Chapter 11 - Shopping
Sam flicked mindlessly through her magazine.
"Come on Janet. That's like the twentieth dress you've tried on in this store."
"Just a second"
Sam stood up and glanced through the rails of dresses they had in the store. She had been tempted to buy a new white dress for prom but she knew the one she was going to wear was at home in the attic.
"Well, what do you think?"
Sam turned around and smiled at the vision before her.
"Wow! You look like a bride"
Janet twirled in her white and gold dress.
"If i wasn't a girl and your best friend id be asking you out right now."
Janet laughed and looked in the mirror.
"This is the one."
"Totally."
Sam rested her head on Janet's shoulder.
"I think we've found our prom queen."
"Could you go get my purse for me?"
"Sure"
Sam walked over to grab the purse and noticed 5 tall figures entering the shop.
"Shit!"
Sam sprinted to Janet.
"Quick go get changed. It's the guys."
Sam practically pushed Janet into the changing room.
"Hey babe"
Graham wrapped his arms around Sam's waist.
"What are you guys doing here?"
"Getting our tuxes"
"Janet's getting her dress"
Sam looked in the direction of the door as the bell chimed.
"I tell you Daniel. Daffy duck is better than Donald duck"
Sam smiled as Jack looked in her direction.
"Im going to go and talk to them. Get your tuxes sorted."
Sam walked down the two steps and approached Jack.
"Hi"
"Hi. You look good."
"Thanks. Hey guys."
"Hey"
The guys looked at the floor sad and glum.
"Please guys don't try to crack a smile it might kill you."
"Forget about them. I beat them at polka and they haven't got over it."
Sam laughed which forced Jack's smile to wide. makepeace walked down the two steps and lightly tapped Sam on the shoulder.
"What?"
"Im thinking of asking Janet to the prom. She hasn't already got a date has she?"
Sam looked at Daniel who's eyes had lost all the spark.
"Actually..I-I think she's already got a date or someone in mind. How about you leave it for another day or two?"
"Ok. Thank's Sam."
Sam watched Makepeace walk off and when she was sure he had disappeared she glared at Daniel.
"Excuse me gentlemen. I have to have a little word with Mr. Jackson."
Sam gripped Daniel by the arm and pulled him to a quiet corner of the shop.
"I didn't know Janet had a date."
"She doesn't you idiot."
"Then why..?"
"To give you a chance. Janet likes you and she wants you to ask her. If you don't then some other guy will and she's not going to hang around forever."
Daniel looked at Sam.
"I've never asked a girl out before"
"Really?"
"Yes really. How do i ask her?"
Sam smiled.
"Just ask her from your heart"
Sam walked off and left Daniel to brainstorm.
"Janet you ready now?"
Janet smiled.
"Yes and the dress is all paid for."
"So now we can go get food?"
"Yes."
Sam waved to Graham.
"I'll see you later"
"Later babe"
Sam grimaced. She hated the way Graham talked to her.
"Bye guys"
"Bye."
"Bye Sam."
Sam blushed as Jack said goodbye to her individually.
"Bye Jack."
Janet shyly waved to Daniel and walked out.
"Janet wait!"
Daniel ran outside the shop and grabbed Janet.
"Ummm...I'll go wait in the car."
Sam walked down the street to her car and sat patiently.
"Well...?"
"Ummm Wo-would you li-like to go to the p-prom with me?"
"What?"
"Would you like to go to prom with me?"
Janet jumped up and threw her arms around him.
"You don't know how long i've been dreaming of you asking me that question."
"So that's a yes?"
"Yes. Yes. Yes"
Janet kissed Daniel on the cheek leaving a lipstick stain and ran down the street to Sam's car. Daniel walked inside the shop and smiled goofly at the boys.
"My, My dannyboy. What have you been up to?"
Sam flicked mindlessly through her magazine.
"Come on Janet. That's like the twentieth dress you've tried on in this store."
"Just a second"
Sam stood up and glanced through the rails of dresses they had in the store. She had been tempted to buy a new white dress for prom but she knew the one she was going to wear was at home in the attic.
"Well, what do you think?"
Sam turned around and smiled at the vision before her.
"Wow! You look like a bride"
Janet twirled in her white and gold dress.
"If i wasn't a girl and your best friend id be asking you out right now."
Janet laughed and looked in the mirror.
"This is the one."
"Totally."
Sam rested her head on Janet's shoulder.
"I think we've found our prom queen."
"Could you go get my purse for me?"
"Sure"
Sam walked over to grab the purse and noticed 5 tall figures entering the shop.
"Shit!"
Sam sprinted to Janet.
"Quick go get changed. It's the guys."
Sam practically pushed Janet into the changing room.
"Hey babe"
Graham wrapped his arms around Sam's waist.
"What are you guys doing here?"
"Getting our tuxes"
"Janet's getting her dress"
Sam looked in the direction of the door as the bell chimed.
"I tell you Daniel. Daffy duck is better than Donald duck"
Sam smiled as Jack looked in her direction.
"Im going to go and talk to them. Get your tuxes sorted."
Sam walked down the two steps and approached Jack.
"Hi"
"Hi. You look good."
"Thanks. Hey guys."
"Hey"
The guys looked at the floor sad and glum.
"Please guys don't try to crack a smile it might kill you."
"Forget about them. I beat them at polka and they haven't got over it."
Sam laughed which forced Jack's smile to wide. makepeace walked down the two steps and lightly tapped Sam on the shoulder.
"What?"
"Im thinking of asking Janet to the prom. She hasn't already got a date has she?"
Sam looked at Daniel who's eyes had lost all the spark.
"Actually..I-I think she's already got a date or someone in mind. How about you leave it for another day or two?"
"Ok. Thank's Sam."
Sam watched Makepeace walk off and when she was sure he had disappeared she glared at Daniel.
"Excuse me gentlemen. I have to have a little word with Mr. Jackson."
Sam gripped Daniel by the arm and pulled him to a quiet corner of the shop.
"I didn't know Janet had a date."
"She doesn't you idiot."
"Then why..?"
"To give you a chance. Janet likes you and she wants you to ask her. If you don't then some other guy will and she's not going to hang around forever."
Daniel looked at Sam.
"I've never asked a girl out before"
"Really?"
"Yes really. How do i ask her?"
Sam smiled.
"Just ask her from your heart"
Sam walked off and left Daniel to brainstorm.
"Janet you ready now?"
Janet smiled.
"Yes and the dress is all paid for."
"So now we can go get food?"
"Yes."
Sam waved to Graham.
"I'll see you later"
"Later babe"
Sam grimaced. She hated the way Graham talked to her.
"Bye guys"
"Bye."
"Bye Sam."
Sam blushed as Jack said goodbye to her individually.
"Bye Jack."
Janet shyly waved to Daniel and walked out.
"Janet wait!"
Daniel ran outside the shop and grabbed Janet.
"Ummm...I'll go wait in the car."
Sam walked down the street to her car and sat patiently.
"Well...?"
"Ummm Wo-would you li-like to go to the p-prom with me?"
"What?"
"Would you like to go to prom with me?"
Janet jumped up and threw her arms around him.
"You don't know how long i've been dreaming of you asking me that question."
"So that's a yes?"
"Yes. Yes. Yes"
Janet kissed Daniel on the cheek leaving a lipstick stain and ran down the street to Sam's car. Daniel walked inside the shop and smiled goofly at the boys.
"My, My dannyboy. What have you been up to?"