Pawnshops and Carousels

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A/N: Guys! I completely forgot to post last week! Sorry about that. Here's chapter 2. I promise this going to get much better, just bear with me! Don't forget to review and I'll see you guys next week. For real this time

Chapter 2


Les: You know, Sabrina was our favourite girlfriend… of Seth's… I think she was really the only girl we ever really approved of. You know? We watched her grow up in our very kitchen. From her sophomore year all the way through to Seth's third year of college and her second. She was always in the house and in the pawn shop, she always made Seth smile, in fact I've never seen him as happy as I saw him with her. So it was absolutely horrible, as a father, to watch my son grieve for what he lost and for her, because I didn't like that she was unhappy either. If I'm being honest, the only reason I agreed with Ashley about transferring Sabrina here, is because I wanted to see if I could spark the ol'flame of romance between them again. Maybe if I'm lucky they'll get back together.


It was killing me. To say the least.

To have the girl I wanted, had dreamed about for years, with in arms' reach and not being able to touch her. To have her tell me that I'm not allowed to use the nickname I gave her. It made me wonder if she was letting her boyfriend call her that. Cause that nickname was mine and I was calling all rights to it.

She had sat in the office with Les for all of ten minutes and for each of those minutes I was outside that door, pacing back and forth the length of the back office waiting for her to come back out.

I wanted to see her again. I needed that door to open back up so I could see her, so I could know what was going on. Because if she was going to be my assistant I needed to lay down the law.

Like she was only allowed to wear short skirts and skimpy tops and she had to bring me coffee every morning paired with a kiss.

None of which I could say to her because I'd be hit with a sexual harassment suit so fast my head would spin. Well she might not sue, but she would sure as hell tell my dad and in some ways that's worse.

"You're hovering," Ashley sings from her desk and now I'm frowning.

"I know why you did this," I snap. "Lying to her, making her come here…"

"Of course I had to lie, it was the only way I was going to get her here. Like she was gonna work with your philandering no good cheating ass again."

That hurt. It really hurt. It was true but she didn't need to wound me like that.

"And besides… look at you… it's already working."

Oh god it was. Wasn't it? I was wound up, anxious, I hadn't paid attention to anything since she had walked through the goddamn door. I was letting Ashley win.

I was going to walk away to prove her wrong when the door finally opened and just like that Sabrina had my full and undivided attention again. I ignored the gigawatt smile practically blinding me from Ashley's face and just stared at the girl I wanted, wanting nothing more than to sink my hands into that familiar blonde hair and kiss her until she agreed to come back to me.

My dad has an arm around her shoulders and she's avoiding my eyes completely. That meant my dad bargained his way into convincing her to stay. I just know it.

"So, we've decided that she will be staying." Yes I knew it. "She is going to be your Admin and our Organizational officer."

Goddamn. Part time Les' staff and part time mine. No. It was all or nothing. I wasn't going to share her. I just wasn't.

"What the hell is an Organizational Officer?" I ask and Sabrina glares at me. I'm just happy she's looking at me again, her eyes on me illicit this burning longing feeling in my chest that is making my pants tight and my hands twitch. I just want to grab her.

"I'm going to look at your warehouse, and then create and put together an Organizational scheme so you guys can find things better," she said.

Warehouse. Warehouse was my jurisdiction. She was all mine.

"So she's working for me then," I confirm and my dad nods.

"Ultimately."

"But if you bug me too much I'm going back to the other store," she snaps and all eyes turn to me. Well she's thrown down the law now which means if she leaves everyone's gonna know it was cause of me.

"Bug you? You think I'm gonna bug you, I don't give a shit about you."

Now, have you ever been in a situation where words are coming out of your mouth and you can't stop them? Yeah that was what just happened to me. Everyone is staring at me like they can't believe I just said that, not even I believe I just said that.

All Sabrina does, other than stare at me like I'm a monster, is turn her wounded eyes to my father who is scowling at me.

"Office. Now," he snaps pointing me towards the door he was just sequestered behind with the girl I cared more about then I did anything any and I hang my head and walk towards it. As I'm nearly the doorway I hear my father say: "That will be the one and only time. I promise you. Even if I have to muzzle him myself."

Great.

Just great


Ashely: This is Great. She hasn't even been in the store for an hour and she's already doing everything I thought she'd do. Seth is so far off his game, my dad will have no choice but to hand over control to me.