began flashing in our face as soon as we walked out. I freaked out and backed up behind Thomas. He rolled his eyes and pushed our way through to the car. We got to the car and threw the bags in the back. Thomas was a gentleman and opened my door before jogging over to the drivers side and starting the car. We drove home to his house with black cars trailing us all the way there. We hurried inside and ran up to his room.
"Now we have the problem of how we're getting all of this to my house," I pointed out.
"Well... you could just keep it here. I mean, you spend enough time here and I'm sure it would come in handy," he said not meeting my eyes. I thought for a moment. It would be nice to have some clothes and things here for when I stay the night or when we end up making a mess of ourselves.
"Tommy, that is a brilliant idea! Although, should I keep it in the guest room or in here?"
"I don't care. I mean... whatever you want is fine with me. I have plenty of space in my closet so..." his voice trailed off. Why was he acting so funny? It's just me.
"You okay, Tommy?"
"Yeah, a little tuckered out from your shopping but I'm okay. I pushed the bags off of the bed and plopped down.
"Put on a movie and we can move everything tomorrow." He nodded and turned on some random movie. I snuggled close to him and fell asleep quickly.

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I woke up to Ava yelling at us about something. I rubbed my eyes and sat up.
"What are you going on about, Ava?" I asked.
"You let paparazzi trail you home and now you need to get rid of them! I have to get to work!"
"Run them over. They'll get out of the way. Promise," I responded laying back down.
"I can't run them over! Are you crazy?!" I nodded. She rolled her eyes.
"Thomas! Come get rid of them!" He groaned and stood up. He pulled on some jeans and grabbed my hand, pulling me up too. I couldn't find where I'd thrown my t-shirt so I pulled one of his hoodies on over my tank-top. I pulled my hair into a messy bun and followed him downstairs. He slipped on some shoes and opened the doors. Almost immediately the cameras were flashing and questions were being fired one after another. He tried to quiet them but failed. I ran upstairs and grabbed a megaphone. When I came back down I turned it on and headed outside.
"EVERYBODY! SHUT THE HELL UP!" It quieted significantly but a few people weren't listening.
"I SAID EVERYONE!" That's better. "I NEED EVERYONE TO CLEAR OUT! SOME OF US HAVE TO WORK FOR A LIVING AND ARE ALREADY LATE! SHOO!" No one moved.
"CLEAR OUT OR WE'LL BE FORCED TO CALL THE POLICE FOR TRESPASSING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY! CHOOSE YOUR PICK! YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES BEFORE THE POLICE SHOW UP!" I handed the megaphone to a stunned Thomas and went back up to bed. A few minutes later, Thomas joined me.
"They gone?" I asked.
"Yeah. Thanks. Ava's off to work. My parents are God knows where. And we get to sleep. I think this mission is complete with a win all around."
"Except for the people who get to go back to their work empty handed. But hey! Who cares about them anyways?" He glared at me.
"You ruined my happy moment." I smirked and glanced at the clock that said it was barely four o'clock. I snuggled closer to him before falling back asleep.