27 January 2012:
A Coincidence
In the morning, Sophie woke up and took a look at her calendar. December 12! That would mean five days to her boyfriend Jack's birthday. During her birthday months ago, Jack had planned an elaborate celebration that ended with a romantic candlelight dinner on the Singapore Flyer. Now that it was her boyfriend's birthday, Sophie had to reciprocate with something equal, or even better. She decided to hunt the shops for something that Jack would like. Sophie dressed up and headed for Marina Square.
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Lily was putting on her makeup when her phone beeped. It was an alarm reminder about December 17. She placed her lipstick on the dressing table and took a look at her phone's display. Oh! It was her boyfriend Jack's birthday! How could she have forgotten about it? Luckily there was the reminder she set a long time ago, Lily thought to herself. Lily knew Jack was fond of designer brands, so she thought of going to boutiques at Marina Square to search for something Jack would like.
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Sophie entered the mall and a particular brand popped up in her mind. Jack had casually mentioned that he liked ties of this brand. She took the lift up to the third floor. Lily entered the mall and remembered this tie that Jack liked a lot. However Lily had forgotten which floor the boutique was located, and had to check the directory before taking the lift up to the third floor.
Sophie entered the boutique and a particular tie caught her attention. This was the exact one Jack had told her about. Sophie beckoned the saleswoman over and told her to wrap the tie up; she was going to buy it regardless of its exorbitant price.
"Wait!" Such a sound shrieked through the boutique. People watched in shock and disgust as Lily rushed to where Sophie and the saleswoman were, nearly knocking down bottles of perfume. "I saw that first!" Lily was huffing and puffing and her face was red by now. The saleswoman was at a loss; who should she hand the tie to?
"Here's an extra $100 for you. Pack the tie, quick." Sophie thrust a hundred-dollar note at the saleswoman and looked at Lily coldly, with a sense of contempt in her eyes. Lily gasped in horror and took out four fifty-dollar notes at the saleswoman and ordered: "Take $200 and give that tie to me."
The saleswoman looked at the two women who were on the verge of bursting a vessel. She creaked weakly: " Look, I can't do it this way ..."
Smack! Lily landed a slap on Sophie's cheek. "You bitch, why won't you just let me have the tie?"
Sophie returned the slap, screaming wildly at the same time. Tears were bursting out of their eyes in anger, ruining their makeup, and vulgarities were hurled freely between the two of them as they cooked up a nasty brawl. Customers started to leave the boutique, which was a good choice since it was not before long that perfume bottles were used by the two women as weapons against each other.
The saleswoman stared in disbelief, and it was a while before she realised to call her manager out from the storeroom. The loafing manager was rudely awakened from his snooze, and was about to chide the saleswoman but rushed out immediately once he heard glass breaking outside the storeroom. The manager was able to stop the brawl before his whole stock of perfume was destroyed between Sophie and Lily.
After much mediation, Lily decided to budge a little. She would call her boyfriend Jack and ask for his opinion. To her delight, Jack decided he would go there and take a look, since he was around the area. It wasn't long before Jack arrived.
"Jack?" mumbled Sophie. A sense of embarrassment, panic, and despair crept to Jack's face. His legs were rooted to the ground. Sophie and Lily looked at each other; being smart women they knew what had happened without much guessing.
The manager buried his face in his hands as Sophie and Lily finished his only stock of premium perfume on Jack while he tried sheepishly to leave.
This is an original story written by me for an assignment. I personally liked it a lot, and hope that you would like it too. :)