Chapter3 :Preperation  
	“C’mon  Mary the mall closes in only four hours!!!!” Lucy said looking at her 
watch, trying to get Mary off the party line with Heidi and Dani. 
“Only?” said Mary with her hand over the reciever “Ok.......................................Well I 
can’t I’m going to the mall with my sister, for some reason the 100’s of clothes she has 
now isn’t enugh for Zac............................, Zac Hanson...............Ok so I’ll see you around 
9ish.” Mary said while Lucy was tapping her watch. 
“9:30!!!!” Said Lucy. 
“9:30ish i mean.........Ok see you then.........Ok bye.” Mary hung up the phone and 
grabbed her wallet . 
“FINNALY!” Exclaimed Lucy  
“Oh, like you never talk on the phone.”  
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“My feet hurt” complained Mary. She loved shopping but her feet didnt. 
“Oh stop your whining”  
“What about this one?” Said Lucy holding up a blue shirt that said ADIDAS across the 
front. 
“All Day I Dream About Sex?” Said Mary 
“Mary!!! Thats the first thing that comes to your mind?” 
“Pick something else” Said Mary shaking her head. 
“How about this?” Lucy asked holing up a yellow adidas shirt with blue strips. 
“It’s not you” Said Mary “Doesn’t Taylor have that same shirt?” Lucy nodded “Luce, you 
want to know them not BE them”  Lucy put the shirt back and said, 
“Ok then what do you think?” Asked Lucy stepping back and putting her hands on her 
hips, her sister was not the one to shop with, she was to criticle. Mary looked around the 
store and all she could see was sports equipment warm ups and brands like Nike Reebok 
and Adidas, but nothing that matched her sister. 
“Lucy, champs just isnt our store” Mary finnaly said 
“ok...How about we head over to Juxtapose?” Suggested Lucy 
“Perfect!” Said Mary. 
	After they hit Juxtapose they went over to J.Crew. and then stopped at Juba’s to 
get somethin to drink. Mary collapsed on the bench. They still had 45 minuts till the mall 
closed but they were worn out. 
“B.P. Juxtapose, Banana Republic, J.Crew, Gap, Mr.Rags, Champs, Zumiez, The Cube, 
Ambercrombie, 5-7-9, Pacific Sunwear....Is there ANY where else you could possibly 
need to go?” Groaned Mary 
Lucy looked through her bags. 
“No i guess we can head home.” 
	After the 30min walk Mary grabbed her stuff and  went straight to Heidi’s. While 
Lucy hung up her clothes. She thought about calling her freind Robin but she knew that 
all she would be talkng about was Hanson and Robin would probably get boared. So she 
put Hanson CD onto Lucy and played once or twice before relizing that Mary was 
proably right about listening to “Lucy” to much so she stopped it and played it at track. 
She went to the closet to get her suitcase and started packing. ‘why did i even bother to 
hang any of theese up?” She thought to her self
At 2:30 that morning Mary walked into the door, slighly clumsaly.  
“Oh, sorry Luce did I wake you?” Mary asked Lauphing 
“No shhhhh. I thought you were spending the night?” Asked Lucy 
“Nope, I gotta pack dont I?” 
“Uh, yeah i gues...Mary are you drunk?’ Lucy asked gigling 
“Ya know people have been asking me that all night.” 
“Well are you?” Lucy asked as Mary got her Reebok duffel bag out of their closet. 
“NO!” Mary shouted deffensivly 
“SHHHHHHHHHHHH. Mary! Mom and Dad!” 
“What? they arnt home.” 
“Theyre not?” Lucy asked her 
“Nope and I know what they’re doing” Said Mary teasingly, while paking. 
“what?” asked Lucy curiously. 
“It’s a surprise” said Mary 
“I can keep a secret”  
“no retard, a surpirise for you!” 
“Oh” Said Lucy half sad and half happy. 
“Gimme  hint” begged Lucy 
“Its long” Mary hinted 
“Long?”Lucy asked confused “You mean big?” Mary didnt say anything she just 
made a motion of zipping her lips. 
“ugh” groaned Lucy as she flopped back down on her pillow. 
Mary finished packing, and changed and got into her bed. 
“I am NEVER gonna get to sleep tonight” said Lucy 
“Well your not gonna be talking to me, im beat”Said Mary groggily. Lucy babbled 
on....and on....and on....like usual until she relized Mary was asleep. Just then she 
heard her parents comming up the front stairs, and heading up to her room, she 
faked sleep as the opened the door a crack and looked at the girls.  
“She’s gonna love this” Said Dave quietly to Polly.  
‘What on earth could they be buying me at’ she looked at the clock ‘4:07 I’d better 
try to get to sleep’ she thought.