Genre: Comedy
He walked with the pace of one who had absolutely no rush to get anywhere. He seemed deep in thought, shoulders hunched head bowed over his phone in a question mark posture. He was going through his pone checking if that crazy doctor had not done anything malicious to his phone.
The phone seemed to be fine, except for an unreasonable number of missed calls and unread messages. Didn’t people realise it, if your call was not answered after two call attempts calling every other minute would not yield any results,either who ever you were calling could not otherwise pickup the phone or they simply did not want to talk to you.
His phone had been held hostage in lieu of restaurant bill that had been paid for him by The Doctor and in return for getting it back, he had agreed, to distribute advertising flyers. It was a fair enough transaction except for the part where X would rather be caught dead than stand at the traffic intersection handing out flyers. His Father was one of the wealthiest people in this city after all and work of any sort was beneath him. Which is why he was currently broke, because his fool of a father had decided to cut him off from the family purse, so he could learn the value of money. But X already knew the value of money, what’s the point of having all the money in the world, if you had to work, well one day his fool of a father would be dust and all of this would be his.
His father was probably worried about him, he had not talked to him or gone back home since his credit card got stolen. He was currently crashing on the couch of a girl who worked at his dad’s bank, who was sweet on him. Lovely girl really, who was probably right now waiting for him, to show up for a Valentine’s day dinner. She had said she would pay, leap year, ladies treat, and he plum forgot, which is probably why she was trying to call him, he put the phone on silent and put it back in his pocket.
He would have to come up with a story to tell her for blowing her off, if he wanted a place to stay for the night but then The Doctor had said to him, if he needed anything all he had to do was but ask, maybe he would, except a part time of him, a voice he had long since stopped listening to, told him, that he should not be any more indebted to that guy than he already was. If X did not think that the his guardian angel had long since been fired then the voice came from the hole where his conscience was supposed to be.
On impulse he took the bundle of flyers he was suppose to distribute for the Doctor and posted it into the red post office drop box. “Let the mailman do his job for him” he though as he laughed to himself. “Xman would never hustle a street corner like some pimp.” Abruptly he stopped laughing as a feeling of being watched washed over him almost as if a bucket of icy cold water had been poured over him, goosebumps even popped up, but just as quickly the sensation passed and he was fine.
He looked up and noticed a florist with a bunch of Valentine’s accessories looking at him. “Good evening, Sir,” she greeted him with a smile “buy a rose for your Valentine and get a mystery gift.” If the florist was not cute he would have probably kept walking and not looked back. Instead X went through change, he found a few loose bills and coins, it did not add up to much, he might be a narcissist but he was not a fool. He needed to get home with a gift, hell hath no fury like a woman stood up. He really wanted to buy roses but his financial situation was complicated, he settled for a box of heart shaped lollipops instead.
He practised what he would say, “Roses are red, violets are blue, these hearts are sweet and so are you..” she would eat that up. It would workout, it always worked, he winked at the lady who sold him the flowers and blew her a kiss as he walked away, whistling.
~~The End
My entry this week for #BlogBattle: Themed lollipop.
Hope your Valentine’s day was a blast
Cheers
~B
P.S. The story continues from here
I have to catch up and see why he’s indebted to The Doctor.
I’d take those lollipops over roses any day. They look like frosted cookies. Hope he has a backup plan for somewhere to stay. 😉
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Popular opinion is he will be sleeping in the doghouse…(def has to make a plan)
…….and you cant eat roses, they taste like photosynthesis….
~B
P.s. besides its weird getting roses, its like someone saying I got you these roses, now watch them slowly wilt and die… because I Love You
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That is true… Kinda creepy if you think about it. “Here. I’ve cut these flowers and killed them but they’ll last a bit so you can watch them wilt.” 🌺🌼🌸 Chocolate, please. (I do think he’ll be sleeping in the doghouse…)
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To Chocolate!!!
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Yah you are truly gifted in story telling
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Thank you…
*bows*
Glad you stopped by
~B
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Next thing X will be writing his doghouse chronicles.
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hahaha thats Mr Xman to you, only his friends call him X.
gld you dropped by
~B
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Mr Xman it is. Was a pleasure
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yey 🙂
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Who is The Doctor? Was he the one watching when Mr. Xman dumped the flyers in the mailbox? Very ominous!
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P.S. I feel the same way about flowers. I prefer fruit 🙂
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what would you want flowers for, you are not a bee ☻
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The Doctor is The Doctor Of Needful things☻
He may or he may not have been the one watching lol
definitely ominous
~B
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LOL! I’m just happy I found someone else who feels the same as I do about flowers. I thought I was an anomaly. 🙂
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You are not alone lol
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Very nice. You are a very talented writer.
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Thank you Grace
Appreciate
~B
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Oh, I don’t think dumping those leaflets was a good idea… Or standing the girl up. X is in trouble…. 🙂
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how many bad ideas could he possibly come up with…. at least he got yummy looking lollipops but are they enough??
lol
cheers
~B
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It’s surprising how many bad ideas one man can come up with 🙂
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he is like a lodestone for bad ideas….. (hmmm actaully I like that one, will use it in his next part of the tale… spoiler alert hahahaha)
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Cute story. Hope the valentine payoff worked. 🙂
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Hi Cathleen
fingers crossed that the gamble worked, but is it enough? Would you be bribed by a box of lollipops? lol
~B
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Oh man, I was shaking my head at Mr. Xman pretty much continuously. I’m glad he’s a fictional character, because he has a lot to learn. He’s definitely gonna be in the doghouse tonight.
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hahahaha Mr Xman got long ways to go and painful reality check lessons to learn and some doghouse sleeping to do ☺
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Great stuff Beaton – really enjoyed this.
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Thanks ^_^
I is super pleased
~B
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Don’t know about that Valentines poem, I don’t think she’ll eat that up. 😉 Now the heart cookies are a different matter! Yum! 😀
Happy belated Valentines Day!
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hahahaha the poem is rather lame but maybe his rugged good looks do all the speaking for him( did I mention his rugged good looks…)
Points for the heart cookies though but is it enough???
Happy belated ♥Heart♥ day
~B
P.S you could wish me happy birthday instead whoop whoop lol
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Rugged good looks always work! 😉
Happy belated Heart and B-days! 🙂
(Are you a Valentine’s Day-born baby?)
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Thanks 🙂
whoop whoop I finished all the cake
~B
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None left for me? *gasp*!
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you can have this rose–‘-,-)(@
( i drew it myself)☺☺☻♥
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Aw, it’s beauuutiful. ^_^
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☺
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Smart move. Keep your bases covered. Still, this guy is a loser and I Iove not liking him. Good job!
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I was going for that I want you to love him, but in a not liking him love him, yey
Thanks 😉
~B
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Happy Belated Birthday! 🙂 I am not convinced she’ll be a hard sell on the candy and lame poem…I mean, she IS letting him sleep at her place, after all…I bet he’ll be able to work his charm on her at least a little bit…BUT, I think Doc is much more likely to stir things up for Mr. X. 🙂 He’s so in need of a good wake up call, the handsome spoiled brat. 😉
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hahahaha dont you know It!!! Sleeping in the doghouse is the least of X’s worries. Does The Doctor strike you as an easily forgiving sort who metes out cruel and usual punishment in half measures?….
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