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SittingontheEdge...I'm using this as a prequel to the chapter you requested about the boys building something. In the follow on chapter to this one, it will be about the boys putting together Joe's new wardrobe.
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Pretty Woman
"And...how is it you managed to break your wardrobe in the first place?" Colby asked Joe from the back seat of their car.
"I already told you. I was doing some hand stand push ups and fell. Crashed right into it and the sucker just imploded" Joe said with a huff.
"Hmmm" Colby mumbled while squinting at his friend.
"I can't believe I'm spending one of my days off going with you two idiots to buy a new wardrobe because of reasons unknown" Jon said from the drivers seat.
"Hey, I didn't make you come, you offered...and like I said; I was doing hand stand push ups and fell" Joe repeated.
"Uh huh...sure you were" Jon said with a smirk.
"Do you know what wardrobe you're getting or do we have to look around first" he asked his friend.
"Got a pretty good idea of what I want. Should be in and out of the store in about half an hour" Joe told him.
"I can't believe you're getting in from this place. Have you seen the prices of their stuff?" Colby asked.
"Yeah I have but the wood is really good quality" Joe told him.
Once at the furniture store, Colby and Jon followed their friend as he made his way down this isle and that isle.
"See anything you like?" Colby asked.
"Not really" Joe sighed.
"I thought you said we'd be here for half an hour" Jon told him.
"I thought we would be. I don't like being here anymore then you do. And like I said before, I didn't make you come. Now both of you shut up with your whining while I look" Joe told them before making his way to another isle while Joe and Jon took a seat on a wooden bench.
They were both bickering amongst themselves when they heard a man clear his throat beside them.
They both turned to look at him and waited for him to speak.
"Excuse me Gentleman. Would you mind NOT sitting on the furniture. It's worth far more then you could afford and I want it to still be in top form when someone chooses to buy it, so please, stand up" an older man in a pricey suit said.
Jon turned to look at Colby.
They then both turned to look at the man.
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?" Colby asked outraged by the man's attitude.
"Gentleman, I don't want to cause a scene but if you don't leave, I'll be forced to have you removed" he told them both.
"Have you ever seen Pretty Woman?" Colby asked.
"Excuse me?" the man asked.
"Ya know, Richard Gere and Julia Roberts. He's got big bucks and she's a hooker. She goes into a high priced clothing store and they ask her to leave judging her on the basis of her looks and yet she's got thousands of dollars to spend and when Richard Gere takes her back to that same shop, the owners are pretty much grovelling for forgiveness when they realise who's she's with and how much money they may have lost out on in sales" Colby started.
"This is the same situation. What? Because he's wearing jeans and a rock t-shirt and looks like he's done prison time and because I'm wearing tracksuit bottoms a hoodie and have two toned hair we're less then you? Should I go home and change into the six hundred dollar suit I own just so I can 'fit in' to the way your other customers look?" he added.
The man went red.
"Sir, I have been the owner of this store for over ten years and never have I seen someone of you and your friends...class, actually purchase anything. This is a top quality establishment and I think it's time that you leave" the man said staring them down.
Jon turned to look at Colby.
"How much is this thing anyway?" Jon said aloud turning to look at its pricing label.
"Eleven hundred dollars? For a wooden bench? I can get one just like this in wall-mart for about a hundred dollars" he said.
The man nearly choked.
"You most certainly could not. This is made from the best quality wood around and it's worth far more then you could ever dream of having so, please leave" he told them.
Jon snickered then turned to Colby.
"Ya know what. Screw this. Wrap it up for me Jeeves...I'm buying it" Colby said irritated.
"Sir, I am not wasting my time in having this wrapped to see your payment declined so please..." he started but was cut off by Jon.
"Hey. Did you hear my friend? He said wrap it up so run along and do your job" Jon said shooing him away.
The man bit his lip before walking away and waiting for them behind the checkout.
They both got up and walked over to him as he waited impatiently for them.
"That'll be eleven hundred dollars then sir" the man smirked.
Colby took out his debit card and handed it over, his eyes never leaving the snobby man's.
The man ran it through and to his surprise, the card was debited of the full amount.
"Still think we could never afford any of this stuff?" Colby asked raising his eyebrow.
"I humbly apologise sir I didn't thi..." but Colby raised his hand to stop the man.
"Save it. Just wrap it up. We got somewhere to be" he said and watched as the man rushed off to get his employees to do as asked.
Jon then turned to look at Colby.
"I can't believe you bought that thing. We were only on it for five minutes and my ass hurts" he chuckled.
"I wasn't gonna let that guy think he's better then us" Colby said angrily when thinking about how rude the man was.
"Where the hell are we gonna put it?" Jon asked.
"In the garden" Colby said as though it were obvious.
As they waited, Joe walked over to them.
"Hey. I picked one out" he told them.
When he saw Colby glaring at someone angrily he turned to look at Jon.
"What's going on?" he asked his friend.
"The guy who owns this place asked us to leave cos of how we look. Said we couldn't afford anything in this dump...so...Colby put him in his place and bought a bench" Jon told him trying to hold in his laughter.
"Was it like that scene from Pretty Woman?" Joe asked with a smile.
Jon nodded. "He even used it as an example" he told Joe who burst into laughter.
"Why did you buy a bench though, why not something else?" Joe asked.
"We don't have a bench in the garden" Colby told him.
"We don't have a garden either" Jon said aloud.
Colby turned to look at him.
"Don't look at me like that. Some turf and some deck chairs does not make a garden. Flowers and shit does" he told his friend.
Colby then raised an eyebrow.
"Oh no...i know that look. We are NOT planting flowers. They'll be dead within a week. It hardly rains and were not home to water them" Jon explained making Colby sigh in defeat.
"Sir, your purchase is ready and waiting for you. I'll have my assistants carry it out to your car for you" he told them.
"No need Jeeves. We got it" Colby said taking off his hoodie to reveal his bare torso underneath. He tired the sleeves of said hoodie around his waist and turned to look at Jon.
"You gonna help me?" he asked.
Jon huffed but nodded.
They both walked over to the bench and lifted it with ease.
"See you in sec brother" Jon told Joe before they both made their way to their car.
The owner then turned to look at Joe.
"May I help you Sir?" he asked.
"Yeah, I'd like to purchase the mahogany wardrobe over there" Joe said pointing to the object.
"That's twenty seven hundred dollars sir" the man said.
"I got it" Joe said handing over his card.
The man gave him his receipt and went about getting one of the same wardrobes brought up from storage in a flat pack.
Jon and Colby made their way back into the store and walked over to Joe.
"Did you get it to fit?" he asked them.
"Yeah, got it to fit in the trunk so there's room on the roof rack for your wardrobe" Colby told him.
Once Joe's item was bought over to him, the owner put on a smile and said "i hope you enjoy your new purchases gentleman. Please, come again soon".
They all scoffed.
"No that's ok. I don't think this place is appropriate for my class" Colby said using the man's own words against him.
"Yeah. This place is far too shabby for our liking. And the customer service here sucks" Jon added before all three men carried the wardrobe out to the car leaving the owner embarrassed and speechless.
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