The next day....... After breakfast.....
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Everyone piled on to the two vans waiting for them in front of the house. Nellie and Fiske was on the wheels. The one where Nellie was driving went on Amy, Dan, Jake, Atticus and the Starling triplets. On the other went on Ian, Natalie, Hamilton, Jonah, Phoenix, Madison and Reagan and Jiah. After the seat belts were buckled, the two vans peeled out of the driveway and headed to the nearest mall. There, Nellie and Fiske dropped them off, saying that they would meet them at the same place at 5 o'clock.
Amy spoke up. "If we split, we could get it done in no time.. But if we are going to split, we have to with one group who's
going to my school and the other who's going to Dan's.."
"We only have to buy uniforms and stationary right?" Jiah asked. Amy nodded.
"We can all go to the uniform shop and the stationary place. We don't have to split. I mean it would be crowded but that would be better than putting Dan in charge of the other group right?" She said.
There were laughs and giggles all around with an exception of Dan who said "hey!"
Jiah poked her tongue out at him.
Amy led the group to the uniforms shop where there was all the uniforms from the nearby schools. The cashier, astounded at the amount of kids coming in, quickly brought 3 more assistants from the back. Amy led the older kids to one corner when Dan led the others to the other corner. Two assistants followed Dan's group and quickly brought out shirts, blouses, skirts and trousers, blazers and vests and ties for them to try on. At the other side of the store, the older kids were getting help from the other two assistants.
Dan and Amy, who already had uniforms helped the others as they went in and out of the changing rooms. The boys were done before the girls and lounged at the couches provided with bags full of uniforms beside them. And watched the girls try on theirs.
Madison and Reagan absolutely hated the idea of wearing skirts but a few bribes from Hamilton they finally gave in and found their sizes and sat down next to their brother, still long faced. Natalie too, wasn't fond of wearing things that all the other girls would wear but when she saw the cute uniforms she stopped complaining. Sinead also joined her brothers at the couch area after she found the right sizes for her.
The only people left were Natalie and Jiah. Nat had already chosen her uniform sizes and asking one of the assistants how long the skirts have to be. When the assistant replied saying that the school did not really mind unless you were showing 'inappropriate' parts. Natalie, obviously pleased with the assistent's answer, pulled out her skirt and asked them if they did alterations. The assistant nodded, taking the skirt out if Natalie's hand and asking her how short she wanted it. Nat indicated with her hands that she wanted it around 20cm above her knee. She looked at Ian for confirmation and Ian justed nodded once. Hamilton was shocked.
"You are letting Natalie wear a skirt that short?"
Ian shrugged. "That is decent. She have worn shorter skirts before. At her last school, it was shorter than the middle of her thigh."
Hamilton was opening and closing his mouth like a fish. Madison patted his leg comfortingly. A few moments later, Natalie came skipping back with her shopping bags dangling from her hands. Now they waited for Jiah to finish. Amy was waiting for her outside the changing rooms.
"You done?" Amy asked.
" yes. But I don't think it looks good on me." was the reply from the other side of the door.
" Well, come out so we can see" Amy said.
" Everyone is staring at me, arent they?" Jiah asked.
Amy glanced back and saw a lot of eyes staring back at her.
" Yup". She replied, popping the p.
" Great now everyone will see how ugly I look in these things" Jiah groaned.
"Just come out. I'll buy you some strawberry icecream later!" Hamilton called across the door.
"That's called bribing!" Jiah yelled back. Everyone laughed.
While evryone was laughing, the changing room door opened and stepped out a uniformed Jiah. She was breathtakingly beautiful, cute and hot at the same time. The colour blue and black went well with her pale skin and the curve-hugging blazer and vest showed off her body. Her skirt was shorter than the ones on display but it did not look slutty at all. Her long legs showed off themselves as Jiah walked foward. The group became silent.
Then Jonah yelled out "whoo hoo! You're smoking hot gurl! The boys will be all over you!"
Jiah poked her tongue out at him.
"You suit it. They should get you to model the uniform. I mean that blonde chick looks like she's on drugs." Hamilton said indicating the poster that was hung up on the store wall that showed a blond girl posing with a guy wearing the same uniform as Jiah. Everyone laughed. Jiah went back into the changing rooms and soon came out with a pile of clothes draped in one arm and wearing her original outfit, which consisted of black jeans and a white sweater.
"So we only need the winter uniform, right?" Jiah asked Amy.
Amy nodded. "Uhhuh. We will buy the summer one when we need to." Jiah payed for her clothes with the card the madrigals have all given them and walked to the group was sitting with Amy. Amy clapped her hands.
"Lets go guys! We only have the books left to buy." The group obeyed, some unwillingly and they all said thank you as they trudged out the door. The stationary was not far away. They entered and Amy gave them the list of stuff they needed to buy.
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Lunch time
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"I. Am. Starving" Dan groaned as they all exited the store with few more shopping bags in their hands.
"Lunch time! Yes!" Atticus yelled joyfully and he and Dan raced towards the food court. The group all caught up soon and they all chose the food they were having and dug in. Everyone had chosen fast foods except for..Ian, Natalie and Jiah. Jiah and Ian were holding a plastic container full of sushi and Natalie held a salad. They all grabbed a table that seated all of them and dug in.
While the younger kids chatted away, Amy asked the older as she ate her food. "We have around 3 hours left till Nellie and Uncle Fiske comes and picks us up. What should we do?"
"We can go shopping!" Natalie piped in, hearing what Amy said. The group all groaned.
"No more shopping."Phoenix cried. "Are you trying to torture us?"
"We could go bowling or something. Or go to the arcade." Jake suggested.
"Bowling?" The Starling boys said.
"Yeah! Let's go bowling!" Madison and Reagan cried together.
"I agree man, It has been ages since I went bowling with my homies." Jonah said.
"We never went bowling together." Sinead pointed out.
"Good point.."
"Ok than. Bowling it is." Amy said and carried on eating. The others turned back to their food as well.
"How do you do that?" Madison asked.
"Do what?" Atticus was curious.
"You does stick thingys to eat" Madison replied. Everyone turned to look at Jiah who was eating sushi with her chopsticks.
"What? You never seen chopsticks before?" Jiah asked the group. Some nodded yes. Some nodded no.
"Huh.." She carried on eating, skillfully maneuvering her chopsticks.
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Bowling
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"Yus!! Your team is going down!" Sinead yelled as she and her brothers scored another strike.
"That's because you keep doing that calculating thing to she how hard and what direction you need to throw the damn ball!" Hamilton said.
"Bowling is a sport darling. And you are a tomas." Sinead said back.
While they played, Amy sat in the lounge area with Jake's are snaking around her waist. Jiah and Ian were also not bowling but was having a game of chess. Which Amy found amusing because why would you want to verse Ian in chess?
"Annnddd, checkmate." Jiah said as she moved her bishop. "that would be one to you, and two to me."
Ian groaned. They set up another game and began playing again.
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Back at the Mansion.
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"I'm tired. I am going to bed." Jiah told the group as they were watching a movie after dinner.
"Sure. Goodnight." Amy said. Jiah waved goodbye and went up to her room where Romeo was already asleep. She smiled and scratched behind his ears and walked towards to bathroom to get ready for bed. As she lay down on the bed she thought, 'it was worth to come here' and went to sleep, a smile never leaving her lips.
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A/N
I. Am an horrible horrible author!!
I am sorry for NOT updating!! I have been busy with so much stuff... I'm sorry.
Also I tried to show you all the uniform photos including the summer uniforms but... They only let me to upload one at a time. So... Dan's school uniform is coming up in the next chapter.
Have an amazing day guys!!