(A/N Wheee I'm writing ^_^)
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The Sequel With No Title
Fainting Fits
"Paullina what is the matter? Why are we leaving so soon?" Beleg felt rather confused. After he had come out to enquire about his clothing she had rushed up and all but shoved him back into the dressing room. Quickly, and with little ceremony, she had him try on the clothes, picked out a few items and hastily purchased them. She was now dragging him towards the exit, pulling him by the arm. He was so startled about the rush that he had little time to think on how she could have bought something without any coins, just an odd brightly colored rectangular thing was passed between her and the clerk.
She stopped suddenly and stood quietly a moment, "Because, Beleg, people shouldn't go walking around like that."
"Truly?" He looked skeptical.
"Well, at least not when the weather is as cool as it is now. And anyway you're too…damn attractive to do it. Didn't you see the clerk staring at you?" She looked up at him questioningly.
"Yes, but mortals often react that way to elves when they see them," he said lightly.
"Beleg just don't. I'm trying to get you to attract less attention not more." She started walking again, but only after a few paces stopped again and muttered an oath under her breath. Beleg heard the word, but it's meaning was lost to him. "We didn't get you any shoes!"
Beleg gave her a sympathetic look as she turned and pulled him in another direction. He looked down at his feet as they walked and wondered what was wrong with his own shoes. He rather liked this pair; they were especially soft and well fitted.
"I wish this wasn't such a crappy mall." Paullina sighed heavily. "I'm going to have to take you back to Sears to buy shoes."
They we soon fast approaching Sears when Beleg began to glance around him curiously. Before he had been too concerned over Paullina's behavior to give much notice. It was then that he noticed a small group of young girls standing about in odd clothing. One, he noticed, was staring at him intently, he ventured a smile, but the girl's eyes glazed over and she fainted.
Beleg jerked Paullina to a stop, "Paullina, that girl has fainted!" He quickly got loose from her grip and rushed over to the circle of girls now surrounding the unconscious one.
"Pardon me," he said quietly. All the girls became silent and parted to allow him forward. He quickly knelt to the girl and brushed a hand across her brow and cheeks. In only a moment her eyes fluttered open and he helped raise her into a sitting position with an arm around her shoulders. Her eyes focused again and she turned to Beleg, who smiled again, but to his dismay she promptly fainted. He laid her back down and was at a loss for what was going on, but the girls around him were silent.
He felt a tug on his arm and turned his head to find Paullina standing behind him. He rose to his feet as she dragged him away. He glanced through the faces of the girls and then noticed that they were all staring at him with eyes glazed over. This startled him greatly and so he let Paullina take him away without any resistance.
In just a few short moments they were in Sears and heading for the shoe section.
"Paullina, what happened? I smile at her and she suddenly faints and when she awakes she faints again at the site of me. Am I repulsive to your people here?" He only got a laugh in reply as they enter the shoe section. He sighed slightly as he glanced around the shoes and chairs placed around in such a peculiar manner. He'd never seen such odd shoes in all his life.
Paullina had him sit and she began wandering about looking at all the shoes. His gaze followed her as she walked, but his mind soon wandered back to the strange girls. He felt that all their gazes were ones of admiration, but he could not figure out why that one should have fainted. Paullina never fainted when he smiled. He sighed quietly.
He looked up suddenly to find a man approaching him. The man smiled and Beleg nodded in return, but became apprehensive when the man knelt at his feet and took hold of one. Reflexively, Beleg jerked it away.
"Please sir, I only need measure your foot."
"It's okay, Beleg," Paullina reassured him as she sat in a chair next to him.
Beleg nodded to the man and murmured an apology and let the man remove his shoe. His foot was soon placed on an odd metal device. Parts of it slid and pushed up against is foot on the sides and his toes. Beleg saw odd markings on it, but they meant nothing to him.
The man put the device away, "You have a very large foot sir. What shoe did you want to see ma'am?" Paullina handed over a shoe and the man quickly walked off.
They sat in silence a moment, "Paullina, what happened out there? Why should I make that girl faint?"
Paullina sighed, "Because, as I said, you're too damn attractive. All those girls liked you, but when you noticed one and smiled it was too much for her to handle. They're just a bunch of silly girls, don't mind them."
"But they were so young. They should not be looking at men that way. How old were they?"
"I don't know, maybe fourteen to sixteen years old. Beleg, it doesn't matter. Forget it."
Beleg wished to question further, but then the man came back and Beleg was obliged to try on the shoes. He didn't particularly like them, there were of a thick all encompassing leather with a heavy sole and laced up oddly, but since they were not too uncomfortable he gave them his approval and Paullina bought them and they were soon on their way out of the mall again. This time the girls were gone and they quickly made it to the car without incident and were soon driving home.
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(A/N Well, hope you liked it.)
