Lily is thinking...

"I want...that one!"

Lily picked up the toy and flipped it over to the other side, searching for a price tag. In less than half a second, the weasel-like sales assistant was by her side.

"Can I help you, madam?" he asked, his sentence as well greased and slimy as his hair.

"I was just looking for the price on this-"

"Ah, an excellent choice. If you make your way over to the till here I would be more than happy to-"

"No, mister..." she looked for a name tag, "John."

He forced a smile.

"John, I just want a price on it."

"So you're not going to buy it?"

"No I might if it's-"

"Ah, an excellent choice. If you-"

While John continued to slick out his sales-patter, Lily bent down to her daughter.

"Alice? I saw a really nice sweet shop down the road."

"Teddy?"

"Sweeties. Chocolate. Mmmmm...marshmallows."

Alice sucked thoughtfully on her thumb, "But teddy..."

"Marshmallows."

"Pink ones?"

"Pink ones. Come on, honey."

Bending down, she scooped Alice into her arms and dumped her into her pram. Allowing John to carry on speaking to thin air, she slipped out of the shop.

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"-now will that be credit card or cash?"

John looked around.

"Madam?"

A/N: Thanks for the reviews and I'll try and pace it out a bit more. This is my first story so I'm sort of getting used to it. Sorry this chapter is so short! I'd appreciate any ideas you guys might have. :)