"Well, now that THAT'S over with," Gali said with a groan, "Let's get out of this mall. But first let's go to that bookstore."
"Hey! I just did you a favor, and you still force me to go book-shopping with you!"
"The world's not fair, Gaston. Get used to it," Gali teased, walking up a few paces and slipping inside a Borders Express. Gaston shrugged and followed her through the store, looking with a mix of annoyance and curiosity at the books, all of which had titles that he couldn't read… then again, had the titles been in French, he would have had some difficulty as well.
Gali plucked a title from the shelf and began flipping through it. Attempting to show off his own intelligence, Gaston reached forward and picked up a book as well. He did this a few times before he grabbed one that seemed like it had might have a lot of pic…whoa.
Gaston's book was apparently titled "69 New Sex Positions to Try with Your Lover", and as he looked through it he began to think that perhaps Belle had a point, after all. Gali gazed over and began giggling.
"So, apparently Gaston DOES see the value of reading." Gaston was too engrossed in his book to notice the ribbing. He was also imaging a good amount of his photos with he and Belle substituted for the people in the photos. A young woman with chestnut hair dressed in a Borders employee uniform walked over and jabbed Gaston in the shoulder.
"Hey, you," she snapped, "If you're gonna read it, buy it."
"You want to try these out?" Gaston asked, putting his arm around the woman.
"Gaston, stop!" Gali cried in French. Rolling her eyes, she turned to the employee and said in English, "That's a foreign exchange student. He's not… well-versed in English, so he didn't understand what you asked him."
Shaking Gaston off her shoulder (he had ignored Gali's command), the employee pointed with one hand to the cash register and with the other one to the door.
"Choose one, si vous plait," she said sarcastically, walking off. Gali shrugged and put her book back.
"Can I buy this one?" asked Gaston.
"No."
"What is this? I even get…"
"No, Gaston."
"But I…"
"No, Gaston." They continued arguing back and forth as they walked out of the door, with Gali plucking Gaston's book from his fingers and sticking it back on the shelf. "Let's go somewhere," she suggested.
"But where?"
"Somewhere interesting. Well, as interesting as you can get in Philadelphia. How about the movie theater? You should get a kick out of that?"
"What's a movie theater?"
"Oh, you'll see."