The Immortal Cure - Series Two

Chapter Twenty One - Shopping

Riley had soon enough skipped out on us. He wasn't really into the shopping part, only the eating part.

Jaymi and I strolled through the large mall, wandering slowly and carefree.
It wasn't at all what I had expected, actually, it was quite the opposite. It was huge, just as huge as the mall back home. It was modern, peaceful, full of customers with fluent French accents.

I was enjoying the time with Jaymi, but there was still that part in the back of my mind that wondered if Duke was okay.

"How come you and Riley didn't go help Duke?" I asked as we sauntered into another formal dress store.

She shrugged "Someone has to stay and make sure you don't get hurt"

Of course.

"This is pretty" Jaymi smiled as she held up the long tail of a creamy white formal dress, more suited for bridesmaids than anything else.

"You like that?" I asked, creasing my eyebrows as I stood next to her examining it "You don't wear dresses, let alone, dresses like this" I eyed her up and down.

She shrugged "I have a feeling I'm going to need one soon"

"What do you mean?" I asked as we walked out of the shop

"Just a feeling you know, like those ones you get" She continued, narrowing her eyes on another shop in the distance, this time a casual store

"Hold on!" I stopped dead in my tracks, the puzzle fitting together in my head as I gripped a hand on Jaymi's arm stopping her

"What?" Jaymi asked, a look of fright on her face

"Don't tell me.." I trailed off, not believing it

"What?" Jaymi repeated, still a look of shock poised on her features

"You and Riley.. don't tell me your already thinking about getting married?" I asked, putting it together

Jaymi's face relaxed at the lack of threat, her eyebrows raising

"Deffinitley not" She sighed, pulling me along, continuing our walking

"No?" I asked, sure that I had guessed right

"No way" She confirmed

"Then what is going on? Because you've all been acting super shady" I pushed

"Be patient" She huffed out

I decided to drop the subject, but started on another heavy one

"I asked Duke if he would turn human again last night" I threw it out there.

I wanted her opinion, maybe he had told her something he hadn't told me.

Her face turned towards me as we entered another shop.

"Are you joking?" She asked, incredulously

"No"

"And what did he say?" She asked, as we browsed at a few shirts hanging on hangers around the store

"Nothing really. I told him I didn't want him too, that I was just curious about our future. I've also been wondering if he ever thinks about that stuff you know.." I trailed off, watching her face

"He does, you know, think about that stuff" She understood immediately, smiling weakly at me from across a bunch of stacked clothes

"How do you know? Did he tell you?" I asked

"I know because we all think about that stuff. I think about it, Riley thinks about it, Duke told Riley he thinks about it. I mean, Duke's an old guy, he'd have great great great grand kids by now, if he was a real boy" She joked, coming off a little creepy