Window Shopping (674 views)

Benjamin lee was getting off of work at the music store. He was thinking of his plans for after work when he turned the corner. Benji wasnt paying attention when he bumped into pippa. "Sorry there mate."he said as his Australian accent flared. "I wasnt watching where I was going. I am sorry."Benji said to her as he looked at pippa. "You okay?" he asked helping her up as he smiled as he looked at his banjo. "So I am Benjamin Lee. But most people call me Ben or Benji."he said blushing at her.

"Yea but I also play piano' ukulele and draw designs."he said smailing at her accent as he smilled as he looked at his banjo. "Yea so Pippa are you British? Its cool I am a Aussie myself from Melbourne."he said as pulled out the banjo and made sure it was okay. " so what bring you to the mall? I just started my new job at the music store."he said to Pippa. "Yea I am guessing You go to.metric. I just started this year."he said walking along side her.

"Yea it takes practice. Yep they get confuse because Australia was a British controled."he said eyeing her as he looked at the dresses and clothes. "Yea just started at the school. So what to look around with me."he said putting the banjo back in its case.

He just looked at her again. "You I mean lets go look at the fabric store."He said turning slightly red in the face as he started to walk in the direction of the fabric store. "Yea but you made that dress you must have good hands."He said to her as he looked at her. "You should meet Rory Finnegan the new fashion teacher."He said taking fashion class too. He r ook her to the Michaels a fabric store in the mall.

"yea he is fine. i have cut my finger with needles and on my guitar strings. I decided to make my own Gutair and Banjo straps."He said showing her his homemade straps. "I designed them and wanted fo sell them at school or made custom orders."He said as he looked for some tough materials for his straps. "so you have any family?"He asked her as he thought of his Grandpa. "i just have my grandpa."he said to her.

"my parents passed away when I was young. they where embassy workers. my only other family was my grandpa. So I moved to the states with my grandpa and lived with him where he taught me Gutair and paino."He said looking down as he looked at her and put and strap around Pippas waist. "i could make you a belt since you wouldnt nees a strap."he said thinking for a second before removed his hand from her waist. "i am soory if i went too far."he said to her as he smiled at her as he went and brought the floral patter and some stronger string to make her a belt.

"yea All i know Is I moved form Australia when I was ten. it was hard I was alone and had no one. its fine it will be gift."he said tickling her a little bit. " I need to branch out if I am going to make a business."he said to her as he picked up some other thing and looked at her.

"yea one place but its on the ground floor. We can walk around untill them. My grandpa was Australian so we used the accent all the time at home so I never lost it. my Mother was an.native Aussie. my father was american embassy worker."He said to her as he smiled and tickled her some more. "okay now I will stop." he said to her as he smiled at her. "i love to see peoples faces when i give them a gifts."he said to her as her reached out his hand.

"its a candy store my gandfather owns my american one. I would bounce between my grandparents houses in america and Australia. So I had never had time to meet other people."He said to her as he looked at the ground. "yea I was named Benjamin Thomas Lee callen."he said to her as he looked bavk to the ground.

"yea it is lets get going then."He said to pippa as he smiled at her. "was it hard?"He asked her as he didnt want to.touch and touchy subjects. he took her to a place called Callen's old style confections and candy shope, "here it is."he said.as a big round man looked at them. "hello ther welcome to my shope today?"the man asked as he looked like Santa with out a beard. "Oh Benjamin its you."he said looking at pippa. ther store was filled with all sort of candy.

"hello dear welcome to my shop. what would you like? we have alot and if we dont have what you want we can order it."mr callen asked her as he looked at his grandson.

"oh okay. its fine."he said to pippa and he looked around and the store to find his candy. he have a favorite candy onky he had.

"yes what kinds of licorice? yea benji its in the back."He said to his grand son. Thomas looked at her and motioned for her to follow him. he showed her the licorice case with all the kinds of licorice.


benji went in the back and got his candy out paid his grandpa for it. "its my favorite sour gummy bears.I felt bad so i started to pay form them when he gave them to.me for free."he said to pippa letting her try one

"keep your money this one is on us."Benji's grandfather said to her as he looked at Benji. "its good to see my grandson making friends."a Thomas said to Pippa and benji. "so my what are you plans today?"he asked them as he looked at benji.

"yea the are from Australia. So grandpa orders them for me."benji said to her as he smiled at Pippa. "we are just hanging out grandpa."benji said to her as he smiled at her.

"its fine we dont see many non americans in here. you two go have fun."His grandpa said to him as he smiled.

"so where to now?"he asked stuff his face with the gummy bears. "I you pick?"he asked her as he smiled.



(benji isnt american he is Australian.