Sarah's P.O.V.

"May I have a sip of that?"

"Touch my cup, you die."

Zander and I are sat in the mall food court eating pizza and sipping Slurpees. After we arrived we headed straight to the food court because, according to him, his 'stomach was about to burst out at any moment and ravish the world.' So basically, an over dramatic way of saying he's hungry.

"Geez, didn't know you had that in you." He smirks and slides his hand away from my cup and back to his own cherry slurpee. My pizza was long gone, my blue berry drink almost finished as well. All good things come to an end. Sighing softly as I reach the end of my drink I slowly poke at the olives on my plate left from Zander's pizza.

"You all done?" I look up to meet his eyes, nodding and pushing my plate towards him.

"Thanks." I smile up at him and gather the rest of the trash. We throw away our stuff and start walking towards the seemingly endless amount of stores.

"So, where would you like to go?" I glance around before my eyes land on the holy grail of all stores.

Hot Topic.

The perfect place to find your favorite band merch, fan posters, and costume outfits. And a great way to drain your cash, FAST. A huge smile makes its way onto my face. Grabbing Zander's arm, I pull him towards one of my favorite stores. I burst into the store, my eyes scanning over the rows and rows of band tees and posters. I'm like a kid in a candy store. I rush towards the band tees, looking through the many different shirts. Zander sticks his hands in his pockets, wandering around the store with me.

He picks up a stuffed green Minecraft creeper, "Oh look, it's the exploding jerk who blows up your house just when it looks perfect." He glares at the little plush with so much hate that I can't help but laugh. I take the plush from his hands, gently hugging it to my chest.

"Awe, but it's so cute!! I'm getting it!" I giggle slightly and skip away towards the posters, Zander following me in disbelief.

"How could you think that little green devil can be adorable?!" He stares at me incredulously, walking in front of me to halt my walking.

"Well why not? It's just a plush toy, Zander. What did it ever do to you?" I poke his chest, bringing the Creeper up next to my face and pout. He rolls his eyes at me, giving me a deadpan look before turning away muttering a silent "Whatever," under his breath.

Picking out a few supernatural posters, I skip my way over to the cashier. I have no idea where Zander went. The cashier is a tall boy with brown hair, a lip ring hanging from his bottom lip. He smirks at me and leans against the counter as I drop my stuff onto it.

"Hiya, Darling. How can I help you?"

"Heya, sugar! I would like to ring up my items please." I smile up at him, leaning against the counter as well and stare into his bright blue eyes.

He grins over at me and starts ringing up my items, "Sure thing, honeybun!" I laugh at the nickname, standing back up straight.

"Thanks, C. How's life been? Gosh, it feels like ages since I've been in this Hot Topic!" He laughs with me and puts my stuff in the bag.

"Life's been great! Your amount is fifty-eight seventy-eight." He puts my items into a bag then slides them over to me, "I've been so busy with work, school, and the little one lately. She's been wanting to go to the park so much, but I haven't had the chance to take her. And now, with her mother trying to force all this legal stuff on me, I feel like I'm drowning."

I give him a sympathetic look, handing him the money necessary. "Awe, Chris. You know You can always call me to care for Kendra whenever. That woman needs to clean herself up before trying to take on a kid."

Chris and I connected through our love for underrated bands and the nearby pretzel stand. He's twenty-three, in college, and a proud father of a sweet little girl. I used to babysit for him a lot last summer, but ever since school started up again it feels as if we haven't had the chance to do anything lately.

He sighs and smiles at me softly, "Yeah, I know. Thanks a lot, Love." He hands me my bag and I lean over the counter to give him a quick hug. Leaning back, we smile at each other once more before I leave the store and meet an annoyed Zander sitting on a bench.

I walk over to him and plop down, "Okay, I'm pretty much done. Where do you want to go next?"

His annoyed expression slightly disappears, replaced with his signature smirk. "Well, we could go anywhere. Spencer's, Victoria's Secret, you name it we can go." I look at him with shock, staring up at him blankly for a second before standing up quickly to start walking away. I honestly can't even believe he said that to me, just wow, talk about lowkey creepy.

I mean, I'd go to Victoria's Secret anyways and leave him in the dust because oh my gosh that store is like a woman's wonderland -

Besides the point, Sarah, stay focused!

"Wait, Sarah! I was just kidding! I'm sorry I shouldn't have said that." He runs after me and grabs my arm, spinning me around to face him.

"That was uncalled for, Zander, and actually kind of creepy." I whisper-yell at him and pull my arm free, backing away slightly. What suddenly crawled up his butt and died, he was super nice and sweet earlier?

His hands run over his face and into his hair, tugging at the ends slightly in frustration. "I don't know, Cupcake, I don't know. I'm sorry."

I sigh softly and walk over to where he is, "It's okay, I guess," I reach into my bag and pull out the plush Creeper, "Oh, and another thing, slow the swear train." I smile and hit him in the face with the plush, busting up laughing when he looks at me with complete shock.

"You just hit me with the little green penis, what the hell?!" His mouth is hanging open as he touches the cheek I hit, his eyes wide with total shock. That's what you get, haha!

I hit his other cheek with the plush, "Hey! I just said slow the swearing! I don't like hearing it! Makes me feel dirty inside." I shiver with slight disgust and feel the blush rise up to my cheeks when I admit it. Swearing has always left me feeling bad, not exactly sure why though. So I try to eliminate it from my life if possible. Kinda hard though when all your friends think they're sailors, but I still love them.

Zander's shocked expression faded into an adorable smile, "You're so innocent." He coos, pinching my already red cheeks.

I slap his hands away, my cheeks heating up even more. "No I'm not!"

He laughs loudly at this, like bend over and slap your knee type of laugh. "Oh yeah? Prove it. I doubt your little self can do it!"

I smirk and walk up to him, inching so close that our chests are lightly brushing against each other. With a new found confidence and an arrogant smirk, I reply with the best thing that I can think of.

"That's what she said." With that I back away and bust up laughing. He stands there, his mouth hanging open again, shock apparent on his face. Then finally, he busts up laughing with me, both of us leaning on the bench for support as we laugh.

He wipes a tear from his eye and looks over at me, "Well played, Cupcake, well played, you proved me wrong. I'm proud of you and your dirty minded self!" With that said we bust up into another fit of laughter, not caring whether or not people were staring at us like we were insane.

~•~

Zander's P.O.V.

The rest of the day was spent with Sarah or I dragging each other into stores we liked then freaking out when we found something we liked. For me, a bunch of tee's and music cd's and for her, leggings, band tee's, and posters.

As of now I'm driving her home, while she's fast asleep in the passenger seat. It was only eight-thirty when she started falling asleep while in the stores, and as soon as we made it back to the car she was fast asleep. She's quite cute while she sleeps, even cuter when she's being sarcastic or shy with me. The day has been great, I feel like we've really connected as friends and had such a great time.

I pull into her driveway and shut off the car. All the lights in the house are off, meaning everyone must be asleep as well. I look over at her as she rests peacefully, deciding not to wake her from her sleep. I jump out of the car and make my way to the front door, trying out the door knob to see if it's locked. Thankfully, it's not and I'm able to open it. I walk back to the car and go over to Sarah. Gently, I lift her out of the car and into my arms. She's so small, I've got to wonder if she eats enough.

She snuggles into my shoulder and my heart quickens. Quickly, but gently, I carry her up to her room. Luckily for me, I was able to tell which room was hers in the dark right away. Big thanks to the letters on the door spelling out 'Sarah's Room'.

Her room is small, with light purple walls and one that's completely black with different posters and paintings covering it. Slowly I walk over to her bed and rest her down. I pull the covers over her as she turns and snuggles into her pillows. What an angel she is. I smile at her peaceful face then realize I'm being a creeper.

Groaning quietly I start heading towards the door, but stop when I notice an open drawer to my left.

It's not the drawer sticking out that caught my eye, no. It's the kitten covered bra hanging over the edge that catches my eye.

And the matching set of underwear to go with it.

This is a very bad idea.

~•~

Here it is, Chapter 8 is here! Phew, it's quite late here I'm lucky I'm still wide awake to write all of this.

GO SARAAAAHHH!! Get 👏 that 👏 self 👏 respect! 👏👏👏👏 Y'all Ik you think it was extra and uncalled for, but Sarah was simply standing up for her dignity and didn't let Zander make sexual innuendos towards her 👏👏👏👏 I ask y'all not to be angry with her, because if it was your mother, father, sister, brother, best friend, or anyone close to you, would you want them to be faced with that too?? No, it's not extreme and was a little joking, but it is still a sexual innuendo (a jealously fueled one at that). Ladies and Gents, I encourage you do the same if it's some random dude/gal you don't really even know suggesting those things too! And yes, If Zander was my BF or best friend I wouldn't even care, cause that's totally different 😂😂😂❤️❤️❤️❤️

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