How To Choose a Sweetheart by Nigel Bird

Author:Nigel Bird
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: romance, comedy, rom-com, british
Publisher: Sea Minor
Published: 2013-08-12T16:00:00+00:00

EIGHTEEN

The shop’s busy. It’s a children’s event.

Max has drawn the long straw and is downstairs minding the front till.

Sci-fi man’s there, too, browsing through a book.

Max checks up on an order that hasn’t come through. If he doesn’t get the book soon, his customer is going to go ballistic. It’s not easy to concentrate, in spite of the pressure he’s under. There’s a constant noise coming from upstairs, cheering and screaming and laughter. When they start chanting ‘yes’ and ‘no’ to some direction or other, he gives up and pushes his screen so that it points away from him.

Then there’s music from the event. It’s the tune of Ten Green Bottles, but when the singing starts it’s all about ten little spacemen.

Chris walks down the stairs dressed in a green, furry outfit, resembling an alien and carrying a space gun in case anyone wasn’t sure of what he was supposed to be.

He’s about to pull back the head of the outfit when he sees who’s in. He leaves the head where it is and plods on over to Sci-fi man.

“The Eagle has landed,” Chris says into Sci-fi man’s ear.

Sci-fi man drops the book to the floor and his mouth opens.

“You are the chosen one,” Chris adds and then heads off in the direction of the staff office.

Sci-fi man looks over to Max and then back to the alien. “Look. Look. They’ve come. I told you they’d be here one day.”

“I beg your pardon sir.” Max feels a seed of sympathy germinating inside his heart. He’s not sure whether he can support Chris in the game.

“They’re here. Don’t you see? Over there.”

They turn around. Chris has gone.

“And they chose me,” Sci-fi man says. “I’m so unworthy. But they chose me anyway. I must go and prepare. I must.”

He leaves the shop muttering to himself. Max hasn’t got it in him to spoil the man’s happiness with the truth. He just waves at him and lets him get on with his life’s work.

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