[ CW ] Write a short story with compelling dialogue without telling us who is saying what .

`` Two please.'' 
 
 `` Two dollars.'' 
 
 `` And those. Two.'' 
 
 `` Three dollars.'' 
 
 `` Also, do you have batteries?'' 
 
 `` What kind?'' 
 
 `` D'' 
 
 `` No.'' 
 
 `` My girlfriend is coming over tonight.'' 
 
 `` Anything else?'' 
 
 `` Do you know where I could get flowers around here?'' 
 
 `` On Bergen. Down the street, right.'' 
 
 `` She's a real knockout. I need to buy her flowers.'' 
 
 `` Three dollars.'' 
 
 `` I call her my girlfriend, but really she's just a friend who is a girl. Gorgeous face. I worked with her until two weeks ago. Finally got the nerve to ask her out at her farewell party.'' 
 
 ``...'' 
 
 `` She's coming over for dinner then I thought maybe we'd go for a drink somewhere. Do you think that's a good idea? Or should I take her out to dinner then have her over for drinks? Am I doing this in the right order?'' 
 
 `` I... I am not sure, sir.'' 
 
 `` This girl, man. She makes me so nervous. Just a knockout, I tell you. What's your name?'' 
 
 `` Ali.'' 
 
 `` Well, Ali, do you think asking her back to my house for drinks is a bad idea?'' 
 
 `` I do n't know sir. I am not so lucky to take out this woman.'' 
 
 `` Right. But any woman, right? Is that presumptuous? If I ask her back to my house will it seem like I'm just trying to slip her the'ol... I do n't know how to say that without offending, Ali, but you know what I mean.'' 
 
 `` Sir, I do, but I'm not sure if I can give you much advice on such matters, sir.'' 
 
 `` Thanks anyway, Ali. Thanks anyway. Say, in your country do you date? I mean, I'm asking you these questions and I'm not sure if you're from one of those countries that arranges marriages or something screwy like that, no offence intended.'' 
 
 `` Sir, I'm from Yemen, sir. We have arranged marriages, yes. But in my village, many of us meet before the wedding.'' 
 
 `` Well, then. Sorry I'm asking you dating questions, Ali. Man, I suppose I should get going then. Say, how do you woo a lady if you do n't get to choose her? You do n't get to try to make her fall in love with you.'' 
 
 `` We do n't have to. She just accepts that she's yours and then she tries to make you happy. And then you treat her nice to make her happy.'' 
 
 `` Shoot.'' 
 
 `` Why shoot, sir?'' 
 
 `` I've never really tried to get a woman to like me. I just thought this is it, like me or do n't.'' 
 
 ``...'' 
 
 ``...'' 
 
 `` Three dollars.''
