The store was all smoke and sulky laughter, and I grasped Pete's hand all the tighter because of it. The sound. The thought. The *touch* of the atmosphere against my clammy skin. Men covered completely in long coats drifted by as frequently as women wearing little more then underwear. it was a carnival, a mall, a church, all in one cramped room. We were lost children and by the looks that the cashier sent us, we looked as misplaced as we felt. Her smile was wide and red, and made me fear that could see exactly who I was. I wondered if she approved, two teenagers in this box of sin.
I grabbed it first, before Pete could blush and convince me to leave. Determined to buy the damned thing, I marched to the register and held it out, silently daring the woman to refuse to sell it.
"Twenty bucks."
Done. Paid for.
We fled through the door, the gate between the worlds closing as we burst into the street. Giddy we smiled at each other. "We got it!"
"We're so perverted."
"Let's go."
"Your room or mine?"
"Honey, why don't we do it in the road?"
We peared inside the nondescript paper bag, a thin layer of brown that held our secret. We had it.
And what was in the bag? A box of Pokemon cards, of course. What were you thinking?
PS This is fiction. I buy my Pokemon cards online thankyouverymuch.
I grabbed it first, before Pete could blush and convince me to leave. Determined to buy the damned thing, I marched to the register and held it out, silently daring the woman to refuse to sell it.
"Twenty bucks."
Done. Paid for.
We fled through the door, the gate between the worlds closing as we burst into the street. Giddy we smiled at each other. "We got it!"
"We're so perverted."
"Let's go."
"Your room or mine?"
"Honey, why don't we do it in the road?"
We peared inside the nondescript paper bag, a thin layer of brown that held our secret. We had it.
And what was in the bag? A box of Pokemon cards, of course. What were you thinking?
PS This is fiction. I buy my Pokemon cards online thankyouverymuch.
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Date: 2004-08-25 08:37 pm (UTC)