Maralyn stopped Bridget in mid-walk. "Hey. You new around here?"
Her husband was a great person, but she needed a female friend around her age to be close to as well. Besides, they did intrude on their conversation.
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Justin chuckled. "Yeah, she is definately a mini-Marlyn. Want to hold her?"
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Stacey stepped into the Eagle, picking up and extra small shirt and turned to Syd. "Now, I could never fit into this if I tried, but it might look great on you."
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Peter got closer to Brian and Emmy with Jen, Logan and Miley. When he saw Brian and Emmy sitting alone, he awsked, "What's wrong?"

Bridget turned to the woman and smiled. "Yes, I am." She offered her hand, "Bridget West."

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Rosamunde nodded. "The mall...I want to go to the mall."

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Sydney smiled as she took the shirt. She set it down and grabbed the same shirt, but in an aqua-color. "I don't wear pink. It clashes with my hair." She chuckled.

Sydney went to look at a rack with some plaid summer dresses. "So, Stacey, you and Ally are best friends, I take it?"

Declan nodded, "Alright then, off to the mall we go." Declan waved goodbye to those who were closest, though they probably didn't notice him. "I bid you all farewell!"
Declan and Rosamunde walked to the Mall and soon arrived. They decided instead of searching the entire mall for her, they should ask someone if they saw them. Declan approached a Mall cop with Rosamunde close behind. "Hello, My name is Declan O'Hara, and this is my cousin, Rikki T. Tavi." Declan said pointing to Rosamunde.
"The 'T' stands for 'Tikki'." Roseamunde said with a wave.
The man responded with raising his eyebrow.
"Have you seen a girl with really noticeably orange hair. She was also with a couple of other girls." Declan said, "Also, do you know who Bunny Lake is?"
"I did see the girl with orange hair, she went that way." the Mall cop responded, "But I don't know who Bunny Lake is."
"Thank You, sir." Declan said, then he turned to Rosamunde, "Lets go."

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Syre continued to do his homework until he was finished. "Ah. Finally." Syre put away his school things, then headed downstairs and out the front door. "Now, where is everyone hanging out today? Maybe the mall." Syre said to himself as he began to walk down the road.

Rosamunde waves to the cop as they walked toward The Eagle. "Yeah, she's definitely in there." Rosamunde said with a smile as she spotted the flaming orange hair of Sydney.

"Sydney!" Rosamunde called her name.

Sydney looked up as she heard her name behind called. "Oh, hi. You found us."

Rosamunde nodded. "Declan's a great detective."

Sydney looked at Declan and smiled. "I see."

((OOC: @Reepissweet - Mall rent-a-cops ))

Ally hated to admit it, but Declan was good. "You should be a lawyer," she muttered.

Okay! Back to RP real-time, lol.

"Besties," Ally assured Sydney. "Since fifth grade."

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Johnny reached over and picked up the baby. "So, how old is she now?"

Maralyn had caught Bridget and was now chatting to her, so Johnny redirected his attention to his brother. "Um." He swallowed. "What's been going on lately?"

"Mm." Sydney said, nodding. She bit her lip and turned her attention to the clothes.

Stacey gave Ally a smile, glad she still thought of her as a bestie. She pulled out a pair of jeans, then showed then towards her body. "Think I should buy 'em?"
She looked at Declan, who looked as if he were about to make another wise-crack. She smirked, waiting to hear what he would say next.
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Justin smiled sweetly since Sarah was sleeping soundly (couldnt resist). "She is a few months old. "
He carefully handed the baby to Johnny. "Be careful."
"Well, I've been working and herlping with Sarah. Glad to have had a quiet summer, actually." He chuckled.
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Peter decided maybe he was a little ard on Stacey, adn repented of that. She did feel bad about what Mr. Pole did. However, he wanted Logan to be careful and on the look out. "Logan, I'm sorry I reacted that way. It's just Ally is a really bad influence on her and I don't want you to get caught up in their antics."
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Micah was glad Ian let him stay at his house. He unpacked what little things he had and realized he needed clothes. Still, he couldn't go to a mall where there were a bunch of cops. What if they recognized him and sent him to juvie, jail or back to his dad?
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Maralyn smiled at the woman. "Nice tyo meet you too. I'm not normally good with introductions." She blushed, a hint of the shyness from her youth still there. "So, you like it here so far?"

Bridget smiled, "Yeah, I do. I think I'll be happy here...I still have to unpack, though. I should probably leave soon to go tend to that..."

Maralyn asked, "Do you like to read? Maybe we could read a book and get together to talk about it."

Bridget laughed. "I'm a lawyer. About all I do is read."

Maralyn smiled, glad to find some common ground as far as reading was concnerned. "Hey, why don't you give me our number and we go to the bookstore sometime?"

"Sure." Bridget set her McDonald's cup on the ground and fished around her purse for a pen and a slip of paper. She wrote down her number and handed it to Maralyn. "Here you go, Maralyn."

She picked up her cup and asked, "Is that your daughter?" Bridget pointed toward the baby that Johnny was holding.

Maralyn took the number from Bridget, then looked at her baby. "Yeah, a few montsh old. Johnny is Justin's older brother."

"Justin is your husband?" Bridget asked, pointing toward the men.

Maraly smiled, "Sure is. The guy you talked to is Johnny. He's avaliable, I think." She wasn't meaning to be a date-setter but the romance stroy she read last night was getting the best of her, giving her the idea Johnny should start dating.