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“Dude, put your tongue away for a second, will you,” I say as I approach the three. The girls giggle, and the noise is like nails on a chalk board. Luke turns his body slightly to look at me and winks. Cheekybastard.

“What’sup,man?”

I look at the girls and then back to him. “I was hoping you would come shopping with me tomorrow. I need to get a gift for mykitten.”

“Kitten. You buy presents for your kitten? Aww, that’s so sweet of you, Jay!” How the fuck does she knowmyname?

“Um no, babe, his girl is called Kitten,” Lukeexplains.

“What a stupid name for a girl!” one of the girl’s pipes in, and elbows the other girl who laughs along with her. My fists clench, and I try to bite my tongue, but fuck it, I don’t know this bitch. How dare she insult my name for my girl? I go to snap at her, but Luke gets therefirst.

“Listen here, you bitch. Kitten is his nickname for his girlfriend, her real name is Cassie, not that it’s your business to know that. So why don’t you and Barbie number fucking two, piss off, and don’t come back. I can find some other hole to fuck.” Fuck me, this man is fucking loyal. He is willing to give up easy pussy to back me and my girl up. Family, rightthere.

“You are a cheeky fucking prick, Luke Baker. Lose my number.” They stand to leave, but Luke throws more wordsatthem.

“I have been called far worse than that, don’t you worry. But I never had your number to begin with. You came to me, remember.” He winks at her and they both storm out of thestudio.

“Oh man, there goes two paying customers.” I fake mydespair.

“Oh man, do you want to me to go and chase them down. I fucked up. I am so fuckingsorry.”

“Fuck no.” We both burst out laughing at our joke. The man who is standing by the reception with Addy gives us a strange look. Yeah, we are fucking weird, livewithit.

“Looks like I will be free tomorrow morning after all. I’ll pick you up at ten, yeah?” Luke asks. I nodmyhead.

“Yeah, brother. Teniscool.”

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Lukeand I have been in town for over an hour already, and we haven't found anything I like for Cassie. We’re in a new relationship, so it’s hard to pick something personal. Luke is happy to help me out, but all he wants me to buy is sexy underwear for her, his perverted side coming out when we walked past an Ann Summers shop. I don't think we are in that stage of our relationship where I can buy her lacy bras and knickers, but believe me, one dayIwill.

“Dude, you really need to pick something.” I sighloudly.

“I know, man, but fuck, it’s hard. I clearly don’t know her well enough to be buying her presents. Why didn’t I just take Addy up on her offer to buy Cassie’s gift for me? It would have been easier.” I lift my hand and squeeze the back of my neck; the tension is killing me. I can feel a headache coming on, and I don’t do well with them. We keep walking and I see a little vintage type shop, it looks quirky from the outside; T-shirts and hoodies hanging in the front window. I smile when I see an old movie hoodie that I think Cassie would love. It’s a start Iguess.

“In here, man,” I say to Luke and walk in through the door. There is music playing and some people mullingaround.

“Hey, can I help you with something?” a young girl asks us. I smile at her andanswer.

“Yeah, um, my girlfriend is a total movie buff and I need the perfect t-shirt or hoodieforher.”

“Aww, that’s so flippin' sweet. Over on that wall is our movies clothes, go and have a look and let me know if you need anything else.” I nod and go to walk in the direction she pointed, noticing that Luke is watching her walk away. I slap him over the back of his head and hewinces.

“What thehell,man?”

“Jailbait, Luke. JAILBAIT.” I nod my head at the young girl. She can’t be more than sixteen. Luke is thirty, and is a pervy bastard. As long as he gets off, not much fazes him aboutwomen.

“You think?” he asks, looking a littleputout.

“Yeah, dude. Come on, I need the perfect top for Cass.” We make it over to the wall and my eyes light up. I pick up a navy t-shirt that says ‘Save Ferris’ in bold yellow font, one white t-shirt with Batgirl, Wonder Woman and SuperGirl on, and a black hoodie with the yellow Batman symbol on. I think Cassie will love these. But I keep thinking I need to get something bigger, somethingmore...her.

“Damn, these superhero bitches are fucking hot, man,” Luke says from beside me, looking at the shirt I’vepickedup.

“Bitches, is that what you call all the women in your life? How the hell do you get laid,Baker?”

“Not all of the women. Can you imagine what would happen if I called Addy a bitch? Not only would Dex beat the shit out of me, but fuck knows what Addy would do. That girl scares the piss out of me.” He shakes his head and walks away. I burst out laughing and follow him. He is right about Dex and Addy, though. I follow him over to the counter so the young girl can price up my items. I watch as Luke throws his charm around, but she clearly isn’t interested. I look around the shop, taking in all the items they sell. I will have to bring Cassie back here; she willloveit.

“Jay.” I turn my head to Luke and see that both he and the young girl are lookingatme.

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