True Colors--Alison

Messy hair, unironed shirt, and I reek of coffee. I am late to work again and I pray that there is a parking spot left. Once I pull in I am surrounded by cars nicer than mine which gives me motivation for this Monday morning. My ego has grown since working here, being the number one sales person at this car dealership. I sneak into my office and run into Jarred, my boss, and he greets me with a pretentious attitude saying something about how I shouldn’t always be late and complaining about this homeless man that’s loitering out front. “I’ll go deal with the man”, I say animatedly because this gives me a reason to get away from him. Rushing out of the office I see what he’s talking about, the man sticks out like a sore thumb. Gently approaching him I ask how I can help him and he’s caught off guard. “I’ve been waiting around for an hour and no one has approached me yet”, he said. We started conversing about the different cars and at first I don’t take this him seriously but why not give him a chance? Finally he asks to test drive one of our most expensive cars, I become a little reluctant but then think that maybe he won’t get a chance to ever drive something so luxurious because of his lower lifestyle. Once I hand him the keys his eyes get so big, they look like they’re going to pop out. “What are you waiting for get in already”, I tell him as I enter the passenger seat, “Lets just take it around the block and bring it back before my boss notices.” The whole car ride is silent except for the directions I give him. Once we get back Jarred is furious. I get out of the car and Jarred starts yelling at me saying that I should have never let this lowlife drive the car without his permission and that I was about to lose my job, he storms off right now. I turn to the homeless man and begin to apologize when he pulls out a stack of cash. “I’ll take it”, he says looking over at the car. At this point my head is spinning and i’m waiting to wake up from my nightmare so I close my eyes for a few seconds but once I open them the man is still there, hand extended to me with the money. “Well alright then”, I say very confused. As we sit to fill out the paperwork I can’t hold it in any longer and I ask “How can you afford this anyways?” He gives me small smile and says,”My name is Andrew Reed and i’m actually a very successful businessman but I rather not show off. I prefer when people show their true colors around me and when you dress as if you have nothing it really weeds out the shallow people.”