Chapter 20: The Little Pink Bracelet
Sit paces back & forth in his room, "Man, i can't believe Mom is making me buy a gift for Sai-glok... no matter what she wears, jewelry, make-up, dresses, she'll still look ugly... How am i gonna buy it for her...??? I suck at shopping & buying gifts!" he scratch his head & bites his lip.
"I need help... who should i call?? Who can help me...?" His eyes widen, "oh, i know! I'll have Kat help me out! She's a girl & she can & will definitely help me out... plus i haven't seen her in years... i should give her a call... where's Tham at??" He walks downstairs looking for Tham.
"Tham...! Tham...! Where are you?!? I need you now!" he shouts.
"I'm coming Khun Sit...!" Tham replied, "what can i do for you??"
"Do you have Kat's number? I need to speak to her ASAP..."
"Yes, I do, let me get it for you."
Tham disappears into the hallway & returns with Kat's number.
"Thank you Tham, that's it." Sit took down Kat's number & return to his room.
He dialed the number & waited for someone to pick up.
"Hello, this is Kat speaking."
"Hey Kat! How are you???" Sit asked with excitement.
"Sit...? Sithra? Is that you???" Kat asked.
"yes it is. yes it is. How have you been cousin??? Haven't heard from you in a long time!"
"Wow... you finally decided to call me after all these years?? I'm doing good. Can't complain how about yourself?"
"What do you mean i haven't called you after all these years?? I just flew in from Thailand just a few days ago! but i'm doing good. I need you to help me with something...�
"weren't you suppose to be flying in next week? What do you need help with? If i can help you, i'll be glad to."
"I was but i got done with my classes earlier so i flew out early. Well... mom is making me buy a gift for this girl & i need you to help me shop for the gift..."
"oh i see.. a gift? for who? you're girlfriend?"
"ew... don't say that... hell no! she will never be my girlfriend.. the thought of that makes me sick to my stomach.." he felt chills down his spin.
"if it's not for your girlfriend... then who...? "
"You remember Sai-glok, Saiphon i mean?"
"ahhh... that chick.. why do you have to buy her a gift? don't you hate her??"
"Of course i hate her… Sai-glok & her parents came by the house last night & I promise my mom I would be home by 7 to have dinner with them but I totally forgot… so now, i have to make up for it & mom is making my buy a gift for her, even though i don't want to... it has to be something pretty too... I don't know why... whatever Saiphon wears, she still looks ugly."
kat laughs, "isn't that kinda harsh Sit... You haven't seen her in what, like 5 years? she could be a totally different person... you might even fall for her..." .
"yeah right! me? fall for her?? Never in a lifetime... specially not with her! I rather die..."
"okay okay... I get the point... when do you wanna go? I don't get off work until 4."
"4 sounds fine. Where do you work at so i can just go pick you up & we can go straight to the mall."
"Hello.. I work with Uncle Pongchit.... your dad..."
"oh yeah... that's right... okay i'll stop by the office round 4. Meet me outside okay."
"alright then... see you in a few."
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Sit pulls up to Wunnarot's Banking Company, his dad's company. Kat was standing there waiting for him. She still looks the same after all these year.
"Well look at my handsome cousin..." Kat says as she gets into the car.
"Oh well, you know... i can't disagree with you on that." he smiles at her, "You haven't changed one bit, Kat... but you do look more mature..!"
"That's because I am mature..." she smiled.
Sit drives away & heads for the mall.
In SangDao's Jewelry.
Sit browse through the window.
"So what are you looking for exactly, Sit?"
"I don't know... Mom just said nothing cheap & it has to be real... so here i am... pick something nice Kat & I'll give it to Sai-glok."
"What?! I just can't pick something out!"
"Why not? Sai-glok won't know..." Sit smiled.
"Look, Sit, it's just not right having a girl pick out jewelry for another girl..."
"But we're cousins, so it shouldn't matter..."
"It's not coming from the heart Sit..." she scolded him.
"if i were to pick something from the heart, i would give her brush to brush her nappy hair... that would be my gift... i wouldn't be spending so much on her... i don't even like the girl but since i HAVE to i have to buy her something in here... so come on Kat... help me out here..." he begged her.
"ugh... Sit, it's not hard to pick out something... whatever you think is nice is all."
Sit went back to jewelry hunting & from the corner of his eyes, he seen something that caught his attention, it was pink diamond bracelet with small dangling stars at each ends of the bracelet.
"Kat...� Sit signal Kat in his direction, “what about this one...?"
Kat's jaws dropped, "awe that is just goregous...& you said it was too hard shopping... that is beautiful... she'll love it for sure..."
"eh.. i just wish it wasn't her i was spending money on... but since it's what mom wants... i'll buy Sai-glok this... i don't want to spend a lot of time looking anyways."
Sit takes out his wallet, "Excuse me, Ma'am?" He called the lady who was behind the counter.
"Yes, how can i help you?"
"uh, i would like this pink diamond bracelet."
"oh, this is really nice, you're girlfriend will love it." she smiled at him.
Kat giggles & Sit scowl her.
"uh... yeah... sure... how much is it?"
"It's $500.00 for the bracelet."
Sit's eyes widen, "damn... that's expensive... Man i can't believe i'm spending this much on Sai-glok..." he whispers under his breath.
"Okay, i'll take it, here's my credit card." The lady took his credit card & disappeared to the register.
"Man, $500.00 for that little thing!?! I'm gonna kill myself!" he shrieks.
"Calm down... it's not so bad... at least you're done with the shopping." Kat said.
"Yeah i guess... thanks for coming with me. I gotta ask another favor, come with me tomorrow to Sai-glok's party..."
"mhm...uhm… sure why not. i got nothing else to do. Now i gotta go shopping for her too." kat replied.
"Well, we're here at the mall, so if you wanna shop, might as well do it now." he nods his head.
The lady returns with his credit card & box with the bracelet.
"Here you go sir, thank you for shopping here & i hope you're girlfriend loves it." she smiles at him.
"hey, since you bought her that bracelet, i should buy matching earrings to go with it." Kat said with exciement.
"Excuse Ma'am, are there any pink earrings that will match with the bracelet." Kat asked.
"Yes, we have some, would you like to take a look." The lady pulls out 3 sets of different earrings.
"ooooh... the second one is gorgeous..." Kat's eye widens.
The pink earrings dangled with diamonds stars. Kat held them to her ears, "what do you think Sit?" she asked.
"I guess they look fine... i don't know." Sit shrugs.
"okay, I'll take these. how much are they?" Kat asked.
"The earrings are $350.00."
Kat nods her head & told the lady to ring them up.
"okay... finally we're done... no need to stress over that now..." Sit said to Kat.
Sit & Kat walks back to the car. He drops Kat at home & told her he'll give her a call tomorrow night before going to party. Sit drives off.
The bracelet was in the box in the passenger seat. He looks at the box from the corner of his eyes.
"You better love it Sai-glok... $500.00 isn't gonna go to waste..." he whisper under his breath.
P.S. dont worry gals! sit & sai will meet very soon...