I don't know what I expected Xander's request to be, but it wasn't this. He had told me to meet him at a different noodle shop from the one we went to last time.

I figured it would be a date of some sort, even though he was being very mysterious about his intentions.

The last thing I expected was for him to drive us to, of all places, the biggest mall in the city.

I stare at the large building through the car window, then turn to stare at him with my mouth open.

"What are we doing here?" I ask.

"What does it look like?" he replies, already...