One who paid

A very streetwise homeless was trying to sell me three boom stands. I didn't really wanted to buy them and he started a horrible balderdash. I had no idea how to break free. That very moment two young lads asked me to take them to Old St. I demanded money upfront and one of them paid me eagerly. They asked if I wanted to smoke a spliff. I said: "No, thanx."I got them there quickly. They offered me some MDMA on the way but I refused politely. In the roundabout they asked me to carry on, promising me some more money for that. Apparently they were heading to some squat party. Soon they wanted to stop by an offlicense. The other ran to the shop and the one who paid stayed with me. He took out his mobile and said: "I had an I phone and then I lost it and then I had another I phone and I lost it too. Luckily my girlfriend gave me this one! What phone have you got?" "Oh! I've got some shit phone, look!" I showed him my handset. "Hmmm..." He gave it a critical look - "I had even a worse one then this but then my girlfriend gave me that one. I'm sooooo happy she did! I'm losing a phone nearly every week, you know?" He looked around and added: "You know, I think the other guy steals them from me when I'm stoned... I don't trust him!" The other one came out of a shop, on the other side of the road. My interlocutor put index finger on his lips. The other got closer. "For the first time in my life they didn't want to sell alcohol to me! Let's go further down, there's another shop! And please stop by a cashpoint!" His mobile rang. He picked that up and talked shortly. "This phone is a shit!" He concluded. "Probably it was mine ten minutes ago, anyway!" Added the one who paid. The other gave him a funny look. "What are you talking about, man!?" We moved on. We found a hole in a wall. The one who paid stayed with me. He got his mobile out and asked me: "Can you send a multiple message to fifty people at once with your phone?" "Look mate, I don't know! I've never tried... I need my phone to wake me up when I need to and to ring when somebody is calling me...." The other guy was back. "Shiiit!!! I forgot my debit card was fucked! Look, can you pay the man later and also buy some ciders?" He addressed the one who paid before. "I will give you your money back, well my girlfriend will..." We moved on again and stopped by another offlicense. "Do you want anything?" Asked me the one who had no money. I said I was good. "So where are we going now?" "Oh! Take a left here!" Told me the smart one. After a while he decided that we were lost and should get back. "Oh really?" The one who paid was surprised. "Of course!" Smiled the smart one. "You told the man to go left. I thought it was wrong from the beginning but I didn't say anything..." After a while we got to East Rd. I was asked to follow it. Finally they decided that was it. It looked to me like a middle of nowhere but what did I know? I said they should give me £15 more. The one who paid before produced a fiver and some petty change. "Actually I would like to give you this..." "Come on man! Give me at least a tenner!" "Give him a tenner! I'll share it with you later!" Said the smart one. So the other one did. I was pedalling hard, eager to leave those council estates far behind me.