A/N: Well, here I am again! I got such a good response to my last story, Of Cockroaches and Women, that I decided to write more Riley stories. This one will be much longer, so, the more reviews I get, the quicker you guys get new chapters!! :D
P.S. Of Cockroaches and Women is the prequel to this story, so read that first!!
Riley walked down the street, getting some interesting stares from other people walking by. He looked at them, confused, wondering what was so interesting that they felt the pressing need to stare at him. It took him a few minutes before he realized it was probably the fact that he forgot to put new clothes out the night before. He had inadvertently thrown on the clothes he was wearing yesterday, which was Halloween. These clothes consisted of hot pink jeans, and a hot pink shirt. His costume was the Energizer bunny. He had thought this was a good costume. For the life of him, he didn't understand why everyone laughed at him. Even Ben and Abigail were rolling on the floor laughing at him.
"Well, correction, Ben wasn't a surprise," Riley muttered to himself. "Ben thinks I'm a bird brain anyway." He decided to go buy some new clothes so he didn't look like this.
Walking into a local clothing store, he quickly bought a pair of jeans and a t-shirt.
"Never mind the fact that the total was sixty bucks Riley, don't worry about it." He continued muttering to himself as he left the store.
"Never mind the fact that I have no job, and therefore no source of income, and I have to pay the rent soon. Don't worry about that Riley, it's no big deal." Riley walked, discouraged on his job search. He now looked very good clothing-wise, thanks to the sixty bucks he had just spent. Now he needed to find a job. He stopped at the local grocery store, after seeing a sign in the window saying "Help Wanted. Apply Inside."
"Well, let's give it a shot!" Riley said grumpily. Truthfully he wasn't happy about having to get a real job, he liked treasure hunting a lot better. But he had spent all his money from the discovery of Cibola on a new laptop, about six thousand pairs of Converse shoes, a new apartment for himself, (he thought that his old one wasn't fitting for a man of his wealth and position), and a Chinese feast. Not to mention the Energizer bunny costume. Smart as Riley was, he thought, that since no smart person would make and sell hot pink clothing, he would have to make his own. So he spent money, and bought a white t-shirt and a pair of jeans. Then he spray painted them hot pink. So it cost more money. Needless to say, he wasn't happy when he went into Wet Sealand saw that they sell both hot pink t-shirts and hot pink jeans. He remembered that moment all too well. (FLASHBACK)
"Well, my spray painting work is all done. To tell you the truth I am very happy with it. It only took me ten hours to do! A new record for me. Good work Riley!" Riley decided to take a break, and stopped at the mall for some Chinese. On his way to the foodcourt, he noticed a store called WET SEAL. Normally he wouldn't have paid attention, except for the fact that there, sitting in the window was a hot pink t-shirt. Riley ran into the store, ignoring the weird looks that the sales people gave him, and saw hot pink jeans on a rack. He started yelling at himself and jumping up and down. Presently the store clerk came over and asked him to stop.
"SIR! Would you please stop jumping and shrieking? It is disturbing our other customers." Riley was so angry however, that he decided he wanted to be uncooperative, and just started screaming all the louder.
"RILEY POOLE, YOU ARE SUCH AN IDIOT! YOU SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT SOMEONE WOULD SELL HOT PINK CLOTHES! YOU IDIOT! YOU JUST SPENT TEN HOURS PAINTING, AND SPENT A FORTUNE ON SPRAY PAINT, WHEN YOU COULD HAVE JUST BOUGHT THEM! YOU ARE SUCH AN IDIOT RILEY!" He continued like this for some time, until finally he was removed from the mall by security.
END FLASHBACK
"Oh yes! You remember that day don't you Riley. The day you made yourself look like an idiot." Riley shook that day from his head, and walked into the store. Now to convince the manager that he was a good worker.
"Are you good with people? Our facilities and this job require good people skills." The manager questioned Riley about his talents.
"Why yes sir I am! I love people!" Riley was happy. Finally a requirement he could meet. Well, change that, meet honestly.
"Good! Sounds like your just the man we've been looking for. If you would just fill out these forms, we can get you started immediately." The manager handed Riley a stack of forms. Normally, he wouldn't have had a problem, except for the fact that this wasn't just an stack of forms. Nope, this stack was about ten feet high!
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