Sydney followed as Stacey pulled her along. "I don't need fashion tips; just someone to show me around." Sydney said, chuckling lightly and shaking her head.

Logan stood helpless in the middle of the blowout between Peter and Stacey. He tried to piece together what they were talking about, but he really had no idea. Why is Peter so upset with Stacey? Logan wondered, She hasn't done anything, she just came up and introduced herself.

That's when Peter warned Logan to watch out for his hair. Logan's eyebrows rose slightly with confusion. "Whoa... what now?" He didn't get an answer, as Stacey immediately began blaming something - though he had no idea what - on Jen's dad. The entire conversation continued to spiral downward, until it finally ended with an uneasy ceasefire when Stacey decided to take Sydney shopping. As soon as they began walking away, Logan turned to Peter, slightly angered with his friend.

"Dude, what was that about? Stacey was just being friendly and stuff." Logan crossed his arms and waited for an answer.

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Emmy felt alienated as the other teens all congregated, quickly realizing that she didn't feel she belonged in the group. Her friends were now chatting with people she didn't know well, and she didn't like it. Instead of trying to keep up with everything being said and look like a weirdo standing there so silently, she quietly slipped away, deciding she'd stroll along the park's sidewalk a bit and lose herself to her own thoughts.

She didn't get far, however, when she saw Brian still sitting alone on the bench, and she changed her mind. She sat down on the bench as well, and grinned a bit. "Hey. The group got kind of big, so I left." She shrugged, "I guess I'm not very conversational."

Peter said, "She stalked me last year, then said something to Jen about me kissing Jen in front of her dad, who no longer trusted me to be with Jen. So, Jen's dad rushed over to me and pulled half my hair out and it became this big news story in town. Then, Miley's brother came to the mall to help Miley, because some girl threatened to do the same to her that Jen's dad did to me if she didn't dump her now ex boyfriend. Justin and a guy who used to be his friend went to confront the newspaper for putting me in the article, name and picture since I was only 14. Then, some thugs came after them and my cousin had to go to court for defending his friend and my friend from those thugs." He prayed Logan would understand why hanging out with Stacey was a bad idea, but he hated that he had to share some unpleasant memories.
Jen put in, "Stacey is the one who talked with Ally in front of my mom Peter got suspended for pills. Until then, we coudl only talk at school and church. After that, we couldn't hang out period. Our friends had to work hard in order for me and Peter to be back together. But, Peter is off the pills. "
Peter swallowed. He knew Jen looked uncomfortable telling Logan, but he needed to understand where they were coming from. "Hey, I think Emmy left. How abotu we go find her?"
Miley agreed, "It is getting late." She turned to Logan. "Please don't be upset at Peter. He's only looking out for you. Those girls are stalkers and are craving for any kind of attention."
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Stacey smiled, as she went into the mall. Maybe Syd could be good moral support, since she wasn't getting any from Ally. Then again, she could lose Ally's friendship. She almost did that night she felt horrible about Mr. Pole pulling Peter's hair out and didn't want that to happen again.

OOC (Thought I'd make a new Character to create more RP for myself. You can read about the Character in the post office.)
“Just beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it!” Syre sang with Michael Jackson’s voice echoing at an ear splitting high volume behind him. “No one wants to be defeated, Showin' how funky and strong is your fight, It doesn't matter who's wrong or right. Just Beat it! Beat it-”
“Syre! Turn that music down and come down for dinner!” Syre’s mother shouted from downstairs. “It’s been ten minutes!”
Syre stopped in mid ‘Michael Jackson Move’, then rolled his eyes as he pushed the pause button on his iPod which was hooked up to a iHome. “Coming!”
Syre slid down the banister then walked into the kitchen where he found his parents sitting at the table.
“Son, you have to listen to your mother.” Syre’s father said.
Syre rolled his eyes.
“Don’t roll your eyes at me!” The father shouted, “You think it’s cool to hate your parents? You better be glad that we haven’t given in and sent you away to boarding school.
I guess he has a- No! I can’t give in! Syre thought. “Well at least I wouldn’t have to hang around you.”
“I haven’t finished yet.” His father said, “In boarding school they don’t let you wear over-sized and over-priced shirts. They also don’t let you listen to your music.”
No music! That’s utter torture Syre thought, “Yeah, whatever.”
“You bet.” His father said.
As the dinner continued a few arguments were started, but then settled in a not so much successful manner. After it was finished, Syre stood from his seat and placed his plate in the sink.
“Do you have homework, Syre?” His mother asked.
“I just did.” Syre said, “Before Dinner.”
“I’m not talking about learning the words to ‘Beat it’.” Syre’s mother said, “I’m talking about school homework.”
“Son, if you want to lie about you doing your homework at least try and convince us.” Syre’s father said, “We heard you the last two hours singing at the top of your lungs.”
“I’ll go do it.” Syre said, walking towards the stairs.
“That’s right, Mr.” Syre’s Mother said. “You march right up there.”
Syre rolled his eyes.

After eating dinner, Justin and Maralyn decided to take a walk with baby Sarah. As he came to the back of the restaurant, he saw Johnny talking with...a girl? He had to remind himself not to rush to his brother with baby in tow, so when they got there, Justin said, "Hey Johnny!" The wind blew his short, shoulder length hair in his face, so he pushed it back with his hand. He had been working on really short beard as well. He opened his stroller, then took his little girl out and held her carefully in his arms. "Meet Sarah."

Sydney looked around the mall as she entered it. It was big, but not huge. Good, I don't feel like walking a mile just to get across the thing...

Sydney looked at Ally and Stacey. "So, where do you want to go first?"

Stacey looked at the piercing place in front of her. "What do you say we get our stomachs pierced?"

"And risk horrible infection?" Sydney asked, grimacing. "No, thank you. I'll pass." She touched her earrings, which had dangling peacock feathers and thin silver chains. "Having my ears pierced is quite enough for me."

Stacey grinned at Syd. "Okay." She looked towards The Eagle. Let's go in there and try on as many outfits as we can. It will be fun."

Wiping her tears away, Maya sat Melisha up carefully against the brick building. Unzipping her bag, she quickly got out some ointment and dipped some of it on a paper towel. Pushing Melisha's hair away from her swollen face, she touched the ointment as gently as she could. "Does the ointment make it sting?" Maya spoke for the first time sense she had come back. "It'll make it feel better after it stops stinging." She nodded reassuringly. "Are you hungry? I got some food." She pulled out a bagel and some apples from the bag. "Oh! And water!" She handed the water bottle to Melisha to drink first.

"Sure," Sydney said, following Stacey toward the store.

Johnny was just about to answer Bridget, but his brother's voice broke through the air. Sarah? That must be their baby...

Johnny turned around and waved brightly. "Hi Sarah!" He looked to the left and to the right of his eye level. "Sarah...?" Johnny feigned confusion. "Justin, where is she?"

He looked down. "There's mini-Maralyn!"

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Ally turned to Declan. "Well, last time I checked, Sydney was NOT a neckless wonder of pure wrestling muscle, so....." She smiled at him. "So I wouldn't take your little sports trivia to heart in this situation."

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OOC: Writing this from my mom's iPhone so please excuse any typos!

"Heh... point taken. However, It's not sports trivia." Declan said, "It's 1980's movie trivia. Plus the Rocky saga is a sweeping epic." Declan said with a smile.

Bridget smiled awkwardly at the newly arrived couple. When there was a moment of silence, she looked at Johnny. "Well, I'm gonna go." She pointed toward her right.

As she started to walk away, she thought, That was...awkward.

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Rosamunde rolled her eyes at her cousin. "You and your Rocky movies. I still can't believe you made me watch all of those..."

Rosamunde turned to say something to Sydney, only to find that the girl was gone. "Hey, where'd Sydney go?"

"As long as everyone who has seen her in the past minute or so admits that she ever existed. If they don't admit that she exists then it looks like you're going to have to be Jody Foster, and I'm not sure who that will make me." Declan said.
Rosamunde raised an eyebrow at Declan.
"You know, Flightplan or if you are into old movies Bunny Lake is Missing." Declan explained, "No worries though, I think they went to the mall."

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Syre sat at his desk in his room. The laptop next to him had Facebook open, however nothing was happening on it, so it was just sitting idle. Music with a heavy beat began to stream through his earbuds as he attempted to block out the world. Something inside of him tugged and yearned to go back downstairs and apologies, but he dismissed it and thought about how stupid of an idea that would be. Syre continued to finish up his homework, hopefully to get his mind off of things.