A ǫᴜᴀʀᴀɴᴛɪɴᴇ ʟᴏᴠᴇ sᴛᴏʀʏ

5

Location: Corner Store
Time: 12:55 pm

Q'anna

Bingo.

"𝑌𝑒𝑎ℎ 𝑖 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑, 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑢 𝑔𝑜𝑡?"

I watch as he reaches into his man purse and pulls out a couple baggies. He reaches his hand out to me and I thoroughly examine each pack.

"𝐿𝑒𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 2, 𝑑𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠?"
He shakes his head no.

"𝑆𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑦 𝑀𝑎 𝑖 𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑡 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑏𝑜𝑦𝑠, 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑤𝑛 ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑖𝑡 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑢𝑝?"

I tell him no and just buy the 2 baggies I already wanted. He thanks me and walks alway. Well now I know that he and Shawn work together.

I put the stash away and walk into the store, I see Chi is still grabbing some stuff so I go up to the counter.

"𝐴𝑦𝑜𝑜 𝑂𝑐𝑘 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘?, 𝑖 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑟𝑎𝑤 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑒"

"𝐴ℎℎ 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑛𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑒!"

I watch as he turns to grab the raw.

"𝑌𝑒𝑎ℎ 𝑦𝑒𝑎ℎ 𝑖 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑢𝑠𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙, 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓𝑓 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚 𝑖 𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡?"

"𝑌𝑒𝑠 𝑖 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟"

" 𝐼 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑖𝑛!"

He smiles at the sound of the news he congratulates me and ends up giving me the raw for free. Chi finished getting everything and it's time to head out.

"𝐶ℎ𝑖 𝑖 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑟𝑦𝑛𝑛𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑝 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑒𝑑𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑑𝑢𝑑𝑒 𝑏𝑢𝑡 ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑤𝑛 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑒𝑚 𝑠𝑜 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑣𝑎 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟"

"𝐴𝑖𝑖 𝑏𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝑙𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑙𝑚𝑎𝑜"

I playfully punch her arm as we walk out the store.

I feel my phone vibrating and I try to reach for it, but it's lost in my bag. I stop real quick so I can find it and answer the phone.

"𝐶ℎ𝑖 ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ-"

"𝑊𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑓 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠𝑛𝑡 𝑀𝑠.𝑄"

I stop looking for my phone and I feel a bunch of eyes on me. I look up and it's Lante. I look past him and see that Chi is waiting.

"𝐿𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝐿𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒 𝑖 𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑡 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑖 𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡."