Chapter 2: Social Skills
"Now Parker all you have to do is act." Sophie tried to explain.
"Act?" Parker asked tilting her head.
"Yes! Act like how you saw me last night at my showing." Sophie offered as Parker looked at her quite baffled. "Do you understand?" she asked. "Our mark know's my face so its up to you."
"Ok I'll try." Parker replied with a stern nod and Sophie couldn't help but smile.
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"Are you ready Paker? He's at your ten." Hardison's voice sounded from in her ear. Parker nodded and then took a breath and walked towards a handsome looking man with dark brown hair and a nice Armani suit. She cleared her throat and he looked over at her and she quickly dropped to her knees and looked up at the man with wild eyes.
"PLEASE!" Parker moaned. "I need you to hurry! Quick come this way! For I! Yes I! Have an offer that you must not, no! Will not refuse!" she yelled. The man looked down at the woman who was now tugging at his pant leg as Eliot came running over to scoop Parker up over his shoulder. "Hurry! Please come this way!" Parker yelled after the man who was now giving her a look that she knew she had given Sophie while watching her on stage. She then saw Nate run over to the man and started talking with him.
Eliot rounded the corner and placed her down in the hallway and grabbed her by the shoulders. He looked quite angry.
"What were you thinking!?" He yelled as Parker frowned.
"I was trying to act!" she replied knowing that she had done everything she had seen Sophie do last night.
"Why!?" he snapped back as Parker pouted a little.
"I was only doing what Sophie suggested, I'm a thief not a grifter how am I supposed to know how to pick up men!?" she yelled back.
"You can easily make Hardison blush! I just assumed you knew how to act like a typical woman!" Eliot replied and with that Parker stomped down on his foot with her heel which made him fall over as he stormed away.
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"In her defense, she nailed you're portrayal of the White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland. Who by the way was late for an important date, not asking Alice to go with him" Hardison offered leaning back in his chair looking to Sophie who was now shaking her head in embarrassment.