shop rite } { here we go again
Marion: [isn't really big on fruits and veggies, but apparently you need them sometime. Is going through the tomatoes, and is surprised when they all look really good. She'll pick up a couple. Look at her being healthy]
Alex: [across the way, Alex is smelling a pineapple. He smiles another, his eyes wandering up. he recognizes her ... and okay, he's staring but more as an 'oh, that's... her.]
Marion: [drops her tomatoes in the cart and looks up and meets his eyes in a startled surprise] Oh ... hi.
Alex: [bringing the pineapple down, he sets it in the cart and rolls over to her] Hey. [he looks own at the tomatoes] They're a fruit.
Marion: [glances down and nods] That they are. Yet they're surprisingly good in nachos.
Alex: Right. You and fruits. And vegetables. [he scratches his forehead with a finger before gesturing] Or, lack thereof.
Marion: [a bit of a sheepish smile] Some days my arteries will hate me, but I've never really been too big on healthy.
Alex: In my early twenties I didn't care. [he shrugs] You'll get there. You - look good. [he looks like he's in a hoodie and jeans. hm. he drums his fingers on the cart]
Marion: My dad's in his fifties and he still doesn't care. I think I inherited the genes from that end of the family. [small smile back] So do you.
Alex: So, what brought the carnivore to the produce section if the grocery section?
Marion: [grin] As I said. Tomatoes are really good on nachos.
Alex: Grab avocados and you could make guac.
Marion: [glances over and shakes her head] I'm not that talented. My guac comes in a jar.
Alex: I make excellent guac if I do say so myself.
Marion: Really?
Alex: I wouldn't lie about guac. Who would lie about guac?
Marion: I don't know, but that would be a very cruel thing to lie about.
Alex: Because you're such a big fan of guac?
Marion: No, I just take my guac very seriously. Everyone should.
Alex: As serious as a heart attack? [ a smile, you know, that charming LOOK AT HOW ADORABLE AND SEXY MY SMILE IS smile]
Marion: [her smile widens just a bit] Serious as a heart attack.
Alex: [and the memories rush back. a sexy, passionate night. his smile lessens. one night. they'd made it clear. it'd been ... one night] Well, I should - bread.
Marion: [they did say that, and her face falls a bit when the awkward starts, but she nods] Yeah, I need to head to the freezer section. But it was good seeing you.
Alex: [okay. so, she said she was heading to the freezer section and it's...away from the bread. but frozen ... something was there so he ends of carting up ... looking at string beans. a bag of them. SO interesting]
Marion: [grabs a couple frozen pizzas, and some hot pockets, and when she looks up and sees him, she smiles] We meet again.
Alex: [he holds up the string beans, looks down at them, puts them back] Decisions aren't set in stone.
Marion: Apparently not.
Alex: Well, fine. Come up with three. Three good reasons not to see each other again. To go with our first very drunk instinct and ... let it be once.
Marion: [her teeth rake over her bottom lip] ... This is a bit on the spot.
Alex: [he rolls back a bit] Different spot, now. [and then he abandons his cart. so, let's take a walk to that back hallway near the freezer and the bathrooms. cause, that's not creepy. but it is private] I can't think of them. I can't even think of a reason why in the first place we ... didn't.
Marion: [follows him but takes her cart because ... she doesn't want someone to steal her groceries. she's paranoid like that] Sometimes it's good to just let the night be ... the night. If you put too much on it too soon, you could still crash and burn.
Alex: [Alex likes to live a little more by the seat of his pants or, he ...isn't thinking about groceries] What are we putting on it? [because, he didn't feel pressure or ... anything. and now he's ... embarrassed because this is a huge display of feelings he doesn't do, so, he takes a step back and holds up a hand] Fine. One reason. Sometimes, when something is given more than it is, it's too much pressure.
Marion: Yes, exactly. And when I said that, it wasn't a no forever, never again, it was just ... a no for breakfast. [does that make sense? She isn't sure, but it made sense to her]
Alex: [he takes that in. that does make sense. but] But, I called. I waited - and I called. No call back.
Marion: I was busy?
Alex: Okay. [Yeah. This was -- weird. And he still needed bread. You may have to follow because he nods and ... returns to -- FUCK. he turns around, no cart]
Marion: [and ... can't help but smirk a little] Didn't anyone ever tell you to watch your cart?
Alex: [turning back, not the time for this, he sighs, head falling back]
Marion: [and then her face turns a bit more sympathetic, before her hand comes up to rest on his arm] Look. You should ... finish your shopping. I have to get home with this. But I will call you, okay?
Alex: [he siiiighs, looking at her] I'm not crazy. It's been a hard week at the - I'm an editor. And I guess I just caught up in the what if, you know? Guac.
Marion: [nods] No, I get it. And I'm serious. I'll call you.
Alex: You...don't have to. [because he is just a spaz]
Marion: [shifts and starts to push her cart away, before glancing back at him over her shoulder] I know. I want to.
Alex: [he nods, his cell phone going off, he answers it as she rounds the corner]
Marion: [and she heads off to go home]
Alex: [and Alex finds out fun information about a family member that's not so fun but that's for another time]