Open, and ready for business*open*

[jacob winters]

Jacob strode through the mall outlet, his earphones in. His ipod was in his back pocket, a loud song blasting through the earphones. He was dressed in jeans, and a red apple t-shirt all employees were required to wear. His just had genius bar on it, since he worked in that area. He had a backpack slung over his shoulder, hislaptop, iphone, and ipad all in it. He was pretty much a walking apple store, but since he worked at the store, he sometimes got discounts. And besides, he loved apple, and wouldn't dream of buying another brand.

Jacob got there about an hour before the store was supposed to open. He was in charge of getting everthing ready for customers, and when he pushed the door open, he dropped his backpack on the genius bar counter.

The next hour was spent turning on lights, and electronics, as well as giving the floor a quick vacuming. Soon, the store was open and ready for business, and Jacob hit on the on switich on the open light by the door. Other employees were walking in, and Jacob waved to a few. Pulling out his tablet, he checked his list to do today. Several people had made appointments, and he had a couple computers and iphones that had been worked on, and would be picked up today. He ran through the list, double checking everything was fixed. He glanced up as he heard the door open. Their first customer.

[delilah brown]

Delilah was not happy.

At all.

The most obvious leading question of course be 'why?', it was simple, her thing she credited as something of even vague sentimental worth had died on her. Yes, her ipod had finally kicked the bucket...a month after the year long guarantee had come to an end. Ordinarily it would have been a matter of grudgingly fishing out the money and buying a new one but seeing as the master-of-shitfaced-brilliance-that-was-Clem had somehow managed to muck up her computer so badly it was beyond repair, her music had now disappeared from both her ipod and computer.

How was one expected to drown out nagging mothers? How could one ignore the idiotic bragging of one's brother? How could anyone possibly hope to drown out the sickening 'flirting' thing her parents had going...it was a disaster, a travesty...and there was no way in HELL she was paying for a new one.

She was the 2nd customer into the store, glaring at the person who'd been about to approach the desk before her. She reached it, setting her ipod, (her pride and joy for crying out loud!), down on the tabletop between them.

"Now, listen very carefully. If you can fix this thing without erasing everything on there, for free, you'll be saving a lot of people from a random girl with a machine gun in a crowded mall. If you can do it by the end of the day I'll throw in a drink from Starbucks and you'll never have to see me again," She said simply.

[jacob winters]

Jacob watched the girl walk over to him. She was clearly upset, and he could probably guess why. He had had customers come in, in tears because their apple product was refusing to work. He had even had one lady crush him in a hug once her ipod was working again. His job could be rather interesting.

He listened as the girl spoke, laying her ipod down in front of him. He chuckled. "The drink is unneccessary, but I'm sure I can get this fixed. Let me take a look." He unscrewed the back, messed with a couple things, and nodded. "Well, I can assure you that you won't be needing that machine gun. I've seen this problem before, and I can get it done in an hour. A little tricky to fix, but doesn't take too long. I can have it back to you exactly the way you had it before it died, with every song you had on it. And it won't cost you a cent!" He grinned a little.

"Anyway, if you give me your name, and cell number, I can call you when its done, or you can wait over on the benches. Shouldn't be more than an hour wait if you'd like to stay." He gestured over to the benches.

[amberlyn eastlyn-capone]

Walking into the Apple store in the mall always made Amberlyn feel proud. Her uncle, Sage Amato, was the CEO of Apple and it inflated the ego of the young woman, who prided herself in having and being the best, that she was in small part, a part of the majestic dynasty. She frequented the store in an effort to show her support to her uncle, even though he always reminded her that she needn't pay for anything. Apple was the only thing she flat out refused someone else to pay for her. Family ties and all that. Her dark chocolate coloured hair bounced slightly as she shook her head and smiled to herself, stepping into the store.

Amberlyn's good mood was short lived though, as she realised her least favourite relative, her younger cousin Delilah, was in the store also. Holding her laptop which did actually need to be checked under one arm, Amberlyn moved self assuredly to the counter where her cousin also stood. "Did you break your iPod with your foul temper and horrible manners Delilah dear?" she greeted her horrible cousin with a sympathetic look, "Poor darling."

[jacob winters]

He started working on the ipod, glancing up as another girl walked over. She obviously knew his customer, and addressed her as Delilah. And they apparently weren't fond of each other. Chuckling to himself a little, he spoke up, smiling a bit as he did so. "Oh, this happens all the time. Usually simply from using a little. Gets worn out. But anyway." He glanced back down at the ipod, reaching for another tool under the desk.

Other customers were filing in, and the Genius bar was getting several of them. Looked like it'd be a busy day. He then noticed the other girl's laptop. "Can I help you with something?" He asked.

[delilah brown]

Delilah leant against the desk as if for support, breathing a relieved sigh.

"Thank the bloody gods," She muttered. She didn't think her father would take too kindly to her somehow managing to get hold of a loaded gun and creating such havoc with it. In any case her mother would have a fit and no one would hear the bloody end of it. She scribbled her name and number down on the bit of paper, her mood so much improved that she very nearly departed with a suitable pleasantry.

Then she heard IT'S voice and dreams of good will faded.

"Bite. Me," She said flatly, reluctantly turning to look her.

"God I'm honestly surprised your abnormal large head managed to fit through the door," She said before turning back to the man behind the desk.

"Just to cut to the chase here, dear Lyn here, my darling cousin, is a danger to the human race. Between her and my brother (who I'm pretty sure by now are incestuously involved) their ego's could probably span at least half the globe each and don't forget, she'll drop her knickers to absolutely anyone. So don't for one minute take your eyes off her because she might starve from the lack of attention," She said sweetly.

[jacob winters]

He took the piece of paper, and laid it next to the ipod so he wouldn't lose it. He fully unscrewed the back of the ipod, and pulled out a couple more tools. A little bit of fiddling with it, and it'd be good as new. He half listened to the girls as he focused on the ipod, unscrewing a couple more things. A woman nearby spoke up, getting his attention.

"Excuse me for one moment ladies." He said quickly, going to see what the woman wanted. She had arrived to pick up her laptop, so hurrying to the back, he retrieved it for her, then hurried back to the girls. He laughed a little as Deliah finished speaking. "Ah, the two of you bitter rivals, huh?" He picked up one of his tools again, and continued working on the ipod.

[amberlyn eastlyn-capone]

A smirk played on her lips at her cousins various attacks. "Biting you can be arranged Lilah, I'd be more than happy to oblige you. And I'm not big headed, though I prefer men who are" she said, the double entendre - second meaning - lurking below the surface of her words. She knew she was just adding fuel to the fire, but what was the point really, of trying to be civil when her cousin hated her, and had for quite some time.

Tactful avoiding commenting on the accusations of her being 1) easy, and 2) being involved with Clem, Amberlyn instead looked at the boy with her blue eyes, not as mesmerising as her mothers unfortunately, and says with dismay, "Its much, much worse than that....we're relatives." Her voice turns sweet now, mimicing her cousin just earlier, "Forever condemned to endure eachothers company and never quite shaking the urge to stab the other with a carving knife"

[delilah brown]

Delilah just looked at her cousin, opening her mouth briefly and closing it again.

"...sometimes I just wonder...do you think these things through...because if you do than you're terrifyingly more dense than I thought you are...really, if I were you I'd just give up school and just follow your calling as a pole dancing hooker, you'd be doig everyone a favour," She said flatly.

"And please, let's not bring up any mention of being related, it makes me feel sick...whatever your name is, please hurry up...or Lyn...why don't you just go bother someone else and get away from me?" She drawled.

[clem brown]

Clem yawned, ruffling his hair slightly as he trudged off in search of food. He wasn't sure he'd actually meant to end up in this part of the mall but it was early for him and he'd spent the night at a 'friend's house' doing 'certain activities' and even Clem, with his impressive stamina, was worn out. He was actually going to go home and get food considering he'd probably end up spending his last $5 and he was pretty sure one of his ex girlfriends was out for blood and it seemed a bad time to go spend time in such a frequented place as the school canteen.

He was just passing the apple store when he saw two familiar heads of hair. He paused, being grinning broadly to himself and waltzing in.

"Now now girls. De don't be mean, if you're not careful people'll think you're antisocial or mean or something and I know that's not true is it love," He pouted, ruffling her hair before turning to the bloke behind the desk.

"They're not bitter rivals, they're just have a few differences," Clem said pleasantly in response to the bloke behind the counters' question.

[jacob winters]

"Ah, I see. And the name's Jacob." He pulled out another tool, and continued to work on the ipod. After another couple minutes, he screwed the back on, and held it out to her. "There we go. Good as new. And since I didn't need any new parts, no charge." He looked over as a boy walked up. "Yeah, I figured that much." He replied, reaching for his ipad, and checking off a couple things.

[amberlyn eastlyn-capone]

Amberlyn greeted her much more preferred cousin with a smile, deciding to completely ignore delilahs snarky comments prior to Clems arrival. While the guy behind the counter finished his work, Amberlyn sent Clem a quick text message thanking him for saving her from ripping his sisters throat out and then added that she was now indebted to him. Looking up from her phone and seeing that Lilah and her iPod had now been attended to, Amberlyn placed her Apple laptop on the benchtop in front of her. She flashed him a famous Eastlyn smile before she spoke, "Pleasure to meet you Jacob, I'm Amberlyn. My laptop has been making funny noises when I turn it on and its kind of creeping me out. I dont want it to explode it anything..can you take a look?" she finished hopefully

((Eugh sorry its crap ))

[jacob winters]

(It's okay, my previous one wasn't great either)
"Nice to meet you too Amberlyn. And I doubt it would explode, but funny noises are never a good thing. Let's see what the problem is." He replied, returning her smile, and taking the laptop. It didn't really matter what the device was, he could probably take it apart, and put it back together. Ever since he was a little kid, he had loved messed around with computers, and ipods. And he had been good at fixing them. HIs parents had stopped going to the store all together, and just started going to him. He hadn't really found a device he wasn't able to fix, unless it was beyond repairable.

He turned the computer on, listening to what the noises sounded like, and nodded. He had a good idea of what the cause was. He turned it back off, flipped it over, and unscrewed the back cover. Pulling out another tool, he poked around for a minute, then looked back up at Amberlyn. "I'm pretty sure I know what the problem is, and it's not too hard of a fix. Is it still in warranty? It might not cost anything regardless, but if it is, and I need a new part, which I might, it won't cost you.
(going on vacation today. may not post for a few days, and my posts will probably be short since I can't take my computer, so I'll have to use my nook, and typing on it takes forever)

[delilah brown]

"Pleasure to meet you Jacob," Delilah mimicked under her breath, feigning a smoulder even the likes of Sophia Lauren would have been proud of before giving a snort.

"Maybe your laptops just mentally scared from the horrors it's witnessed in your bedroom, these things are very sensitive you know," She pouted before turning back to the Jacob guy.

"Thanks, that's probably a good thing because I refuse to pay anyway," She said flatly, taking her ipod and shoving in back into it's home in her jeans pocket, she was just about to leave when she saw a familiar face, grinning broadly. She gave a strangled groan.

"Why is it that I can't move a few metres without falling over some slaggish, STI ridden relative?!" She snapped.