The Three Matchmakers
A Little Shop of Horrors Fan Fiction
Chapter 1 Matchmakeer Matchmaker
Ronette peered through the window of Mushnik's Skid Row flower shop silenty observing Audrey and Seymour as they worked and conversed with each other. As she silently observed her two friends she though to herself 'Gee, they have such great chemistry. Wouldn't it be so cool if they dated?' As she thought this a lightbulb clicked on in her head. She quickly ran away to go find Chiffon and Crystal.
Chiffon and Crystal sat in the usual booth at Al Smerderick's diner sharing cream sodas and eating corndogs. They looked up when they heard the bell above the door tingle and waved Ronette over as she enterd.
"Girls, I have the best idea EVER!" Ronette said bursting with excitement. Crystal and Chiffon stopped eating and looked at her curiously.
"What's on your mind?" Chiffon asked.
"We should totally hook up Audrey and Seymour.
Chiffon and Crystal jumped up from the table and embraced their friend. "You're right! That's the best idea EVER! Crystal said.
"Yeah, she deserves Seymour way more then she deserved that scumbag Orin Scrivello. The three girls sat down together in the booth and started to devise their plan.
Two nights later Audrey was walking home from another date with Orin. Her cheeks were rosy with cold and a fresh bruise from the fight she had gotten in with Orin adorned her right cheek. She constantly thought to herself what was keeping her together with Orin and why she wasn't dating someone who cared about her feelings and respected her.
"Hey girl, wait up for us." Crystal called. Audrey smiled as she stopped to wait for her three best friends to catch up to her.
"Back from another date with Orin,huh? I see you have the battle scar to prove it." Chiffon said as she noticed Audrey's bruise.
Too conflicted with emotion to speak Audrey simply nodded. "
What's on your mind girl? You look upset." Ronette inquired.
"I'm not sure how I feel about staying in this relationship. I can't tell if I really love Orin anymore but I'm really afraid to leave him."
Chiffon,Crystal and Ronette exchanged glances before any of them could speak. They hadn't expected her to say this.
"Well, the simple solution is just to dump that chump Orin. Us three are really concerned about you and Seymour is too."
Audrey brightened at the mention of Seymour's name.
" Seymour is worried about me?"
Audrey hadn't suspected for a minute that were any boys on Skid Row that showed genuine emotion or cared about her especially Seymour.
"Yeah honey, I heard him talking to Mushnik that day last week after Orin picked you up and he was really worried about you and doesn't like the way that creep treats you. We all agreed that you should dump him." Chiffon said.
"That's the first part of my emotional conflict. I can't dump Orin. Look at how beat up I get when we fight now. Imagine what would happen if I broke it off? It could be twenty times worse! What would happen if he tried to hurt Seymour or you guys or tried to burn the store down?"
"First of all, we would beat him up before he did anything bad to you again and secondly Mushnik hates the way Orin treats you too and he'd think twice before letting that half-witted machoist do anything to the store." Crystal said reaching over to hug her friend.
"Second of all has he ever actually threatened to burn down the store?" Chiffon asked.
"Yes, he has."
" That's why you should date Seymour!" Ronette piped up.
"I've been spying on you guys and you look really cute together."
"That's the second part of my confliction. You said that Seymour cares about me but I only see him as friend but feel as if I love him a little more than a friend. I don't even know how he feels about me or he feels for me stronger than friendship. He has never said anything."
"Well, we'll just have to find that out won't we?"
Crystal said looking from Ronette to Chiffon then back to Audrey.
"Yes! Please do!" Audrey said excitedly. She ran up the stairs to her apartment and unlocked the door.
"Thanks for the talk girls. I feel a ton better! Night" Crystal Ronnette and Chiffon headed to their apartment which was a bit down the road from Audrey's. They had work to do.
Seymour had every other Sunday off. Luckily today was one of those Sundays. Ronnette tapped on the door to Seymour's basement apartment around 11:30.
" Who is it? Seymour called.
"It's me ,Ronnette open up Seymour." Ronnette called.
Seymour's footsteps pounded up the stairs and he threw open the door smiling widely.
"Hey! What's going on?" he asked surprised to see his friend. "
Not much, want to go to Smederick's for lunch? I got something I want to talk to you about." Seymour was curious about what Ronette could possibly want to talk to him about.
"Sure, let me get my coat and we'll go." he said.
As soon as they got to Smederick's, Ronnette and Seymour took a booth over by the juke box and ordered their food.
"So me Chiffon and Crystal ran in to Audrey last night when she was on her way home from her date with Orin." she said.
Seymour tensed at the mention of Orin's name. He hated the way that he treated Audrey and prayed that he would leave that relationship and date him. Much to his misfortunate he was on uncertain ground as far as Audrey's feelings for him were concerned.
"She got into another fight with Orin and she has big a red bruise on her right cheek." Ronnette continued.
Seymour's cheeks grew red with anger.
" Why is she still with him? I told her to break it off with him, the violence is only going to continue to escalate. I'm afraid for her."
Ronette reached across the table and took Seymour's hand reassuringly.
"I know. Crystal Chiffon and I are worried about her too. She told us that she's worried if she breaks it off with him he'll go berserk and either hurt one of us or burn down the store."
Seymour was getting sick with fear for Audrey and for the safety of themselves and their friends.
" Would he seriously threaten to do something like that?" he asked, his eyes clouded over with concern. He was beginning to slowly lose his appetite. Too bad the food was arriving shortly. "He already has threatened to burn down the store. Audrey told us." Ronette said.
"Mr. Mushnik would never let anyone do anything to the store. It means so much to him. He would banish Orin from ever visiting Audrey at work if he ever heard he was going to commit arson to the store." Seymour said with conviction.
"I know, and I know how much the store means to you and Audrey. You guys seem to have fun working together. I've been spying on you.
"Seymour blushed. "You have?"
Ronette smiled. "Yeah, I have and you guys really seem to bring out the best in each other."
Seymour sighed.
"What's wrong?" Ronette asked.
"I'm pretty sure I told you this before, but I have feelings for Audrey. I actually think I'm falling in love with her. I named Audrey Two after her as a sign of affection but I don't think she every really picked up on that." Seymour explained.
Ronette calculated what she was going to say next and the effect it would have on Seymour.
"She likes you too."
There was a moment of silence.
" She does?"
Seymour's eyes lit up with glee.
"Yeah, she does." Ronette said smiling.
"So, where do we go from here? She's still with Orin. What should I do to tell her I have feelings for her? Naming the plant after her did not seem very flattering." Seymour was getting excited.
"The girls and I are devising a plan to hook you guys up, all we need to do is find some way to do when she's not around Orin." Ronette explained.
"When is her next date with Orin?" Seymour looked at her quizzically.
"Um.. Thursday why?" Ronnette asked.
"Tell her I will pick her up at around 6:30 on Saturday night to take her out for dinner."Seymour said.
Ronnette beamed. "I will. Thanks Seymour, you're a gem."
She leaned across the table and kissed Seymour on the cheek.
'This will be a match made in heaven.' Ronette thought to herself.
After dropping Seymour off at his apartment Ronette sprinted across the street and knocked on the door to Audrey's apartment.
Audrey opened the door to see her friend smiling.
"So, did you talk to Seymour?" She asked anxiously as she ushered Ronette inside.
"Uh-huh." Ronette said taking a seat on the couch. Audrey sat down next to her "Well, what did he say?" she asked.
"He wants to go out on a date with you Saturday night 6:30." she said bursting with excitement. Audrey's jaw dropped in shock.
"Get outta here, really? Seymour really wants to go on a date with me?" Audrey said.
All Ronette could do was nod.
"Ronette, this is the best news I've heard all day long. But what should we do about Orin?"
"Don't worry about Orin, we'll take care of that scum after your date on Thursday. Give him a good talkin' to and put him in his place." Ronette reassured leaning over to give her best friend a hug.
"So where are we going on our date?" Audrey asked.
"Seymour wants to take you out for dinner 6:30 at Smedericks. Me and the girls will be over to make you up all pretty so you look drop dead gorgeous for him." Ronette said, an ear to ear grin mounted on her face. Audrey threw her arms around Ronette and started to cry.
"What's wrong honey? I thought you'd be happy." Ronette asked looking confused.
"OH, these are tears of joy. I am so happy that you guys are doing this for me. I don't know what I would do without you guys. Thank you from seeing from the start that Seymour and I deserve to be together."
Ronette squeezed her friend back and started to cry too.
"You're welcome. You deserve to be happy and you two are the happiest when you're with each other."
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