Chapter 4
Two Of Everything?
As Rose walked toward the Inn's entrance someone walked out. It was the girl Will had been talking to she waited until the girl was gone and entered the tavern almost running into Will.
"WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU DOING?!" Will looked surprised and a bit scared.
"I-I was, the bar." He pointed to the bar.
"You were the bar? You know what, I don't even care, lets go." They exited the Inn and hurried down the street in the direction they had before.
"So where exactly are we going?" Will finally got out; Rose didn't bother to turn around.
"Dempington. I was told a head vamp was there. Turns out I was messing with his children the whole time. Made a weak vamp squeal last night." Will raised an eyebrow,
"Squeal?" she stopped and looked at him with a stern look,
"Not like that, I made him talk."
"How?" Rose smiled and kept walking,
"You squeeze a man, even vamp for that matter, in a certain place hard enough and he'll tell you anything." Will shook his head as they continued to walk though the huge crowds. They walked until they came upon a crowd around a man standing on a box. He seemed to be selling something.
"GET YOU VAMPIRE WARDING CROSSES HERE! ONLY TEN POUNDS! WE HAVE HOLY WATER, WE HAVE GARLIC! ANYTHING YOU NEED TO WARD A BLOODSUCKER WE'VE GOT IT!' the man's voice was scratchy and sounded as if he were going through puberty late. In his hand he was holding one of the crosses.
"Looks like he made those last night with some extra wood he had laying around." Will said to Rsoe. She smiled.
"Anything?" she yelled to the man. The man looked at her. When he smiled he showed his brownish-yellow teeth, he looked at her as if she were amusing.
"Yes love, anything." He got down off the box and walked to her. Will noticed his pants were just as dirty as his teeth. He had incredibly greasy hair, and when he reached Rose, Will could smell him.
"What would you like, love." She smiled and looked at him as if she were interested in him, the crowd that was there had left. Will could tell she was acting, he was surprised how good she was. But then again, she had to be. She started playing with his shirts dirty collar and got real close to him.
"I'd like..." the man didn't even look as if he'd heard the first two words out of her mouth, "... four sets of daggers, two knife sets, a couple hatchets for my bother here, anddddd..." she thought a moment, "...some arrows." The man stood a moment,
"Sure thing, love, come on back. Since you're a regular I'll give you a discount." They started to walked to the back,
"You're a regular?" Will asked in confusion,
"Yea, I come here all the time."
"Oh...what was with the crosses and stuff?"
"I don't know." She spoke louder so the man could hear her, "James. Why do you sell all that stuff? You know it doesn't work. I mean really, garlic?" James turned around and smiled, Will flinched,
"Because people think it does. Plus the prophets great. I don't get slayers like you a lot. Its sad really. So what'd you want again love?" James opened a trunk; in it were piles of weapons.
"Oh! Two knife sets, arrows, four sets of daggers, and some hatchets. Oooh! What's this?" she picked up a big spiked ball that was attached to a stick by chain,
"Oh, sorry love. This is a big boy's toy. A little to bi g even me." Which to Will's standards wasn't much, Rose looked stronger then he did.
"So is that all?" Rose had put all the items she needed into the bag Will was carrying. She looked at Will, then the bag, then James and smiled.
"Well..." she bent over at the right angle so James could see down her shirt. She pretended to be looking for something then stood up, "Yeah, I guess." Rose turned and started to walk away.
"We're not gonna pay?!" Will whispered to her, she shushed him, and then whispered back.
"I just did."
"Oh! Love!" they both froze. They'd been caught, now they'd probably have to pay full price. Rose slowly turned around; Will could see her mind turning to find an excuse.
"Yes." Is all she could get out.
"Do come see me more often, will yea?" she forced a smile.
"No problem." That was forced too. Will snickered as they walked back into the crowded street,
"What?" she asked,
"Nothing...love..." Will broke into laughter,
"Oh, shut up. At least we didn't have to pay."
"Oh! But you did!"
"Don't remind me. Please." Will laughed some more as they walked toward...the port?
"Why are we here?" Will asked,
"More business. Just be cool. Wait." She stopped and looked over at a guy in what looked like a fruit stand. "Go get some fruit. Ahhh...two of everything. Ok?" Will nodded and walked over to the man. He didn't seem to be having any customers so Will put the heavy bags down and looked at the fruit for a minute. The man working the stand looked as if he were an ex- pirate...if there was such a thing. He had his ear pierced several times, a rag hiding his hair, a white-or used to be white shirt, and a very weird look on his face.
"Uh...can I get tw-"
"What's yer name, there, lad?" the man interrupted him,
"Lad?" the man smiled, "It's Will." The man looked him over,
"Trouble." Is all the man said, Will looked around as if he were talking to someone else,
"Uh...no, I'm not troubled."
"Ahhhh...no, not yet ye aren't. Soon enough. Soon enough." Will just looked at him,
"Can I just get two of everything?"
"Aye. You can." The man just sat there. Will stood waiting.
"Well."
"What?"
"Can I get two of everything?" a sound of annoyance in his voice,
"Aye, I said you could." They both did nothing,
'Screw this.' Will started to take and put two of each fruit into his bag,
"Hey! Ye better pay for those!" Will stopped and just stared at the man for a minute, then finished.
"How much." Will was pissed off and was trying not to go off on this guy. The man smiled.
"20 pounds." He only said it because he knew Will was so pissed he'd pay. He did. He picked up the bags and walked over to Rose. She was standing next to a real pirate. Or at least he looked like a real one.
Two Of Everything?
As Rose walked toward the Inn's entrance someone walked out. It was the girl Will had been talking to she waited until the girl was gone and entered the tavern almost running into Will.
"WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU DOING?!" Will looked surprised and a bit scared.
"I-I was, the bar." He pointed to the bar.
"You were the bar? You know what, I don't even care, lets go." They exited the Inn and hurried down the street in the direction they had before.
"So where exactly are we going?" Will finally got out; Rose didn't bother to turn around.
"Dempington. I was told a head vamp was there. Turns out I was messing with his children the whole time. Made a weak vamp squeal last night." Will raised an eyebrow,
"Squeal?" she stopped and looked at him with a stern look,
"Not like that, I made him talk."
"How?" Rose smiled and kept walking,
"You squeeze a man, even vamp for that matter, in a certain place hard enough and he'll tell you anything." Will shook his head as they continued to walk though the huge crowds. They walked until they came upon a crowd around a man standing on a box. He seemed to be selling something.
"GET YOU VAMPIRE WARDING CROSSES HERE! ONLY TEN POUNDS! WE HAVE HOLY WATER, WE HAVE GARLIC! ANYTHING YOU NEED TO WARD A BLOODSUCKER WE'VE GOT IT!' the man's voice was scratchy and sounded as if he were going through puberty late. In his hand he was holding one of the crosses.
"Looks like he made those last night with some extra wood he had laying around." Will said to Rsoe. She smiled.
"Anything?" she yelled to the man. The man looked at her. When he smiled he showed his brownish-yellow teeth, he looked at her as if she were amusing.
"Yes love, anything." He got down off the box and walked to her. Will noticed his pants were just as dirty as his teeth. He had incredibly greasy hair, and when he reached Rose, Will could smell him.
"What would you like, love." She smiled and looked at him as if she were interested in him, the crowd that was there had left. Will could tell she was acting, he was surprised how good she was. But then again, she had to be. She started playing with his shirts dirty collar and got real close to him.
"I'd like..." the man didn't even look as if he'd heard the first two words out of her mouth, "... four sets of daggers, two knife sets, a couple hatchets for my bother here, anddddd..." she thought a moment, "...some arrows." The man stood a moment,
"Sure thing, love, come on back. Since you're a regular I'll give you a discount." They started to walked to the back,
"You're a regular?" Will asked in confusion,
"Yea, I come here all the time."
"Oh...what was with the crosses and stuff?"
"I don't know." She spoke louder so the man could hear her, "James. Why do you sell all that stuff? You know it doesn't work. I mean really, garlic?" James turned around and smiled, Will flinched,
"Because people think it does. Plus the prophets great. I don't get slayers like you a lot. Its sad really. So what'd you want again love?" James opened a trunk; in it were piles of weapons.
"Oh! Two knife sets, arrows, four sets of daggers, and some hatchets. Oooh! What's this?" she picked up a big spiked ball that was attached to a stick by chain,
"Oh, sorry love. This is a big boy's toy. A little to bi g even me." Which to Will's standards wasn't much, Rose looked stronger then he did.
"So is that all?" Rose had put all the items she needed into the bag Will was carrying. She looked at Will, then the bag, then James and smiled.
"Well..." she bent over at the right angle so James could see down her shirt. She pretended to be looking for something then stood up, "Yeah, I guess." Rose turned and started to walk away.
"We're not gonna pay?!" Will whispered to her, she shushed him, and then whispered back.
"I just did."
"Oh! Love!" they both froze. They'd been caught, now they'd probably have to pay full price. Rose slowly turned around; Will could see her mind turning to find an excuse.
"Yes." Is all she could get out.
"Do come see me more often, will yea?" she forced a smile.
"No problem." That was forced too. Will snickered as they walked back into the crowded street,
"What?" she asked,
"Nothing...love..." Will broke into laughter,
"Oh, shut up. At least we didn't have to pay."
"Oh! But you did!"
"Don't remind me. Please." Will laughed some more as they walked toward...the port?
"Why are we here?" Will asked,
"More business. Just be cool. Wait." She stopped and looked over at a guy in what looked like a fruit stand. "Go get some fruit. Ahhh...two of everything. Ok?" Will nodded and walked over to the man. He didn't seem to be having any customers so Will put the heavy bags down and looked at the fruit for a minute. The man working the stand looked as if he were an ex- pirate...if there was such a thing. He had his ear pierced several times, a rag hiding his hair, a white-or used to be white shirt, and a very weird look on his face.
"Uh...can I get tw-"
"What's yer name, there, lad?" the man interrupted him,
"Lad?" the man smiled, "It's Will." The man looked him over,
"Trouble." Is all the man said, Will looked around as if he were talking to someone else,
"Uh...no, I'm not troubled."
"Ahhhh...no, not yet ye aren't. Soon enough. Soon enough." Will just looked at him,
"Can I just get two of everything?"
"Aye. You can." The man just sat there. Will stood waiting.
"Well."
"What?"
"Can I get two of everything?" a sound of annoyance in his voice,
"Aye, I said you could." They both did nothing,
'Screw this.' Will started to take and put two of each fruit into his bag,
"Hey! Ye better pay for those!" Will stopped and just stared at the man for a minute, then finished.
"How much." Will was pissed off and was trying not to go off on this guy. The man smiled.
"20 pounds." He only said it because he knew Will was so pissed he'd pay. He did. He picked up the bags and walked over to Rose. She was standing next to a real pirate. Or at least he looked like a real one.