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The Cement Flood on Portobello Road
Story by SethJambax
Posted 4/9/21     462 views
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The construction worker left with a huff, not that Joseph and Jasper minded. The two brothers found the worker "ruining" the formal aura in their tailor business. Like what is his deal? They had been at this for weeks since the beginning of their construction and it just downright annoyed the tailors. Lucky for all three of them, it is the last day of construction.

Both Joseph and Jasper are charming -when necessary- wavy blonde men with green eyes. They are hardworking which has lead them to opening their own tailor store: J and J Tailor's. They were currently about to open for the day when the construction worker came. Jasper, being the more authoritative brother, asked for the worker to leave, mentioning how his appearance disgusted the tone of their store. Which led to him leaving in a huff.

Jasper has on a dark blue pinstripe suit jacket and a royal blue tie, with a white dress shirt and slacks that were the same color as jacket, black dress socks, and brown dress shoes.

On the other hand, Joseph had a pink dress shirt, a royal blue suit jacket with thin red stripes with matching slacks, a black tie with white symbols along it, black dress socks and brown dress shoes.

"That man has no respect for the formal appeal in our shop! Unbelievable!" Jasper shouted.

"I would normally agree with you, but you are being quite unfair with him today. Why?" Joseph questioned.

"Have you forgotten who is coming?"

"It appears I have?"

"*Groan* Ricky Pharrell is coming to today for a new suit. I do not want a man with no taste in fashion to reek in this place," Jasper stressed.

Joseph felt his honest opinion, given Ricky is a popular model and actor in London and they wanted to impress him, but his brother's attitude was quite unnecessary.

"Well... if you are done with your little tantrum, perhaps we can prep the shop for his arrival. Do we have other scheduled appointments today?"

...

A few hours passed and then the door opened for the tailor shop. Ricky had finally arrived. The man himself is quite cute with his black hair and eyes. He had on a classic black suit.

"Well, this is quite the shop you have here."

Jasper gushed like a fanboy as the model enter his- I mean THEIR shop. Joseph, being better at masking his obsession, politely asked what he was looking for.

"Well, I am looking for a nice suit for a dress rehearsal in a play. None of my suits fit the bill according to my director. Do you perhaps have something in my size?"

Jasper, having come back to his senses, exclaimed, "Of course!" before collecting himself, "I mean, is there a particular suit you are looking for?"

While this was happening, the construction worker from earlier was backing up with a cement truck. Why, you may ask?

Revenge.... and the added fact the tailors needed to be knocked down a peg.

All he needed to do was wait.

Back to the tailor shop, the brothers had finished their measurements with Ricky and came up with a suit.

"Hmmmm... this should do nicely," Ricky commented on. He now adorned a blue dress shirt with a white collar, red tie, teal dress vest, teal slacks, a tan suit jacket, black dress socks, and brown dress shoes. He had a long, blue scarf around his neck too.

"Wonderful," Joseph said, "I will dial up the price." Joseph made his way to the cash register to tile up the cost. Jasper, meanwhile, was beaming at what was going on. A famous model was about to purchase one of THEIR suits. He could possibly think about the future and expansion of the business. Of course, this distracted him from the incoming incident.

And it costed them dearly.

A cement truck unexpectedly back up into the store window, causing it to crack apart. The three men within the store shielded their faces, and after that was done, noticed the outlet of the truck began to gush with wet cement. The grey liquid splattered all over the store and on the men. They did their best to shield their faces and suits from the substance, but alas no avail. The concrete was like a flood, a wet grey flood that covered everything in its path. The construction worker eventually stopped the deluge, being very satisfied at their "misfortune," and left the concrete mess in the tailor shop. The concrete had spread to the merchandise, ruining tons of suits, tuxedos, dress shirts, ties, and any other accessories the brothers had in the store.

Jasper and Joseph were both soggy from the flooding. Through their blonde hair, streaks of gray coursed through it and their faces were covered with a nice gray facial. Their blue suit jackets were stained with gray, affecting their respective dress shirts too. The royal tie Jasper wore was mucked more with stains than Joseph's black tie since the former did not have enough cover. They gray liquid splatter many splotches against their blue slacks and their dress socks and brown dress shoes were enveloped with a layer of wet cement.

Since he was in the crossfire, Ricky was smothered in the liquid unfortunately too. His newly tailored suit suffered with a new gray coating that ruined its tailor ship. Ricky now sported a gray mask and hair, trashing his handsome appearance. The tan suit jacket, blue dress shirt, and teal vest were had gained a new gray coating, tarnishing its cleanliness. His orange tie and whimsical patterned tie were stained with the cement as well, ruining their presentation. The teal slacks that he wore along with them, stained from the deluge with his dress socks and brown dress shoes.

The brothers, mostly Joseph, were in astonishment with what had become of their beloved store. Ricky was quiet, the trashing had ruined his new suit.

"We are SO sorry for this minor inconvenience," Jasper stated quickly, not wanting the model to leave and not spread the tragedy of their store to anyone.

"It is quite alright. I suppose I will just have to find another tailor shop. I bid you a farewell," Ricky politely said, despite the liquid concrete flood, before leaving the store in search of another suit. Still with the stained suit I might add?

Jasper watched in horror as the model left. His one chance of being gaining potential models just walked out the door. Joseph, on the other hand, was more in shock about the store and the merchandise now cement stained.

Unbeknownst to them, the construction worker had a smug look on his face, watching them scrabble through the liquid. Serves them right for thinking he "disturbed" the formal aura of their store.
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