Trouble at WalMart
She's shopping at WalMart for makings of dinner. Minding her own bizness. Eating a lo cal snack from Mickey D's. Intent on the magazine she's pulled off the shelf to read but not buy. So I guess we can finally do lunch huh? She chokes on her next bite, Chocolate.... Trouble.
He sits down without being asked. She thinks WTF?
He asks if she's enjoying her mag and she just looks at him. He shifts in his sit, uncomfortable asks her what's wrong. Are you stalking me, she asks laughing at his obvious discomfort. No just came to pick up a few things decided to eat. She says oh and goes back to her magazine and her snack. She won't look at him but she can feel him staring at her. You took out the twists, he takes a bite of his burger. Yep is her only reply. You alright? He shifts again. She finally looks up from her magazine. If I tell you I'm not what are you going to do? If I tell you my world is falling apart what will that mean to you? Well, he stretches that word out real long. I would do this, he puts his hand over hers and it would mean to me you needed someone to be here right now. She pulls her hand back and tells him what he already knows she's married. He doesn't respond just looks at her. She feels the tears and prays they don't fall, she prays that she will not cry in front of Trouble. I'm from Jamaica, he says taking a long drink, I'm a citizen but I was born and raised there. She finds her voice and tells him she knows. He smiles. He gets up from his seat and slides in next to her. He's too close and she's angry. You can cry if you want to. He nudges her and smiles. Trouble. She looks into his eyes and shakes her head, she tells him she's cool just has a lot on her mind. You're a thinker he says to her and laughs. The laughter is light but it blocks out everything around. She doesn't say anything just lets out a deep breath. He moves back to his seat. Why do you keep talking to me, she asks him because she wants and needs to know. He asks her if she wants to know the truth, she tells him of course why would anyone want a lie. I've seen you cry. She is blown away and feels the tears returning. She looks at him and waits for an explanation. He looks at her and begins...before you got out you were sitting in your truck in the clinic parking lot, I was pulling in and I noticed you because of the hair and their aren't too many sistas around here you know? I watched you from my parking space and you were crying...hard, like your world was upside down. I watched you for like 15 minutes then you wiped your face, checked the mirror and went on your way.
She recalls that morning but doesn't tell him why she was crying. He tells her from that moment on he needed to be her friend to stop her from crying alone. She looks him dead in the eye and says BULLSHIT loud enough for people to turn and look at them. He doesn't waiver, but finishes his burger. She again reminds him she's married and he simply states he doesn't care. It's out in the open. She closes the magazine and gets up to walk away. She informs him she's not going to sleep with him so he's wasting his time. He smiles tilts his head and asks her if she's still crying alone. She drops her eyes tells him sometimes and walks away from Trouble.
He sits down without being asked. She thinks WTF?
He asks if she's enjoying her mag and she just looks at him. He shifts in his sit, uncomfortable asks her what's wrong. Are you stalking me, she asks laughing at his obvious discomfort. No just came to pick up a few things decided to eat. She says oh and goes back to her magazine and her snack. She won't look at him but she can feel him staring at her. You took out the twists, he takes a bite of his burger. Yep is her only reply. You alright? He shifts again. She finally looks up from her magazine. If I tell you I'm not what are you going to do? If I tell you my world is falling apart what will that mean to you? Well, he stretches that word out real long. I would do this, he puts his hand over hers and it would mean to me you needed someone to be here right now. She pulls her hand back and tells him what he already knows she's married. He doesn't respond just looks at her. She feels the tears and prays they don't fall, she prays that she will not cry in front of Trouble. I'm from Jamaica, he says taking a long drink, I'm a citizen but I was born and raised there. She finds her voice and tells him she knows. He smiles. He gets up from his seat and slides in next to her. He's too close and she's angry. You can cry if you want to. He nudges her and smiles. Trouble. She looks into his eyes and shakes her head, she tells him she's cool just has a lot on her mind. You're a thinker he says to her and laughs. The laughter is light but it blocks out everything around. She doesn't say anything just lets out a deep breath. He moves back to his seat. Why do you keep talking to me, she asks him because she wants and needs to know. He asks her if she wants to know the truth, she tells him of course why would anyone want a lie. I've seen you cry. She is blown away and feels the tears returning. She looks at him and waits for an explanation. He looks at her and begins...before you got out you were sitting in your truck in the clinic parking lot, I was pulling in and I noticed you because of the hair and their aren't too many sistas around here you know? I watched you from my parking space and you were crying...hard, like your world was upside down. I watched you for like 15 minutes then you wiped your face, checked the mirror and went on your way.
She recalls that morning but doesn't tell him why she was crying. He tells her from that moment on he needed to be her friend to stop her from crying alone. She looks him dead in the eye and says BULLSHIT loud enough for people to turn and look at them. He doesn't waiver, but finishes his burger. She again reminds him she's married and he simply states he doesn't care. It's out in the open. She closes the magazine and gets up to walk away. She informs him she's not going to sleep with him so he's wasting his time. He smiles tilts his head and asks her if she's still crying alone. She drops her eyes tells him sometimes and walks away from Trouble.
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