Peter Pen and friends

"Hey, that's a great idea! I need to write this." automatically I slapped my chest, where I keep my pen in my uniform. But of course, I wasn't wearing my uniform, and I didn't have any pen. "Got any pen, May?"

"Maybe. I'll check." May dove into her cowbag, Batya, but after a few minutes came back out with no pen. "Must have left it somewhere" she said.

"What? How can you be so irresponsible? How can you go around without a pen?! What will happen if you suddenly really need to write a song?"

"I know. I'm sorry."

"Sorry! Sorry is not good enough; this could end badly. Well, good thing I discovered that on time. We'll just have to go buy a new pen."

We descended all the way to the mall's ground floor, where the office stuff store was. I seldom get in those stores - they're not usually being regarded a very exciting thing; but once we got in, I got excited. It's just that I'm the kind of person that can't look at a blank page without getting an itch in his fingers and an almost incontrollable urge to defile the white, fill it with something, anything; show me a blank notebook and I'll swear to write an immortal novel if you just give it to me. And then get bored after 5 seconds and leave it open, of course (it's been a while since the last Red Fish page, hasn't it?).

That store was full of empty pages and things to fill them with! Full! beautiful ones, white ones, yellow ones, covered ones, uncovered ones, cool new pens that make you just want to lick them, notebooks, scratchable letters and...! and...! I should really shut up...!

"Well?" May said after some time.

"This one looks nice" I said.

"Take it, then."

"Don't be so hasty. I haven't checked it yet."

"It's just a pen!"

"Well, I'll admit the design is good, and the balance against the palm is among the best I've seen, but I haven't judged it in real time situations.... I'm afraid it may be just a bit over-energetic, if you know what I mean... I'm just not sure that's the pen I want to spend the rest of my life with."

"The rest of your life will not be a long time if you're going to keep me here for much longer. I need to go to the bathroom!"

"Hey, hold on, okay?! Just think you're a guy and I'm your girlfriend who's buying clothes."

"Amusing thought, but I'll pass. Have you made up your mind?"

"Just a minute. I just want to check a few more before I pick one."

May snatched the blue pen I was holding and walked to the counter. "We'll take this one, please" she said very firmly.

I followed her sadly out of the store. May noticed my longing look. "You're such a baby" she said.

I made a grouch face and did not answer.

"Oh, don't be sad" May said. "Here, I got you a nice pen."

"I don't want it" I said.

"Fine" May stuffed it into her Cow Bag.

"So what are we going to do now?"

"Hey - is there a videostore in this place?"