We're Open! The Penguin Stop. (On Hold)

Home, Sweet Home!

After closing the shop for the day, Allan walked back to his home. It was a small house, with only a few rooms, but it felt cozy to him. He laid down on his couch and tried to find something good to watch on TV.

To his demise, he did not find anything to watch. Then again, he didn't have any channels that most people would recognize. He started to stare at the ceiling, which he found himself doing often. His phone started to vibrate. It was Nick calling him. He answered the phone.

"Hey Nick, what do you need?"

"Lemme get a... boneless pizza."

Allan immediately hung up, and Nick called him again.

"Allan, you know I had to do that."

"No, you didn't."

"Oh well. Had anyone come into the shop yet?"

"Yeah, actually. It was this one girl named Olivia. She's pretty cool."

"Neat. What did she get?"

"Just some Snickers, but I don't know why you're asking that."

"Because I don't know how to conversation."

"Oh. Okay then."

"Hey, by the way, I have this one friend that I know who might be able to help you. His name is Elias. He makes that good good MONEY."

"Alright."

"I'll send him over tomorrow. But I gotta go right now, see ya."

"See ya."

Nick hung up. Allan, knowing that he would eventually fall asleep, went into his room and laid on his bed. After waiting a few minutes, Allan had fallen asleep.

He started to dream about having plenty of people in his shop. Making so many friends, and having even more things to sell so people could by more things. It was like a cycle, but it continuously got better. He hoped that the Elias person that he would meet help him.

He woke up early the next day. He wanted to get to the shop early, as he forgot to straighten it up yesterday. After straighting up the place, Allan took a quick nap, but set an alarm on his phone for when the store would open.

A small while after the store opened, there was a dark-skinned man wearing a suit outside of the door. Allan opened the door and the man held out his hand. "Hey, I'm Elias, but you probably already knew that."