Robert looks at Pearl as she walks through the school. He wants to know more about her, but he lets her pass his shoulder. The scent of her perfume drifts under his nose - he likes it, but he knows it is too sweet for his most common tastes.
"Get some new perfume Pearl!" he shouts as he turns around.
Pearl looks behind and sees Robert. She shrugs.
"I like this one;" she says.
"Then let me buy you the perfume;" tells Robert as he glares at her and feels his heart pump that little bit extra to tell him that he has her on a different plank then any other person in the school.
"Why would you do that?' asks Pearl as she looks at him with her feet glued to the tiles under her.
"Because I want to;" tells Robert as the bell for end of school chimes over his head a third time .
"Why would you want to?" asks Pearl as she shrugs.
"Because I want you to wear nice perfume;" tells Robert as he shrugs also. "Will you wear it if I buy it for you?"
"I don't know;" mutters Pearl as she fidgets. "I don't know you;" she adds as she pulls a face.
"I know you and you need new perfume;" tells Roger as he grins.
"No, I like my own;" mutters Pearl as she turns and walks away.
Robert smooths a hand over his hair and looks away from Pearl for a second - he hears giggles and he knows that he has been watched! Robert moves his shoes out of the school and towards his car. Inside of his car he scolds himself.
"What does Pearl think she is refusing?" he asks as he feels a grumble inside of his chest. "I'll just buy her the perfume and then she can wear it!" he scolds as he starts the car.
However at the store Robert can't find the exact perfume he is looking for, and so he buys three and an empty bottle and he spends all night mixing the perfumes for the right concoction to be able to woo Pearl to his tastes.
The following day Robert finds Pearl amongst the throng of peoples and he stops her in her shoes.
"I brought you something;" tells Robert as he smiles.
Pearl sees the perfume bottle and takes it as Robert holds it out to her.
"Try it on why don't you?" he asks.
Pearl shrugs, opens the bottle, and pours a small amount onto her wrists. She rubs it over her neckline and she smiles.
"It's nice!" she cheers.
Robert feels good! He walks away from Pearl feeling tingles all over - however when he later finds Pearl again he sees she has developed a mean rash on her skin.
"Hi Pearl, what's with the rash?" asks Robert as he glares.
"It's from the perfume, the mix must be too strong for my skin!" gasps Pearl as she grows embarrassed. "I'll have to go to a doctor after school!" she mutters as she feels heat tingle all over her brow. "I don't want to talk about it!" she adds.
"I can drive you to the doctor after school;" tells Robert as he sees Pearl in fret. "Or I can drive you now?"
"After school!" gasps Pearl as she feels her skin shiver.
"Okay;" tells Robert before he lets Pearl move away.
After school Pearl has a rash spread all the way to her shoulders. She wants to scratch it, however she holds her fingers back even though the tingles spread all over every nail until they feel longer!
"Let's go!" tells Robert before he takes Pearl's hand.
Pearl nods, allows herself to be led to the car in the car park, and then she seats herself on the leather-lined chair.
"These are gross covers!" she tells Roger as she fingers the leather cover.
"They keep you warm during the winter!" cheers Roger before he drives away.
Within twenty minutes Roger is waiting at the doctors office with guilt on his head. He wonders how he could have been so stupid as to give Pearl something which would ruin her skin? However Pearl is in a good mood as she leaves the office and she even smiles to Rodger after she has paid for the visit.
"I have a perscription;" she tells Roger who smiles back as though he is guilt free.
"That's great!" he cheers, however inside of his mind he tells himself he is nothing but a fool. "Want to grab a drink?" he asks.
"I think I had better pick up the prescription!" cheers Pearl before she leaves the room and building.
A block away Pearl picks up the prescription and she quickly dabs the lotion on her skin. She sighs - however in truth the rash does not go away only it seems to grow more red!
"Looks better!" lies Roger as he glares at the rash that seems to swell until it has protruded two millimeters from the skin.
"I hope it does!" gasps Pearl as she grows nervous over the itch that increases as the seconds turn into minutes. "Can you drive me home? I am getting tired!" she asks as a frown becomes more evident on her brow.
"Oh yes!" tells Roger as she smiles. "Let us go into the car!" he adds.
Pearl fidgets all the way to the car and when inside she begins to fret as tears well inside of her eyes. Pearl wishes she had never tried the perfume on and she begins to grow moody as she glares at Roger with his flawless skin glowing in ultimate health.
As the car drives Pearl can take it no longer! She takes out the perfume from her pocket, removes the lid, and she pours it over Rogers face and neck!
"Are you mad?" asks Roger as the car veers to the right.
"I hate you!" gasps Pearl before she turns the rearview mirror so that she can see herself in the reflection.
Pearl screams as Roger struggles to regain control of the car. He flips his head around his shoulder a dozen times and then he sees an ally in which to turn the car into! Roger parks and then he wipes his skin - to Pearl's frustration Rogers skin does not react.
"Are you mad?" asks Roger as he grows heat on his brow.
"Yes at you!" gasps Pearl before she looks at her skin in the mirror again and starts to blubber.
"Don't be like that!" gasps Roger as he tries to give Pearls shoulder a rub.
"Get your hands away from me!" screams Pearl as she grows too hot to handle. "My skin is ruined! It is because of you that it is ruined! You are a skin ruiner!"
"Okay!" seeths Roger as he touches Pearls shoulder with the tips of two fingers. "I am sorry;" he mutters.
"I never want to be given anything from you again!" tells Pearl as she grows red in the face. "Never!" she screams.
"I am sorry!" mutters Roger as he shrugs. "I really am - I just found your perfume too sweet..." he begins.
"I loved my old perfume! I hate yours!" screams Pearl before she gives Roger's face a harsh slap with the back of her hand.
Roger growls as he feels his face turn beet red under his skin. He wants to hit Pearl so bad but with her skin looking so mangy he fails to reach out to her.
"I am sorry;" mutters Roger as he glares at Pearl. "It was supposed to be a gift;"
"Some gift!" steams Pearl as she crosses her arms. "Some gift!" she huffs before she begins to sob.
Roger looks at the time and knows he has to end the outting so that he can go to work. He clears his throat and starts the car, and within minutes he is back on the road once again.
Roger drops Pearl at home and then he takes off down the street. His mind is still set on Pearls skin and how gross it appears with bubbles forming like clear pimples on her collar bone.
"I really blew it;" he mutters as he drives along the street. "Never mind, I am going to go to work and get paid!"
Roger parks outside of a house and he goes to the front door. He rings the door bell once and immediately a guy named Corgan answers. Corgan is not just any person, he is a paying customer - what he asks for his sexual exploits, and Roger gives him his body so that Corgan can give him his money.
The following day Roger tries to find Pearl but she cannot be found, so he visits her house as soon as the day is through and there he meets Pearl by the front door. Pearls' rash has spread to her chin, and she has small cuts from having had scratched it. Roger tries to make a joke to lighten the mood he can feel on the air.
"The skin can rejvinate with urine;" he mutters.
"What?" asks Pearl as she narrows her eyes. "What?" she repeats.
Roger shrugs.
"I'm sorry it's just a quirky tale;" tells Roger as he shrugs. "I can see you are suffering;"
"I know I am!" gasps Pearl before she picks up a tube of ointment and rubs it on her skin once again. "The chemist said to expect an expansion before a retraction!" she mutters.
"I am sorry I gave you the perfume;" tells Roger as he bothers to touch a portion of the swollen skin.
It feels smooth and soft, like a burn that has just had a layer of skin replaced over it! Roger presses his finger against the rash and juice squirts out.
"Gross it's infected!" he mutters.
"It's just part of hte rash!" gasps Pearl before she picks up a tissue and dabs at her neckline. "It will go;" she tells as her gut squirms over what seems to be a lie.
"I am sorry you have it at all;" tells Roger as he shrugs. "I really am!"
"I don't want to see you!" tells Pearl as she grows mad over the blank in Rogers tone. "Leave me alone!" she wars.
"Okay;" mutters Roger as he backs his feet away from the door. "I'll see you at school;" he adds before he waves.
Pearl slams the door closed and Roger feels a chill - he wishes that he had never given Pearl the perfume, and he blames himself as the wind blows over his shoulders.
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