Shopping

[Arabella Hart]

Bella let the warm sunlight hit her face. She loved the core to a point. They had great little shops. They were outside her hometown, a main city, so no one here knew her. That was good. She could blend in here. It was a small village really. Walking from the docking area, she saw some shops. Including the pawn shop she wanted to go to. It was a good shop, one where everything was real, but good prices.

Walking in, she heard the tinkle of the bells. She began to walk around, looking at everything there. Alec had the picture of her and him. She had one, but wanted to get rid of it. It was...compromising really. She couldn’t afford that. Nor a fight with Daniel. It was too much. Her nerves were still jumpy so it would be a bit crazy for her right now. She knew River needed peace, so decided to come out her, vent.

[vincentmccloud]

Daniel followed Bella. He just looked totally amazed by what he saw. This was his first time on a core planet. It looked amazing to him. "Sorry for telling everyone what we were doing. It seemed better than letting them think that we might have been doing something else."

[Arabella Hart]

Bella was riffling through some books. She missed buying books mostly. But she'd get hers back. Shaking her head, she smiled lightly. "It's ok. You needed to tell them. I was mad at Jay. Needed to go." She set the book down and moved across the shop some. Not trying to avoid him, just she liked to look. Wonder filled her eyes looking at the paintings.

[danieltam]

"Yeah, sorry about Jay." Daniel would have expected that sort of thing from Haven but not from Jay. "We should probably talk about what we're going to say at the ball. You know how we met and things like that." Daniel started to look though some of the books himself. He hadn't brought a new book in ages.

[Arabella Hart]

Bella thought about this, thinking that Betty may like the landscape she was looking at. She move near him. She had only a small potion though out. "Well I was thinking that we met on Bernadette. You're dad is Jacob James Donovan with soon to be blonde hair and grey ighlights. Inara is now Jaclyn Elizabeth with light brunette hair. You yourself are Mr. Alexander James Donovan with your natural colors." She smiled lightly. Her voice was low as she spoke. Bella had plenty of thinking time when cooking. "This is if you want it." She would not push him.

[danieltam]

Daniel nodded to Bella and smiled. "Yeah, Alexander Donovan will do fine." Daniel wanted to do this. "I'm sorry but I've not thought about it all that much. I've just been so worried about the whole thing." A part of Daniel just wanted to tell her that the jobs the crew take always have a tendancy of going wrong. He hadn't told her this because he didn't want her to worry any more than she already is.

[Arabella Hart]

Bella grabbed his hand and squeezed. “We can figure this out. I’m good at fabricating stuff. I did it to my grandmother all the time.” Bella had often snuck out of her grandmother’s, wishing to get away from her. She’d go out shopping with some people she met or to a club. That was the funniest ones to do. She had fake contacts and now expired hair dye up the wazoo in her room.

She went to the small display of jewelry. She saw some new charms she’d like to get for her bracelet. One being two halves of a heart, each flecked with a tiny diamond. But she knew that she couldn’t. She proceeded to look a the bridal sets, waiting for Betty and Daniel’s opinion.

[danieltam]

Daniel took Bella's hand. "Your lucky. I've never been that good at things like that. Aunt River would always know when I was lying." One of the disadvantages of having a crazy psychic aunt on board. No matter how well he had his parents convinced, she was still able to see though it at get him told off. Not that it happened often. He followed Bella to the bridal dresses. They all looked amazing. Bella would look so beautiful in anyone of these, "Which one do you like?"

[Arabella Hart]

Running her fingers lightly over the bodices, she examined them. There was one she adored. was a vintage one and had a train, but made her smile. “This one is gorgeous..” She may come back and buy it someday if it’s still around. After setting the edge back down in a fashionable manner, she sighed. “We should look for rings now.” She moved back to the ring display. “Gold or silver?”

[danieltam]

Daniel saw Bella's face light up when she set her eyes on one of the dresses, "Oh yeah. Thats really nice. Very pretty." Bella would look absolutely stunning in that dress. He saw a little startled when she spoke to him again. He had completely wondered off into a world of his own. "How about gold? Doesn't in look more expensive?" Daniel didn't really know anything about jewlery. He just took a guess.

[Arabella Hart]

Bella looked in the case, then looked behind her shoulder as Daniel spoke. Smiling softly, she blushed. “I don’t need a dress like that yet.” Though she had been thinking of it. Maybe she’d have Betty come back for it and hold onto it. Send it to her in the future. Nodding, she was thinking again. There was a set that caught her eye. Only $300.

Nodding to the seller, she asked to see it. She knew about diamonds, so could tell if they were real or not. Grabbing each ring in turn, she shined it in the light and looked at the diamonds. They were real alright. “There’s a beautiful set here for a good price.”

[danieltam]

Daniel looked at the rings in complete amazement, "Oh wow. Shiny. I think they're perfect." He didn't know anything about jewlery but these were beautiful pieces. He remembers seeing the rings his parents have. They were nice but they paled in comparison to these. He took a closer look at them a saw how much the diamonds shined. "My god. Are these real? Are you sure we can afford these? Aren't they a bit much?" Daniel had like a hundred questions going though his mind.

[Arabella Hart]

Bella slipped the ladies set on her finger, trying it on. They fit her perfectly with twisting room. A habit with any ring when she was nervous. She watched them sparkle in the light as the cashier watched her. “They’re real.” Bella chanced a look at the dress from the corner of her eye, dreaming a moment. Leaning in, she lowered her voice a bit. “And it’s cheaper then expected. $300 for the whole set of three. It’s normally $4000 to $5000 for a set like this at a normal jewelers.” She knew to keep her voice low as the salesman could up the price. Bella let her thoughts wander as she slipped the rings off. A girl can dream.

[danieltam]

Daniel was even more amazed by the rings when he found out that the diamonds were infact real. He tried on the remaining ring. It was a decent enough fit. It felt a little snug but it should be ok for the one night. His mind wondered to Bella walking down the isle wearing the dress that she look at moments ago. The pair of them wearing the rings while spending the rest of their lives together.

He looked at Bella when she told him the cost of the rings. "Really. I supose growing up on Londinum, you'd get the chance to learn about this sort of thing. Ok, we've got the rings, all we need now is to chose a dress."

[Arabella Hart]

Bella watched Daniel, enjoying the amazement in his face. “See why I love this shop?” She saw the salesman beam and then asked him to hold onto the rings. Smiling at him, she gave him thirty dollars to begin with so they would be held. Watching him put them away in a small cupboard, she leaned her back against the counter.

“It was one of my lessons first coming here. So I’d never get gypped according to my grandmother. So were so many things I don’t use anymore.” Walking around, she wondered what was taking Betty so long. She sighed a thoughtful sigh. “I don’t need a dress. I have one. I just have mental breakdowns before each ball.” It was her thing. She always freaked before a ball. Her grandmother eschewed fear into her that way. “You just need a black suit.”