Reed nodded, not surprised that her family would have a condo. "Sounds like a good get away," he said, glancing at her total then away, feeling a little queasy but it wasn't his business. "Nope, I'm hungry," he replied as he took her bags, adding them to the ones he was already carrying around.  "Just something from the food court, doesn't even have to be one of those restaurants they have here, unless you want that."

Reed frowned at her, "you should eat too." He said, not in a demanding way but in a general tone. "I doubt you'd want me to carry you out of here if you faint." He joked a little, thinking ahead to what he wanted. Part of him wanted a burger and the other wanted chicken strips but he'd have to figure it out when he got there.

Reed frowned, feeling like she was settling much too easily and that she had some kind of plan to ditch him if they were to split up. "Hmm, I don't think I can believe you," he told her. He would cross his arms if he could but with his arms full of her bags he was left keeping them down. "I can wait until you're done shopping."

Reed frowned at her, she had a point, but what would stop her from ditching and then demanding for the clothes when they saw each other again at school? He glanced at her then at the bags and back, the expression in his face persisting. "Fine...but if you leave I'm donating all of this."

Reed didn't respond, eyes narrowing slightly as he looked after her. He waited a few seconds before turning and heading to the food court, finding something to eat and sitting down, figuring he looked a little ridiculous with all the bags but he ignored whatever looks he got. When he was finished eating he headed to Victoria Secret, peeking into the store but when he didn't see Shannon and double checked the time he cursed to himself, assuming she had left but instead of storming off like he wanted he went to the stores in the area where he had left her and looked around but each one yielded nothing, leaving him with only one to check. He hesitated in front of Barnes and Noble before going inside, doubting he'd find her but as he roamed the aisles he pleasantly surprised to find her bent over a book. He tilted his head, not saying anything. He looked around, spotting a chair and meandered over, sitting down to wait.

Reed tilted his head as he watched how meticulous she was with her books, he had thought she had been picky with clothes but this was a whole new level. He didn't say anything as she continued her search, leaning back in his seat and crossing one leg over the other instead until a book on his right caught his eye and he picked it up, thumbing through the pages.

Reed raised an eyebrow, surprised she could carry such a big stack. "Oh," he called over to her, closing his book, "it's been almost an hour I think." He got up from his spot and put the book back where he had gotten it.

Reed raised an eyebrow when she jumped, unable to stop himself from smirking. "Yup, it's been a hour." He said as he walked over, picking up the books she had dropped and putting them back on top of her stack. "At this rate I'm gonna need a wheel barrow to carry around all of these bags." He joked, thinking the amount of books she had was insane and definitely didn't peg her for a reader but he wasn't going to judge.

"I always work out, thank you." Reed joked, "sometimes I know how to work smarter instead of harder." He said, glancing at the books with mild curiosity but his head snapped up to her when she apologized. He just shrugged and started walking towards the check out area. "It's fine, at least you didn't ditch."

"And I'm pretty sure you'd hunt it down later." Reed replied, looking back at her as he waited for her to check out, sliding most of the clothing bags onto one arm and taking the book bags on his other arm.

Reed raised an eyebrow when she took the bag from him, surprised when she said please but let her do it, nodding slowly when she said he could carry the bag after she was done. He followed after her with a slight frown, "okay..."

Reed followed Shannon out of the store, raising an eyebrow as she sorted through her books but stayed where he was, not wanting to get in the way of whatever she was doing. "The deal was that I was going to carry the bags." Reed shrugged and took the bag of books from her. His head tilted when she said she was ready to leave, wondering if he should push his luck. "Then I guess we should go if you aren't hungry."

Reed looked over at her with a slight frown, "uh, because usually people get hungry at this time of day?" He responded, "I'm surprised you didn't get a coffee or something." He shrugged, thinking that since she liked books so much she'd like coffee, since there was a coffee shop inside of the book store he figured people who read also liked hot drinks plus Shannon looked like she could step out of a Starbucks ad.

Reed was about to tell her she could go get coffee when she said something about pretzels and was walking away, making him frown before following after her, a bit surprised that she'd want pretzels but wasn't going to stop her. He stood in line next her, looking at the menu but wasn't too interested in getting anything for himself.