CHAPTER 6
Aidan
The car was quiet for a moment before her eyes popped open and she looked over at me. I couldn’t believe this was happening, and I glanced back towards her house in a moment of doubt. “I want to go to an electronics store.”
I stared at her. Women had thrown themselves at me my entire life, and it was no surprise that she was into me, but this woman had just abandoned her family for me, or at least with me. She wasn’t just your average girl. “Electronics store?”
“I’ve never had anything from one. I want a…gadget. I want something new.” Elsa explained as she went on to say that her family and the community never used technology. She explained that they didn’t drink alcohol, wear anything besides these clothes that covered them up, or have sex before they married. I noticed her blush when she said that even with her defiant tone and my body took notice of the fact that she ripped her bonnet off and loosened her hair. “I have some money. If I get to be a burden, I’ll stay in town, but I want just to buy one thing for myself.”
Her curls hung loose and silky around her shoulders, and I licked my lips slowly. “I have money. I am doing fine, so don’t worry. I’d prefer you safe with me than just leaving you behind somewhere.”
“Let’s go to the store then,” Elsa suggested, and I drove into the nearest city where she seemed to take everything in despite the fact that I assumed she’d been here before. Elsa looked at every building with wonder and stared at the cars as I looked around for something that would suit her needs.
“Radio Shack. That should suit your needs just fine.” I parked, and she bounced in her seat for a moment before she hopped out of the car. “I was going to get that for you, you know.” I teased her as she met me at the car as she frowned. “The door. I open doors for ladies.”
“Forget the door. I want to find pagers. Those are popular, aren’t they?” Elsa babbled as she walked to the front door of the store and almost managed to open that before I managed to beat her to it. The customers that were behind us exchanged long looks as well as some snickers, and I joined in a little as she looked at me over her shoulder. “What?”
“I think those have been obsolete for at least a few years,” I explained as she looked around. I was kind since it had been several years since I tried even to deal with one of those stupid devices. It was fun until someone paged you in your car and you needed to take the time to find a pay phone to call them in time for them not to be angry with you. If I ever took more than ten minutes, my friends would act like I made them wait an hour. She nodded and started searching the shelves, showing interest in something as simple as an alarm clock that matched the one I’d had in elementary school. Elsa moved on to the Blue-ray players and asked me what they did as I laughingly explained television to the VCR to the DVD player. I also got to explain cable television which made her stare at me in shock as I pointed out all of the things you could watch on display in the store.
“I want to watch something,” she said in a tone of awe before she looked around the store again. “What’s this?” She stepped over to the display of tablets and touched the screen as it changed before her eyes, and I laughed again as she jumped back a step. “It moves.”
“It’s called a touch screen. It responds to your finger, and it’s like a computer, but you don’t get those either.” I realized as she stared at me for a moment. She looked so out of her element and sexy as she gave me a determined look and I took a breath and glanced around. “Okay, so I think a good idea for you would be a phone. Like mine.” I slipped it out of my pocket and held it up as she frowned at it in speculation. “It’s like a little computer, and you can listen to music, watch the movies you want to see, make calls…you’ll like it.” She looked at me again, and I guided her towards a large display. “Okay here. They have ones that are prepaid until you run out of minutes or data. It’s perfect.” The worker stepped up to the display to offer us help as he took in Elsa with a knowing smile. I wondered if they came here a lot right out of the house as I noticed the beauty that she possessed with my long stare at her profile.
“Can I help you?” His voice was friendly as he looked at both of us and I paused for a moment.
“I want one of these,” Elsa told him as he grinned and nodded.
“What features are you looking for?” He asked her next as she flushed and shuffled her feet.
“She’s a little new to all of this, so I think that we’ll take something that offers her what a smartphone can without all of the bells and whistles.” I stepped in, and the young man looked at me as she wilted next to me. “I would like a prepaid plan with as many minutes and data as you can offer us as well.”
Elsa stood closer with interest as the man went through a few options and took the time to show here everything as well as me. Her eyes lit up as she saw that she could take pictures and video, and I heard her grunt when he showed her the games that came with the models.
It amused me that the rest of the store was standing in various parts of the room and watching us as well. Elsa’s innocence was fetching to all of them, and I think I saw a hint of jealousy in most everybody’s eyes. Hell, I was a little jealous of how she saw the world like a child would. I just hoped that it wouldn’t leave her in a crumpled pile as it had me.
After seeing a few different models, Elsa asked for an Android, and he nodded. I had an IPhone myself, but I was familiar enough with both models that I could assist her along the way. I was impressed when the guy offered her an upgrade to a better model and included enough of what I’d asked for to get her by for a while as well at a good deal. Sometimes human nature surprised me, and I took the box that he offered and went to the register to pay for it.
“I was going to buy that,” Elsa told me as I handed the girl behind the counter a few bills. “I saved for this.”
“You’ll use it to get something else. The world is yours right now, Elsa.” I told her as her eyes softened and she nodded slowly. I knew that I had a charger in the car, and I planned on plugging this right in and getting her started.
We walked back out to the car as I took a deep breath from the experience that I had just witnessed. She held onto her bag and looked around the town as we made our way slowly to the car. “It looks different this way.”
“I love how you see things. It’s refreshing,” I assured Elsa as our eyes met and locked for a moment. “I’ll plug that in the car, and you can use it soon.”
To my surprise, as soon as we opened the box and plugged it in, there was a small amount of charge. I guided her on how to access her phone screen and gave her my number as she punched it in with a focused expression. “Hit the phone symbol and hold it to your ear.” She did, and the Seethe song that I used for my ring tone blared through the car as she jumped. “Hey, gorgeous,” I answered my phone, and her squeal filled my ears, and I laughed again as I pulled it away from my ear.
“I can hear you,” she told me as I nodded and slowly brought the phone back to my ear. “I love your voice on this.”
“You sound pretty good yourself,” I told her as she smiled and looked at me. There was a light in her voice that I hadn’t heard before, and I stared into her face. I knew that I was in trouble as I looked at her and asked her what she wanted to do next.