Megan is at the door.

"Come in, come in!" Mrs. Bell opened the door and smiled at Megan, giving her an amicable hug as she entered.

"Sorry I'm late Mrs. B, I had to go home to shower after running this morning" Her young babysitter said, rubbing her hand across the back of her neck nervously.

"Late?" Mrs. Bell thought she always had a sitter at noon, but then she finally realized that she'd arranged to meet her girlfriends down at the Mall. At noon."Christ, _I'm _late!" She ran down the hall to her bedroom to get dressed in something presentable.

Megan chuckled quietly as she watched her neighbor panic. She had a habit of forgetting her own plans, couldn't blame her though, Charlotte had just finished being sick twice in the same month and Mrs. B must have been running off of fumes. Megan made her way into the entertainment room and opened her arms wide for Charlotte as she noticed her.

"Who's my favorite little girl to babysit!?"

"I am!" Charlotte squealed, hugging her tightly, "I am!"

Mrs. Bell stammered through the living room in a new outfit a few minutes later, cursing the way her bra was digging into her back but running with it anyway.

"Thank you again Megan, I'll see you at 5." she smiled, and Megan threw her a mock salute in farewell.

When she finally arrived at the mall she was more than an hour late, and she was furious with herself for forgetting about the visit. When she got to the food court where they'd planned to meet, her girlfriends were nowhere to be found. She stomped in frustration and walked off to the first store they would have visited. After searching 3 stores, she decided they'd moved on to somewhere else and left her behind. She could only blame herself. Now that she had another 3 hours of free time, she began to consider her options. She'd been looking to purchase a new set of lingerie for her upcoming trip to Arizona, but she also wanted to see what that herbalist outside of town was all about.