Ah, this is a funny chapter, truly. Anyways…
"So, what are you looking for, Ma'am?" The clerk asked seriously.
Haley laughed.
"Oh, come on, I'm no madam. And I'm not even the one looking for anything. That would be my two friends, who are…Uh, somewhere!" Haley explained matter-of-factly, pointing behind her.
However, James and Sarah were not behind her. As a matter of fact, they were in another aisle altogether. Haley motioned to the clerk.
"I will be right back. Keep your shorts on, okay?" Haley exclaimed before running down the aisles.
The clerk was indignant.
"I cannot believe that… I'm wearing a skirt, for crying out loud! Stupid impudent little children with their rude ways," He huffed.
Haley turned back and scowled at him.
"I heard that, Hula Boy!" She snapped, annoyed.
Then Haley continued on her merry way, hunting down Sarah and James. She found them a moment later, in a large aisle, looking at couches. Grin stretched from ear-to-ear, she ran towards them like something out of a nature movie.
"Sarah! James! Aww, you're looking at couches together. It's like Barbie and Ken are shopping for her Dream House. How cute! Tommy and Kelly are going to be so stoked!" Haley rambled, grinning.
Sarah frowned, thinking.
"Tommy? Kelly? Barbie? Ken? Huh?" Sarah questioned, confused.
Haley beamed.
"Well, they haven't broken up yet!"
James raised an eyebrow and shared a look with Sarah, which Haley noticed. She grinned again. However, the saccharine sweet reply that followed did not come from her.
"Aw, how sweet. A young couple in love looking at love seats!" A salesclerk explained, smiling at Sarah and James.
She walked up to Sarah, and to Sarah's chagrin, put a hand on her stomach.
"Oh, honey, when're you due? I can direct you to the crib section. There's a baby supplies store nearby," The woman said in an annoyingly bright tone.
Sarah's eyes widened and James' mouth gaped open. Sarah scowled, pushing the woman's hand off of her stomach.
"I'm not pregnant," Sarah said icily, in a voice that made Haley shiver, and James want to go back to 1776 without her.
The woman merely shrugged.
"Oh, whatever. I'm sure that you're not, honey," She declared, waving it off nonchalantly.
Sarah scowled and James continued to gape. The woman then turned to Haley, smiling sweetly at her.
"Oh, hello there. Darling, I couldn't see past your hair, you know, with it being so…Well, bushy. Anyways, I was wondering if you and your… delightful friends, wanted something?" The woman chirped.
Haley took a long, appraising look at the woman, seething with anger on the inside. Her arms crossed over her chest and her brow furrowed.
"Do I know you from somewhere? I have the strongest feeling that you work at my school," Haley replied, smiling mockingly.
The woman smiled back in the same, false manner. She polished one of her long purple nails on the dull green business suit she wore. Rolling her blue eyes, she tossed her straight blonde hair behind her.
"I'm Shera Asho. Nice to meet you," Shera lied.
Haley faked a smile.
"Charmed," Sarah said sarcastically.
Haley squinted at the woman before her.
"Hey, aren't you my brother's art teacher?" Haley questioned.
James gazed at the evil woman too, recognizing her.
"Hey, aren't you my art teacher?"
Shera fixed him with an evil glare, which James returned when she wasn't looking. Shera rolled her eyes.
"Can I help you with anything?" Shera yawned.
An obvious look of disapproval crossed over Sarah's face. Haley frowned, walking out past the aisle.
"HULA-BOY! We're in aisle 20! Get your butt over here PRONTO!" Haley shouted at the top of her lungs.
A grin crossed James' face and Sarah covered her ears, grimacing. A few minutes later, the skirted man approached, face red. James snickered.
"Oh, my," Sarah exclaimed in a whisper.
Haley beamed.
"Sir or Madam, could you help my friends with their selections?"
The man nodded wearily and started talking to Sarah and James while Shera stormed off, angry that she had been ignored.
Loren ;
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