When the world came back, Haley saw that she was still in the shop, standing next the shopkeeper, who was named Jon. Now that she noticed it, she thought that he looked kind of cute. Maybe she should ask him out on a date or even ...
"Are you okay?" he asked her.
"Yeah, I think so," she said, her lips forming into a smile, but then it faded, as she tried to remember what happened to her. Why was she even in this weird shop to begin with? She was supposed to be shopping for costumes with her friend Breanne. "What happened?"
"Well, after you used the potion, you blacked out," he explained.
"Potion? What potion?" she asked.
"This," he said, holding up the small glass vial containing the amber-colored liquid.
"I ... I don't remember ..."
"You wouldn't," Jon said. "All of your memories concerning Jake have been removed from your mind."
"Jake? Who's Jake?"
Jon smiled. "I guess that's confirmation that it worked."
Haley was more than just a little confused. Had she come into this shop to buy a potion? And then tested it out? Why would she want a potion? Especially from a weird store like this? Who knew what could be in it? It could be poison for all she knew. But ... not from someone like Jon. No, she could trust him. With her life, in fact. She paused, thinking that something was wrong with that. How could she trust someone she just met that much? She shrugged off the strange feeling, then turned her mind towards this Jake person that Jon was talking about. Did she know someone named Jake? She didn't think so. The name wasn't even the least bit familiar to her.
"So, you want to buy the whole vial?" Jon asked, breaking her out of her thoughts.
"Huh?"
"I trust that you're satisfied with the potion," he said. "It did work, exactly the way it should have."
It did? What did it do? she thought to herself.
But, of course, if Jon said it worked, then she supposed it did. He wouldn't lie to her - she was sure of that. Her gaze drifted back to Jon's face. Man, I'd really love to fuck that, she thought, her mind wandering, thinking of the most erotic ways to ...
"Are you okay?" Jon asked, again breaking her out of her thoughts. He was smiling. Haley loved that smile.
"Uh ... yeah."
"It's just that you looked a little dazed."
"No, I'm fine."
"So, do you want the potion or not?" he asked.
