They reached the mall soon after their conversation had ended. When they entered the store, Jason could feel the animosity flowing toward him from the male population of the store. He thought he push it a little, Jason reached over and wrapped his arm around Phoebe's waist. He almost laughed when she looked over at him incredulously. He nodded toward some of the men who seemed ready to kill him. Phoebe started to laugh, which only infuriated the single men even more than before. They headed to almost all the boutique stores they could possibly go to. While Phoebe was looking through the racks, Jason simply waited at dressing room for Phoebe to get back and to try on the clothes she picked out. He was waiting for about 5 minutes when a woman walked up in a seductive way.
"Hey sexy, by yourself?" She asked with a southern drawl. She was attractive in a naughty fashion, she had light red hair, with majestic green eyes, her physical characteristics were actually quite a classic beauty but she used clothes that showed way too much cleavage. Her perfume was so strong to a point that Jason thought he was going to have an asthma attack. She pushed herself into his physical space, making him feel unbelievably uncomfortable. He tried to back away while she continued to invade his area.
"No, actually. I, um, am here with my girlfriend." He smiled, hoping that would be enough to send her away, but at the same time he hoped Phoebe would hurry and get here and save him. He looked for her, hoping that it wasn't obvious, but the southern belle seemed to see his wandering eyes and smiled as she caught him in his lie.
"Well, baby, since you're here by your lonesome self, I'll have to do my part in society by keeping a handsome man like yourself company, my name is Bethany by the way, yours?" She smiled flirtatiously.
"Um, Jason, pleasure to meet you." He smiled charmingly and replied in graceful manner. He prayed Phoebe would get here soon as this was becoming to look like that Bethany was here for the long haul. What Jason didn't know however was that Phoebe was watching the whole thing behind a rack near the changing rooms. She thought it was good payback for his little performance when they entered the mall. She was laughing silently when she saw how uncomfortable he was, Phoebe accidentally let out a giggle, which she quickly tried to muzzle by covering her mouth. She ducked when she saw him turning in her direction. She peaked through the bottom of the dresses to see that he had turned back around to face his new friend. She stood back up and watched; silently laughing inside at his dilemma.
"Really, I don't think my girlfriend would appreciate you being so close, she is quite possessive, not that I mine." He stuttered, wondering where the hell Phoebe could possibly be. He looked into the eyes of the southern belle and noticed there was a change in the way she was looking at him. Her eyes went darker and she had the look of ultimate desire race through her eyes, Jason gulped as he realized that this was serious.
Before he could react, her lips were on his in flurry of passion; that unfortunately for the Southern Belle was on-sided. Phoebe's eyes went wide as she saw the kiss that woman was putting on Jason. Phoebe wasn't sure what was happening, but she felt a strange twinge of jealously went through her in a hot flash. She had enough fun and needed to set this woman straight.
"Get. Your. Filthy. Boyfriend. Stealing. Hands. Off. Of. Him. Now." She seethed through clenched teeth. Bethany broke away and stared at the furious face of Phoebe, while Jason was still confused as to what was happening.
"Now, now, sweetie, there isn't any reason for this to blow up into a big thing, I was just talking to him, when I tripped on your boyfriend, I swear nothing happened, this is just a big misunderstanding." While Bethany was talking, she was backing up slowly, not noticing the ladder that was behind her. She kept inching backwards when she hit into the ladder and the paint bucket that was on it flipped in the air and landed upside down on Bethany's head. She screamed, bringing the attention of the manager to the dressing room. Phoebe grabbed the hands of Jason and pulled him from his seat and out of the store before the manager could come.
They walked side by side in silence before Jason burst out laughing; it wasn't long before Phoebe joined. She was laughing so hard that she was feeling the strength in her legs leave her as she grabbed onto him for support. She couldn't remember ever laughing so hard in such a long time. She started to blush when she realized where she was, she looked down and felt his arms wrapped tightly around her waist. She looked and saw that her arms were wrapped around his neck. She looked up and stared into his eyes, which seemed to have turned silver now. She knew these eyes, but she couldn't remember from where she had seen them before.
She felt herself drowning in the pools that were his eyes, she wasn't sure, but she was sure that they were coming closer together. She felt the beating of his heart on her chest; her breath was coming in shallow gasps. Her gaze kept shifting from his eyes to his lips and she couldn't deny that in this moment she wanted nothing more than to kiss him. She leaned in slowly toward, and couldn't care less if anyone was watching, she needed this, and she needed him. She felt as if this kiss would change her life in more ways she than she could possibly imagine. She took a short breath when he captured her lips in a kiss that made her knees buckle, she felt his arms tightened around her, keeping her upright as he deepened the kiss. Phoebe felt as if he was stealing what little breath. She was right, she needed this, she needed him.