Okay, sorry I didn't update yesterday. I've been trying to update at least once everyday but yesterday I was out all day and there were money problems and ugh.
But thank you to Galaxydefender49 and AstridMoon for reviewing. It means a lot guys! I was having trouble thinking of new ideas yesterday anyway so I'm going to write a bit today. Probably not much, sorry.
Jack had uploaded the video yesterday. Thousands of views and comments came pouring in almost immediately. I hadn't seen Jack or Finn for a few days and I began to miss their cheekiness already. Zoe had begged me to go shopping with her today so I didn't refuse.
We were walking down a pathway of shops when Zoe suddenly darted into one and I couldn't tell if it was the shoe store we just passed or the clothing store just next to it. I stood back and bit with both hands pointing to each shop and my eyes darting from one shop to the other.
"Where...?" I whisper. All of a sudden my phone rings loudly, making me jump and stub my toe on a newspaper stand. "Ow!" I yell and fish my phone out of my bag with a sigh. I put my phone up to my ear without checking the number. "Hello?"
"Belle!" I hear Finn shout, it's so loud I hold the phone away from my ear for a few seconds and shake my head slightly.
"Hi Finn. Um, what's with the shouting?" I ask.
"What's with what pouting?!" Finn yells.
"No, No I said, what's with the shouting?!" I yell back.
"Oh, right! Um, Jack's attempting to make something with a drill and hammers and I can't hear anything." He replies.
"Okay but why is Jack making something?" I question, still scanning the shops for signs of Zoe, I hear a clatter in one of them as Finn replies. "Sorry, what? I didn't catch that!" I yell.
"What was that?" Finn shouts.
"No, what did you say?!" I shout back.
"I can't hear you. Can you do me that favour?" He shouts.
"What favour?!" I yell.
"Plain flavour will do fine!" Finn yells back.
"Plain flavour?!" I ask.
"Thanks! It would help loads!" Finn shouts, "Look, I've gotta go. I think Jack smashed a painting in the hallway. Bye!" He says and then he's gone.
"What favour?" I repeat, hearing another clatter coming from the shoe store. I rush in and see Zoe's arms wrapped around a shoe box and a tall lady in heels standing in front of her, moving from side to side. The lady lunges forward to grab Zoe but she ducks underneath the lady's arm. "What now?!" I shout at Zoe. She sees me and dodges the tall lady's attempt at grabbing the box again.
"Belle! Help!" She yells.
I hold my arms up in a questioning matter, "What? Why?!" I ask.
"I got these shoes, these are mine!" She says to the lady, pulling the box away from her as she attempts to grab it again. "I paid for these just 5 minutes ago!" She screams and jumps over a stack of boxes on the ground to get further away from the lady.
"These are the last pair! You don't understand!" The lady screams and goes for the box again. Zoe screams and pulls the box away from her.
"That these are the very last pair of the French Raven line?! Honey you don't understand how much I do understand!" Zoe shouts back. The store manager tries to calm the other lady down.
"Well you don't understand how badly I need those shoes!" The lady shouts.
"Huh, they're mine! I saw them first, I bought them!" Zoe yells back. I run up to the other lady and tap her on the shoulder.
"Excuse me." I say gently.
"You're excused!" She shouts.
I stand with my mouth open at her, "I'm sorry but my friend here has already bought the last pair, I don't see your disappointment. The early bird catches the worm." I tell her, shrugging.
"What about slow and steady wins the race?!" She screams. I blink a few times before pursing my lips and placing both hands on my hips. Zoe stops and gasps, she knows me well.
"Slow and steady won't get you those shoes, just like slow and steady didn't help Goliath in his battle with David! In this situation, it's best if you just accept that those aren't yours and get on with your life." I tell her.
"Damn you religious bimbos!" She shouts and storms out the shop.
"Actually I'm not Christian!" I yell back but she's gone. Zoe lets out a whoop and a couple of people clap. I smile a little and help stack a couple of the boxes that fell down during the argument. Zoe grabs my hand and leads me out of the shop and over to a small cafe on the other side of the road. "What are you doing? Getting into fights at shoe shops?!"
"They were my shoes!" She says emphasizing the word 'my'. She looks down shamefully and adds, "Also I really really wanted the last French Raven shoes..."
I giggle a little and then my phone rings again, this time I check the number. It's Finn again.
"Belle? Where are you?!" He asks.
"What do you mean where am I?!" I ask him.
"I asked you to get Jack a muffin about 20 minutes ago." Finn says.
"That's the favour you asked for?!" I yell.
"Yeah, why?" He asks.
I sigh, "Never mind. Zoe and I will be there soon." I say and hang up. "Looks like we're paying a visit to Jack and Finn."
Zoe jumps up out of her chair and goes to walk away. I cough and she turns around, her eyebrows turned down.
"I need to buy a muffin..." I say, smiling.
