Pawn Shop

chapter 5

"Jaxon, I told you to go get dressed! Why aren't you listening today!" I stressed.

Today I was going job hunting with my mother and Jaxon and today out of all days, Jaxon wanted to misbehave.

"Please Jaxon. Grandma will be here soon." I told him as I wrote down some last minute job opportunities.

He ran upstairs to hopefully get dressed and just as I finished my list I heard a knock on the door followed by the entrance of my mom.

"Hey mom, Jaxon is still getting dressed so it'll be a while. I added a couple more places on the list." I told her as I handed her the list. "I'm going to check on Jaxon. I've been telling him to get dressed and he hasn't been  listening!"

I made my way up the stairs to Jaxons room. I instantly became upset when I  saw his outfit still laid out.

"Jaxon!" I yelled as I made my way to the bathroom. "Where are you?" I continued as I looked around. As I was looking I realized my bedroom door was open although I had closed it earlier. I continued to yell for him as I walked into my room. I ran to my open closet door hoping he wasn't messing in any of my things.

"Jaxon! What the hell are you doing? Put it down, now!" I was beyond pissed.  All of Eric's jewlrey was either on the floor or in his little hands.

Tina had rushed upstairs after hearing all the yelling. She gasped at the sight. "Jaxon come here, come with me." She told him.

I stood still, trying to calm myself. After Tina took Jaxon to get dressed, I started to pick up the pieces that was thrown on the floor. I neatly placed all of Eric's belongings back to its original place.

Tina made her way to the closet after getting Jaxon dressed and talking with him. This whole incident wasn't that big of a deal but she knew Beyoncé would make it bigger than it actually was. Everything to do with Eric, apparently even his belongings was too touchy for her to handle. Tina could really see how broken her daughter actually was when she saw her hunched over Eric's dresser crying.

"Beyoncé, come on. Let's go have a seat." She requested as she came up behind her. "Its okay, calm down." She continued to coach. She started to guide Beyoncé to her bed. They sat down and Tina started to rub her back as she continued to cry. Beyoncé looked up at her mother before telling her, "what if he destroyed something. He could've broke Eric's stuff!"

"Its okay baby, he didn't mean any harm. I'll go take him to the car while you take a minute to get yourself together." Tina said as she left Beyoncé. Tina made a mental note to suggest that Beyoncé start to let go of some of his belongings, when she calmed down of course.

Tina and Jaxon has been sitting in the car for ten minutes before they saw Beyoncé come out the front door.

"Remember what we talked about Jaxon? Here comes mommy." She informed him. Beyoncé took her seat on the passenger side of her mother's car and as she buckled her seat belt, Jaxon spoke, "mommy? I'm sorry. I don't mean to make you sad." Beyoncé slightly smiled and turned around to reply, "Its okay baby, mommy knows you didn't mean it but you have to start listening."

Tina started the drive to downtown. Tina was in desperate need of a coffee and she figured Beyoncé could go for one too. She pulled out a twenty after she parked and asked Beyoncé to go inside.

Beyoncé stood in the lengthy line, regretting the act of leaving her purse which contained her phone in the car.  She looked around to keep herself occupied. As she turned to look out the window, she bumped into someone. She quickly turned to the mysterious person, praying to God they didn't have a drink in their hand.

"I'm so sorry!" She exclaimed. She looked up at the person who fell victim to her kind of hard bump.

The mysterious man chuckled slightly before assuring her it was okay. "Long lines make me fidgety too" he said in an attempt to make conversation with the beauty before him.

"I'm starting to debate if I should leave or not" she told him. "How long have you been waiting?" She questioned.

"Not long, I just walked over before i noticed you come in" he replied with a gesture towards the window.

"Oh, do you work around here?" She asked genuinely enjoying their pointless convention.

"Yeah, well I will soon. I have a shop across the street that's opening soon. How about you?" He asked, trying to continue their conversation on as long as possible.

"Um, I'm actually job hunting at the moment." She said shortly.

"What kind of shop do you have opening?" She asked after a few moments.

"A pawn shop" the mysterious man replied before gesturing for her to step in front of him to order.

"What kind of job are you looking for?" He questioned after she placed her order.

"Anything at this point" she told him with a small smile.

"Well I'm looking for another worker at the shop so if your interested just stop by" he hopefully told her.

"Thank you. I really appreciate your offer. I was actually planning on stopping by to check out what you had. When do you open?" She asked.

"Next Monday, but you can stop by any day this week to check out the place to see if you'd like it."

She thanked him before grabbing her order getting ready to leave. Once she made it out the door, she heard the man's voice.

"Excuse me, ma? I never got your name." He told her with a big smile.

"Beyoncé" she said with a blush on her face. "And you?"

"Shawn" he told her.

After they said goodbye, Shawn watched Beyoncé walk to her car with a goofy smile on his face while Tina noticed Beyoncés smile as well.