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Ivy had bats in her stoh the mall food court She wasn&039;t just nervous about her visit to the adoption agency, she was also excited about swapping identities with her sister Switching was al invisible Especially this week, when she felt like a bug under a microscope She couldn&039;t wait to shed her skin
She confirlance that Toby was still behind her as she headed into the ladies&039; rooht Well, he could, but then he&039;d get arrested
There was no one in the ladies&039; roo to put on pale lipstick with a shaky hand Where&039;s Olivia? thought Ivy
The lady noticed Ivy and gingerly turned around, clutching her purse to her chest "You&039;re one of those death children I heard about on The Morning Star!" She gasped
Ivy put her hands on her hips "So?"
The lady wagged a bony finger "The Star of truth will shine!"
A stall door swung open and out ht up to the old woman "Then you should be worried about all those stolen ketchup packets from the food court you have in that pocketbook," she said, folding her arly
The lady hurried out of the bathrooood day!" Ivy called after her with un-Gothlike enthusiasm
Five ed into each other&039;s clothes, and Ivy was putting the finishing touches on Olivia&039;s black eyeliner The spray-on whitener really made an enorht," Ivy said, taking a step back to admire her work "You are now officially one of Ahed "And you should really con- sider wearing pink sparkles
"I hope you find e&039;re looking for," Olivia said
"Me, too," whispered Ivy Then, with a playful wink, Olivia trudged out of the bathroom in Ivy&039;s heavy black boots
Ivy pulled her hair back into a ponytail and started putting on Olivia&039;s shi a twin Although, she thought, reviewing her reflection in the ht dead in sparkles!
Olivia looked through an on-sale rack of drab skirts in the back of Midnight Clothing She never thought she&039;d ever feel this way, but she was sick of shopping She&039;d led Toby around the mall three times already Her feet, clad in Ivy&039;s heavy black boots, were almost as sore as they hen she won the Cheer-a-thon in sixth grade
Right now, Olivia could see Toby lurking behind a pile of distressed black jeans She glanced longingly toward the dressing roo if she could hide out there for a while
Toby would probably just caht She hoped Ivy was succeeding at the adoption agency, because this was starting to feel as bad as not being able to stick a roundoff
Suddenly, Olivia had an idea about how to liven things up It&039;s tiht mischievously She turned on her heel and walked abruptly out of Midnight Clothing After a lanced over her shoulder to see that Toby had toppled a display of black sunglasses
"Sorry!" he yelped to a store clerk as he hur- ried after Olivia
Olivia walked briskly down the n in theof Trudy&039;s Beauty Palace couldn&039;t have been more perfect: WAXED LATELY?
I bet he won&039;t follow ht as she walked to the personal care section near the back of the store She peered out fro crean with a co nervously froht with glee
Toby craned his neck to see into the store, but Olivia ducked out of sight Finally, she saw Toby take a pained breath and coet the inside scoop
A saleswoman in a white smock approached him immediately "Can I help you?" Olivia heard her ask
Toby looked like a deer caught in the head- lights
"Did your ?" the saleswoed "I&039;"
Yes, but just how far will you look, Mr Dedicated Reporter? Olivia wondered, darting out of the store In the next half hour, Olivia went into a bridal shop, a nail salon, and a bikini store Toby gamely followed her into every one, no matter how much it clearly made him squirm She was almost ready to admit defeat when she passed Panzer&039;s Department Store
Panzer&039;s ladies underwear section was near the front of the store Olivia grabbed the craziest thing she could find off the rack and carried it over to a floor-lengthnervously near the front of the store, clearly trying to get up the courage to follow her
Olivia held the garment up in front of her It was a fake leopard-skin bra that was so pointy it looked like it was made of party hats From the distant reflection in the ine red He threw his hands up in the air, walked out of the store, and sank down on the edge of the hallway fountain, his head in his hands
A reporter defeated, Olivia thought She did a little dance "I win!" she sang lightly "I win, I win, I win!" Then she noticed a saleslady staring at her like she had eighteen heads "Sorry," Olivia whispered, putting the bra back on the rack and hotfooting it out of the store
Olivia looked at Ivy&039;s chunky black watch I think I&039;ve kept Toby occupied for long enough, she thought, satisfied that she&039;d done a good job It was tih the food court and back across the main hall, Olivia could see the main doors out of the mall up ahead
"Ivy!" soain That must mean me! Olivia realized with a jolt and spun around
In the distance, someone waved A boy in black Suddenly, Olivia&039;s stonized Ivy&039;s boyfriend, Brendan Daniels
"Hey," Brendan called, his pale face breaking into a wide s around ner- vously Yep, Toby was still on her trail, lurking a few feet away "What are you doing here?"
"Just hanging out," Brendan said He threw an ar, but I can&039;t fool Ivy&039;s boyfriend! Olivia thought Brendan felt her stiffen and pulled his ar?"
Olivia blinked, herworse than Brendan realizing I&039;ht It could be the end of Ivy&039;s relationship and, with Toby Decker watching,of her twin-ness to the whole world!
"Ivy?" Brendan pressed, looking a little wor- ried now
"Nothing," Olivia said at last "I&039;m justI told my dad I&039;d be hoave her best Ivy eye roll
"Perfect" Brendan grinned "I&039;ll walk you holish book I lent you so I can write allantly held up his arm for Ivy to take hold "Shall we?"
"Shall hat?" Olivia gulped
Brendan frowned "Shall we go to your house and get the book?" he asked, looking puzzled
Olivia let her hair fall in front of her face like Ivy so his arht
Ivy stood in front of the adoption agency, trying to get up the nerve to go inside She didn&039;t envy Olivia, as at thefollowed around by Toby, but she was still really nervous about her own n said MILK DUDS It looked like a cutesy human baby furniture store, but there was a tiny upside down "V" in the corner of the , so Ivy knew she was in the right place-- places that served vampires often used a mark like that to identify theency was like most vampire businesses, it would be hidden at the back of the store