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How it began…
"Gabi we really need your help… "
"You're the only one who can do this…"
"You're our only hope…"
Three different pairs of eyes pleaded with Gabi's as she licked her lips and pretended to concentrate on her work- as a fashion magazine writer no less.
"How did you get in?" She suddenly wondered of Keith the security guard.
"We begged," her best friend Chad spoke first.
"Like we're begging you," Ryan chipped in.
"Like, really begging you," Jason added with equal fervour.
Gabi flicked her eyes up and studied each young man in turn. She knew each of them well- she'd grown up with them and even for them they were acting strangely.
"What's this about?" She finally asked, albeit suspiciously.
"It's Troy…" Chad admitted right out, picking up the leader role easily. "We want to make him…" he paused for words.
"More fashionable," Ryan supplied for him and the two guys looked at each other.
"Yeah…" Chad agreed. "More…attractive…"
"Do I know this Troy guy?" Gabi sighed, turning back to her work with a bored sigh.
Despite the rather odd way they had gone about asking for her help, this kind of thing was not unusual for them. Last year they had asked her to dress Ryan's little sister Ivory for her school formal. The year before- Jason for Christmas Ball. Now this…
"You haven't met him yet," Chad admitted. "I haven't brought him home…"
She looked up and gurned her face. "Is he a human being or a cat?"
Chad smiled at Gabi's humour and relaxed back a little. "So you'll help?"
"What, you expect me to decide without meeting him?" she scoffed.
"Please…" Ryan begged.
"Please…"Jason added.
"And what do I get out of it?" She arched her brow.
The three guys looked to each other, clearly not having expected this question from her.
"Uh…you get…"
"The feeling of achievement?" Jason offered lamely.
"A friend for life…" Ryan added.
"You can write about it!" Chad exploded, causing some ruffle in the office.
"No, no way…have you guys seen 'How to lose a guy in ten days'? I am not doing that…"
"Then just do it for us…" the pleading resumed.
"For your best friends…"
"For the guys you love…"
"Would you guys get out already?" She changed the subject. "I have a job here…and a reputation to uphold," she added grumpily.
"So is it a yes?" Chad checked.
All three of them froze and she gave them all a funny look each. "Yes, whatever," she sighed quickly to expel them.
"Alright!" A chorus of crows broke out as they all slapped hands.
"Why are you still here?" She asked and they all scarpered.
"What the hell was that?" Her workmate and friend Charles wandered over and eyed the three handsome men with his usual roving eye.
"You tell me, Charles," Gabi raised her brow. "You tell me…"
/
"So what the heck was that about earlier?" Gabi asked her friend Chad as she towel dried her freshly-washed hair; dressed into some purple velveteen bottoms and a racer back vest.
"Huh?" Chad chewed his peanuts with an open mouth, adding them in constant repetition; his eyes glued to the TV, one arm hooked over his head.
"Earlier? You know when you and the guys went seriously weird on me and asked for my help…"
"Oh…that…"
"Chad!" Gabi threw her damp towel at him in frustration.
He calmly dropped the towel onto the sofa cushion and looked at her. "What? Do you have PMT or something?" he wondered.
"Why do you think your friend needs my help?" She sat next to him and spelled it out.
He shrugged. "He just does…"
"Because…"
"Look, the guy is the bomb; really cool, but he dresses like a geek. We need to help him." Chad opened up a little now the ads were showing.
"So why don't you take him shopping?"
Chad smiled at her; his brown eyes twinkly with humour. "And give the guy a confidence crisis?"
"And calling me in won't?" Gabi mused sarcastically back.
"Well that's the thing…" Chad looked up at her under his lashes and Gabi semi-frowned in anticipation. "Can you make it…not obvious?"
"What?!" Gabi opened her mouth.
"Look, he knows we're doing something, I'm not asking you to lie; but he's single and we're making it into this 'let's find Troy a girlfriend' thing so he's not you know…totally bummed by the whole thing…"
"The deal is off," Gabi stood and frowned down on her friend. "This whole thing is stupid!"
"Gabi…" Chad swallowed, desperately thinking of words to persuade her and trying to avoid glancing at the football game playing out on the screen.
She stood, hands on hips waiting.
"He deserves an amazing girlfriend…won't you help him find that girl?"
"What is he, a saint?"
Chad appeared to actually consider this notion. "He just might be…."
"Oh for crying out loud!" She flopped down again. "Alright, but only because I feel sorry for the guy having friends like you…"
Chad grinned at her, making her swipe him.
"You're gonna love him," Chad promised.