Quinn's Code - Geekery at the Mega-Mall - Part 6

 After five minutes, Daria and Quinn came to an agreement. “Here's the deal; I will do most of Daria's hores for a month, She gets an additional 20 megabytes a month and we will take her, Jane and Jennifer back to Lawndale with us,” Quinn said.

“It'll be a tight squeeze, but we can manage it,” Koichi said. He looked at the equipment. “Even with the equipment.”

 

“Has to be better than the bus,” Jane said.

 

Jennifer gave a small smile.

 

“I certainly won't get sick,” Daria said.

However, there was trouble. “Well, well. If it isn't like, the Geekendorffer!” Sandi said as she approached, with the rest of the Fashion Club behind her.

 

“Of course she would be here!” Quinn said. “Murphy's Law and all.”

 

“Uh, oh!” Jennifer said, remembering the happenings at the coffee house.

 

“I see you skipped school too!” Sandi said.

 

“Only for today,” Quinn said with a hard edge to her voice.

 

Sandi looked at the trolley filled with equipment. “Only you would like, go to a Mega-Mall for computer equipment,” she said.

 

“I'm sure others would!” Quinn said in retaliation.

 

Sandi stepped closer to Quinn. “No they wouldn't!” Sandi said.

 

“I would,” Jennifer said.

 

“What did, like, Burnout Girl, say?” Sandi asked.

Jane stepped back, knowling what would happen next. So did Tori, and Stacy ran off to a nearby table.

“I hate that name!” Jennifer exclaimed.

“She said that she would also go to a Mega-mall for computer equipment,” Jane said.

 

“None of your business anyway,” Daria said.

 

“Whatever!” Sandi said. She turned her attention back to Quinn “Now, Geekendorffer, tell me why you think that you can be popular!”

 Quinn glared at Sandi “You already know that. My whole side of the debate at the Coffee House!”

 

Sandi stared at Quinn.

 

Quinn stared back.

 

“This is going nowhere,” Tori said with some exhasperation.

 

“Oh really, then perhaps you can ask her, as President of the Fashion Club!”

 

“No Sandi, I wouldn't replace you, but this confrontation is going nowhere,” Tori said.

 

Jennifer timidly moved beside Quinn in a show of support. Wolfgang also moved next to her.

 

Sandi glared at Jennifer, who, after a few seconds, ducked behind Quinn.

 

Jane quickly replaced her. 'You are not getting away with what you're attempting,' Jane thought as she added to Quinn and Wolfgang's stares upon Sandi.

 

 

A few minutes later Sandi and the rest of the Fashion Club left the food court. “Why are weee leaving?” Tiffany asked.

 

“After failing to make the Geekendorffer see sense, I like, decided to leave, and try again at a different time,” Sandi said.

 

“That's not what I remember,” Stacy said. Sandi glared at her. “Eep!”

 

'She's right, Sandi!' Tori thought.

 

“But I'm still hungry,” Tiffany said.

 

“Tiffany, dear, one good thing about a Mall the size of this one is that there are like, multiple food courts,” Sandi said.

 

“O-oh.”

'Thank goodness,' Stacy thought.

 

“That was strange,” Jennifer said as she watched the Fashion Club and Guy leave.

 

“Don't worry about it,” Daria said.

 

Jane turned to Quinn. “Where do we meet before we leave?” she asked.

 

“D Lavender Five, it's close to the secondary entrance,” Quinn said.

 

“You got that?” Daria asked.

 

“There's nothing to it,” Jane said.

 

“Easy to remember,” Jennifer said.

 The two groups then got their lunch before going their separate ways.

 

 

Quinn reflected on the situation. 'Why is it that, Sandi has to oppose the notion of a geek like me being popular so stridently?' She had thought about it quite a lot since the opening night of the Coffee House. She hadn't come to any conclusion. One thing was certain, she and Sandi were likely to remain enemies for the rest of their high school years...

 

She also thought about the situation with Daria. Their relationship seemed to be getting better, Jane and Jennifer having a positive influence. Their discussion/argument about the terms of her silence of the matter of her having skipped school may have been longer even a couple of weeks before.

 

“What's up, Quinn?” Wolfgang asked as he finished his burger.

 

“Just thinking about what just happened,” Quinn said as she sipped her diet soda.

 

“You mean with Sandi?”

 

Quinn nodded.

 

“She'll get over it,” Wolfgang said.

 

“I'm not sure she will,” Quinn said.

 

“Eventually,” Wolfgang said.

 

 

Daria, Jane and Jennifer soon found the Doo Dad shop. “What is this stuff?” Jane asked, looking at the contents of the store in dismay.

 

“Who would buy such crappy, useless junk?” Daria asked.

 

“It definitely looks that way,” Jennifer said.

 

“Then this coupon is useless!” Jane said.

Kevin and Brittany then came out of the store. Kevin was singing Hundred bottles of beer on the wall.

 

“Did you see the cute little thingy with the cute thingy?” Brittany asked.

 

“I got it for you, babe.”

 

“Oh, Kev, this is the first cute thingy that you've bought me since... wait... you didn't steal this, did you?” Brittany asked.

 

“It was shrinkage, babe!” Kevin said.

 

“Oo-ooh!” Brittany dragged her boyfriend back into the store.

 

Jennifer, Jane and Daria then entered the store. As Jane entered a bell went off. The staff rushed up to her. “When your feeling bad or mad or sad, buy a doo dad! You'll feel glad! It's not too sad, to buy a doo dad, today!”

 

Jennifer glared at the staff.

 

“What are you doing to our friend?” Daria asked.

 

One of the staff gave Jane an armfull of merchandise. “You're our lucky ten-thousandth customer. All these doo dads are yours for free!”

 

Jane glared at him.

 

“Don't you get it? You're our winner!” the staff member said.

 

“I get it, but I don't want this stuff. What is it for anyway?” Jane said.

 

“You collect it,” the staff member said. The other staff members gathered around them, and a photographer took a photo of the group.

 

“Look, I came here because I got a twenty dollar coupon, but since I got accosted by the staff, I'm just going to leave it on the counter and leave!” Jane said.

 

“Why didn't you say so?” one of the staff said. She immediately piled additional 'doo dads' on the pile that Jane already held.

 

“Look! I'm not leaving with either this stuff or the coupon,” Jane said.

 

“Neither am I,” Daria said when the staff turned to her.

 

“Nor I,” Jennifer said.

 

One of the staff went behind the counter. “Here is a twenty in exchange for the coupon,” she said.

 

Jane dumped the pile of 'Doo-Dads' on the counter alongside the coupon, grabbed the twenty and dashed out of the store.

 

Daria and Jennifer quickly followed her.

 

Beginnings of 2020 - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Return to Meridian

 Deep Space Nine: Return to Meridian

2431

Ezri Dax emerged onto the Bridge. Captain Paris had paged her a few minutes earlier, saying that the Jadzia Idaris had dropped out of warp in the Trialus System on schedule. Meridian would be emerging from it’s other dimension in less than ten minutes.

Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliosto rating

 Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro

9.16/10.

Church notes - 6th September 2020

 6th September

What do you miss about Church?

But we can still be Church.

We can still love God and still love others.

1 John 4:21

Lets be people who love others like God loves us.

Psalm 68:1 - 6

Acts 24 - 26

1 Peter 3:15

We need to be prepard to defend our faith. To testify our faith in Jesus.

Paul's three trials before Felix, Festus and Agrippa.

Paul was still in prison because of the danger from the Jewish authorities. This is similar to injustices people face today because of their faith in Jesus.

Acts 25:18

Testify to to the good news of God's grace.

The Gospel testifies to God's love.

But Paul and Acts overall doesn't talk about God's love. Paul concentrates not on love, but on the Resurrection.

Acts 24: 15, 20, 21

Acts 25: 18, 19

Acts 26: 15 - 19

Resurrection

The Resurrection is the foundation of what we believe. Without the Resurrection, the Christian faith falls apart, it has no hope.

Acts 26:12 - 24

The Resurrected Lord Jesus

The Resurrection must lead to repentance.

vs 19

A wonderful hope. A glorious unstoppable hope.

Acts 26:15 - 18

Jesus gives purpose, hope and salvation. He overcomes the power of Satan.

The hope comes from the Resurrection.

Jesus' love is ongoing.

This is a hope we should proclaim.

Quantum of Solace rating

 Quantum of Solace

8.81/10.

Quinn's Code - Geekery at the Mega-Mall - Part 5

 Quinn, Xavier, Wolfgang and Koichi left Cuter Computer, with the three boys carrying most of the hardware.

'Great! Why did I have to pay nearly a hundred dollars for a share of Quinn's stuff?' Xavier wondered. He saw that the three of them had paid for just over half of the price of the computer equipment. 'I hope she pays it back...'

“Right, the Walmart should be in C Orange Four,” Quinn stated as they started moving away from the store.

“That doesn't sound right,” Wolfgang objected.

“Oh?” Quinn asked.

 

“It was something else,” Xavier said as he thought.

 

“I think it was B Amber Five,” Wolfgang said.

 

“Or was it D Tangerine Three?” Koichi added.

 

“One of them. Look for that general shade of color, then for the number,” Quinn said.

 

“I think the shade of color is multiple floor spanning,” Koichi said.

 

“Then we will look for the numeral and then the shade of color,” Quinn said.

“That will work,” Xavier said.

 

As they left the vicinity of Cuter Computer they didn't notice the Fashion Club coming out of Angejarni in the other direction.

Guy exited the fashion label store carrying all of the Fashion Club's purchases (although he had noticed that Stacy had bought the least stuff). 'Why can't they carry their stuff themselves?' he asked himself.

 

“Where are we going now?” Tori asked.

 

“I'm sure there are other label stores here, Let's look for them,” Sandi said.

 

“Suurrre,” Tiffany said.

 “Okay!” Stacy said.

 

“A great idea, Sandi,” Tori said.

 

“Absolutely,” Sandi said.

 

 

Daria, Jennifer and Jane met Mack as they left the bookstore.

“I thought I would see if there is a large business section,” he said.

 

“And you got the coupon,” Jane said.

 

“There's that too,” Mack said.

 

“I didn't see any, but then I only looked at the fiction, history, music and philosophy sections,” Daria said.

 

“Oh,” Mack said.

 

“There is one there; I found it as I looked at the Computer section,” Jennifer said quietly.

 

“Thanks,” Mack said.

 

Jennifer gave a small smile.

 

'Of course,' Daria thought.

 

“Let's find Scissor World,” Jane suggested.

 

“Sure,” Jennifer said.

 

“See ya,” Mack said as he went into the bookstore. Jennifer waved.

 

 

They soon found said store, and found that it was a hair salon.

“This is unexpected,” Jane said.

 

Jennifer walked up to the counter.

 

“You got here just in time,” one of the hairdressers said. She looked at Jane and Daria “You're almost in time.”

 

“I have this coupon,” Jennifer said, shyly as the hair dresser started leading her to a chair. “But I just wanted a pair of scissors,” she objected.

 

“We don't sell scissors, we cut hair. Which show?”

 

“What?” Jennifer asked, slightly confused and starting to back out. 'This isn't good,' she thought. She wanted out of the situation.

 

“Which TV show do you want your style from? Most of our clients go for a sitcom. Personally, I think you would look good without your hair over your face.”

 

“Um, I like my hair the way it is!” Jennifer said. 'I don't want a cut here, in an unfamiliar place!' she thought.

 

“Keep your scissors away from her hair,” Daria said.

 

'Thanks, Daria.”

 

“She means it,” Jane said.

 

“I could just style it. Choose a show and I will style it that way.”

 

“Have you heard of Sick Sad World?” Jane asked.

 

Jennifer frowned. 'Not a good idea, Jane!'

 

The hairdresser frowned. “I saw an episode once. It was just too weird!”

 

 

“That was scary. Although it was nice of her to exchange the coupon for cash,” Jennifer said after they had left Scissor Wizard.

 

“My stomach is grumbling. Let's participate in the food court traffic pattern,” Daria said.

 

“Sure,” Jennifer said.

 

“Sure, then afterwards we can find out what a Doo Dad is!” Jane said.

 

“Certainly,” Jennifer said.

 

Daria's stomach grumbled loudly.

 

 

With Wolfgang pushing a Walmart trolley full of computer equipment, Quinn and her friends approached one of the food courts for lunch. “How many outlets are there?” Xavier asked.

 

“Too many,” Koichi said.

 

“Not sure,” Quinn said.

 

 

Daria, Jane and Jennifer went to the end of a line in front of a take away pizza outlet.

 

'Wait a minute, that short-haired redhead looks familiar,' Jennifer thought. She quickly tapped said redhead on the shoulder...

 

 

Quinn felt someone tapping her on the shoulder. She quickly turned around to find Jennifer, with Daria and Jane standing behind her. “Uh, oh.”

 

“Well. What an unexpected opportunity for sibling bonding,” Daria said.

 

“I'm going to be sick,” Quinn said.

 

“Is that, like, a family thing?” Jane asked.

 

“What's that, Quinn?” Wolfgang asked.

 

“It's my sister and her friends.”

 

“Oh, the sophomore Economics class field trip,” Xavier said.

 

“You knew about this?” Quinn asked.

 

“Yeah, sorry,” Xavier said sheepishly.

 

Quinn turned back to Daria and her friends.

 

“Sorry,” Jennifer said.

 

Quinn gave her a smile, showing that she had no hard feelings towards her.

 

“I'm sure Mom and Dad will be really pleased to hear I ran into you. Here at the mall. On this lovely school day!” Daria said flatly.

 

“State your terms, Daria,”

 

“It's weird. The only thing I can think of is more of our download allowance,” Daria said.

 

“You wouldn't!” Quinn said.

 

Daria smirked.

 

“You would.”

 

“There is an alternative,” Daria said.

 

Quinn sighed. “What is this alternative?”

 

“I wouldn't mind taking it easy around the house for a month,” Daria said.

 

“That seems a bit exorbitant,” Jennifer murmured.

 

“It does, doesn't it. A month, Daria?”

 

“Or you can just never set foot inside a mall for the rest of your sorry adolescent life. And a ride back to the Suburban hell known as Lawndale would be appreciated too,” Daria said.

 

“Oh really?” Quinn asked.

 

“Uh, oh,” Jennifer said, backing off. Jane, Xavier, Wolfgang and Koichi backed off also as the Morgendorffers began to argue about their deal for never mentioning the trip to the Mall of the Millennium at home...

Quinn's Code - Geekery at the Mega-Mall - Part 4

 Guy drove the car away from the gas station.

“You didn't have to fill the car up,” Guy said.

 

Sandi turned to him “I want to get to the Mall of the Millennium as soon as possible, like with a minimum of delay. We have already been in rush hour traffic, like back in Baltimore!”

 

“We still have plenty of time, Sandi,” Tori said.

 

“But not as much as we could have had!” Sandi said.

 

“I guess not,” Tori said.

 

“Right,” Guy said, his eyes on the road. He saw a destination sign on the side of the road.

 

Crossbro, 30 Mi

 

 

Crossbro, Delaware

Rob drove carefully as they approached the edge of the Mall of the Millennium's outer parking lots.

“It's going to take a while to find a parking spot and to walk in,” he said.

 

“Of course,” Wolfgang said.

 

“I know,” Quinn said.

 

“I will park in the first one I find,” Rob said.

 

“That would be best,” Quinn said.

 

“I agree,” Wolfgang said.

 

Xavier looked at the clock on the dashboard. It was 10:45. 'I has to be all that traffic in Baltimore. The radio didn't really help,' he thought.

 

It took a while for Koichi to find a space.

 

 

At 11:00 Sandi stalked ahead of the Fashion Club into the Mall of the Millennium's main entrance. “If you hadn't been late, Stacy, we would not have been, like, caught in Rush Hour traffic on the way through Baltimore!”

 

“I said I was sorry!” Stacy said.

 

Sandi glared at Stacy.

 

“Eep!”

Guy sighed.

 

“And if we hadn't needed more gas!” Sandi said to Guy.

 

“I did say I'm sorry!” he said.

 Sandi just gave him a look of disapproval.

 

Behind her, Tori shook her head.

 

 

At 11:15 the Economics class had just entered the Mall and were already lost...

“We're in area B, section Pink, and we need to get to area C, section Orange. So, if we just bear right at area L, section Blue... oh, wait, sorry. Wrong level,” Mrs. Bennett said, trying to get the class out of the predicament.

Kevin noticed an interesting store. “Look, Mack Daddy! The Sports Shorts! A whole store full of shorts for sports!”

 

“Uh-huh,” Mack said, too tired to try to tell Kevin to not call him by that nickname. 'Why doesn't he get it through his thick head already!'

 

“Everyone, we'll walk down R Moss, and turn right at Q Canary. Please keep the flow, people, please keep the flow,” Mrs. Bennett said.

 

“I could find the way if she’d let me have the map,” Jennifer whispered to Jane.

 

“Maybe,” Jane said with a shrug.

 

“Who would ever guess there'd be so many colors? The person who thought them all up must be a genius,” Brittany said.

 

“Yeah, and we haven't even gotten to puke green yet,” Jane said. She glanced at Daria, who still looked queasy from the bus trip. “Oh, yeah.”

 

“I hope we find the executives soon,” Jennifer said.

 

“Why?” Daria asked.

 

“So we can get out of this boredom,” Jennifer said.

 

“Left at N Cranberry. Wait, is that cranberry or magenta? Jane, you're an artist,” Mrs. Bennett asked, unsure of the colors.

 

“It's cranapple,” Jane said.

 

'Very difficult to tell,' Mack thought.

 

Charles Ruttheimer III, otherwise known as Upchuck, noticed a store that piqued his purient interest. “Mrs. B? Can we please stop for a minute at Bikini Island? I'd like to buy a few trifles for the ladies, and perhaps you'd care to pick out something for yourself?”

 

“Not now, Charles. We'll be late for our meeting with the mall executives. I had to work very hard to arrange this. These are very important, very busy...” Mrs. Bennett trailed off as she was distracted by something that piqued her own interest.

 

“What is it, Mrs. B?” Upchuck asked.

 

Mrs. Bennet ran over to a store and looked in. “The Fuzzy Wuzzy Wee-Bit Shop! Herbert and I collect Fuzzy Wuzzy Wee Bits! Aren't they adorable? Look, a Fuzzy Wuzzy Wee Bits cactus! And look at that little bunny rabbit with its own Fuzzy Wuzzy carrot!”

 

“Great!” Daria said.

 

 

They soon found themselves in a conference room.

“...And of course, when you go to the mall, you look for what?” one of the mall executives asked the class.

 

“Bikinis! Make that lovely, luscious, ladies in bikinis!” Upchuck said.

 

'Of course he would say that!' Jennifer thought with a slight shake of her head.

 

“I always look for security guards leading away someone in handcuffs. Shoplifters are the best judges of merchandise,” Jane said.

 

“I agree. If it's so good that people want to steal it, I want it,” Jennifer said, quietly after exchanging a look with Jane.

 

“I meant more along the line of the qualities you look for? The stores? What should they be like?” the executive asked, trying to get the conversation away from the topic of shoplifting.

 

“I have a question. Do you think our demographic can really be addressed by middle-aged middle managers telling us what's fun to buy?” Jodie asked.

 

The executives looked at each other. It was clear that they didn't expect a student with critical thinking skills to be on the field trip. One of them turned to Daria. “How about you? How many times a year do you go to the mall?”

 

Daria looked annoyed. “That's none of your business. By the way, don't people usually get paid for participating in market research?”

 

“Research?” the executive asked in a strangled voice.

 

“Now, Daria, these busy executives have been nice enough to give their time to help educate us on mall economics,” Mrs. Bennett said. “Tell us about flow, would you?”

 

Daria leaned between her two friends and pointed to where Brittany was still prancing and making cheer moves. “I bet that's a two-way mirror.”

 

“Possibly,” Jennifer said.

 

“You mean, if you turn out the lights you can see through it?” Jane asked as she reached back towards a light switch.

 

Jennifer shrugged slightly.

 

“Oh, you don't want to do that!” one of the executives said.

 

Jane turned off the lights. The students could then see three observers through the glass wall. They murmured amongst themselves.

 

“This is wrong!” Mack said.

 

“The focus group is, um, a very important tool in mall management. We thought that with this live demonstration...” One of the executives began. He was interrupted by Jodie.

 

“I feel used. I feel abused. I feel that this is not a fun mall after all and the media should be made aware of it!”

 

The executive changed tack. “All right, little lady.” He reached into his pocket. “Here's a coupon for a free frozen yogurt.”

 

“Don't insult me,” Jodie said with her arms crossed.

 

The executive reached into his pocket again. “Make it a ten dollar merchandise coupon?”

 

 

“You're still insulting her,” Jane said.

 

One of the other executives held out two handfuls of coupons. “Okay, a twenty dollar merchandise coupon for everyone in the class.”

 

“You don't get it. There's a principle involved,” Daria said.

 

“No, there isn't,” Jodie said as she joined most of the other students.

 

“So much for idealistic youth,” Jane said.

 

“Yes, there is, damn it!” Daria said. She clenched her fists and moved towards the executives. She quickly found herself being held back by her two friends.

 

“Whoa there, Daria, cool down!” Jane said.

 

“Getting into a 'tussle' with the mall executives would not prove anything,” Jennifer said.

 

Daria calmed down and sat.

 

“How about a fifty dollar coupon for you, little lady?”

 

“Don't insult me,” Daria said, repeating Jodie's line from earlier.

 

The executive held out another coupon. “One hundred dollars, final offer.”

 

“I'll take it,” Daria said.

 

“What got into you?” Mrs. Bennett asked.

 

“Integrity,” Daria said.

 

“I suppose,” Mrs. Bennett said.

 

“Good answer,” Jennifer said.

 

 

After having looked through other stores, Quinn and her entourage finally found the Cuter Computer store.

“Finally,” she said.

 

“There is a lot of stuff here,” Wolfgang said as he looked in.

 

“Of course,” Quinn said.

 

“What are you getting first?” Xavier asked.

 

Quinn started walking to the software aisles. “Apparently they have Photoshop Elements 4 on sale,” she said.

 

“But didn't that just come out this month?” Wolfgang asked.

 

“Yes,” Quinn said.

 

 

Quinn soon found it. “Here it is, Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.” She saw that it was 10% off. She picked it up and handed the package to Wolfgang.

 

“You are going to make us carry all the stuff?” he asked.

 

“Of course not! I will carry some of it,” Quinn said.

 

“Of course,” Wolfgang said.

 

 

The sophomore economics students looked at the coupons that they had received.

 

“Cuter Computer, for all things to do with computers. Aw, man!” Kevin said after looking at his coupon.

 

“Books by the Ton. Interesting, maybe they have business-related stuff there,” Mack said after looking at his.

 

Upchuck looked at his coupon “Incensory, for all your incense and related pagan worship needs! I don't have any use for this!”

 

“Drat!” Andrea Hecuba said as she overheard Upchuck.

 

“The Doo Dad Shop? What's a Doo Dad anyway?” Jane said.

 

“Sports Shorts! I don't have any use for shorts for sports!” Daria said.

 

“Scissor Wizard?” Jennifer said perplexed.

 “Probably a store full of scissors,” Jane said.

 

“Such a store would be quite useless,” Jennifer said.

 

“Daria, Jen and Jane, you'll observe traffic patterns at the food concessions, and Kevin and Brittany, you will study and report back on shrinkage,” Mrs. Bennett directed.

 

“What's shrinkage?” Kevin asked.

 

“Shrinkage is the retailing term for shoplifting. I'd like you to analyze its economic impact. Does everyone else understand their assignments?”

 

The class murmured in assent.

 

“Now, we'll meet back here at quarter to three. Remember, area F, section Moss, level three. Got it? F Moss Three.”

 

Daria, Jane and Jennifer walked away as Mrs. Bennett and Kevin talked about a mnemonic device that he was going to use.

 

“Where do we start?” Jennifer asked.

 

“Scissor Wizard, I can actually use a new pair of scissors,” Jane said.

 

“Of course,” Jennifer said.

 

 

Back at Cuter Computer, Quinn and her entourage had gathered much software and hardware. “Have you got everything yet?” Xavier asked when a packet of 1 GB USB flash drives fell of the pile of stuff he was carrying. He put the pile aside and picked the packet up before hefting the pile again.

 

“Almost,” Quinn said as she took a copy of Age of Empires III off the shelf.

 

“Were going to need a trolley,” Wolfgang said.

 

“We'll find the Walmart and borrow a trolley from there, after we're finished here,” Quinn said.

 

“Great!” Xavier said.

 

 

“Here it is, Angejarni,” Sandi said, having located the Fashion Label's store on D Moss 2.

 

“Why are we here?” Stacy asked.

 

“Sta-cy, Angejarni is, like heavily featured in Waif,” Sandi said.

 

“Let's browse,” Tori said. Tiffany followed her in.

 

“Come on Stacy,” Sandi said.

 

Stacy sighed and followed Sandi into the store.

 

 

Daria and her friends found Book by the Ton, which was larger than an usual outlet of that chain.

“That's a large bookstore!” Jane said.

 

“Come on, I'd rather be here than anywhere else in the mall,” Daria said.

 

“Sure,” Jennifer said. They went into the bookstore.