untold desire || weston koury

chapter thirty three

3 days later

"do you guys remember that one store we would always go to in, like, junior year?" kalynn asks, passing me the bag of chips. "well, sav and i were juniors."

"ohhh yeah," colin says. "it had like everything."

"what was it called..." kalynn places her pointer finger over her lips. "i can't remember."

weston stares down at the table. "janson's or something?"

"johanson's!" i shout out excitedly. everyone's mouths go wide after i say the name.

kalynn points to me with one knee bent and the other propped underneath of her. "that's it!"

"that place actually did have everything," weston says, slightly sighing as he reminisces.

colin gasps. "remember they had that non alcoholic drink bar in there, and you could order a lemonade or something?"

we all share "ohh yeahh's" and "oh my god's" around the glass table my family and i had dinner on a few nights ago. it's midday now, and none of us are really sure what to do, so we've just been talking about old times.

it's very sunny out, and i have to squint to see everyone clearly.

"should we go check it out?" i suggest. "i'm sure they have really cool shit now."

kalynn beams at me from my left. "yes, let's do it."

"i'll drive!" colin calls out, lifting both of his arms in the air. we all rush back into the house through the air conditioning just to go right back out to the hot driveway.

weston sneaks up behind me and interlocks our fingers while we walk down to the car. "hey."

i smile while looking down at our hands. "hi."

"you excited?" he asks me, nudging our elbows together.

i nod. "how could i not be?"

we slide into the backseats of colin's car while kalynn takes shotgun. i'd be lying if i said i wasn't okay with the seating arrangements.

kalynn plugs in the aux and shuffles her main playlist, and fortunately "our song" by taylor swift begins to blast through the speakers. how ironic, we're going to see an old favorite store, meanwhile old country taylor plays.

weston sings all the wrong words while kalynn and i sing it perfectly. colin just nods his head back and forth. he's never been into taylor like i have. i've tried to suggest songs, and i even made him a playlist to help him get started on his swiftie journey, but he refused. he only knows what's on the radio.

after a few more songs, colin pulls into a parking space outside of johanson's. we all hop out and walk into the store excitedly. weston holds the door open for everyone and trails in behind me.

the bar is still in the same place as i remember it to be, but instead they put the cash register on the side of the bar so they have more room for merchandise. all the displays are different too, but that's expected. most stores change their displays every week.

trendy shirts and pants line the walls and racks in the back while black tables in the middle hold a lot of jewelry. other random things collect in the corners of the shop, and now that i'm looking at it with more mature eyes, it's basically a junk drawer. if you were in need of something new that's decorative or you needed to buy a present for someone, this was the place to go.

i let my fingers graze across the necklaces dangling from their holders, and kalynn immediately begins raking through the shirts. colin sits down at the drink bar, and i hear him ask for a menu. a low snicker escapes me at his ridiculousness.