Chapter 15: The Mall (Part Two)

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(Sorry this was uploaded a day late! I haven't been keeping track of the days lately so the chapter was unfinished yesterday, but here it is now!)

"Ow..." Zane groaned, taking Lucinda's hand and standing up. His bags were knocked out of his hand when he and Nicole fell, so some of his purchases were lying on the floor.

Travis and Nicole picked things up and dusted them off before putting them back in the bag and handing it to Zane.

"Thanks," he mumbled, looking at the floor in embarrassment, "so... What're you guys doing here?"

"KC wanted to go shopping, so she called some people and here we are," Katelyn said, gesturing to the other 2 girls next to her. Travis seemed confused for a moment.

"So then... Where is she?" he asked. Lucinda explained that the other girls had gone to Forever 21 and that they were all gonna meet up for frozen yogurt when they were done.

"Oh, cool." Zane said. Nobody said anything for a few seconds, and an awkward silence filled the small circle of friends. Travis cleared his throat.

"I guess we should-"

"Do you wanna go with us?" Katelyn asked, interrupting Travis. He stopped for a second, turned to Zane, and when Zane said sure, he agreed.

So now they were all on their way to Hot Topic. Travis, Lucinda and Katelyn chatted while Zane and Nicole trailed behind. He was showing her some things he had just bought from Bath and BodyWorks.

"Yeah, it's Cranberry Rose."

"You wear perfume?"

"...Sometimes."

Katelyn spotted Hot Topic and the group finished the journey there, walking in and all going to different parts of the tiny store. Zane and Travis went to the back to look at shirts, Lucinda was in the front looking at plushies, and Katelyn and Nicole were browsing earrings and other accessories.

Since the store was so small, and Katelyn and Nicole were sort of near Zane and Travis, they overheard a cute exchange between the couple. Apparently Travis was intent on buying a unicorn onesie and Zane was just not having it.

"Zane, come look at this!" Travis said in a hushed voice. Zane looked over his shoulder.

"Wha- Oh my Irene." He huffed, looking at Travis in disbelief.

"...I want it."

"What!? No way, that is the ugliest thing I've ever seen. Don't you dare," Zane was laughing now, while Travis was pushing past him towards the register.

"Katelyn, oh my Irene, please stop this man!" Zane said between gasps for breath. He was laughing so hard he couldn't even breathe. Katelyn was astonished! Zane? Laughing? It was like something out of a fanfiction!

Eventually Zane realized that he wasn't going to win this fight, so he stopped and watched in mock horror as Travis payed for the onesie. Lucinda had caught on to what was happening and made her way over to Katelyn and Nicole.

"...that's adorable," Lucinda sighed, earning a look of shock from Nicole.

"You think that onesie is cute? It's horrid!" she exclaimed. Lucinda chuckled and shook her head, pointing at Zane and Travis.

"No no no, I meant them!" she reassured the shorter girl. Travis walked over and held up the onesie.

"Look at this. It's beautiful," he gushed, making Zane roll his eyes at his embarrassing boyfriend. Katelyn giggled at Travis and Nicole and Lucinda just looked disgusted.

After that, and after everyone had made their purchases, the girls decided to call KC to let her know they were ready to meet up. After frozen yogurt, all of the girls were gonna walk around the mall for a bit.

"...I can ask the others if you two can come with us," Lucinda suggested. Zane, glanced at Travis and shook his head.

"No, that's alright. Thanks anyways, though," he said smiling. Travis nodded in agreement.

"Alright then, see you around I guess?" Lucinda asked. Katelyn and Nicole exchanged a glance.

"Definitely. See you later, guys!" Zane said cheerfully, turning around and walking away. Travis waved goodbye and them, then caught up with Zane to hold his hand.

"...we can't tell Kawaii~Chan." Nicole said, watching the two boys make their way through the mall.

"Yeah, we all know how KC can be," Katelyn replied laughing.

"Speaking of KC, let me call her..." Lucinda said, pulling her phone out of her pocket and turning it on.

"Oh. I got a bunch of texts from her about 10 minutes ago. I think my notifications were turned down?" she said confused. After a minute or two checking the messages, Lucinda spoke again.

"Everyone else is waiting for us, let's go," Lucinda looked up at Nicole and Katelyn.

They all exchanged a look, silently agreeing not to tell KC about Zane and Travis.

They'd rather not have to deal with her fanfictions...

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