Suddenly, the movers from that morning came back in and started to life Jen up. She was so relieved. She didn’t know who had arranged for them to do this but now she knew that she wouldn’t have a problem getting from point A to point B in the school.
They carried her out of the classroom and down the hall, but for some reason seemed to be heading for the main exit.
“Hey, where are you going?” Jen asked them.
“You’ll see, it’s a special class” one of them said. The other one chuckled. Jen was concerned but she was powerless to do anything so she just waited.
The movers loaded her back onto the truck, and one said “See you soon. Maybe take a seat while you wait.” They both burst out laughing. Jen tried to shout just as the door closed and left her in darkness. She was very scared about what was happening.
They movers drove for a long time. Jen began to doze off, resting against her own couch back. Just as she was falling asleep the truck stopped and the movers brought her out. As her eyes adjusted to the light, she saw that they had brought her to a furniture store.
“Huh? What are we doing here?” She said. The movers didn’t respond.
They brought her into the store and met a man who looked like he owned the place. The man saw her and went to the movers. “Excellent, excellent. Just as you described. Here is the money as promised.” The movers took his money and left, smirking at Jen.
“Who are you? What am I doing here?” Jen asked the store owner.
“I’m Mr. Hawkins, owner of Hawkins furniture. I just purchased you,” he said with a brash smile. “Those two men just sold you to me and I’m going to sell you to one of our paying customers, for quite a high price I imagine. Not every couch can talk, or hold your drinks for you, or give you a back massage. You can do all those, and you will. Maybe even to me if you don’t behave.”
Jen was horrified. “You can’t just sell me! I’m a human being! My family will miss me!”
“Last I checked you’re not a human, you’re a couch. And where you came from or who misses you is none of my concern,” he said, as he walked off.
The store hadn’t opened for business yet so Jen scrambled to think of what to do. She realized she still had her phone. She had to get out of here at any cost. She quickly called the first person she could think of, which happened to be Nathan. She called him up.
“Yeah Jen?” He said.
“Nathan, I need help really bad. I’m in trouble.”
“What’s the matter Jen.”
“I… I need you to come and buy me.”