Chapter. 46

The sun's rays broke through Rebecca's window, waking her up. Rebecca sat up in her bed and rubbed eyes. She checked the time then jumped out of bed, Rebecca opened her closet and grabbed her clothes for the day, a sky blue sweater with white pants and shoes. After her shower and getting dressed Rebecca grabbed her motorcycle helmet and ran down the stairs, jumping down the last three.

Rebecca rushed to the kitchen, tossing two slices of bread into the toaster then began frying an egg.

Rebecca heard someone else coming down the stairs and saw her parents. The first was her father who had short black hair with purple eyes, the mother had long amber hair with pale green eyes. Both of them wore dark red pants and shoes with a white coat over bright green shirts.

"Morning!" Rebecca waved to her parents.

"You're up early." The father started the coffee machine. "You feeling better?"

"Huh?"

"You came home two days ago, ran into your room and wouldn't come out. Now you're shining." Commented her mother.

"Oh yeah. I'm good!" Rebecca threw salt and pepper on her cooking egg.

Rebecca cleared his throat. "Listen Rebecca. We talked with the hospital but, we're still going to be on staff on thanksgiving." The parents braised for Rebecca's disappointment.

"It's fine, you do what you have to do to pay the bills." Rebecca moved the fried egg onto a plate when her toast was done. She moved her food to the table and ate quickly.

While Rebecca's parents watched intently until the mother noticed the helmet she picked it up and showed it to her husband. "What's this for Rebecca?"

Rebecca finished her food then put her plate in the sink and grabbed the helmet. "Bye mom, bye dad!" Rebecca dashed out the front door.

"Rebecca!" Her father shouted but the door was closed, the parents looked out the window to see someone in white pants and a green hoodie drive up to the front of the house on a motorcycle. They stopped once for a moment to let Rebecca on then drive off.

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After a few minutes Vincent and Rebecca arrived outside of a large parking lot with filled with a sea of stands and people selling all kinds of things. "What's this place?" Asked Rebecca as the two got off.

"Never been to a swap meet? It's the best place to find almost anything." Vincent held his hand to Rebecca. "Shall we?"

"Yes. Oh! My parents said they have to work on thanksgiving."

"That sucks. Well, you're still welcome to coming over and be with my family."

"Thank you, I'll do that."

"Cool." The two held hands and walked into the swap meet.

Walking by the stands Rebecca saw they all sold various things, from clothes, to car parts, and even hand made items. "How do you find anything in this place?"

"That's part of the fun. You don't really know what you want until you see it."

Walking deeper in Rebecca let go of Vincent when she saw a stand selling painted skulls. Vincent followed Rebecca as she looked them over. He turned away to look at the stands that are close by.

Vincent stopped at a stand with glass figurines. "These look nice." Looking over everything on the table he spotted a black horse with bright red legs and hair, standing on it hind legs. "I'll have this please." Vincent pointed to the glass horse.

The person manning the stand took the horse, wrapping it up in paper then putting it in a bag. "Here you go."

"Thanks."

"V!" Vincent spun around to see Rebecca holding up dark blue duster coat. "I got this over there!" Rebecca pointed a stand selling coats.

"This for me?" Vincent took off his hoodie then gave it to Rebecca as he put on the duster. "How do I look?"

"Really nice."

"Thanks. This is for you." Vincent held out the bag to Rebecca. Rebecca opened the bag to find to glass horse. "Saw all the wooden figures on your desk, thought you might like some glass-"

Rebecca lunged at Vincent and hugged him. "Thank you!"

Vincent gentle held Rebecca and stroked her hair. "Anything to make you smile." Vincent placed his arm around Rebecca's back as they continued through the swap meet.

After walking around for almost half an hour Vincent stopped at a stand selling boxing memorabilia, spotting an old set of brown boxing gloves. "I think Lyle would like that."

"Then let's get it for him, but we'll have to get something for Coco and Levi too." Rebecca raised her hand to the side of her head. "What does Levi like?"

"We'll find something for her, and if she doesn't like it we'll just tell her, 'fuck off bitch we didn't have to get you anything.' and leave it at that."

"Okay then."

"Now then." Vincent rubbed his hands together. "Coco likes cameras, so let's get her a real one." The two walked around the swap meet for another twenty minutes before they found someone selling old cameras. After they made their purchase the couple spotted someone selling small fruit salads next to some outdoor tables and chairs. The two bought their food and took their seats to rest.

"So how is it?"

Rebecca took a bite out of a pineapple. "Juicy!"

"I'll take that as it's good then." Vincent ate a slice of a pear. "So any ideas on what to get for Levi?"

"She's pretty well off so I don't know what to get if she can get anything."

"Well what do we know about her?" Vincent leaded back in his chair. "Honestly I got nothing."

"We don't know anything about her, and she's our friend."

"Okay when school starts up again we're going to speak to Levi and learn something about her. I owe her too much."

Rebecca shivered as a strong wind blew through. "Well winter in almost here so maybe something useful would be a good idea."

"Practical is never a bad thing. So what do you have in mind?"

"You know how she's always wearing that dark blue overcoat? Let's get one that's another color."

"Alright ready when you are." The two finished their food then stood up to leave. "One more thing." Vincent draped his duster over Rebecca. "Don't think I didn't see you shiver there."

"Thank you V." The two returned to the stand that Rebecca bought the duster and purchased a dark brown, furred overcoat. "Think Levi will like it?"

"She better. Fur is like one of the best at keeping you warm."

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The two spent the rest of the day looking through all the different stands, the sun was starting to set and some of the stands were beginning to pack up to leave. As they were walking to Vincent's motorcycle they saw a stand that sold oil paintings. "Those look really nice."

Rebecca leaned closer for a better look. "Isn't oil painting hard to do?"

"I don't know, maybe. I swing a sword, not a brush." Vincent looked over the paintings until he saw one of a knight holding up his shield and cape to protect a woman in a blue dress from am angry mob as they walked out of a castle gate and into the plains. Vincent quickly turned to the person running the stand. "I want that painting."

"What painting?" Rebecca saw the one the stand owner handed to Vincent as he paid for it. "It's beautiful."

Vincent took the painting and lead Rebecca to his motorcycle, the two put their items in the bike's carry bags and rode off.

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The sun had set as The couple arrived outside of Rebecca's house. Rebecca climbed off with her bag and removed her helmet. "Thank you V, for today."

"We'll go again sometime, you'll find all sorts of stuff you never knew you wanted. Oh yeah." Vincent reached into one of the bags and handed Rebecca the painting. "This is for you."

"V I can't-"

"Yes you can Reby. Hang it somewhere you'll see it often, know that you're not alone." Vincent climbed off his bike and kissed Rebecca's hand. "Don't worry my goddess. I will be you're shield."

"V..." Vincent leaned closer, he kissed Rebecca then returned to his bike.

"I'll put you up thursday morning, that a good time?"

"Yes." Vincent nods and drives off, when he was out of sight she relived she was still wearing his duster.

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