Chapter Four: Shopping....more like window shopping but yay!!!

"What are you talking about, you can't fire me? I literally was just letting crazy Joe know his place and that he doesn't have any fucking right to throw iced-coffee at another customer for no just cause. And I am very sure that any normal person would have reacted but he kept his calm because of my outburst" explained Angela to her manager Owen.

Owen pinched his nose in frustration and nodded because she did have a point there. "Okay, fine. You won't be fired but promise me that you wouldn't do that again"

"I can't promise you that" replied Angela and Owen sighed in defeat.

After a brief conversation about the work and the new shift schedule and payments, Angie walked back to the eating area where Kira was waiting for her. They were about to order when she was called in few minutes ago.

"What was it about?" Kira asked with a worried expression on her face.

"Don't worry about it Kira, it was about the iced-coffee issue. He fired me and I told him why he can't fire me and he re-hired me" she said with a cocky smile while taking a bite from the burger that was already ordered by Kira.

"Let's say it is the shortest termination and reinstation in history baby" she said with a full mouth.

"Uhhh..okay, so you are good now?" Kira asked because she couldn't process the whole firing and re-employment story of her friend so, that was all she could ask right now.

"Yeah, totally cool, eat up girl we are still going window shopping and you know Polar is still outside all by himself because they don't allow pets in here, even if they are well trained dogs, so eat" Angie said while she happily ate her food and the girls chatted away and left the place with Polar who was more than happy to be re-united with his owner.

The walked slowly to the market place, unknown to them that they were being followed even though the dog noticed it a little bit because he caught the scent when they were leaving the apartment earlier today.

For a dog that was found on the street, Polar was really smart. He didn't bark at random people but those that are really suspicious and are doing something weird, like the time when she and Angela were walking and a group of douche bags were pretending to be lost and asking for directions when what they wanted to do was drug her but he was smarter than them. And he was also so happy that Angela gets him so well, it was as if they could communicate which is funny because she doesn't speak dog. Anyway, they ended up kicking those guys butts. So, this guy that has been following them from afar better have good intentions unless he or she wants to get their ass bitten and he would definitely make that happen if they try anything stupid, he growled lowly.

As Kira and Angela continued looking at the beautiful wears and fabrics at the local market, oblivious of the fact that they were being followed by Shawn who had managed to keep his distance without being creepy about it. It even surprised him that he is actually doing this, sneaking around and watching girls from a distance.

"What the fuck am I doing?" he asked himself clearly frustrated at himself for this bizarre behavior, he pinched the top his nose, a gesture he always does whenever he was frustrated, nervous or angry.

He watched the girls go to a store where fancy beach hats were being sold. He saw how the ogled at the hats which were obviously expensive and they could only look at it. He felt a little pain because he knew the feeling of wanting something that you couldn't afford. As he was looking around, he found the dog looking straight at him, he wasn't afraid of dogs but the death stare that this dog gave him made a shiver run down his spine.

It was as if the dog knew he was following them which was really creepy but fascinating cause other dogs would be excited to be out than to guard their owners but not this dog.

The stepped closer to the girls. Kira was the first to notice the extremely handsome dude coming towards them and was about to tug her friend to see him but Angela has already pulled her hand towards the next store and she didn't see the person who was approaching them.

"Damn girl, did you see that hot guy over there?" Kira asked in an excited voice. Just because she is nerd doesn't mean she won't appreciate the great hand work of God when he created this guy, God must have spent a whole week creating this man Kira thought to herself.

"Kira, every guy is hot to you" Angela rolled her eyes and was looking through antiques that were on the show case in an antiques store that they had just entered.

"No, for real this time. This guy is really hot, like very much extremely hot. What other adjectives can I use to describe how hot he is?".

"Okay fine, whatever you say" Angela replied clearly not as enthusiastic as Kira wanted her to be.

"How much is this fabric ma'am?" Kira asked holding a silk purple linen which had black and gold embroidery around it with silver, from the look of it alone you could tell it would cost a lot of money.

"That would be $50 dollars" the store owner replied.

"$50 dollars is a lot of money, could you please reduce the price I don't have such money" Kira pleaded with the middle-aged woman who was selling it.

"Well if you can't afford it, I guess you should beat it then. I have already reduced the price to $50 dollars for you. Get the hell out of here you broke ass girl, I am not one of those men you swindle with your looks and words or even your bodies" spat the woman as she looked at them with distaste.

Angela was about to retort back to the woman for not only insulting her friend but also calling her a slut just because of a piece of fabric which is so unfair when Kira held her back and shook her head for her to let it go because she knew it wouldn't just end with the exchange of words.

She could also hear growls coming from Polar who was also pissed at the tone the woman used to talk to Kira.

"You know lady…" Angela started off for her to stop when the saw the familiar face of the man who was thrown iced-coffee few days ago by crazy Joe and she froze not because she was scared but because she got to see him clearly now and the man is beautiful.

He turned towards them and smiled before facing the owner of the fabric store to who was obviously affected by him too, talk about hypocrisy.

Kira nudged Angela to signal to her that this was the same guy that she was trying to show her few minutes ago but she was not paying attention, while unknown to Kira this was the same man who Angela was talking about.

"Good day ma'am, how much is this fabric?" the beautiful man asked the store owner for her to blush and for the girls to roll their eyes before their eyes widened as it was the same fabric that they were bargaining for.

"We want to buy that fabric sir" said Angela

"What nonsense, these little girls are joking around sir. The price is $200 dollars, it is really rare and expensive. I even managed to get it from China" the woman said will giving the girls a death stare.

"Is it now? I thought I overheard you saying it was $50 dollars? Hmmm?"

The woman was shocked to hear this and tried to hide her lie by saying she lied to the girls.

He was about to say something when his phone rang, he answered it spoke for a couple of seconds. He paid for the linen even though it was overpriced.

He turned as the girls were about to go only for him to call them back.

"Angela, right? From Ovens'n'Batter?" He asked looking directly at Angela who was shocked as well as Kira.

"Firecracker" he smiled

"I'm sorry, but what did you call me?"

"I called you 'Firecracker' because of what you did when I was drenched in iced-coffee, not one of my favorite memories but your reaction made it memorable" he said while smiling at the girls.

"You have a very observant dog by the way"

The store owner came out after packaging the linen with her phone number with it to hand over to the man, only to find him talking with those girls.

She intentionally brushed them over as if she was about to fall just for her to be caught in his arms which made her blush the more because she read more meaning into it.

"Thank you, sir." She said while handing him over the already packaged goods just for him to hand it over to the girls.

"I saw how you were about to cry when she told you it was expensive for you, so I got it for you" he motioned to Kira who was beyond baffled.

"Oh no, sir you don't have to do that I …."

"I insist. A friend of Firecracker here is my friend too. See guys around" he then winked at them before taking his leave.

Leaving behind dumbstruck girls and a middle-aged woman who was fuming in anger because of how she has just been curved by this man because of the girls.

The girls happily walked away from the fabric store shopped some more things, bought ice-cream and dog candy for Polar before the all went back to Kira's house to have dinner with her family after constantly being invited to have dinner with them. Kira's parents were super cool.

They asked Angela to sleep over but she said she had things to do at the back house. She thanked them for the food and slowly walked back to her apartment with Polar. Immediately after she locked the door she slid down and started to sob, Polar came to console her confused at what upset his owner but Angela continued to cry letting out emotions that have been bottled up for years.