Chapter Three
Filia tried to put the mace back "I'm sorry. I didn't know that-"
"I was here?" the woman took a drag on her cigarette which was housed in an elegant golden holder "It happens,"
Filia gave up on trying to place it back on the wall and simply inspected it "How much is it?" She asked running her fingers over it lovingly.
"A lot," the woman blew smoke into Filia's face.
Sylphiel frowned.
"Ah!" Filia scowled at her "No need to be rude!" she snapped shielding the mace as though it were a person.
"Heh," the woman took another drag and nodded in apology.
Sylphiel decided to leave the two alone and wandered off to explore the rest of the store.
"Truthfully it's about two," the woman said blowing the smoke away from Filia this time.
Filia knew it couldn't be two dollars, she wasn't Gourry, but-"Hundred?"
The woman laughed "Hundred-thousand,"
Filia face faulted "H-hundred thousand?!"
"Yes,"
Filia sniffed and sadly put the mace back onto the wall.
"Well," the woman tilted her head to the side and looked at the weapon on the wall "I suppose I-" she took it down with one hand and tossed it as though appraising it "I suppose I could let it go for-" the woman tossed it to Filia and walked over to the old-fashioned cash register.
"For-" Filia was overexcited now caught the mace and ran to the front desk.
"How much do you have?" she asked pulling a bottle and a martini glass out from under the desk.
Filia looked through her pockets, purse, and book-bag. She blushed.
"Well?" the woman was pouring the contents of the bottle into the glass.
"I have three dollars and thirty cents," she sighed and went back to put the mace on the wall.
"Okay,"
"What?" Filia couldn't believe her ears.
"What did I say?" the woman looked annoyed as she took a sip from the martini glass.
"Well...I mean..." Filia hugged the mace.
"Take it. But you're going to work off the difference,"
Filia was a little disappointed but didn't let it show "Alright. I'll-uh-how's-"
"Look you're hours don't make any difference to me. You'll be working the same amount of time,"
Filia nodded and all of a sudden lost it "Oh thank you thank you thank you!" This was so wonderful! Filia had never seen anything she had wanted so much in her life! It didn't matter that she had to work it off! She had it! The mace was hers!
The woman sweatdropped "Y-you're welcome,"
"Um, um Ms.-er...um...Ms...Ms...I'm sorry I don't believe I've caught your name but would you please help me," Sylphiel voice came from the back of the store. ::About the whole Ms., Mr., Chan, and San thing. I'm not going to use that much Japanese while they're on Earth because they're not livening in Japan:: Filia and the woman looked toward the back where the voice had come from. One could just make out the top of Sylphiel's head crouched next to a large mahogany bookshelf.
The woman walked through the maze of furniture with ease "It's...hmm," she paused and thought which wasn't to reassuring about her sanity "...Sam Tsaeb...yeah...that works,"
Sylphiel's face went red "I seem to be stuck,"
Filia, who had just caught up with them, studied the situation. Indeed it did seem as though Sylphiel was stuck. Her hand had somehow gotten lodged in-between the books.
"Please help." Sylphiel tried not to make eye contact.
"Oh dear," the woman rolled her eyes and wrapped a hand around Sylphiel's wrist and with ease pulled her out of the bookcase.
Sylphiel was even more embarrassed "Sorry,"
"It's alright," she said and went back to the front, closely trailed by Filia.
Now alone Sylphiel looked at what she had been reaching for. It was a book. The book was old and in the back of the shelf, though it had been pulled free by her earlier attempt. Her interest still there she picked up the book. The title of the book had been rubbed away over time and the teen had to open the cover to see what she was looking at.
White Magic
Sylphiel thumbed through the book.
Recovery, resurrection, levitation the book was filled with spells and the sort. Sylphiel scoffed. Why was she looking at this? This was so...so-
"Sylphiel!" Filia's voice came from the front "It's closing time!"
"Coming!" Sylphiel stood and began to walk away. She was simply not going to blow her money on an outdated book.
"So what did you buy?"
"An out-dated book," Sylphiel sighed stuffing the plastic bag into her book bag as they left the store "And what's worse is that I had NO money, had to have it, and now I have to work it off,"
"So do I," Filia said as they began to walk "I'm beginning to sense a Stephen King pattern here,"
Sylphiel giggled "So what did you buy then?"
"Oh! The mace!" Filia clapped her hands.
Sylphiel looked Filia over "Where is it?"
"Um..." Filia just realized where she had placed it "It's...uh...under...my skirt,"
"What?"
"Yeah...well...uh I need to get home now," Filia decided that this was the time to run ahead.
"So if you're in space which way is up?" Xelloss asked taking a drink of his Dr. Pepper.
"Wherever the hell I want it to be!" Lina and K-chan said at the same time.
"Whichever way your heads pointing," K-chan corrected herself and reached for Xelloss's Dr. Pepper.
"Zel why do you drink coffee every day?" Xelloss looked at Zelgadiss and without looking handed K-chan his drink.
"'Cause it's caffeine in at its purest," K-chan answered the question and downed the entire bottle of Dr. Pepper.
Zel opened his mouth to correct K-chan but finding nothing else shrugged and nodded.
"See? Give it up for caffeine! C'mon! Give it up!" K-chan tossed the empty bottle back at Xelloss.
"Why thank you," Xelloss said sarcastically looking at the bottle through half closed eyes.
"Welcome," K-chan giggled.
It was then that two blonde girls with ponytails skipped up to their table "Hey would you like to buy anything to show your spirit for-" they saw who they were talking to "Never mind,"
"They learn quickly," Zel watched them leave.
"And all this time I thought cheerleaders were brain dead," Xelloss laughed. ::It's not that I have anything against cheerleaders people it's just that I have none no cheerleaders who are really all that nice. I decided it was a form of brainwashing when one of my friends became one and then never came back the same. I mean it was like she thought she was better than me or something. Like I said please don't be offended if you are a cheerleader. I'm sure they're not all cruel::
"Shut-up Nagomi," Filia pulled Xelloss back by his hair.
Xelloss wasn't amused "Well hello Filia,"
"I don't appreciate you talking about cheerleaders like that," she seethed.
"I don't appreciate you talking," Xelloss kept his eyes closed.
"Who do you think you are?"
"Sore wa himitsu desu," Xelloss said as-a-matter-of-factly.
"Just wait until I-"
"Ms. Filia are you going to work at that antique store after school? I think I'm gonna work off some of my debt tonight," Sylphiel asked innocently as she walked up to them.
Filia tensed "No! No Sylphiel no!"
"Debt?" Xelloss's ears perked "This I've gotta see,"
Okay I'm so proud of myself! I got the chapter out today...er...maybe it was because I was out of school again. Oh well. Please keep checking for the next update. Well until then.
