Ten minutes later, the cell phone rang. “Who could this be?” she said prior to taking the call. “Hello?”
“Hi, Quinn, it's Wolfgang.”
Quinn moved the cell phone from her ear and covered the microphone with her hand “Oh, dear!” she said. She then placed it back at her ear. “Um, I have already arranged with Koichi to go to the Mall of the Millennium with him.”
“Oh!” Wolfgang's voice sounded slightly hurt.
“You're welcome to come with us if you want,” Quinn said, with a slight agitated giggle.
“What are your plans?”
“Koichi is going to pick me up at 8:15 and be out of Lawndale by 8:30,” Quinn said.
“Ok,” Wolfgang said.
“We could pick you up; it wouldn't do to have your car parked on the street near my house all day.”
“No problem there, your house isn't that far from mine. I can walk.”
“Are you sure? We could go by your place.”
“I'm sure.”
“Cool, I'll see you at 8:10 then?”
Wolfgang agreed and hung up. Quinn hoped that the situation wouldn't go out of hand. As she placed the phone down it rang again. 'I guess that this is Xavier!' she thought with slight agitation. “Hello?”
“Quinn, I hope I am not too late!” Xavier said.
“Depends how you define 'too late.'”
“I am too late, aren't I?”
“Yeah, you are, Xavier, but you can still come with if you still want to skip school,” Quinn said sweetly.
“That would be good. What time can I come around?”
“About eight, but not any later.”
“About eight?”
“Yes.”
“I can do that.”
“Cool,” Quinn said.
“So, who is picking you up?” Xavier asked.
“Koichi.”
“Oh, OK.”
“Is that alright?”
“It's alright, I wasn't expecting it is all.”
Friday, October 29, 2005
Quinn saw Daria leave the house at 7:50, heading towards Jane's house, from one of her bedroom windows. She had heard her parents leaving for work earlier. She then left the room to get breakfast.
Xavier found the Morgendorffer's house at 8:00. 'Eleven-Eleven, this is the place. Quite a large house,' he thought. He rang the doorbell.
Quinn opened it soon afterwards. “Hi, Xavier, the others aren't here yet,. You can come in and wait,” she said.
“Sure, Quinn,” he said. He stepped inside and took in the sight of the living room... “This is quite large,”
“It is, isn't it?”
Wolfgang arrived at Quinn's house slightly early. He knocked on the door. Quinn opened it “Hi, Wolfgang, we're just waiting on Koichi now,” she said.
“How soon?” Wolfgang asked as he came inside. He saw Xavier watching the news on the TV. “Hi.”
“Five to ten minutes,” Quinn said.
“Cool,” Wolfgang said.
When Jennifer arrived at Jane's house she could see that Daria and Jane were waiting for her.
“So, ready for the mall trip?” she asked.
“As I'll ever be,” Daria said.
“Same here,” Jane said.
“You don't usually wait out in the front,” Jennifer said.
“I want to get there early,” Daria said.
“Ok,” Jennifer said.
“Sure,” Jane said.
At 8:25 Koichi drove his mother's SUV out of Lawndale on Maryland State Route 276. Quinn was sitting in the passenger seat and Xavier and Wolfgang were in the back. “We should be at the Mall of the Millennium by 11:00 at the latest, Quinn,” he said.
“Very good, but it would be good idea to keep the radio on to listen for traffic conditions,” Quinn said.
“Sure, Quinn,” Rob said.
“I'm not sure it would make much of a difference,” Wolfgang said.
“Why?” Quinn asked.
“There is only one bridge over the bay,” Wolfgang said.
“I meant for within Baltimore,” Quinn said.
At 8:35 the Fashion Club also left Lawndale on the same route, being driven by a male victim escort.
“Why did we have to do this again?” Stacy asked.
“Because, we had to take up this opportunity!” Sandi said.
“Right!” Stacy said.
“I don't think that answers the question, Sandi,” Tori said.
“I think it does, Tor-ri,” Sandi said.
Tori grumbled.
Maryland/Delaware Border
The Fashion Club stopped at a gas station immediately on the Delaware side of the border.
“Why are we stopping here?” Sandi asked.
“We need gas!” Guy, the Fashion Club's driver, said.
“Didn't you fill it up back in Lawndale, like, before you picked us up?” Sandi asked.
“No, you were insistent on leaving so quickly!”
“Right! I'll fill it then!” Sandi said. She went to the pump herself.
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