the store part 2

Some time has passed since we were locked in the store but that wasn’t the worst thing….

We couldn’t have been there for more than two hours. We sat in a circle and talked. About what? I don’t know. But it was some stuff they probably wouldn’t want me to say. Rob for once talked his head off. I think he was getting comfortable with nix around. We had drunk basically every Sobe and mountain dew in the store. The people were still in a crowd outside. We could hear them yelling and chanting. We couldn’t believe that some average people could be so mad about one simple thing. But the store is the store that is most visited by the public in our area. I could understand why they wouldn’t want to go to any other place for food. Places like Wal-mart and Costco are pretty expensive.

The lights were off and it was getting dark. People were still standing outside. My cell phone had died and so had nix’s cell. Rob didn’t bring it with him so that was hopeless. He did find a tv though. Nix hugged him for that. I looked away. I couldn’t stand to see that. I don’t know why it was just uncomfortable. I looked and rob had his same straight face as usual and started plugging the tv in. I helped him. No much but I did. We finally got it working and I started looking for a place to get a satellite connection or antenna. I walked around and nix followed me while rob channeled thru static trying to get a signal from the locals.

‘jes r u ok? Ur rushing a little.’ ‘I am? I hadn’t noticed’ ‘jes..’ she grabbed my arm. ‘jes tell me whats wrong’ ‘ill tell u once we are out of this situation ok?’ ‘ok’ I wasn’t ready to tell her that I was sorry for dragging her into this. I tried once but only stuttered. I don’t know why, I just couldn’t get the words to form. We walked along the wall with a flashlight we borrowed. We walked into the managers office. ‘aha!’ I found the dish box. Just like the one I had at home. And I found the cables and connectors that were coming out of the wall. ‘hey rob can u bring the tv down here?’ ‘it’s a little heavy. can one of u help me?’ ‘ill help u rob’ nix walked over to help rob. I winced when she said that. I just felt really weird.

‘hurry up over there!’ ‘it’s a heavy tv!’ nix yelled across the store. I walked over to where they were. And lifted the tv with one hand. ‘….u wasted our time…with that?’ ‘its heavy!’ ‘its like 50 lbs’ ‘that’s heavy dude. And im not joking!’ I almost dropped the tv. I hadn’t heard robs voice since he found the tv. His tone of voice...scared me. I closed my eyes, gulped and walked back to the managers office. I thought the stress must be getting to his head.

He wasn’t the only one…..