Re: StorethebestnoseDecember 18 2011, 22:54:13 UTC
Jane waited patiently in line, holding a very shiny necklace close with some sort of jewel at the end. It was in a box and she kept opening it to look, as if making sure it was still there. It wasn't real, but she certainly held it like it was. She stepped up when it was her turn and proudly held it out.
That smile faded, though, when she was told the price. "I thought it was...it wasn't that price when I called before."
"Sorry," remarked the uninterested woman behind the table. "The prices go up for the holidays. You must have called right before it changed."
Re: StorecartergetsyouDecember 19 2011, 14:54:03 UTC
Carter overheard and raised an eyebrow. Small towns, he reflected, were always the worst for the sticklers. Which was why he'd moved away in the first place. He tsked a little under his breath. Poor kid.
Re: StorethebestnoseDecember 19 2011, 15:38:46 UTC
Jane sighed and shook her head at the woman. "But...c'mon. I have..." She put the box down, but kept it close, as if someone might snatch it away. Emptying her pockets, she counted an amount just short of forty dollars from the necessary one in crumpled up bills.
"This...this is all I had in tips from the restaurant." She was hoping that would mean something. But the woman simply shrugged.
"Look, if you can't pay for it, then you'll have to get out of the line. There are other people waiting."
Grocery storesurfaceshineDecember 19 2011, 04:27:18 UTC
No one else could be spared from the hunt for the missing Christmas decorations, but David wanted marshmallows, and the remaining ones at home had gone into the snowy lawn of the massive gingerbread house only half-constructed on the kitchen table. So Dean is in kind of a hurry, but he's fighting with the late Christmas crowd and feeling kind of overwhelmed by the crush.
He tries to escape by taking a shortcut through the dairy aisle, and almost runs straight into Jack.
Re: Grocery storecartergetsyouDecember 19 2011, 15:03:06 UTC
Unfortunately for everyone involved, Dean manages to jostly Jack's elbow just enough to make him drop the eggs, which oblige him by exploding all over the floor.
Grocery storesurfaceshineDecember 20 2011, 22:14:12 UTC
Dean just stares blankly for a moment at the mess, and then springs into action - he can't do much with the goo, but he grabs up the open carton and starts tossing eggshells back in. Because that's totally going to help at this point.
"Holy crap, I didn't - I'm sorry. I just - at least it's still in the store. Man. I'll pay for 'em."
The Carter house always felt empty to Jack, even when he was a boy, even before his mama walked out and never came back. Without his father around, in a town he feels like he barely knows anymore, he feels like a ghost in his own childhood home.
So he's standing out on the front porch, seemingly impervious to the cold, smoking a cigarette, watching the cars go by.
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That smile faded, though, when she was told the price. "I thought it was...it wasn't that price when I called before."
"Sorry," remarked the uninterested woman behind the table. "The prices go up for the holidays. You must have called right before it changed."
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"This...this is all I had in tips from the restaurant." She was hoping that would mean something. But the woman simply shrugged.
"Look, if you can't pay for it, then you'll have to get out of the line. There are other people waiting."
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He tries to escape by taking a shortcut through the dairy aisle, and almost runs straight into Jack.
"Dude, I'm so sorry - this place is a madhouse."
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Jack rolls his eyes.
"You got eyes in your head, don't you?"
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"Holy crap, I didn't - I'm sorry. I just - at least it's still in the store. Man. I'll pay for 'em."
This is the worst holiday ever, seriously.
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So he's standing out on the front porch, seemingly impervious to the cold, smoking a cigarette, watching the cars go by.
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