Beau and Marigold stood outside by his car. He opened the front passenger's side door and said, "Alright, my princess. Let's get going." She got into the car as he closed the door behind her. He got into the driver's side, turned on the car, and drove off, leaving The Bax Residency into the open road.
20 minutes passed, and he glanced over at her, seeing her looking out her window. He thought to himself, 'She looks so beautiful it's making me nervous. I can't even speak to her, I'm so nervous. I feel like if I say something to her, I'm going to sound like an idiot from being tongue-tied. Why is it so hard to talk to her? She's just so beautiful. Alright, Beau, say something to her. Compliment her, make conversations, say anything. Just speak to her.' He gripped his steering wheel as his cheeks turned red, and she looked over at him, asking, "Are you alright Beau?" He sighed and answered, "Yeah, I'm fine…" She said, "Are you sure? Because you look like a tomato." He said, "Yep, I'm okay… I just… You are… You are something else…" She said, "That's a compliment, right? I really hope so." He gripped his steering wheel, saying, "I… It… It is a compliment. I just…. I'm just hoping that you'll like the surprise so I'm nervous." She smiled and said, "I'm sure I will Beau. You always come up with the best surprises." He glanced at her, smiling, and she looked down seeing her outfit. She saw the wet spot still on her pants and thought, 'In all this excitement, I forgot that I spilled perfume all over my pants. It's dried a little, but I look like a complete idiot. Beau is going to be so embarrassed to have himself looking all handsome and me looking like an idiot. I need to go change, but there's nowhere to change.' He glanced over at her, smiling, and said, "We're almost there." She looked at him, saying, "We can't be!" He glanced at her, and she said, "I-I mean… Already? You're a fast driver, Beau." He said, "It was only a 30-minute drive." She said, "Right uh… Well, you didn't tell me where we were going, so I just assumed it would be a lot further than a 30-minute drive." He said, "Further than this? You must like going for a drive. Well, if you still feel up to it after going to your surprise, we can definitely go for a drive." She looked out of her window and said, "N-No, it's really fine."
The rest of the car ride was silent. Beau drove until he got to a light tan building that had a bright red sign with the words, 'Finely's Pets,' on it. She looked at the building as they drove by and shouted, "Beau, it's a pet store! All the cute little animals." Beau smiled and said, "I know. I thought we could go in and take a look at them." She turned, looking at him with a smile on her face, and shouted, "Beau, are you serious?! We're going in?! Hurry, we have to park the car." He chuckled while he parked his car in the Finely's Pet's parking lot and he said, "Alright, princess, let's go inside." She swung open her door, hoping out of the car and shutting it behind herself while he also got out of the car, pressing a button on his key to lock it. She ran over to Beau, bouncing up and down, saying, "Let's go, let's go, let's go! I'm going to die if I don't go in right now!" He said, "Oh well, we don't want you dying. Let's go in." She grabbed his hand, looked down seeing her outfit, and her smile died down into a soft frown. He looked at her and said, "Why the sudden change in mood, Marigold? Aren't you happy to be going into a pet store? You were just so excited about it." She let go of his hand thinking, 'I can't go in there and embarrass Beau. I just can't,' and said, "On second thought, I don't think I want to go inside." He said, "Why? You were just talking about how you were going to die if you didn't go inside right this second. Why don't you want to go inside now?" She turned away from him, saying, "Because I look ridiculous." He smiled at her and said, "Ridiculous? You look amazing. You have got to be the most beautiful woman in the world." She turned to face him, pointed to the wet spot on her pants, and said, "Does that look beautiful to you? I look like I peed my pants!" He chuckled, saying, "Oh come on, it'll dry off. You can barely see it. I wouldn't have noticed if you hadn't pointed it out to me." She said, "Oh, you wouldn't notice anything because you're too busy staring at my face to notice anything else." He smiled and said, "Can you blame me? I mean, you're so beautiful. How could I not stare." She whined, "Come on, Beau, this is serious. I look like I have no control over my own bladder." He laughed and said, "No, you don't. You can't even tell there's a wet spot unless you directly point it out. You look amazing, and I promise you if you're worried about being stared at because of a wet spot, don't be. You can't even tell there's one there, and besides, everyone will be too distracted by those beautiful eyes to notice anything else." She rolled her eyes and said "Yeah but what about the smell. That's not just going to go away. I smell like I doused my entire body in perfume, like I just swam in it." He chuckled and said, "No different than me. I smell like I practically showered in cologne, so we're in the same situation." She said, "But Beau, what if someone says something? I don't want to embarrass you. Maybe we should just go home. I'm to…" He grabbed her hands, interrupting her, looked into her eyes, and said, "You could never embarrass me. You are amazing and will never be an embarrassment to me. If it makes you uncomfortable then I will drive back home so you can get new pants or better yet I will drive you to the store to pick out whatever outfit you want so you can be comfortable and feel confident but know this, you aren't an embarrassment." She looked down as her cheeks turned red, and she said, "You are always looking to spoil me. I don't understand it." He said, "You deserve to be spoiled. You deserve to be treated and feel like a princess because that's what you are. Now shall we go in or go home and come back or go to the store? What do you want to do?" She said, "Well, we can go in." He said, "Alright my princess if that's what you want." She smiled and said, "It is. I just can't wait another second. I have to see those cute animals."
She held his hand, running him to the door, and he opened it for her, while she ran inside, and he followed behind her. Around the 3000 Sq ft pet shop were, black metal shelves full of animal items (such as treats, cages, beds, toys, pillows, leeches, etc…), a wall of glass squares that had puppies/dogs in it, another wall of glass squares that had kittens/cats in it, a wall to wall aquarium that was filled with different fish, 3 lifted square barriers that had hamster/guinea pigs in them, 5 separate closed off areas for playing with dogs/puppies and cats/kittens, 2 shop registers for checking out, and cages sitting on a table that had birds in them. The walls of the pet shop were light tan and had pictures of dogs and cats on it, and the floors were brown wood. Throughout the stores were workers doing different tasks (such as helping people, stocking shelves, taking care of the animals, ringing up people, etc…), and people looking at pets/shopping for their pets. All workers were dressed in blue long sleeve shirts, black aprons, blue pants, and black non-slip shoes. All the female workers with long hair had it up in either a bun or a ponytail. Marigold looked around, saying, "Beau, this, this is amazing! Beau, let's look at the puppies!" She grabbed Beau's hand, running over to the puppy area to look at puppies/dogs.
They looked through the puppies/dogs seeing different breeds (such as Golden Retrievers, Huskies, German Shepherds, Pugs, French BullDogs, etc…). Marigold crouched down, putting her finger up against the glass while a puppy tried to lick it. She looked up at Beau, standing next to her, and said, "Awe look how sweet he is." Beau crouched down, looking at the puppy and said, "He is adorable. Do you like him?" She chuckled, saying, "I love all of them and wish I could keep every single one." Beau said, "Yeah about that… We…" She glanced behind her, looking at the kittens, seeing a white kitten with one jade green eye and one sea blue eye. She stood up, interrupting Beau, saying, "Look at her." She ran over to the cat/kitten area standing in front of the white cat's glass box. She pointed to the kitten, looking back at Beau, and saying, "Have you ever seen such a beautiful kitten?" He walked over to Marigold, standing beside her, looked at the kitten, and said, "She's beautiful." Marigold said, "Awe Beau, she's like a little, fluffy, snowball. I've never seen a kitten so beautiful." He said, "Would you like to play with her?" Marigold looked at him, saying, "Awe Beau, yes I would." Beau chuckled and said, "Alright, stay right here, I'll go get a worker." He went to get a worker while Marigold stood there looking at the kitten. Marigold thought, 'Oh what I would do to have such a beautiful kitten. I never got the opportunity to own a kitten before. I really, really want her.' He came back with a worker that had a name tag that had the name Sara, and that was clipped to her (the worker's) shirt. Sara said, "So you want to see this kitten?" Marigold said, "Oh yes, please," and Sara said, "Oh perfect. Come with me to the play area." Marigold and Beau followed Sara to the closed off play area. Sara opened the area, and Marigold and Beau entered it, both of them sitting on the bench that was inside the area. Sara closed the door to the play area and walked away while saying, "Alright, I'll be right back." Marigold looked at Beau with a smile on her face and said, "I'm so excited, I'm so excited, I'm going to die!" Beau chuckled, saying, "If you die, then you won't get to play with the kitten." Marigold said, "Oh hardy har har," and Sara walked back to the play area holding the white kitten in her (Sara's) hands. Sara placed the kitten in the play area, and Marigold got down on the floor and began playing with the kitten. The kitten nuzzled up to Marigold, and Marigold said, "Awe, she's the sweetest thing." Sara said, "Yes, she's one of the most popular kittens in the store. A lot of people have had their eye on her, but no one has actually gone to buy her." Marigold picked the kitten up, saying, "Awe, well, someone needs to. She's so sweet." Beau said, "So you like her?" Marigold looked back at him, saying, "I love her! She's the perfect kitten. So sweet and gentle. I'm dying." A smile came to Beau's face, and he said, "I love her too. She is such a sweet kitty."
Buzz, Buzz, Buzz, Buzz
Beau felt his phone buzzing in his pocket. He took out his phone, said, "I have to take this," and left the play area going outside to take the call. Marigold continued playing with the kitten, thinking, 'Maybe, just maybe Beau will buy her for me. She's just such a cute kitten I don't want to leave her.'
The minutes passed by, and a male worker walked up to the play area that Marigold was in. The male worker looked down at the kitten and said, "There she is. I need to take that kitten someone just bought her." Marigold felt her heart snap, and Marigold said, "Oh no, are you sure they bought her?" He said, "Yes, I'm sure… The buyer made one full payment. All the buyer has to do is fill out the paperwork, and she is officially their's." The male coworker picked up the kitten, taking it away while Marigold watched and thought, 'My heart is broken right now, literally broken in two.' Sara said, "I'm sorry, Miss. Can I interest you in another pet? Maybe another one will catch your eye?" Marigold stood up, saying, "No… That's alright… I don't feel like looking for another one anyways." Sara said, "I'm sorry, pet disappointment is a hard thing to get over. I hope you keep looking for the right pet." Marigold sighed and said, "Yeah maybe… Thank you for your help, Sara."
Beau walked up to Marigold and Sara, saying, "Sorry I took so long, I had to take that call." He looked at Marigold, looking down, and said, "Why the long face? Where's the kitten you wanted?" Marigold said, "She's been bought." Beau sighed and said, "I'm sorry Marigold… I wish there was something I could do." Marigold said, "It's fine… Let's go." Marigold walked out of the store holding back her tears while Beau followed behind her. She walked over to his car as he unlocked it, and she got inside without saying a word. Beau got inside his car, looked over at Marigold, seeing her look down, and said, "Awe, this wasn't supposed to make you sad." She held back her tears and said, "No, it's fine… I had fun, and I'm glad she got a good home." Beau said, "How about this, I want to make it up to you. I want to give you the biggest smile on the planet. So, I need to go on a trip to Paris for a week. Would you like to come with me?"