Chapter four
Bam walked into the optometrist's office and went right up to the front counter. The receptionist was busy looking through files on the computer screen in front of her and had the phone receiver resting on her shoulder. She quickly glanced up at Bam over the top of her glass and then looked back at the computer screen and went back to talking on the phone.
"Excuse me Ma'am?"
She held her hand over the receiver and looked at Bam again "I'm sorry we don't give handouts here."
Bam sighed "No you don't understand I want to talk to the doctor."
"He's busy with a patient. You may sit over there and wait." She pointed over toward a row of chairs
Bam nodded his head and walked over to the chairs to sit down. The soft oldies music coming through the speakers above began to annoy him. He glanced over at the small table next to his chair and looked at the stack of old magazines. The magazines consisted of "National Geographic" and "Highlights"; neither magazine he wanted to look at, nor would he be caught dead looking at. Bam looked up when he saw the doctor and another person walk out of the examining room. The doctor briefly spoke to the person, telling them about their new glasses or whatever. The patient left and then the doctor looked over at Bam. Bam stood up and walked over to the doctor.
"Excuse me but I was wondering if I could talk to you in private."
"Do you have an appointment?"
"Um, no, but this is important."
"Ok follow me into my examining room."
The doctor and Bam walked back into the small dark room. Bam was told to take a seat, which he did. The doctor pulled up a stool by Bam.
"Now… what exactly is this about?"
Bam took off his sunglasses "I was wondering if I could get fitted for some contacts."
"I can do that for you right now. Would you also need an eye exam?"
"No. I actually need non-prescription ones. Colored lenses actually."
"So you only want to change the color of your eyes?" Bam nodded his head "Okay… Do you have any color in mind?"
"Not really. Just anything but blue."
"Well I have a color chart that you can look at."
"Ok."
The doctor brought over the color chart of all the colors he had to choose from for his contacts. Bam looked it over for a little nit before picking the right color. The doctor then brought over a special machine that allowed him to measure the exact shape and size of Bam's eyes.
Minutes later Bam had ordered a few pairs of brown tinted contacts for himself. As he left the building he put his sunglasses on and began to walk down the sidewalk towards Fairman's. Once he got there Luke was just about to go inside. Luke looked at him and smiled.
"Aaron! I was hoping you'd come by today."
"You were?"
"Yeah, my boss has agreed to give you an interview for a more permanent job here."
"Oh really? That's cool."
"Yeah, well, come in and you can wait for him. He shouldn't be too long."
Bam and Luke went inside the store where they talked some more. Luke talked about how he would need another roommate at his apartment soon, which caught Bam's interest. After a few minutes Luke's boss showed up and gave Bam an interview. Bam really impressed him, even though most of the information he gave about himself was completely made up. However, his lies were very believable and landed him the job at the shop. Bam was even impressed with how well his lies played off.
Bam shook his new boss's hand with a smile "Thank you so much for giving me this job. I assure you that I won't let you down."
"No, thank you. I needed the help. Can you start next week?"
"Of course I can."
"Great." He grinned at Bam before walking away
Luke looked at Bam "I think this is going to be fun working with you here."
"Yeah. Thanks for helping me get the job. Gives me a reason to stay in this town." He smirked "So… about this roommate thing…"
"You interested in staying?"
"Well I'd like to check out your apartment before I decide anything."
"Of course. You going anywhere else today?"
"Um… well not really. When are you off work? I'll come by here then and I'll go with you to your apartment to check things out."
"I work until 5."
"Cool. I'll come back. Oh and thanks again for helping me with the job."
"No problem. Oh hey you'll also get to meet my current roommate. You might like him, he's pretty cool."
"Oh ok. Well I'll let you get back to work. See ya later."
He walked out the door and took to the streets once more. He wasn't sure where he'd go or what he'd do for the rest of the day, but he knew he'd find something to do. As he walked around he spotted a payphone. He smiled to himself as he called April to tell her about the day he was having so far.