The next morning was amazing!! I woke up and saw Lucky sleeping next to me with his arm around me, sleeping like a baby with his mouth open a little with a little drool withdrawing out of it. He looked funny. I got his arm off me and looked out the window to see the wondrous view of the city. Lucky is so…well…lucky. Heh. I wish I had a place like this. Oh, well. I realized I didn’t have any clothes on and went to find a robe to cover myself with.
    Lucky woke up as I was finishing up tying the knot of the robe.
    “Well, well, look who’s up bright and early,” he said. “I see you found my robe.”
    “Yeah,” I replied. “You don’t mind if I use it do you?”
    “Not at all,” he replied. “Because you’re my sweet, sweet Cookie and I’ll let you get away with practically anything.” He wrapped his arms around me. It felt comforting.
    “You ready for breakfast?” he asked.
    “Right now?” I asked.
    “Yeah, why not?” he replied.
    “Okay,” I answered. We went to McDonald’s and had their hash browns. I ordered five, and Lucky ordered around ten!
    “I love these guys’ hash browns!!” he exclaimed.
    “Eat any more and you’ll get drunk off of those hash browns!” I said.
    “How can you get drunk off hash browns?” he asked me.
    “The world may never know!” I answered.
    “Hey, after this you wanna catch a movie or something?” he asked.
    “Sure!” I replied.
    “What do you wanna go see?”
    “I have no idea!” I exclaimed.
    “Let’s go see what they have,” Lucky suggested.
    “Okay!” I agreed.
    We left McDonald’s and went to the local cinema to see what they had playing. There were a lot of good choices on the sign.
    “How about ‘Candlelight after Dark’?” Lucky suggested.
    “What’s that?” I asked.
    “It’s a horror movie about this family in a haunted house,” Lucky explained.
    “Nah, not a huge fan of scary movies,” I told him.
    “Fine, then you pick,” he told me.
    “Alright…how about…‘Kitty Goes to the Mall’?” I suggested.
    Lucky just laughed his head off.
    “Fine! We’ll go see ‘Candlelight after Dark’! But I’m not watching the scary parts!” I told him.
    “Fine by me,” he agreed. “And if you get scared, I’ll hold you close to me.”
    “Sounds like a plan,” I said. We went inside and got the average movie snacks, an extra large popcorn covered with butter from top to bottom, and an extra large soft drink so that we could share. When the movie started, it started like an average horror movie. The people were all happy about their new house and all that, but one of the kids didn’t feel right about the house. Then after that, weird things start to happen. I jumped at the scary parts and gripped Lucky with all of my might. This was definitely something I would never see again.
    When me and Lucky came out of the theatre, my hair was standing on end.
    “Never…again,” I said with fear and anger all at the same time.
    “Come on Cookie,” Lucky said, “that was a good movie!”
    “Yeah, if you have a dark and demented soul.” I replied.
    “I resent that!” Lucky exclaimed. “Apologize.”
    “Okay, okay,” I said, “I’m sorry that you have a dark and demented soul that needs help.”
    Lucky just stared at me with irritation in his eyes.
    “Alright, I’ll be serious. I really am sorry. I’m just not good with scary movies. I almost threw up TWICE you know.”
    “And I’m sorry, too.” Lucky said. We exited out of the theatre feeling very…odd for some reason. We got into Lucky’s car and just started driving for nothing in particular. I could feel the wind on my face. It felt really great.
    “How are you feeling!?” Lucky asked.
    “Great!” I answered.
    “That’s good! Hey, you wanna stop at the mall?”
    “Sure!”
    “Great! We’re not far! We just need to turn this corner!’
    “Great!”
    We rolled into the parking lot and parked closest to the door. We got out and Lucky locked his car.
    “Let’s go,” he said. We walked into the mall and the doors slid open. I thought that was pretty cool. Technology these days. When we went inside, there were about ten million people in there! Well, not exactly, but you know what I mean, there were a lot of people there. I saw Strudel walking out of the shoe store. She was a skinny, short girl, about five or six inches shorter than me, and she wore glasses. She’s really smart and loved to shop!
    “Hey, Cookie!” Strudel shouted.
    “Hey, Struds!” I shouted back. We ran towards each other. “What are you doing here?”
    “Just shopping for some new shoes. My old ones are getting pretty worn out.”
    I looked at her shoes. They were still practically brand new!!
    “I see,” I said.
    “Who’s your new boyfriend?” she asked. She must’ve saw Lucky when I was looking at her shoes.
    “Oh, that’s just Lucky.”
    “LUCKY!? You mean, the Lucky? The most popular kid in school!?”
    “Yep,” I answered.
    “DUDE! You’re so…well, lucky!”
    “I know right?”
    “Hey ladies!” Lucky exclaimed. “What’re you talking about over there? Prom dresses?”
    “We’re talking about you sweetie!” I answered back to him.
    “Well then come over here!” he shouted.
    “Does he really want me over there?” Strudel asked.
    “Don’t be silly! Of course he wants you over there! He’s my boyfriend!” I answered.
    “Okay,” Strudel said.
    We walked over to Lucky, who was having a soda. He probably bought it from the soda machine next to him while me and Strudel were talking.
    “Lucky, this is Strudel,” I said.
    “Hi,” she said shyly.
    “Hey, I’m Lucky. You must be one of Cookie’s friends.” They shook hands. Strudel started to feel clammy.
    “Um…yes. Yes I am! Nice to meet you in person!”
    “Strudel, you’ve seen him in the halls every day,” I whispered in her ear.
    “Oh, I think he knows what I mean,” she said. When they finally let their hands go, Strudel started breathing heavily.
    “Um…are you okay?” he asked.
    “Strudel. Strudel,” I said. Strudel finally stopped.
    “I’m sorry Mr. Lucky, sir. It’s just that your hands are so warm.”
    “Um…thank you?” Lucky said.
    “Well we better get going. We got some shopping to do.”
    “Oh, okay. See you in school on Monday,” Strudel said and went out the door.
    “That was…different,” Lucky said.
    “I know,” I said, “Strudel can be weird sometimes. Come on, let’s go shopping!”
    We walked around the mall for a while. There were a lot of good stores that I wanted to check out. Surprisingly, Lucky found some stores too! They were sports stores, obviously. But, we did have one store in common that we wanted to check out. The bookstore. “Maybe there’s sports stuff there too!” Lucky said. Oh, brother, I thought. Typical jocks.
    We went into Dick’s for a bit, then we went to Finish Line, and then the book store. Me and Lucky both found something in every store we visited. At Dick’s I got a basketball, at Finish Line I got some pink and white Nike’s, and at the book store, Twilight books. Edward is so handsome! But not nearly as handsome as Lucky, obviously. I bought the whole series in paperback (to save money). Lucky found some sporting magazines and a couple of MAD magazines as well. He just loves their mascot, Alfred E. Neuman. “What, me worry?” Lucky would say every time he saw him. He even subscribed to them six, count them, SIX TIMES! I don’t see what’s so precious about that magazine. Oh, well. I guess I’ll never know. Anyway, after we did our shopping, we went back to Lucky’s car. When we went out the door, what we saw made both of us drop our bags in fear…