U, Me & She

Chapter 9 - PitStop

  Dana hangs up the phone after one of her last talk session with Lorenzo.  She noticed that during their conversation, he suddenly had to click over to the other line continuously as she assumed that his spouse was nearby and he needed to what it took to remain inconspicuous.

  She has a discombobulated look upon her face as she comes to the realization that he actually told her that he loved her for the first time ever in response to her telling him she loves him.  This was only her third time telling him this as her intentions were purely out of respect for their friendship, even though she knows that she is beginning to develop feelings for him.

  She replays his voice saying it repeatedly in her head as she gives a small grin while preparing for her nightly routine to calm her nerves.

  She gathers all of the items, then realizes she has a newly rolled special cigarette already prepared from previously.  After several seconds, she also realizes that she still is without a lighter.   Looking for her bag of powder once more, she finds it to see that it is nearly empty as she taps the bag on its side to allow the substance to fall as it gathered in the corner collectively.

   Knowing this won't be enough to satisfy her, she musters enough motivation to throw on her Gucci  hoodie and slip her feet into her tennis shoes for a short trip to the corner gas station on a mission to obtain a fully operational butane lighter.

  Looking at the clock on the microwave on her way out, she shakes her head after noticing that it was currently 3:34 A.M.

  Shrugging her shoulders, she says "This shit ain't gonna smoke itself."  as she reluctantly exits her front entrance to begin her transit to the local 24 hour gas station called the PitStop.

"The PitStop"

  She enters the gas station while the staff member glances from behind the register with a surprised look, as he hadn't expected any new customers at this hour.   He returns to reading his newspaper as Dana searches through the variety of lighters on display on the counter.

  With hoodie over her head, the only visible portion of her face was her light brown eyes that glared the reflection of a lighter that labeled the design of a zebra pattern.  Knowing this is her lighter of choice, she grabs two as she heads down the aisle to her left to grab a bag of chili flavored Frito Lays to counteract her munchies.

  As she makes her way back towards the counter to purchase the items, Jamie enters the store and swiftly claims her place in the front of the line ahead of Dana in a rude manner.

  The employee sets his newspaper down in a disrupted manner to provide service as he watches in disbelief that this amount of activity is occurring at this time of the morning.

  Dana pauses with items in hand and looks at her while smacking her lips loudly as to say "Excuse me!"  Jamie places her large manicured hand atop a folded ten dollar bill against counter, sliding it towards the employee and says "Give me ten on pump six."

  He takes the money from her as she glances back at Dana saying "Bitch is something wrong with your lips?"  Dana removes her hood with her free hand, exposing her face and ponytail and smacks her lips even harder bringing her face closer to hers as to say "Excuse me bitch!" this time with more emphasis.

  Jamie smacks her lips in response to her gesturing, enticing for her to do something as she continued to stand in front of the counter giving the inability for Dana to make her purchase.

  The employee comes from behind the counter with his arm out to separate the two by saying "Hey, hey, hey! Ladies, can we keep it moving please?"  Jamie turns around and heads out the door towards her vehicle shouting "I'll be waiting outside bitch!"  As she tosses her long hair back and sashes to her parked vehicle with rapid clicking of her heels echoing throughout.

  Dana places her items on the counter while constantly watching Jamie walk to her vehicle angrily as she is rung up by the cashier simultaneously.  In typical Jamie fashion, she pops the trunk of her vehicle and reveals a 9mm Pistol.  With gun in hand, she turns around and leans against the vehicle as she ensures that she locates the interior end of the barrel that is threaded with grooves for a silencer to be mounted.  She proceeds to screwing the silencer into the barrel's grooves counterclockwise until ready.  Closing the trunk, she places the weapon on the roof of the vehicle while she initiates pumping her gas. 

  As she is handed the remaining change from her purchase, she reluctantly heads towards the exit as she sees the weapon sitting along the vehicle's rooftop. 

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