Dan POV
"Hey, Danny!" Julie cried in a surprise pleasure. Julie's voice was so perky and cheery, I wonder why? "Hey," I replied in a dull voice. She came to sit by me her shiny hair glistering on the lights. I shrugged away. The shrill of Julie's cell phone startled me. "Excuse me." Julie whispered.
Julie's POV
"Hello?" I hissed. "Julie?" Billy verified. "Yeah, What do you want? I'm in the middle of the plan." I said in a hard tone. "Sorry, but I don't know if we should do this, Julie. Won't it break Dan and Runo's friendship?" I sighed and gave him the details. "Come on Billy. Can you do it for me?" I flirted. I never really like Billy, but I needed him to get to Dan. One little twist couldn't hurt right? After me and Dan get together, I'll just tell a little white lie and make thing all better. "Well, Okay," He seemed to realize that this was out of his depth. "Perfect." I smirked. "Now go deal with Runo, okay?" I ordered.
Dan POV
"Sorry about that, Dan." Julie muttered, then added more clearly, "So Dan how would you like a promotion?" "Really?" It sounded like I was choking. "Only if you'd be my brawling partner for the Bakugan festival." Julie demanded. "The what?" I asked confused. "The Bakugan Festival, silly. The mall's gonna have this huge brawling festival and it's sorta like a carnival. There's gonna be food, games, and brawls." Julie threw a grateful glance at my way.
"We're all going to brawl, the winner gets the title of King and Queen and a free shopping spree for a whole month." Julie clarified. "I guess…" I mumbled. I really wanted to brawl with Runo instead. I had this deep weird feeling instead every time I was around her. I would act so stupid when I was close to her. No, it couldn't be a crush can it?
"So, Dan do you want to work at Gamestop? Where you can play video games all day." She began, and flashed a sly smiled.
"It pays double." Julie beamed, and then paused. Hmm. I could get Runo's gift early and quit this job early. "Wait. Isn't like on the 1st floor? Runo works at the 2nd floor. I won't get to see her much." I asked tentatively, glancing at Runo, from across the mall. "I thought you two were friends. Why do you need to see her?" Julie demanded with infuriated look spread across her face. "We are. It's just that…" I trailed off. "So that's a yes right?" Julie complained. "Yeah." "Perfect." Julie beamed. I hope this was a good idea.
"Hey Dan," Runo muttered. "Is it true that your gonna be Julie's brawling partner for the festival?" I sighed and turned away. "Yeah, but I'm not proud of it. I'm doing it for the money. You know your birthday gift." I sighed. "Good. So we're still going to the movies this afternoon with Shun and Alice?" She informed me. "Yep." "I'll meet you at the food court okay?" Runo asked. "Okay."
7:00 pm
This was favorite part of the day, closing time.
Off to the movies with Runo, Alice, and Shun. "Hey Dan," Julie shrieked. "Hey, Sorry can't talk much. I'm meeting someone at the food court, Julie." I said softly and half-ran. "Don't worry Dan. We have some work to do. New clothes, cards, and ect. " She said. I pursed my lips and frowned. "You do want the money don't you?" She asked skeptically and stared at me intently. "Yeah," I responded, remorseful. I'm sorry Runo.
Sorry It's really short and I kinda rushed through it but the next chapter will probably have more drama.