Eli Parker was walking down the street in his hometown of Miami, Florida. It was a hot summer day, school was over and it was officially tourist season. He lived at home with his parents so anytime he was off he tried to stay out of the house as much as possible. His parents were lower-middle class, so he had a part-time job at a local grocery store so he could have extra money. He was 18 years old and finally done with school. He was currently trying to decide if he wanted to go to college when the summer was over or stay at home and work.
So for now he just enjoyed his break. So that's what he did on the days he was off, he people watched and walked up and down the beach front. As he was walking down around South Beach, he was admiring all the beautiful women that were sunbathing. He was just like any other 18 year old guy, he loved to look at women, but he didn't have a girlfriend at this time so he was easily excited. Putting his hands into his pockets to hide his growing erection, he tried to think of anything he could to make it go down. Looking away from the women he looked towards the mall and decided he might as well go site seeing inside.
Usually he wouldn't shop at this mall because it was a tourist trap, otherwise expensive, but with it being summer and him being able to work more he had a little bit of extra money. Walking inside he looked round not really seeing anything interesting at first glance. Shrugging his shoulders he continued to walk around stopping anytime he saw anything of interest. He bought a couple little Knick Knacks, but nothing big. Finally he reached the back of the store and was going to turn around when he saw a pawn shop.
"Pete's Pawn." he said to himself then shrugging his shoulders he continued, "Why not?" Walking inside he looked around, not really seeing anything interesting he decided to browse around. Looking towards the back of the store where the register was kept he saw some jewelry cases and decided to take a look. Seeing a variety of rings in one case he leaned down to examine them. Off to the side was a older looking ring, it didn't shine like the others and some strange marks on the band and two jewels on it that looked like rubies.
Leaning down even farther his nose was almost touching the glass case when a deep masculine voice said from the doorway to the store room, "Do you see anything you like?"
Eli jumped and then chuckled nervously trying to act like he wasn't startled, "Um, yes. That older looking ring right there." ,he said while pointing to said ring.
"Sure son, just hold on one second." ,the older heavy set man said, while pulling out his keys and unlocking the case. He resembled a very tan Santa.
As soon as Eli picked up the ring he felt a jolt of electricity shoot up his arm. It happened so fast he didn't even have time to yelp before it was over. Shrugging his shoulders he thought, 'It was probably just static electricity.' Lifting the ring up to eye level he saw all the small intricate designs carved into the band actually formed the shape of a dragon, with the rubies making the eyes. He decided to try it on, knowing the chances were slim that it would fit his finger.
As the ring slid onto his finger he felt it warm up significantly on his finger. As it reached the base of his finger his eyes opened wide in surprise. It fit perfectly onto his finger. After he admired it on his finger for a little while he looked back up at the old man who he figured was Pete and asked, "How much?"
"$300. It's made of pure gold and as you can see it has the two rubies on it as well." ,the old man said looking bored.
Eli's eyes got big, '$300!!' ,he thought, 'Man I really want this ring. I wish he would take like $50 for it that's all I have." With a sigh of disappointment he reached towards the ring to take it off and hand it back. Just as his fingers touched the ring Pete spoke.
"Why don't you give me like $50 for it and it's yours."
Eli looked at Pete like he was crazy but he didn't hesitate to reach into his pocket and pull out his wallet, counting out his last $50 he handed it to Pete.
As Pete grabbed the money and counted it out he said, "Hold on a minute while I go get the paperwork I need you to fill out."
All Eli could do was nod his head and look at the ring on his finger admiring the way it looked. He wondered about the history of the ring and how old it was. Looking up as Pete came back in he filled out all the paperwork he needed to and handed it back to him. "Do you know anything about the ring? Where it's from? How old is it?" ,He asked.
"All I know is it's over a hundred years old and I think it's from China." ,Pete replied.
Walking out of the mall and back onto the street, he thought about heading home but decided against it, since it was still pretty early in the day. As he walked he forgot completely about the new ring on his finger and started admiring all the scantily clad women on the beach. He felt his cock twitch in his pants again and grow hard again. Sighing in frustration he thought about trolling the beach in the hope of picking up a girl. Not seeing anyone really interesting he decided to just keep walking.
After an hour of walking he got tired and decided to head home, there was nothing to do on a Thursday. Turning around he started walking back home knowing his mom would have dinner cooked soon. After about thirty minutes he finally made it home, seeing both of his parents cars home he wakes up the driveway and inside after wiping his feet off on the mat.
"Hey Mom, hey Dad." ,He said as he walked into the living room to see them both watching TV.
"Hey baby." ,His mom ,Nancy, said as she walked over and gave him a hug and kiss on the cheek and then head into the kitchen to check on dinner.
"Hey son." ,Said his dad ,Robert, as he picked up the remote to flip through some channels on the TV. He finally settled on a football game.