Adopted by Larry (Book 3)

Chapter Seven: L.A Baby! (Part 2)

Lucas' POV 


"Lucas, say hi to Keek!" 

 "Hi Keek! I'm just swimming...in a pool...with ketchup." I say, pointing to their fake dog that was in the pool with me. I was in the pink floaty tube and floating while basking in the sun. I loved this heat, it felt really nice compared the cold of London. 

 "That's our nephew Lucas Stylinson...if you didn't know already. Um, we're just spending Spring Break in the L.A house..just thought we'd let you guys know what we're up to. There's Calum. Michael's a vampire in his room because he hates the sun. Luke won't let me put him in Keeks...get in this you bastard! We're probably going to hit up the mall today and stuff," Ash talks to his phone. "Anyways, love you guys. Soon you soon!" He smiles at the camera, giving a thumbs up before stopping the recording and uploading it to Keek. 

 "We're going to the mall?" I ask, my eyes lighting up. 

 "Yeah that's what we were planning on doing. Get a few things and eat at Panda Express, ya know?" Ash smiles. "So go get ready!" 

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"Where to now?" 

 "Victoria Secret!" 

 "No, Michael!" We all shout in unison. Michael huffs, crossing his arms, and pouting as we walk down the mall, looking at stores and seeing where to go. We'd been in Hollister, GameStop, Tilly's, Barnes & Noble, and Spencers. Kaitlyn wanted to go to Claire's now beause they had cute jewellery and some Merch. 

 "Let's just go into Claire's and get this over with...you're lucky we love you, Kit Kat." Mikey grumbled. 

 Kaitlyn smirked, giggling a bit. I smiled as we went into the extremely girly store and she squealed, running over to a stand that had 1D stuff on it. Great, just what I need, to look at my family on necklaces, pillows, bras, bracelets, and basically anything else you can imagine. 

 "Why is everything so...purple and pink?" Mikey widens his eyes in horror. 

 "Justin Beiber merch, 1D merch, sparkly stuff, flluffy stuff...I think I'm going to be sick." Cal grimaces, looking around at the shop. Great, just what I need, to look at my family on pillows, necklaces, bracelets, etc.) 

 Kaitlyn was in heaven, though, as she spotted a Zayn pillow and other 1D stuff. Great. Now she's going to be sleeping with my uncle. NOT LIKE THAT YOU DIRTY MINDED PEOPLE, GET YOUR MIND OUT OF THE GUTTER. 

 Luke seemed to be in heaven as well as he found tutus towards the back of the store, flower crowns, tiaras, fuzzy socks, and a penguin phone case. 

 "Mikey...?" Luke's small voice uttered. 

 Mikey came over to him and gave him a bored look, deadpanning, "What?" 

 "Can I get this flower crown?" He gives Mikey hopeful eyes and bats his eyelashes. 

 "Ugh fine. But, get the blue one not the pink...it'll bring out your eyes." Mikey mumbled, coughing afterwards as if he didn't just say that and was trying to maintain his "punk rock" image. 

 "Okay..." Luke blushes and bites his lip ring as he grabs the blue flower crown, three tutus, a tiara, and a pair of fuzzy socks. Then he giggles looking at a penguin iPhone 6 phone case and grabs it off the hook and carries his pile of stuff to the cashier who rings him up and he smiles with his bag full of stuff. 

 "How much did you spend?!" Mikey gapes, looking at Luke's three giant Claire's bags. 

"$122.50...." Luke looks down, embarassed. 

 "Jesus fucking Christ, Luke..." Mikey shakes his head. Cal is glaring at nothing and I'm watching Kaitlyn look through racks of earrings. She squeals, calling everyone over when she finds a pair of Irish flag ones and asks if she should get them. Ashton yells "Nialler!" when he sees them and Mikey suggests finding the Aussie flag, too, so she can wear one ear with the Irish flag and one with the Australian flag. She rifles through before finding some along with pizza earrings, penguin earrings, British flag earrings, and ones that have the 1D logo on them. The boys insist on purchasing them for her and after a little persuading, she let's them. 

 Mikey ended up buying a pizza bracelet that had little clay figure dangling pizza's on it with googly eyes. But, shhh he doesn't want people to know. 

 "Where now? You guys hungry?" Ashton asks, looking at us with one eyebrow arched. 

 "Yeah, I'm starving. I hate shopping." I grumble. I get cranky on an empty stomach. I usually only like shopping when I can get beanies or something. I hate trying on clothes. 

 "Yes! I want to go to Panda Express in the food court!" Mikey declares, doing a little dance and we all nod, walking towards the food court. 

 I felt like having pizza instead, though. So, we all split into two groups. Kaitlyn, Luke, and I went to go get pizza and Mikey, Cal, and Ash went to go get Panda Express. Then we met back up at a table where Mikey bumped into a girl with wavy caramel coloured hair, hazel eyes, thin pink lips, curvy but skinny in the legs and torso. Mikey and the girl locked eyes and started hysterically apologizing and the girl gasped in shock when she looked at Michael. 

 "I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to bump into yo-Mikey?" Her eyes widened. 

 "Do I know you?" He asked, puzzled. 

 "Oh, uh, no...I'm just a socially awkward fan on her lunch break and I just bumped into you...Michael Clifford...holy shit. I didn't spill anything on you, did I? And...Panda Express? Really? You guys are obsessed." She blabbered, chuckling as she looked at us all and then she bit her lip, trying to contain her excitement when seeing 5SOS right in front of her and two fourteen year old's awkwardly eating next to them at a table in the mall. 

 "No, you're fine. And don't judge my Panda Express, it's the bomb." Michael joked, sticking his tongue out at her. She blushed and laughed. "What's your name?" 

 "Ezzy. Most people call me Ez, though." She smiled. "Nice to meet you." 

 "Yeah, you too. I like that name. It's unique. Suites you." Mikey complimented and she blushed again, thanking him. 

 "Come sit down with us, Ez." Luke smiled, pulling up a chair to our table and she sat down awkwardly, smiling shyly at everyone. 

 "So, Ez, you work here?" Cal struck up a conversation. "Know any good shops to go to?" 

 "Uh, yeah, actually. I work at Hot Topic...you guys would love it there. They have your merch, Nirvana, ATL, Blink-182, Rolling Stones, 1D, Harry Potter, Doctor Who, etc.)" She listed off. All of our eyes lit up. 

 "Show us." 

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 "Holy mother monkey balls." Mikey swears as he looks at everything. 

 "Are you crying?" I ask him in disbelief as I notice tears flowing down his cheeks. 

 "No...I...it's the pizza grease. It got in my eye." 

 "You had Chinese..." I remind him.