Jake and Jillian's excellent adventure

"-and they were roommates in college. Isn't that just the coolest!" The younger girl said to me.
I agreed as I took change from her brother for the food. I tell them to have a nice day and as they're walking away I think I see the aforementioned roommate and the kid was right he sure was a looker. I go about my day helping the elderly couple who always stops for a cupcake every Tuesday around the same time, helping the engaged couple who want to look for custom cakes not for the wedding but for the bachelorette party, even sneaking out to feed the raccoon we have living out back.

As my boss closes up for the day I notice my friend,Jake, is waiting for me in the patio seats. Once my boss says it's all good to leave we head forth on our daily adventure, the mission today is to find some less "thrifty" clothing for Jake. His mom could care less about the gender of her child, but according to her he isn't going to look like he just rolled out of a bargain bin

We walk the five minutes it takes to the mall and Jake looks like he might last five seconds before he keeps over. We make this walk once a week and somehow he always seems to be out of breath by the end of it.

As we go through the blockbuster entrance Jakes brother Dylan is at the counter waiting on a customer so we hop in line.

"Hey Isa-Jake and hello to you Jillian." He greets with a grimace as he stumbles over names.

"Heya! Momma said to grab about $60 from you and she'll give it back to you later." Jake says unfazed by his brothers slip up.

"Aha so this is a robbery, I knew it, take all I have but please... spare my life." With flourish Dylan takes out and Drops his wallet on the counter. Jake slips $60 out of the wallet before bid our goodbyes and headed for the old navy in the mall. But quickly got distracted by the Dave and Busters, four hours, $50 and 20k tickets later we left realizing the mall is closing in just thirty minutes. We rush through the store grabbing something of every variety. We ended up making it to the cash register with 5 minutes to spare.

We got over 12 shirts for just under $75 which was pretty good all things considered, luckily Jake had some money in his wallet so we didn't have to put anything back. The cashier looked impatient so we rush out of there throwing my water and his wallet in the bag with the clothing.

As Jake and I race down the virtually empty mall we turn the corner just for Jake to collide with a guy running the opposite way. The man quickly apologized before grabbing his bag and hurrying off once more.

When we're leaving I notice a few guys staring at Jake and so I decided to ask him if I could stop by his house for dinner so I could have a reason to walk him home. He tells me they're having enchiladas so he was planning on inviting me over anyways. We make quick stop at the store to grab a couple drinks and get back to the house with Jake only threatening to keel over twice.

As we walk through the door Jake and I are enveloped in the grasp of what only can be described as a bear hug from his father. Jake sr is a kind man telling me to feel free to call him dad (which I gladly do) and always makes sure his sons are happy.

We sit for dinner minus Dylan since he had to get up early, and eat what had to be the hottest enchiladas made in history. After dinner Jake washes and I dry while his mom (Gina) ask where he put the clothes as she would like to see the clothing. We hear a quiet exclamation as Gina comes out holding sexy lingerie that couldn't really be considered underwear it covered so little.

Gina seemed worried as to why Jake had this clothing that he went shopping for with me. It took a couple minutes to come his mother down but we came to the conclusion that jake must have switched bags with the man he bumped into.

The next day Jake and I walked into the lingerie to find no other then the roommate himself at the front counter. We walked up and asked if there was any way to find out who purchased the clothing we had in the bag, to which he explain that without a receipt there's no way to look it up.

Defeated we left deciding it's better to go to the security office and see if they had any returned items. The women there informs us that a gentleman, fitting the description of the quick glimpse Jake got, had stopped by asking the same thing, and said he'd be waiting at the food court until noonish.

As Jake and I are running to the food court Jake spots him and heads into the store. Inside the little Italian restaurant is the man who bought some snacks for his little sister just yesterday. As I catch up it turns out that the lingerie was infact his. We make a quick yet embarrassing exchange before taking our leave.

As jake and I walk out It hits me that the lingerie will probably be worn by the roommate. I decide to tell jake the whole story the little girl tells me.

"-they were roommates and by the time they moved out they were dating." I explained to Jake after telling him the cashier would most likely be wearing the "underwear" later.

Jake who was unprepared for all of that says in an almost sarcastic tone "oh my god they were roommates!?"